"This Wang Yi is really, what has to be about in this ghost place, it's eerie, and it's chilling." Liu Ling paced in circles in the Changle Palace, although there were still two or three palace maids dusting and cleaning from time to time, but Liu Ling looked at the queen mother's spiritual seat enshrined in the main hall, and his heart was still cold, and he panicked for no reason.

"You don't have to follow, let me be alone." The sound of speaking came from outside the hall, Liu Ling was stunned for a moment, and when he was thinking about it, he saw Liu Che walking with square steps, Liu Ling hurriedly restrained his expression, leaned over and saluted: "The courtiers have seen Your Majesty." ”

Liu Che was obviously stunned, but when he saw that it was Liu Ling, he bowed slightly, and said unexpectedly: "You are also here?" ”

Liu Ling bowed his head and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the courtiers miss the Queen Mother, and often come to worship on weekdays, but I don't know that Your Majesty has arrived, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive your sins!" ”

Liu Che bowed slightly, and said: "Calm down, it's rare that you have this heart, it's too late for me to praise, how can I forgive my sins?" I also miss the Queen Mother, and I came in to have a look after Changle Palace. ”

Liu Ling hesitated for a moment and said, "The courtiers don't disturb Your Majesty's thoughts, and the courtiers retire." ”

Liu Che stopped and said, "It's okay, you stay and talk to me." I only know that I am busy with military affairs, and I don't spend as much time with my mother as you, and now I regret it too late, I want to hear you talk about what the queen mother does on weekdays? ”

Liu Ling's heart moved when he heard this, and he said slowly: "I remember the summer of the second year of Yuanguang, Your Majesty sent someone to send cold melon, and the Queen Mother invited the courtiers to taste it together, and praised Your Majesty's filial piety, everything is based on her first, and the courtiers still remember the smile on the Queen Mother's face back then." ”

Liu Che nodded slightly, and his eyes were half red unconsciously, "I have no time to accompany the queen mother, even if I send a cold melon to the queen mother, I am really ashamed." ”

Liu Ling comforted in a good voice: "Your Majesty, don't blame yourself, Your Majesty is the king of a country, and all major events in the world are tied to one, and the Queen Mother understands and understands Your Majesty's difficulties better." ”

"Yes, the queen mother is considerate of me, and according to the routine, I should come to Changle Palace every day to settle the province in the morning and dusk, but the queen mother always said that I have a lot of state affairs, and I don't need to come every day, as long as everything is fine, she will be relieved."

Liu Che couldn't help but be moved when he said about the past, Liu Ling looked at him and didn't feel that his heart was as soft as a spring breeze in March, and his eyes were full of warm concern, "The Queen Mother can also smile at Jiuquan if Her Majesty is so filial, Your Majesty should take care of the dragon body, don't be sad." ”

Liu Che bowed his head slightly, silent, Liu Ling didn't know what to say, so he could only be silent, the two faced each other in silence, listening to the cicadas in the treetops outside the window, sometimes quietly. After a long time, Liu Che raised a gentle smile and said, "In a few days, the Queen Mother will be jealous, so come over too." ”

Liu Ling's eyes were hot, and he hurriedly leaned over and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

"I've been out for a long time, it's time to go back, you can do it yourself."

Liu Ling hurriedly lowered his body and said respectfully: "The courtiers send your majesty!" ”

After Liu Che left, Liu Ling walked out of Changle Palace with a smug look on his face, and was thinking about whether to go to Hehuan Hall to find Wang Yi, but as soon as his mind moved, a figure appeared on the side of the rockery, leaning over to Liu Ling and saying, "The slave has seen the master." ”

Liu Ling fixed his eyes and saw that the person who came was the palace maid Xingxiang beside Wang Yi, so he said angrily: "Mrs. Wang asked me to meet in Changle Palace, why didn't I see anyone for a long time?" ”

Xingxiang hurriedly responded: "Mrs. Shi has just come to Changle Palace, but unexpectedly, I saw His Majesty's honor guard guarding outside the palace from afar, and in order to avoid suspicion, Mrs. returned to Hehuan Palace, leaving slaves and maids here to wait for the master." ”

Liu Ling nodded slightly, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Madame, can you leave a message?" ”

"Hmm." Xingxiang nodded and said, "Madame asked the slave maid to tell the lord that in a few days, the queen mother will be jealous, please prepare as soon as possible." ”

Liu Ling smiled quite smugly: "The owner of this matter has known about this for a long time, you tell your wife, thank her for reminding me." ”

"No!" Xingxiang blessed a blessing and said, "The slave and maid retired first." ”

Under the sunset, the sun rolled up the dust like broken gold, Liu Ling squinted his eyes slightly, looked at the warm golden light, and laughed unconsciously.

