After the Changping Hou and his wife entered the palace, they still had to go to Zhao Sansi to greet them first. Zhao Sansi still treated them with the same attitude as before. She greeted Mrs. Changping Hou who looked a little haggard and gave her some supplements, which made people take them to Changning Palace.

Gu Xizhao knew that her mother was sick but before the Changping Hou opened the door, she still greeted Mrs. Changping Hou intimately, saying, "My mother is sick and her daughter cannot visit her. It's really unfilial."

Compared to Changping Hou, Gu Xizhao's feelings for this mother are more complicated. The master treats her well and does not expect so much love for her mother. But after contacting her for too much, she can also feel the love that Mrs. Changping Hou has for her.

Looking at Mrs. Changping Hou's haggard face, she was really worried. "My mother is old now, so she has to relax her troubles and take care of her body."

Mrs. Changping Hou felt sour. When she thought of her life, outsiders said that she was glorious, but in this glorious family, only Gu Xizhao could say a few more words to make her feel warm, "It's just a minor illness, the empress does not need to worry about it. She knows it even if she is old."

Gu Xizhao nodded. She didn't know how to say the affectionate words between her family, and couldn't say them sincerely, "It's good that my mother knows it."

After chatting for a cup of tea, Changping Hou gave a wink at Gu Xizhao. Gu Xizhao found an excuse to let the palace servants retreat, and asked Chan'er to take Changping Hou's wife to the side hall and asked Doctor Zhang to help her take her pulse and visit her.

This is also considered as the queen and her value for her mother.

After the palace was quiet, Gu Xizhao was too lazy to play Tai Chi with Changping Hou, so he spoke first, "My father came to the palace this time to tell his daughter about taking concubines for the emperor."

"You know what you know." Changping Hou snorted lightly and went to see her again, "Now there is no child in the central palace yet, you can't wait to let the newcomer enter the palace... Empress, you really want to spread the branches and leaves for the royal family..."

From eyes to tone, Changping Hou's purpose of testing was too obvious.

Gu Xizhao looked at him calmly, "What does Father mean?"

"What do I mean? The Empress should know it. Your master said that your health is not serious and he also prescribed a child-seeking soup for you, but the Empress has not seen her pregnancy for a long time. I'm afraid that the Empress himself doesn't want to be pregnant?"

Gu Xizhao lowered her eyes and after a while, she looked over with a mocking look on her face, "It turns out that my father still refuses to truly trust me now."

Hou Changping snorted lightly, without saying a word.

Gu Xizhao held a veil and brushed across the corner of her eyes, and said again: "I understand the truth about my father, and I don't want a child, but I'm not doing well. What can I do? Since the wedding, the emperor has been resting with me every day, but I am never pregnant. The court officials don't say anything in public, but they are afraid that they have been talking about it in secret. Now, all officials force the emperor, but they can't force me to do it again. What should my father asks me to do, as the queen?"

"Make me disagree with the emperor's acceptance of concubines? There are three kinds of unfilial piety, and no queen is the greatest. How can court officials say that I, as the queen, as the mother of a country, have no tolerance for others?"

Changping Hou's face slowed down, "Then you should at least notify me in advance."

"At this moment, there may be many pairs of eyes staring at me. If I ask my father about his idea, my father thinks that those eyes won't be too careful?"

The Marquis of Changping was speechless for a moment.

Gu Xizhao took a breath, glanced at Changping Hou, and continued, "Besides, my daughter is not stupid. The emperor now favors me very much, but I just look at my good color. But women are old and have a weak color. How long can this favor last? The court officials reported to accept the concubines. The emperor was unwilling to waste money on the surface, and he was reluctant to do so. He was afraid that he was testing me in his heart. Otherwise, why did the emperor agree after I persuaded him a few words?"

"Since ancient times, you can see your position clearly when the emperor's family is indifferent." Changping Hou sneered, "This yellow-haired child has learned a little cleverness and has learned the hypocritical style of the Zhao family."

Gu Xizhao scoffed at the words of Changping Hou and pretended to sigh, "The emperor is a little good to me, but because I helped her by chance when I was powerless and powerless in the past. At that time, she appeared in front of others. People in the court were a little dissatisfied with her, the prince who suddenly appeared. She had no one to use it, so she trusted me a little. Now that the throne has been firmly seated, the emperor's wings have become hard, so naturally I will not be as pure as before."

"If I hadn't been more generous and tactful, the emperor would probably have gotten tired of me even earlier."

Hou Changping didn't think that her words were exaggerating. He looked at men from a man's perspective and agreed with Gu Xizhao's words. Only by having three thousand beauties in the harem can he be called a real emperor.

"When the newcomer enters the palace, what if the mother of another person is worthy of her son?"

