Chapter III

After the death of Mrs. Wei Guo, Wu Meiniang seemed to be a completely different person, and she was very kind to the emperor and her sons, which surprised her husband and children! Li Zhi asked Wu Meiniang beside her, "Why do you want to help me choose a concubine again? I am an old man, why do you suddenly treat me so much? Meiniang, do you have any dissatisfaction with me?"

"The death of Mrs. Wei Guo makes the emperor sad and uncontrollable! I just want to make the emperor happy and happy! I have no other meaning, not to mention, as a virtuous queen, I should have done this?"

"Mei Niang, I am lucky to have you in my life!"

"Then Your Majesty will do what the concubine wishes when he is free! The concubine has returned to the palace!"

"Okay!" Li Zhi nodded, looked at Wu Meiniang leaving, and shook his head. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoWhat's wrong with her, this is not a good character that Wu Meiniang should have at all? How could she suddenly change a person, so that Li Zhi can't accept it, let alone adapt to it!

In the imperial garden, Wu Meiniang sat in the gazebo and drank tea, looking at the fish in the pond, "When can I be so leisurely! I don't have so much consideration, let alone the ability to predict the future, how easy it should be! I know how long he can live, I know how long Hong'er can live, I can't change, I can only try to be as good to them as possible while they are alive! That's all I can do!"

"Niangniang, why are you sitting here alone? Let the slave maid be easy to find?" Xiaochun led someone to stand behind Qingyi, "Niangniang, what's wrong? Why do you look sad?"

"How long has Taiping been gone?"

"Niangniang misses the princess? The princess has only been there for more than ten months! Niangniang don't worry!"

"This palace just doesn't want Taiping to live so helplessly and so hard like this palace! This palace wants her to grow up happily, but in this huge palace, there is no happiness at all, no peace of mind at all?"

"Niangniang, I heard that Imperial Doctor Liu took the initiative to ask the emperor to resign because of the matter of Mrs. Wei Guo! The emperor has already granted Imperial Doctor Liu's resignation!"

Qingyi turned her head to look at Xiaochun, she had already guessed that Liu Yuanshan would do this, and she hoped that he would do so! With him in a place where she couldn't be single-minded, his distance was a good thing for everyone! In a few years, he could come to her again, just wait until that time to talk about it! "It's good to resign, the king is like a tiger, and it's good to be able to live freely on the ground! This palace will ask the emperor for an order, so that Imperial Doctor Liu's family can live a leisurely life!"

"Imperial Doctor Liu leaves, what about the imperial doctor next to Niangniang?"

"Imperial Doctor Liu will arrange it, this palace understands him! Let him take care of it himself! Mrs. Wei's affairs need someone to come out and admit his mistakes, he is the best candidate!"

"Niangniang, the prince wants to see you!"

"Bengong went to see him! Hey, Lan'er died but also left a lot of trouble for Bengong! Hong'er's ears are too soft, so Bengong has no moves!"

"Niangniang, what do you mean?"

"The prince never took the initiative to ask to see the palace, and now he is so filial, isn't there something to ask the palace? Since Mrs. Wei has just died, it is naturally Mrs. Wei's business!"

In the queen's palace, Li Hong knelt in front of his mother, "Queen Mother, there is something I don't understand, and I want to ask the Queen Mother for advice?"

"Hong'er get up and speak!" Qingyi raised her hand.

"How did Sister Lan'er die?"

"Didn't you say that you accidentally ate a poisonous snack?

"Even if it is eaten by mistake, the queen mother's henchman Imperial Doctor Liu is not a skilled doctor, so why can't he treat his sister?"

"Hong'er has something to say?"

"Now that my sister is dead, Erchen wants to severely punish the incompetent imperial doctor!"

"Imperial Doctor Liu has resigned, does Hong'er think this is not enough?"

"What does the queen mother think?" Li Hong glared at his mother with an angry face.

"This matter is over, whoever wants to mention it again, this palace will never spare it! As for the matter of Imperial Doctor Liu, this palace and the emperor have their own clear judgment! The prince should not inquire about this matter again! In addition, Mrs. Wei Guo had already been canonized before she died, and the prince should not worry about the affairs of his father and concubine! Prince, you are the future emperor, you can't be so emotional, because of Lan'er's matter, to question your mother, this is not the work of a Ming Jun! Let alone the work of a big man!"

"The Queen Mother insists on this?"

"Hong'er also said that Imperial Doctor Liu is the confidant of the palace, since the prince also thinks so, it is impossible for the palace not to intercede for the imperial doctor Liu!

"The retainers obey!"

"You go down! This palace is tired!" Qingyi waved his hand, and the prince could only retreat! He wanted to vent his anger for Mrs. Wei Guo, but was stopped by his mother!

"Niangniang, what are you going to do? The prince won't forget it so easily, Niangniang has to think of a corresponding way!"

