"Is Your Highness inside?" came the voice of Xie Xuan's maid outside.

Liu Xu frowned impatiently.

Qing Yue said: "My subordinates sent them away. ”

"Let her in. Liu Xu said lightly.

"Yes. ”

Qing Yue went out, Xie Xuan immediately greeted him, and said with a smile: "Qing Yue's guards have worked hard, is His Highness in the study?"

"Your Highness invites the crown princess in. ”

Xie Xuan's face showed a look of joy, and as a result, the mahogany tray in the maid's hand entered with a bowl of chilled lotus seed soup.

"Your Highness, it's hot today, this is the chilled lotus seed soup cooked by the concubine herself, please taste it. Xie Xuan smiled slightly, "The concubine got up early this morning and did it, thinking of the concubine's painstaking sake, Your Highness should give face." ”

Liu Xu nodded, took two sips, and nodded in praise.

Xie Xuan's heart was sweet, and he smiled: "If you like to eat, the concubine will make it for you every day." ”

She is a very proud eldest lady, and she herself never thought that after falling in love with Liu Xu, she would be humbled to this point, and a small compliment would also make her heart bloom.

"No need. Liu Xu said lightly, "This kind of trivial matter, just leave it to your subordinates." ”

"The concubine just wants to do something for the prince. Xie Xuan smiled bitterly, "If Your Highness doesn't like it, it's fine." ”

"This palace asked you to come here because I have something to tell you. Liu Xu picked up Jinpa and wiped his mouth, "Regarding the matter of Shizi, his leg injury has not healed, and he still has to study and write every day, so there is no need to go to you to say goodbye." Here in this palace, there was no such rule before, the son of the world is important to study, and the others can be exempted. ”

"Since His Royal Highness has spoken, the concubine should not be too talkative, but now it is different from the past, His Royal Highness is now the prince, and the eyes of the government and the opposition are staring at the East Palace, and the prince is even more coveted. Xie Xuan said, "The prince came to ask the concubine to say goodbye, and the concubine also felt troublesome, but this matter is for the good of the prince." ”

"Since this palace told you, I have considered it. Liu Xu said, "You don't have to say much, just do what Bengong says." ”

"The concubine obeyed. ”

Xie Xuan agreed, but she couldn't help rolling her eyes in her heart, Liu Changqing's little slippery head, every day she changed her way to think of reasons not to come to her to ask for peace, and now it seems that she is embarrassing the other party!

At this time, Qing Yue suddenly entered, and said with a not very good face: "Your Highness, the crown princess, hurry up and enter the palace, the situation of the queen mother is not good." ”

"What!" Liu Xu frowned, and then hurried to the palace.

When Liu Xu arrived with Liu Changqing and Xie Xuan, several princes and royal relatives had already arrived, kneeling beside the bed and crying in tears.

Emperor Xuan sat on the edge of the bed, holding the hand of the Queen Mother and whispering something.

"Imperial Grandmother. Liu Xu knelt beside the bed and called softly.

Hearing her grandson's voice, the Queen Mother's eyes had a little more brilliance, she looked at Liu Xu and said, "The prince is here!"

"Imperial grandmother, grandson is here!"

"Prince, it's the imperial grandmother who is sorry for you!" the queen mother cried, "At the beginning, the imperial grandmother knew that you were wronged, but the imperial grandmother watched things happen, but she didn't do anything. Over the years, every time the imperial grandmother thinks about this, she still feels uncomfortable in her heart, uncomfortable!"

"Queen Mother!" Emperor Xuan called.

Liu Xu also held the hand of the Queen Mother and said softly: "Imperial grandmother, grandson is Liu Xu." ”

"You are Xu'er, it's the imperial grandmother who is confused, and the current crown prince is Xu'er!" The queen mother smiled, and suddenly cried again, "Xu'er, the imperial grandmother is sorry for you, your mother...... The mourning family didn't protect your mother and concubine, so that you were young and without your mother, and finally a queen treated you as her own, but it was also ......"

"Imperial grandmother!" Liu Xu put his face on the cold hand of the queen mother, "The grandson has never blamed the imperial grandmother, the grandson remembers that after the grandson lost his mother, he cried all the time, and it was the imperial grandmother who held the grandson in her arms and coaxed him to sleep, the imperial grandmother was so kind to the grandson, how could the grandson be willing to blame the imperial grandmother!"

"It's good if you don't have it, it's good if you don't have it!" The Queen Mother's cloudy eyes burst into tears, "Boss, fifth, seventh, the imperial grandmother can't stand you, I didn't protect you!

When the old man was leaving, she was still thinking about her grandchildren, who had died young.

"Your Majesty, Prince!" The Queen Mother grabbed her son with one hand and her grandson with the other, "You have to be good, the rivers and mountains of Northern Xia will be entrusted to you! Changqing, Changqing, where are you?"

