Chapter 548

On this day, Marquis Yan Jian Xu Bai accompanied King Su to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager first, followed by greeting Empress Su then Empress Su kept them until the palace gates were about to drop the key before releasing them, then of course, there was no time to go to the Imperial Empress for an audience.

“Su Wang House before just hastily become, and empty these years, I’m afraid it’s not good to live.” The empress dowager ignored the twilight will come, personally sent them to the Hui Yi Palace door, holding Su Wang’s hand fondly worried, “In my opinion, you or first live in Ji Hou House to go!”

“Although the Su Wang Mansion has been empty for the past two years, but during this period of time there are people cleaning it every day, Empress Dowager need not worry!” King Su comforted, “What’s more, nowadays the dynasty and the countryside all know that the child … knows that I have returned, if this time put their own residence does not live, but instead live in the Su family, will attract discussion.”

When Emperor Duanhua ordered the two kings to return to the imperial capital, the two men’s residences in the imperial capital began to be repaired and cleaned in preparation for welcoming their mastersalthough at that time we all thought that the two princes might not be willing to come back firstly, and might not be able to return secondly, and might not have the life to continue to own these two residences after they came back thirdly, the subordinates had to take precautions as well. I’m sorry, I’m sorry.

It was so that although King Su’s current return was sudden, that Su Wangfu of his was not unprepared.

And the reason why Empress Su advised him to go to Jihou House, is only afraid that he lived alone in Su Wang House without pro long care, suffered poisonous hands.

Only as King Su said, last night when he had just entered the city he was still able to hide in a separate courtyard because not many people knew about it.

Now he has shown his face in front of the whole court, if he still does not go back to his own royal residence to live words, inevitably call people think that he is also too small this is where the emperor’s people should have the courage to do?

What’s more, as long as He Wenqiong doesn’t turn against him, even if King Su doesn’t live in the Su family, the Su family will surely keep an eye on the defense of King Su’s residence.

If He Wenqiong turned against him, then where could Su Wangzheng’s hide be safe in the vastness of the imperial capital?

It would be better to live in the Su Wang Mansion in a big way!

This reasoning Empress Su also understands, just mother and child, really can not rest assured, at this moment a dark sigh, said, “In that case, you have to be careful!”

Only when he said this did he look at Jian Xu Bai who was at the side and said gently, “Ah Xu, I’m troubling you today!”

“Royal aunt is out of line!” Jian Xu Bai arched his hand, “It’s good that imperial aunt doesn’t mind me disturbing you!”

“What do you mean?” Empress Su said in a pleasant manner, “I was afraid that you young people would dislike me as an old woman and refuse to come to this Huiyi Palace!”

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Princess Changxing, who accompanied her out to send people off, reminded, “Two days ago, the mother said something, will this even forget?”

Empress Su was stunned, and then suddenly realized, busy Fang Yu called back to the temple to take out a palmsized brocade box to, with a smile, handed to Jian Xubai, “two days ago to pack up things, see this piece of jade pendant, think very good for the child with the good Myrtle. Originally wanted to send to the Queen Mother there to pass on to you, did not think that these two days lack of body has not been to the Qingxi Palace, and now you come over to me here, but just to bring back!”

Jian Xu Bai knew that this was the Empress Dowager’s intention to show goodwill to the Marquis of Yan, so she symbolically excused herself for a couple of sentences and accepted.

Seeing this, Princess Changxing raised her sleeve to cover her mouth and laughed softly, “Cousin sisterinlaw is pregnant, and cousin will be in a hurry to go back, Mother, let’s not delay King Su’s younger brother and Cousin A Xu out of the palace, shall we?”

This sounds unusual, but it is a euphemism for saying that she has let go of her former infatuation with Jian Xubai, and sincerely wishes him and Song Yixiao love and prosperity.

Empress Su looked at her daughter approvingly and said with a smile, “That’s true, then you guys go, it’s freezing cold, be careful on the road!”

Sent Su Wang and Jian Xubai’s figure gradually disappeared, Queen Su before holding her daughter’s hand, mother and daughter walked back to the hall, the palace girls busy making hot tea to let them warm up.

“In a couple days is the period of your descent.” After Empress Su sipped her tea, she put the porcelain calabash down and looked at her daughter, saying with some guilt and some emotion, “You’ve aggravated both of your descents!”

