"In. The snow silkworm reflexively raised its head, and then it reacted to the voice of the Queen Mother on the other side. She couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

"Snow silkworms. The Queen Mother said slowly, unrefusably, "Go and rest." ”

The snow silkworm hurriedly bowed her head and said, "Yes." She was so frightened that she didn't know that the Queen Mother's hearing was so good. In this way, the Queen Mother listened to the conversation between her and Tong Guan outside just now.

When Tong Guan walked into the Empress Dowager's Longyou Palace, the Empress Dowager did not get up. The Queen Mother's body is wrapped in soft futon, like a gentle southern mountain, her body is undulating, it is the water waves surging, it is a gentle retention. However, no matter how gentle the mountain is, it is a deadly gentle country, whether it has buried the bones of people, or the bones of countless people, he stepped on this mountain of sharp bones, and every step was like walking on thin ice.

He looked up and saw the Queen Mother lying on her side, her cheeks were like some cherry blossoms in the snowdrifts, and the white was full of powder, where was the appearance of the Queen Mother, she was clearly a tender girl, a little older, the years had only plucked half of her heart, her heart was as solid as a rock, dead as ashes, and her face was still delicate, and she was still the queen of the former emperor of the Central Plains.

Seeing this situation, Tong Guan smiled slightly, he lowered his eyebrows, took a step back, and said softly, gently, very warmly, and tenderly: "Since the Queen Mother has not gotten up yet, the slave will wait next to the side, if the Queen Mother can't wait to listen, the little one will go back and say it." ”

He heard the Queen Mother's laughter—the delicate chirping of birds, gentle, crisp and elusive. The Queen Mother smiled and said coquettishly: "What's the matter, Tong Guan, I was more serious to you just now, and you were afraid of the mourning family, and you didn't even want to look at the mourning family? Is the mourning family old and decrepit, or is it not good to treat you?"

As soon as he heard this, Tong Guan knew it in his heart, and immediately smiled brightly: "How come, even if everything in the world is in front of me, I still think that the Queen Mother is the best ......" Saying that, he walked to the Queen Mother's bed while untying his clothes. His limbs were slender, his calves rubbed against the edge of the bed, his knees bent and knelt up, it was a petal that fell to the surface of the water, with the flow of water, he was half-lying on the soft and warm bed, with a pool of flickering water in his eyes, and his mouth was like honey, almost muttering, "The Queen Mother is the most beautiful woman in the world and treats me best, as long as the Queen Mother in my life, I don't want anything else." ”

No one will believe this. He doesn't believe it himself, and the Queen Mother won't believe it, but the Queen Mother loves to listen. Most of the words she had heard were lies or false promises, and she knew very well what she was going to do, and in the end, she just wanted to be comfortable, even if it was a lie, and she was happy to hear it, after all, she had everything she wanted, and when there was no higher pursuit, she was the only one left in the whole world, and she lived thoroughly, and she was her own one. She is a god in her own world, and her own happiness is the main purpose. Therefore, although she understands the young man's relationship very well, the current Empress Liu and the emperor, this makes her unhappy, and she wants to destroy it.

Tong Guan knows this about the Queen Mother. Most of the time, the Queen Mother doesn't care about everything, including that he has a very good personal relationship with Cai Jing, and in fact, he secretly grows his power, and the Queen Mother clearly understands it, and the Queen Mother says that they have trained a few people to guard the mansion, but in fact it is far more than that. The Queen Mother nodded a little and didn't say anything, and at this time she asked them to help Duanwang Zhao Ji, which seemed to be an opportunity to turn the merits over, he guessed so, after all, there were still three points of apprehension in his heart. He wanted to do this well and solemnly, but there was a sudden apostasy in the middle of the way, and such a change caught him off guard, and it would definitely catch the Queen Mother off guard, and he couldn't wait, and he was about to speak-

The Queen Mother's hand was raised, between his lips like petals, touched it softly, and said quietly: "What's the matter, the mourning family's little liver, what makes you so anxious?"

