After crossing, she was forced to become the first assistant

Chapter 20
Suddenly, the Empress Dowager changed the subject, and her eyes fell on Wei Xingzhi who was standing in the corner wearing the court uniform of the auxiliary minister.

Wei Xingzhi, who pierced like a blade with sharp eyes, had to raise his head.

The queen mother glanced critically at Wei Xingzhi from top to bottom, "Are you Wei Xingzhi who prevented the emperor from appointing a concubine?"

A month ago, the first emperor passed away, and she couldn't bear the grief for a while, and she was transferred to the palace to recuperate after giving birth to Yu'er and suffered a loss in her body, so she had never seen this woman who kept her son's throne.At first, when she heard that she was successful in sweeping up the rebels and saving him, she was still grateful to this girl.

But... Unexpectedly, this woman coveted the posthumous position and prevented the emperor from establishing a posthumous concubine?

Thinking of this, the Empress Dowager's eyes became more and more gloomy.

Wei Xingzhi did not change his face, and made an official salute to the Queen Mother, "Reporting to the Queen Mother, the minister is Wei Xingzhi."

The queen mother sneered, clutching Wan Qianqian's hand, her long nails were about to sink into the back of Wan Chengqian's hand, "Presumptuous!"

After the words were spoken, Wan Qiqian's expression turned ugly in an instant, and Wei Xingzhi knelt down on his knees calmly. After traveling here, no benefit was lost, but his knees suffered a lot.

"As a courtier whom the emperor relies heavily on, you dare to prevent the emperor from establishing a queen and accepting concubines. What is your intention?"

She took a deep breath, sat up straight, and spoke sternly.

Wei Xingzhi said in a low voice, "What I say is for the sake of the country and the country, for the people of the Southern Owl, and is absolutely selfless. Please learn from the Queen Mother and Your Majesty."

She replied flatly, which made the Queen Mother feel as if she had punched Marshmallow, and felt very depressed.

"Do you dare to swear that you have no selfishness at all?"

Wei Xingzhi raised his head, stretched out his right hand and compared four fingers, "The whole Wei family guarantees that I will not let your majesty establish a queen and accept a concubine, and there is absolutely no selfishness in it. If there is a falsehood, the whole Wei family will die without heirs."

The empress dowager's originally aggressive look suddenly extinguished after seeing Wei Xingzhi swear so resolutely and calmly.Could it be that she was wrong?Does she really have no selfishness towards the latter?
"really?"

"really."

The queen mother's face softened a lot. She has been in the post for so many years and has seen countless people. Wei Xingzhi is only a yellow-haired girl. Even if she is capable, she will not be so calm when she tells lies. Maybe she is wrong.

"That's why Ai's family blamed you." The queen mother loosened her hands, and the anger on her face dissipated instantly. She said earnestly, "You are the granddaughter of old general Wei, and you have the same strength of character as old general Wei. Then You can understand the words of Aijia."

"Aijia let me ask you, is it wrong for the emperor to establish a queen for the celebration of the whole world, and can also win over powerful officials and consolidate the court?"

"That's right." Wei Xingzhi said concisely.

Wan Qiqian's eyelids twitched.

The queen mother hooked her lips, "Then the emperor accepted the concubine, continued the emperor's heir, consolidated the country's foundation, and balanced the front and rear palaces, is there anything wrong?"

"That's right." Wei Xingzhi still replied two words.

The queen mother nodded in satisfaction, her pale face also turned rosy, as if she had dissipated a lot of depression in her heart, she lightly patted Wan Chengqian's hand, "Emperor, Wei Xingzhi is young, he made a mistake once, it is excusable , now she has realized that accepting concubines is the most important thing, you should think about it carefully, Aijia thinks Susu is not bad..."

"Queen Mother." Wei Xingzhi looked under the bed, kicked his Moyun boots without a trace, and [-] alpacas galloped past in his heart.

What is he going to do?
The queen mother was interrupted, and she looked very unhappy, "What's the matter with you?"

Wei Xingzhi paused, "What the Empress Dowager said is correct. The time is wrong. The courtiers are vacant, the harem is empty, and the officials want to hold high positions, so they have to please the emperor. Is the woman sent in from the aristocratic family to balance the front and the harem? Whether it is for the purpose of disrupting the government, I don’t know.”

The queen mother suddenly picked up the teacup on the low table beside the bed, and smashed it on Wei Xingzhi's hand, and the hot tea poured out.

"The Empress Dowager has lived in the Palace of Compassion and Peace for a long time. She has just experienced internal and external troubles, and the national treasury has suffered a loss. If the post-establishment ceremony is held, and then a large number of concubines are accepted, it is necessary to repair the harem and hold palace elections, which will cost a lot of money. Today's Nanxiao is in a precarious situation. , it is really not a good time to become a concubine."

With those words, the face of the Queen Mother who had just calmed down was completely darkened.

After all, this Wei Xingzhi has to hinder the emperor from accepting the concubine?

The atmosphere was stagnant for a while, Wan Tengqian held the queen mother's hand instead, his gloomy eyes fell on Wei Xingzhi's hot, red and swollen hand, and said in a deep voice, "Mother, I think Wei Qing's words are polite, and I will wait for the empress to be established." Bar."

"You're waiting, maybe Susu is waiting? She's in her twenties now. An ordinary woman is already a mother at her age. The Cheng family is a wealthy family and has many contacts in the court. Over the years, she has been helping You have waited until now, but you refuse to marry her, are you going to make her a joke of Nan Xiao?"

The Empress Dowager looked at Wan Tuqian with a sombre expression.In the past, Qian'er would never disobey her, and he was also humble and courteous to Susu, with deep affection, why now he blindly puts Susu at the forefront?
Could it be that it's not that Wei Xingzhi has thoughts on Qian'er, but that Qian'er has feelings for Wei Xingzhi...

The queen mother's scalp is numb. In this month, Qian'er has summoned Wei Xingzhi more times than to see her, and she is always alone.

Thinking of this, the Queen Mother held her chest and coughed again, "Aijia, Aijia's time is running out, can't you let Aijia watch you marry while he is alive?"

"Pfft—" The queen mother suddenly vomited blood, and the blood stained the thin quilt. Wei Xingzhi's expression was serious, and he got up and called the imperial doctor, regardless of the burn.

The imperial physician who had been waiting outside hurried in with the medicine box to feel the empress dowager's pulse. After a while, his face was serious.

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager's illness can't be angered! My minister, my minister has more than enough heart but not enough strength."

Wan Tengqian looked at the queen mother who had fainted again, and felt a little unbearable in his heart. He pulled his hand away, called the maid to change a thin quilt for the queen mother, and then told the imperial doctor to take good care of the queen mother.

Before leaving the Palace of Compassion and Ning, Fang Ruo bowed her knees slightly, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is only thinking about you. For your own good, why don't you just marry Miss Cheng as a celebration and let the Empress Dowager be happy too."

Wan Qiqian stopped and said coldly, "I need you to ask about my affairs?"

Fang Ruo's face froze, and she said with sincerity and fear, "I don't dare, I just feel sorry for the Queen Mother."

Wan Tuqian snorted coldly, and walked out of the Palace of Compassion with his hands behind his back. Wei Xingzhi followed behind Wei Xingzhi step by step.

"Your majesty, I feel that there is nothing wrong with making Miss Cheng the empress."

"What do you mean?" Wan Qiqian stopped, turned around and looked directly at Wei Xingzhi with fixed eyes, "You also come to persuade me?"

(End of this chapter)