On the outskirts of Gyeonggi Province, Changqingshan Villa, there were fifty or sixty young men standing outside, all dressed in black brocade, holding sabers and crossbows hanging from their waists. It seems to be chaotic, but in fact, it is a group of five, and the formation has both offense and defense.

There are also many guards around the villa than usual, and it is a landscape manor with a cultivated mind, and it suddenly has a sense of solemnity and solemnity.

In the manor, the queen looked at the old man meditating in front of her, and her heart was full of mixed feelings. The once commanding general of the forbidden army was willing to withdraw from the court for the sake of the family's continuity, but now that he looks back, he is not worth it.

The white-bearded old man Li Guchuan, the Dinghai Shenneedle of the Li family, is the father of the current queen. In the fifth year of Li Guchuan's official worship of the general of the forbidden army, he suddenly proposed to His Majesty the current emperor to resign and return to his hometown, no matter how much persuasion he tried, it was useless. At that time, he said to His Majesty the Emperor that the Li family had an empress and a general of the Gyeonggi Provincial Defense Battalion, and that there could be no more generals of the forbidden army, and that the garrison power of Gyeonggi Province could not all be controlled by the Li family.

At that time, His Majesty the Emperor asked him why he hadn't thought so much when he had been a general of the forbidden army for five years, and he replied that he was afraid that you would bully my daughter!

It was also that year that he announced to the world that he would crown her queen.

She still remembered the scene when she met him, and she didn't know what his identity was, but she thought he was different, and it happened that she could always meet him on the street, and the clever encounters made her fall in love even more. However, she didn't know how many people were behind those chance encounters, just to see her and say a few words to her.

The old man slowly opened his eyes, looked at the queen in front of him and smiled indifferently, slowly got up and walked in front of her, bowed slightly and said, "See the queen mother." ”

This simple sentence made her heart cut like a knife, and it was calculated that she hadn't seen her father for almost a year, which was not what she wanted. But the old man then looked up at the graceful and luxurious queen in front of him and said with a smile: "Daughter, the rules set by the ancestors should still be followed, and outsiders can't say that our Li family doesn't understand etiquette!" ”

The queen looked at the sideburns of the white-bearded old man in front of her and was moved. She slowly took the old man's hand and said, "Father, you are haggard. ”

A simple sentence that you are haggard shows how much unknown sadness there is. The queen knew very well in her heart that if it weren't for her and her brother, her father would not have retired. It was only later that she learned from His Majesty that her father saw that His Majesty the Emperor wanted to crown her as the queen, but it was only because of the opposition of the various gate valve families and the literati of the Imperial Observatory that she was in a dilemma. Therefore, his father only proposed the idea of resigning for retirement.

Li Guchuan looked at his daughter and said with a smile: "Being a father is no longer what it used to be, and now it is a gift from His Majesty to be able to raise flowers and plant land here." ”

Li Guchuan knew that if it weren't for something big in the family, his daughter would never have taken the liberty of leaving the palace, which in a sense, was not in line with the ancestral etiquette. Of course, he can also guess that except for his increasingly arrogant son Li Linhu over the years, the other members of the family have not dared to do anything beyond the rules, at least for a day, those people will not dare.

The queen looked at the old father and smiled slightly, and said, "Father, take me to see the flowers you planted." ”

The father and daughter walked to the garden of the villa one after the other, "Jinxin, everything is like this kind of flowers and birds, always have a normal heart, there is nothing that cannot be handled, the so-called result depends on what kind of mood you look at." Flowers and plants also have spirituality, once you have distracting thoughts and don't care for them, they will also give you a face. ”

Without waiting for the queen to speak, Li Guchuan went straight to the point: "Is your eldest brother causing trouble?" ”

"Yes, father, I have asked Yan'er to remind him before, but he still insists on going his own way. I heard Yan'er say that the eldest brother is also related to a recent murder case, although there is no evidence, but there is nothing His Majesty wants to investigate over the years. The queen said worriedly.

Li Guchuan was expressionless: "What should come will always come, I used to think that letting Linhu be ruthless can suppress those jumping clowns in the family, but now I think about it, I am wrong, I am wrong not to choose Linhu, he is so eager for power that he forgets his duty." I also know that the reason why His Majesty hasn't moved him until now is completely for the sake of me and you, but it's a pity that he can't see through Linhu himself! ”

The two came to the garden, and the queen looked at the scene of flowers and purple and red in front of her, and her heart was much more relaxed. For some reason, there is a garden dozens of times larger than this one in the palace, but every time she looks at it, she is not as comfortable as the small garden in front of her.

Li Guchuan pointed to the two half-human-high green plants in the middle of the garden and smiled: "What do you see this?" ”

The queen said, "This should be the dragon bone flower, right?" ”

The old man nodded, admiring the two keels with his own care, as if the matter of his son Li Linhu had nothing to do with him. The queen mother on the side did not have this leisure, and she was slightly anxious between her eyebrows. But she couldn't bear to block him anymore when she saw her father's comfortable expression, so she could only stand aside and accompany her elderly father to continue to appreciate this garden that was indisputable.