The Queen Mother's fingers were slender and soft, and she went down inch by inch from his lips, playing the guzheng and brushing his chin and neck, Tong Guan heard the Queen Mother's mournful emotion: "You are really clean and young, which is like a mourning family, old and decrepit, long gone." ”

"The Queen Mother laughed again......" Tong Guan muttered, "The Queen Mother's body is the one that can be broken." The slave has just come back from outside, and his body will be a little cold, if he is offended, please don't blame the queen mother, if the queen mother really dislikes it, the slave will go to the stove next to it, and come back after it is warm. ”

"Don't go. The Queen Mother stroked Tong Guan's head, stroked the outline of his face, and asked affectionately, "Be careful, what did you do in such a hurry just now?" Didn't the mourning family tell you, you must not be in a hurry to do things, it is easy to fall into the handle." The mourning family has never let you do a hundred thousand urgent things, just take your time, little honeypot. Go a little further to the side, by the way, good boy......"

The Queen Mother looked at him, with a quiet smile on her face, and looked at a puppy with pity, but no matter how merciful she was, the dog would not become a human, so behind the Queen Mother's eyes, it was still cold, fake, and hard. It's a very magical relationship, where on the surface they are gentle and harmonious, but neither party is sincere and knowing. Not bad.

Tong Guan was lying beside the Queen Mother, who was stroking his black hair, her movements were gentle, and her palms were slightly tight. After keenly feeling this, Tong Guan said: "Queen Mother, don't worry, most things are going on step by step, so there must be a way." What you want to do, the minion will definitely help you do it, even if you want to be restrained, the minion will go to the soup for you, you can rest assured. ”

The Queen Mother snorted lightly, rubbed the top of his head, and chuckled: "Okay, good, the mourning family will listen to you, even if the mourning family has nothing, at least there is a cute little guy like you to accompany you, caring and sensible." Be careful......" she said slowly, as if at last she had taken an interest in his affairs, and asked, "By the way, did you turn back halfway and hurry to find the mourner's house?"

Tong Guan groaned slightly, and said: "Back to the Queen Mother, just now the slave was about to go to find Lord Cai, but I didn't want to hear the people in the prison say ......" Speaking of this, his scalp suddenly tightened, and the Queen Mother's gentle stroking suddenly stopped, grabbed a few of his hairs, and suddenly lifted it up - a little painful, indicating that the Queen Mother paid attention to it, and did not listen to it as a wind in her ears. That's good. Tong Guan heard the Queen Mother ask him, "What did you say?"

They said, His Royal Highness King Duan is not there. ”

"What?" The Queen Mother's voice instantly switched from lazy to cold as a knife, so cold that it was terrifying, and when her voice lost its feelings, it meant that the situation became serious, "Do you really hear it?"

"The slave heard it to be true, the Queen Mother, I would never dare to lie to half a word. Tong Guan said this, and he felt incredulous, "The servant heard them say that when he went to deliver food to His Royal Highness King Duan today, he found that the person in prison was not him, but a substitute who was randomly found out of nowhere, fed a bowl of sweat medicine and fell unconscious, changed into more expensive clothes, and left it in for a night. People passing by thought that His Royal Highness King Duan was asleep, after all, they had never seen His Royal Highness King Duan. It was only this morning that I found out that His Royal Highness King Duan was not there. ”

The Queen Mother's hand, which lingered between his hair, suddenly loosened and turned into nothingness. Tong Guan knew that at this moment their relationship had regained the original relationship between superiors and subordinates, she was the supreme and powerful Queen Mother, and he was the chief eunuch and head Tong who worked for the Queen Mother. So, when the Queen Mother got up and called someone to dress her, Tong Guan got out of bed quietly and quickly, bowed his head and knelt in front of the Queen Mother, and the sticky droplets on the tip of his nose dripped down. He is waiting for the queen mother to let him do things, and it is normal to be a killing machine.

