The Empress Dowager sniffed and sighed, “A Xu you and leave through the small door, Yu Guo you go and call her in!”

After a long time, the jitterylooking Crown Princess Xu walked in, and as soon as she entered, she knelt down and let out a loud cry: ”Your Highness! Your Highness! What do you think concubine should do? The Empress herself told me that the Wei family is determined to push King Shu to fight with His Highness the King of Su King Shu is the youngest son of the late Emperor, and no one, including my concubine, ever expected him to have any success, and he is not worthy of being the Emperor in the sense of being young and old, and in the sense of being wise and foolish.”

“And how is he going to be emperor?”

“Those people are simply to put the Shu dynasty to death on the road to force he the first emperor only a total of how much blood, Su Xiang two kings and all out of the succession, if the king of the Shu also have a long and short, the royal family branch of the first what else is there in the people!”

“Please, Your Highness, for the sake of grandchildren’s love, save King Shu!”

Said sobbing.

The Empress Dowager was sympathetic and said, “You and get up and speak! As you said, King Shu is my own grandson, and has always been wellbehaved, so how could I not think of him?”

Xu Taifei wiped her tears, but refused to get up, continued to tell, “The Empress just said the meaning of the words, the court of all the public will surely reject your previous decree so that the king of Shu did not have the means to be the heir of His Royal Highness the Grand Princess of the Kingdom of Chen, and still the identity of the emperor, in order to facilitate them to continue to take the king of Shu as a front! ”

“This is something that the Su family has been begging for, is it something they can easily dismiss?” The Empress Dowager hummed and said, “Although I am just an old bone, I can still protect King Shu, don’t worry blindly!”

There was a pause, “How has King Shu been these past two days?”

Xu Taifei choked out, “This is the concubine is now the most worried about these two days the Queen’s side of the frequent contact with him, Your Highness also knows that Shu Wang is young, and because in the past also did not expect him what, have not been attentive to point out, so this child has never been nothing of the city, the most good coaxing but! From the observation of the people on his side, this child … this child …”

She said with great difficulty, “The boy … can’t help it … can’t help but be moved by what they say!”

Originally, the temptation of the throne, even if you know that you will be a puppet, how many people can resist the temptation of the name “Son of Heaven” alone?

The King of Shu is arrogant and naïve, so what’s the difficulty in fooling him on Empress Wei’s side?

In the final analysis, the Empress is interested in him, is not because he is this nature. The queen is interested in him because of his character.

“Mourner will ask someone to bring him over later.” The Empress Dowager sniffed, her face hardened for a moment, then she said in a deep voice, “I will speak to you first, so that you won’t be worried: when he comes, I will find a reason to reprimand him, and try to send him to the Imperial Tombs to reflect on it in short, wait for the storm in the court to calm down before letting him come back! ”

Said here sighed, “The situation over the imperial mausoleum must be not as good as in the imperial city, this child went over there less to suffer a little bit of aggravation …”

“It doesn’t matter!” Tai Consort Xu was overjoyed at his words, and busily said, “As long as King Shu can safely avoid this trouble, it’s no big deal to let him suffer a bit! Concubine thanks Your Highness for your love!”

She happily kowtowed several times in one breath, and then looked blearily at the Dowager Empress Dowager, “Your Highness, why don’t you call for him to come over now?”

The Empress Dowager looked at her like this heart is very pity, soft voice said, “I let people go to pass the message, you quickly get up! Otherwise that child will come to see you have a wound on the forehead, will certainly be worried, then go to the Imperial Tomb also want to hold you, this day will be more difficult to endure!”

Only then did Crown Princess Xu get up and go to the side hall to freshen up under the guidance of the palace maid.

It was just that she freshened up and returned to the Dowager Empress, accompanied the Dowager Empress to talk for a while and after another while, there was still no sign of King Shu!

This situation empress dowager and Xu too consort feel that the situation is not too good, the empress dowager played with the porcelain in her hand, was about to call a palace to go to explore the news, which know this time earlier sent to call the king of the Shu can be counted on to come back, but said, “slave girl to go to jia mu palace, there people said that his highness the king of the Shu was the empress mother side first called to go! Slave girl so went to the Weiyang Palace, however, the palace people over there said that a moment before the slave girl went over, the Empress took His Highness the King of Shu to the Xuanming Palace and went ….”

So this courtesan rushed to Xuanming Palace again and then witnessed a heated exchange centered around whether or not the King of Shu should succeed the Grand Princess of Chen!

