Chapter 3 If the sky falls, the Aijia will support you

Author: I want to light the lamp

Chapter 3 If the sky falls, the Aijia will support you

She wrapped her cloak tightly around her, holding Tang Pozi in the arms of the eldest palace maid, and glanced around casually, her eyes lingering on the short eunuch for a moment.

"The Ai family saw that several of the servants needed in the Imperial Concubine's Palace have already been with the Emperor. I don't know why? But the Imperial Concubine and Prince Xi have not arrived. If they are trying to avoid suspicion, it is really a waste of money here.

Three hundred taels!"

"What does the emperor think?"

"My son is stupid. What the queen mother meant..." Rong Cen thought for a moment and said in a low voice, "Did Concubine Lu design the regicide to help her second brother become a dragon?"

Although the Queen Mother was indeed hinting in this direction, kings have been suspicious since ancient times. Even if the young emperor has no power now, as long as Luo Zhi's crime tarnishes King Xi's reputation, it can still help her.

But she was still shocked that Rong Cen spoke so bluntly without any inhibitions.

As wise as the late emperor, she had taboos. She tried every means to manage them for a while, otherwise she would not be able to sit firmly in the position of the Queen Mother now.

But fortunately, Rong Cen has changed his mind and is not difficult to deal with!

The Queen Mother had many thoughts and was about to tempt her to directly convict her old rival when she heard an obscene "Bah!"

It was Zhou Geng who broke free from his restraints, spit out the rag stuffed in his mouth, climbed up to the Queen Mother with all his strength, and kowtowed three times.

"The Queen Mother, Your Majesty was assassinated at night, and the Dragon Guards did not show up to save you! The maids and eunuchs of Longzhang Palace have been slacking off all day long, and only the servants are left to serve Your Majesty. Even the sedan chair and chariot have no choice but to walk on the snow!

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"As soon as Your Majesty went to bed, Eunuch Yin from the Imperial Concubine's Palace came with people to beat and bully him. A slave's life is nothing, but when he beats a dog, it depends on the master. Your Majesty is the king of a country!"

"This slave begs the Queen Mother to make the decision for Your Majesty!"

Zhou Geng complained tearfully about the cold treatment Rong Cen had received recently.

The Queen Mother is His Majesty's biological mother, so she can definitely support His Majesty!

Rong Cen: "..."

The Queen Mother was clearly a weasel paying New Year greetings to the rooster - she had no good intentions, and Zhou Geng eagerly approached her as her savior.

After hearing this, the Queen Mother pretended to frown, and held Rong Cen's hand with concern. Her graceful face was filled with distress, and there seemed to be tears in her eyes: "Emperor, is this really true?"

"My son is incompetent and lax in his duties. I am bothering my mother and worried." Rong Cen satisfied her drama addiction and said in a depressed tone: "Even the affairs of the court have to be taken care of by my mother and the emperor's uncle. I feel deeply guilty.

In fact, I also want to support Dayin and let my mother enjoy the blessings, but I have more than enough ambition but not enough power..."

The Queen Mother quickly interrupted, not daring to let her say any more.

"Emperor, don't overthink it. You are the only son of the Ai family. If the sky falls, the Ai family will support you."

She patted Rong Cen's hand to express her comfort, "It's almost five o'clock. Please don't delay the early morning court meeting. The emperor should go back to his palace to rest."

Before leaving, the Queen Mother glanced at Eunuch Yin again.

She spoke sternly: "You little slave, why don't you go back and tell your master that her conspiracy has been exposed. She dares to pay for murder to assassinate the emperor. She is simply a coward's ambition!"

The short eunuch knelt down and kowtowed violently, as if he were facing a formidable enemy, and his words were unreasonable: "Yes, yes, yes, I will obey the Queen Mother's decree!"

The two groups of people left one after another, and Longzhang Palace returned to its deserted state.

Seeing that Zhou Geng was still kneeling on the ground, Rong Cen called him to get up and enter the palace.

Walk slowly for a few steps, then suddenly pause.

“Why sculpt snow lions at night?”

Could it be an outlet to vent his bad mood? Seeing that Zhou Geng was in a low mood, the short eunuch Xu thought she was really dead, so he dared to act recklessly?

