Lu Kang seemed to think of something and hesitated to say, "is it..."

"Do you know why?" Baizhuo asked immediately.

"Look at the Phoenix crown on the Empress Dowager's head. The skeleton is made of ivory. The boots on her feet are wrapped in elephant skin. This is a birthday gift given to the Empress Dowager by the four princes."

"Elephants are gregarious animals, and the death of their companions will make them particularly irritable. Did the fourth Prince mention that he knew this before he gave these things to the Empress Dowager and wanted to murder her? "

Lu Kang shook his head: "no way. The fourth prince would not have known in advance that the prince of Nanman kingdom had sent an elephant. Moreover, if he had designed to murder the empress dowager, he would not have rescued her just now."

"It makes sense." Bai Jun nodded cautiously: "could it be that the gift prepared by the four princes was known by this wuguda, so he specially prepared an elephant to murder the Empress Dowager?"

Lu Kang thought for a moment, reached out and poured a cup of wine to Bai Jun: "Miss Bai, don't worry about these things. This is the business of your majesty and the master. You and I will do as you are told. Eat more and talk less. "

"Oh..." Bai Jun closed his mouth and picked up chopsticks to eat.

During the latter half of the banquet, the Empress Dowager and the emperor left first, and soon all the ministers left.

Originally, Yin Mu accompanied the Empress Dowager back to the palace, but Yin Xun also followed. All the way into the Empress Dowager's bedroom, the Empress Dowager went to the soft couch and sat down. She asked them, "what's the matter with you two brothers? I don't ask you to come to my home on weekdays. Why did you come with me today?"

Yin Mu chuckled and ordered the mother to prepare tea for calming the nerves. She took it to the Empress Dowager and said, "today is the mother's birthday. How can children's ministers accompany the empress mother for a while?"

The Empress Dowager took the tea, looked up at him and said, "really nothing else?"

Yin Mu shook his head and said, "No

The Empress Dowager looked at Yin Xun and asked him, "what about you? Are you just here to accompany me? "

"The son minister really wants to accompany the mother, but the son minister still has one thing to ask for." Yin Xun said and knelt down. Without waiting for the Empress Dowager's reaction, he said, "my son and Bai junhuo are in love. Please marry me."

Yin Mu saw that he finally said it and sighed. It was a waste of time to know that the younger brother would not listen to me.

The Empress Dowager quietly fiddled with the cup in her hand. She didn't have much reaction. She only asked, "do you really want to marry her?"

Yin Xun's words were sincere and nodded: "she is the only one who will not marry her in this life."

The Empress Dowager closed her eyes and seemed to think for a moment. She raised her hand and said, "get up first."

Yin Xun looked up at her and exclaimed, "empress mother..."

"The AI family also liked this little girl, and she made great achievements and became an official again." The Empress Dowager interrupted him, and Yan Xun's face was happy when she said so.

"But if you marry to be a concubine, she will be wronged."

Yin Xun was stunned, and immediately said, "empress mother, my son's minister did not intend to marry her as a side imperial concubine, but a positive imperial concubine."

The Empress Dowager's eyes suddenly sharp up, asked him: "you marry her to be the imperial concubine, cloud month how to do?"

"I didn't intend to marry Miss Fu." When empress dowager Yin Xun looked at her, she did not give in.

"You..." As soon as the Empress Dowager patted the couch, she stood up and pointed to Yin Xun. Seeing this, Yin Mu quickly got up and helped her and said, "don't be angry with your mother. The ninth brother doesn't mean to disobey you."

After staring at him for a long time, the Empress Dowager regained her composure, sat down slowly and sighed: "the child is too old to listen to her mother's words."

Yin Xun had to lower his head and softened his way of speech: "the empress mother's words are heavy. In the heart of the children's ministers, the empress mother has always been the first. It's just this matter that the son minister wants to be the second master by himself. "

The Empress Dowager sighed heavily and raised her hand and said, "it's all. You go back first. Let's think about it carefully."

"Will you give me a reply in three days?" Yan Xun asked.

The Empress Dowager had some helplessness on her face, but after all, she just nodded and said, "three days is three days."

"Thank you, mother." Yin Xun got up and left Jingyang palace.

After he left, Yin Mu asked, "is the empress mother going to allocate Bai Jun Zhuo Xu to his ninth brother?"

"What else?" The Empress Dowager asked, "don't you know his temperament? The sad family only complained that he was spoiled too much in his early years, which made him more and more disobedient."

"I think it's not a good marriage to be with Bai junzhuo at this time. I think it's really a good marriage."

"Identity?" The Empress Dowager sneered, "royal marriage is not only to see the identity, but also to see the whole family behind that person. What's in her family

"Empress mother..."

"Well, well," the Empress Dowager interrupted impatiently, "you don't have to persuade me to let the sad family think about it. You should go back and have a rest earlier

Yin Mu had no choice but to stop talking and nodded: "the mother should have a rest earlier, and the child minister will leave."Yin Mu went out of Jingyang palace. The Empress Dowager closed her eyes and thought for a moment. Then she called the mother in charge, Cao, to wait on her for a rest. However, the palace people came in and said, "empress dowager, Prince of Nanman Kingdom, would like to see you."