When the Dowager Empress and Mrs. Xu heard this, they were both angry and anxious, and asked in unison: ”So what was the result? Who won? Or is it an even match with no result until now?”

The palace man smiled bitterly and said, “Originally, the people who favored His Highness the King of Shu’s successor and those who did not favor His Highness the King of Shu’s successor were evenly matched, but then Wei Shangshu proposed to ask His Highness the King of Shu about his own meaning …”

Crown Princess Xu’s face changed drastically!

Sure enough, the courtier sighed, ”His Highness King Shu said that he is willing to choose one of his male heirs to succeed His Highness the Grand Princess of the Kingdom of Chen, but His Highness himself, he still wishes to continue to fulfill his filial piety to the Dowager Empress, the Empress Dowager, as well as his birth mother, the Dowager Consort, at his knees! After all, it is difficult to give up the blood of the family. Moreover, the Dowager Princess only Shu Wang His Highness a son, His Highness can not bear the Queen’s knees empty and lonely!”

“As long as he’s not dragged down, I’d rather go to the palace and wait for death!” The result was a predictable blow to Imperial Concubine Xu!

At this moment, she even forgot that she was in front of the Empress Dowager, and even used “I” to refer to herself.

Looking at her disoriented appearance, the dowager empress also felt bad, and only after a pause did she ask the palace staff, “So, in the end, the people who supported him not to succeed won?”

“When … the slave girl came back to resume her orders, she heard that all the princes were discussing how to go up to you, Your Highness.” The courtesan didn’t dare to look up when she said this.

Now the group of ministers want to give the Empress Dowager to the table, must be opposed to the succession of the King of Shu’s table if the King of Shu himself did not take a position, Xu Daifei this biological mother nodded, Su Daifu this first mother is also happy to see, the Empress Dowager this first grandmother and personally facilitate, the group of ministers even if they are against it, but also can not easily override the decree.

The King of Su, who was released by He Wenqiong, will soon appear in the court, and by then they will still have the time and energy to argue with the Empress Dowager about whether or not the King of Shu should be succeeded.

The problem is that the king of Shu himself state, but also under the banner of the mother who can not afford to give up, and the bloodline of Emperor Xianjia is not really rich, he is not willing to succeed is a matter of course, is not greedy for the royal wealth, against the order of the elders can imagine how the Wei family can not take advantage of the victory after getting this handle?

“On the table on the table!” The Empress Dowager was so angry that her face turned green, and she held back, and then held back, before she said with some gnashing of teeth, “Tell the public that I am tired, and let King Shu come over to serve me for a few days!”

Speaking here, she warmly consoled Mrs. Xu, ”Don’t you worry! The situation has been very complicated in the past two days, so there may be some changes. Let the king of Shu in mourning here to stay for some days, mourning withholding not to call him to go, the Wei family side to take him as a front is not convenient, back to the inevitable change of people such as Lu He Hao, that person is not what good nature of the heart, and the Wei family is also complicit with the complicity on the complicity of the left and right can not be the king of Shu, this child to them to bring bad! ”

Although the Dowager Empress was very unhappy right now, she wasn’t very worried in her heart mainly because Jian Xu Bai had just told her that King Su would appear in the courtroom in the next few days.

So the king of Shu here as long as dragged and tripped to not let him continue to be used by the Wei family, or not let the Wei family to use too smooth, think how the Wei family will have to change people!

After all, by the time the court battle, Wei family side to support the candidate for three days of absence, this big position of the fight is still how to fight ah?

But this news was too confidential, so of course the Dowager Empress would not tell Dowager Princess Xu.

So after comforting some, they also sent Mrs. Xu back.

I don’t know what to expect, but of course, Mrs. Xu will not be like the Empress Dowager so calculated, she returned to her own living in the side of the hall, then cried out, “The Wei family is very powerful, the Empress Dowager, although her status is respected, but because from the previous dynasty, she did not interfere in the dynasty, in the court above the power, how can be compared to the Wei family? Now the Wei family is determined to use my son as a front to fight with the Su family, my son is young and ignorant even believed them what will we do in the future?”

Her beloved palace maid naturally had to advise: ”Your Highness, calm down! Things haven’t reached the worst yet, you’re so sad now, what if you hurt your body by crying? Didn’t the Empress Dowager say? The next step will be to keep His Highness the King of Shu in the Qingxi Palace, telling the Wei family not to see His Highness the King of Shu, so how can the Wei family continue to hit His Highness?”

