Chapter 119
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Emperor Qingxuan changed into casual clothes, and ordered the maids to pass on the empress. Surrounded by eunuchs and maids, one emperor and one empress set up a display in the empress dowager's palace.

The empress dowager sat in the main seat in full attire, looking at the empress standing in front of her with a graceful demeanor.

"Greetings, Queen Mother."

"The concubine sees the queen mother."

Emperor Qingxuan and the queen immediately greeted each other.

"Come and sit." The queen mother raised her hand, her tone was not intimate, but she did not seem alienated.

After the empress sat down, she looked at Emperor Qingxuan, "The emperor is busy with court affairs, and now it's time for the Baiyue kingdoms to come, why do you have time to come to Aijia Palace?"

"I will visit my mother in the future, and I am very worried about it. So, as soon as the court affairs are settled today, I will come here with the queen. How is the mother?"

"The emperor has a heart, and everything is going well for the Ai family." The queen mother smiled faintly, which was a response.

Emperor Qingxuan hesitated to speak, but felt that it was too eager to bring up the matter of establishing a reserve as soon as he came, and he didn't know the Queen Mother's attitude.

For the queen mother, he was actually more afraid than awed in his heart. Counting it, the queen mother was even a few years younger than him, but she was his adoptive mother in name.

Over the years, he has also been unable to understand why the Empress Dowager gave him the throne instead of her own flesh and blood Sima Fengji? !

This unresolved mystery caused him to sit on the throne, and he felt uneasy.

However, as these years passed, the Queen Mother did not interfere in any matters in the court, so his anxiety gradually subsided, and the throne became more and more stable. Now, he felt that the throne should belong to him.

However, there were two things that stuck in his heart like a sharp thorn.

Sima Fengji, who is the master of high achievements; and the queen mother who lives in the harem, this pair of mother and son makes him full of fear.

The palace ladies immediately came to serve tea. The Empress Dowager raised her hand to hold the jade cup. Her slender and gorgeous finger cuffs looked even more dazzling in the white jade. There was no trace of silver in her hair, and her skin was very fair. In her forties, she felt like a woman in her twenties.

But with that kind of aura, no one dared to make a mistake in front of her. She was only 15 years old, and she was already in charge of the Phoenix Seal. All the jade seals were handed over to her.

She didn't make a sound, and Emperor Qingxuan didn't care to speak rashly, and the atmosphere remained stalemate here.

After a cup of tea, Emperor Qingxuan finally couldn't help but speak slowly.

"Mother, I am here this time because I actually have something to tell my mother."

The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows, put down the jade cup in her hand, "Speak directly, Your Majesty, what kind of detours are you making with Ai's family?"

"It's about the establishment of the reserve. I think it's most appropriate for this matter to be settled after the arrival of Bai Yue."

"So, the emperor has already made up his mind?" The queen mother put the cup aside and wiped the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief.

"The ministers of the court also meant the same thing. They jointly signed the letter to appoint the seventh prince as the crown prince. The seventh prince was gifted and intelligent since he was a child. Although he injured his right hand more than three years ago, it did not affect his ability."

The queen mother chuckled, "It is my Qingxuan's important matter to establish a crown prince. Why did the emperor do it so hastily?"

Faced with this question, Emperor Qingxuan choked for a moment, and did not answer immediately.

"Did the kingdoms of Baiyue really express their surrender to the emperor?!" The queen mother asked sharply again.

Emperor Qingxuan's face froze for a while, no one had spoken to him in such a tone for many years!He was a little angry, but he didn't dare to show it on his face.

"Answer Aijia!" However, the queen mother did not want to end this topic.

"That's not the case." Emperor Qingxuan's voice was a little weak, "The crown prince has not been decided, the people in the court are unstable, and Qingxuan has foreign troubles that have not been eliminated. I just want to take this opportunity to finalize the matter of establishing the crown prince."

"Confused!" The queen mother yelled angrily, stood up suddenly, dragged her long fine clothes, and dragged them slowly on the floor following her steps.

All the maids and eunuchs in the palace knelt down in fear following her shout.

The queen trembled even more, bowed her head and dared not speak, even Emperor Qingxuan felt his knees go limp.

Although it has been many years since the queen mother has been so strong, it does not mean that she no longer exists.

"Even if you want to establish a crown prince, you have to make good arrangements. Do you think that it can be solved with an edict?" The Queen Mother asked again with a sharp tone.

"What does Empress Yimu mean?"

The Empress Dowager gave Emperor Qingxuan a cold look, but she didn't make a sound, but this gaze made people feel chills down their backs.

Emperor Qingxuan asked again tentatively: "The queen mother thinks, can the Seventh Prince take on the great responsibility?"

"The alliance of the Baiyue nations is false, and the provocation is true. This time, the people who came here must be unkind. The emperor asked the seventh prince to go to experience the experience. After returning, he will ask the Ai family this question!"

Emperor Qingxuan still wanted to speak, but the queen on the side pulled his sleeve. He took a deep breath, cupped his hands at the queen mother and said, "The queen mother is right, it's all because I didn't think carefully. Although the seventh prince is expected by everyone, but After all, he is young."

"Is the emperor implying that Ai's family is interfering in government affairs?" The queen mother raised her eyebrows, already faintly displeased.

"The queen mother misunderstood, and I have absolutely no intention of doing so!" Emperor Qingxuan immediately explained, "What I mean is that the matter of setting up the crown prince should not be so hasty. By the way, it is the queen mother's painstaking efforts to let the seventh prince have more experience."

Although the queen mother was not satisfied with this argument, she had no intention of entanglement any longer.At the beginning, what she liked was Emperor Qingxuan's mediocrity. For so many years, the situation in the court has always been developing in the direction she wanted.

However, the Seventh Prince returned to court suddenly, and all of this was a bit off track, which was a result she didn't like to see.

"Ai's family is a bit tired, please go back, Your Majesty."

The maid kneeling beside her immediately came forward to support the Queen Mother, and the group left the hall.

Emperor Qingxuan and the empress left the empress dowager's bedroom one by one, neither of them said a word along the way.

Arriving in the Queen's Palace, after retreating from the crowd, Emperor Qingxuan let out a long breath, and drew his brows inch by inch.

"Your Majesty, the angry ministers and concubines said bluntly that the establishment of a crown prince is a matter of great importance. Why is it that the Empress Dowager has such an attitude when I mention it?" the Empress asked softly.

"How do I know?"

"Could it be that the queen mother doesn't like the seventh prince?" The queen was worried. Although she had two biological sons, the fourth prince and the seventh prince, and an adopted son, the sixth prince, she still liked the seventh prince the most.

"This matter will be discussed after the Baiyue kingdoms leave. It would be good for the Seventh Emperor to experience it."

"But, this time it is King Liu who is in charge of this matter." The empress had a bit of embarrassment on her face, if she wanted the Seventh Emperor to obey King Liu in everything, then there would be no room for limelight.

And King Liu is the Empress Dowager's own flesh and blood, so the Empress Dowager will always turn to King Liu, isn't it the King Liu who monopolizes the scenery inside and outside?

(End of this chapter)

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