When the first emperor was there, Shangyang Palace used to be the most lively palace in the palace, and it was also the most lonely palace.

When Queen Qiao was beautiful, the flowers in Shangyang Palace were full of flowers, and after Queen Qiao passed away, this place became her mourning hall alone.

Surrounded by green trees, the palace gate is majestic, and it can't hide the meaning of the deserted forest because of no one all year round.

Although it is a hot summer, as soon as you get close to this place, you still feel chills in your bones.

Ah Hua stroked her thin clothes, feeling that the cold shiver she had just hit might be her own delusion.

She cautiously looked at Bai Chenghuan, who had a calm face, and muttered:

"Empress Mother, the spiritual seat of the Empress Dowager Xiaojing, do you still want to store it here?"

Bai Chenghuan bowed slightly:

"Yes, since it has been put for so many years, let's put it first, it is convenient to put incense on the pillar during the New Year's Festival. ”

"But Niangniang, you haven't seen the Empress Dowager Xiaojing, why are you so respectful to the Empress Dowager Xiaojing?"

Ah Hua knew that Bai Chenghuan often came to wander near Shangyang Palace, as Niangniang said, when encountering a solar term like the Qingming Dragon Boat Festival, he also had to come to Shangzhuxiang.

But the Empress Dowager Xiaojing, isn't that the empress of the former Emperor Zhaolie?

Ah Hua's timing of speaking was too sudden, and she couldn't stop it, and at this moment, listening to her ask so indifferently, her face turned a little pale, how could this brain lack a string, how dare to ask anything?

Shao Hui was about to scold Ah Hua as usual, but she heard the queen's voice reply calmly:

"This palace has never seen the Empress Dowager Xiaojing, but in the heart of the palace, the Empress Dowager Xiaojing must be a generous and loving person, and she has been fascinated for a long time, so the tablet for her can be regarded as a tribute in my heart. ”

After Xiao Shaotang ascended the throne, when he sealed the concubines and concubines of the harem, he also posthumously sealed Queen Qiao, and was nicknamed Empress Dowager Xiaojing.

This is also a part of her heart for Queen Qiao.

Although from the day she completely understood Xu Chenghuan's life experience, she already knew why the first emperor treated Empress Qiao like that.

He probably found out that Empress Qiao had been unfaithful to him, but he didn't find any evidence.

He loved Queen Qiao, so he also hated Queen Qiao, and was unwilling to pamper her anymore, but he couldn't completely give her up, so in the end, Queen Qiao died in the cold palace with the dignity of the queen, and even after the death, she could still be buried in the imperial mausoleum.

Emperor Xian and Empress Qiao, as well as Zhan Shichun and Concubine Shu, Bai Chenghuan has never seen their past, and in the end she never knows the merits, but she can't deny the fact that Empress Qiao is Xu Chenghuan's biological mother and has cared for her for many years.

She couldn't be disrespectful to Queen Qiao in the slightest.

In a slight trance, Ah Hua's innocent voice came from his ears:

"Oh, that's it, then that's it, anyway, everyone in this palace has to listen to the queen, and the queen can do whatever she wants!"

Bai Chenghuan just smiled and raised his feet up the stone steps in front of the gate of Shangyang Palace.

Even the heartless Ah Hua knows to ask this question, let alone other people.

Today's answer, presumably no one will ask her why she wants to keep this tablet in Shangyang Palace when the abolished emperor is there.

The beauty in Shangyang Palace, because it is cleaned all year round, is the same as in the past.

It's just that in the huge main hall, after all, even the sunlight can't shine in.

The tablet of the Empress Dowager Xiaojing stood alone on the table, Bai Chenghuan stood still in front of her tablet, stretched out her hand and stroked the spirit card made of ebony, and found that the palace people cleaned it with great care, and the spirit card was not stained with a trace of dust.

"Queen Joe...... The nickname I gave you is filial piety, peace and tranquility, and I don't know if you like it or not......"

She lowered her head and murmured, and on the phoenix seat on one side, there was still the faint gentleness of the woman who had the posture of a captivating city.

In Bai Chenghuan's heart, Queen Qiao's short life has been full of ups and downs, and I don't know if she has been really happy in her days as a queen, and whether she has lived a peaceful and good life.

"Niangniang, there is no one here all year round, the cold is heavy, let's go back early, otherwise, the emperor should look for ...... again"

Every time Bai Chenghuan came to worship Queen Qiao, everyone was waiting in the courtyard, and only Shaohui, who knew the inside story, could follow her, but she could only stop in the atrium.

Today, Shaohui stood at the door of the palace and waited for a cup of tea, and when she saw that the queen mother had not gone out, she was uneasy, and gently pushed the door to persuade.

Bai Chenghuan responded, and then walked out as he said.

When she stepped out of the threshold, she couldn't help but turn around, and on the empty hall, there seemed to be a warm woman smiling at her.

She held back the heat that welled up in her eyes and smiled at the empty phoenix.

Mother, your hard work has not been in vain.

At least, now I can live happily in this world as you expect, forget the bad ones, and leave the good ones with my beloved ones and my children.

