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Chapter 426 Ajiao Has a Headache
After a long while, the queen mother raised those eyes, and the scorching spirit that was still burning even though they were deep in the past was completely dissipated, and those eyes that could no longer squeeze out tears really showed that they were dying old, lifeless, with almost Princess Huiming looked at Princess Huiming in a begging manner, "Ah Ning, what do you want us to do? You think we owe you so much, and seeing us today is just to repay it? Tell me, how do you want to pay back the Ai family? ?”

Xu Jiao was taken aback by what the Empress Dowager said, and she couldn't utter a single word when it came to her mouth. The eldest princess also came to her senses after being shocked, and turned her head like Xu Jiao, looking at Princess Huiming.

The latter also looked inexplicable, looking back at the Queen Mother, and after a while, suddenly pulled his lips and smiled, "What do I want? Didn't the letter sent by the envoy earlier make it very clear?" Her expression changed Su, his voice also sank, "Let the emperor issue an imperial edict, admit the crimes he and the first emperor committed, give justice to all those who were harmed by them, and let the people of Wei see clearly what they are like. The emperor, then, Zen is located in Li Chongwu."

"It's impossible!" The eldest princess said suddenly before the queen mother had a word.If he issued an edict of sin against himself, he would have admitted those things, not to mention losing his ancestor's foundation, and he would be poked at the spine and scolded, and he would truly be infamous for thousands of years.The eldest princess couldn't accept it. Her father had always been wise and powerful in her heart, but he was also kind. She couldn't accept it. Her father... the eldest princess's nose suddenly became sour. She was not a person who loved to cry. But today the tears seemed to be endless and could not be stopped.

"Now that things are going on, sister still wants to protect the reputation of your Yang family? But why? Why do they want to keep a good reputation after doing all kinds of bad things? "Princess Huiming is really with the eldest princess People who grew up with her and knew her very well, even if the princess didn't say some things, she still knew it, and opened her mouth to ask.

In the end, facing the eldest princess with teary eyes, her throat rolled, and she didn't say anything else after all.Instead, he raised his head, took a deep breath to calm down his emotions, and stopped looking at the eldest princess, but looked at the queen mother and said, "The mother has experienced frost and snow, so she must be more transparent than my elder sister. Dawei is already fading away. The situation is irreversible, don't make unnecessary struggles and sacrifices for what is already a foregone conclusion. The lives of these soldiers in Feng'an City are also lives, and the same is true for our Li family army. If peace is the most important thing, why bother to kill in vain? "

"Is there no other choice?" The queen mother asked quietly after a while.

Princess Huiming looked back at her, and after a while, she shook her head gently but cautiously, "No, this is the responsibility he should have as the emperor of Wei, and it is also what I promised to give to my parents, to myself, to those The people who are victimized by them deserve justice. The reason why I dare to appear here and meet you, I must have thought of the sensitivity of my mother and elder sister. To tell you the truth, it is very difficult for us to seize Miyagi now. It is not difficult. However, the huge Central Plains has already suffered from the flames of war, and I am afraid that Feng'an City will not be able to withstand more torment. As long as the emperor follows the requirements in the document, I guarantee that it can be seen from the past. , persuade Li Chongwu to spare his life, give him a title, and let him enjoy the glory of the rest of his life."

This remark caused several other people to look at her with different expressions.

Even the Empress Dowager knew how weak this guarantee was, even if Princess Huiming kept her promise and saved Emperor Xian's life, what kind of life would a subjugated king be able to live?The Empress Dowager may not be ignorant of this, but all of them are well aware of the current situation, and the power of the Li family army has unknowingly infiltrated into the palace and around them.They had no chance of winning. Even if they resisted, it would be pointless, and it would only increase the killing.However, Princess Huiming's promise spoke of the empress dowager's heart as a mother.

Sure enough, after a moment of silence, the Empress Dowager raised her eyes, glanced at the eldest princess, and asked again, "What about Yanping?"

Princess Huiming also raised her eyes to look at the eldest princess, "Don't worry, queen mother, only elder sister treats me well from beginning to end. I know that I don't hate her. No matter what, I will always protect her."

Her words startled the eldest princess slightly, and she turned her head to look at her with complicated expressions, but Xu Jiao breathed a sigh of relief, whether it was for her or not, at least Princess Huiming's words gave her a reassurance.

The queen mother must have thought the same way. She breathed a sigh of relief and nodded her head, but her expression darkened a little. "Your Majesty has long been used to saying one thing, and I'm afraid he won't agree..."

