Qi Huang

"Bold!"

When a group of people dared not speak, the sixth prince was the first to attack.

Filled with righteous indignation, he got up, knelt down on the same level as Xie Xuan, and said in a loud voice: "Is it possible that your little thirteen can control the decision of the emperor's grandmother?"

"I'm not trying to influence the decision of the imperial grandmother." Xie Xuan said neither humble nor overbearing, "I'm asking the imperial grandmother, this matter should be decided by the imperial grandmother herself."

"It's you." Xie Xuan sneered sideways, "What does this matter have to do with you? Before the emperor's grandmother said anything, you stood up in a hurry. Do you want to be the master for the emperor's grandmother?"

He was rarely this aggressive.The Xie Xuan in everyone's impression has always been like the most inconspicuous dust in the palace, which will be blown away by a gust of wind.

Having been slapped with a big hat in public, the sixth prince was startled, and quickly stabilized his mind and said: "The grandson is not trying to make decisions for the emperor's grandmother privately, but he is dissatisfied with the recklessness of the thirteenth brother, so there is a mistake in his words."

Unexpectedly, Xie Xuan still presses on step by step: "Is there a mistake in my words, or is it the intention in my heart?"

"Enough." The Queen Mother said lightly.

The two quickly fell silent.

With a sound of "da", the teacup was lightly placed on the table.The Queen Mother glanced slightly, and landed on the backs of the heads of the two kneeling on the ground.

When facing Xie Qingshan, the Queen Mother can still show some kindness; and if she is in front of a high-ranking and capable minister like Li Jin, she will be appropriate in every way, her attitude may be loose or tight, and it is difficult to challenge others. What went wrong; but now, kneeling in front of her is a group of unknown juniors, and there is only bone-chilling coldness in her eyes.

Like the water in a dry well that has been frozen for thousands of years under the cover of ice, no one can break her thoughts.

"Xie Xuan, tell me, why do you want to go in and serve your father?"

"Is the imperial grandmother asking about her grandson?" Xie Xuan was in a bowing posture, with her forehead pressed against the back of her hands, and her voice came from under her robe, "Then please allow my grandson to get up and answer."

The Queen Mother seemed to be amused by Xie Xuan's blatant rudeness, and slightly bent her lips: "Then you get up and answer."

Xie Xuan obeyed the order and straightened up.

He was already good-looking.Coupled with a pair of blue eyes inherited from the mother, no matter how many times they are seen, they are still as clear as the first time they saw it.As if the heart on his chest was the same.

"My grandson is actually very puzzled. Why do we have to go deep into the reason for this kind of thing?" Xie Xuan raised his head and looked directly at the Queen Mother, "Father is the father, and I am the son. The so-called father and son have relatives, and monarchs and ministers have righteousness. With two identities, father is just my father. Isn’t it natural for a grandson to serve a sick father?”

The sixth prince just wanted to roll his eyes.Unfortunately, in front of the Queen Mother, he could only restrain himself.

Like him, the Queen Mother also lost interest in hearing it.She originally thought that she would hear a different answer, so she immediately showed a sleepy expression: "I heard that you have a good verbal skill, but now it seems that the truth will come out of your mouth."

Hearing too many high-sounding lies, she already had a conclusion in her heart, she waved her hand, wanting to tell the Tenth Prince to go in quickly, don't delay.

"Of course, this is only one of them." Xie Xuan said again, "The second is because of my concubine mother."

"Oh?" The Queen Mother suddenly raised her eyes, her heart fluctuated, but her face remained the same, "Your mother and concubine?"

Xie Xuan nodded: "Although the palace kept silent about it, the grandson actually knew that the mother and concubine had made mistakes."

The Queen Mother said indifferently: "Although Concubine Rong has a weak heart and a bit of arrogance, she is dedicated to the Buddha and has nothing to do with the world. What's wrong?"

He is stepping down the steps for Xie Xuan.

In the public, although the princes are not very clear about some things, they all talk about it, one person opens his mouth, and if he hears it today, it is guaranteed that it will be spread in private tomorrow.

Although it wasn't a big deal, it was a taboo that had been kept secret for some time.

Unexpectedly, Xie Xuan insisted not to hit the south wall without looking back, leaned over and kowtowed again, and said in a loud voice: "The emperor's grandmother knows that the grandson is not talking about Concubine Rong."

He was talking about his own biological mother.

That bright, green-eyed girl from a different race.

She is the eldest princess of a nomadic people outside the Great Zhou, and was sent to the palace of the Great Zhou since she was a child.It was only due to the checks and balances of power that she failed to take the position of queen in the end.

Xie Xuan had never heard of her name, nor had she met her face.Because she borrowed a foot of white silk to hang herself from the beam on the first day after giving birth to Xie Xuan, right after the feast of cheers and singing.The day she died was the Spring Festival in Dazhou, when the lights were bright everywhere.