When he walked out of Shangyang Palace, the sunlight that was pouring down in his face made Bai Chenghuan feel the heat of this world again.

On the far path, Xiao Shaotang, who was dressed in two colors of gold and gold, hurriedly walked this way.

"Huanhuan!"

When he was far away, he called her loudly, and his high-spirited appearance was still the eager teenager he was at the beginning.

The last bit of gloom in Bai Chenghuan's heart disappeared like the snow in winter seeing the scorching sun in summer.

She greeted her with a smile:

"I'm just out for a stroll, and you're going to look for it again, can I still lose it in the palace?"

Xiao Shaotang didn't feel embarrassed in front of all the palace people, grabbed her hand, and looked down at her belly, which was already standing up:

"It's almost the end of the labor season, you don't stay well, and you're still running around, are you going to kill me?"

"It's just that I'm about to give birth, so Doctor Wang repeatedly said that I should move around more, and I can't lie still, but I listen to Doctor Wang!"

Bai Chenghuan is very reasonable.

Xiao Shaotang ignored so much:

"Then Imperial Doctor Wang didn't say to let you come to Shangyang Palace often, let's go, go back, the sun in the province is too strong to make you uncomfortable, and there is still something waiting for you to decide!"

Bai Chenghuan was surprised:

"What's the big thing for me to decide?"

Xiao Shaotang only hung his head and said:

"Let's not talk about it, you'll know when you go back. ”

It wasn't until Bai Chenghuan returned to Huaqing Palace, changed his clothes, drank two cups of warm white water, and ate two pieces of dim sum, and everything was settled, that Xiao Shaotang threw a piece of the fold to Bai Chenghuan:

"This is Xu Chenglin's excerpt for me, take a look, do you want him to go? I will listen to you. ”

Bai Chenghuan quickly finished reading the recital.

Xu Chengyi's life in the southeast was threatened, so he asked the Weiguo Mansion for help, and the Weiguo Gongzi wanted to stand up for his sister, so he asked to be stationed in the southeast, and he wanted to bring Shi Meng, the eldest son of the Zhongyi Bofu, with him.

Bai Chenghuan folded it and put it back in front of Xiao Shaotang.

"What does the emperor think?"

"Me?" Xiao Shaotang didn't hide his thoughts:

"I'm okay with that. When the Qin Wangfu formed an alliance with the Weibei Houfu, I knew that the southeast was a retreat that the Weibei Houfu had sought for itself. Xu Chenglin is in the southeast, and it can be regarded as a painstaking operation, since he has come to this point, he is willing to go back, and I still abide by the original promise to Weibei Houfu, and I will not stop them, but I will not let them go, in you. ”

It's not him, it's them.

Now it's my brother who is leaving, and when my brother has a firm foothold in the southeast, the people of the Weiguo Mansion may not all move to the southeast-

With her mother's hatred for her now, I'm afraid she won't go as far as she wants, right?

Bai Chenghuan was not sad in his heart.

But can she stop the future of the Weiguo Mansion?

No, you can't.

They want to leave, how can she stop them?

"Well, let them go. ”

I remember that An Zhulin said that Lin Daocheng died in the ninth year of Xihe in the previous life, which means that the southeast of the previous life did not belong to the Lin family in the end, and if the Weiguo Mansion could take over, it would at least protect the Weiguo Mansion for a hundred years.

If her insistence is just to make them all sad, then let it go, it is also a blessing for her to see them well.

Xiao Shaotang saw her sadness, and stretched out his hand to hold her in his arms and comfort:

"Let's go, let's go, there is me, and our children, and Mrs. Qiuguo, the prince of Chengen...... Don't be sad. ”

He really has no opinion on Xu Chenglin's going to the southeast.

Compared with the Weiguo Mansion, although the Lin family is a sharp knife, it is not in his hands.

In contrast, the southeast is cheap, and he is willing to let people like Xu Chenglin take advantage of it.

It's just that what Bai Chenghuan didn't expect was that after Xiao Shaotang criticized Xu Chenglin's recital, Xu Chenglin actually wanted to come and resign to her in person.

It was a surprise to her, but it was something that could give her some comfort.

Not to mention what she thinks, even Xiao Shaotang was immediately approved.

So Xu Chenglin quickly took Liang Sixian into the palace to resign.

Liang Sixian used to think that the attitude of the people in the Weiguo Mansion towards Bai Chenghuan was very strange, but now that Xu Chenglin took her into the palace to say goodbye, the haze in her heart has dissipated a lot - maybe before, there was some misunderstanding between them, and now if the misunderstanding is solved, then everything will be fine!

So Liang Sixian looked at Bai Chenghuan, and the smile on his face regained his former brightness, but he was very contradictory:

"Cheng Huan, I'm going to the southeast with Brother Xu, will you miss me in the future?"

"Of course it will, you guys are gone, and you don't know when you'll come back, do you think I'll miss you?"

Facing Liang Sixian, who knew nothing, Bai Chenghuan's smile was the same as before.

Liang Sixian has always been bold to put his hand on Bai Chenghuan's bulging belly:

"I just don't know, can I be like you, give birth to a doll and come out to hold it early, which can be regarded as an explanation to your family......"