"Bengong knows that he is actually dissatisfied with Bengong, but because I am his mother, he can't be disrespectful to my mother, so he can only be angry with the people around me! I understand him, but I won't approve of his approach! If someone provokes me, he doesn't trust me as a mother, so what will I do in the future?"

"What Niangniang said is, is Niangniang going to see the emperor?"

"Not today, I've already told the emperor, he has his own arrangements, I'm just thinking I'm jealous when I go now, I can't go! Let Imperial Doctor Liu come to see me, I have something to explain!"

"Yes!" Koharu withdrew. Qing Yi stared blankly at the teacup in her hand, she didn't allow anyone to do anything to Liu Yuanshan, no one could! Liu Yuanshan came to this time and space because of her, she couldn't let him have any damage because of her, she wouldn't be even more impressed! Protecting him from any harm was her lifelong dream!

On the way back to the East Palace, the people around him asked: "Is the prince losing to the queen like this?" You are the prince, the future emperor, she is just your mother, the prince doesn't need to be so weak?"

"Prince, the queen mother asks the prince to speak!" Koharu caught up with the crown prince Li Hong in the imperial garden.

Li Hong looked at Koharu and could only follow back. "What's the matter with the Queen Mother looking for me?"

"The slave doesn't know, the queen only said to let the prince go back, there is something important to discuss!"

"Okay! Let's go!" Li Hong didn't understand his mother, let alone understand what she was thinking! He looked at the person next to him who told him that he wanted to be tough with his mother, and shook his head!

In Wu Meiniang's palace, Liu Yuanshan saluted the prince who had just come in, and the prince could only perfunctory him! The queen mother was present, what could he do?

Qingyi spoke, "Hong'er, what you said to the queen mother just now, the queen mother has thought about it!That's why I asked you and Lord Liu to come to the queen mother together, and in front of the queen mother, you will punish Imperial Doctor Liu's medical skills!"

Li Hong looked at his mother with some surprise, "Queen Mother, what do you mean by this?"

"Let you decide for yourself, it's because the queen mother respects you!So respect your decision, respect your opinion!" Qingyi looked into her son's eyes.

Li Hong looked at Liu Yuanshan helplessly, "Forget it, since the queen mother has already said so, then what else can I say! Queen mother, the sons decided to follow the will of the queen mother, and there is no objection!"

"Then you must promise the queen mother that you will not do anything that violates today's promise behind the queen mother's back in the future! If you agree, you can do what you say! If you can't do it, then you should deal with Lord Liu in front of the queen mother now, right?"

"Erchen doesn't dare! Erchen will always abide by the agreement with the queen mother!"

"Okay, Hong'er! Thank you, Queen Mother!"

"Retire there!"

"Okay!" Qingyi waved her hand and let Li Hong retreat! She knew that in front of her, Li Hong couldn't do anything, and she asked him to promise that he must do it in the future! He couldn't help but agree! For Liu Yuanshan, she had to do this, even if Li Hong would hate her in the future, she had to do it!

After Xiaochun and the others retreated, Liu Yuanshan knelt in front of Qingyi, "Is it worth it for me? I don't need you to do anything for me, will you embarrass Li Hong like this?"

Qing Yi helped Liu Yuanshan up, "Because I can't guarantee when Li Hong will be unfavorable to you, I can only use such a radical method to make him give up his heart of punishing you! Yuanshan, you came to this strange time and space for me, I can't let you suffer because of me again!"

"Promise me, don't do this for me in the future! Knowing that you have such a heart, I have died without regrets, I am already content! At any time, don't embarrass yourself for me! This is my greatest hope. ”

Qingyi nodded and asked, "Where do you want to go in the future?"

"Open a medical center in the capital, fulfill your wish, and provide free treatment for people who have no money, I won't really stay away from you, because I can't bear it!"

Qingyi's tears welled up, "Yuanshan, how fortunate I am to be able to meet you in this life! Thank you, Yuanshan!"

"This is what you need, and this is what I love you to do!" Liu Yuanshan knelt down again, "Weichen will say goodbye to the queen, take care of the mother!

Qing Yi watched with tears streaming down her face, she could only let him go like this to keep him away from herself again? Why did they have to separate and stay away like this in modern and ancient times? Why couldn't they just be together in the name of it? Qing Yi wanted to catch up, but she couldn't lift her feet!

"Niangniang, how much have you eaten! You haven't eaten properly in a few days?" Xiaochun stood beside Qingyi, trying to persuade.

Qingyi smiled, "No matter where we are, our fate only ends here!" She patted Xiaochun's hand, "Hongu is fine, don't worry! Hongu just needs time to calm down! Let's go, accompany Hongu to the Imperial Garden!"

"Niangniang?" Xiaochun has been with Qingyi for so many years, and she also understands the unspeakable feelings between her and Liu Yuanshan, and she understands the pain in her heart! She can only be by her side, she can only guard her like this, and she can only pity her! As a queen, she can't be with her beloved, she has more sympathy and pity for the high-ranking woman in front of her! She also had to enter the palace for her family and be separated from her beloved, she understands and understands more!

