After Jiang Sheng left, the room fell into silence.

An Jiu glanced at the emperor.

"Your Majesty, I..."

The emperor shook his head: "It's okay."

He paused and said, "I remember that when you entered the palace, you were only three years old, and your brother..."

An Jiu said: "He is one year older than me."

The emperor chuckled and said, "A pair of siblings of only a few years old, with both parents dead, starving and cold, with nowhere to go, it's not surprising what they did. This is what life forced them to do, I don't blame you."

[I only feel heartache.] 】

[Then Miss 께 suffered a lot! 】

The emperor thought back to when he was three years old. Everyone said he was not as pitiful as his mother, but he always felt that these people pitied the wrong person.

He was the honorable Crown Prince Xia, doted on by his father. He was the best of the best, and everything about him was good. One of his handkerchiefs was enough to feed ordinary people for a month.

If he is pitiful and not satisfied, how can others live?

Therefore, the emperor was a very confident and open-minded person. When he put himself in the shoes of Xiaojiu and his brother, he could only feel distressed, but at the same time he admired them for being able to live strong in adversity.

Like the weeds growing out of the cracks in the bricks of the palace wall...

An Jiu looked at him steadily, was silent for a moment, and then threw himself into the emperor's arms.

The emperor was stunned for a moment, then patted her on the back helplessly.

An Jiu's voice was a little choked: "Your Majesty, you are really good."

The emperor nodded: "I know."

[Of course I am the best.] 】

But An Jiu felt that he might not know.

The emperor is really very good, very good...

He was the best person she had ever met.

He is different from all the emperors An Jiu knows. He is not selfish and cold-blooded. He has a compassionate and merciful heart.

An Jiu was deeply fascinated by him.

She was also glad that such a good person was hers and belonged to her.

How lucky.

"Your Majesty, my brother..." Anjiu didn't know how to deal with Antai's problem. After all, he was the original owner's brother. If he really became a thorough Chu person and was only concerned about the interests of Chu, then...

Then An Jiu would probably choose to stand on the emperor's side without hesitation.

The emperor was about to say something when Fuzi came in. Seeing the emperor and Fujiu hugging each other, he quickly lowered his head and pretended that he saw nothing.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Shu is here."

The emperor exhaled, straightened his clothes and said, "Let her in."

He wanted to see what Shu Taifei had in mind.

"I heard that you were sick. I've always wanted to come and see you, but I was afraid to disturb you." Concubine Shu was still so gentle. The first thing she did when she entered the room was to ask about the emperor's health.

The emperor smiled hypocritically: "The Concubine is thoughtful. I am fine now."

Concubine Shu said a few more words and then turned the conversation to business.

"Prince Duan is already old, and it is not a good idea for him to stay in the capital all the time. It is better to send him to his fiefdom so that he can exercise. Otherwise, he will never grow up."

What Concubine Shu said was reasonable. If it were someone else, the emperor would hope that they would go to their fiefdoms and not come back to be a nuisance.

But Prince Duan...

"Sixth brother grew up in the capital since he was young, I'm afraid he is reluctant to leave."

Concubine Shu was helpless: "People always have to grow up..."

The emperor interrupted her: "My Lady Concubine, Sixth Brother has a simple and carefree personality. He is also the prince of Xia. He can stay like this for the rest of his life."

Concubine Shu looked at the emperor, was silent for a moment and said, "I am narrow-minded. I always thought that if he could be as powerful as the emperor, I would be satisfied. But this child has never been a good person."

The emperor smiled.

He also envied Prince Duan, who could eat, drink and have fun as he pleased. Who could be as comfortable as he was?

The prince and grandson of the emperor will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life, so what do they need weapons for?

The emperor didn't respond, so Concubine Shu finally told him the purpose of her visit today.

She wanted to find marriages for Prince Duan and Prince Jing.

An Jiu frowned slightly. Forget about Prince Duan, but will Prince Jing be in good health? The bride had just gotten married when Prince Jing died, leaving her a widow for nothing.

Isn't this harming people?