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In the blink of an eye, it was the life of the queen mother, and the Changle Palace was properly arranged in the morning. In the center of the main hall enshrines the queen mother's spiritual seat, the ever-bright candle spits out the flame lightly, the incense burner is in full bloom, a few kinds of snacks and melons and fruits are placed on the case, and the case is piled up with gold paper and gold leaf. The senior monks of Tianning Temple meditated on both sides of the spiritual seat, spitting Sanskrit sounds, and the hall was solemn and peaceful.

Around the hour, Liu Che's imperial chariot went out of Weiyang Palace, through the east is Changle Palace, the palace people waited outside the palace early in the morning, and saw the Son of Heaven honor guard coming from afar, everyone curtsied and saluted, and the mountain called His Majesty.

Liu Che wore a black gauze robe on the outside, a white gauze shirt and a white curved collar on the inside, and his face was as if he was sinking into water. Wei Zifu wore a dark curved robe, a white gauze shirt and a white curved collar, and followed Liu Che's side, his eyebrows were quiet, and he was silent. Tai Chang Ling had already bowed to one side, waiting for the emperor and queen to enter the Changle Palace, and suddenly heard a thin sorrow in a woman's voice, "The courtier Liu Ling has seen Your Majesty and the Queen!" ”

Wei Zifu couldn't help but be stunned, and looked at it, the woman in front of him was clearly Liu Ling, the daughter of Liu An, the king of Huainan, and saw that she was wearing a plain white curl robe, with a wooden flute obliquely inserted in her black hair, and she was bowing her eyebrows and bowing her head to salute herself.

Wei Zifu was surprised, the worship of Changle Palace was only limited to the female dependents in the palace and Princess Pingyang, and the rest of the royal family, relatives and officials were arranged to pay tribute in Baishoutang, how could Liu Ling, as the daughter of the vassal king, transgress her identity and enter Changle Palace to salute? I was still puzzled in my heart, but I heard Liu Che say: "Calm down!" I saw Liu Ling get up shallowly and salute Princess Pingyang and Wang Yi behind Wei Zifu: "Liu Ling, the lord of Huainan, has seen Princess Pingyang!" I've seen Mrs. Wang! ”

Princess Pingyang and Wang Yi looked surprised, but they immediately hid it, and each bowed slightly in return.

The sound of wood in the hall came, one after another, and Taichang Ling Gongsheng said to Liu Che: "Your Majesty, the time has come, please enter the palace with Weichen!" With that, he bowed down and led the way.

Liu Che nodded slightly, and when Wei Zifu saw that his expression was the same as usual, he also gathered his mind and entered the hall with Liu Che, and the rest of the people followed closely behind. Before stepping into the main hall, there was a Tianning Temple host with a small novice waiting outside the hall, seeing Liu Che coming, the host hurriedly bowed and saluted, ordered the little novice to present a bowl of clear water in his hand, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, this water has been opened water, please Your Majesty and the queen clean their hands, and follow the poor monks into the hall to incense." ”

Wei Zifu bowed his head and saluted, and with Liu Che cleaning his hands, he stepped into the main hall of Changle Palace. In the palace, there are palace people who prepare lit incense candles in the morning, preside over the incense to the emperor and queen, and he himself takes a few steps back, folds his hands, and spits Sanskrit sounds.

The emperor and queen held three kowtows of incense, and then listened to the Taizhu Ling Lang Lang sacrifice text - "Woohoo, in front of the spirit of Empress Xiaojing!" Heaven is born of human beings, and it is endowed with the same. The virtue of the Queen Mother, Zhong Hao Liufang. ”

Listening to the sacrificial text and thinking of the past, Liu Che didn't feel sad from it, and his face was sad. Although Wei Zifu was sad in his heart, when he saw Liu Che like this, he couldn't help but stretch out his hand to support Liu Che as comfort.