"Xiaochun, I am a high queen, but I can't do everything according to my own will, is there any meaning to such a queen? If I live in such a palace where you have to fight for me, I might as well stay away from this place of right and wrong!"

"What did Niangniang say? Niangniang is an extremely cherished person by the emperor, how can she say such sad words? The emperor cares about Niangniang so much, is there anything dissatisfaction with Niangniang?"

"What does his concern mean to me? Just like you want to swear to follow me to the death, it is also because there is a person in your heart who will never forget, so you choose such a lonely life, isn't it? Women have always been infatuated animals!"

"Niangniang?" Xiaochun was seen through and looked at Qingyi a little strangely.

"I'm the queen, but I'm also a woman, I can see what you're thinking, not because I'm powerful, it's just that I used to have such a time! Now, there are so many young, ignorant and low-status concubines around the emperor, and we don't have to bother doing anything anymore!"

"Niangniang is just relieved, so she is so heartless?"

"Koharu, what month is it now?"

"At the beginning of February, do you have any arrangements?"

"Go to the East Palace to announce the decree, from today onwards, let the prince come to the palace every day for dinner!"

"Niangniang, is this trying to ease the relationship with the crown prince?"

"Yes, no matter how different our attitude is towards Lord Liu, he is my son after all, my treasure after all!" Qingyi didn't say it explicitly, the prince would soon die of illness, and it wouldn't be long before he left! Although it is not her own child, she can't ruthlessly let him leave with hatred!" "In addition, let Li Xian, Li Xian, and Li Dan all come to dinner together, this palace hopes that they will not forget their brotherly affection because they were born in the emperor's family! Go and pass the decree immediately! Tell the imperial chef to cook more things that the prince likes to eat!"

"Yes, the slave will do it!"

Xiao Chun retreated, Qing Yi looked at the teacup in her hand, she has always been not partial to any child, whether it is her own or not! As a mother, she must make Li Hong feel family affection and warmth in the last days of his life! Qing Yi walked into the imperial kitchen and made what the prince liked to eat, which surprised the surrounding imperial chefs!

When the emperor in the imperial study heard this, he also sent a decree that dinner should be sent to the queen's palace and used with the children! He was touched by Mei Niang's good intentions, and even more touched Mei Niang's mother's heart! Mei Niang often made him feel indifferent and ruthless, and only occasionally gave him unexpected joy!

At the dinner table, the family sat together in harmony and ate dinner, and Li Dan sighed: "It would be nice if Taiping was there!

"Dan'er, do you like this kind of family reunion?" the prince asked his younger brother with some displeasure, the mustard between him and his mother could not disappear so quickly!

Wu Meiniang personally picked up the vegetables and gave them to Li Hong, "Hong'er, the affairs of the court and government are complicated, and it is not a sentence or two that can explain them clearly! Despite this, the queen mother's love for her son has never changed, and it will not change in her life! The queen mother is willing to step down from the position of the high queen and only be a mother! At this time, the mother is just a mother, not a queen! We are a family!" Qingyi accentuated the tone of the word 'family'.

Li Zhi looked at his wife appreciatively and nodded, "Mei Niang said well, we are all old and need to enjoy the joy of family! Although we were born in such a family, home is always home, we are always family! Family and everything is prosperous, Hong'er, what do you think?"

"Erchen knows, Erchen will do his filial piety, as long as the queen mother is not so strict with Erchen!" Li Hong still said in this tone.

Wu Meiniang nodded with a smile on her face, "Okay, I know my mother's mistake!

Everyone laughed, the family should get along like this! Once the emperor's family is not in harmony, it will lead to the disintegration of the court and factional struggle! As smart as Wu Meiniang, she will not really turn her face with her son, let alone really fall out with her son because of Liu Yuanshan! Mother and son will always be mother and son, and there will be no overnight feud!

Li Zhi's bedroom, Li Hong stood in front of Li Zhi, "Father, the son knows his duty, but the queen mother is too protective of Imperial Doctor Liu, so that the son is not satisfied!

"Are you talking about Lan'er's death?" asked Li Zhi with some sadness.

"Yes, Sister Lan's death is strange, isn't it?"

"I ordered it to be done, and it has nothing to do with your mother! Lan'er's mother also left because of my order! I can't shake the country because of a woman, your aunt and Lan'er are too demanding and too greedy! It has nothing to do with your mother!"

This time it was Li Hong who was surprised!

"Hong'er, as the emperor, you can't pamper your woman too much, let her delusionally get things that she shouldn't get and can't get, such a stupid woman can't stay by her side, otherwise she will be a faint king!

"Father, the son understands! The son resigns!" Li Hong walked out of the dormitory with some unacceptability. It turns out that everything is the will of the father, is this the father's favor for the queen mother? The decree is to get rid of those who may threaten the queen mother! Is this the helplessness of being a monarch and a husband? Or is it the pathetic that can only be found when you are born in the royal family?