Chapter 90

An hour later, Xiao Tuo opened the door and came in to change shifts, but saw that Zian was already lying on the bed, sleeping soundly.

She turned sideways to Murong Jie, covering his forehead with her hand, probably to check if his forehead had a fever.

Murong Jie didn't fall asleep, he didn't move, he just rolled his eyes to look at Xiao Tuo, motioning him to keep silent.

Xiao Tuo seemed a little surprised, but he still tiptoed back.

Back in the next room, he pushed Su Qing to wake him up, and Su Qing jumped up, "What's wrong? It's burning again?"

"No," Xiao Tuo sat down, "but, I saw them sleeping together."

Su Qing heard that it was all right, turned over, and muttered: "It's all right to sleep together, anyway, the prince can't do anything now."

Xiao Tuo pulled him up, "But the prince told me not to wake her up."

Su Qing pulled up the quilt and said impatiently: "Isn't it? I'm sleeping."

"But when did you see the prince caring about a woman like this, a woman!" Xiao Tuo poked his back, "Don't you feel surprised?"

"What's so surprising? Isn't it just the same bed? I'm going to sleep with you tonight?" Su Qing was really sleepy and didn't want to talk to him.

Xiao Tuo looked at him, lay down, grabbed his collar and said, "That's because there are only two rooms here, unless you are willing to sleep in the yard."

"Isn't that right? Either the prince sleeps in the yard, or Xia Zian sleeps in the yard, it's not suitable, right?" Su Qing broke free from him.

Xiao Tuo put his hands on the back of his head, "The two of us can sleep in the yard, let Xia Zi sleep here, and the prince can sleep over there."

Su Qing's snoring sounded, apparently falling asleep again.

Xiao Tuo closed his eyes, sat up suddenly, and pulled Su Qing up, "No, do you think the prince is attracted to Xia Zian?"

Su Qing rubbed her eyes and looked at him helplessly, "So what?"

Xiao Tuo's eyes widened, "So what? Then Xia Zi'an repented of marrying King Liang, and she has a bad reputation."

"You have a good reputation? Are all those who have a good reputation these days gentlemen? Tell me one by one, which one has a good reputation?" Su Qing can't wait to kick him down. Why so much gossip?

Xiao Tuo was choked by his words, and it was true. Thinking about it carefully, Xia Zian seemed to be the most suitable princess regent.

In this courtyard on the outskirts of Beijing, everything was as peaceful as if nothing had happened.

However, shocking waves were set off in Beijing.

The disappearance of the regent's body made all the officials in Beijing suspicious, and also shocked the royal family.

In the Shouning Palace, a large number of civil and military officials knelt outside, asking the Empress Dowager to come forward and preside over the government affairs.

Naturally, it is impossible for the empress dowager to really preside over the government. Although there is no legal system in this dynasty that the harem should not interfere in politics, and there is a precedent for the empress dowager Long to be a regent before, and the harem to intervene in politics.

However, their purpose is not for the empress dowager to be in power, they just want the empress dowager to draw up candidates to supervise the country.

Therefore, these people are all princelings.

The empress dowager was terrified when she saw the dark heads outside.

How long has it been since the emperor fell ill? The prince's party is already so rampant, with so many people kneeling in front of her Shouning Palace, do they really think she is blind? Can't see what they want to do?

The empress dowager was really sad, Murong Jie died, even the corpse was missing, and the princelings went to the palace to force her after searching for a day.

No one has ever understood her feelings, that is the child she grew up with, from immature life to being independent, calling her queen mother, and she is also related by blood, no one came to ask her, no one came to tell her My condolences.

At noon, the queen also came.

Entering the palace, he spoke a few words of comfort, and then said, "Queen Mother, it's not an option for all the officials to kneel outside now. It's better to make a decision early. The country cannot live without a king for a day."

The empress dowager's eyes turned cold, "The emperor is not dead yet, you just say this, are you so impatient?"

The queen quickly knelt down, "I don't mean that, I just think that the regent is dead, the country must have someone in charge, you must either personally regent, or choose a supervisor early, now the whole country, only you can decide gone."

The empress dowager said coldly: "Ai's family can't be the master, how about you, the queen, be the master? How about you go to the regent?"

The queen hurriedly said: "The concubine dare not, the concubine is incompetent, and the queen mother has to take care of the harem, not to mention the important affairs of the family and the country."

She really thought, didn't the empress dowager also regent back then? It's a pity that the empress dowager has to be inferior to her all day long.

The empress dowager just felt that the current situation made her very irritable, she couldn't cry for Ah Jie even if she wanted to.

She is also very clear about the queen's reason for coming, just like the princelings outside, her father Liang Taifu is already aggressive, it seems that if you don't deal with him, you can't live in peace today.

Thinking of this, she proclaimed, "Pass on to the Grand Tutor."

The queen raised her face slightly, took a cup of tea, and drank it slowly, but a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth unconsciously.

A man wearing a first-rank official uniform entered the hall. He was thin, with protruding cheekbones, his small eyes were fully exposed, and his beard almost covered his mouth, as if he hadn't been groomed, but the lengths on both sides were the same , It is deliberately stored like that, which makes people think it is a kind of protective color.

Liang Taifu entered the hall, strode forward, and bowed down in front of the empress dowager, "I see the empress dowager, the empress dowager is a thousand years old."

"Teacher, get up." The Empress Dowager raised her hand.

"Thank you, Empress Dowager!" Grand Tutor Liang stood up, and then saluted the Empress again, "I will see you, Empress Dowager."

"Teacher is free of courtesy." The queen looked at her father and felt inexplicably at ease.

The Empress Dowager gave him a seat, and went straight in, "The Grand Tutor brought all the ministers here today and knelt at the gate of the Ai family's palace. Do you want to ask the Ai family to be regent?"

Taifu replied respectfully: "Empress Dowager, now the emperor is seriously ill, and the regent who oversees the country has passed away again. The country is so big that no one should be in charge."

"Let's take care of the affairs behind the Prince Regent first, and then worry about it." The Empress Dowager said.

Taifu said: "Empress Dowager, there is no conflict between the two things."

The empress dowager rubbed her brows with her hands, looking exhausted, "Really? The Ai family is different from you. The Ai family is not a person who does big things, so they can't handle two big things at once. Murong Jie is the son of the Ai family. , the son of the Ai family is dead, you come to pay your respects, kowtow, but with an aggressive edge, what can the Ai family say to you?"

Mrs. Liang was startled, and then said: "Empress Dowager, your condolences, but, this tragedy has already happened, it's more important to take care of the situation in front of you first, and there are priorities."

The empress dowager suddenly opened her eyes wide, and said sharply: "Is it because the death of the regent is just a trivial matter to you? Or is it that you don't even have time to grieve Ai's family for a day? What are you in a hurry for? Who is in charge, who is in charge? Jian Guo, is it you who have the final say with the Ai family?"

"Chen... I'm not in a hurry." Liang Taifu was speechless for a while, but he didn't expect this old lady to be quite talkative in the past, but now she became stubborn.

He subconsciously glanced at the queen. The queen held tea and persuaded him: "My mother, my father didn't mean that. You know him. He worked half his life for the court and the people. Even my mother said he was a good family member." Heartless people."