cpa300_4(); The queen mother's tent was not far from the king's tent, but now there was a lot of people on the other side, all the courtiers and guards were concentrated there, but there were only a few little palace maids watching on this side, so quiet that even the wind could be heard.

When I walked over, the wind was in full swing, only to see the grass on both sides of the valley lush and crazy, with the wind continued to rise and fall, like a burst of green waves have been hitting the top of the valley, I looked at the scenery, stopped for a while, the little palace maids have seen me, hurriedly came over and saluted me respectfully.

I just whispered a few words to them and walked to the door.

The people inside seemed to hear my footsteps and said, "Don't rush, the things ordered by the Queen Mother will be ready immediately." ”

I opened the curtain and walked in, and I saw that Mama Gui was sorting out something with her back to me, I just stood quietly behind her, at first she didn't seem to care much, but slowly she seemed to feel something, looked back at me, and immediately seemed to be startled: "Scared, Yue-Lord Yue?!"

I smiled and walked up: "Mama Gui." ”

"You, why are you here?"

"I heard you can't keep busy here, so come and help. ”

"Uh, no, no. ”

As she spoke, she hurriedly packed a few scriptures of the Queen Mother and some simple utensils together, and was about to pick them up, I smiled slightly: "The Queen Mother has been taking care of the emperor in the royal tent, and she won't even come back here to rest." ”

"Well, yes, yes. ”

"Really, mother and son are connected. ”

When Mama Gui heard this, her face became a little strange again, but she still smiled reluctantly: "Yes, mother and son are connected." ”

Somehow, it seems that this time she was very nervous when she saw me, and she didn't even want to be alone with me for too long, while talking, she had already walked to the door, and was about to lift the curtain, I was already behind her, and said slowly: "But, who is the person who should really connect with the Queen Mother?"

Mama Gui's hand froze there all of a sudden.

The wind was whirring outside, but the tent was so silent that he couldn't even breathe.

After a while, she turned her head to look at me a little stiffly, and the whole person seemed to be greatly shocked, her face turned white, and she looked at me for a long time before she said with some difficulty: "How could you - you, what did you say?"

“……”

"You, don't talk nonsense!"

"Don't worry," I slowly walked in front of her and said, "I've already let them go away, and I'm here today because I want to ask Mama Gui face to face." Because I know that if I ask the Queen Mother about her old man, she will not necessarily not say it, but I believe that every word she says is a knife in her old man's heart. ”

When I said this, Mama Gui's face revealed a look of pain.

I said softly, "So, I'll ask Mama Gui." ”

She looked at me, more and more flustered, hurriedly walked to the table and put things down, but it seemed that she had spent a lot of strength, and the whole person was a little out of breath: "I, I don't have anything to tell you, I don't know anything!"

I walked behind her and said calmly: "Mama Gui, if you really don't know anything, then that time, when the Queen Mother has a fever, nightmares, and talks nonsense, you won't interrupt what the Queen Mother says." ”

As soon as she heard this, Mama Gui's face froze.

I walked over slowly, calmed my tone, and said, "Mama, what kind of person my Yue Qingying is, I think you should know it in your heart." I will not harm the Queen Mother, there is no doubt about this. ”

"......" Mama Gui was silent and did not speak.

"Actually, I have already guessed the truth of the matter, and I just want to confirm my guess now. ”

“……”

"Because of this, it has a big impact. ”

“……”

"Not only the Queen Mother, but the current emperor, maybe the whole world, will be overturned for this matter. ”

“……”

"It's really come to that point, the court is in turmoil, wars are raging, and countless people have died, Mama Gui, will your conscience be at peace?"

What I said, one word heavier than the other, and these were all pressed on the old man in front of me who was frowning, pale, and trembling with ten fingers, I even felt that her whole person was trembling, and finally she took a few steps back as if she was about to collapse, and sat on the edge of the bed: "Don't say it!"

“……”

Looking at the way she looked, I knew that my purpose had been achieved.

If a person wants to lie, or to insist on a lie, he needs to build a strong barrier in his heart in order to resist the impact of conscience brought about by lying, whether the lie is good or bad. The first step in getting her to tell the truth is to break down that barrier in her heart.

