The eighth prince did not show up in the morning court for two days in a row, and only sent someone to take a leave, without any explanation; The emperor was really anxious, and hurriedly called the great eunuch Chen Lin and asked him to inquire about it to see why the eighth prince did not go to the court, whether something happened to the Nanqing Palace, and whether it was related to the blind old lady Bao in Rong Rong's mouth?

As the great eunuch beside the emperor, Chen Lin's news was naturally very well-informed, and his movements were also very fast, and he soon found out the reason why the eighth prince did not go to court.

Hearing the news that Chen Lin brought Di Niangniang to be sick, the emperor almost knocked over the tea cup in his hand: "What did you say?" Di Niangniang is sick? Can you ask for a doctor? What did the Imperial Doctor say? Hurry up and let the imperial physician Lu Zheng go over and show Niangniang? Forget it, I'd better go over and take a look for myself to feel at ease! ”

Although he has been in the palace for many years, the emperor is still very concerned about Wang Baye and Di Niangniang, his biological parents, and often regrets that he can't accept his knees; At this time, when I heard the news that Di Niangniang was sick, I was naturally very panicked......

"Your Majesty," Chen Lin followed behind the emperor in a hurry, and persuaded: "Don't worry, do you need to report to the Queen Mother, and at the same time ask the Lord of Duanya to go back to the Nanqing Palace to serve Di Niangniang?" ”

At the mention of the current Queen Mother, the emperor was stunned for a moment before he continued: "Chen Lin, you are right. I should go to greet the queen mother first, and then pick up Rong Rong and go to the Nanqing Palace to see my mother...... Mother and Father. ”

"Slaves obey!"

The emperor took Chen Lin to the palace of the Queen Mother, asked the Queen Mother for peace, and then took Zhao Rongrong, who suddenly rushed into the palace the night before yesterday to seek refuge for herself, out of the palace.

"Brother Emperor," Zhao Rongrong pulled the emperor and asked anxiously, "You just said that your mother is sick, what is going on?" What is the disease? Is it strict? ”

"I don't know," the emperor hurriedly got into the light sedan chair that had been prepared: "I just heard that Niangniang suddenly became ill this time; Okay, don't ask any more questions, go back with me. ”

"Hmph," Zhao Rongrong clenched her fists tightly, and said hatefully as she walked towards the sedan chair in the back: "I blame the blind old woman, she must have passed on the illness to her mother." Look at me when I go back, don't kill the damn old woman, and that scourge ......"

The emperor sat in the sedan chair, thinking about the blind old woman in Zhao Rongrong's mouth, and knew that it must be Bao Zheng's mother. In the past few days, there has been a lot of discussion in the court, and the emperor can't have heard a lot of news, and he is very curious about the mother of his beloved courtier who suddenly picked up from Chenzhou: What kind of woman is it, who can make Di Niangniang of Nanqing Palace feel like she at first sight, and keep her in Nanqing Palace? What kind of accident has separated her from Bao Zheng's mother and son for more than 20 years? Do you need to seal a decree to her to show her loyalty and love for the people?

Because the emperor did not bring too many people and horses, he just rode a soft sedan chair and went out of the palace under the protection of several imperial guards, so he soon arrived at the Nanqing Palace.

"The ministers see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live!" The eighth prince, who received the news that the emperor would go to the Nanqing Palace immediately, let out a long breath, and then waited at the door to welcome the arrival of the emperor, who had been looking forward to it for the past few days.

The soft sedan chair stopped, and the emperor walked out of the sedan chair, and quickly helped the eighth prince up: "Hurry up, we father and son don't need this." ”

"Your Majesty!" The eighth prince looked at the mature and heroic Ninety-Five Emperor in front of him, and seemed to see the soft and tender baby in front of him again, thinking of what he was going to face today, his nose couldn't help but be a little sour.

"What's wrong?" Seeing the appearance of the eighth prince, the emperor was so anxious: "Could it be that she ...... I brought Lu Zheng with me. Lu Zheng, Lu Zheng ......"

Before Lu Zheng could run over, Zhao Rongrong had already rushed over: "Father, how is my mother?" Isn't it ...... mother?"

