Cining Palace, the candlelight is dim, the strong smell of decoction permeates the surroundings, although the window is open half a slit, but the lonely atmosphere is shrouded in people's hearts, like a huge net to break free from powerlessness, the face of the person lying on the bed is like a withered tree, the ordinary rouge gouache can no longer hide the depraved color on the face, and the slight breathing sound is inaudible. The emperor wore a royal blue regular dress and gently held the queen mother's hand: "Queen Mother." ”

The emperor is a complex emotion for the queen mother, in the early years the queen mother was the queen mother of the virtuous spirit of the marriage, because the queen mother of the virtuous spirit has no children, the queen mother was raised to be called a small girl, the first emperor and the queen mother of the queen mother of the spirit of the relationship is very strong, causing Yan Guifei Shen jealousy, but the queen mother gave birth to the emperor in order to protect herself to the child to the queen mother, the queen mother of the spirit of the spirit of the queen mother, the queen mother of the spirit of the queen mother, very care, after the queen mother gave birth to three eldest princesses, to be named concubine. The Empress Dowager Xianling regarded the emperor as her own, but she died in childbirth.

After the death of the Empress Dowager Xianling, Concubine Li was in charge of the harem, but the first emperor was never established.

The past is like this, and the emperor still can't forget the demeanor of the Empress Dowager Xianling.

Aunt Li passed through the Hanging Flower Gate, happened to meet the palace maid Lang Yue, glanced at the direction of the inner hall, and asked, "The emperor is still in Cining Palace?" ”

Lang Yue blessed her body: "The emperor has just entered, and the queen mother has not woken up yet." ”

Li nodded: "You go back first, the Queen Mother will urge someone to call you if she has something." ”

Lang Yue blessed her body: "Yes, aunt." ”

Li walked slowly along the corridor, and when he arrived at the gate of Cining Palace, he saw that the queen and the concubines of the palace were also waiting, even Concubine Lin, who was pregnant.

"Aunt Li, how is the Queen Mother's illness?" There was a hint of sentimentality in the queen's voice, and her worried eyes were red.

Li knelt down: "The Queen Mother has been having a good appetite some time ago, but she has been having diarrhea for the past few days. I called a few doctors and drank some Chinese medicine, but it didn't get better. The queen mother knows that the queen mother has always disliked to eat some bitter things, and is only willing to pick up those soft and glutinous sweet pastries to eat. ”

The queen stepped forward and pushed the Li family: "You bitch, why don't you persuade the Queen Mother to eat, but blame the Queen Mother, what a waste." ”

Seeing the queen's voice, Li Shi trembled with fright, and his fat body trembled involuntarily, and some timid concubines were already so frightened that they began to cry. ”

The imperial concubine spoke: "Now that the Queen Mother is sick, this Aunt Li is useless, and my sister sent her away, so as not to disturb the Queen Mother's rest." ”

Concubine Lin coughed twice: "Sister Queen, let's go in." Just like Sister Ling said, this Aunt Li is old and useless, so why embarrass her. ”

The queen snorted coldly and entered the palace, but was stopped by the former head of the Tongtai Palace: "Several masters, the emperor has already explained his illness in front of the queen mother, and the queen mother is sick, so as to avoid everyone disturbing the queen mother's rest, I specially asked the servants to pass on the decree to let the masters wait in the side hall." ”

The queen was about to have a seizure, and the emperor walked out from inside with his head bowed, looking extremely sad.

"The Queen Mother wants to let Concubine Lin in, so you can go down first, and the Queen and Concubine will stay." The emperor was dark and tired, rubbed his eyebrows, and his tone was a little stiff.

When Qiao Molan heard the emperor say this, she followed the emperor step by step.

Seeing her aunt on the bed, Qiao Molan was stunned and held back her tears, the emperor handed her a handkerchief, Qiao Molan was very shy, but still accepted.

