The old emperor thought back over the past few decades and realized that he had always had a good relationship with the empress when he met her when he was young. The only thing he had done to let the empress down was that he had married the daughter of the Tao family, which led to what happened later.

At that time, Mr. Xie suddenly passed away due to illness, and news of the defeat of the army led by Xie Yu'an came repeatedly from the border. The Queen Mother was already dissatisfied with the Xie family.

The Second Prince's power was at its peak. He was afraid that the Xie family would fall, so he urgently needed to win over other court officials in order to compete with the Second Prince, who had married the daughter of the Pei family and was supported by the commander-in-chief of the Dingbei Army.

The Tao family was deeply favored by the Empress Dowager, but the daughter of the Tao family was jealous and arrogant. At that time, the Empress was pregnant. To be safe, he arranged for someone to send the Empress away to recuperate on the grounds that she was ill. However, he did not expect that after this, the Empress was hunted down and she lost her only daughter.

But it was a critical moment and he could not fall out with the Tao family. After he ascended the throne, he immediately dealt with the girl of the Tao family and appointed a queen. He did not use the Tao family very much, so the Tao family was defeated later and now no one is serving as an official in the court.

He knew that the Queen was angry, but so many years had passed and she would be turning 60 in a few years, but the Queen still couldn't let go of what happened and was still brooding over it.

At the birthday banquet that day, the Queen asked for the white deer, and he thought the Queen had finally let go of those things, but now it seems that she still hasn't let go.

Even...she has begun to regret marrying herself.

He stood outside and didn't go in in the end.

The eunuch was standing at the back. Seeing that the emperor did not allow anyone to pass the message, he did not go in either. Just as he was wondering, the person left.

On the way back to the imperial study, he suddenly heard the emperor ask him, "Ding Ping, have you ever regretted anything?"

The eunuch was stunned. Before he could reply, the emperor had already answered his own question, "See why I am asking you. You must be regretful that you have not married or had children."

The emperor shook his head and said nothing more.

The eunuch's mood at this moment could not be expressed in words: "......"

The old emperor walked in front, and the slaves and guards followed behind him. They looked at the powerful emperor with admiration. But only the emperor himself knew that when he was young, he valued power more than anything else, but when he got old, he couldn't even keep the people around him and was left alone.

In the palace, the queen just smiled when she heard Su Juan's words. She said that she regretted marrying the emperor, or rather, she regretted marrying someone. If she were allowed to choose again, she would have followed her brother to the border. Although it was bitter and cold, at least she was free in her heart.

Or you can leave the capital and go outside, where the sky is high and the sea is vast, and see the scenery outside.

But how can one start over again? These four palace walls always bind oneself. What's the point of thinking more?

Su Juan vaguely remembered that the empress died shortly after the emperor's death on the previous two occasions.

At that time, there were rumors in the palace that the emperor and empress had fallen in love and the empress was buried with the emperor. But now it seems that the empress obviously would not be buried with the emperor, and she was probably forced to death by Song Qianfan.

Su Juan chatted with the Queen for a long time, and then accompanied the Queen to see the raised white deer. The white deer looked very healthy and was being carefully raised by the people around the Queen.

Seeing that Su Juan liked it, the queen asked Su Juan to go over and get close to Bai Lu for a while.

The palace maids around could not help but marvel when they saw it. After all, this fairy deer maintained the fortune of the Great Jin Dynasty. The Queen actually allowed Lord Su to be so close to her and was not afraid that anything might happen to the fairy deer. She really liked Lord Su.

Lady Su is truly blessed. She is just the daughter of a merchant, but she has the permission of His Majesty to serve as an official in the court, and is also so favored by the Queen. She is truly the envy of others.

When these stories reached Prince Jing's mansion, Song Qianfan was so angry that he overturned the table.

When Yu Ting came, he was furious. Li An came out with a dejected look on his face, and was used as a punching bag by Song Qianfan again.

After entering the study, he saw Song Qianfan was so angry, and he couldn't help but say, "Why would a woman make you like this? You even vent your anger on the guards beside you?"

Song Qianfan was angry, "You also saw the birthday banquet in the palace that day. The Queen targeted me like that. You must know more about the recent events in the palace than I do. Now that I think about it, the Queen's actions that day were simply for Su Juan."

Yu Ting frowned. He knew what his cousin said, but women were like clothes. How could he lose his composure because of a woman?

His eyes were unhappy. "You still have such a bad temper, how can you achieve great things?"

Your Majesty has no children, and even now the candidate for the crown prince has not been chosen, but sooner or later the world will fall into the hands of one of the most powerful kings, King Han and King Jing.

The Yu family and Prince Jing's Mansion have long been in a relationship of shared prosperity and adversity, and this world can only belong to Prince Jing.

But he was really disappointed that his cousin was so worried about a woman and still didn't control his temper.

Song Qianfan also realized his own misconduct at this time, and immediately apologized to Yu Ting, "Don't blame me, cousin, I was just angry at the time, I will definitely not do it again in the future."

His attitude of admitting his mistake seemed sincere, and Yu Ting felt slightly satisfied.

"After all, the queen is just a woman in the deep palace. Since ancient times, the harem is not allowed to interfere in government affairs. Why are you worried?"

"Now that the King of Han has lost Lou Shiye from the Ministry of Justice, and His Majesty is also thoroughly investigating the Ministry of Justice, it is bound to implicate many people. Now that the Zhongzheng evaluation is nearing its end, we still have to look at the long-term and firmly grasp the power of the six ministries. This is the top priority."

"When your uncle takes over the world in the future, you will be the crown prince. What does a Su Juan mean to you? You can choose any woman in the world you want."

At this time, Yu Ting still thought about how infatuated his cousin was with his former Crown Prince's Consort, and felt that it was really stupid and not worth it for him to do this for a woman.

Song Qianfan: "My cousin is right. I have taken a narrow path."

"Don't worry, cousin. I have already made arrangements with the Ministry of Personnel. After the Zhongzheng's evaluation, the three provinces, six ministries, nine temples and five prisons will all have a say in our Prince Jing's Mansion."

He has spent a lot of money and energy on this matter. He had prepared for this overall situation many years ago. Now it is just a process.

Yu Ting nodded, acknowledging Song Qianfan's ability to win people's hearts.

"Don't worry, cousin. The King of Han has been implicated because of Lou Shiye's incident. Your uncle must be more cautious and not let anyone catch him."

Yu Ting's concerns are not without reason.

But Song Qianfan was very confident in himself. He had been playing this game of chess for many years. Even if Su Juan was a master, she could not know what he was thinking, let alone which of his people were among the evaluated scholars.

Yu Ting added, "Better safe than sorry."

"Don't worry, cousin."

...

"The relatives and friends of these three people have had dealings with Prince Jing's Palace. They must be top-ranked among the scholars being evaluated this time. I think they will hold important positions in various ministries, so their ranks will not be low."

"These two people are from the same clan as the Princess of Han. I think they have been the King of Han's men for a long time."

Shen Ruhui pointed at the people on the list and analyzed with Su Juan the scholars who were being evaluated this time.

Su Juan nodded slightly. Shen Ruhui's analysis was indeed correct. Those three people were indeed the ones who later tried their best to ensure that Song Qianfan ascended the throne.

"Girl, have you thought of a plan to deal with this?"