The Queen Mother asked him to eat first, so Cui Changan was ready to listen to her advice and talk after eating.
Xiao Wu suddenly said, "Empress Dowager, should we finish talking first before eating?"
Cui Changan immediately realized that something was wrong.
Xiao Wu was born a princess, so she wouldn't be so rash if there was no reason.
He glanced at Xiao Wu, then looked at the Queen Mother obediently: "Then tell me first?"
The Queen Mother could not hide her dissatisfaction and looked at Cui Changan with a smile.
"Why? The Regent listens to the Princess so much?"
When someone openly mocks a man for his lack of authority over his wife, an ordinary man would naturally refute it.
But Cui Changan nodded seriously: "The princess is my savior, her knowledge is also better than mine, so I will naturally listen to her."
The Queen Mother was instantly choked:!!!
Aunt Hua tried to smooth things over: "Why don't we talk while we eat?"
Cui Changan didn't dare to nod this time, but looked at Xiao Wu first.
Xiao Wu smiled and said, "I'm afraid your food is too nutritious and I'm too weak to take it..."
The Queen Mother and Nanny Hua were both choked.
The Queen Mother felt guilty and angry, "Your Majesty is eating at the same table with us. What kind of tonic can a little kid eat?"
Xiao Wu nodded and smiled: "Then I feel relieved..."
The Queen Mother looked at Cui Changan with some grievance: Your princess bullies me, the Queen Mother, and you just stand by and watch?
Cui Changan avoided the Queen Mother's gaze and felt goosebumps all over his body.
Why is she looking at me like this for no reason?
As if I owed her something.
Obviously I am her benefactor?
He couldn't figure it out, so he looked at Xiao Wu blankly: What's going on?
Xiao Wu patted his thigh under the table, signaling him to be patient and continue the conversation when they got home.
The food came and each person had a bowl of soup.
Xiao Wu looked at the soup in front of her and ordered calmly: "I don't like soup, take it away."
Nanny Hua glanced at the Queen Mother, didn't dare to say anything, and removed the soup.
Cui Changan followed suit: "Mine will be withdrawn as well."
Nanny Hua glanced at the Queen Mother again and left.
The Queen Mother also discovered that the Regent Princess must have come prepared and was on guard against her.
It seems that I can't accomplish anything today.
Never mind, let's take a step back.
When the meal was almost over, the Empress Dowager started to play the victim.
He first held Xiao Wu's hand and said enviously that she and her husband were so united in purpose, which was really enviable.
Unlike her, she was young and had no one to rely on...
As she spoke, she wiped her tears and looked at Cui Changan.
Cui Changan frowned slightly, looking as if he was thinking seriously, which gave the Empress Dowager hope and made her speak even more miserably.
"I woke up in the middle of the night, looking at the empty palace, I kept thinking of the time when the late emperor was here..."
Cui Changan nodded in understanding: "It's really not easy to feel lonely in this palace..."
The Queen Mother was delighted and was thinking that her crying would work, but she heard Cui Changan say, "If the Queen Mother also wants to be like those concubines and leave the palace incognito, that's fine too."
The Queen Mother's crying suddenly stopped and she looked at Cui Changan in disbelief.
How could the eldest son of the Cui family, who is known as a wise man and is now the regent, be so stupid when it comes to love affairs between men and women?
Did he really not realize that he was flirting with him?
Or are you pretending to be stupid?
Cui Changan really had no experience in this area, and he was sincerely giving advice to the Queen Mother.
Seeing the Queen Mother stunned, he realized: This is not the result the Queen Mother wanted.
He frowned again and tried to find a new way to solve the problem.
"If the Empress Dowager does not want to leave the palace incognito, she can go to Qifeng Temple to practice asceticism. There will be no shortage of supplies, and the Empress Dowager can have more freedom..."
The Queen Mother resisted the urge to roll her eyes and coughed twice: "Cough cough cough... I feel a little uncomfortable in my chest, I will go to rest first..."
Cui Changan: Isn’t this what she wants?
He was confused in his heart, but his actions were honest: "Then my humble minister and I will also take our leave..."
Coming out of the palace, Cui Changan asked Xiao Wu in confusion: "What exactly is the Queen Mother going to do today?"
"She herself said that the palace was lonely and she envied the concubines who left before..."
Why is she unwilling to leave?
He suddenly felt that he had not read enough books and that there were still many problems he had no ideas about how to solve.
Xiao Wu suppressed her laughter: "You, don't understand women."
"She said that because she has a crush on you."
Cui Changan was shocked: "Ah? This is impossible!"
Because his tone was too decisive, Xiao Wu became curious: "Why are you so sure?"
Cui Changan sighed and talked about the past.
When His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was choosing a concubine, the late Emperor also had many candidates.
After screening and considering these candidates layer by layer, the prince was given the opportunity to meet the remaining four.
The prince was always together with Cui Changan back then. He would tell him anything that was on his mind and take him to see them one by one.
Young men and women were together, and knowing that they were there for marriage, they naturally looked at each other with curiosity.
Cui Changan was also a handsome young man, and the Cui family was at its peak at that time.
Whether becoming a crown princess or a wife of the Cui family, it is an excellent destination for ordinary noble ladies.
Among these people are Miss Tang and the current Empress Dowager.
Miss Tang had taken a liking to Cui Changan from the beginning, saying that Cui Changan was "intelligent, handsome, and introverted, and would be a good husband."
In addition, the Cui family's ancestral precept is that only men from the Cui family can take concubines if a woman is over 30 years old and has no children.
The crown prince is different. He is destined to have three palaces and six courtyards in the future.
In comparison, Cui Changan's marriage is the best.
The current Empress Dowager looks down on him, saying that no matter how good the young man from the Cui family is, can he be better than the Crown Prince?
It is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines...
In addition to the young masters and young ladies from various families, those present at the time also inevitably included slaves, maids and nannies from various families.
These words were bribed and inquired by people with ulterior motives, and in the end, everyone got what they wanted.
Miss Tang married Cui Changan, and the empress dowager in the palace also successfully entered the prince's mansion and then became the queen and empress dowager.
But the process was too fast, and the empress dowager could no longer be promoted, so she had to live the life of a lonely widow ahead of time.
After Cui Changan finished talking about the past, he asked Xiao Wu confidently: "Look, she didn't like me at the beginning, how could she like me now?"
Xiao Wu almost made him laugh out of anger: "Putting aside the love between men and women, is it possible that she is attracted by your power?"
"After all, you are now covering the sky with one hand."
Cui Changan still felt something was wrong: "She is the Queen Mother now. I have nothing to do with her, so I can defend her openly."
"If I really had something to do with her, I should have kept my distance from her to avoid suspicion."
"Besides, Your Majesty is still young. Whether for Your Majesty, the court, or myself, I cannot have anything to do with her."
"She is already the Queen Mother. Even if she has something with me, what else can I give her?"
"Grand Empress Dowager?"
"What's up with her brain?"
"How can you be so stupid?"
Cui Changan looked disgusted, but finally made Xiao Wu laugh out loud.
Well, the Prince Regent has no romantic thoughts in his mind, only state affairs.
He totally doesn't understand women's little tricks.
He really didn't treat the Queen Mother as a woman. (End of this chapter)
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