"If you go back to the emperor, the princess will be fine," the eighth prince shook his head, turned his head to Zhao Rongrong and said, "You go back to your room first." ”

Zhao Rongrong looked at the eighth prince in surprise: "Father, you ......"

"Don't go back yet!"

"Father Wang," the emperor looked at Zhao Rongrong, who looked aggrieved: "Rongrong is also worried about her mother, so it's better to let her go with us to have a look." ”

"Your Majesty," the eighth prince looked at the emperor in embarrassment: "You better go with your ministers to see the princess first; The ministers and princesses have something to tell the emperor. Rong Rong was present, but it was not very convenient. ”

The emperor looked at the eighth prince, and then at Zhao Rongrong, and suddenly panicked: Is my mother very sick? Otherwise, how could she suddenly think of Rong Rong's marriage?

"Rongrong," the emperor said to Zhao Rongrong with a wooden mouth, "You go back to the room first." ”

"Brother ...... Emperor"

"Go back!"

Looking at Zhao Rongrong's unwilling to leave, the emperor hurriedly took the hand of the eighth prince and hurriedly said, "Father...... Father, quick, take me to see my mother...... Empress! ”

"Your Majesty, please." The eighth prince took the emperor and his entourage and went directly to the courtyard where Di Niangniang was.

"Niangniang," as soon as he entered the room, the emperor didn't care about anything else, rushed in directly, grabbed Di Niangniang's hand lying on the bed, and tears were in his eyes: "You can recuperate with peace of mind, Rongrong's marriage will be wrapped in me." ”

"Your Majesty," Di Niangniang's face was a bloodless makeup specially painted for her by Yu Xiaoyu; She held the emperor's hand: "You let them go out first, okay?" ”

"Mother ......" the emperor said eagerly: "Let Lu Zheng diagnose your pulse first, okay?" Lu Zheng has always been my exclusive imperial physician, and his medical skills are superb......"

"Your Majesty," Di Niangniang resolutely refused to let Lu Zheng diagnose the pulse, but insisted: "Please, let them out first." ”

The emperor looked at Di Niangniang's pale face, thinking that she wanted to mention Zhao Rongrong and Zhanzhao to herself, and hurriedly waved her hand to let everyone retreat.

"Grandpa Chen will stay here and wait!" The eighth prince opened his mouth and left the insiders of the tanuki for the prince, but the emperor didn't care at all, so Chen Lin stayed behind.

Everyone retreated, and the Eighth Prince had already arranged it, and the outside of this room was guarded by the palace guards, and no one could overhear their conversation.

The emperor helped Di Niangniang up: "I know about Rong Rong, although Zhan Guard is heroic and chivalrous, he is a rare talent, but he has already married after all......"

"Your Majesty," Di Niangniang looked at the emperor with a solemn face: "What is the most important thing in being a man?" ”

"Of course it's filial piety," the emperor looked at Di Niangniang, puzzled why she asked: "After all, 'filial piety comes first'!" ”

Di Niangniang glanced at the screen placed in the inner room and sighed: "So is there anyone who, for so many years, doesn't know about his mother's life and death?" ”

As soon as the emperor wanted to answer, "Bao Zheng of Kaifeng Mansion has never known the life and death of his mother", he heard Di Niangniang then ask: "Is there anyone who is obviously the lord of the world, but does not know that his mother is floating alone outside and being bullied?" ”

The emperor looked at Di Niangniang blankly, and didn't understand how she could ask such a question: his mother was obviously close at hand, why did Di Niangniang ask such an irrational question?

Di Niangniang held the emperor's hand tightly, and tears flowed down: "There is a big secret, the concubine has been hiding it from you; Now the concubine already knows the ins and outs of the whole thing, but she doesn't know how to tell you! ”

"Why did the mother say this?" The emperor looked at Di Niangniang in a panic: "What else can't we say about our mother and son?" ”

"Your Majesty," at this time, the Eighth Prince, who had been listening from the side, interjected: "Let's ask you to see someone first!" ”

Hearing the words of the eighth prince, Yu Xiaoyu, who was sitting behind the screen with the queen mother, pouted, and secretly scolded the eighth prince for being cunning and an old fox, and even pushed her to death; However, when things come to this point, does the eighth prince really think that he can still get out? His eighth prince and Di Niangniang had already been firmly tied to him on a rope, and no one could escape......

