In the end, of course, I didn't do music and dance, but it was the most peculiar meal in my life.

Seeing that the banquet was coming to an end, the empress said, "Sir doesn't have a place to stay yet, right, I'll order someone to clean up the room?" ”

I hurriedly said: "Don't bother, I'll still live in the General's Mansion." ”

"This ......," said the empress for a moment, "although my sister and I are no different, I still hope that my husband will stay in the palace so that he can listen to the lessons at any time." ”

Naturally, I refused to part with my mother, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you don't have to be polite, I'm used to staying outside." ”

The empress said: "Also, there are too many dull people in this deep palace, and I am afraid that it also restrains Mr. ”

The old mother bowed down and said, "Your Majesty rest assured." ”

The empress asked me to prepare again, and sent me to the gate of the Qinzheng Hall with Prince Yun, and said warmly: "Qingyang is inconvenient, so I can only send it here, Mr. Wanwang should not miss the appointment, the future of the daughter country depends on Mr." ”

I waved my hand and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will go early and return early, and then come back to eat your Hundred Flowers Banquet." ”

Prince Yun came to me in the air, looked at me with a smile, and whispered, "Are you really not going to follow me?" ”

I smiled and said, "Change it, change it ......."

Prince Yun seemed to hear my voice, and chuckled, "You're really not a good bird, but I like it." ”

…… Out of the palace, my mother's Feifeng Army Guards led the horse, I finally breathed a sigh of relief, and my mother smiled: "What's wrong?" ”

I said, "In this kind of place, there is always a lot of fear, I'm afraid that I will be played to death by you women, if it weren't for my mother, I would even have to guard against you!" ”

"!" The old mother scolded with a smile, and then said with a straight face: "The Emperor of the Deep Palace, this kind of thing is ordinary, but the emperor doesn't have to be too guarded, in her position, the means to control it are indispensable, but there is nothing to be done with those close to her." ”

I said, "Don't you think it's strange that she's so polite to me?" ”

Mom said directly: "It's not strange, you think so because you don't understand what the concept of the sword god is in the mainland, the sword god is transcendent, the so-called princes and generals in the world are really just ordinary people in the eyes of this kind of person, the empress and you are thinking that you can really help her in the future, it is not unusual at all, she wants to play tricks with you, that is to do stupid things." ”

I suddenly said: "This is like what Li Shimin meant to Guanyin Bodhisattva in "Journey to the West". ”

Mom smiled, "Almost." She suddenly said with a worried face, "It's just that this time you came to her to make such a big noise, but it's not a good thing for you." ”

"What's wrong?"

"The attack of the Hegis Empire is imminent, and the people of the daughter country are now unstable, and the emperor is making a big show of announcing that the reincarnated sword god has arrived in the daughter country, in order to stabilize the people's hearts and boost their morale, this matter will soon reach the ears of the Hegis Emperor, if he knows your current situation again, do you think he will miss the opportunity and not take any action?"

I sighed and said, "Hey, be careful, be careful, and be careful, you're still being taken advantage of." ”

My mother said indifferently: "You ate other people's hundred flowers banquet and became someone's guest, don't you let people take advantage of this little advantage?" ”

I grinned and said, "What you say is chilling, but I am your own son." ”

Mom said: "Fortunately, you will leave in two days, no matter how fast Haggis moves, it will be a month before the news passes, so I'm not very worried about this." ”

I said, "What's the situation with that Prince Yun, she seems to be very favored, shouldn't the emperor be very taboo about his brothers and sisters?" ”

My mother said: "It's no accident that Prince Yun is favored, this is an extremely smart person." ”

"Oh, what's a clever law?"

The old mother said: "The old emperor has a total of two daughters, the eldest is the current empress Hou Qingyang, the youngest daughter is Hou Qingquan, the prince of Yun, the latter is a full 10 years younger than the former, Hou Qingyang is gentle and elegant, and he has a city government, Hou Qingquan is smart and flamboyant, and he is decisive and fair, the old emperor has never established an heir, everyone can see that she actually loves the younger daughter more, naturally there is a group of ministers and nobles around Hou Qingquan, the scene was very unfavorable to Hou Qingyang, but Hou Qingquan does not seem to have any intention of the emperor, and he is about to leave those ministers who please himIn the end, she was idle and unenterprising, and everyone thought that she was advancing and retreating, but Hou Qingquan later said a sentence that finally completely dispelled the minds of these people, and the old emperor passed the throne to Hou Qingyang. ”