I slowly walked up to her, gently held her trembling hands, and said softly, "I know, it has not been easy for you to keep this secret all these years. ”

“……”

"Queen Mother, it's even more difficult. ”

“……”

However, the Queen Mother has been fasting and reciting Buddha for so many years, and she has tormented herself with such loneliness in the Linshui Pagoda for so many years, but she has not said it lightly, she just doesn't want to hurt others. ”

“……”

"And now, if this matter is used by some people, it is possible to hurt more people, Queen Mother, will she do this?"

Mama Gui looked down at me, the gaze in her eyes was almost completely broken, she took a long breath and finally seemed to give up something, and said slowly: "You, what do you want to ask?"

My heart was only put down at this moment.

But, if I really want to ask, in fact, it is not only others who are hurt, but I will also have some empathetic touch, I hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "The child of the Queen Mother, isn't it-, right?"

Mama Gui gritted her teeth, and finally, slowly, nodded.

Although I had already guessed what I really wanted, my heart was still throbbing when I really saw Mama Gui admit it like this.

It's true!

It's true!

"Why?"

"Why?" Mama Gui repeated these three words, but looked at me as if she was a little funny: "You are also a former mother, you should know why." ”

“……”

"No woman would want this to happen. ”

"......" My heart sank, and I remembered that when the Queen Mother sat quietly in the waterfront pagoda and said to me, "He is my evil ghost Yaksha", the pain in my eyes was like ashes, but it could never be extinguished, and I seemed to understand it all at once.

I said softly, "Yes, the Emperor?"

"......" Mama Gui didn't speak, but she also acquiesced.

"So, why did he do that?"

Mama Gui sat there, shook her head gently, and said, "I don't know, until now, I don't know why." At the beginning, it was more than 20 years ago, Queen Zhaolie, Concubine Xian, and the Queen Mother who was still the imperial concubine, and all three of them were pregnant at the same time. Although the emperor did not issue an edict at that time, I heard that he had already decreed that whoever gave birth to the prince first would be the crown prince of the Celestial Empire. ”

"Oh?"

According to the order of the eldest and youngest, it was naturally the virtuous concubine at that time, that is, the later Empress Yin, her child was the first to be born, so Pei Yuanxiu became the crown prince.

So, what does it have to do with the Queen Mother's children?

Hearing me ask this, Mama Gui's hand trembled in my hand, and said, "Actually, the Queen Mother doesn't care about this, she just cares about whether her child can grow up well." But—"

"But what?"

"But," Mama Gui said this, and her eyes also revealed a little frightened: "On the day when the Queen Mother gave birth, a fire suddenly broke out in the Gui Palace!"

"Huh?!"

My heart skipped a beat—the fire of the Gui Palace! That is, the fire that burned the Empress Zhaolie!

Although I had heard before that Empress Zhaolie was pregnant with a child and suffered misfortune, I never thought that it would be such a time, and the Queen Mother would give birth at the same time at that time!

I hurriedly grabbed her hand: "Then, Queen Zhaolie—"

Before I finished speaking, I immediately woke up to the fact that Empress Zhaolie had of course passed away, which was a fact that had existed a long time ago. It's just that now I think back to the tragedy at that time, a pregnant woman died tragically in the fire, that kind of pain and despair, people who have not experienced it, how can they imagine.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but think of the night that I would never forget, and I couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Perhaps, in this harem, there has never been a shortage of such hurt women.

I sat silently on the edge of the bed, and it took me a long time to calm down and ask, "Well, what happened later?"

Later, the Queen Mother woke up the next day and found out what had happened in the Gui Palace. She was very weak at the time, but she had a deep relationship with Empress Zhaolie, so she still had to insist on getting up and going to see, but at that time, she found that the surroundings had been guarded by people, and it was ordered by the Emperor Taishang. ”

"Why, keep watch?"

"I don't know. Mama Gui shook her head and said: "At that time, because of the fire, the palace was very chaotic, and the Queen Mother had no energy to take care of more things, so she could only wait for the Emperor Taishang to come before she could ask what happened." It wasn't until three days later that the Emperor Taishang came to Ning'an Palace to see her. ”

"And then?"

"Then ......" Speaking of this, Mama Gui's eyes showed a crack-like wound, and said: "Then, after the Emperor Taishang left, the Queen Mother found that her child had been replaced. ”

"What?!"

I was taken aback: "Changed?"

