"Empress Xiu Rong cares too much about the emperor's thoughts, so she hesitates. If Empress Xiu Rong is willing to wait forever, then I have nothing to say. At this time, Empress Xiu Rong needs to show courage!" Liuli encouraged again
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Wu Xirou still couldn't make up her mind.
She does care about what Xiao Ce thinks, and she cares even more about how Xiao Ce feels about her, because she wants to be the person Xiao Ce cares about most.
"You go down first, let me think about it again." Wu Xirou felt depressed and waved her hand, signaling Liuli to retreat.
Seeing that Wu Xirou was still hesitating at this time, Liuli was inevitably a little disappointed.
Before entering the palace, the Empress Xiu Rong was not as courageous as she is now. At that time, the Empress Xiu Rong would definitely move forward towards her goal. But now, for the sake of an emperor, she even forgot that her original purpose of entering the palace was to become the master of the middle palace.
Because her master couldn't make up her mind, and she didn't dare to make any decisions, she hesitated and planned to go to Cihe Palace to test Empress Dowager Guo's intentions.
Queen Mother Guo heard that Liuli wanted to see her, but she didn't know who it was for a while.
"He is the attendant of Empress Xiu Rong." Nianyun reminded.
"Let her come in." Queen Mother Guo spoke up when she heard that she was someone from Wu Xirou's side.
Liuli quickly entered, stepped forward and bowed respectfully.
"Did Wu Xiurong ask you to come?" Queen Mother Guo asked after exempting Liu Li from the ceremony.
Liuli hurriedly shook her head: "Empress Xiu Rong didn't know that this slave came to the Queen Mother for help."
"Help?" Queen Mother Guo felt that this word was a bit new.
"Exactly! Earlier, Empress Xiu Rong went to Jinyang Palace and was humiliated by Miss Qin and Baozhu. Her eyes were red from crying. The servant felt really sorry for Empress Xiu Rong, so she came to ask for help from the Queen Mother." Then Liuli revealed the matter.
The general process was told once.
Empress Dowager Guo didn't say a word after hearing this. When Liuli saw this, she said again: "Empress Xiu Rong is thin-skinned and cares too much about the emperor's feelings, so she never dared to behave against the emperor in the slightest. I want to help Empress Xiu Rong."
Go to bed as soon as possible. If Empress Xiu Rong is lucky enough to be able to flourish for the royal family, I will be willing to do whatever you want."
She said and knelt down in front of Queen Mother Guo: "I have the courage to ask the Queen Mother for advice. I and Queen Xiu Rong will be grateful to the Queen Mother for the rest of their lives."
Empress Dowager Guo looked indifferently: "Whether Wu Xiurong can stay in bed depends on whether she has such a good nature, and she will not let the Ai family interfere in such a thing. From the Ai family's point of view, Wu Xiurong does not seem to be incompetent. You
You are a master who makes decisions and comes to beg the Aijia. The Aijia can't help you, master, so please retreat."
Liuli didn't expect that the Queen Mother Guo would refuse so bluntly. She thought that the Queen Mother Guo was eager to have her grandson and would be willing to help her groom her face. How come it was just the opposite?
"Can't the Queen Mother help me with my beauty?" Liuli asked, unwilling to leave like this.
Queen Mother Guo's eyebrows grew colder. Under Queen Mother Guo's gaze, Liuli did not dare to stay any longer.
She stood up neatly and said, "I realize my mistake. I will resign!"
Queen Mother Guo looked at Liuli's retreating figure and shook her head secretly: "Wu Xiurong is the only one who comes to ask the Ai family for such a thing."
She couldn't help Wu Xirou because she didn't have enough means. Even if she could help Wu Xirou once, could she continue to help him?
Nianyun was silent for a moment and suddenly said: "Perhaps the empress can help the empress repair her body. The one the empress wants to get rid of is Miss Qin. Now that Miss Qin has no opponent, it is unlikely that there will be a conflict between the emperor and the emperor. But the emperor and Miss Qin
If there is another Concubine in between, that's another matter. In this case, the Concubine is not helping the Concubine, but using the Concubine as a pawn to deal with Miss Qin."
Queen Mother Guo's eyes lit up: "What you said makes sense. Let's think about it again!"
She didn't want to do something like helping Wu Xirou, but if Wu Xirou could use it to deal with Qin Zhao, it would be feasible.
What Nianyun said makes perfect sense.
She should really help Wu Xirou more in the future. So far, only Wu Xirou can get close to Xiao Ce. Since there are ready-made chess pieces, why bother looking for someone from outside the palace to enter the palace?
If the draft would not be held until three years later, then she would naturally have to find a worthy opponent for Qin Zhao during these three years.
There was no need to hesitate for too long, Queen Mother Guo quickly made a decision and planned to find an opportunity to help Wu Xirou sleep smoothly.
This appropriate opportunity would be perfect if the time, place, and people are favorable. Of course, it is better to let nature take its course when it comes to bedtime matters. If it is too deliberate, Xiao Ce's temperament will not like it.
When the late emperor was still alive, she always resented him for being too carefree, but the son she gave birth to was not a womanizer, which she didn't expect.
Two days later, in the evening.
Liulihuo went to the Yangxin Hall to meet the saint.
"Wu Xiurong went to Cihe Palace this morning and hasn't come back yet?" Xiao Ce thought for a while that he was misinformed.
Liuli couldn't hide her anxiety on her face: "I went to Cihe Palace specially, but the Empress Dowager did not allow me to enter Cihe Palace. I really had no choice but to come to the emperor."
She didn't know if it was because she was unhappy with her visit to the Empress Dowager two days ago, so Nianyun asked Empress Xiu Rong to go to Cihe Palace in the morning. In fact, it was the Empress Dowager who used this method to punish Empress Xiu Rong.
Of course she did not dare to tell the emperor about this matter, she only hoped that the emperor would see Empress Xiu Rong for her merit in serving the pen and ink and go to Cihe Palace to bring Empress Xiu Rong back.
She was in a state of confusion, but Long Live Lord did not give her an answer. She kowtowed to Long Live Lord several times: "I beg the Emperor to go to Cihe Palace and see if Empress Xiu Rong is okay."
"That's all, I'll go with you." Xiao Ce was not worried about Wu Xirou.
He just felt that this matter was a little strange.
Ever since her mother revered her as the Queen Mother, Mrs. Wu never left home and kept a low profile, as if she was no longer a person like Mrs. Wu. It seemed that with the death of the late emperor, Mrs. Wu seemed to be a completely different person.
In this case, the queen mother had no reason to target Concubine Wu, nor was she dissatisfied with Wu Xirou.
But I went to Cihe Palace in the morning and haven't come back yet, which is really puzzling.
In this way, Xiao Ce took Liuli to Cihe Palace.
When Empress Dowager Guo saw Xiao Ce coming, she said affably: "Did the emperor come here specially to have dinner?"
Xiao Ce looked around and saw Wu Xirou but asked bluntly: "Is Wu Xiurong in Cihe Palace?"
"Exactly, she is helping the Ai family copy Buddhist scriptures. She is in the Buddhist hall now. How could the emperor ask her about her for no reason?" said Queen Mother Guo, leading the way to the small Buddhist hall.
Xiao Ce went to the small Buddhist hall to meet him, and saw that Wu Xirou was concentrating on copying Buddhist scriptures, unaware of his arrival.
He looked back at Liuli, who lowered her head in fear.
She didn't know that her master was copying Buddhist scriptures, and she thought that the Queen Mother was deliberately trying to embarrass her master.