The Queen Mother saw that the emperor was very good to Qiao Molan, and her heart was a little more comfortable: "Your Majesty, the mourning family has a few words to say to Lan'er, and the emperor doesn't mind." ”

The emperor nodded: "Lan'er is the most trusted person of the queen mother, and the sons believe in her." ”

The emperor walked out.

Watching the emperor leave, Qiao Molan suddenly had a sense of loss, as if he would never look back.

"Lan'er, he's gone." The Queen Mother lovingly held Qiao Molan's jade hand with her hand, Qiao Molan looked at the Queen Mother's well-maintained hands, and now they are indeed extremely thin, their green tendons are exposed, and they don't know what to do if they are afraid.

"Aunt Sue, do you want that seat?" The Queen Mother asked

Qiao Molan didn't know how to answer, she just wanted to lie on the Queen Mother and cry bitterly, but the Queen Mother didn't speak, Qiao Molan knew that the Queen Mother was waiting for an answer, an answer about her life experience.

"Does the Queen Mother know Yan Shunren?" Qiao Molan hesitated for a long time before speaking silently.

The Queen Mother nodded: "Yanshun is a person from the Lin Mansion, and the foundation is not clean, the mourning family has checked it, and it is related to the queen." In the future, you must be careful of the queen, and you must not be an enemy of her. ”

Qiao Molan nodded: "What my aunt said is that Lan'er wrote it down." ”

"Auntie, this illness can't be cured." The Queen Mother pulled out a smile, her lips pursed and said, "Lan'er, although the mourning family knows that you are not Lan'er, you are too much like the Lan'er of the mourning family." ”

Qiao Molan was shocked in her heart, could it be that the Queen Mother already knew her secret?

"Don't worry, only the mourning family knows," said the Queen Mother, "Lan'er is just like you, Lan'er also likes to watch the peach blossoms fly under the peach blossom tree, and also likes to pick up those little duckweed floating by the river, and prefers to fly kites in the field." ”

Qiao Molan didn't know who the Queen Mother was talking about, thinking of the eldest princess of Lanxi who died early after the Queen Mother, also called Lan'er, Qiao Molan understood, it turned out that the Queen Mother loved her in every way, and it turned out that she was very much like her beloved daughter Lanxi.

At this time, the emperor came over and covered the quilt for the queen mother: "Lan'er, you go out first." ”

Qiao Molan went out, and when she left, she glanced at the Queen Mother, only to feel that every time she moved, her feet were like lead under her feet, and her heart was uncomfortable.

I've lost a lot of weight recently, so I guess I have a good relationship with my aunt.

After the concubines left, the emperor called the chamberlain to call a few imperial doctors and carefully asked them what illness the queen mother had. One of the imperial doctors' eyes flickered and cowered, and the emperor was angry and pulled the man out.

It turned out that the Queen Mother had dysentery.

This disease is an infectious disease, and there are very few people who can survive it, and the emperor feels very lost in his heart.

Seeing Aunt Li come in, it was like grabbing a straw: "You go in and see the queen mother." "Li is the most trusted person around the Queen Mother, and it is a comfort to the Queen Mother to go in at this time.

But when he heard that the Queen Mother was suffering from dysentery, Li was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground, but he still slowly walked into the Queen Mother's inner room.

When the Queen Mother saw the Li family coming in, she asked, "How is it going in Qingning Palace?" ”

Li lowered his head and didn't speak, and the Queen Mother sighed: "It's also that slut who has a big life." ”

The Queen Mother looked outside: "Is the emperor gone?" ”

Li said: "Concubine Mei Shu has fallen out of favor for so many years, what do you still hate about the Queen Mother, she was just a little girl next to the Empress Dowager Xianling." ”

The Queen Mother said sharply, her flat eyebrows twisted, and although her voice was small, she couldn't hide the anger in her heart: "If it wasn't for that girl's obstruction, the mourning family would have succeeded a long time ago, and let Xianling live for a few more years." ”

Li Shi looked around in fright: "Master, don't talk about lying down, the emperor is still outside." ”

The Queen Mother answered and slowly lay down.

Behind the door, a pair of bright yellow soap boots left silently.