"Your Majesty, since the Queen Mother got the news that the Prince of Pingxi was going back to Beijing, she sent someone to deliver a secret letter to Southern Xinjiang." Dai Jingfeng said, looking embarrassed, and when he spoke again, his voice was much lower, "But Your Majesty ordered that the Queen Mother should not be disturbed. So the guards sent by me did not dare to get too close to the messenger, so they were not able to learn the specific content of the secret letter. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
"It's not your fault," Zhong Zhiheng waved his hand, staring at the Panchi three-legged incense burner on the windowsill. After a long while, he spoke slowly. "What is it that you can tell your nephew but not your own son?"
Dai Jingfeng looked at Zhong Mingwei's silent expression. His lips moved. It was obvious that he wanted to say something. But he also knew that he shouldn't say it. But after a pause, Dai Jingfeng still spoke: "It should be about the Xu family or the King of Pingxi."
"Yes," Zhong Zhiheng nodded. He curled his lips sarcastically, "In the eyes of the Queen Mother, the Xu family and the Prince of Hepingxi will always rank ahead of me."
Dai Jingfeng listened to Zhong Zhiheng's words. He was thinking whether to comfort Zhong Zhiheng or continue to stand there like a wooden stake. When he was hesitating, he heard Zhong Zhiheng speak again indifferently: "But I don't care. The world belongs to me anyway. What do I have to worry about?"
When Zhong Zhiheng said this, his expression and tone were very calm, but Dai Jingfeng's heart was beating wildly. Sure enough, the next second, Zhong Zhiheng suddenly overturned the small table on the couch to the ground.
"Your Majesty, please calm down!" Dai Jingfeng was so busy that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.
"Go and check it for me! Check it carefully!" Zhong Zhiheng gritted his teeth and said, "What did the Queen Mother say to Xu Chengjin? Report it to me without revealing a single word!"
"Yes, I obey your command. I'll do it right away!" Dai Jingfeng bowed and walked out hurriedly.
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That night.
Cining Palace.
The Queen Mother had been restless for several days. Normally, she would have recited sutras at this time, but she had not been in the mood to do so for several days. She had not even put on her Buddhist beads, which she never let go of. She just waited anxiously in the side hall, looking out the window from time to time. Finally, when she saw Bi Qiao hurriedly entering the yard, she breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly stood up.
"How is it?" The Queen Mother asked anxiously as Bi Qiaofu came in, "Has it been delivered?"
"Please rest assured, Queen Mother. I have ordered it to be delivered 800 miles away. The Queen Mother's handwritten letter will soon be delivered to the general." Bi Qiao helped the Queen Mother sit down and poured tea for her. "Queen Mother, don't worry. The general always listens to you. Once he sees the Queen Mother's handwritten letter, he will not act abnormally."
"This is strange," the Queen Mother sighed and shook her head, "Cheng Jin has always been the most obedient. I don't know what happened to him in the past year. He always acts so recklessly. I know that he has been angry since Ming Wei was deposed. I know how much of a blow it is to the Xu family to lose the only prince with Xu blood. So didn't I rush to bring Jing Hui into the palace? Now Jing Hui is pregnant. Within half a year, she will be able to give birth to a prince. By then, our Xu family will naturally have a chance. Why is he so anxious and confused?"
"Queen Dowager, please don't be angry. Have a cup of tea to moisten your throat first." Bi Qiao saw that the Queen Dowager looked unwell, so she hurried over to serve her tea. After seeing the Queen Dowager drink a few sips, Bi Qiao finally breathed a sigh of relief and comforted the Queen Dowager, saying, "The Crown Prince has been deposed, and Prince Rong has already stepped into the East Palace. How can the general not be angry? Besides, we don't know whether Concubine Hui's baby is a boy or a girl yet. It's understandable that the general got anxious and made the wrong decision."
"We are all in our early fifties, how can we always do as we please?" The Queen Mother shook her head helplessly, put down her teacup and sighed, "I can persuade him once, but not twice. Besides, we are thousands of miles apart. If he makes the wrong decision again that day, I will still be kept in the dark!"
Bi Qiao frowned upon hearing this: "The general is really confused this time. The Prince of Pingxi finally came back to Beijing for this one time, but he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity. It's really puzzling."
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