“How did mother suddenly say such words?” Eldest Princess Changxing was slightly stunned, also put down the tea bowl, took a handkerchief and pressed the corners of her mouth, puzzled, “Hasn’t the Empress Mother always taught her daughter in the past, that the three of us are all honored together, and we are all harmed together? As long as my younger brother is crowned emperor, who would dare to wrong us? Besides, haven’t you inquired about that He Qian? He said that his talent and appearance are not bad, and that he is also a sensible person.”

Seeing her say so, Empress Su couldn’t say anything to spoil the fun, only sighing, “But I hope everything goes well next!”

The empress dowager has always felt that her daughter’s two declines are unsatisfactory, the first decline of Jane Yiyu, purely for the King of Su to pull together the Grand Princess of Jin, at least to ensure that the Grand Princess of Jin does not because of the Jian Xubai and completely fall to the Duanhua Emperor.

And Jane Yiyu not only not very good to the eldest princess of Changxing, but also let the concubine in the eldest princess before the two pregnant, called the eldest princess of Changxing is simply a disgrace!

However, Empress Su’s most disgusted with Jane Yiyu’s point, or his origin: his biological father, Jane Li Kuang, is not the real flesh and blood of Yan’s dowager wife, but because of Jane Ping Yu’s negative and thin, usurping the identity of Yan’s dowager wife’s son of the Xibei goods!

And such as Qingzhou Su such a famous family, is the most taboo to confuse bloodline, the first concubine is not distinguishable, favor concubine destroy wife and this kind of thing.

Because these kinds of things are most likely to cause a family to fall from within.

And now the emperor’s soninlaw He Qian, although there is nothing wrong with his life, on the talent and appearance is also not bad, but compared to Su Shaoge this level that is really far away and the Empress Dowager Su feels that her own daughter how to be promised to Su Shaoge this kind of talent is not dishonored!

“Speaking of which, since the death of concubine Lu Ningyi, Shao Ge has been all alone until now!” Empress Su thought of her outstanding nephew, and then remembered, “Although it is said that he has not yet come out of his father’s filial piety, after Bug Nun ascends to the throne, I should also ask him about his lifelong affairs! Right now, Fufeng Hall’s population is not exactly thriving oh, there’s also Bo Feng!”

Empress Su here worrying about a few late generations of marriage at the same time, the Weiyang Palace, Empress Wei is listening to the Xin fiber on the gift list, “… feet high coral tree eighteen pots, no more.”

“Just these!” Empress Wei swept her eyes at the dazzling array of gold, beads, jade and jade, and the Xiazhuang precious clothes under the steps, and said without much expression, “You take someone to carefully inspect the things, and see if there are no problems, then send them over to the Huiyi Palace!”

Xinqian answered and said, “The slave girl had already seen them all when she carried them over.”

“Then seal it up and send it over!” Empress Wei rubbed the corner of her forehead and said in a faint voice, “By the way, greet the Eldest Princess Changxing for this palace, and say that this palace wishes her and the prince consort to grow old together!”

Xin fiber went to do as instructed, after a long time to come back to resume orders, quite a bit of injustice said, “Your Highness prepared so thick gift to the Changxing eldest princess makeup, just slave girl sent over, but the side is flat, even after slave girl conveyed your congratulations to your Highness, that mother and daughter two is not salty back to a few sentences, is really bully too much! Do you really think that if the King of Su returns, he will be able to usurp the throne successfully?”

“That mother and daughter have always felt that Xuanming Palace should be King Su’s!” Empress Wei sneered and said, “And the things that this palace opened the treasury to take to Changxing should also rightfully belong to the three of themso this palace is now tantamount to taking their things and giving them favors, so of course they won’t be grateful!”

Xin Jian knows that Empress Wei has been in a bad mood lately, and at this moment, seeing her say so, she immediately felt a bit remorseful, fearing that it would add to the master’s already bad mood, and was pondering whether to find a topic to diverge from, when she suddenly heard Empress Wei ask, “By the way, what is the situation of the Liuxia Palace and the Qibao Palace this morning?”

The palace in the dark current of the time, Jane Xubai can return to the house, the couple opened the box given by Empress Su, but see inside is a pomegranate shaped jade pendant, jade is relatively rare yellow and red interlaced, craftsmen clever use of this, will be carved into a ripe pomegranate fruit, a slip of red jade in the middle is waiting to bloom through the pomegranate skin probe of the pomegranate seeds.

