Zi'an pulled Concubine Mei to sit down and said earnestly, "My Lady Concubine Mei, what happened between you and me in the past was a personal grudge, and it's all in the past. You didn't do anything to hurt me, and Xia Lin is back fine, so let's just write it off and don't bear grudges against anyone. We are two sisters-in-law here now, with no one else around, so I might as well tell you something from my heart. The Seventh Prince took a fancy to the Third Prince, not to use him, but because he really thought that this child would be a talent. Don't you have confidence in your son? Don't you think he is sensible and outstanding? Every generation of the Murong family must have someone who can take on the responsibility of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The previous generation had the emperor, and now the Seventh Prince says that the Third Prince can be cultivated, so why not believe us once? What good will it do us to use you? To be honest, if the Seventh Prince wants to be the emperor now, do you think that he needs to rely on supporting a prince to win the hearts of the people?"
Concubine Mei deeply agreed with this. Indeed, if the Regent wanted to compete for the throne, almost no one in the royal family would be able to defeat him.
He is the regent, has military achievements, is highly respected among the people, and is a prince valued by the late emperor. Does he still need to rely on them, mother and son
If he wasn't taking advantage of him, then he must have really wanted to support the third prince.
Thinking of this, she finally felt relieved and opened her heart to Zi'an. "You are right. I worry too much and am too cautious. After so many years in the harem, I always feel that I cannot trust anyone because there are calculations and traps everywhere. If I am not careful, I will be doomed. You see, even the queen who was high and mighty in the past has become a lunatic now."
"There are many reasons why the Queen is in this situation today. Don't dwell on it. Listen, all the conspiracies and calculations have nothing to do with you. You just need to do one thing well, which is to take good care of the Third Prince and keep an eye on his studies. If anyone causes trouble for you and your son, just let us know."
Mei Fei's eyes were filled with tears. She nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay!"
Zi'an knew that these words touched her heart. No one knew what would happen in the future, including whether Concubine Mei would betray her again. But for now, this was the only way. The Seventh Prince said that the Third Prince was suitable, and his vision was not wrong. He was only afraid that his mother would do something biased and ruin his future.
After seeing off Concubine Mei and her son, everyone left and let Zi'an go to rest.
Zi'an lay in bed, thinking of these farces, feeling helpless and heartbroken.
She really couldn't get over the scene of Prince Nan Huai treating Concubine Gui. The cruelty of the mother and son killing each other made her doubt family affection.
In the middle of the night, she ordered people to prepare the four treasures of the study as she wanted to write a letter to the seventh brother.
She wanted to talk about what had happened in the past few days, and wanted to talk about the Noble Concubine and Prince Nan Huai, both of whom were his closest relatives.
She wrote three pages quickly, then sighed softly and burned everything she had written. What was the point of writing? Why distract him
Although he always looked indifferent, who could be truly indifferent? Even though she was a time-traveling girl, Xia Huaijun and the old lady were not her relatives, but didn't the things they did still chill her heart
She lay on the table, "Seventh Brother, what are you doing? I missed you so much."
I really miss him. Zi'an has an impulse to not care about anything else and go find him directly, to live with him and die with him...
Pooh!
Xia Zian, can you hope for him to get better? What do you mean he died in battle? That's impossible.
Bah! Bah! Bah!
It was a cold midnight. Murong Jie, who was far away on the battlefield, couldn't sleep tonight and tossed and turned in bed.
The war did not start in full swing. According to his previous thinking, he would let the lice bite Qin Zhou, shoot an arrow here and cut there, and wait for Qin Zhou to go crazy.
But obviously, her patience was better than he had originally thought. She had attacked Qin Zhou more than ten times in a row, but there was still no movement.
The Northern Desert Army remains as solid as Mount Tai.
The chariots produced by the Zhu family of Daliang State have been delivered to the front line. The soldiers are very happy. The chariot is made of fine steel, can carry two people, and can automatically release arrows by pressing a button, and it is a volley of arrows, which means that the lethality is amazing.
The soldiers were all full of fighting spirit, ready to fight a life-and-death battle with Beimo.
However, just two days ago, the Beimo army suddenly retreated thirty miles, and this was a retreat without any warning.
This made Murong Jie unable to understand.
So, that night, after discussing with the generals, he couldn't fall asleep for a long time.
After going to the battlefield, he was always worried about something, but he also tried his best not to be distracted.
Zi'an seldom wrote to him. He understood that her lack of letters meant that everything was fine and she didn't want to distract him.
He never knew that lovesickness could be so deep. It was always said that heroes are short-tempered and young women are strong in love. He didn't believe it in the past, but now that it happened to him, he believed it.
He felt that he was very childish in the past, and he even worried about who would express love first. If Zi'an stood in front of him now, he would not hesitate at all, but would hug her and kiss her hard a few times, and then tell her how much he missed her.
The situation in the capital would most likely not be reported to him in the form of official documents. When a general is away from the capital, he must concentrate on dealing with the war.
However, thanks to the letters from Su Qing and Xiao Tuo, and the occasional messages from his secret guards, he knew most of the things going on in the capital.
The news that the army had retreated thirty miles to the north desert was reported back to the capital through the Tangbao.
Was this a ploy to lure the enemy or was there another reason? The ministers in the capital launched heated discussions, but these comments were all nonsense, because everything depended on the opinions of the marshals and generals on the battlefield.
However, Marquis Wu'an suggested that since the Beimo army retreated thirty miles, it proved that they were afraid of the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so he asked the emperor to order Murong Jie to launch an all-out attack.
After Wu'an Hou put forward the idea, it was seconded by many people.
This was indeed a great opportunity. If they retreated thirty miles, judging from the terrain, they would have retreated to the Heihe area. If a large army attacked there, the Northern Desert Army would have no way to escape.
The emperor was also very tempted, and that day, he appeared at the morning court again to discuss Wu'an Hou's suggestion with the court officials.
The emperor had a good complexion. There were some red spots on his face, but they were very light and almost invisible after a touch of rouge and powder.
He came out without a false face.
Moreover, he was in good spirits. If it weren't for his slow or sluggish movements, one wouldn't be able to tell that he was a seriously ill person.
Everyone knew that the emperor's attending physician was Zi'an, and everyone praised Zi'an's excellent medical skills.
But Zi'an knew that all this had nothing to do with her, because since he came back, he had never treated the emperor, not even with acupuncture.
In fact, without having to think about it, you know that the biggest contributor is Sun Fanger.
A person who is highly skilled in using poison.
She really couldn't believe that the emperor would use poison to treat diseases. After all, the emperor used to despise poison and thought it was evil and harmful.
The emperor obviously didn't want people to know that his illness was treated by Sun Fang'er, so when everyone praised Zi'an's medical skills, he also said with deep approval: "The Regent Princess's medical skills are superb, which is really a blessing for our Great Zhou."
(End of this chapter)