Zhou Geng thought of Snow Lion with tears in his eyes and his voice choked with sobs: "I wanted to make Your Majesty happy."

Because he clearly felt His Majesty's resistance and rejection, but for some unknown reason, it made people worried and frightened. It was not that he was afraid of death, but that he was afraid that His Majesty might have something hidden in his heart that would damage the Holy Body.

In the middle of the night, my thoughts were flying wildly, and I couldn't sleep. I swept the snow outside the window, and just got up and started working.

Your Majesty loves snow, but because he was weak and sick, he was ordered by the late emperor to rest in the palace when he was young. The royal family has many eyes and ears, so everything is restricted. In winter, he can only go up to the tower and watch others making snow lions. Only then will his eyes show

An innocent smile like a child.

Zhou Geng was busy for a long time, and the snow lions were lined up in a row, which was very spectacular. But before he could invite His Majesty to see it, he was smashed to pieces by Eunuch Yin and his men. Only a small one in the corner barely survived.

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But thinking about what he encountered today, he soon felt relieved.

"Fortunately, the Queen Mother is here. With her support, others will not dare to treat Your Majesty so lightly again!"

"..."

Rong Cen just pretended not to hear this and ordered: "Burn the incense, I want to take a bath...I want to change my clothes."

Morning is approaching, and it's too late to take a bath now.

"Where are you going, Your Majesty?"

"Jinluan Palace."

Zhou Geng was puzzled: "Why does your Majesty want to go to the Jinluan Palace?"

"...Morning morning."

"What is Your Majesty doing in the morning? There is His Royal Highness the Regent in front of you and the Queen Mother behind you. Your Majesty does not need to be tired of state affairs, so why not rest in the bedroom?"

Rong Cen looked at him like he was an idiot.

The imperial power has been emptied out, and while others still regard her as a fool, she must quickly get rid of the persona of a man-obsessed king who does not go to court early, and solve the current predicament.

Some people have forgotten that Dayin Jiangshan's surname is Rong, Rong Cen, not Ye, the queen mother, or Lu, the imperial concubine.

She has not known anything about the political affairs of the past six months, so she has to go to court this morning.

Rong Cen stayed up thinking about it for half the night, and now his temples felt swollen and painful.

Stepping out of the dormitory, you can see the sky is bright outside, and a red sun rises from the east.

Look again at the place where Zhou Gengye sculpted the snow lion.

The snowman also lost weight and gradually turned into water.

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Jinluan Palace.

The king has not been in court for nearly half a year. The dragon chair under the plaque "Jianji Suiyou" is vacant in the upper part of the palace. An additional one has been built in the lower left for the regent who supervises the country's administration. At the rear right is the empress dowager who listens to the government behind the curtain.

When Rong Cen stepped into the back hall, the ministers were kneeling down with their scepters in hand.

"The Regent is a thousand years old!"

"The Queen Mother is a thousand years old!"

A clear male voice and a sharp female voice sounded at the same time: "Your Majesty, please bow down without courtesy."

It is obvious that the two have a perfect understanding of each other after working together for many months.

At the beginning of the morning court, the calm was broken first by the Queen Mother——

"Yesterday, on New Year's Eve, an assassin was encountered in Longzhang Palace. Have you ever seen anyone with suspicious movements when you entered the palace?"

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was in an uproar. The ministers in the front hall were whispering, and the palace maid did not know what she had said to the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother turned her head and glanced back, briefly meeting Rong Cen with her sharp eyes, and beckoned her over.

"Why is the emperor here?"

Xu Shi's plan has made good progress, people are in high spirits when happy events happen, and the other party rarely cares about Rong Cen's "transgression" of violating the "king does not come to court early" persona.

"That's all, it's okay for you to come and listen to what we're discussing today."

"To report to the Queen Mother," a court official came forward and said bluntly, "I believe that the Imperial Concubine has repeatedly attempted to harm the Emperor, and there is a serious suspicion in this matter!"

Another courtier glanced at the front of the officials and said, "His Royal Highness King Xi has a lively mind and is now involved in government affairs. He is at the age when he is ambitious, so it is inevitable that he will have some ideas."
Chapter completed!