"Erlang, is the Queen Mother feeling better?"

Mrs. Hu looked at Emperor Yongcheng's face and asked softly.

"Well, mother has woken up!"

Emperor Yongcheng was full of worries and had an inexplicable sense of unreality.

When he heard the voice that made him rely on him, he didn't show his usual admiring and joyful smile.

He replied casually and walked directly to the low couch.

Mrs. Hu's eyes flickered, she adjusted her expression slightly, and before Emperor Yongcheng could get in front of him, she sat cross-legged on the low couch.

When Emperor Yongcheng saw this, he habitually snuggled up to Mrs. Hu and rested his head on her lap.

Mrs. Hu skillfully untied Emperor Yongcheng's hair, used her hands as a comb, and slowly combed Emperor Yongcheng's hair and massaged his scalp.

While fiddling with it, Hu stretched out his hand to touch Emperor Yongcheng's forehead, feeling his temperature.

The warm, soft palm rested on his forehead, giving Emperor Yongcheng a familiar sense of security.

He seemed to be back when he was a child. Whenever something unhappy happened, his mother would be busy fighting with his father and would not care about him at all.

Only the wet nurse would take her into her arms like a mother, gently comb his hair with her hands, and ask him softly if he had been wronged.

These made him feel a deep sense of care and gave him the illusion of being wrapped in maternal love.

"call!"

With the familiar feeling and the warmth of being cared for, Emperor Yongcheng let out the breath that was trapped in his chest.

"Erlang, did something unhappy happen to you?"

Seeing Emperor Yongcheng's appearance, Mrs. Hu knew that it was almost done.

She asked softly, like a loving mother doting on her child.

"..." Emperor Yongcheng did not open his heart directly to the wet nurse as usual.

It's not that he doesn't trust the wet nurse, it's that he doesn't know what to say.

Because the thing itself seems to be something that makes people happy - the Queen Mother, who has been forcing him to marry a noble daughter of a noble family, suddenly changed her temper and asked him to make whoever he likes the queen!

I can finally marry my beloved Xiao Qingmei, and I can also give my wet nurse a dignity and dignity.

Emperor Yongcheng was not happy.

He even felt anxious and ashamed as if he was being roasted on a fire.

how so?

Why did the Queen Mother change her words?

Emperor Yongcheng did not have much affection for his biological mother, let alone trust and dependence.

Just now He Tiantian said that as a mother, she felt sorry for Emperor Yongcheng, so she would let him be happy in the future.

Emperor Yongcheng didn't believe a word of it.

He even secretly thought that the Queen Mother might have a new plan.

But no matter what the Queen Mother was secretly brewing, for now, Emperor Yongcheng was in a dilemma.

"The Queen Mother still hopes that you will marry the Wang family's daughter?"

Mrs. Hu quietly observed Emperor Yongcheng's face and asked tentatively.

Emperor Yongcheng's body stiffened, and after a moment, he shook his head.

There was a trace of doubt in Mrs. Hu's eyes, and she continued to test: "Could it be that the Queen Mother has taken a fancy to other noble girls?"

The late emperor Zhao Jiong left behind three assistant ministers.

In addition to the Wang family, the other two families also have daughters of appropriate age.

It's just that the Wang family has the status of an aristocratic family, so it seems to be more valuable for marriage than the other two families.

Although Mrs. Hu hoped that her daughter could marry the little emperor, she knew very well that the Zheng family's family status was too low.

In addition, the Queen Mother did not like her Hu family, so naturally she did not like Zheng Nian'er, who was born to her Hu family.

That is to say, the Hu family had the affection to feed and take care of Emperor Yongcheng. In the early years, due to various reasons in the palace, Empress Dowager He sent Emperor Yongcheng to be raised outside the palace.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Hu not only deepened her relationship with Emperor Yongcheng, but also let her two children accompany Emperor Yongcheng.

Having grown up with each other since childhood, Zheng Nian'er was so charming and charming that the little emperor, who was just beginning to have a crush on her, immediately placed her at the forefront of his heart.

