"Queen Mother. Wang Liefeng said slowly, "On the way to the palace just now, we encountered some difficulties, and it was not easy for Guard Hua to be the only one who survived and escorted me back to the palace. I know the Queen Mother doesn't want to know the process, but it's not an easy process. If he is easily convicted for this 'fault' in language, does the order of the Queen Mother seem too hasty?"

The blood on the corner of Wang Liefeng's mouth has not yet been wiped off. The corners of his mouth have an elegant curve, and the gap between his upper and lower lips resembles a flying seagull, so that even when his face is expressionless, the corners of his mouth are slightly raised. He was chained, his hands and feet were bound, and his body was completely unable to stand, in a half-kneeling position. The strength he had just exerted had caused him to be exhausted and overdrawn, and now he could not return to the way he had been. Lin was stunned and died, as if the effect of the drug had disappeared.

The Queen Mother walked up, her sleeves rolled up, and the fragrance surged up like a wave. Wang Liefeng was stunned for a moment, the silky texture brushed his lips, and it turned out that the Queen Mother used her sleeves to wipe off the blood stains for him.

The Queen Mother's hand stroked his cold ears and said softly: "You made a decision in an instant on the battlefield, that was decisive, the mourning family acted according to the rules of the palace, why did it become hasty?"

The Queen Mother's deep eyes stared at Wang Liefeng very uncomfortable. He closed his eyes and said, "The Queen Mother, the rules are the rules, but it is precisely because he is not guilty of death that I ask the Queen Mother to let him go." ”

"You don't have the qualifications to request, you know? The Queen Mother said, "You are now guilty of a serious crime, just wait for the mourning family to give an order, and you will have to die." ”

Wang Liefeng looked at the ground and said with a smile: "As long as the Queen Mother gives an order, even if you are innocent, you will have to die if you don't die." ”

"You are so bold!" the Queen Mother sneered, "Okay, the mourning family knows that General Wang has been fighting outside for many years, and it is inevitable that there will be some resentment in his heart. These things are understood by the mourning family, and the emperor also knows them in his heart. What a magnanimous and gentle man the emperor is, in this matter, he always says that he owes you and your father, so he takes special care not to allow anyone to trouble you, even if he is on the wrong side and offends the wrong person, the descendants of Wang Sunchen have never been disturbed. From this point of view, you should be grateful. ”

Wang Liefeng said calmly: "I naturally understand the emperor's kindness. The emperor has also put the power of a whole army into my hands, and I have the responsibility to fight to the end, which I should do with all my might. I will naturally do what I do. I think I've done well enough, but why, the harder I try, the more I ask for it?" he asked calmly, "Why are we alone?"

The Queen Mother's expression was as natural as she should be, and she replied leisurely: "This is because of the trust between the emperor and the emperor." No one but you has such loyalty and bravery. This is your glory. ”

Wang Liefeng pulled the corners of his mouth and laughed, "Yes, that's because I don't understand the emperor's kindness, it's my fault." If glory means not dying well, and it means fear of darkness, I'd rather not have such 'trust'. ”

"Bold. The Queen Mother scolded, "It's something given to you by the emperor, whether it's good or bad, you don't want it, you have to ask for it, you can't refuse." ”

The Queen Mother finally admitted. Wang Liefeng said, "I can't refuse it myself, so I am just forced to accept these conditions under the threat of many aspects, and my loyalty and obedience are just 'derivatives' under these 'conditions'." ”

The Queen Mother smiled: "It turns out that General Wang's true thoughts in his heart are like this, and the mourning family has finally figured it out until today." However, listening to you say this, it seems that this is indeed the truth. So General Wang, in this way, do you also know what the mourning family wants to do when they invite you into the palace?"

Wang Liefeng laughed, the light in his eyes was like a cold star, it was thorough and sharp: "My memory is not bad, and the memory of the civil and military officials is even stronger like a clenched beast's teeth." Whether the emperor can be saved is another matter, but before that, the reason why the emperor fell into a coma, after all, was still to blame on me and His Royal Highness King Duan. If the emperor mentions it himself, he will definitely be caught, and no matter what, he will be found out. And I assisted His Royal Highness Duan Wang to escape from prison, although all this is the will of the Queen Mother, but it is always necessary to pull out a 'party', or the person closest to the relationship, to deal with it to convince the public. ”

The Queen Mother smiled: "General Wang, you are really smart, the mourning family really didn't misunderstand you, the mourning family knows, you understand." That's right, the mourning family invited you into the palace just to make there less gossip in the palace. The emperor designated that Ji'er harmed him, but Ji'er ran away again, which was really unconvincing. But if Wang Liefeng, the general of the king, returned to the palace and surrendered because of the condemnation of his conscience, admitted that he had done something to the emperor, and immediately executed him......"