The emperor asked, "Has anyone chosen the concubine dowager?"

Concubine Shu reported several names, none of which were daughters of the 꺶 family.

If we didn't know the identity of Concubine Shu, we would definitely think that she was obedient and knew when to advance and retreat...

The emperor said: "The Concubine Dowager is their mother, and she should make the decisions on these matters."

Concubine Shu laughed.

After a few pleasantries, she left.

"Does the emperor agree?" Nanny Yang asked anxiously.

Concubine Shu nodded: "He may have suspected me."

Nanny Yang said: "It's okay to doubt. Didn't the late emperor also doubt the queen back then? What happened?"

The late emperor only had suspicions but no evidence, so before he died, he asked the concubine to guard his tomb.

It's ridiculous.

Nanny Yang believed that the men of the Xia royal family were all simple-minded rubbish. Even though the emperor was recognized to be smart, in her opinion, he was not much smarter.

At most, you'll be better at studying, but what's the use?

Aren't you just being led by the nose and played around in circles?

Concubine Shu did not agree with what Nanny Yang said. She shook her head and said in a deep voice, "Don't look at him."

Being able to overthrow the Queen Mother and Prince Ruyang, and the simultaneous wars in the northwest and south had little impact on him, the Emperor should definitely not be underestimated.

She also got the news that King Jing had joined forces with King Ming's men and used the people of Chu to stir up trouble, taking advantage of the opportunity to take over several places.

Now, the powerful people in the south are worried about their own safety, fearing that the Chu people will invade, and they have donated a lot of things to the court...

The war lasted for such a long time, and Chu had not yet won a quick victory and captured a few cities, which delayed a lot of time. However, Xia had become much stronger...

It's so infuriating.

The Chu State is also a bunch of rubbish.

"Actually, this can't be blamed on the Chu people." The emperor pointed to the map and showed it to An Jiu.

Xia was different from Chu. Some areas of Xia were isolated, so the Chu people had to attack the city if they wanted to fight. However, the city defense was strengthened after King Jing joined, and King Ming provided supplies to the rear, so the Chu people failed to attack the city several times.

Then one of them came up with a bad idea and decided to bypass one city and attack another.

This was exactly what King Jing wanted.

He allowed these people to go in and deal with several powerful people. The Chu people were cruel, and they frightened the powerful people who had refused to pay money to the court at first, and they wrote letters asking the court for protection.

Sure, but I don't have anyone...

If you have people, you can't be hungry...

Even if you are full, you still cannot do without weapons...

The powerful ones don’t lack this.

In this way, King Jing fished in troubled waters in the southwest and gained a lot of benefits. Afterwards, they sent troops to attack from the front and back, and killed all the Chu people who sneaked into Xia.

This battle boosted the morale of the Xia people.

But on the Chu side, the commander-in-chief was so angry that he couldn't understand why there were such idiots in his army.

He suspected that there were spies from Xia mixed in with the Chu army and were fanning the flames.

But it’s hard to find anyone right away.

When An Jiu heard the emperor say this, she was also curious: "Why are those Chu people so obedient and fall into the trap?"

The emperor smiled but said nothing.

He has kept a lot of people over the years. The Chu people have many spies, and he has quite a few too, and they can be used at critical moments.

"As for the Chu people, the old emperor is in poor health, and the young princes are fighting fiercely. After this failure, they may become desperate..."

The emperor stared at the map of Chu and said.

"Your Majesty, do you mean that Concubine Shu came out because they were desperate?"

If you think about it carefully, Concubine Shu hid behind the scenes and eliminated the people in the previous emperor's palace one by one, and in the end she was able to hide behind the scenes perfectly.

It can be seen how cautious and cunning this person is.

But this time, as soon as the Queen Mother and Prince Ruyang fell, she could not wait to come back, and hurriedly did a series of suspicious things, which showed that the Chu people were really anxious and were willing to do something at the risk of exposing her as a chess piece.

"They want to..."

The emperor smiled and put his hand to his lips.

"Shh!"