The weather in May still feels a little hot during the day, but it is very cool in the early morning, and the east is showing the white of the fish belly, and the palace people have begun to sprinkle and sweep the inner courtyard of the palace.

I saw Lan Ye of Changle Palace hurriedly entering Weiyang Palace with an anxious face, "Dare to ask Chang Shi, has Your Majesty gotten up?" Lan Ye saluted Yang proudly and asked eagerly.

Yang De's opinion was that the personal maid beside the Queen Mother hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty hasn't gotten up yet, I don't know if the female official is coming, but what is the Queen Mother's send?" ”

Lan Ye said: "The prime minister passed away last night, the queen mother cried more than a night without sleeping, Yin Shi suddenly fainted, I quickly invited the imperial doctor's order, although there is no big problem at the moment, but the slave family thought that he should hurry over and inform His Majesty." ”

Yang was taken aback and said, "The prime minister passed away last night?" ”

Lan Ye nodded and said, "Exactly!" When she first entered the palace last night, the queen mother's people who stayed in the prime minister's mansion came back to tell the matter, and as soon as the palace door was opened, the white stickers of the prime minister's mansion were sent to the palace. ”

Yang proudly bowed slightly, frowned and said: "There is no court meeting today, Your Majesty will not get up so early, since the Queen Mother is in poor health, the slave family will go to wake up Your Majesty." ”

Lan Ye said gratefully: "Thank you for your hard work!" ”

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In Changle Palace, the Queen Mother was lying on the bed, her eyes slightly closed. Tian Wei's death is tantamount to the pain of a broken wrist for her, she thinks about the whole story over and over again, the more she thinks about it, the more she hates Han Yan, if there is no Han Yan's murder, Tian Wei will definitely not be like this, "Second brother, my sister will definitely not let you die in vain!" The Queen Mother swore in her heart, "My sister will definitely let Han Yan accompany you on this Huangquan Road and Nai He Bridge..."

"How's the queen mother?" Liu Che's voice came from his ears, "Che'er...", the Queen Mother couldn't help but open her eyes slightly, and called softly.

"Queen Mother!" Liu Che stepped forward quickly, lifted the curtain and said with concern, "Queen Mother, are you better?" ”

Lan Ye helped the Queen Mother to sit up slightly, the Queen Mother's sideburns were scattered, her face was withered, the tears on her face were still there, and she sobbed: "Mourning family... The mourning family is sad in their hearts..."

Liu Che hurriedly sat down and held on, and said in a good voice: "The queen mother's day mourns!" I know that although the prime minister is gone, I will definitely give him mourning! ”

"Che'er, your uncle is the prime minister, and it is indispensable to mourn and honor, but the most important thing is that your uncle must not die in vain!" As the Queen Mother spoke, tears fell again, "If you don't kill Han Yan, your uncle won't be blind to death!" ”

"The queen mother..."Liu Che was upset when he heard this, and forced himself to say in a good voice, "Han Yan's matter, I have my own opinions, and the queen mother should not force her sons again!" ”

"Mourning family forced you?" The Queen Mother glared at her phoenix eyes and lowered her voice, "If the mourning family forces you, can Han Yan stay until today?" Now that your uncle has died because of Han Yan, if you don't give him an explanation, how will you let the mourning family deal with themselves? ”

"Queen Mother, if this matter is really Han Yan's doing, I will definitely give the prime minister an explanation! But now that the truth of the matter is still unclear, how can I kill Han Yan? Although Liu Che suppressed his tone, he was already angry.

"Good! Good! The Queen Mother said with hatred, "Speaking of which, you just don't want to kill Han Yan, do you?" ”

Liu Che turned his face to the side and said nothing.

"From today onwards, the mourning family will no longer eat, Your Majesty, please go back!" The Queen Mother said coldly.

"Mother, why are you doing this?" Liu Che asked urgently, "Do you have to force your ministers like this?" ”

"The mourning family doesn't force you, the mourning family just lets His Majesty choose for himself." The Queen Mother closed her eyes and said nothing.

"Queen Mother..."The Queen Mother's words were like needles, every sentence pierced Liu Che's heart, looking at the Queen Mother's mind had been decided, Liu Che bit his lip tightly, for a long time, finally got up slowly, bowed to the ground and said: "The son obeys the order!" ”

After saying that, he got up and walked out expressionlessly, Yang De, who was with him, thought that Liu Che's expression was wrong and hurriedly went over to help, but he was thrown away by Liu Che with one hand, Yang was proud and didn't dare to say much, and quickly followed Liu Che and left Changle Palace.

