Chapter 203 Cooperation

She looked at the bright lanterns swaying outside Chengqian Palace: "Shufei is full of love and affection. I knew she would never be successful, so I supported you to take the throne and deliberately scolded you harshly to make the emperor feel sorry for you. But you are useless like Shufei. You have the title of childhood sweetheart, but you can't hold the emperor's heart."

Rong Fei had a blank expression on her face and said nothing. Her hand holding the empress dowager tightened slightly.

The Queen Mother sensed her change of mood, glanced at her, and said angrily: "Don't be unconvinced. When you pretended to be pregnant and were almost discovered, I hid it from Concubine Shu and made her think you were really pregnant. That's why she took action against you and took the opportunity to frame Concubine Xian. I thought you would be favored by the Emperor and replace Concubine Li Gui as the most favored concubine in the harem, but you were replaced by Concubine Xian. How can I not be angry about you?"

Originally, they wanted to get rid of Concubine Xian before the Emperor paid attention to her, but they didn't expect that the Emperor cared about Concubine Xian more than they thought, so their plan fell through.

In order to stage the abortion scene, the Queen Mother used a lot of her own connections, but the result was such a result.

Concubine Rong shed tears: "Aunt, it's all my fault. I failed to get my brother and mother back from Ninggu Pagoda. I failed your expectations." The Queen

Mother sighed again: "Don't cry, it's not good for others to see you. If you can help Pei Wu gain favor this time, it will be considered as making up for

your mistake." Concubine Rong was unwilling to accept it in her heart. Letting Pei Wu use her handle to gain the emperor's trust was equivalent to being a discarded pawn. The Queen Mother said it easily, but she was just sitting on the high platform, and others were sacrificed.

But things have come to this point, and she can't say she doesn't want to.

As long as her brother and mother can come back, she can do anything.

In Chengqian Palace-

Pei Wu is holding a black jade chess piece, and the fight with the white chess piece is fierce.

She was wearing a man's cloak, covering her young body: "Since neither the emperor nor I want to be pawns of others, why don't you cooperate with me?"

Emperor Xuanwu made a move, and the situation on the chessboard suddenly changed. Pei Wu thought for a long time but didn't make a move.

The emperor leaned back, revealing a bit of ruffian spirit: "I heard that the prince of Ruyang Palace rejected the marriage arranged by Pei Jiaxin and wanted to go to Sheng'an Temple to become a monk. Miss Pei didn't want to stay in the palace because of this news?" Pei Wu made a

move firmly: "No, even if the prince didn't break off the engagement, I would not want to enter the palace."

"But now you are sitting opposite me, asking me to be merciful to you."

Pei Wu's snow-white face turned even paler, and the chess pieces were defeated: "Grandfather thought that the emperor demoted cousin Li just because he was angry for a moment, and sent me to the palace by all means to let me help cousin to consolidate his favor. But now that cousin is dead, I am afraid that grandfather's request to me has become to replace cousin Li and become the emperor's favorite concubine. But..."

She looked up at Emperor Xuanwu: "See you, my cousin. "As soon as I saw Concubine Zhenxian, I knew that I would never have a chance. Everyone would doubt how sincere the emperor was to Concubine Xian, but I thought that seven points of his heart were for the world, the court, and the people. If he gave three points to Concubine Xian, that would be all he could give. Therefore, I think that the emperor has given all his sincerity to Concubine Xian."

Would she not leave and stay here to be a witness to the love between the emperor and Concubine Xian?

She wanted to leave, not because of anyone, but because she didn't like being locked up in this square palace, and she didn't want to deal with a man she didn't love.

Emperor Xuanwu looked up at her for a long time, and finally let her lose a piece, so that she would not lose too badly: "Tell me, how can we cooperate?"

Pei Wu retracted her hand: "The Queen Mother has never had a mother-son relationship with the Emperor for so many years, but the Emperor is hindered by filial piety, afraid of impeachment by the ministers, afraid of the people's gossip, so he tolerates her everywhere. The Emperor has long wanted to get rid of the Queen Mother, right?"

"How dare you!"

The white jade chess piece in the Emperor's hand was thrown on the chessboard: "You presumptuously speculate on my intentions, I can chop off your head now."

"The cotton wool on Nanny Cheng's clothes was put there by Concubine Rong, but the one who gave the order was the Empress Dowager. Does the Emperor still want the Sixth Prince to encounter this kind of thing? Concubine Xian is a kind-hearted woman. I'm afraid she has already found out that it was Concubine Rong's work, but the Emperor is hiding it. I suggest that the Emperor should confess as soon as possible, otherwise the Emperor will hurt her feelings several times, and no matter how much affection he has, it will be worn out."

This was the first time that the Emperor loved a concubine so much, and he didn't want Concubine Xian to start being hypocritical to him in the future.

Tang Shiliang happened to come in at this time, and saw Pei Wu sitting with the Emperor playing chess, and he was a little hesitant to say something.

Emperor Xuanwu knew that he was going to talk about Concubine Xian, so he motioned to him directly: "Go ahead."

Tang Shiliang looked at Pei Wu twice more before saying: "Concubine Xian summoned the female officials of the Clothing Room today. Xie Zhangyi was assassinated. The Mirror Department received the body sent by Hexi Palace. The director of the Mirror Department came to ask the emperor what to do."

Emperor Xuanwu laughed and looked at Pei Wu: "You are right, Yue'er is a very smart woman. She was able to find out about Xie Zhangyi, which means she already knows that Concubine Rong is one of the real culprits behind the scenes. So tell me, can she find out about the Zhu family?"

Pei Wu was stunned at first, then her eyes widened: "Your Majesty, you..."

"Tsk!"

Emperor Xuanwu's eyes condensed, and murderous aura filled the air: "If you want to cooperate with me, it's not enough to use the Queen Mother as a bargaining chip, you have to use... your life."

There was not a single star in the dark sky, and it was covered with dark clouds, and there was no moonlight. The thick black was like ink that could not be dissolved, which made people feel depressed.

Little Tuanzi cried for some reason.

Jiang Xinyue hugged him in her arms distressedly: "Oh oh oh~ What's wrong with my mother's baby, little Tuantuan? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"

Nanny Xiang was also watching from the side: "Is it because you have been drinking goat milk recently and have a little indigestion?"

The emperor has already found a wet nurse for Jiang Xinyue again, but not so quickly.

Even if he finds one, he still has to check the wet nurse's ancestors for three generations to make sure that she will not have any bad intentions towards the prince before he can bring her into the palace.

And with the precedent of Nanny Cheng, the emperor had higher requirements for the character of the nanny. He tried to choose a calm one with strong adaptability and knowledge of pharmacology.

Therefore, Jiang Xinyue could only give the child goat milk processed by the kitchen.

Children can't speak, so adults can only rely on guessing.

After listening to Nanny Xiang, Jiang Xinyue asked Xi Que to do gas-exhaling exercises for Xiaotuanzi.

After doing two sets of movements, Xiaotuanzi began to fart: "My queen, the gas-exhaling exercises you taught me really work. You see, the Sixth Prince is not crying anymore!"

Li Ma also laughed: "Children are always troubled in February, and they will be fine after the first three months."

In ancient times, there was no such thing as bloating and colic, and they were all called "February troubles".

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