"Yes, I was replaced. Mama Gui nodded and said: "Actually, at that time, I and the nurse who took care of the prince, we didn't think there was anything wrong, but when the Queen Mother saw it, she was sure that the baby in the swaddling clothes was not hers." ”

"......" There was a violent concussion in my head, as if someone had been hit hard from behind with a heavy hammer.

The Queen Mother's child was replaced?

To be exact, was it replaced by the Emperor Taishang?

Why did he want to replace the Queen Mother's child?

If it is said that the child of the Queen Mother was replaced by him, then where did that child go? The child who was exchanged for the Queen Mother is naturally today's -- then where did he come from?

I only felt that in my mind, my heart was a mess, and I couldn't figure it out for a while, only Mama Gui's eyes were a little red, and she lowered her head and said, "Maybe, it's really a mother-son connection." ”

“……”

"The Queen Mother later asked me to invite the Emperor Taishang to come, but she dismissed everyone, including me. No one knows what they said, but the Queen Mother has always insisted that the baby in the swaddling clothes is not hers, and later, the Emperor Taishang will not come to the Queen Mother......"

“……”

Later, the Queen Mother entered the waterfront pagoda and refused to come out again. ”

Mother-Child Heart-to-Heart ......

Mother and son are connected!

I slowly let go of Grandma Gui's hand, but unconsciously clenched my fists until my nails dug deep into my palms and there was a burst of pain.

If, the Emperor really exchanged two children, if the Queen Mother saw that painting in Chang Qing's studio, it was really because of the connection between mother and son, and she had feelings, then her child, that is, the man I will never forget for the rest of my life, may now be the weakness that others use to hold her hostage!

That day, when she muttered, "Will there be someone, will you save him?", was there already something going on......

But—

I frowned and looked at Mama Gui: "Mama, does anyone else know about this?"

Mama Gui shook her head: "At the beginning, I was the only one who was closest to the Queen Mother, and only me and her knew about this matter in the entire Ning'an Palace-of course, it was also possible that it was the emperor......

That's natural.

It's just that now that the Emperor Taishang has been sick for many years, I'm afraid that he can't confirm anything, and if this matter is really done by him, according to his identity, he will not sue anyone else. I'm worried about something else.

"Then, have you, or the Queen Mother, ever sued others?"

When Mama Gui heard this, she immediately shook her head and said, "Of course not!"

“……”

"This incident hurt the Queen Mother very deeply. Not long after that, the Queen Mother entered the Linshui Pagoda, and even the Emperor Taishang did not come often, and the Queen Mother was always tight-lipped about this matter, and when she was with me, she never mentioned it, as if it had never happened at all. It's just that I know that her heart has always been bitter and tormented. ”

It's right to think about it, the Queen Mother has been like this all these years, even if she asked me about Huang Tianba, she never explained, how could she sue other people?

And Mama Gui, when the Queen Mother said in her dreams, she had to step forward to stop her, and naturally she would not sue others.

If that's the case, then how could Shen Gongzhi be-

Wait a minute!

Something suddenly occurred to me.

When the Queen Mother is sober, she naturally won't say it, but what if she is not sober?

Thinking of this, I suddenly seemed to understand, Mama Gui looked at me There seemed to be a flash of light in my eyes, and she was also startled, and hurriedly said, "Lord Yue, you, what's wrong with you?"

I looked at her, and I couldn't say anything for a while, so I said softly, "It's okay." ”

“……”

Of course, such perfunctory words can be perfunctory, but not perfunctory for an old man like Mama Gui, she still looked at me suspiciously, but she didn't ask very clearly, maybe she herself knows very well, what should be asked, what should not be asked, what can be asked, what can not be asked. After a while, he only sighed softly: "I know, I have told you." ”

"Mama......"

"Now the Queen Mother's affairs, I really don't know what to do. She looked at me and said slowly: "Lord Yue, you are a person who can take big ideas, you have to worry more about the affairs of the Queen Mother." ”

For a moment, I was a little speechless.

I'm not a person who can take big ideas, and the current situation is not my turn to make ideas, but looking at her eyes, it seems that she has entrusted everything to me, she, and the Queen Mother, who has been miserable all her life, my throat is choked, and I can't say anything more.

After a while, I said softly, "I understand." ”

She got up, nodded deeply at me, and went out with the things on the table.

I also walked out of the queen mother's tent with her, but looking at her old back, there was no way to keep up, not only because what I just knew was too shocking to me, but also because the situation in front of me also made me unable to feel at ease......

