As soon as I entered the Empress's Jiaofang Hall, I smelled a heavy smell of medicine, and the hall was very quiet, and there was no imperial doctor who surrounded the hall on Chinese New Year's Eve.

Mu Huanyan followed Du Guanyue into the inner hall, Ling Ran was guarding Queen Du's bedside, and when he saw Mu Huanyan, he raised his head, his eyes were full of red bloodshots, and Mu Huanyan's heart swelled with a wave of irritability.

"Is the county lord here?" Queen Du moved and wanted to get up.

Ling Ran hurriedly said, "Queen Mother, don't move. ”

Mu Huanyan approached and saluted her, "I've seen the queen." ”

"Get up."

After Mu Huanyan stood up, Queen Du said to Ling Ran: "Help the palace to sit up, the palace wants to talk to the county lord." ”

Ling Ran put a pillow behind Queen Du's back and helped her lean against the head of the bed, at this moment, Queen Du had a lot of gray hair on her temples, her face was yellow, her eyes were slightly drooping, and there was no trace of life in her eyes.

Suddenly, Queen Du coughed a few times, and the white silk handkerchief covering her mouth was taken down, stained with blood, which was extremely dazzling, and after the eldest princess saw it, she threw herself in front of Queen Du and cried.

"Queen Mother, son-in-law went to ask for a doctor."

"No need, the palace is fine, you and the prince will go out first, and the palace has something to say to the county lord alone."

The eldest princess wiped her tears, slowly stood up, and said to Mu Huanyan, "Take care of her." ”

Huan Yan nodded, and Ling Ran left the inner hall with the eldest princess.

At this moment, Queen Du has lost her previous momentum, she pulled out a smile vigorously, and said, "Huan Yan, come, sit next to the palace." She didn't politely call her the county lord again.

"The courtiers don't dare." Because of identity. Where can Mu Huanyan sit next to Queen Du.

"This palace asks you to come and sit down, and you will come."

Mu Huanyan walked to the head of the bed and sat on the small stool next to him.

"Queen Mother, I'm sorry, the courtiers didn't expect the Du family's affairs to hit you so hard, if the courtiers knew, they would definitely not give you this idea."

"It's urgent, in order to protect the prince, this palace knows that you have no way to do it, it's already very good, at least the prince is safe. Hongu was satisfied. ”

Mu Huanyan didn't understand. Why did Queen Du suddenly change her personality, she didn't like herself at all before, no, it should be said that she hated it.

Is it really the death of man? Don't you care about the past anymore?

"The Queen's Mother. You don't blame the courtiers. The courtiers were grateful. ”

"What really makes Bengong sick is not entirely the Du family's business, and now, Bengong seems to see a lot more clearly. You're a good boy. It has been 20 years since the palace married the emperor, and the people in the palace are mixed, fighting openly and secretly, and many things in the palace are hidden in their hearts, and they can't tell anyone, and now the palace has run out of oil and the lamp has dried up, and it is very uncomfortable in my heart, and I want to talk about what I think in my heart, are you willing to listen? ”

Queen Du looked at Mu Huanyan weakly, at this moment, she was like a poor woman, and Mu Huanyan's heart was filled with distress.

"It is the honor of the queen to look down on the courtiers."

"Back then, after the sudden death of the son of the first prince, the Empress Dowager Du, who was also the aunt of the palace, because she had no son, she could only find a prince to support her to ensure her future position as the queen mother. The reason why the emperor's biological mother Concubine Li was named a concubine is just because of her outstanding appearance, gentle and considerate, but her temperament is very cowardly, and there is no strong maiden family, Empress Dowager Du decided to support the current emperor to be the prince, the premise is that you must marry the palace as a concubine, and because of this, after the emperor who was just a prince was crowned the prince, he married the palace as promised, and the palace was the princess of the princess. It sounds like it's a very happy ending, everyone thinks that this palace is happy, and it is the most enviable position for women in the world. ”

Speaking of this, Queen Du smiled bitterly.

Mu Huanyan said: "Not every woman has a phoenix life, this is the blessing of the mother." "In her previous life, Mu Huanyan paid so much for Ling Mo, but she didn't get the position of queen. And because Queen Du was supported by Emperor Du, she became the queen so smoothly, this is the fate of her own people.

"Bengu also thought that Bengong was a lucky woman, but in fact, Bengong was very wrong. The palace loves the emperor deeply, but wants to watch him seal one concubine after another, and the emperor, but has never liked the palace, although he respects the palace as a guest, but only on the face, he still minds that the palace is arranged for him by the Empress Dowager Du, for a long time, in addition to the palace rules on the fifteenth day of the first month and large festivals to stay here in the palace, other times, he has never been to the palace of the Jiaofang Palace. Which woman in the world doesn't want to be in love with her husband, singing together, holding the hand of her son, and growing old with her son. Once this palace also had such a dream, thinking that the emperor and this palace would have such a day, however, this palace was wrong, the emperor could not fall in love with this palace. When the palace has a prince, he pins all his hopes on the prince, without the love of the husband, only the son is the best to rely on. ”

Queen Du was a little out of breath as she spoke, and Mu Huanyan hurriedly poured a cup of tea for her to drink.