I hurriedly asked, "What did she say?" ”

"When she was 17 years old, she said in front of everyone: 'I just want to be the king of peace for 30 years and enjoy the glory and wealth of the world.'" ”

I patted my leg and said, "Oh, she's going to be a dead end!" ”

Mom said: "Just back then, the old emperor died, Hou Qingyang ascended the throne, so far 10 years, Hou Qingquan assisted her to do her best, the daughter country can have today's prosperity, thanks to Hou Qingquan back then, otherwise it is not impossible to say that it will cause trouble at the beginning, and it is not impossible to fall apart at the big, and the daughter country must not have the prosperity it has now." ”

I sighed: "Hou Qingquan, this girl looks stupid, but she is actually really smart!" ”

The old mother nodded and said: "Because of this, Hou Qingyang was very respectful of this sister after he succeeded to the throne, and even made an exception to not want her to change her name to avoid it." Qing', Hou Qingquan still took the initiative to change his name to Hou Yunquan, and when he was in office, he also chose those Qingshui Yamen, the previous Magic Division was just a small yamen, and it was really unreasonable to ask a prince to be the principal, but Prince Yun's real power was not small, and the empress had to discuss with her about anything, Prince Yun was actually the uncrowned country of the daughter country, which could be regarded as one person under ten thousand people, and the empress also said a sentence in response to her 30-year Taiping Wang, and also said: '30 years is too little, I promise you to live for the rest of your life'. ”

I said leisurely: "These two sisters are not simple, this Prince Yun seems to be a little more energetic. ”

My mother said with a smile: "The three words of King Taiping have really done the ultimate for her, if there is something to go to the court, there is nothing to find pleasure, Prince Yun's surname is widely known, she is like this, being the prince is of course the best, when the emperor is afraid that he will inevitably bear the infamy of the faint king, she did it back then, it may not be a kind of self-knowledge." ”

I said, "If you're lustful, you can't be a good emperor, right?" ”

My mother said: "Not only this, I always feel that if you talk about being an emperor, it is difficult to find a more suitable empress than today." ”

"How so?"

My mother said: "As far as the mind is concerned, there are few people who can hand over the 200,000 elite Feifeng Army to a minister with complete confidence." ”

I laughed and said, "No wonder you say good things for her, you have a vested interest-" I said mysteriously, "Mom, tell me the truth, if you rebel, what are the chances of victory?" ”

My mother glanced back behind her, glared and said, "You want to die, do you want others to hear this, and our mother and daughter are not allowed to divide the corpses of five horses?" ”

"Hehe, there is no one else here, and besides, isn't the Feifeng Army your descendant? The so-called lineage must follow you even if you want to rebel. ”

My mother shook her head and smiled: "I only know that the empress's patrol soldiers and horses and the Gyeonggi garrison camp add up to less than 50,000 people, and the large camp of the Feifeng Army is outside the imperial city. ”

I smiled and said: "I'm not instigating you to rebel, even if you succeed, I won't be able to reap the benefits, in the daughter country, my grandmother is a princess, and you can only use it when you are close to people." ”

My mother also smiled: "So the empress is unmatched, she seems to be able to see through people's hearts, knowing that I definitely have no heart, no matter how capable Prince Yun is, she will never be able to compare with her sister in this regard, but then again, she is still worthy of admiration for a person who is born without ambition, you haven't seen many faint and incompetent princes in other countries who want to seize the unification, and in the end, there is no place for the death of failure, and the only one who wins is the disaster of the country and the people, Prince Yun is really rare to know the overall situation of the royal family." ”

After chatting all the way back to the General's Mansion, it was already getting dark, and my mother asked me, "Are you going to sleep or are you going to walk around?" ”

I reluctantly said, "You can talk to me again." "My mother and I have only known each other for a day and a night, and I will go back in two days, and I really can't bear this time.

My mother was the same, sitting in the chair opposite me, asking questions about the shortcomings of some parents, including which kindergarten I went to, what the primary school homeroom teacher taught, how to go home at noon every day, etc., but there was an indissoluble tenderness in her eyes.

