The queen stared at her back and was suddenly startled.
Xia Zian's words made sense, but would he? That was her father, the person she trusted the most.
After Zi'an left, a man appeared from behind the screen. Zi'an was right, he was Master Liang.
"Father!" The Queen looked up at him, "She is right. Perhaps Axin does not have this ambition. If we let him miss the chance to recover because of our fear, it would be unfair to him."
Taifu Liang looked at her disappointedly. "As the queen, you were so easily swayed. I am really disappointed. But it is no wonder. Xia Zian is best at confusing people. With just a few words, she made you change your mind. With her help, Murong Jie is even more powerful."
The queen was a little hesitant. She was so caught up in the situation that she could no longer tell who was right or wrong.
Taifu Liang continued, "Ah Xin and Murong Jie have close ties. If Ah Xin is named the crown prince, who will be in power in the end? Still Murong Jie? Moreover, if your two sons fight for power, one of them will die. Do you really want to see this situation?"
This is what the Queen fears the most. Whether it is the Crown Prince or the Prince of Liang, they are both her sons, and she doesn't want anything to happen to either of them.
Taifu Liang looked at her face and sneered, "Do you also agree with what Xia Zian said, and think that your father has other intentions? Ah Xin and the prince are both my grandsons. Whoever becomes emperor will be the same to our two families."
The queen was stunned for a moment. She had thought about this question for a moment. It was indeed as Xia Zian said, the prince would be easier to control than Axin. Axin had never been close to his grandfather.
"Please think about this carefully," said the Queen.
Master Liang shook his head and said disappointedly, "Take your time to think about it. Once Axin's leg gets better, you can wait and see the brothers turn against each other."
After saying that, he turned away.
The queen was very worried. For her, this was a question of choice.
Zi'an returned home and told Murong Jie what the Queen had said to him.
After hearing this, Murong Jie said coldly: "You are simply crazy, your mind is full of thoughts about fighting for power and profit."
Zi'an said worriedly, "Do you think that Master Liang will attack the King of Liang if I insist on treating him?"
Murong Jie thought for a moment, "If something happens to Ah Xin at this time, the Queen will definitely think that he did it. He still needs the Queen's support and will not act rashly."
He looked at her, seeming to be hesitant to speak. He would not attack Axin, but he did not rule out the possibility of attacking her as a doctor, because she was the only person in Beijing who could cure Axin's leg injury.
In fact, when Zi'an asked, he had already thought of what Murong Jie was thinking, but he didn't ask because he was afraid that he would worry.
She said in annoyance: "How can the Queen be so naive? If Prince Liang wanted to fight for the position of Crown Prince, he could have fought for it even if his leg was not healed."
Murong Jie shook his head. "Because, between a healthy prince and a disabled prince, everyone would choose the healthy prince. In addition, Axin has a very bad reputation. It will take more than one or two days to wash away the dirty water thrown on him. Unless his leg injury is healed and he can establish military merits, they think that with me and Xiao Xiao here, it will be easy for Axin to establish military merits."
Zi'an couldn't think of this. If this was the case, Taifu Liang would indeed be worried about King Liang, because his martial arts were good. He had seen him demonstrate his skills that day. If his legs were stronger and he had two years of experience on the battlefield, he would really become the number one threat to the prince.
Now I hope the Queen will not waver, otherwise, if she interferes, this leg really cannot be cured.
Murong Jie said, "Starting tomorrow, Xiaodao will be transferred back to your side, and Guiyuan will also be transferred to the mansion. As for your mother, my second brother has already arranged for someone, but she is currently undergoing training, so I will ask him to send someone there earlier."
"Okay!" Zi'an knew that he was worried about him, so he agreed.
She had originally planned to let Xiaodao stay with her mother for a few more days. It wasn't good for her to have no familiar people around her now.
The next day, Zi'an returned to Tingyuxuan, but saw Aunt Cuiyu standing outside the door, hesitating and not daring to go in.
When she saw Zi'an, she was startled and tried to run away.
Zi'an said, "Aunt Cuiyu, wait a minute."
Aunt Cuiyu turned around, looking a little frightened, but then she knelt down and said, "I bow to you, young lady, to thank you."
"What are you thanking me for?" Zi'an was stunned. She didn't know that Aunt Cuiyu's family had also been infected by the zombie disease.
"If the young lady hadn't developed the prescription, my family wouldn't have been able to survive." Aunt Cuiyu said.
"So that's what it is. I didn't do this just for you. Get up." Zi'an said calmly.
Aunt Cuiyu stood up, as if she was afraid that Zi'an would misunderstand that she came with hostility, so she hurriedly said: "I just want to kowtow to the county lady and apologize. After I apologize, I will go to other places."
"Are you leaving the capital? Where are you going?" Xiaosun asked.
"Go work somewhere else. I betrayed the old lady and my reputation in the capital has been ruined. I can't find a job." Aunt Cuiyu laughed at herself.
Zi'an then remembered that Su Qing had said Cui Yu also went to the Ministry of Justice to testify. The so-called betrayal had actually been pushed to the extreme.
Otherwise, decades of master-servant friendship would not have ended like this.
Zi'an said, "You don't have to come here to apologize to your mother. Go ahead."
Cui Yu said guiltily: "No, if I don't come to kowtow, I will feel uneasy. Over the years, I have done many things to hurt the county lady and the eldest lady."
Seeing that she was truly remorseful, Zi'an said, "In that case, you can go in."
"Thank you, Miss." Aunt Cuiyu said gratefully.
Zi'an brought her to the wooden house. Yuan Cuiyu was not there. After asking Boss Dao, he found out that she was in the elegant room.
"Why did you go there?" Zi'an asked with a frown.
Boss Dao said helplessly, "Chen Linglong kept yelling that she wanted to see the county lady. The county lady didn't want to pay attention to her, but since her yelling was really serious, she went to see her."
Zi'an felt that Yuan Cuiyu was too soft-hearted and would always be in trouble.
Just when I was about to go in to find her, I saw her coming out.
"Mother, why are you going to see her?" Zi'an asked as she walked over.
Yuan Cuiyu held her forehead and said in annoyance, "She said she wanted to see Linlin. I told her that Linlin was dead, but she didn't believe it. She also said that Linlin was hidden by Concubine Mei. She asked me to go find Concubine Mei. If she could see Linlin, she would be willing to commit suicide."
"You don't have to pay attention to her." Zi'an said.
"I didn't want to pay attention to her, but she kept calling Linlin's name."
She looked up and saw Cuiyu standing aside, "Aunt Cuiyu?"
Cuiyu knelt down and kowtowed to Yuan Cuiyu, "County Lady, I am here to apologize!"
Yuan Cuiyu said, "Get up, there is nothing wrong with asking for forgiveness. There are so many people around the old lady, you are being nice to us mother and daughter."
The so-called good thing is that there were no malicious difficulties. Of course, there have been various plots and traps.
Aunt Cuiyu didn't seem to expect Yuan Cuiyu to be so generous and forgive her. She shed tears and kowtowed several times. "I regret deeply. After this, I finally understand what karma means. I will get what I deserve."
Yuan Cuiyu was obviously not used to being knelt down like this, so Xiaosun pulled her up and asked, "What are your plans?"
(End of this chapter)