Wang Liefeng sighed: "It's not just that the ministers have been appeased temporarily, but more importantly, the Huayang Church is satisfied with this result, because you have once again deceived the world for them and erased their existence, and they will also have less trouble with the royal family—is that so?"

The Empress Dowager raised her eyebrows lightly and said, "What does General Wang think? ”

Wang Liefeng wanted to speak and stopped, paused, and smiled helplessly: "What I want to say, the Queen Mother must have thought of it earlier." I don't have much to say. The Queen Mother just gave the order. ”

"That's good, the mourning family will say it directly. The mourning family wants to kill you on the charge of murdering the emperor. The Queen Mother said solemnly, "But the mourning family killed you, not because you really poisoned the emperor, but just temporarily looking for a reason, which is a 'delaying strategy' - you must remember this." In the future, the mourning family will surely avenge your grievances and make your children and grandchildren be sealed, in short, the mourning family will never treat you badly. ”

Wang Liefeng laughed. The Queen Mother didn't understand the meaning of his laughter, and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

"-I really think that the Queen Mother is making fun of me. Wang Liefeng said, "If you are offended, please forgive the Queen Mother." ”

The Queen Mother was puzzled: "What's the matter? The mourning family doesn't talk nonsense, and does what they say." If you have anything unspeakable, just say it, and the mourning family will solve it for you. ”

"Since my father's accident more than ten years ago, my sister and I were the only ones left in the family, and it wasn't long before I took my father's place and went to the border to fight in the army. I've been away for many years, and I still haven't gotten married. And my sister is even more reluctant to marry because of the family's experience. I see that she is happy and lively, and Xu is very satisfied with the current state of life. In this way, I also feel good. ”

"What?" the Queen Mother was a little surprised, her beautiful facial features wrinkled slightly, and she questioned, "From the time you were a teenager to the present, don't you even have the slightest idea of passing on the ancestry?"

"Yes. The emperor has also arranged marriages for me many times, and I am grateful in my heart, but I have all refused. ”

"You are already the last bloodline of the Wang family, don't you have a sense of crisis at all?"

"I don't want my children and grandchildren who may exist to suffer the same pain as my parents. The pain has lasted for decades, so much so that hearing the words 'stand still' feels like prolonging it. ”

The Queen Mother looked at him quietly and listened to him say the next sentence.

Wang Liefeng said: "I don't think about how to solve the matter, but just blindly delay, which will only make the hostile forces more and more powerful and rampant." Killing someone as a bargaining chip to compromise with the Huayang Sect, I can understand that my father is a partial general, and his status is not very high, killing him seems reasonable, and it can't even calm their anger. But killing me Wang Liefeng seems to have compromised too much, it is unreasonable, and it is a very extreme show of weakness - even if I am so exhausted that I lose my strength, even if my body begins to rot and begin to annihilate...... But I, after all, am still Wang Liefeng. Queen Mother, the Huayang Sect on the opposite side said that killing me can temporarily guarantee the safety of the royal family, you choose to believe it, but if Wang Liefeng, who is loyal to the royal family, says to you: I said, I have the ability to deal with the Huayang Sect, if I live, maybe I can fight, then you think I am lying?"

The more the Queen Mother listened, the softer her expression became, and in the end, she stared at him with a smile in her eyes, laughed "hee", and said, "Release the flail." Put General Wang down. He has been working very hard these days, how can he be allowed to stay in prison and suffer such a crime. I said you. She said to Hua Yanjin, "Why don't you get up quickly and go and untie the iron rope for General Wang?"

Hua Yanjin received the signal of "I can live" very accurately, his reaction was faster than anyone else, he immediately jumped up, took out a bunch of keys from his body, and only heard a few clicks neatly, Wang Liefeng finally got rid of such constraints, staggered and half-knelt down, bowed his head and said: "Obey the orders of the Queen Mother." ”

The Queen Mother smiled and said, "Get up." Killing a few inconsequential little people is not in the way, but Bianjing City must not be without General Wang. ”

So Wang Liefeng got up, folded his hands and said, "...... Thank you, Queen Mother. But he still had some doubts in his mind.