Yinqiao and Forsythia stood in front of him and changed the Queen Mother's clothes. The Queen Mother turned her back to him, and her voice was like a river fluctuating underneath: "Then, isn't Wang Liefeng here either?"

The minion also pulled the person and asked. They told the minions that General Wang Liefeng, although he had been by His Royal Highness Duan Wang to protect his safety and remained awake throughout the whole process, but in the morning, he had disappeared with him. I don't know what happened halfway, but judging by the order in which these things happened, I'm afraid there is only one possibility. ”

The Queen Mother turned around, raised her eyebrows, and said, "Do you mean that it was Wang Liefeng who robbed King Duan? General Wang, Wang Liefeng could do such a thing?"

"This," Tong Guan bowed his head and said, "this minion can't be sure." ”

"Even if you don't do this kind of thing, watching these things happen and standing by is enough to connect the nine clans. The mourning family wants to see what kind of medicine he sells in this gourd. If he really has evil intentions, he can only be dealt with as if he were his father - dangerous people can't be left, and the mourning family still thinks that they will be restrained in his life, but the result is still not trustworthy! Wang Liefeng, he is really perfectly disguised, and he has not smoothed his edges and corners in the war outside, and he pretends to have a close relationship with Ji'er, but he just wants to change a gold medal for avoiding death, but the result is not enough!"

Tong Guan heard the sound of broken porcelain, it was the Queen Mother who picked up the porcelain bowl at the head of the bed and slammed it to the ground, and the bowl broke into thousands of pieces with the sticky sweet soup inside. He looked up and said, "The Queen Mother is angry." Maybe something more serious happened, and someone wanted to murder His Royal Highness King Duan, so General Wang had to change his mind and act at the opportunity. According to the minion, General Wang is stationed outside the border all the year round, and he doesn't care about the affairs of the court at all, he is still so young, it is still early when he has a danger factor, and the slave feels that it will take at least ten or twenty years...... Unless someone is behind him. ”

The Queen Mother sneered, and sighed angrily: "Yes, what's the use of the mourning family being angry! The mourning family personally arranged for Ji'er to be imprisoned, and prepared to take him out after the limelight, who expected that he didn't even stay enough for a day, and was arrested. As she spoke, her body was shaky, Tong Guan hurriedly stepped forward, bent down to help the Queen Mother, and said softly: "Queen Mother, don't worry, the slave has arranged for the palace to bring the imperial equipment to find His Royal Highness King Duan, even Lord Cai's side...... Men were also sent to look for it. His Royal Highness King Duan will be fine, and the emperor will definitely save him. ”

"Yes, the emperor, the emperor ......" The queen mother seemed to be a little delirious, she sighed groggily, and said sadly: "If the imperial doctor in the palace really can't cure the emperor, go to the people to find it, find the best doctor in the people to treat the emperor, anyway, there is no identity, after the matter is completed, he will give whatever he wants, as long as he doesn't say it again, if it is revealed, it will be good to kill." Of course, everything is easy to say, there is nothing that cannot be compromised, the royal family is very rich, the important thing is to save the emperor, just save it......"

Tong Guan nodded and said, "The slave understands." Everything will be arranged, please don't be impatient. ”

The Queen Mother sighed and said, "It seems that the curse still hasn't let us go, Ji'er is still young, I'm really worried about his safety." After all, there is no precedent, the reason why the previous princes died was not only because they were physically weak, but also because the mourning family understood that the former emperor also knew that it was not an 'accident', but an 'inevitable' ......"

Tong Guan was taken aback, subconsciously lowered his voice, and said softly: "What is 'inevitably'?" There were not many things that surprised him, most of the time he showed surprise was pretending, in fact, he had already been clear in his heart. However, this story, which he had only heard by chance, was one of many legends, and most likely the least credible, and when it came out of the mouth of the Queen Mother, the stunned expression lingered on his face.