Mu Huanyan didn't understand why Queen Du wanted to tell her about these things.

Queen Du drank a few sips of tea and continued: "The prince has grown up, watching him diligent and studious, everyone praises him, this palace doesn't know how happy he is, so he wants to follow the example of Queen Mother Du and let him marry Du Guanyue as the crown princess. The prince told Bengong that the person he wanted to marry was you, and he should have followed what Bengong arranged for him, and went all the way, so Bengong has always disliked you. Du Guanyue died mysteriously, and the palace will ask you to investigate the case before the emperor, just to find you trouble, but I didn't think that this matter would implicate the prince, and then destroy the entire Du family. ”

"Queen Mother, I'm sorry, it's the courtiers who were too arrogant at that time and didn't think about the consequences."

"No, this matter has nothing to do with you, your investigation of the case is just a fuse, even if it is not for you to investigate the case, let Dali Temple investigate, this matter will also implicate the prince's head."

When Queen Du said this, her brows furrowed even deeper, and Mu Huanyan seemed to hear something she wanted to hear from her words.

"Queen Mother, this ...... What does this mean? ”

"The person who really wants to pull the prince off the horse is none other than the emperor!" Queen Du said this word by word, and Mu Huanyan was also shocked.

What Ling Mo once told her, she also guessed that it was the emperor, but she didn't dare to believe it, and then Ling Mo's letter allowed her to basically conclude that the real mastermind behind the scenes was the emperor.

Now that it came out of Queen Du's mouth, she was still very shocked, how did Queen Du know about it.

"How can it be the emperor? Mother, you're thinking too much. Of course, Mu Huanyan couldn't say in front of Queen Du that she knew that the emperor did it, so she pretended to be confused.

"Who can it be besides the emperor? Huan Yan, when the Empress Dowager Du died mysteriously, the palace had already suspected the emperor, but he was young at the time, and he was devoted to the emperor, and he did not seriously investigate the matter. Besides, even if it is the emperor, the palace is already the queen, and it makes no sense for the palace to check it out. The Du family is a relative, the power is monstrous, it is normal for the emperor to not tolerate the Du family, the palace monster only blames himself for not seeing through, if he let Prime Minister Du resign earlier, maybe the emperor can still give him a title and keep the Du family peaceful forever. And the prince didn't encounter this, the emperor was obviously worried that Du Guanyue would marry the prince, and the power of his relatives would be more difficult to stop in the future, but he readily agreed to this family affair, and then sent someone to kill Du Guanyue and blame the prince, killing two birds with one stone. ”

"The emperor doesn't want his relatives to expand his power, which is understandable, but why is it necessary for the emperor to blame the crown prince?"

Queen Du smiled and said, "Fortunately, you came up with that plan for the palace and let Prime Minister Du Cheng come out and confess his guilt, otherwise, not only will the prince lose the position of prince, but the Du family will not be able to escape such an ending." Now that there is no Du family, the prince will be safer. ”

"Queen Mother, the courtiers really don't understand, why does the emperor want to pull the prince off the horse, does he have a more suitable candidate for the prince in his heart?"

But the other princes don't seem to have the ability to inherit the throne, why did the emperor do this? Mu Huanyan was puzzled.

Only then did Empress Du whisper: "For the sake of Concubine Zhen." ”

"Concubine Zhen? The mother of the fourth prince Ling Yi? ”

"That's right, it's her!"

Concubine Zhen, in Mu Huanyan's memory, she was not a very favored concubine, Mu Huanyan looked at Queen Du even more suspiciously.

Empress Du continued: "The emperor is really able to hide from the world and deceive all the people in the world, and even the palace has been deceived by him. The person he really loves is Concubine Zhen, and he did this to pave the way for Concubine Zhen's son, the Fourth Prince, this palace is really stupid, and it was only at this time that he saw this clearly. ”

Queen Du's tears flowed down, her heart must be very bitter at this moment, Mu Huanyan can feel that feeling, in her previous life, didn't she also experience this? The man she loved dearly deceived her in the end.

The fourth prince Ling Yi, Mu Huanyan suddenly remembered that when Ling Mo was forcing the palace, when he saw Ling Yi, he didn't think about it, and shot him to death with an arrow, could it be that in his previous life, Ling Mo also knew that the person the emperor liked the most was the fourth prince? He didn't even tell Mu Huanyan from the end. It seems that there are a lot of things that Ling Mo hid from her in her previous life, and she still believes him stupidly.

What is the difference between the bitterness in the queen's heart and her previous life? She always thought that her son would sit firmly on the throne of the crown prince, maybe some princes would participate in the succession, but one day they would still ascend the throne, but what really prevented the prince from ascending the throne was the emperor! (To be continued......)