"The Ai family will never agree! Emperor, this is not something that was agreed before, why did you suddenly change your mind? Did someone tell you something?"

Sure enough, the empress dowager's attitude was very fierce. She was panting heavily with anger, and she slapped the table next to her with a "slap".

The emperor was silent, "The queen mother is worrying too much, no one talks too much in front of me, this is purely my own idea."

The Empress Dowager stared at him incredulously, "Emperor, why do you have such naive thoughts? The draft is not only a great event to benefit the emperor's heirs and fill the harem, but also helps you win over the former court and balance the court. For these reasons, you should It is clearer than the queen mother."

The emperor sighed, "Mother, you don't need to say too much, I have already made my decision."

"No! The Ai family will never agree! Emperor, if you are determined to suspend the draft, you must always tell the queen a reasonable reason."

The emperor nodded and said: "One of the reasons is my son's headache. The son has not suffered from illness for a long time, but the mother just mentioned the draft, and today I just met those beautiful women. The son actually fell ill twice in one day. This has never happened before, so my son thought, maybe this is a warning from the heavens, telling him that it is not appropriate to draft at this time."

The empress dowager was stunned.

If it was for other reasons, the empress dowager must have thousands of reasons to fight back, but unexpectedly, the emperor was worried about this issue.

She hesitated, trembling, carefully thinking about the possibility of Huang'er's words. Speaking of which, Huang'er's headaches are irregular, and it is true that she has not had it for a long time, but even when it is the most frequent, she does not have it twice in a day. She couldn't help worrying about the situation.

Seeing the empress mother lost in thought, with a worried and thoughtful look on her face, the emperor quietly lowered his eyes.

This was the reason why he rejected the queen before, if he came out of Zhongcui Palace and went straight to Yongchang Palace, the stepmother would know about it, so he would not think much about it, might it be the queen who pushed him.

There is another layer of worry. Today, he fell ill twice in a row. His mother was flustered and worried. At this time, she would use this matter to suspend the draft, and her mother would definitely hesitate to consider it.

Sure enough, the empress dowager thought for a while, and said hesitantly: "You let the empress think about it."

Although she didn't think that the emperor's illness had anything to do with the draft, but as a mother, she couldn't afford to gamble on any one-ten-thousandth possibility.

The emperor got up, and apologized to the empress dowager: "Mother, the son is fine, don't worry, the son will not bother you, you can rest as soon as possible."

The empress dowager sighed, with a heavy expression, and waved her hand feebly to show that she knew.

Walking out of Yongchang Palace, the emperor stood still, raised his head, and looked at the moon and a few bright broken stars dotted in the vast night sky. Suddenly, he curled the corners of his mouth. In the cool night wind, the smile on the corner of his mouth had a flowing warmth.

Another day, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager talked about the suspension of the draft.

The Empress Dowager said uncomfortably: "Although the concubine still has some doubts in her heart, the emperor is right. If the frequent headaches are related to the draft, then the concubine will really become a sinner through the ages."

The Empress Dowager nodded and said: "You are right to worry. You are not afraid of [-], just in case. Since you and the emperor have made a decision, the Ai family will naturally choose to support you."

The empress dowager heaved a sigh of relief, and for a moment, she couldn't help but smile bitterly, "The matter of the draft has been delayed again and again, and I don't know when I can bring it up again."

The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "The emperor is still young, so don't worry about drafting."

The empress dowager whispered, "When the former emperor was as old as the emperor's son, there were already several children under his knees."

The Empress Dowager smiled and said nothing.

After sitting for a while, the empress dowager left.

Ningshou Palace returned to tranquility. After a long time, there was a funny "cough" sound in the hall. Mother Qin smiled gently and looked at the Empress Dowager until her shoulders shook, "Your Majesty, what are you laughing at?"

The Empress Dowager wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, "Do you really think that the emperor's illness is related to the draft?"

Nanny Qin shook her head, but did not answer directly, but instead said: "The emperor is smart and prudent, since he made this decision, he must have his own reasons."