As long as Zheng Nian'er enters the palace, even if she is a low-ranking Baolin, the Hu family will have the confidence to make her daughter a favorite concubine, and then shine the lintel of the Zheng family.

Queen... Zheng Nian'er had the idea of ​​becoming Erlang's first wife, but everyone in the Zheng family knew that this was just a delusion.

Not to mention that the Queen Mother He refused to agree, even the little emperor himself probably -

Emperor Yongcheng shook his head again.

Mrs. Hu was a little confused. Did Queen Mother He not want the emperor to marry Shu Yuan, a noble girl of similar family status?

impossible!

Mr. and Mrs. Hu were both slaves of the He family. Because she had just given birth to a daughter, she was in good health and looked good, so she was chosen to be the wet nurse for the little prince.

The little prince has a distinguished status. Hu is not the only wet nurse, but she is the one who respects him the most.

After so many years of dealing with her, Mrs. Hu also got to know Queen Mother He.

This most noble woman in the harem has always been strong.

Not only was he strict with the young emperor, but he never backed down even in front of the late emperor.

Sometimes, Mrs. Hu thought that if the Queen Mother had been softer and could be as gentle and gentle as Xie Guifei, the Queen Mother and the late Emperor might not have been in such a tense situation.

The late emperor was more than ten years older than the empress dowager, so to empress dowager he, she was definitely not a yellow-faced woman or a lousy wife.

She and the late emperor were originally an old husband and a young wife.

It is said that when the two first got married, they were very affectionate and affectionate.

In the first five years of their marriage, the Queen Mother gave birth to two children.

It's a pity that they all died young one after another.

By that time, the late emperor had already established himself in power and was past his thirties.

Not only the late emperor himself, but also the court officials were also worried about the successor of the newly established dynasty.

The late emperor began to recruit a large harem for the sake of heirs.

A noble daughter from a noble family, a noble queen, or a girl from a poor family.

The beautiful ladies have different backgrounds, and their appearance is even more unique.

For a time, the Tai Chi Palace was filled with fat and thin birds singing and singing, and it was very lively.

Among the many beautiful ladies, Concubine Xie was the most favored and the one who rose through the ranks the fastest.

You can tell from the surname that this person's maiden family is the Xie family of Chen County, named after the Wang family of Langya.

Although Wang Xie's reputation has not been as good as before in recent years, Xie is still a well-known brand.

The late emperor said this in order to appease the aristocratic family, and the Wang and Xie families were the leaders of the aristocratic family.

The most noble person in the harem is the queen. She is not a poor wife, but she marries the late emperor with half of the country as a dowry.

The queen's position cannot be shaken unless the queen herself commits a major crime such as treason.

Those below the queen are concubines, so within three months of entering the palace, Xie became the concubine second only to the queen.

The late emperor's favor towards Concubine Xie reached its peak after Concubine Xie gave birth to the prince.

It was not the first time that the late emperor became a father. In fact, he had also married wives and concubines before marrying He.

These wives and concubines all gave birth to children for him.

It's just that during the war, his wives, concubines, and children died, and some disappeared. When he married He, he became a person again.

It was not his first time to be a father, nor was it his first time to have a son, but the late emperor was extremely excited.

Because the prince born by Concubine Xie has a different meaning. This is the first prince he gave birth to after establishing the Yong Dynasty.

It can be regarded as a "successor" in a sense!

The late emperor almost doted on the eldest prince to the heavens, and even Concubine Xie became the number one person in the harem.

Judging from the importance he attached to the eldest prince, he seemed to be grooming the child as his heir.

He: ...which is tolerable and intolerable?

She had an alliance with the late emperor at the beginning.

The empire of the Great Yong Dynasty can only be inherited by their own flesh and blood.

However, Mr. He did not make any noise.

Because she does not have a son under her knees, if she fights for it at this time, she will easily fall into the inferior position.
To be continued...