On the third day of the eighth month, King Rui Liang Yinhuan went to Beijing to visit the Queen Mother by holy order. As soon as King Rui entered the palace, he didn't even have time to put down his suit, but hurriedly went to the Qinzheng Palace to meet the emperor, and then immediately rushed to the queen mother's bedroom.

The Queen Mother was so bedridden because she didn't eat or drink for a few days that she collapsed so much that she vomited all the medicinal soup prescribed to her by the imperial doctor. Seeing this, King Rui's heart was like a knife, and he stayed by the Queen Mother's bedside all day long until the Queen Mother woke up. When the Queen Mother woke up and saw that her son, who she had been thinking about day and night, finally returned, she couldn't help wailing, and the mother and son hugged their heads and cried. This touching scene moved the maids of the Imperial Physician Palace on the side.

But what is even more surprising is that King Rui has only been back for a few days, and the Queen Mother, who was originally in a daze, is like taking some panacea, not only is she a lot more conscious, but she can also eat normally, and the imperial doctors are amazed by such a change.

When the emperor heard that the queen mother's condition had improved, he was finally relieved, so he ordered King Rui to be temporarily settled in a side hall in the palace, so that it was convenient for King Rui to visit the queen mother's palace from time to time.

After a few more days, the Queen Mother's body has basically recovered, and she began to stay in bed, always chattering about getting out of bed and walking around. King Rui saw that the Queen Mother's health had indeed improved greatly, and her face had become ruddy, so he accompanied the Queen Mother to walk in the imperial garden from time to time to talk.

In the evening of the end of summer, the hot and humid heat in the Imperial Garden has gradually dissipated, the temperature is pleasant, clear and quiet, there is no disturbing cicada song and no sad loneliness, every qiē is just right.

"It's been five years since you left in a blink of an eye, have you been doing well outside in the past five years?" The Queen Mother asked, the concern in her eyes no different from that of an ordinary loving mother.

"It's okay for the sons and daughters, don't always worry about your son." Liang Yinhuan helped the Queen Mother to walk forward slowly, looking at the scenery in the distance, and couldn't help but sigh, "I haven't been back for five years, and I can't imagine that every scene and thing in this imperial garden has never changed." ”

"Don't say it's five years, it's ten years, twenty years, and the Imperial Garden is still like this." The Queen Mother smiled, pointed to an old pine tree in the distance, and recalled: "This old pine tree was here when the mourning family first entered the palace, and it has been more than thirty years in a blink of an eye. ”

Liang Yinhuan laughed at himself, and his heart turned a thousand times. "It's a pity that things are wrong."

The Queen Mother sighed heavily, "Huan'er, let the past pass!" If you refuse to let go, it will become a thorn in your heart, piercing you day and night. ”

"The past can be let go, but what about those who have passed?" Liang Yinhuan was silent for a long time, looking up at the scarlet sunset, as if he wanted to place the long-buried thoughts and memories in his heart between this heaven and earth, "They were abandoned by history and forgotten by the world, as if... Never been in this world? ”

The dusty past was suddenly brought up, and the melancholy that had been accumulated in her heart for a long time was also evoked together, and the Queen Mother just wanted to say something more, but she saw two young women walking in the distance, who were the concubines and her personal maidservants who had not been seen for many days.

Mu Qing didn't expect to meet the Queen Mother and King Rui in the Imperial Garden, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then a smile blurred at the corner of his mouth, "See the Queen Mother, see Her Royal Highness King Rui." ”

"Get up." The Queen Mother said softly.