Saying that, I was hungry again, and I had a dazzling flower banquet at the empress's, that is, my eyes were happy, and I basically didn't have anything in my stomach, so I said, "Mom, let's get some food, I haven't eaten enough in the palace." ”

Mom said, "I'll go and make you a bowl of noodles." ”

"There are so many servants in your house, why do you have to cook by yourself?"

Mom smiled faintly and said, "For so many years, Mom has never cooked for you, so today I will let you taste my craftsmanship." ”

After a while, my mother came in with a tray with two bowls of noodles on it, and I hurriedly took it and said, "I have one bowl of noodles." ”

Mom smiled: "Actually, I haven't eaten enough." ”

I laughed and said, "I don't know what the empress thinks when she knows this, is this a crime of deception?" ”

I also had two eggs in my bowl, and a few slices of green onions floating on the noodle soup, I had a big appetite, and my mother ate a bowl of big bites, and for a while the room was full of noodles, and the sound of two people sucking noodles, the scene was very warm.

At this moment, I suddenly heard someone outside shouting continuously: "Where is the general, where is the general!" Immediately after that, there was the sound of hurried horses' hooves and the sound of guards leading the way in front of the armor, and the old mother frowned slightly and said: "It's six hundred miles to expedite, otherwise ordinary people don't dare to ride into the general's mansion, there must be some emergency military situation." She pushed open the bowl and came to the door, outside the door, behind a group of armor soldiers, a scrawny soldier who could barely see the human form rolled off the horse, she had a burden tied to her chest, one hand grasped the reins of the horse, and the other hand was still clutching the corner of the burden, she fell under the horse, pulled out a scroll of paper from the bag and handed it forward, crying and crying: "General...... Urgent! ”

Someone took the paper roll and handed it to the old mother, who looked at the man and told the guards, "You help her down to rest first." Saying that, he couldn't wait to walk back into the house, while unfolding the paper roll, his face changed greatly as soon as he glanced at it, and looked down a few more lines, and the old mother raised her hair for a while, as if she couldn't figure out anything again, and then slapped it on the table in anger, and roared: "Bastard! ”

I was startled and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Mom waved her hand at me weakly, the corners of her eyes and eyebrows trembled slightly, and the piece of paper also fell on the table...... My mother was standing at the table, and suddenly she leaned forward and almost fell, so I hurriedly helped her to sit down, and said carefully: "Mom, are you okay?" ”

My mother weakly said to me, "You keep eating, I'm fine." I saw that her eyes were clear, the muscles on her face were numb, obviously she was overly sad, how could I still have the heart to eat noodles, I helped her to sit there, my hands pressed lightly on her temples, my mother lost her mind for a moment, wiped her eyes, walked to the door, and calmly said to the guards: "Pass my order, all the generals and above will come to the general's palace to converge quickly, I have something to say." The guard answered and walked away quickly, and the old mother turned back and sat in the chair silently, and I couldn't help but say, "What the hell is wrong?" ”

"50,000 Flying Phoenix Army, it's gone......" Mom seemed to answer my question and muttered to herself.

I was surprised, "What's going on?" ”

My mother stared at a corner of the room and said dreamily, "We have been betrayed......"

Seeing her soulless, I couldn't bear to ask again, and now she needs to be quiet, so I sat next to my mother and accompanied her.

After a while, the guards came to report: "The generals are already waiting outside the door, where will the general meet them?" ”

Mom said, "Here, let them in." ”

Soon, the footsteps outside the door were mixed, more than 20 female generals with bright armor lined up in two teams and walked high-spirited, most of these female generals were not very old, and a few of them were older than forty years away, all of them were quite weathered, carrying a knife and pressing the sword calmly inside, the heroic posture of the female soldier came to the face, which made people feel refreshed, and the mother seemed to be infected, her expression gradually calmed down, and she couldn't see any sadness, these female generals obviously didn't know what was going on, and they were still talking and laughing outside the door, But when they entered the door, they all stood on both sides, and the room was suddenly quiet. They looked at their mother quietly, their eyes were full of heat and admiration, and they knew that the general would not be okay to gather them, and they were ready to wait for the military order.

My mother crumpled the military report in the palm of her hand and threw it on the table, got up slowly, and said in a low voice: "Just now, I received an urgent letter of six hundred miles, and the 50,000 Feifeng troops we sent to the Eighteen-Nation Alliance were wiped out......

Hey, doesn't such a dividing line look very high-end? Actually, I made a mistake......

(To be continued)