"He?" The Empress Dowager frowns lightly, so late, he still does not leave palace, come to look for her to do what?

"If the Empress Dowager is tired, she will go out and let him leave." Mother Cao said immediately.

The Empress Dowager hesitated for a moment, shook her head and said, "no, let him in."

The palace people went out, and soon Wu Guda came in.

Seeing the empress dowager, wuguda knelt down to the ground with his fat body. He did not look at the Empress Dowager and did not speak.

When the Empress Dowager saw him coming alone, she asked him, "what's the matter with you when you come to see the sad family so late?"

Wu Guda then raised his head, full of guilt and sadness, and said to the empress dowager, "empress dowager, I came to apologize specially. When I chose an elephant in Nanman Kingdom, I chose a female elephant who was still young. I was afraid that she would not listen and frighten the Empress Dowager. I didn't expect that it was still If I really hurt the Empress Dowager's body, I would have no face to go back to southern Xinjiang! "

"Ha ha," the Empress Dowager sneered and looked at him with a knife in her eyes. "It's because I didn't hurt my family, I didn't have the face to go back to southern Xinjiang."

"No, no, how can it be?" Wu Guda said with a smile: "the Empress Dowager is a deity in the hearts of the people of Nanman kingdom. Who knows that the queen mother of Li is the real ruler of Li state. The Empress Dowager keeps a state of Li in Noda in good order. She is a goddess

The Empress Dowager still sneers, turns her head and no longer looks at him. She says in a cold voice, "since AI Jia is a God in your Nanman Kingdom, why did your father wipe his horse and want to annex the small country between the south of Li Kingdom and Nanman kingdom?"

"It's nothing." Wu gudalian quickly denied: "it's normal that there are frictions in small frontier countries. Moreover, for so many years, Nanman Kingdom has never crossed the border of Li state without any ambition and ambition."

"You didn't cross the border of Li, not because you didn't have ambition, but because you were afraid of general Weiyuan." The Empress Dowager interrupted him indifferently.

"No, no! We have no ambition and no courage, "Wu Guda said to the empress dowager, shaking his head like a rattle drum." we are now busy with civil strife in Nanman country. The Empress Dowager knows that, and she will definitely not have the trouble of looking for Li state

"Yes, the AI family knew that the king of Nanman kingdom was not interested in political affairs, and several princes were busy fighting for the throne." The Empress Dowager's sharp eyes seemed to be able to see him through: "but who knows you don't want to come here to assassinate Aijia and win the position of King Nanman?"

Wu Guda lowered her head and did not dare to speak. She was completely frightened by the Empress Dowager's momentum.

"As long as the AI family sends troops now, it will be easy to capture Nanman kingdom." The Empress Dowager paused and changed her way of speech: "it's just that I'm old, and I'm bound to be soft hearted. If you want to live in peace with each other and keep the peace of the two countries, you can't be ignorant of it! "

"I, we..." Wuguda was forced to blush and could not say a word.

"Aijia just reminds you of the tricks you want to play in your small southern country. If you are honest, you will not be moved." Then the Empress Dowager raised her hand and said, "well, you get up and tell me why you came so late to see AI Jia."

Wu Guda then showed a smile and looked a little obscene: "since ancient times, there have been many acts of friendship between the two countries. I, Wu Guda, have been thirty years old, and have not even married a princess. I want to ask a princess from your Li state to be a princess, so that we can have a good relationship with Li state. If I become the king of Nanman in time, the princess must be the princess of Nanman. Please ask the Empress Dowager to do it

"Do you want to marry the princess of Li?" The Empress Dowager looked him up and down. She looked at him with contempt in her eyes, but she did not show any trace in her tone. She said, "there are always many princes in our country, but few princesses. Now there are only two unmarried princesses. One is the three-year-old granddaughter of Aijia. Naturally, she can't marry you. One is the Hongyin general who kicked off his legs at the dinner party today. He is five years older than you. Do you want one? "

Wu Guda's eyes turned. Although the female general was old, she was not bad. But her foot strength is too amazing, like legs can kick open, not to mention his body board? What if it doesn't go his way and kicks him to death?

He shook his head and said, "no, No

"That's it, AI Jia. There is no princess suitable for you." The queen mother laughed and said, "if you have a good dragon, you can also enjoy a similar old man with a straight look."

Wuguda waved: "no, no, I don't like the way of playing butt."

His language was so vulgar that the Empress Dowager was so angry with him that she said with a smile: "in this case, you don't have to kneel here to delay the rest of my family. Go down."

Wuguda seemed to be disappointed. She patted her knees and stood up. She gave the Empress Dowager a pitiful look before she turned away.

He was just about to leave the gate of the palace. The Empress Dowager seemed to think of something and suddenly stopped him and said, "wait a minute!"