Half an hour passed quickly, but this was the longest time the queen had accompanied the old man in the past few years.

Li Guchuan withdrew his gaze from the garden, turned to look at his daughter and asked with a smile, "Jinxin, do you know where this dragon bone flower came from?" ”

The queen mother turned her head and smiled: "It can't be sent by the eldest brother, right?" ”

"How can he have that thought, it was sent by my other son." When the old man said this, he was still a little meaningful.

And these words made the queen more and more puzzled, her father's children had no other children except for the eldest brother. The queen suddenly looked at her father in surprise, and her half-open mouth still didn't say the person she thought in her heart, and she didn't dare to think about it.

Looking at his daughter's surprised expression, the old man said with a smile: "You are right, it was sent by His Majesty personally, although he is His Majesty today, he is also my Li Guchuan's uncle." ”

Listening to her father's words, the queen looked incredulous, His Majesty has nothing else but rest every day. Sometimes when she went to see him, she could only stand aside quietly, for fear of disturbing His Majesty, let alone going out of the palace to visit her father.

Li Guchuan continued: "Your Majesty has his own difficulties, and not everyone can be qualified for this position. At the end of last year, His Majesty came once, when he personally held these two keel flowers, and planted them in this garden with me, His Majesty said that this keel flower was very suitable for me, and said that when the keel grew up, he would come to accompany me, an old man, to enjoy it. ”

There were ripples in the queen's eyes, he had never heard His Majesty mention this matter, he thought that his old man lived here alone except for his brother Li Linhu, but he didn't expect that his husband, His Majesty the Emperor today, could do this, even if they couldn't live like ordinary people, this life was worth it.

Li Guchuan picked up the water scoop and scooped a scoop of water and slowly poured it on the two keels, bowed his head while watering the flowers, and said: "Your Majesty actually comes to stay with me, an old man, for a long time every year, but he doesn't bring any attendants, every time he is only accompanied by Xia Jingsha, the general of the forbidden army, and it is normal for him not to say that you don't know." After putting the water scoop into the water tank, the old man continued: "Not only Your Majesty, but also Li Xianlai, Lai Si, and Master will come to me to play chess, but these stinky chess baskets will only leave after a meal of wine with me every time. ”

Hearing her father say this, the queen suddenly felt that her daughter was a failure, and she was not yet competent for these ministers, so she couldn't help but be grateful to them.

After a while, an old man in a gray robe walked outside the garden, bowed to the queen and said, "Li San has seen the queen's mother. ”

The queen hurriedly stepped forward to help the old man in front of her, and said with a smile: "Li Bo is exempt, thanks to you for taking care of my father in this manor in the past few years. ”

"The mother has tormented the old slave, this is the duty of the old slave." The old man hurriedly bowed his head and said.

The old man got up and said to Li Guchuan, "Master, it's time to eat." ”

Li Guchuan put down the guy who was pruning the flowers and plants in his hand, and said with a smile: "Jinxin, eat with me, although I am not as good as what you eat in the palace, but I am also the imperial chef given by His Majesty." ”

Queen Li Jinxin looked at the sky and said suspiciously: "Father, you have a little early for dinner." ”

Without waiting for Li Guchuan to answer, Li San on the side said: "If you go back to your mother, your lord's stomach has not been very good in recent years, Your Majesty once asked the imperial doctor to come to see the master, and the imperial doctor told the master to eat less and eat more every day." ”

One unexpected thing after another hit Li Jin's heart, and even his father didn't know that he was sick, but His Majesty the Emperor, who was busy with government affairs all day, found out.

After Emperor Zhu Chengyuan learned about this, he did not tell Li Jinxin, he was afraid that she would be worried when she found out, so he just quietly sent the imperial doctor to check Li Guchuan's body regularly. He knew that his queen was a sentimental person, and if the queen knew about it, he would definitely be worried about not wanting to eat.

At this time, Li Jinxin still inadvertently learned about this from Li Bo, who took care of his father, and blamed himself for his carelessness.

At this time, Xiao Ling, the queen's personal maidservant, walked in quickly and curtsied: "I've seen Lord Li." After getting up, he whispered to the queen: "Niangniang, Commander Lu said that there are not many guards, and I am afraid that it will not be safe when it gets dark for a while." The queen waved her hand and motioned for Xiao Ling to step down.

Li Guchuan looked at his daughter and smiled: "It's okay, go back, don't make it difficult for the guards." ”

The queen smiled and said, "Father, brother, I will let Yan'er continue to persuade him, if that is the case, I will let him find Your Majesty to make it clear." ”

"Your Majesty, don't intercede, you are the queen of the world, and everything must be done with Your Majesty and the people of the world first, and you have to believe that Your Majesty will handle it." Li Guchuan is colorful.

"Knowing my father, no matter what happens to those people in the family, I will unswervingly stand by His Majesty's side." The queen said solemnly.

After saying goodbye to his father, as soon as he walked to the gate of the manor, he walked back to the old man's side quickly, took his father's shoulder and said with a smile: "Father, my daughter will go back after drinking porridge with you." ”