She didn't even look at her own flesh and blood.

Everyone in the palace regards it as a bad luck that destroys the luck of the Great Zhou, and even Xie Xuan has become an unclean thing that everyone can't avoid.Since then, he has been left in a corner of the cold palace to fend for himself.

It was brought up again today, but in this way.The Queen Mother had a smile on her face, but everyone could tell that she was not in a happy mood.

"You want to say, forgive your dead mother and concubine?"

"Grandson doesn't think so." Xie Xuan smiled slightly, "But Grandmother said yes, then so be it."

With a "bang", the Queen Mother swept the teacup off the table with a wave of her sleeve, and the princes under the seat instantly fell to their knees.She slowly walked down the steps and stopped beside Xie Xuan.

If the Empress Dowager was more suspicious, she would think of the incident when Xie Qingshan fished Xie Xuan out of the cold palace.Xie Xuan only found out later that that day was the only time Xie Qingshan disobeyed the Queen Mother for many years.

With so much power in his hands, it is inevitable that he will have a slight illusion that he can control the overall situation, so naturally he cannot tolerate the slightest betrayal.She needs to make sure that she is safe all the time. The bird that is kept in the cage by herself does not have the ability to pry open the iron cage and fly to the sky.

"It's not that I haven't heard of you." The Queen Mother said slowly, "When your father brought you out of the cold palace, he told me that you are a rare intelligent person in this world."

She really thought of it.

Then Xie Xuan entered the inner hall today.

The Queen Mother paused slightly: "If you are really so smart, you know what it means for me to let you in now?"

It means...he wants to compete with the Tenth Prince for the vacant crown prince.

All the princes were silently chanting in their hearts.

They had seen with their own eyes how their imperial grandmother was angry.In the past, a stubborn veteran objected to the empress dowager's participation in politics as a woman. He grabbed the land with his head in the hall, crying blood every word, as if he had foreseen the scene of the country's subjugation due to the empress dowager's rule; Corruption, ransacking of the house and exile, for three days, boxes of jewels were moved out of the old minister's house.

That day the Queen Mother made a big fuss in the court.

But it also took this opportunity to thoroughly rectify many officials in the court who were greedy for big gains and endanger the country, and brought down many traitorous parties.

What is Xie Xuan worth?

He has never even been out of the Ziluan Palace, how dare he say such overwhelming words to the Queen Mother.

On the one hand, the princes were dissatisfied with Xie Xuan, but on the other hand, they couldn't restrain themselves from showing a trace of envy.But they didn't realize it. Under the Queen Mother's subordinates, Xie Qingshan and even Xie's descendants hadn't really spoken for many years.

In the silent hall, even the footsteps of the maids entering and leaving were unconsciously lightened.

I could only hear Xie Xuan say word by word: "Grandson understands."

He just wants to fight for the crown prince.

Why not?

Born in the Xie royal family where wolves, tigers and leopards are watching everywhere, if you don't take the initiative to take action, you can only die.Going forward is an abyss, and going back is surrounded by wolves. Neither path can be easy. Xie Xuan has long realized it.

The Queen Mother stared at him for a long time, and she didn't know what kind of emotion was hidden in those beautiful eyes - but the original anger was no longer there.

"Okay." The Queen Mother said softly, "Then you can go."

"Imperial Grandmother!" In desperation, the sixth prince stopped her again.

The ten princes are much loved, and their status is higher than that of other princes. They only think that they are unlucky and were not selected at birth.But what is Xie Xuan?Why is he?Just relying on his flattering and kind lips?

The Queen Mother turned her head and sneered: "Oh? If you have objections, how about you go?"

The sixth prince was taken aback, and forgot to bring his honorific title: "I..."

They are mediocre, but not stupid.Even if it is for favor, this time is not the best time.

"You guys, I won't stop anyone who wants to go in." The Queen Mother put her hands behind her back, and glanced at the princes who were kneeling and bending over, not even daring to lift their heads, and sneered in her heart, "What? Are you humbled by each other?"

The princes whispered to each other, eager to try, but also a little scared, worried that they would provoke the queen mother's anger, but the tenth prince did not say a word from the beginning to the end.

Xie Xuan patted his sleeves and stood up, and bowed in front of the Queen Mother: "If the imperial grandmother has no orders, the grandson will go in to serve the emperor."

He walked into the house with a calm expression against the eyes that were almost swallowing people from behind.But before his figure completely disappeared, he still turned his head to look at the tenth prince.

This person who was usually domineering and domineering, wishing to yell so that the whole world would know his noble status, felt as if he had been betrayed to the bone at this moment, and even his eyes turned red.

Xie Xuan sighed helplessly.

Fool.He thought, do you know how much trouble I have carried for you.

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