Yixiu is reborn, fights against her elder sister, and becomes the queen mother

Songzhi knew that it would be cruel to break Concubine Hua's fantasy now, but if they continued to be confused like this, everyone would die.

"Your Majesty, why can't you see through it now? The Emperor doesn't like me at all. If he is interested in me, I have served you for so many years. It is impossible for him to speak up now. Your Majesty should quickly find a way to save the Nian family and General Nian!"

In fact, Concubine Hua had already guessed the emperor's thoughts, but she was still dreaming that illusory dream.

But now the dream is about to end, Songzhi just burst the dream in advance.

Concubine Hua was in great pain. She broke down and cried, "Your Majesty, why did you do this?"

Songzhi persuaded Concubine Hua for a while and came up with an idea for her.

"Your Majesty is ill now, so please go to the Yangxin Palace and plead with the Emperor for your family and the General. The Emperor is sincere to you, even if it's just to save their lives..."

After the last sentence, Songzhi shut up appropriately. She realized that she had said something out of turn, so she lowered her head deeply.

But this once again hit Concubine Hua. Does the emperor really want to kill her brother?

Concubine Hua took Songzhi to the outside of the Yangxin Palace to plead for mercy. Concubine Hua knelt outside the Yangxin Palace despite her sick body.

"Your Majesty, please consider our past friendship and don't bother with my brother and the Nian family. I beg you."

At this moment, Nian Shilan crushed all her self-esteem and pride. She was not only Shilan, but also Nian Shilan.

She is the daughter of the Nian family. Her parents raised her with great love and taught her for so many years. Now her family needs her, and she also has to make plans for her family.

The emperor felt mixed emotions. He tightly clenched the memorial in his hand and slowly closed his eyes.

Su Peisheng saw the emperor's dilemma, so he had no choice but to go out and say to Concubine Hua: "Your Majesty is still ill, why don't you go back first and wait until you recover."

Concubine Hua shook her head and continued to kneel on the ground to beg for mercy for the Nian family.

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

Prince Guo had already brought his troops outside the palace and surrounded the Nian family.

Nian Gengyao's power has been controlled, and the Nian family now has no chance of turning things around.

The whole Nian family was in a panic. Nian Gengyao's two sons, Nian Fu and Nian Xing, almost had a quarrel with Prince Guo who came to handle the case.

A cruel smile flashed across Prince Guo's gentle face. "My royal brother has said that if anyone dares to resist, they will be killed without mercy."

The young man was full of vigor and had served in the army before. He was proud of his family's prominent status and did not take Prince Guo seriously at all.

Just as two sharp arrows were aimed at them, a cold voice said, "Wait!"

Prince Guo looked back in surprise. He never expected that the person coming here was Su Chou.

Su Chou is the prince's cousin, so Prince Guo will naturally give him some face.

He bowed to Su Chou and said with a smile, "Sir Su, what can I do for you? I am also acting on the orders of the Emperor."

When Nian Fu saw Su Chou, he ignored the soldiers' attempts to stop him and almost pounced on him.

The soldier guarding on the side would certainly not tolerate his insolence and directly pressed Nian Fu to the ground.

"How dare you! Lord Su is an official appointed by the imperial court. How dare you lay hands on Lord Su? Don't you want to live?"

A deputy general said this viciously, and then he bowed to Su Chou in a flattering manner, as if asking for credit.

Everyone knows that Su Chou and the Nian family have never gotten along, and he and Nian Gengyao have been political enemies for many years.

In the palace, the Queen and Concubine Hua are also incompatible. They just think that Su Chou is here to step on the Nian family.

The deputy general even wanted to whip Nian Fu, but when the whip was about to hit Nian Fu, Su Chou pulled it away.

"The Emperor only ordered you to temporarily surround the Nian Mansion, but he did not order you to do anything to anyone in the Nian family. The people in the Nian Mansion are all officials' families. How dare you hurt them?"

The old lady now realized that Su Chou was not looking for trouble today. Supported by her daughter-in-law, she stepped forward tremblingly and saluted Su Chou.

"I greet Lord Su. I wonder what the Emperor's intention is in sending troops to surround the Nian Mansion today?"

Su Chou shook his head and bowed towards the Forbidden City. He said loudly, "The Emperor has his own reasons for doing things, and we, as his subjects, are not allowed to guess. But Madam Nian, don't worry for now. The Emperor has only temporarily surrounded the Nian Mansion and won't do anything to you."

Prince Guo was baffled by Su Chou's actions. Wasn't it said that the two families were incompatible? Why did Su Chou seem to be defending the Nian family today?

But how could Prince Guo guess what Su Chou is thinking now?

Fortunately, with Su Chou's protection, although the Nian family was surrounded, there were no casualties in the family.

夜晚

A gust of wind blew, and the leaves on the trees rustled. Several guards were about to go forward to check, when, at this moment, a man in a black nightgown carefully slipped into the East Palace.

Seeing that nothing happened, the guard waved to his companions, "It's okay, it must have been the wind."

Another guard nodded as well. "That's good, but we still have to be careful. The Emperor has told us to keep a close eye on the East Palace. We must make sure nothing goes wrong."

The prince also climbed up from the bed at this moment. He walked to the man in black and saluted respectfully.

"Hello, uncle!"

The man in black took off the silk scarf on his face. This man was Su Chou who had visited the East Palace at night.

"Let's skip all the formalities for now and cut to the chase. I went to the Nian family during the day, so nothing will go wrong for now. As for the future, it all depends on the Queen's ability."

The prince looked at Su Chou with a complicated expression. After a while, he finally spoke with doubts.

"Should we really take advantage of this opportunity to win over Nian Gengyao? Wouldn't that be too dangerous?"

Su Chou sneered, "If we don't make plans now, I'm afraid the Nian family's fate today will be our fate in the future. The emperor has always been suspicious. The Nian family was so prominent in the past, but didn't it end up like this?"

Seeing the Crown Prince remain silent, Su Chou continued, "Your Highness, do you think that with the Emperor Kangxi's imperial edict, you are completely safe? Your Highness, do you know that the imperial edict is both a life-saving talisman and a death warrant? If one day, the Emperor learns of the existence of that thing, will you still be alive?"

Su Chou has read history books since he was young. Judging from history, the prince's path to the throne will definitely not be smooth, and they will have a life-and-death battle with the emperor.

The weight of an imperial edict alone is too small. The focus of seizing the throne is the army.

After all, Su Chou was just a civil servant, and the prince was under the emperor's guard. Although Prince Xun had once been in charge of the army, he was now imprisoned by the emperor.