Xu Shu could only put her eyes away and showed a hint of pain on her face, "Don't say stupid things, Shenzhi... We don't have that long for a lifetime, you know... My body... I don't know when it will end..."

"No!" Zhou Jin hugged Xu Shu, "Mr. Qin will find a way to cure you. He has cured your eyes and your body will definitely be well maintained!"

"Maybe!" Xu Shu's voice was as low as a gossip. She believed Mr. Qin, but not herself.

"It will definitely...it will definitely..."

Xu Shu nodded, yawned, and suddenly remembered something, "Today, the Empress summoned me to the palace and told me about a big thing. She was interrupted by the Empress Dowager and almost forgot!"

"What's up?"

"The Empress wants to adopt King Duan as her heir!"

"Adopted by A Xun?" Zhou Jin was stunned, "Why did the queen suddenly have such an idea?"

"The Empress has been dissatisfied with the eldest prince for a long time. In his early years, Concubine Shu was favored. Relying on the eldest prince to make trouble for the Empress, the two have accumulated grudges for a long time! If the first person in the palace who does not want the eldest prince to inherit the throne was the Empress, then the second one is the Empress! Later, the Empress became a miscarriage because of the eldest prince. The Emperor punished the eldest prince, but the eldest prince blamed the Empress. If the eldest prince ascended the throne, the first one to target the Empress. Of course, the Empress does not want the eldest prince to inherit the throne, but the eldest prince is the emperor's only offspring. The emperor has no other choice except the eldest prince, so the Empress wants to adopt a child!"

"But with the eldest prince here, even if the queen wants to adopt the legitimate son, she doesn't have the reason to choose people from the royal family?" With the eldest prince as the emperor's biological son, how could the queen adopt an outsider?

"It's true. When the Queen said this, I had the same doubts as you, but since the Queen had such an idea, she had made complete plans!"

“How to plan?”

"Before Liang entered the palace, there was a childhood friend, and the eldest prince gave birth to prematurely. The queen falsely accused Liang of losing his ceremoniality, which led the emperor to doubt the eldest prince's life experience, so as to achieve her adoption!"

The emperor is suspicious. If the emperor is suspicious of the eldest prince's life experience, the queen may indeed achieve her goal, but...

"With the Deng family here, even if the emperor is suspicious, the Deng family will not let the queen adopt him!"

"Yes! But just in case, the Queen's slander cannot succeed! The Queen's old friend before Liang entered the palace was looking for someone!" Xu Shu's meaning was already very obvious.

Zhou Jin understood, "I will find this person first!"

Xu Shu nodded, "That's good!"

The Queen’s purpose is just not to let the eldest prince take the seat. As long as the eldest prince doesn’t take the seat in the end, it will be enough for the Queen…

Thinking of the queen trusting her so much, she told her the plan that even Old Lady Zheng didn't know, but she turned around and betrayed the queen. Xu Shu felt a little uncomfortable. If one day, the queen would find out what she did? Even if she was for the benefit of the entire Zheng family, she finally let down the queen's trust in her.

Xu Shu had never felt guilty like this before, even if she had never been to Zhou Jin. They used each other, Zhou Jin helped her, and she also paid Zhou Jin back, but to the queen... Even though the queen used her at the beginning, they each took their own needs and worked together peacefully and happily for a long time, but now she broke this balance with her own hands. She always thought she had a clear conscience in doing things, but now, she had a conscience towards the queen!

Xu Shu's emotions suddenly fell down, but Zhou Jin could only hug Xu Shu powerlessly. In order to take risks, Xu Shu even betrayed everyone. What could he do for Xu Shu? In addition to curing Xu Shu's eyes, even for this matter, he had another purpose at the beginning...

"Actually, if you think about it carefully, the Queen may not be able to adopt her, she just needs to choose a good opportunity!"

The queen can be adopted, but not at this time!

"What do you mean?" Zhou Jin said curiously. If the queen adopts her offspring, it would be very unfavorable to him. Xu Shu would not propose such a plan that would be unfavorable to him.

"Now there are nothing more than three factions in the court, the eldest prince party headed by the Deng family, the first emperor party headed by the Fu family, and then the neutral faction headed by Gao Da! Once the eldest prince is gone, the Fu family will definitely propose to welcome you back to the court, and the Huang family and the Xiao family, which have always been able to judge the situation, will definitely respond. If Gao Da does not respond, the position of left prime minister who has finally settled in the position of left prime minister will change hands! But once Gao Da Da will turn to you, there will be no one around the emperor. The lonely and helpless emperor may rather die than issue an order to welcome you back!"

With the emperor's nature, he suffered the pain of losing his son, but the civil and military officials of the court immediately began to form cliques. This was probably no less than the death of the eldest prince for the emperor!

Zhou Jin nodded, "It is indeed very likely that he will object, but the emperor's objection is useless. At this time, he will not refuse to agree!" There is no successor to the throne and is uneasy in the country. How could the ministers sit idly?

"Yes, the emperor has to agree, but the emperor is reluctant to agree, and your life will not be easy after you return to the court!"

"I've suffered so many years, is this a little short of it?" Since Zhou Jin had made the worst plan, he had expected this possibility.

"But if the Empress proposes adoption in front of the emperor at this time, the Emperor will definitely agree, because the Empress is considering the Emperor, and the Emperor will easily trust the Empress, but..." Xu Shu smiled, "The Emperor has agreed, but the Deng family will not agree!"

Zhou Jin nodded, "The Deng family has lost the trump card in their hands and is definitely unwilling to lose power. However, the Deng family has no choice but to refuse to agree. The emperor will not let himself be empty!"

"No!" Xu Shu shook her head, "If the queen can adopt it, can the eldest prince not be adopted? King Ji has just got a son, and it is just right to adopt it to the eldest prince!"

Zhou Jin was silent, "It was also adopted. The queen insisted on adopting King Duan, and the Deng family insisted on adopting King Ji's son for the eldest prince. If there was no dispute over this, the emperor might not make a decision!"

"The snipe and clam fight, the fisherman will benefit!" Xu Shu smiled, "After King Duan and King Ji were both Shizuo, when it comes to blood ties, of course, you are closer to the emperor, as the son of Xianzong, who is a compatriot of the current emperor. The blood of the Dayin royal family has withered, and it is impossible for the ministers to be the orphans of the Emperor Xianzong. After all, the adoption method of the Deng family and the Zheng family has only promoted your return to the court! With this choice, the emperor will not be so repulsive to welcome you back to the court, and the Empress has completely won the trust of the emperor through this move!"
Chapter completed!