Gu Xizhao narrowed her eyes and looked cold, "My father underestimated me too much. He agreed to the emperor to accept the concubines, just for the reputation of me, the queen, and also made the emperor respect me more. As long as I, the queen, have a weight in the courtiers and the emperor, why bother to be afraid of these concubines? Even if there are more women, half of this month will be in my palace. Moreover, I have to approve these concubines' sleeping affairs one by one. How can they be the emperor's heir under my nose?"

Changping Hou didn't expect her to be so "ruthless". After a moment of being stunned, he felt relieved when he reacted, "It's worthy of being the daughter of my Gu family. Since you have an idea in your heart, I'm relieved."

Gu Xizhao smiled, "Father just worry, just let me know which daughter can tell who is more important."

The depression that Changping Hou had been holding it for a few days was suddenly swept away. After thinking about it, he said, "I am old and can't wait for a few years. If it's really not possible, let's talk about the fake first?"

Gu Xizhao clenched his fingers slightly, "Is it true that my father is fake?"

"You pretend to be pregnant first and give birth to the royal heir."

"It's a big deal to have happiness in the central palace, I'm afraid it's..." Gu Xizhao looked embarrassed and looked at Changping Hou again for a moment, "Does his father have other plans?"

"This matter has just begun to begin, and we have to make up for it. There is no rush to send a message to your brother Feige." When Changping Hou said this, he paused, stared at Gu Xizhao for a moment before continuing: "For the past few years, the thieves in Xi'an have been unstoppable, and have always been thinking about our abundant land. He even tried to marry Princess Tara to your brother and form an alliance with my Gu family."

Gu Xizhao pretended to be surprised, "There is such a thing? Since my father knew that they were thieves, he shouldn't..."

"The horses raised by Xi'an are very good. If you attack at that time, you will definitely cooperate with them. Of course, I will not be able to make a fuss with the tiger unless it is absolutely necessary."

Gu Xizhao's heart trembled slightly and he pinched his palms heavily, "But my father was right. Although the emperor had no power or power when he took office, he has now won people's hearts. If his father attacked for a strong attack, it would still be difficult to compete with your 100,000 Gu family army."

"That is our trump card. I will not be forced unless it is absolutely necessary. Over the years, the Xiao family has been hiding its identity, and it has only been secretly deployed by these forces, and they can only succeed."

Gu Xizhao took a deep breath in her heart, and after a moment, she pretended to be innocent and looked at Changping Hou, "Father, besides the 100,000 troops in the northwest, are there anyone in the court?"

Hou Changping looked at her and Gu Xizhao quickly said, "I agreed to accept the concubine. The emperor still has some affection for me now. I am afraid I feel a little guilty at the moment. Taking this opportunity, I can still breathe the wind in my ears without any hesitation."

Hou Changping lowered his eyes, "You are right. My Xiao family has been in the layout for so many years, and those who can gain a foothold in the court are always some irrelevant people. If you can promote them, it would be a good thing."

Changping Hou thought about it and reported a series of names to Gu Xizhao. Finally, he couldn't help but sigh, "These people who were placed in the court, except for Mo Huiwang, are the most helpful people. Unfortunately, they were all ruined by the idiot Mingshao, the idiot, and they had to push the Jiang family out."

Gu Xizhao was silent for a moment before saying, "But the sacrifice of the Jiang family is not completely useless. At least the court officials will not doubt our identity as the royal family in the previous dynasty."

Hou Changping nodded, "At that time, I was also considering this, I was afraid that Princess Mingshao would continue to investigate and implicate more. I had no choice but to push the Jiang family out."

Gu Xizhao raised her eyebrows, "Father made a quick decision."

Hou Changping smiled and was still a little proud of Princess Mingshao. After all, he only gave up the Jiang family and solved his worries.

Just based on her father's current conceit, Gu Xizhao already knew it. Whether it was a forceful attack or a wit, even without her, her father would have lost.

In order not to arouse suspicion from others, the Changping Hou did not stay in the palace for a long time. After lunch, they left the palace.

As soon as the person left, Gu Xizhao sent the secret guards to thoroughly investigate the officials in the court that her father mentioned. Gu Xizhao was familiar with these names, and some of them had never heard of them. However, for the sake of caution, Gu Xizhao still asked the secret guards to investigate.

After saying this today, Gu Xizhao couldn't guarantee that her father trusted her 100% of her, but she understood at least one thing: the reason why her father wanted to "wield the emperor to command the princes" was not entirely because he wanted to be a virtuous emperor, but that he had no complete chance of winning in a strong attack.

Once the failure fails, the efforts of the Xiao royal family will be in vain for so many years, and there will be no possibility of revival in this life.

Even so, Changping Hou’s trump card should not be underestimated. After all, there is still the variable of Xi’an. Once Changping Hou really forms an alliance with the Gu family, the situation will be afraid of turning around.

