Summer Palace.

A quiet and deep palace appeared in Liuchuan Feng's eyes, this familiar palace was the home of his childhood.

"Grandma the Queen Mother, my grandson is back."

Still far away from the gate, Rukawa Kaede shouted loudly, and his tone was excited.

"Is Ah Feng back?"

A trembling old voice came from the inner sanctum.

"Queen Mother, it's Feng Gongzi who is back, your eyes are not good, don't go out, he will come in immediately." A maid took good care of the gray-haired old man.

"Okay, okay, it's good to be back." The old man muttered.

Soon, Rukawa Kaede came to the main hall, went straight to the queen mother, and said, "Grandma, I'm back, your eyes?" ”

"It's good to be back, I haven't seen you for more than three years, and my eyes are no longer good, and I can't see anything beyond a foot in front of me."

The Queen Mother's eyes narrowed into a slit, and a pair of wrinkled hands stretched out.

"I'm back, I'm here."

Rukawa Kaede moved his face forward to make it easier for the Queen Mother to touch.

"I've grown taller, I've grown stronger, my Ah Feng has grown up, and he can already help the empire." The old man was extremely relieved, took Rukawa Kaede's hand, and looked at it carefully.

"But grandma, you are old, and in the past three years, you must have been worried about your uncle."

"Don't talk about that, why do you still have a scar on your face?"

"I was accidentally scratched by the enemy in a battle, and I still look good."

"Well, my good grandson, you are so good-looking! It's hard for you, before you are sixteen years old, you go to the distant north to defend the city alone, it's hard for you, child, it's all because your uncle is useless! ”

"Isn't this for the country, for our Liuchuan family to share worries, besides, I have also exercised my own skills in the past few years, and I will be more capable in the future, grandma, don't remember me."

"I'm angry when I talk about your uncle, don't say anything else, at such an age, I don't even have a child, it's really unusual!" The Queen Mother complained angrily.

On this sensitive topic, Rukawa Kaede is no longer the boy he was when he was the original, so he didn't answer.

Seeing that he was silent, the old man was thoughtful, and then said: "There are no outsiders here, let's let go of the chat, don't worry about anything." ”

"Yes, but I don't know about my uncle's private affairs."

The Queen Mother sighed and said: "It's normal that you don't know, the water in this harem is too deep, I know some, but people are old, and their words are useless, and the emperor cherishes that woman too much, alas!" ”

Rukawa Kaede gently slapped the old man's shoulder, and remembered the eunuch who was busy running away, and the baby who was covered in blood.

"I know, it's her, she killed all the emperor's sons! Those children who are still in the womb or just born have not escaped her clutches! She is now the overlord of the harem, whoever dares to oppose her is a dead end, and she has covered up everything in the harem, so that the emperor trusts her as much as ever! ”

"She's, Aunt Queen?" Rukawa Kaede asked in a low voice.

The old man nodded, and then said: "A few days ago, the young and beautiful Hua Guifei, relying on herself as a favored concubine, wanted to fight with her, but unfortunately ended up with a 'hanging' result, alas, she is really too tender. ”

"The queen's aunt is almost fifty years old now, why can she still be favored by His Majesty, why should she hurt those innocent children?"

"She is nine years younger than me, and she is fifty years old this year, and she has long passed the best age of a woman, although she uses the finest rouge gouache all day long, eating the most precious bird's nest of life, compared with those young and beautiful girls, it is also a huge difference, this change makes her afraid, she is afraid of losing the emperor's favor."

There were only two of them in the main hall, so there was no one to serve the Queen Mother, and she said, "I'm a little thirsty." ”

Rukawa Kaede quickly found water for her, fed her to drink, and the queen mother's mood also recovered a little calm, and after a while, she continued to explain the secrets of the harem to this young and promising grandson.

"To know why she can dominate the harem and win the emperor's favor, this matter starts when your uncle was a child. This is another secret, a bitter history of our family. ”

"Oh? Grandma, tell me about it. ”

"A hundred years ago, our Liuchuan family was already a great family of the Great Lie Empire, with a hereditary marquis. Forty years ago, the former dynasty was weak, in order to make friends with a strong neighbor, the emperor of the former dynasty sent your four-year-old uncle as a proton to the neighboring country of Dafan, at that time, he was quite bullied and humiliated, but there was a woman who has been behind him, silently guarding him, giving him warmth, and later, your uncle became the emperor, he married her back, and named her the queen, has been pampered. ”

The old man spoke eloquently, and his words were calm, but Rukawa Kaede read the hardships of the Rukawa family in that period of history from her tone, and also understood the bitterness and helplessness of a mother watching her son be sent to a foreign country as a hostage when he was a child, he silently walked up to the old man, hugged her gently, and kissed her on the forehead.

"Grandma, those things are over, let him pass, now our Liuchuan family is already the supreme leader of the empire, the scenery is incomparable, we will be better in the future."

"yes, it's all gone, but will it be better?" The old man replied suspiciously.

"It will definitely be, with me, with our young descendants and grandchildren, our family, our empire will definitely go to the next level!" Rukawa Kaede replied affirmatively.

"Good, good, good," said three good words in a row, tears of joy flowed from the corners of the old man's eyes, and then said, "Among your grandchildren, my favorite is you, I hope you can live a safe life in the future, I will be blind even if I die." ”

"Grandma, what nonsense are you talking about, I want you to live forever and watch our brothers re-govern this messy empire!"

"Well, that's good, but I still have something on my mind that I want to talk to you about."

"Grandma, you say."

"In the future, if your cousins offend you one day, or do something bad, if you can leave them alive, try not to kill them all, after all, they are also your brothers, and they are the blood of our family."

"Well, don't worry, grandma, I will."

It was another small talk, and it wasn't until an hour or two later, when it was time to eat, the two of them stopped communicating, Rukawa Kaede had lunch here at the strong request of the Queen Mother, and then left the harem, he still had a lot of things to do, time was very tight for him, there were too many problems in this empire, and there was not much time left for him.

Seeing him out, the Queen Mother had mixed feelings in her heart, and she told him that these were not exactly pouring out her grievances, but more for the empire, for the emperor to get rid of the queen's deception, and for the peace of the harem.

In the Fengyi Pavilion in the other direction of the deep palace, Queen Mena learned that Liuchuan Feng had been in the Summer Palace for most of the day, she was frightened, and she was upset by the things in Xiaohu in the early morning.

She was born infertile! This is also one of the reasons why she killed those innocent children, jealousy makes her angry, makes her crazy, and she is a foreigner, unlike other concubines who have a backstage and family support, she only has herself, only the emperor's husband like a son.

Fortunately, she still has a deep city government and a lot of power, so she is not very worried, she plans to summon Ruchuan Feng into the palace in the name of her granddaughter after a while, when things ease down, and then make plans.

Back at the Hou Wang's Mansion, Liuchuan Feng kept thinking about what the Queen Mother said to him, and also thinking about the situation of the queen, did she really do those things that lost her conscience?

He summoned the attentive Gan Lin and the cautious Lai Fu, and instructed the two of them to take someone to inquire about the eunuch's situation and whereabouts, and asked them to keep a low profile and try not to let others know.

The two asked about the situation, although there was not much information, but they also did it seriously, didn't Jinyiwei do these difficult things?