Bai Chenghuan couldn't cry or laugh:

"How long have you been married, even if my mother is in a hurry, she won't urge you at this time!"

However, Liang Sixian's actions reminded her of a rumor:

"But it's good if you touch my belly more, it is said that you can get pregnant, and it will be easier to get pregnant, although I don't know if it's true or not, but if you are willing to touch, it doesn't hurt if you touch it more!"

"Then you're welcome!"

Liang Sixian even put his hands on the round belly.

The two girlfriends talked and laughed and chatted very happily, but Xiao Shaotang, who was reading a book behind the screen, was in a hurry-

These two fools, what should they do if they touch it like this and startle his children?

Fortunately, Bai Chenghuan is now the queen, her status is noble, and the child in her belly is the heir of the emperor, no matter how bold Liang Sixian is, he doesn't dare to touch it all the time, so he stopped in a measured way, and the two talked for a while, Liang Sixian was very considerate and let Xu Chenglin talk to Bai Chenghuan alone.

In the past, Brother Xu was like a baby Cheng Huan, this sister, there is no reason why he is not a baby because of a misunderstanding, right?

As far as she knew, before entering the palace, Xu Chenglin carried something in his sleeve, and it was obvious that it was brought to Cheng Huan.

Sure enough, after only Xu Chenglin and Bai Chenghuan were left in the main hall of Huaqing Palace, Xu Chenglin was silent for a while, and then took out a tightly wrapped thing from his sleeve and spread it out layer by layer in front of Bai Chenghuan.

"When I entered the palace, my father said, "Give it to you." ”

Xu Chenglin said casually, but when he glanced at something like that, Bai Chenghuan was still shocked-

That is actually the biggest reliance in the hands of the Weiguo Mansion - the fish talisman that can mobilize half of the Jingwei!

The tiger talisman of Jingwei is half in the hands of the mighty general Zhang Junguang and half in the hands of the emperor, and this fish talisman is half in the hands of the general of Jingwei and half in the hands of the Weiguo Mansion.

But between the two, the biggest difference is that the mighty general's mansion has a tiger talisman in his hand, and everyone knows it, but the Weiguo Mansion has a fish talisman handed down by the founding Dugu Queen, and no one knows, even Xiao Shaotang, who only knows that the Weiguo Mansion has a hole card in his hand, but he doesn't know what the hole card is!

Because Xiao Shaoyun was ultimately a Zen position, rather than a fish dying in the net, the Weiguo Mansion was able to continue to retain this secret.

But now, they hate her so much, but they want to give her such a thing?

Bai Chenghuan's stunned gaze finally shrank back as if he had been burned by fire, and he didn't dare to look at the fish talisman again:

"No, I can't ask for it, it's something from the Weiguo Mansion!"

What is she, how can she ask for something so important?

Xu Chenglin shook his head:

"Since the emperor is willing to let me go, ...... in the future This thing is of little use to the Weiguo Mansion, it is a curse or a blessing, but it is left to you, at least one day, if Xiao Shaotang is not good to you, you have the ability to protect yourself. ”

"Take it, you don't have to go through the emperor, you can mobilize half of the Jingwei, so, don't let anyone know, remember?"

Xu Chenglin's voice was soft, and in a trance, Bai Chenghuan felt that the brother who was standing in front of her was still the brother who put her in the palm of his hand, but he was leaving.

"Brother...... I don't really need to. ”

Bai Chenghuan looked at the fish talisman and couldn't help but burst into tears.

She is not the daughter of the Xu family, what qualifications does she have to accept it?

Xu Chenglin lowered his head, his throat rolled for a long time, and then bowed down and said:

"The queen's mother, minister Xu Chenglin, he is in the southeast, and he will also wish the mother from afar, a safe life, peace and joy...... This is already the last thing that Wechen can do for Niangniang, and please don't shirk Niangniang!

After saying that, he turned around and walked quickly towards the gate of the temple.

"Brother!"

Bai Chenghuan involuntarily got up in an instant, wanting to catch up with that tall figure, it was her brother!

Xu Chenglin stood still, but couldn't help but look back.

The woman in the phoenix robe stood alone behind him, her eyes full of sadness, but she still endured it and did not let the tears fall.

She reached out to grab the placket of his clothes, but retracted it again, and only two soft words echoed in the hall:

"Take care!"

The younger sister who pestered him when he was a child and smiled like a flower finally grew up and could endure all the pain in this world.

Sadness rose from his heart, Xu Chenglin turned around and stretched out his hand to her, as if he wanted to hug her gently as before, but in the end he turned around and walked away without looking back.

No one saw it, he had just stepped out of the threshold of the main hall with a resolute expression, and the next moment tears couldn't help but welled up.

I'm sorry, Cheng Huan.

I said that I want to protect you for the rest of my life, and I can only go here.

He can only give her the last protection, and only the rest of her life, on the southeast sea, when the sea breeze blows to the capital, it can bring her peace.

If there is an afterlife, may you and I rise from strangers, see each other, and not go through joys and sorrows, and not follow in the footsteps of this life.

In that case, maybe everything will be fine, it will be different.