Now, I already have a rough idea of what Shin Kyong-ju is up to.

Regardless of whether he is the method I guessed through guò, he got this secret of the Queen Mother, and thus grasped the weakness of the Queen Mother, and now that he knows this secret, it is naturally impossible to put it in vain.

Before, when Fu Badai first entered Beijing, he was attacked in another courtyard outside the city, and they still had some scruples, after all, according to the order of monarchs and ministers, the glory and wealth of the courtiers came from the emperor, and his daughter was a concubine in the harem, and then gave birth to Lin'er, Pei Yuanhao's reign is naturally of greater benefit to them in the future.

But now he obviously has no scruples at the beginning.

First, it is naturally because Pei Nianyun was diagnosed as an idiot by Fu Badai, and he lost his way to become a prince in the future and ascend the throne as an emperor.

Second, that is, the secret of the Queen Mother.

Actually, it's been so many years, and what Pei Yuanhao's identity is has not yet been determined, and if you want to wrap this matter up, it's not impossible, but-Judging from Pei Yuanhao's attitude towards Nian Shen along the way, the position of the crown prince has been determined, and even if Shen Rou really has a chance to give birth to a prince again, he is just a prince.

Therefore, Shen Gongyun and they have also given up this idea.

In his position, since the emperor's reign can no longer bring them greater benefits, then naturally, this emperor is not the best emperor for them.

Besides, now that Pei Yuanhao is seriously injured and unconscious, it is a good opportunity!

It's just that I still don't understand one thing.

If they really have such a big rebellious act, it will definitely cause a great backlash from the government, and with Shen Gong's forces, can they suppress those people, and will he dare to risk the world's disapproval when there is Changyan Bai in the front and Fu Badai in the back, and the power of the young officials in the DPRK and China cannot be underestimated?

After all, it is not a trivial matter for the world to change hands!

This bet is inevitably a bit risky, or rather, it is too risky, even if it is me, I will weigh it, not to mention Shen Gongyi, he is not like the kind of person who will only act blindly and do not consider the result, when he was in the first battle, he supported Pei Yuanhao behind his back, and he did the same, not to mention now.

So, what is his real hole card?

I lowered my head all the way, frowned and walked forward slowly, I didn't notice for a moment that I tripped over the rope on the side of the road, and I was about to fall down and gnaw on the mud, when a hand suddenly stretched out next to me to support me.

"Ahh

I was startled, I finally stood firm, and when I looked up, it was Sun Jingfei, looking at me with a faint smile on his resolute face: "Lord Yue, are you okay? ”

I also blushed a little: "Thank you." ”

He only smiled, let go of my arm, looked at my other heavily bandaged hand, and said, "Hurt, are you okay?"

"It's fine. With that, I thanked him again: "This time, thank you so much." ”

When he heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand: "I don't dare to say this." ”

“…… Huh?"

He looked at me and said seriously: "I really didn't expect that you look so soft and weak, and you have such courage to dare to fight, oh no, it's to bite the tiger." It's the first time I've seen a man bite a tiger in my life. ”

Somehow, that scene originally seemed like a nightmare, but when he said it, it was a little funny, and I couldn't help but smile: "It tastes good." ”

However, there was a little more appreciation in his smile, and he said, "Lord Yue, you really live up to your reputation. ”

Well deserved?

When I heard these four words, I was a little surprised, could it be that my name was passed on to him?

Just when I wanted to ask, I heard someone next to me calling him, turned his head to look, it looked like other people from the Praetorian Guard, he agreed, and looked back at me again, I hurriedly said: "Lord Sun, you should know that the soldiers of the imperial camp were transferred away by Taifu Shen, right?"

"Hmm. He nodded.

"Then, you-"

"Don't worry. He said simply, but firmly, "I know what I have to do." ”

Seeing him like this, I seemed to be relieved, but to say rest assured, this time is far from the time to rest assured, I stepped forward to his ear, and whispered: "You guys, how many people are coming this time?"

Hearing me ask this, his face was somewhat solemn, he looked around, and lowered his voice: "Not much. ”

Hearing these two words, my heart sank.

If Shen Gongyun had already made some preparations before, then there must have been a lot of people he transferred from the imperial camp this time, and the Praetorian Guard was the protector of the imperial city, although he followed Pei Yuanhao to travel this time, it was not as good as the dispatch of the personal soldiers.