"That's why I came here specially to ask my queen mother and elder sister to persuade him. Forgive me, my mother and elder sister have always been more transparent than the emperor's brother, and they can see the current situation more clearly. They know how to choose and lose. Understand what is the best choice right now." Princess Huiming restrained her expression, said something nice, and her expression returned to her usual gentleness and elegance.

"Okay...give Aijia a few days!" The queen mother thought for a while, and finally said.

"Mother!" the eldest princess subconsciously shouted.

The queen mother did not look at her, but fixedly looked at Princess Huiming.

The eldest princess pursed her lips, knowing that the queen mother had already made up her mind, but in fact, although she didn't want to, she also knew that they had no choice now.Of course, you can also choose to die, but as Aning said, Feng'an City is already an isolated island, the Yang family has lost the hearts of the people, and there is no one to turn the tide right now.

So, the eldest princess turned away, she didn't say a word, but her eyelashes were wet with tears.

Princess Huiming's expression turned cold, "The empress should do it as soon as possible. The deadline has already been stated in the proclamation. If the emperor doesn't follow suit after the next year, I'm afraid there is nothing I can do." The meaning couldn't be more clear. Deliberately delaying time, there is the possibility of playing other tricks.

Xu Jiao finally understands that in today's meeting, Princess Huiming not only laid out those personal grievances in front of them, but also wanted to use Xu Jiao's mouth to tell Mo Chuohe that she was involuntary back then, and more importantly, Well, she just wanted to persuade the Queen Mother and the eldest princess to act as lobbyists for her, and even more so to give this ultimatum.

Both the Empress Dowager and the Eldest Princess understand what she means, but the situation is reversed. At this time, the Empress Dowager no longer has the capital to be superior, she nodded and said, "Okay, Aijia will persuade the emperor as soon as possible."

"En." Princess Huiming nodded, "It would be the best if the Empress can persuade the emperor. The past grievances, as long as the sin against oneself and the emperor's Zen position are all wiped out, it is better than fighting in battle." She paused for a moment, and then said, "Since I've said all I need to say, I'm leaving. There's no need for the queen mother to pass on the news, my people will know." Such a fluffy sentence is actually speechless. The only deterrent is to tell the queen mother and the eldest princess that the Li family's eyes and ears are everywhere in this palace, so that the queen mother and the others should not think about playing tricks.

The Queen Mother and the eldest princess naturally understood what she meant, and their expressions turned gloomy again.

Princess Huiming said lightly, but she didn't look at them. Instead, she turned to Xu Jiao and said, "What about you? Do you want to go out of the palace with me?"

Hearing her sudden question, whether it is the queen mother or the eldest princess, they all have different expressions and look to Xu Jiao.

Xu Jiao was stared at by a few pairs of eyes, and was speechless for a moment. After a while, he opened his mouth and said "I", but the "I" didn't come out yet. Princess Huiming is the eyebrow He frowned and said, "Could it be that you still want to celebrate the New Year in this palace?"

From the corner of Xu Jiao's eyes, he caught a glimpse of the Eldest Princess's brows frowning even more tightly. Looking at her with doubts in her eyes, Xu Jiao's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly said, "Thank you for your concern, Auntie. I promised Your Majesty that I will spend the New Year with my grandmother and mother in the palace."

"Sister, do you think it's good for Ajiao to stay in the palace?" Princess Huiming turned around and asked about the eldest princess with a gloomy look in her eyes.

But Xu Jiao had already taken the eldest princess's hand, and Ai Ai said, "Mother, you agreed to A Jiao, I just want to stay in the palace with you and grandma."

The eldest princess took a deep look at her, and in the next moment she glanced at Princess Huiming lightly and said, "It's only natural for my daughter to stay in the palace to accompany me to celebrate the new year, and I will take good care of her. Don't worry about it, Aning." The alienation in his tone couldn't be more obvious.

Princess Huiming's expression was not very good-looking. After a while, she gave Xu Jiao a squinting look, and said "whatever you want", then turned around suddenly and walked out quickly. A little angry.

The eldest princess retracted her gaze, then pulled Xu Jiao's hand away, took a deep look at her, turned around without saying anything.

The look in Xu Jiao's eyes seemed to contain a thousand words, she opened her mouth, and wanted to say something, but the eldest princess obviously didn't give her any chance, she turned the back of her head to her, and leaned over to help the queen mother up , "Mother, let's go back!"

