"Bastard! I've been with me for so many years, and I can't even look at myself? ”

The emperor's face was so black that he could drip ink.

Originally, it was fine when it was in Xing Fu's hands, but as soon as it was handed over to the emperor's guards, he went in a blink of an eye, which was tantamount to losing all the face that the emperor had just saved.

And the Empress Dowager, who was sitting on the side, just sighed.

"Each is his master, and it is difficult for him to have a sincere heart, so he risked his life to protect the lord wholeheartedly, and he can be regarded as a man, and he will be buried as a citizen of Xiyou."

Hearing this, Ah Zi looked at the Empress Dowager, and couldn't help but have more respect for this old man who had experienced the rise and fall of the three generations of emperors in the West.

When encountering such a thing, the grandmother who is the lord of a country is willing to stand in the perspective of a Dongyuan meticulous work for the sake of the other party at the first time, and even saw the goodness of the other party.

When these words reached the emperor's ears, he couldn't help but be moved, revealing a little shame, but soon regained his previous solemnity, and saluted to the empress dowager: "Imperial grandmother, grandson begs to leave this matter to grandson to deal with, and before the queen's birthday banquet, I will definitely give you an explanation." ”

Now that Yan Xiye is out of danger and Ah Zi's suspicions have been washed away, it is naturally inconvenient for her, a person from the harem, to continue to meddle - in the final analysis, this is a conflict between Dongyuan and Xiyou.

The Empress Dowager agreed, and instructed the emperor to be more vigilant against the people around him in the future. Since the other party can sneak into the prince's bedroom, it is difficult to guarantee that one day he will not directly blend into the emperor's palace of light.

The emperor thanked him again and again, and asked about the prince's situation again, and then led the people out of Duanben Palace.

In the main hall that was cleaned up, the Empress Dowager patted the back of Ah Zi's hand lovingly, and said in a low voice: "Are you scared?" ”

Ah Zi shook his head with a smile and said, "I'm just worried that I won't be able to save the prince in time." ”

Thinking of his previous reckless invasion of Duanben Palace, he hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty.

The Empress Dowager smiled and pulled Ah Zi up, and said, "You did the right thing in this matter, the situation was urgent at that time." If it's me. will also think about saving Xi Ye first. But in this way, you have trapped yourself, if it weren't for Ruipeng to go to me in time to report the news, the emperor really made a mistake for a while, and you are afraid that it is possible to take half your life. ”

Ah Zi pursed her lips and smiled. said: "If you can save the prince's life." Don't say take half my life. It's a whole life, what's the pity? ”

This is indeed Ah Zi's sincere words, but the Queen Mother was not only pleased to hear it. Instead, he lowered his face, and his eyes were full of coldness that Ah Zi had never seen before.

Ah Zi was so frightened that he knelt beside the Empress Dowager, and said anxiously: "The ancestor forgives the sin, it is Ah Zi who is ignorant, and he said the wrong thing to annoy the old ancestor. ”

The Empress Dowager sighed softly, stroked Ah Zi's loose green silk, looked at her with pity and said, "You haven't done anything wrong, what is the crime." ”

Ah Zi raised his head and said suspiciously, "But I clearly saw disappointment in your eyes just now." ”

The Empress Dowager smiled weakly, shook her head and said, "You have a heart." There are some things that I can't tell you directly, but girl, you must always remember that your life is by no means comparable to Xi Ye, at any time, when you encounter anything, you must not try to exchange your life, understand? ”

The Empress Dowager spoke seriously, but Ah Zi sounded like a big joke.

Yan Xiye is the prince of Xiyou, and he is an unknown junior in Dongyuan, how can he be compared with him.

But she smiled and glanced at the Empress Dowager, and swallowed back all the original words.

The Empress Dowager looked at herself at the moment and burst into tears.

"Ancestor ......"

Ah Zi stepped forward and gently grabbed the arm of the Empress Dowager, wanting to comfort her, but she was completely confused about the situation at this time.

The Empress Dowager raised her hand to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, it's just that you're old, and it's easy to get stuck in the memories of the past and can't extricate yourself. ”

"Ancestor ......"

Ah Zi muttered again in an almost whispering voice.

Although the Empress Dowager said ambiguously, Ah Zi knew very well that the best friends in her mouth must be her own kind, and those sad past events must have happened in the unbearable past in Dongyuan......

"Alas, I'm really old, I'm about to bring your child who is jumping around to life, hurry up, let's not talk about this, let's go in and see how Xi Ye is."

As soon as the Empress Dowager changed her words, she got up and was about to walk towards the inner room where the prince was resting.

Ah Zi did not follow obediently this time, but stopped where he was, and knelt down with a thud in the direction of the old ancestor.

"Ancestor, Xin Zi knows that you shouldn't ask like this, but for the sake of Xin Zi being by your side these days, forgive Xin Zi this time......" Xin Zi said, kowtowing to the Empress Dowager again and again.

The Empress Dowager's body, which was originally staggering forward, froze in place and was silent for a long time.

"Get up and speak."

In the end, a word that couldn't hear any emotion came out of the mouth of the old ancestor, but she didn't look back at Ah Zi.

Ah Zi still knelt in place, looking up at the Empress Dowager.

She knew that when she asked this sentence, she pierced the thin veil on which she and the Xiyou Dongyang Palace could coexist in harmony.

But she knew that she was so close to the answer she had been seeking, almost within reach, but at this moment, she wanted her to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and gave up the opportunity to get closest to the truth since she came to Nishiyu, she couldn't do it anyway.

Therefore, even if she heard the obvious indifference and alienation in the Empress Dowager's tone at this time, even if she understood that she was not necessarily willing to tell her directly, she had to ask it, at least let the other party understand that in her heart, she had always hidden this question, and she had always understood that the Empress Dowager held the answer to this question in her hands.

Ah Zi gave a long look at the back of the Empress Dowager, and asked with a firm gaze.

"In the 538th year of Dongyuan, Zhu Huishu, the king of Qi, denounced Zhu Huiyuan, the crown prince of the current dynasty, on the charge of harboring witches, and the Emperor Gaotian was furious and executed Zhu Huiyuan's family, which was the 'Yuanmen Incident' that shocked the East and the West.

"What is the truth behind this matter?" (To be continued.) )