The Empress Dowager put down her veil and nodded slightly. After a long time, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she sighed sadly, "The Ai family is old, and I don't want to get involved too much. The Ai family only wants to hug their great-grandson."

"There will be."

After the empress dowager informed the emperor of her and the empress dowager's thoughts, the emperor announced the news when she went to court the next day.

In the past two days, some people have written papers to persuade him to preside over the general election.

The courtiers were all dumbfounded when the emperor said the words to suspend the draft.

After a long while, they finally came back to their senses, and then, immediately, they subconsciously wanted to kneel down and beg the emperor to take back the decree.

However, when they raised their heads, they saw the flat but firm eyes of the emperor. The courtiers froze for a moment, and for some reason, they suddenly recalled the morning when the emperor announced that he would not abolish the empress.

At that time, without any warning, the emperor suddenly issued an imperial decree.

When the courtiers reacted and knelt down to beg the emperor to take back the imperial decree, the emperor was so angry that he immediately pulled out all the ministers who knelt down to admonish him. His strong attitude and thunderous methods have still touched the hearts of many ministers to this day. I can't forget it for a long time.

Thinking of this, they hesitated.

Looking at the emperor like this, he has the determination and courage of that day. If they insist on admonishing them, will the emperor use any means again.

And, no matter what, the emperor only said that the draft was suspended, not forever.

While the courtiers were thinking, no one stood up, the whole court hall was completely silent, it was as if there was no one there.

He Shangshu swaggered back to the He Mansion, and just sat down, before he even had time to drink a cup of tea, he ordered the servant to call the eldest lady.

After a while, He Yourong came, and Madam He came with her.

Seeing Mrs. He, He Shang was dissatisfied in writing.

Mrs. He said embarrassingly, "That's not it. You called Miss Rong just after you came back. I was worried, so I came over to have a look."

In the past two days, my daughter has been out of her mind, her face is in a trance, and her body is getting thinner and thinner. She sees it in her eyes and is anxious in her heart. She doesn't say anything to her, but she just says that everything is fine. How can she not worry? Just now The servant came over to call for someone, and when he heard that the master hurriedly called his daughter over as soon as he entered the house, she thought it might have something to do with her daughter's worries, so she wanted to come and listen.

Master He didn't say anything more, and nodded to her, motioning her to sit down.

He Yourong stepped forward and blessed him, "Daughter sees father."

She looked gray and depressed, and Qing An's voice was also low and weak. She has been like this since she came back from the palace that day. When the family asked her, she just pursed her lips and bowed her head in silence. The family members were anxious, But looking at her like this, it's not easy to ask too much.

But this time, Mr. He couldn't wait, and when she stood still, he couldn't wait to ask: "Tell daddy honestly, what happened in the palace that day?"

He Yourong's face turned pale in an instant, and his body was on the verge of falling.

Seeing her like this, Mrs. He and Mrs. He still don't understand that something must have happened in the palace, which is not good for them, otherwise why she is like this.

Master He was in a hurry, so his tone couldn't help but be a bit harsh, "For this sake, why don't you tell Daddy, do you want to piss Daddy to death?"

Mrs. He was taken aback by Mr. He's attitude, she hastily persuaded: "Master, don't worry, Sister Rong is not an ignorant child, you tell her well, she will definitely not be willful."

He also persuaded He Yourong, "Your father specially asked you to come here today. It must be that what happened in the court is related to today's court. Sister Rong, we have spent a lot of effort to bring you up here, not to let your little daughter feel sentimental. Hesitation, as the eldest daughter of the family, if you can't even make this decision, you will disappoint your parents too much."

He Yourong's expression became more and more disheartened, her whole body seemed to have suffered a huge blow, her lips turned pale, suddenly, she raised her hand to cover her mouth, tears fell from the corners of her eyes.

"Father, mother, that day, that day, my daughter saw with her own eyes that the emperor and the empress were intimate and treated them like no one else. The emperor, the emperor, in front of a large audience, actually hugged the empress in public."

After the words were finished, Mr. He and Mrs. He were stunned. After a long while, they were replaced with pale faces.

"Father, daughter, is my daughter, is she, not allowed to enter the palace?"

