The moon is bright and the night is still young

Chapter 23

In the quiet Guangyang Palace at night, the queen sat in front of the king's couch, and the king was deeply asleep. The king was in a coma for most of the day, and the imperial concubine was still diligently serving her at first, but as time went by, she gradually stopped coming.The queen was left alone in the empty hall and insisted.The queen looked at her unconscious husband in front of her, her eyes were lonely and empty, as if she was recalling the past, but also worried about the future.

"Greetings to the queen." The sudden voice made the queen tremble, and her thoughts were pulled back to reality in an instant.She turned her head vigilantly, and saw the third imperial concubine who was smiling all over her face. "Are the people outside dumb? They don't even know how to report." "Your Majesty calm down, it was my concubine who told them not to disturb His Majesty's rest, so they didn't make a sound." Mu Xiwen stepped forward, looked at the The monarch on the bed said, "It seems that the queen has made up her mind to take a gamble. She must also know that the monarch has seen the master." "Why don't you know, but so what if you know." "Is that thing, Your Majesty hasn’t found it yet?” The queen looked up at her, and said with a sneer, “How can I not think of things that you have thought of. Everything that this Palace of Guangyang can touch, I have never tried before. It's useless." "Your Majesty, you don't need to be afraid of my concubine, I just want to help you." Mu Xiwen looked back and forth on the bed, "How can such an important thing be put aside at will, since no one has seen the national teacher take anything away, then The things must be here. Your Majesty has spent the longest time with the Monarch, and given the Monarch's character, where is the most likely place for this kind of thing to be placed." The Queen also looked at the Monarch when she heard the words, and after a little thought, she seemed to have an idea. Staring at Mu Xiwen, he said unceremoniously: "What is your purpose?" "Of course you want your empress to owe me a huge favor. In the future, you will have to rely on this favor to ask your empress for your needs." " What do you want?" "I want too much, the status of the Mu family, the safety of me and His Highness, and the glory of the rest of my life, all this concubine wants. Since your majesty promised this concubine a sick husband, what is my concubine's wish?" Why not seek peace and wealth for the rest of my life with my family and my husband." Although the queen was skeptical, she seemed to be unable to find anything to refute, after all, the daughter of a dignified general who ruled the country, would have a chance to become the future queen of Ji, but now she is She could only watch over a sick child who might die at any time, and watch her husband's brother inherit the throne with his own eyes.The queen, who is also a woman, feels that this fate is really a trick of good fortune.

"You mean, the things are hidden beside His Majesty?" The queen began to grope around on the bed, and when she found the pillow, she pressed it lightly, and her face instantly showed unconcealable joy.Mu Xiwen stepped forward to support the monarch's head, while the queen carefully pulled out the pillow. "Xiuhe, bring me a sewing basket." The maid outside the door agreed, and after a while, she came in with an embroidery basket. Mu Xiwen went up to block her sight, and took it with a smile, " I'll give it to the empress, please step back, don't disturb your majesty." After dismissing the maid, the queen took out the scissors from the basket, cut a slit at the bottom of the pillow, reached in, and pulled out an imperial edict.The queen couldn't wait to unfold the imperial edict and quickly read it. Looking at it, her face turned pale, her hands were trembling and she could hardly hold it steady.Mu Xiwen poked his head over, the imperial edict clearly stated that the successor had two words: Gao Wei.

(End of this chapter)