With thousands of troops, these civil officials in the court did not have much effect. In other words, the chess pieces arranged by Changping Hou were not only used to alert the snakes and add to the Changping Hou, there was no need to be a taboo. What we really had to worry about was the Gu family army in the northwest and the secret alliance with Xi'an.

That day, Gu Xizhao sat alone in the pavilion in the backyard for an afternoon. The more truths she knew, the more she felt panicked. She remembered the conversation when Zhao Jin handed over the Sandum Order to her.

——Aren’t you afraid that my brother will have a strange intention?

——If this is the case, then Dazhao may have really gone.

At that time, Zhao Jin trusted her father and brother in every way, and was worried that Prime Minister Cai Jun and others had a strange intention in their lives. Fortunately, she felt pity for the little fool at that time and accepted the sandalwood order for her.

What is the fate of this world?

Gu Xizhao couldn't help but look out of the palace wall, "Senior Brother, you think you gave the little fool a peaceful and prosperous era. As long as she is not arrogant and extravagant, even if she is mediocre, the country of Dazhao will not collapse. Now you see that the peaceful and prosperous era is just an illusion. The waves of internal and external troubles below are turbulent, and even if you are the wise ruler in the eyes of the world, you have not seen it."

The achievements of a peaceful and prosperous era are yours.

The crime that will be destroyed in the future will be the little fool.

This emperor, the little fool, is really wronged.

She felt distressed.

Outside the pavilion, Zhao Sansi looked at her from afar, and Chan'er and Zhu'er were secretly anxious. Since the Emperor and Empress had a fight in front of them that day, these days, the Emperor and Empress no longer had the oil in the past. The Queen often looked worried. In addition, the little emperor agreed to accept the concubine, so the palace servants were really anxious for their own empress.

Seeing that people were thinking about it, the little emperor stood here for so long and had not seen anyone come to his senses, so he naturally became anxious. Chan'er thought for a long time before he spoke carefully, "Your Majesty, it's probably because his wife is not feeling well, and the Empress is having some worries. I'll go now..."

"Don't bother the Queen." Zhao Sansi raised his hand to stop her, looked at her again before retracting her gaze. "The Queen has lost weight these days. Let the imperial kitchen prepare more health-care meals to make up for it."

Chan'er and Zhu'er looked at each other and agreed quickly, "Yes. If the Empress knew that the Emperor cared about her so much, she would definitely be very happy."

Zhao Sansi turned around and said, "Don't tell the queen, and don't tell her that I've been here."

"emperor……"

"You don't have to be too polite, just stay here." Zhao Sansi walked forward, walked two steps, then turned back to the pavilion and collided with the sight that Gu Xizhao was looking at. She didn't know what to react for a moment, but Taohua subconsciously bent.

She likes the queen so much.

So, when she saw her, her eyes wanted to laugh.

Gu Xizhao's figure still did not move, and she smiled at her.

Zhao Sansi stood for a while, turned around again, and then walked out with big strides this time.

The queen didn't believe she was a powerful emperor, but she believed that her queen was a powerful queen.

Gu Xizhao watched Zhao Sansi's bright yellow clothes disappear from a distance and then retracted her gaze. Then she realized that it was already dark at some point.

I don’t know how long the little fool has been standing there.

Chan'er and Zhu'er had a secret eye contact. Although they wanted to tell their master the fact that the little emperor had come, they didn't dare to do so. In Changning Palace, the person whose master wanted them to be loyal was the little emperor, not her. Even if they were her personal palace maids, it was still the little emperor's order.

Gu Xizhao didn't ask anything and just pretended that she didn't know anything about it.

After another half month, the Mid-Autumn Festival ushered in.

Although the wives and ladies of various families still remember the Mid-Autumn Festival moon-watching banquet held by the Empress last year and were determined to treat the Queen's invitation carefully in the future, this year, when the ladies and ladies of various families were still very happy to receive the invitation from the Queen.

Because this time I went to the palace to attend the queen's banquet was to receive a concubine for the emperor.

The ladies raised in these aristocratic families in the imperial city are used as foils of power. The biggest high point that noble ladies in the imperial city can climb is the imperial palace.

Whether these ladies are willing or not, they can't break free. They only have the choice of choice, and there is very little room for them to choose.

They are all poor people.

Gu Xizhao knew that when these girls entered the palace, they just walked from the cage of the aristocratic family into the cage of the palace. She had no intention of making things difficult for these girls. But in this life, even if they didn't do anything for themselves, they would take some paths that they had to take for the sake of being alone.

Just like that New Year's Eve, such a cowardly fool could kill the nanny in the palace for her. From then on, I don't know how many more midnights will be there to wake up from the nightmare in sweat.

Although Gu Xizhao had a long time ago, in order to avoid people's eyes, in addition to Lin Wanqing, seven other girls were reserved.
To be continued...