He Yourong tightly clutched the handkerchief and bit her lower lip, she was so unwilling, really unwilling!

The news of the emperor's decision to suspend the draft gradually spread throughout the capital as the court ended.

For a moment, everyone felt dazed, shocked, and at a loss.

Under the extreme dazed shock, the aristocratic families didn't know how to react.

Therefore, within a few days, the entire capital city was calm and silent, and even the famous banquets that attracted everyone's fame from time to time disappeared.

In the palace, Jia Zheng sat alone on the big stone pier behind the kitchen, blowing the cold wind for a while, after a while, he came back smiling as if nothing had happened.

However, in a blink of an eye, he took out the silver at the bottom of the box and found someone to buy a large table of food and wine.

He quietly found Wang Dashi, put his arms around his neck like a good buddy, and said, "Brother, you have to do me a favor, let's go to my room tonight, we won't get drunk forever."

Wang Dashi hesitated, "I will be on duty tomorrow."

"Hey," Jia Zheng waved his hand, and said, "If it's a big deal, you can order whoever will help you. Believe me, there will be many people rushing to help you."

Wang Dashi shook his head, "I can't do that."

Jia Zheng was in a hurry, "If you can't let go, leave it to my brother, and my brother will definitely handle it for you."

Wang Dashi hesitated, "This..."

"If you continue to evade, you are not treating your brother as a real brother."

"Okay..." Wang Dashi reluctantly agreed, "I don't need you to do it for me, but if there is something I don't handle properly tomorrow, you have to remember to remind me."

"Then don't worry, brother has nothing to do with you."

Finally, when it was time to be on duty, Wang Dashi and Jia Zheng packed up the things on the stove and rushed to Jia Zheng's room.

The two of them ate a glass of wine and two mouthfuls of food with Jia Zhengzao's prepared food and drinks, and they were happy without knowing it.

Jia Zheng was drunk.

He hugged Wang Dashi and cried, "Wang Dashi, my brother's eyes are really covered with shit."

Wang Dashi stumbled and persuaded him stupidly, "Don't do this."

After saying this, he closed his mouth, not knowing what to say.

He is simple and honest, not stupid. Judging from the movement in the harem during this period of time and Jia Zheng's attitude today, he knows that Jia Zheng regretted it, was afraid, and regretted that he should not treat the empress like that in the first place, for fear that the empress would gain power in the future. Look into his past mistakes.

He could only repeat one sentence over and over again, "The Empress is not that kind of person."

Ever since he helped Zhong Cuigong a small favor with kindness at the beginning, Zhong Cuigong has always been very kind to him, and as he got along more and more with that side, he got to know the empress better and better. The empress is not a narrow-minded, fussy little girl people.

Jia Zheng hugged him tightly, "Wang Da, you have to help brother, give brother a few good words in front of the empress, brother will depend on you in the future."

Wang Dashi scratched his head and said with a simple and honest smile: "Don't worry, the empress won't care too much."

So, on the second day, Jia Zheng took the initiative to offer Zhong Cuigong a bowl of glutinous rice balls that he made well.

Chen Yizhen just woke up from a nap, and when she saw this plate of black and white, pure and crystal glutinous rice balls, she couldn't help but smile knowingly, she didn't think much about it, she just pretended that the people around her were trying to make snacks for her, and nodded, as if she knew it .

Mr. Pei bowed his body and exited the main hall, walked outside, saw the little eunuch bringing snacks from the dining room, he couldn't help squinting his eyes.

After delivering the snacks, the little eunuch did not leave, obviously wanting to wait for a favor from the empress, and today's glutinous rice balls, if he remembered correctly, are not Wang Dashi's specialty, but rather like another sous chef's specialty in the inner dining room .

After thinking for a while, a smile gradually appeared on his face. He walked over and gave the little eunuch a purse casually. Seeing the little eunuch knelt down and thanked him ecstatically, he stepped back and left with a relaxed face. Sighing secretly, sometimes, what the empress can't take care of, needs them, the servants, to think more about making up for it.

Over there, seeing the purse in the little eunuch's hand, Jia Zheng finally let out a long sigh of relief.

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