“Do you believe even what the Dowager Empress coaxed me to say?” Imperial Concubine Xu shouted, “Just now, the Dowager Empress Dowager even said that she would send King Shu to the Imperial Tomb but did you see that? Until I retired, King Shu did not even show up at the Qingxi Palace! How can you expect the Dowager Empress to hold back the King of Shu like this!”

Palace maid speech plug, thought, looked at the temple no one, then came to Xu Tai Fei ear, whispered, “To … or not slave girl to go to the main hall over there to see?”

“Can’t go!” Tai Consort Xu was immediately alerted at her words, “If you dare to hide from me and secretly go to the Empress Dowager, carefully I’ll break your legs!!!! I’m so fretful because I’m afraid that King Shu will be caught up in the storm of taking over the Crown Prince, and since I’ve rejected the Empress, how can I go near the Empress Dowager?!”

“In fact, according to the slave girl, it is precisely because you rejected the Empress that you should approach the Empress Dowager?” The palace maid pursed her lips and whispered, “The Wei family is so powerful that with us, plus the Empress Dowager’s shelter, it’s difficult to resist! Right now, without utilizing the power of the Su family, how can we protect your highness’ safety?”

The courtesan said this is not to receive the benefits of Empress Su’s side, but truly think so: both sides are not chosen is to offend both sides ah!

“Then do you think King Su will be able to ascend the throne?!” Tai Consort Xu asked with tears in her eyes, “In case the one who ascends to the throne isn’t King Su, what will happen to my son at that time, have you thought about it? Now I just don’t want my son to get involved in these things, in the future, no matter who ascends to the throne, at most they will coldshoulder us, or even remove my son’s title and drive us out of the Imperial City the hope of leaving our lives behind is still high! But if we are on the wrong side, I am not worthy of death, my son is still young, he …”

When Mrs. Xu spoke here, she froze, suddenly lost the interest to continue, and wearily waved her hand, “That’s all, you go down! I’m alone!”

The palace maid knew that she was in a bad mood and didn’t dare to say much, so she blessed and retreated.

About an hour later, to the meal time, the palace maid came over to knock on the door, do not see Xu Taifei answer, only that she is still in sadness do not think of tea and rice, hand raised in midair thought for a while, in the end did not dare to go directly into the so to the evening, Shu Wang came, the palace maid to see him and was relieved and a little complained, “Your Highness, you’re here! The empress has been running around all day for you, so sad that she didn’t use her lunch, and this time she is still alone in the bedchamber!”

Shu Wang is Xu Tai Fei only son, mother and son two feelings have always been very good, although his temperament is a bit arrogant, these two days and by the Wei family side of the compulsion more and more some arrogance, but the birth mother is still very concerned about.

Hearing that, he was both worried and a bit anxious, “Is mother consort very angry? Why don’t you go in with me?”

“What’s the use of knowing that you’re afraid now?” This courtesan served Xu Taifei more than ten years, is to watch the king of Shu grew up, not like the ordinary palace people as revered him, at the moment no good white glance, in the end, also afraid of Xu Taifei under the wrath of the words too heavy, resulting in mother and son love gap, more and more to the Weijia can take advantage of the opportunity, sighed, said, “just, slave girl for you to go to knock Niangniang permit not slave servant to accompany you into the hall, slave servant may not know!”

While talking they arrived at the door of the bedchamber, the palace maid knocked on the door after no one answered, and busily said, “Your Highness, it’s your Highness coming down!”

Knock again, still no one answered at this time only that Xu Tai Fei tired of crying asleep but the palace maid to increase the force knocked nearly a quarter of an hour, did not see any movement in the interior, fools also know that there is a problem!

The palace maid pressed the panic, not bothering to greet the king of Shu, quickly left, ran around the way to the back window of the bedchamber: she knew that Xu Taifei these two days because of the worry about her son’s situation, very a little bit of anxiety, so although it is a cold winter day, the back of the temple but has been halfopen fan windows for air.

At this moment holding the last ray of hope climbed up this window, the heart scared to look in, suddenly the whole person is like falling into the ice cellar wide and gorgeous hall, a was kicked over the embroidered stool above, three feet of white damask such as snow, will be gorgeous dress dresses Xu Daifei high up.

The north wind blew in from the open window, and the corpse of Princess Xu swayed with the wind, saying inexhaustible poignancy and sadness.