The pomegranate, with its many seeds, has been used since ancient times as a symbol of congratulations on the prosperity of the heir.

Empress Su gave it to Song Yixiao, who was pregnant, but it was very appropriate.

“How is the court today?” But Song Yixiao now in order to stabilize the fetus, hairpin ring do not bring a few pieces, this piece of jade pendant only appreciated the meeting, also put away, laugh and ask her husband, “see Su Wang are shocked to strike?”

Jian Xu Bai kindly said, “Just the aftermath of Mrs. Xu was agreed upon, and not much other progress was made.”

“How can there be no progress?” Song Yi smiled in wonder, “It’s just that the Wei family couldn’t anticipate it, but did the Su family just let King Su go to the court for a spin this morning?”

Speaking of which, ever since Emperor Duanhua proposed to abdicate, but whenever the new ruler was discussed at the court meeting, the Su family’s faction of courtiers, led by Qiu Shuxia, had tried to stir up trouble, for the sake of King Su’s absence, hadn’t they?

Now that King Su has finally returned and also appeared peacefully at the court meeting the Su family actually still does not sound the war drums of attack, taking advantage of the crown prince’s withdrawal from the fight for the new ruler due to injuries, and the king of Shu was sent to the emperor’s mausoleum with his life by the Xu Tai Fei, do you still want to take your time to come back?

Jian Xu Bai explained, “The name of King Su is really a problem, even if the Su family has all sorts of preparations, right now we need to test the attitude of the ministers, so that we can adjust our strategy in time, so as not to lose all our efforts!”

“Speaking … of which,” Song Yixiao sniffed, nodded thoughtfully, came to her husband’s ear, and asked in a low voice, “That posthumous decree, what does the Dowager Empress side intend to write?”

“Haven’t thought about it yet.” Jian Xu Bai kindly said, “Although it is said that it is a posthumous decree that has been memorized, but if it is not used well, its role is also limited. So the Dowager Empress decided to leave it unwritten for now, and wait for the critical moment before deciding on the situation!”

He lifted his chin in the direction of the He Mansion, “That is to say, right now, what can instantly determine the victory or defeat is actually still He Wenqiong’s attitude!”

“This man is also really indecisive!” Song Yixiao shook her head helplessly and said, “If he had been loyal to the Wei family, he wouldn’t have agreed to release King Su into the imperial capital! He promised the Su family to release him, but he refused to stand on the Su family’s side the next Wei and Su families will have to fight around him! No matter who wins, I’m afraid they won’t like him, right? This person is at least a minister, how can he not even understand such a simple problem?”

Jian Xubai smiled meaningfully at his words, but said, “You don’t think about who promoted him?”

Song Yixiao was stunned for a moment, then realized: He Wenqiong was an old man that Emperor Xianjia had personally assigned to Emperor Duanhua, and was specifically in charge of military power!

If such a person is a thunderous and decisive, how can Emperor Xianjia feel at ease?

After all, there was a saying that one should know one’s son as well as one’s father, and Emperor Duanhua was not a particularly powerful monarch, so how could Emperor Xianjia not be aware of this? He also had no choice but to choose Emperor Duanhua so something as important as military power, Emperor Xianjia would never allow it to be in the hands of a particularly capable and powerful person!

Otherwise, Emperor Duanhua wouldn’t be able to suppress it at all!

He Wenqiong earlier listen to everything Gu Shao, and now who said that he felt reasonable he will listen to who such an indecisive soft ears, do things and dragged the mud of people, if not Duanhua emperor’s own death lost the throne, he is indeed very suitable for Duanhua emperor to do the Ministry of War Secretary.

After all, nowadays, the world is so peaceful that there is no need to consider external danger, and He Wenqiong’s character determines that he does not dare to rebel at all, so how suitable for Emperor Duanhua who has mediocre qualifications?

“It’s a pity that even if the late Emperor was unerring in his calculations, he couldn’t stop His Majesty from screwing himself over one by one!” Song Yixiao thought of this, secretly shook her head, no longer discussing these issues, and asked her husband with a smile, “It’s almost time, should we call Chaoping and the others to come over for a meal?”