The Empress Dowager nodded wearily, her complexion was very bad, Xu Jiao had no choice but to suppress all the words in her heart, stepped forward to help the Empress Dowager, and retreated from the hall.The Empress Dowager was almost out of strength, the weight of her whole body fell on Xu Jiao and the Eldest Princess, but during the short journey, the maidservants who had been waiting outside the palace came up to meet the Empress Dowager, and when they lifted her onto her shoulders, Xu Jiao let out a long sigh of relief, only to realize that not only were her shoulders and arms sore, but she was also sweating all over in such weather.

Outside the Mingye Palace, when Xu Jiao stepped forward to help the eldest princess, the latter turned her head and left without even looking at her.Xu Jiao yelled badly and let out a long sigh.

Negative Xue and Wen Tao had already come over to support her, Negative Xue was holding something in her sleeve, and stuffed it into Xu Jiao's hand through the cover of the sleeve, and whispered in her ear, "Princess Huiming left just now. It was given to the servant girl before, and it was said that the princess entrusted her to hand it over to the princess." Negative Xue hesitated for a while, but didn't say anything after that, when she gave it to her, Princess Huiming's eyes were very strange. is strange.

Although Negative Snow didn't say anything, Xu Jiao could guess that Princess Huiming didn't know her relationship with Xu Yi, so she was naturally surprised that Xu Yi passed things to her.But Xu Wei didn't speak about this matter, so there was no reason for her to speak up.

Xu Jiao held that thing in her hand, and she felt a little headache. Compared with this, her headache was how to coax the eldest princess.Her mother is clearly suspicious of her, so... there are some things that can't be kept a secret for the rest of her life, is she going to tell the whole thing?Is now the time?

Xu Jiao thought about it all the way, but when she returned to Anfu Palace, she had no chance at all.

The Empress Dowager's condition suddenly took a turn for the worse, and she was almost unconscious on the radio. The people in Anfu Palace were overwhelmed. Fortunately, since the Empress Dowager became seriously ill, there had been an imperial physician stationed in Anfu Palace for a long time. It was medicine and acupuncture, and the queen mother woke up slowly when dusk fell.

"Mother, are you awake?" The eldest princess and Xu Jiao have been standing by the couch, and the eldest princess has been watching with good eyes. When she saw the queen mother opened her eyes, she hurriedly asked softly, but her tone was so soft. As if afraid of scaring the queen mother.

The queen mother looked at her and called out in a low voice, "Yanping?"

The eldest princess's face was filled with joy. The imperial physician had just said that the queen mother's condition was very bad. Even if she could wake up, she was afraid that she would lose consciousness, but this call made the eldest princess happy. It seems that it is not the worst. the result of.

"Where's the emperor?" The Queen Mother's voice was very weak, as if it would be cut off at any time.

This question caused all the joy on the eldest princess's face to disappear, her eyes dodged subconsciously, how could she tell the queen mother that when her precious son heard that she was critically ill, he just sent Ganyi to see her Once, some innocuous words were passed on, but the person never came at all?If the queen mother heard about it, how sad would she be?
But how did the eldest princess know that there is no one who knows a son like a mother, and no one knows better than the Queen Mother what the nature of her own son is.Even if the eldest princess didn't say anything, the queen mother could guess some things, her eyes darkened slightly, and it took a lot of effort to raise her hand.

The eldest princess hastily reached out to help her, but she was held tightly by her hand, and her pair of lifeless eyes were rarely brightened again at this moment, she stared at the eldest princess and said, "Go! People go and call the emperor, hurry up!"

The mother and daughter looked at each other, and they seemed to have said a thousand words in the eye contact. After a while, the eldest princess said hello in a hoarse voice, and called Rachel to come, and let her go to the Zichen Palace in person , Go to invite Emperor Xian.

Rachel took the lead.The eldest princess then turned her head, and for the first time after she came out of Mingye Palace, she looked straight at Xu Jiao and said, "My palace and the queen mother have something to tell the emperor, I'm afraid it's inconvenient for you to be present, so go back and rest yourself first!"

Xu Jiao opened her mouth to say something, but the eldest princess had already turned her head away, obviously not giving her any chance.

Looking at her back, Xu Jiao opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word after a thousand words.After a while, Xu Jiao dimmed his eyes and said softly, "Then grandma and mother take care, if you have any orders, just call me."

The eldest princess didn't respond, so Xu Jiao had no choice but to bow her knees and congratulate her, then turned around and retreated.

(End of this chapter)