Liu Changqing hurriedly knelt down and crawled to the Queen Mother's bed, crying: "Queen Mother, Changqing is here." ”

The Queen Mother's eyes couldn't see things clearly, and her two hands touched the air a few times: "Changqing!"

Liu Changqing hurriedly held the Queen Mother's hand and asked him to touch his face: "The Queen Mother, Changqing is here!"

"Changqing, you are so good, grow up and become a talent, and share your worries for your father and grandfather!" The Queen Mother let out a long sigh, "There are no regrets for the mourning family......"

She calmly closed her eyes and slowly stiffened her arms.

"Queen Mother, Queen Mother!" Liu Changqing threw himself on the Queen Mother and cried, "Queen Mother, wake up, wake up, talk to me, Queen Mother!"

The royal prince below cried.

The eunuch outside shouted: "The Queen Mother is gone!"

The guards and maids in the palace knelt down and wept on the ground, and the palace was in a sad and desolate atmosphere.

"Father. Liu Xu knelt in the center of the study, and Emperor Xuan was holding his head with one hand at the moment, silent in thought.

Hearing the voice, Emperor Xuan came back to his senses: "Where did you just go?"

"Speaking of the specifications of the funeral. Liu Xu said, "The imperial grandmother was simple during her lifetime, and she has always opposed luxury.

"You can do this with the Ministry of Rites, you grew up next to the Queen Mother, and you must also know the Queen Mother's preferences. Emperor Xuan said.

"Yes, the minister will do it. ”

"Prince. Emperor Xuan dragged his head with one hand and raised his eyes to look at Liu Xu, "Isn't I a very disappointing son and father?"

"Why did my father say this?" asked Liu Xu puzzled.

"I remembered the Queen Mother's words before she died, I thought about it carefully, I really can't live with many people, I can't live with my three sons, I can't live with the first queen and your mother, I can't live up to Concubine Yun and Concubine Li, I have failed many people! ”

"What has happened, my father doesn't think about it anymore, no matter what, my father is always thinking about the people of the world. Liu Xu said.

"That's it. Emperor Xuan sighed, "You step back and go to handle the funeral of the Queen Mother!"

"The retainers obeyed. ”

The June sun is shining, and the cicadas are crying merrier than they are.

Liu Changqing wiped away a handful of tears and shouted: "Someone will drive all these Zen away! The Queen Mother is gone, and they dare to sing here!"

The eunuchs did not dare to delay, and hurriedly picked up tools to drive away all the Zen who was resting on the trees and chirping.

"Shizi!"

Hearing Xie Xuan's voice, Liu Changqing hurriedly wiped the tears off his face, turned around, and said coldly, "What's wrong?"

"Is the son crying?"

"Are you so hard-hearted? You have been serving in front of the Queen Mother for a long time, and you can marry your father and the Queen Mother, don't you have any sad emotions now?" Liu Changqing gritted his teeth and said, "The Queen Mother just misjudged you!"

"Shizi, not all sadness is expressed through tears. Xie Xuan sighed softly, "At this time, Concubine Jiang is not here, can't help but feel a little regretful?"

"The crown princess is confused, right? Concubine Jiang is dead, and the imperial grandfather has made a will!" Liu Changqing said coldly.

"Shizi, you and I both know what that will is going on!" Xie Xuan said, "Didn't you always hope that she could come back......?

"Would you be so kind?"

Xie Xuan sighed slightly: "I just hope that His Royal Highness can be happy, I can see that after marrying me, His Royal Highness is not happy, maybe it is really only after Concubine Jiang comes back, His Royal Highness can show a smile on his face, so I hope to take this opportunity that Concubine Jiang can come back, and if it is the prince of the world you write to her to come back, she will definitely be soft-hearted, Your Highness think about it!"

After Xie Xuan finished speaking, he turned around and left.

Liu Changqing's eyes narrowed slightly, and he fell into deep thought.

The Queen Mother is a simple person, and the funeral is still not luxurious.

The old lady has gone through three dynasties and seen countless winds and waves, but that heart has not become hardened because she is used to seeing the wind and waves, she has never coveted power, and perhaps she has had the opportunity to get it at her fingertips. Until the end of her life, she was most concerned about her children and grandchildren, and she was worried about her blood.

Compared with imperial power, people don't know that family affection is the most important thing until they die.

And when the news of the death of the Queen Mother reached Mo Ziyu's ears, it was already five days later, and the news was passed on to her by Hao Ding.

After hearing the news of the death of the Queen Mother, Mo Ziyu was stunned at first, but he was not very surprised, as early as when he was in the Northern Xia Palace, when Mo Ziyu took care of the Queen Mother, he could probably see that he was happy, the old lady had already run out of oil at that time, and it had been a long time.

In fact, the Queen Mother is still a very kind old lady. There are many unavoidable things in her life, and no matter what, she also wants to protect her children and grandchildren in her wings.

In the end, fate is a game, but she can't send her on the last ride.