Thinking of this, both his brows and I couldn't help but lock up.

At this time, someone next to him called him, Sun Jingfei agreed, and I didn't force him to stay, but said: "You go and get busy first, let's do some things-"

He shook his head, but interrupted me, and looked around cautiously, to make sure that no one was eavesdropping near us, I was also a little nervous by his attitude, I didn't know what he was going to do, so I saw him come over and whispered: "Lord Yue, have you seen Lord Liu?"

My heart pounded.

Light cold.

I don't know why he suddenly asked that.

It is true that when I fell off the back of the tiger, I have been looking for the man until now, but with so many messy figures around, I have not seen him at all.

I was attacked, wounded, and almost killed, and he hasn't even shown up until now!

My heart is not without sourness, recalling the years when I lived in a fishing village, and I would make this man feel distressed if I was a little tired, maybe it was gone, but I didn't expect that he could really be determined to this point.

Or rather, there is something else.

I turned my face lightly and looked at Sun Jingfei: "What do you want to say?"

Sun Jingfei and I were close at hand, I could almost see my appearance reflected in his eyes, with a little uncertainty and trembling, Sun Jingfei looked at me, and he was a little unbearable, hesitated for a while, and then said slowly: "Before, because after you told me those words, I have been paying more attention to Lord Liu......"

“……”

Only to find out that it seemed that I hadn't seen him for the past two days. ”

“……”

"Lord Yue, he-no matter what, you must be careful. ”

The more I listened to his words, the heavier my heart sank, and Sun Jingfei finally gave me a somewhat heavy look, and then turned around and left......

Light Cold ......

Light cold!

I never dared to think about what happened to him after I left the fishing village and left him, and the simple words in the bamboo forest at the beginning may not be able to describe his original heart, nor can I see the pain he once had.

Now he, appearing to me, in front of anyone, is perfect to impeccable cold attitude, as if the whole person is an ice sculpture, the past years, feelings, pain, are frozen in the deepest heart, if there is no scorching flame to open, you will never see.

But I don't know what kind of flame can melt his current coldness.

The kind of coldness that rejects people thousands of miles away, but makes people irresistible.

What's more, the words he said to me on the terrace of Jixian Hall that day, as well as the confusing relationship between him and Shen Gongjun......

Just thinking about these things makes me feel pain from the bottom of my heart.

I don't know what I should do, as if I can find a way to overcome any problem, but only him, I can't do it, I can't think, and the reason and wisdom that I can usually use will be gone because I see him.

I, I don't know what to do.

If he is really what Sun Jingfei said...... What should I do?

It was like a nightmare, a real nightmare, that hung over me.

All night, my heart felt like it was pinched by a black hand, my breath couldn't continue, my heartbeat couldn't continue, and I almost woke up from my dream almost suffocated, facing the same nightmare, the darkness of the room.

I opened my eyes wide in amazement, lying in a cold sweat, my breathing center jumped for a while, and after a long time, I suddenly had a feeling that I was still alive, and slowly stretched out my uninjured hand, and struggled to support myself to sit up.

Shui Xiu was still asleep, and her even breathing seemed so sweet, I sat like this in the dark, listening to her breathing, and finally calmed myself down, but I also found that there was no way to fall asleep again.

In the bottom of my heart, there is a flame named Liu Qinghan that has been tormenting me.

I slowly sat up from the bed, put on my clothes with one hand, stood up very carefully, groped my way to the tent, and faintly saw that there seemed to be a fire outside, so I gently lifted the curtain.

There was still a bonfire burning in the clearing, looking from a distance like a blooming flower in the night, and countless sparks went straight to the sky with the green smoke, and a few little eunuchs sat by the fire to take care of it, but they were already fighting with their eyelids, and they were all dozing.

I stood in the doorway, and when I saw this scene, a gust of wind blew, and the slight coolness made me shrink for a moment.

And in the wind, there seems to be a little bit of wine.

Where does the wine come from?

I frowned slightly, and saw that on the edge of the stake in front of me, there seemed to be a figure sitting on the ground, one long leg was comfortably straightened, the other leg was propped up, supporting one hand, the whole person was leaning against the stake, tilting his head slightly, the fire in the distance was swaying, shining on his face, a faint shadow sprinkled down, but the face was set off in the night, there was a strange handsomeness.

Looking at that drunk, blushing face, my heart jumped at once.