"Maybe it's the Huayang Sect. There was a subtle tremor in the Queen Mother's steady voice, and she said slowly, "Huayang Sect is one of the biggest forces today, although it is in the name of believing in religion, it is actually the same as what the gang does, it is the same as slowly expanding its power and increasing its ambitions, but it has existed for too long, it has existed before the birth of the first emperor, no, since the existence of the Great Song Dynasty, it is a soul that cannot be dispersed, an ally who has to compromise." ”

Tong Guan said: "Could it be that this 'Huayang Sect' is the one when the Great Song Dynasty was founded......

The Queen Mother nodded and said, "Exactly." At the beginning, there was such a group of clansmen, who assisted Taizu to lay down the Great Song Dynasty together, and after the establishment of the dynasty, they voluntarily retired, did not want a penny in the palace, scattered among the people, and established the 'Huayang Sect' based on their clan name 'Huayang'. Taizu also agreed to their request, and they lived together in peace for decades. However, the good times did not last long, and you also saw ......"

Tong Guan said: "The Huayang Sect is now a cult that is a headache for the imperial court. ”

"Yes. The Queen Mother said slowly, "Its appetite is getting bigger and bigger. The fact that the original patriarch did not want power does not mean that future generations do not want it. Later people, children and grandchildren, want everything and are not satisfied with anything. The Huayang Cult gradually grew, with doctrines and followers, to the point that there were evil 'rituals', which were essentially jealousy of positions of power. They believed that the more high-ranking people were sacrificed to them, the more they would be able to make the Huayang Sect grow and develop. The more high-ranking people among them, the more they specifically target those with noble status, and it is hardly a human act. In recent years, the behavior of the Huayang Sect has become more and more rampant, kicking the nose in the face, even the royal family dares to touch it, and even, the first emperor-"

Tong Guan was shocked and said: "The first emperor was hurt by the Huayang Sect?—— no. He realized that he had said something rebellious, and hurriedly lowered his head and said, "Minions, minions should die, minions are just ......"

"The first time I heard about it, it was normal to have a big reaction. The Queen Mother's tone was calm and said, "Although no one said this, but in the hearts of the mourning family, they do think so." ”

The carriage stopped in front of the mansion, and down came a young man, tall and thin, with a broad hat covering most of his face. He let out a long breath, held it for a long time, took off his hat, threw it back into the window, and said angrily: "In the past, I didn't let others recognize me, so I ran out of the palace to play." Now it's like this, but you can't play casually. What a hassle. ”

The middle-aged man also got out of the carriage and said, "His Royal Highness King Duan has suffered. ”

"Ah, no. Zhao Ji's voice lowered, "You just suffered, Uncle Liu." ”

In Liu Anshi's memory, Zhao Ji is a lively, eccentric child, and he looks likeable, when he went to hug him, he was a little unhappy at first, crying and being picked up with a little face, seeing that he was about to cry, he suddenly reached out and pulled out several of his hair, Liu Anshi was in pain, "sigh", Xiao Zhao Ji finally broke into laughter, and the saint on the side also laughed, Liu Anshi could only laugh too.

Liu Anshi felt that the thoughts of children and the minds of high-ranking people need to change their mindset to ponder, and the joys, sorrows, and sorrows of the former emperor are worthy of their repeated discussions, and when Emperor Zhezong ascended the throne, he was both a high-ranking and powerful person and a child, which was simply unreasonable.

And after Duanwang grew up, he became approachable, and he turned around to figure out his own thoughts, which was really heartfelt.

Liu Anshi said: "Thank you, Your Royal Highness King Duan." ”

Zhao Ji said: "No need. He sighed and said to the man who drove the carriage, "Then go back." ”

The other party didn't react, and was stunned for a moment before asking, "Isn't His Royal Highness King Duan going back?"

"It will take some time. If you stop here, you may be seen, and you won't be able to tell at that time. Zhao Ji smiled, "I haven't seen Uncle Liu for more than ten years, and I want to whisper something today, and it's not good to be heard." Isn't it, Uncle Liu?"

The man said: "Then, His Royal Highness King Duan should pay attention to safety. ”

Zhao Ji nodded: "Okay." ”