Lou Qingwu's guess was right, Xia Houqing saw Emperor Zong, and somehow he used some method to completely clean himself up. But even so, there are still seeds of doubt in Emperor Zong's heart. As long as he finds a suitable opportunity, it will slowly germinate and thrive.
Concubine Liang and her lover didn't wait until Emperor Zong opened his mouth the next day, and committed suicide that night. Emperor Zong found someone to deal with them in secret, and the person who dealt with them happened to be Liu Jin. Although he felt sorry for Concubine Liang, but Now that they have embarked on this path, they should have been prepared. At least, they just happened to catch up with Concubine Mei's pregnancy and left a whole body, otherwise, with the emperor's vengeful nature, they would probably be more painful to live than to die.
Even though Xia Houqing was cleared of the suspicion of framing the emperor's younger brother, Emperor Zong still found an excuse to contemplate behind closed doors for a month, and within this month, news came from the border, the barbarians were restless, and the envoy who had returned to Xiliang delivered the news , asking Dong Yuguo for help.
Emperor Zong began to recommend candidates in the morning court the next day.
In the end, it was mainly decided on four candidates, Prince Rui Xia Hourui, Third Prince Xia Houqing, Veteran General Nie Mutian, and Major General Nie Fei.
Although the old general Nie Mutian is experienced in combat and was invincible on the battlefield back then, he is old after all, and the young general Nie Fei is the only son of the old general. Xia Houqing, but he is still in confinement.
As a result, four factions formed in the court, and some people even spoke up to cancel the confinement of the third prince.
Because Concubine Liang's incident was too embarrassing, Emperor Zong didn't announce it, firstly for his face; What's more, there is another point that he needs to use Xia Houqing to suppress Xia Hourui. Among these princes, only the second prince Xia Hourui and the third prince Xia Houqing can be compared. If one goes down, the other will automatically rise up.
Therefore, Emperor Zong thought about repeatedly canceling the confinement of the third prince Xia Houqing.
When Lou Qingwu got the news, she was sewing small clothes for the child. She had already sewed the small clothes that would be worn within half a year, and now she has started to continue sewing.
Whenever the needle and thread passed through those clothes, she seemed to feel that she was one step closer to the child.
"Master, do you think Emperor Zong will let the third prince fight?" After all, it has already been released, which seems self-evident.
"No." Lou Qingwu didn't lift her head.
"Why?"
"Emperor Zong already has doubts about what happened last time, at least he won't be as happy with Xia Houqing as before. In addition, Xia Houqing has won many battles on the border over the years, and his status in the army is not low. , So, if he returns triumphantly this time, someone will ask to make Xia Houqing the king." Xia Hourui had no choice but to make another prince, and Emperor Zongfei died of annoyance. Now he is completely pinning his hopes on the child in Concubine Mei's belly, so he will find excuses to procrastinate.
"Is that the second prince?"
"...not necessarily." Lou Qingwu was not sure whether Emperor Zong would choose Xia Hourui. After all, Emperor Zong would definitely not let him go if he wanted to suppress Xia Hourui, but on the other hand, Emperor Zong would also think that Xia Hourui He has never fought before, so if he makes a mistake or something goes wrong, he can use this opportunity to suppress Xia Hourui instead.
Therefore, regarding Emperor Zong's mind, it also depends on the opportunity.
Whether it will be Xia Hourui or Xia Houqing in the end, it depends on which side the balance in Emperor Zong's heart will tilt.
Qianmian nodded half-understood, thinking that the master's analysis was right, but wouldn't it be too much to bet on Emperor Zong
"What if Emperor Zong chooses the third prince?"
"What should I do?" Lou Qingwu's mouth curled up with a cruel arc: "Then take this opportunity to take all of Xia Houqing's thirteen confidantes in one pot." If Emperor Zong chooses Xia Houqing, then he will definitely give up To win this battle by means, but it is not so easy to compete with the barbarian king Chun Yuhan, according to the previous life. Therefore, as a last resort, Xia Houqing would definitely expose the thirteen people, and even if there were no thirteen, most of them would probably be exposed.
And what she has to do is to wait for that moment, slowly disintegrate Xia Houqing's power, and then completely trample him on the 18th floor of hell, never to be able to recover.
What she wants in this life is not his life, but to let him...
Life is better than death.
Feng Yege didn't want Lou Qingwu to be tired, so she took care of all the books by herself, but there were quite a few shops under Lou Qingwu's name in all over the world, so it was not too early to read it every day. But when he returned to the room, he saw that there were already two small clothes on the bed.
Lou Qingwu's side face under the candlelight was demure and beautiful, which fascinated Feng Yege.
However, he lowered his head and glanced at the purple fancy dress on his body, then looked at the "two" pieces on the bed, and the "ten" neatly stacked pieces in the closet, and then compared it with the only one on his body. .
The sour bubbles in Feng Yege's heart popped out again.
Walking over, gently surrounded Lou Qingwu from behind: "Qingwu, don't you plan to make all the clothes for the little guy from birth to growth in these few months?"
Lou Qingwu didn't raise her head, her light-white fingers quickly danced on the brocade in her hand, and she answered very honestly: "Yes."
Feng Yege was depressed: "Lady, do you feel any difference today as your husband?"
Hearing the word "lady", Lou Qingwu raised her eyebrows, stopped what she was doing and turned around, looked Feng Yege up and down, and shook her head silently: "It's still as handsome as you are." After speaking, she started sewing again Small clothes too. Feng Yege was even more depressed, this was obviously perfunctory, besides, what he asked was not about his appearance.
So in the next half hour, Feng Yege circled dozens of times in front of Lou Qingwu. It wasn't until Lou Qingwu was dizzy from being turned that she looked at Feng Yege who passed by again: "Senior brother, have you eaten too much for dinner?"
"No." Feng Yege turned around, and silently tidied up his clothes.
Who knew that Lou Qingwu still turned a blind eye: "Then why are you walking around today?"
Feng Yege: "..."
I don't know whether to light the wax for myself first or to light the wax for myself. Feng Yege was silent for a long time before quietly returning to Lou Qingwu's back: "Qingwu, it's time to rest."
Lou Qingwu looked at the sky, then put the third piece that she had sewn today into the closet, then went to wash up, and when she came back, she found that Feng Yege had fallen asleep silently. Her gaze fell on a tinge of crimson not far away, and a smile could not help but float in her eyes.