"Wang Liefeng, are you willing to thoroughly investigate this matter for the Mourning Family, and in the Imperial Palace, trace the clues left by the Huayang Sect? That is to say, if something really 'happens', are you willing to obey the wishes of the Mourning Family and go to the front line of the crisis without hesitation?"

Wang Liefeng hurriedly said: "The subordinates are naturally willing. It's just that the Queen Mother doesn't have royal equipment? They are more familiar with the palace and do things more quietly. Why did the Queen Mother send me?"

The Queen Mother said: "You really don't know anything about what happened in the palace these times, and the mourning family almost believes that you are innocent." Don't you know that the imperial equipment in the palace has been completely wiped out in one day and one night?"

Wang Liefeng's body shook and said in disbelief: "What?"

The Queen Mother closed her eyes, her eyes moved slightly, as if she was counting, and then opened her eyes again and said, "How many people do you need to protect the emperor?" The 'crowd tactic' is too clumsy, and it also violates the principle of concealment, and the emperor doesn't like to be surrounded by too many people, he feels uncomfortable, so he tries his best to reduce the number of people with imperial equipment. Since the time of the first emperor, the people who have held the important position of 'bringing imperial equipment' have been carefully selected through layers of selection, and one person can be worth the strength of ten people. And now, there are only four people in the palace with imperial equipment, namely Impermanence, Su Can, Yinfeng and Evil. Impermanence, because of the failure to protect the emperor, was executed on the spot by the mourning family, you also saw it; Su Can, inexplicably left his post and ran out of the palace, and when he came back, he was protecting Duan Wang Zhao Ji; Yinfeng, who unfortunately died in the attack of the Huayang Sect just now. But evil, when the emperor had an accident, it happened to be his turn to rest, and when he woke up, the world had been turned upside down, and at this moment he was staying by the emperor's side, afraid that the emperor would make any more trouble, or be suddenly attacked. ”

- Yinfeng is dead?Yinfeng is dead?This lovely Yinfeng actually died unexpectedly? Also, Su Can came to help His Royal Highness King Duan, and the Queen Mother didn't know about it. He ran out without permission, so he was completely under Liu Anshi's orders?

"How could it be ......," Wang Liefeng said in surprise, "How could such a powerful child as Yinfeng be gone like this?"

The Queen Mother said: "Yinfeng was killed in battle, and the mourning family thinks that he just died of lack of ability." It's this Su Can......" she narrowed her eyes and pointed to something, "I don't know which tendon in my brain is wrong, his behavior is tantamount to betrayal, according to the rules, he should be executed." ”

Wang Liefeng said in a cold sweat: "Queen Mother, now everything still has to be the emperor's priority. The emperor's situation is critical, and other 'unimportant' matters should be put aside, and it will not be too late to pursue them later......"

The Queen Mother glanced at him and said casually: "Oh, that's right." Indeed, the emperor's affairs are the most important at present. Speaking of which, the emperor has really had a hard time in his life, and the mourning family feels unbearable when they mention him. His health has always been bad, and when he grows up, he really has to be held responsible, and the mourning family thinks that the Empress Dowager Gao must be inextricably linked. ”

Wang Liefeng didn't really want to hear about the war between women, and he was very tired. But he asked the Queen Mother very knowingly: "What did the Queen Mother Gao do to the emperor?"

The Queen Mother condensed and said: "She tried to completely 'control' the emperor. When the emperor was a child, he was unusually precocious and rebellious, which made the Empress Dowager Gao very frightened. She has been disobedient since she was a child, but when she grows up, how can she take her seriously? The former emperor has already refused to listen to her, and she can't stand the future emperor's disobedience. But she couldn't interfere with this herself, so she thought of using 'woman'. Anyway, she has the ability to reach an agreement with the Huayang Sect, and if she takes Empress Meng into the palace, she has the ability to recruit the so-called 'nursing mothers' from all over the country, and the thirteen or fourteen-year-old emperor, where does he need nursing mothers? In fact, it is to recruit beautiful young concubines in disguise, in order to control the emperor with women, to please him, and also to ruin him. Since then, the emperor has indulged in women, and his physical condition has deteriorated. Now, the emperor's condition is so bad, and the spread of the toxin is so fast, it has nothing to do with his physical condition being too weak. ”

