The Empress Dowager waved her hand and asked the people waiting in the house to retreat, but Dongmei tightly guarded Lin Zhixuan and did not retreat.

The Empress Dowager glanced at Dong Mei, Dong Mei didn't dare to look directly at the Empress Dowager's eyes, and quickly lowered her head, but not only did her steps not retreat, but she took a step closer to Lin Zhixuan.

The Empress Dowager laughed, shook her head, and then said to Lin Zhixuan: "Girl, don't be afraid, the mourning family won't eat you." ”

Listening to the tone of the Empress Dowager, Lin Zhixuan inexplicably remembered that ten years ago, the night before Wei Mingxu seized the throne, Wei Mingxu and the Empress Dowager discussed the court situation, and stood aside to serve, at that time, the Empress Dowager also spoke in such a tone.

Cold, but tough.

and Wei Mingxu pointed out the country, with the momentum of saying the same.

It's just that except for that time, the Empress Dowager usually treats people so kindly, especially in the past few years, she deliberately pretends to be confused, and she is verbose when talking to people, repeatedly, and the weighing is not clear.

But it turns out that she has never changed.

Amiable, but just an appearance, the battle in the deep palace, after three dynasties, how could this figure known as the ancestor be confused?

Lin Zhixuan glanced at Dongmei, if at this moment, the Empress Dowager is going to be unfavorable to herself, Dongmei is no different from being here or not.

"Dongmei, you go out. Lin Zhixuan only said lightly, with a gentle smile on her face, and she didn't show anything unusual. "I'll talk to my ancestors. ”

Dongmei listened, although she was still a little worried, but she still went out according to her words, she thought that if she went out, maybe she could send a message to Wei Mingxu and ask him to save Lin Zhixuan.

But Lin Zhixuan is not optimistic, there are so many people in Cining Palace, Dongmei can't get out of Cining Palace.

Dongmei went out, and the palace maid outside really dragged her to the side hall to drink tea and put her under house arrest.

Lin Zhixuan didn't worry about Dongmei, but looked at the Empress Dowager with a calm face, and said, "What does the Empress Dowager want to say to her daughter-in-law?"

"Aren't you afraid, girl?" the Empress Dowager asked without answering.

Lin Zhixuan looked at the Empress Dowager and said, "What are you afraid of the concubine?"

The Empress Dowager looked at the calm Lin Zhixuan, whether she was ignorant, or whether she really had hills and valleys in her chest, the Empress Dowager did not speculate, but said to Lin Zhixuan: "People should always be afraid." The mourning family remembered that when he was young, he was not afraid of anything, but later he saw more and experienced more, but he was also afraid more. ”

Lin Zhixuan said: "I've seen a lot, I've experienced a lot, and I'm afraid of a lot, so I'm not afraid." For example, today's Queen Mother is fearless. ”

The Empress Dowager was stunned when she heard this, and then smiled: "Heh, I didn't expect you to be able to say such things at such a young age, it can be seen that the mourning family did not find the wrong person." However, what you said is not right, the mourning family is still afraid. The one who is truly fearless is the one who has no desires and no desires, and the mourning family still has needs, so it is impossible not to be afraid. ”

Lin Zhixuan didn't understand the meaning of the Empress Dowager's words very well, so she didn't answer indiscriminately. I only heard the Empress Dowager suddenly speak: "Girl, is the old fourteenth planning to rebel?"

Lin Zhixuan listened to the piercing word "rebellion", her eyes narrowed slightly, and then she calmly looked at the Empress Dowager and said: "The Empress Dowager should know better than me about this matter, the throne should have been the prince ten years ago." ”

When the Empress Dowager heard the affirmative answer, she leaned on the bed, twisting the rosary in her hand, but slowly closed her eyes and said, "If the mourning family does not allow the old fourteen to be the emperor." ”

Lin Zhixuan stared at the Empress Dowager's eyes and her pupils shrank, she didn't understand the meaning of the Empress Dowager's words: "Why doesn't the Empress Dowager allow the prince to be the emperor?"

The Empress Dowager said: "Because, he can't be the emperor." ”

Lin Zhixuan didn't understand what the Empress Dowager was talking about, so she only frowned tightly and waited for the Empress Dowager to follow.

"Ah Zhi, how much Emperor Taizu loved Lao Fourteen at the beginning, regarded him as a candidate for the future prince, and carefully cultivated him, but it is a pity that Emperor Taizu did not take a holiday, and Lao Fourteen had not yet grown up, so he went suddenly. Since the day he died, it was doomed, and the old fourteen had no chance to be on the throne. ”

Lin Zhixuan listened to the Queen Mother's desperate words reminiscing about the past, and only said: "The daughter-in-law doesn't know the grievances and grievances of the past, but now for so many years, how the prince governed the Great Zhou Dynasty is also in your eyes." He has the ability to be the emperor, and he also has the ability to govern the Great Zhou Dynasty better, so that now there is a prosperous scene of all countries coming to the dynasty, and now in the court, almost no one dares to go against the prince. It's time for the prince to get his things back. ”

When the Empress Dowager heard this, she sighed and said: "Girl, what you said is right, the mourning family admits that the old fourteenth does have the talent to save the country and govern the world, and the mourning family also admits that now the court seems to be Heqing Haiyan." But there are many things that you don't know, so you don't understand at all, the old fourteen and the mourning family shouldn't have today. ”

Lin Zhixuan wrinkled her brows and listened to the Empress Dowager continue: "The fourteenth is the concubine of Emperor Taizu, and the mourning family is the mother of the three princes. You only heard that the second and eighth children and the princes wanted to force me to commit suicide by poisoning and be martyred for Emperor Taizu. You only know that at a young age, the old fourteen was sent to fight on the frontier, establish great military exploits, and come back to canonize the prince.

Have you ever wondered why they want to mourn and be buried, and suddenly they don't let them be buried? If the eighth child really ruthlessly let the old fourteen die, how could he survive at such a young age, in a strange military camp? Those people, with the movement of their fingers, can make the three brothers die without a place to be buried!"

Lin Zhixuan looked at the Empress Dowager in shock, the more excited she became, looking at the Empress Dowager's suddenly opened eyes, and the tears of humiliation and resentment in her eyes, the string of Buddha beads was held in her hand by her: "Have you ever thought about it?"

Looking at Lin Zhixuan's speechless appearance, the Empress Dowager closed her eyes again, and lay back on the bed as if she was exhausted: "You naturally can't imagine what a difficult period of time it was." ”

The Empress Dowager's hand trembled slightly, and she really couldn't continue, Liu Xi hurriedly stepped forward with the ginseng soup, and while serving the Empress Dowager, she took two sips to slow down, and the Empress Dowager really couldn't swallow, so she pushed Liu Xi away and motioned for her to continue.

Liu Xi was holding the ginseng soup in her hand, her eyes were also full of tears, she looked at Lin Zhixuan and said, "The night before the Empress Dowager was forced to commit suicide." The Empress Dowager had already made up her mind to die rather than give in and give Emperor Taizu a funeral. But that night, the fourteenth prince ventured into the palace and saw the queen mother. Seeing her son, the Empress Dowager remembered that she still had three young and helpless sons, if she died, where would the three princes still live? So, the Empress Dowager ...... The Empress Dowager ...... Agreed to the request of the emperor......" ()