"I heard from the imperial doctors that the queen mother's body is fine, and the concubines have not had time to congratulate the queen mother on visiting her!" Mu Qingwan smiled, "The serious illness is just recovering from a serious illness, and the Queen Mother still needs more rest." ”

"Let you worry about the mourning family, and somehow you got this strange disease, and it's useless when you're old." The Queen Mother said cordially, and then turned her head to introduce Liang Yinhuan, "This is Concubine Chen, the lord of Chenzhi Palace, and the daughter of Yin Zheng, the commander of the forbidden army. ”

Liang Yinhuan casually glanced at Mu Qing, and said casually: "Concubine Chen is polite." ”

Mu Qing also bowed slightly as a return gift, but a pair of eyes always looked down at his embroidered shoes, never looking at the handsome prince in front of him.

The Queen Mother seemed to think of something again, and said to Liang Yinhuan: "By the way, Concubine Chen also likes to make some snacks on weekdays, and she also personally made cloud mud cakes for the mourning family." ”

Liang Yinhuan heard the three words 'cloud mud cake', his expression was obviously stiff, and his originally expressionless face suddenly cracked a thin slit, shocked, painful, and sorrowful, all of which converged into a meaningful gaze and threw himself at the woman in front of him.

Mu Qing lowered her head, but she could still feel the two eyes on her head that were looking at her carefully. She quietly hid the different colors in her eyes, and said slowly: "The concubine is clumsy, she has never been good at cooking, even if she looks similar, it is rare to have the essence, but it is just a Dong Shi imitation, which makes the Queen Mother laugh." ”

"Concubine Chen is too humble." The Queen Mother smiled far-fetchedly, Xu is realized that she had said the wrong thing, the Queen Mother looked at the food box in the hand of the palace maid beside Mu Qing, and deliberately changed the topic and said, "Concubine Chen is going to the Qinzheng Palace?" ”

Mu Qing replied truthfully: "Back to the Queen Mother, exactly." The emperor has been busy with government affairs these days, so the concubine specially ordered someone to make some white fungus lotus seed soup for the emperor to go to the summer. ”

"Hmm. Then you hurry up, don't let the emperor wait. ”

"The concubine retired." Mu Qing leaned down slightly and left the imperial garden unhurriedly.

The Queen Mother looked at Mu Qing's departing back, and suddenly felt a little trance, and the thin and slender back in front of her overlapped with the smaller and cute figure in her memory for a moment. The Queen Mother was shocked, and immediately looked at Liang Yinhuan beside her worriedly, but saw that he was casually watching the lotus flowers in the pond, obviously not interested in the scene just now. The Queen Mother shook her head, secretly laughed at herself for thinking too much, and said to King Rui: "Seeing that it's almost time for dinner, let's go back too." ”

Mu Qing walked very fast, and his steps couldn't help but be a little vain. She hadn't seen her for many years, but she didn't expect to meet again in such a situation. Thinking back to Fang Cai's every move and every look, he was a lot thinner than before, but his eyebrows still retained the heroic and unruly spirit of the past. So much had happened, he was still the same him, and she was no longer her.

Seeing that the two of them had already walked away, Zhu Yu dared to whisper and said, "Niangniang, the slave maid looks at King Rui, it seems that there is nothing unusual, he should not be suspicious." ”

"I know, now he doesn't recognize me." Mu Qing smiled bitterly. Just now, except when the Queen Mother mentioned Yunni Cake, Liang Yinhao only glanced at her a few times, and almost didn't look at her at other times, after all, she is now the emperor's favorite concubine, and she is more disdainful than afraid of avoiding suspicion.

Just now, although Mu Qing's face was calm and waveless, and his every move was extremely natural, the string in his heart was extremely tight, and now he suddenly loosened it, only to feel a surge of blood in his chest and abdomen, and he couldn't help coughing heartbreakingly.

Seeing that Mu Qing's face was wrong, Zhu Yu beside him said in a panic: "Niangniang, are you okay?" Why don't we go back to Chenzhi Palace first, and send a doctor to show you? The emperor will not go there today, and the slave and maid will go to the Qinzheng Palace to report. ”

Mu Qing held his chest and gasped a few times before his face gradually eased. She said angrily, "No! Don't alarm anyone, I'll just rest for a while. I have to go to today's Diligent Palace! ”