- Actually, it doesn't matter. Wang Liefeng thought to herself, just because things didn't turn around, and she thought that the emperor was too willful, so something happened, so she blamed the mistake on what the emperor usually didn't satisfy her. But Wang Liefeng can understand her, just like every time Wang Chuli is in poor health, he always blames her because she is usually disobedient, until Wang Chuli angrily retorted and said, If I don't do anything, my illness will be better, do you want me to die boring brother, Wang Liefeng didn't dare to say it, and reflected on whether his words were not rational enough.

"Actually, a lot of the time it's none of the business. Wang Liefeng said, "Queen Mother, you don't have to ...... Excessive self-reproach ......"

Before he finished speaking, Wang Liefeng's strength was completely exhausted. His physical function completely collapsed, he was too tired to stand, and he was supported by strong willpower, but now he heard that Yinfeng was killed, and he learned that Su Can was willful for unknown reasons, and he was in a hurry for a while, and he couldn't hold it anymore, his knees fell to the ground with a soft knee, Hua Yanjin hurriedly helped him, and said, "General Wang." General Wang, are you okay?"

"Out of the way...... I'll just take a break. Wang Liefeng waved his hand weakly. Despite saying that, he was a little star-stricken.

The Queen Mother smiled: "That's right, General Wang hasn't had a good rest until now. The mourners are almost forgotten. Go and arrange a place for him to stay, and the mourners will come to see you later. Her eyes suddenly became charming like silk threads, sticking to Wang Liefeng's body like a spider web, making Wang Liefeng feel a slight discomfort.

Wang Liefeng said vigilantly: "The Queen Mother is now in charge, if there is anything to say to you, just let Father-in-law Tong tell me." I'm really worried that the Queen Mother will catch a cold. ”

"Don't curse the mourning family and catch a cold. The Queen Mother blocked his lips with her slender fingers, stroked his neck gently, and said softly, "Tong Guan, where can Tong Guan compare to General Wang." General Wang's body is really a work of art, and there are many women who are crazy about you, right? Why don't you open your mind, how can a person like you be unwilling to marry? Alas, it's a pity, it's a pity, even if Tong Guan understands the thoughts of the mourning family, after all, he is not a man......

Wang Liefeng was in high spirits, and he was so frightened that he used all his strength to move back, but Hua Yanjin was afraid that he would react too much, so he pressed his shoulder in advance to prevent him from moving. Wang Liefeng was stunned for a moment, regained his composure, forcibly endured the soft touch from the Queen Mother, and said in a low voice: "The Queen Mother...... Dowager. Truth be told, I already have a sweetheart. ”

The Queen Mother's fingers stopped. She looked at Wang Liefeng, and the misty and charming expression on her face gradually faded, turning into a dignified, beautiful, majestic and cold smile.

"That's great, General Wang. The Queen Mother slowly asked, "Who is it? Have you asked the emperor?"

Cold sweat ran down his forehead. Wang Liefeng's body trembled, his throat was dry, and when he was about to speak, a high-pitched voice came from a distance: "Queen Mother-"

The Queen Mother looked back. Wang Liefeng raised his head. Hua Yanjin's expression changed from nervous to relaxed.

"The Queen Mother, Prime Minister Zhang said that he wanted to see you. He said he had been waiting for you for a long time. ”

"—Zhangdun?" the Queen Mother glanced at the visitor, and said lightly, "After so many years, why has Zhangdun's impatient temperament still not changed, and now he is directly urging the mourning family to pass? ”

"Prime Minister Zhang has already instructed us to prepare a sedan chair on the way here. Queen Mother, wait a minute, the sedan chair will be lifted immediately. ”

"Do you have to see the mourning family right away?" the queen mother sneered, "Okay, the mourning family will go now." However, the mourning family took the lead in saying that they would go to Shao Bowen and Liu Anshi, and they couldn't mess up the order and break the rules. So, you should send the mourning family there first, and let Prime Minister Zhang wait for a while. ”

One sentence choked the person who came, so he had to nod his head again and again: "I understand, the little one will do it." ”