Chapter 362: Ancestor Worship
The Queen Mother turned her head and patted Brother Li's hand, and said earnestly, "Brother Li, do you know why I agreed to marry Mingzhu to you?" Originally, the emperor wanted Mingzhu to marry any of the princes, but I resolutely refused, and the nonsense of Lao Qi gave you a chance. ”
Zhou Li's face was unmoved, unusually calm and self-controlled, "I know, I hope I can stand up to protect Mingzhu and the Shangguan family, and I can be stable in the future!" ”
The Queen Mother smiled with satisfaction, "You are a good boy and understand my heart." It's not for nothing that I picked you out of many clans. I think you get the idea, too. Of course, I have my own selfish intentions, but my sincerity to you is also very strong.
There is no love for no reason in this world, the Shangguan family has its own plans, but you were not so valuable at that time, but my brother still took a fancy to you and carefully trained you to become a talent, just to plan for the future, and to be able to say a fair word when the Shangguan family was in danger, even if you don't help step on it, it will not be in vain for him to treat you.
As you can see, my brother and sister-in-law and I are both old, and some things are too late if we don't prepare early. I've been pressing the queen for many years, but I'm going to take a step ahead when I'm old, I'm afraid that the one who is most likely to retaliate against the Shangguan family is the queen's party, I hope that when you have the ability, you will help the Shangguan family without affecting the Rongwang Mansion, okay? ”
Zhou Li looked at the Queen Mother, and he also felt a lot of emotion in his heart, he didn't think about it for too long before nodding heavily, "Don't worry, even if you don't say that the Shangguan family is also my responsibility, I grew up and was raised here, take off from here to fulfill my dream, step by step to get rid of the fate of being praised and killed, grandpa and I have the love of master and apprentice, I will do my best to protect the Shangguan family, this has nothing to do with Mingzhu!" ”
The Queen Mother's eyes were red, gently stroked his face, and said with a smile: "Your eyes are very similar to your mother, very similar." When I chose her to your father, your father was very pleased, but he was sorry for the child. She sighed faintly.
Zhou Li just smiled calmly, but didn't say anything.
"Queen Mother, let's go around again." Mingzhu saw that the atmosphere was a little embarrassed, and spoke out to ease the atmosphere.
"Good. Let's go around. The Queen Mother smiled and nodded.
Mingzhu accompanied the old lady around the mansion, looked at the familiar scene, looked at the old lady and felt a little sour in her heart, it was rare to be able to go home but she couldn't sit down and talk with her relatives.
It was the Queen Mother's intention to visit the garden, she was just a tentative, and the Queen Mother immediately agreed, which shows that the Queen Mother intended to do so.
It was to prevent the emperor from suspecting what they were discussing, and to let the emperor know that they had no selfish motives and nothing worth sneaking into.
The poor queen mother has not been home for decades, but she can only look at the furnishings at home accompanied by the juniors to pass the feelings of longing in her heart.
"Let's go back, Grandmother, they're still waiting to talk to you." Mingzhu's voice was a little low, and her heart was heavy.
It turns out that it is not easy for relatives to do this, like walking on thin ice, every step has to think twice, where are the privileges? Why does she feel that life is so hard?
"It's okay, this time may be the last time I come home, and I haven't given my father and mother incense to sweep the grave for so many years, and my daughter was raised for nothing." The Queen Mother smiled mockingly.
"Why, grandmother may be ready for this time, we just have to go over." Mingzhu sniffed and raised her head to push back the tears.
The Queen Mother patted her, with a light smile on her face, her eyes were calm and leisurely, "Don't cry, there are gains and losses in life, don't force yourself to live better!" This is the truth I have learned all my life! She chuckled.
Mingzhu nodded heavily, and a tear fell on the red placket, slowly fainting.
The Queen Mother and Mingzhu came to the ancestral hall of Shangguan's house, and sure enough, the old man and the old lady had already opened the ancestral hall and lit incense and were waiting for her.
The emperor also stood aside and looked at the upper and lower rows of spiritual seats in the ancestral hall, sighed deeply, lowered his head, and had some sadness and complicated feelings in his eyes.
The whole family is here, and today may be the last time the Queen Mother will go back to her parents' house in her lifetime, so everyone has used the limited time to do as much as possible, and do a little bit of what the Queen Mother wants to do most in her heart.
Brother Li let go of the Queen Mother, stood next to King Rong one step behind, and waited silently.
"It turns out that there are so many rankings here, are they all sacrificed for the royal family?" Zhou Li seemed to be a little shocked and shocked, and of course he also meant to deliberately click it.
"Yes, in a battle that year, the Shangguan family was almost wiped out and won! Won very miserably, there were only a few young men left in the Shangguan family who could not go to the battlefield, the old man was one of them, the first emperor was very angry, almost disposed of the Shangguan family, but then he still tolerated the Shangguan family, gave them a little chance, the old man did not reach the weak crown and the old lady who had already been married in advance, after learning that the old lady was pregnant, he resolutely went to the battlefield to win back the glory for his father, and it was also like the first emperor to show that the Shangguan family will always be loyal, even if the last one is sacrificed...... Erlang also ...... At all costs! ”
Speaking of this, even King Rong, a great man who is accustomed to life and death, is also excited in his heart, and his voice is a little choked!
They were just young adults a few years older than the old man back then, and they were in the prime of their lives, so they all died on the battlefield!
Say that the best destination for a soldier is a horse leather shroud, but does it really not hurt at all for relatives?
"Hey! The royal family is sorry for the Shangguan family! The emperor sighed deeply and highlighted such a sentence for a long time.
The glory of the Shangguan family was not obtained by the nepotism of the Queen Mother, but by the men of the Shangguan family who exchanged their lives for it, which the emperor knew very well in his heart.
"Kneel!" The old housekeeper deliberately appeared in full clothes and sang the newspaper for the children of the family.
The old man, the old lady and the queen mother knelt in the front, below were the three Shangguan Hao brothers, and behind them were Brother Yu and Brother Qi, and there was only one Mingzhu in the row with them, and even Mingya had to be in the back.
Jiaxuan silently followed everyone kneeling in their own positions, and for the first time in their lives, they met the ancestral hall.
I've been to the ancestral hall so big, this is the first time, but when I see the spiritual position inside, I only feel a sound of brains, and my eyes are full of the impact brought by the black ranking, and this kind of sad and depressed feelings have always lingered in my heart.
The Queen Mother knelt reverently, kowtowed to her parents, tears flowed violently, "Father and mother, Wan'er is back to see you!" She fell to her knees and wept bitterly, as if she was about to weep all the sorrow she had hidden all her life.
"Wan'er is back, back...... Look at you, I haven't forgotten you, no...... Woooooo The Queen Mother wept bitterly in grief.
She stepped on the life and blood of the clansmen all the way to the throne of the queen mother, the world envied her as the queen mother, who would know that she couldn't help but tremble every time she knew the news of the sacrifice of the clansmen, she didn't even have the qualifications to cry, and it was taboo to hear crying in the palace inexplicably, unlucky!
When her mother died, she didn't even have the qualifications to cry for her mother! Not to mention the last time she saw her mother, she couldn't see her parents for the last time, a lifetime of regret! (To be continued.) )