Yu Xiaoyu gently helped the Queen Mother up and slowly walked out from behind the screen.

"These two," the emperor looked at the Queen Mother and thought for a while: "It's Bao Qing's mother and Zhan Guard's wife!" ”

Unexpectedly, as soon as Chen Lin saw the old lady, he knelt down directly, and pulled the corner of her skirt with tears streaming down his face: "Niangniang, Niangniang, are you still alive?" The old slave really didn't expect to see you again, the sky has eyes! ”

The emperor looked at Chen Lin strangely, and asked puzzledly, "Chen Lin, what do you call her?" How did you know her? ”

Chen Lin kowtowed heavily to the queen mother, and then kowtowed heavily to the emperor, before telling the emperor about the tanuki replacing the prince with the prince.

"Later......" Seeing the shock on the emperor's face, the eighth prince personally went into battle when he signaled to Xiaoyu to no avail, and talked about what happened after Concubine Li was sent away from Kaifeng by Qin Feng.

The emperor looked at the Queen Mother blankly, and it was difficult to accept that he had such a bizarre life experience; Yu Xiaoyu saw the emperor's expression on the side, and gently pinched the queen mother's arm.

The Queen Mother took out the golden pill from her arms knowingly and said, "I have a golden pill here, and the emperor will know it at a glance." ”

The emperor took the golden pill, and at a glance, he knew that it was exactly the same as the golden pill of the queen mother who was now in the palace, Concubine Liu of Jinhua Palace.

The emperor gently rubbed the five words "Concubine Li of Yuchen Palace" on it, thought about it and asked softly: "Since the old lady said that this golden pill is yours, what is the mystery of this pill for you?" ”

Hearing the emperor's words, the queen mother not only did not feel the slightest discomfort of being offended or suspected, but nodded with relief because the emperor could still be so meticulous in such a panicked situation: "Of course! ”

Watching the Queen Mother skillfully open the golden pill and take out the nine-song beads that had been hidden in it from it, the emperor was convinced that this seemingly bizarre thing was no longer false, and the old lady in front of him was indeed his biological mother.

The emperor rushed a few steps, knelt on the ground, and cried and said: "The child is not filial, and the queen mother suffers!" ”

Hearing the emperor crying loudly like a child, the queen mother was even more sad, groping and hugging the emperor's head, and also cried loudly.

As for the other four people in the room, when the emperor knelt on the ground, they all knelt down, prostrate on the ground, and wept together.

And Zhao Rongrong, who was sent back to the room by the eighth prince in advance, the more she thought about it, the more wrong she became, for fear that Di Niangniang would have something wrong, so she couldn't wait in the room anymore, and ran all the way to Di Niangniang.

However, after breaking into Di Niangniang's room, Zhao Rongrong was completely stunned. She looked at the people kneeling on the ground in the room, and couldn't help but say, "This ...... What's going on? ”

The person who suddenly broke into the room stopped the emperor and the queen mother from crying.

The emperor wiped his eyes, helped the queen mother to stand up, and sat on the bed: "Don't cry anymore, beware of crying and breaking your body." ”

Hearing the voices of the Eighth Prince and others, the emperor hurriedly helped up the Eighth Prince and Di Niangniang, and called Yu Xiaoyu and Chen Lin again: "Father and Niangniang, if it weren't for the protection of the two of you, I'm afraid I would have died at the hands of Concubine Liu and Guo Huai, what are your crimes?" ”

"Yes," the Queen Mother also said softly: "Brother Wang, brother and sister, you two should not mention any more to ask for guilt or not; If it weren't for you this time, how could the mourning family recognize the emperor? ”

The Queen Mother's words made Zhao Rongrong finally react: "You blind old woman who doesn't know whether to live or die, how dare you call the emperor's brother like that?" ”