"It's a big number, and it's a dream of Huang Liang. The darkness is forever separated, and it is really sad. Sacrifice to the church. Pray to the spirit, is the character is the taste. Vovi Shang feast! "A long sacrificial text, too Zhu Ling read the tone of the frustration, the voice and emotion, the sacrificial text read, Tianning Temple monks will do it together, for a time the Sanskrit sound in the hall is endless. The rest is that everyone followed the position to incense the queen mother, and when Liu Ling was already the last to incense, I saw her holding incense candles and prostrating three times, and when she got up, she was already in tears, and she couldn't help herself.

A group of palace maids prepared an iron basin on several sides of the case, burned gold paper and gold leaf, Liu Ling still brought rain from a pair of pear blossoms, walked to Liu Che, leaned over deeply, and said sadly: "Your Majesty, the courtiers have been loved by the Queen Mother for many years and cannot be repaid, and now the Queen Mother is traveling to Xianyou, and the courtiers are hand-copying the "Huayan Sutra" for the Queen Mother to express their sorrows. ”

Liu Che couldn't help but be moved when he heard this, and sighed: "It's rare that you are so kind to the Queen Mother, accurate!" ”

Liu Ling thanked him, knelt in front of the iron basin, and slowly threw the hundreds of hand-copied Buddhist scriptures in his hand into the basin, his face was sad and sad. I saw Liu Che whispering a few words to his close attendant, and then a palace maid stepped forward to hand Liu Ling a Supa, Liu Ling couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he saw this, and then thanked him with gratitude, and then took the handkerchief to wipe his tears.

Wei Zifu stood on one side and witnessed all this, as if he had an understanding, he was stunned in his heart, and when he raised his eyes, he met Princess Pingyang looking at him, his eyes were facing each other, as if he had doubts, as if he was concerned, Wei Zifu smiled at Pingyang and covered all his thoughts.

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Soon after the Queen Mother's death, the weather was cooler day by day, and the yellow leaves on the treetops fell and chased with the wind, revealing a bit of coldness in late autumn. From time to time, the wind carries the sand and dust on the window of the Jiaofang Palace, and the leaves outside the hall rustle with the sound of the wind, and the palace people have already taken off their light summer clothes and changed into autumn clothes, as in the past, they are quiet and industrious busy in the hall.

"On that day in Changle Palace, His Majesty took such good care of Liu Ling, what does the queen think?" Princess Pingyang took a sip of tea and asked with a smile.

Wei Zifu said with a smile: "Why does the princess ask such a question? ”

Princess Pingyang put down the teacup and said: "I was surprised when I first saw Liu Ling outside Changle Palace that day, it is said that the daughter of the vassal king can only pay homage in Baishoutang, but she can worship in Changle Palace, this is one of them. When she entered the palace to salute, she was taken care of by His Majesty, and her grace was different from that of others. Doesn't the queen think it's strange? ”

Wei Zifu bowed slightly, and said: "Xu is Liu Ling was quite happy with the Queen Mother in the past, and now all this is Your Majesty's kindness." ”

Princess Pingyang shook her head and said slowly: "Not necessarily, according to the situation that day, it seems that Liu Ling has a lot of relationship with His Majesty, and I am afraid that there will be new concubines in the harem soon." ”

Seeing that Wei Zifu was silent, Princess Pingyang asked tentatively, "Didn't the queen know before?" ”

Wei Zifu smiled awkwardly: "I only found out that day." ”

Princess Pingyang sighed softly, thoughtfully, "No wonder I saw that you looked different that day, so in this way, this Liu Ling has some means." ”

Wei Zifu was stunned in his heart, but how to say this loss, he could only bow his head lightly at the moment.

Seeing this, Princess Pingyang sighed: "Queen Xiande, I shouldn't have said this, the queen often followed the monarch and didn't know that she had already had dealings with His Majesty, so you should be more careful about this person in the future." ”

Wei Zifu nodded, with a gentle smile, and said, "Thank you princess for mentioning it, the concubine has written it down." ”

The wind outside the window was blowing the branches and shadows, and Wei Zifu's heart was also chaotic. Her husband is the son of heaven, she expected that there would be more women around him than carp crossing the river, and she, as his queen, should be generous and compatible, and should think about the dynasty and the country, and extend the heir. But why is it that every time he has a new person, he always has unspeakable melancholy and confusion? Wei Zifu couldn't help but sigh lightly in his heart.