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"Second brother, my sister has come to see you!" The Queen Mother muttered to Tian Wei's spiritual position, "Then Han Yan is already in a different place, and my sister has finally avenged you!" ”

As soon as Prime Minister Tian Wei died, all the dignitaries and dignitaries in Beijing came to mourn, but they didn't see today. Not to mention the relationship between the Son of Heaven and the prime minister's nephew, Tian Weigui is one of the three princes of the prime minister, and the Son of Heaven should also come after his death, but from beginning to end, the Son of Heaven did not appear at the funeral, so the anomaly made Tian Wei's sudden death a little more confusing.

As soon as Tian Wei died, the happiest person was Liu Ling, once the hidden danger was removed, all the secrets would not surface, and a heart that she had been hanging for many days finally let go.

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In the Jade Hall Palace, Liu Che locked himself in it for several days, and the last meeting with Han Yan appeared in front of him.

"Lord Han..."Wei Qing accompanied Liu Che to the edict prison, "Your Majesty has come to see you!" ”

Han Yan saluted as usual, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is here to see off your ministers!" ”

"Han Yan..."Liu Che nodded wordlessly with tears in his eyes.

"Your Majesty doesn't have to be sad..."Han Yan persuaded, "Your Majesty has done your best, Wei Qing told me everything!" ”

"It's useless for me..."Liu Che cried, "I still can't beat the Queen Mother after all..."

"Your Majesty, it is Han Yan's luck to be able to accompany and serve Your Majesty in this life!" Han Yan said with tears in her eyes, looked at Wei Qing and said, "Bring the wine!" ”

Wei Qing poured two bowls of wine and handed them over, Han Yan raised the bowl and said to Liu Che, "Your Majesty, Han Yan will not be able to serve Your Majesty in the future, I hope Your Majesty will cherish it!" With that, he raised his head and drank the wine in the bowl.

Liu Che held the bowl, tried his best to suppress the sadness in his heart, and looked at Han Yan and drank it all in one gulp, "In the next life, I and you are still good brothers!" After that, he turned his head to the side, and tears rolled down.

Han Yan couldn't bear to look at each other, looked at Wei Qing and instructed: "Wei Qing, Your Majesty, I will entrust it to you, and you will definitely do your best to protect Your Majesty in the future!" ”

"No! Rest assured! Wei Qing held back the tears in his eyes and replied in a deep voice...

"Squeak...", the door of the palace was pushed open, and Liu Che's thoughts were suddenly pulled back to his eyes, "Your Majesty! A soft voice came along with the sound of footsteps, "The concubine has boiled some rice porridge, Your Majesty will eat some of it." ”

"I don't want to eat it, take it..."Liu Che wiped the tears from his face, and said in a hoarse voice.

Wei Zifu approached and put down the food box, and persuaded softly: "Your Majesty has almost not eaten a grain of rice in the past few days, even if you are beaten with iron like this, you can't stand it, if Lord Han is here, he doesn't want to see Your Majesty torture himself like this..."

"The concubine knows that Your Majesty is sad, but Your Majesty is not just a person, Your Majesty is also the son of heaven of the Han Dynasty, for the sake of the country, for the sake of thousands of people, Your Majesty must also cherish yourself!" Wei Zifu opened the food box, picked up the steaming rice porridge, scooped it with a spoon and fed it to Liu Che's mouth, and said in a good voice: "Your Majesty..."

Liu Che looked at Wei Zifu with Yin Yin eyes and finally opened his mouth, and she fed most of the bowl of rice porridge one by one, seeing that Liu Che was finally willing to eat something, Wei Zifu's heart was a little calmer.

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"What, the food prepared by the main palace has not been moved?" Gillian looked at the food box she had carefully prepared and returned it intact, and couldn't help but ask the palace maid who went to Chengming Palace, "Your Majesty really doesn't eat or drink?" ”

The palace maid said cautiously: "When the slave maid went to deliver the food box, I saw that Mrs. Wei of the Zhaoyang Palace also carried the food box... I'm afraid Your Majesty used Mrs. Wei's..."

"Your Majesty, aren't all of them gone?" Gillian said angrily when she heard this, "Why did Wei Zifu go in?" ”

"This... The slave and maid don't know either...", the palace maid replied in fear.

"Smack..."The food box on the desk was instantly thrown to the ground by Gillian, "Wei Zifu, Wei Zifu, Wei Zifu again..." ”

"Go down!" Gillian looked at the side-silent maid was even more irritable, since the beginning of this year's spring and spring has been infected with cough, has not improved for several months, a few days ago just returned to the homeland of Gillian, and now there is no one to talk to, Gillian's mood is getting worse and worse.

For more than a year, she has endured everywhere in exchange for Liu Che's pleasant face, and she doesn't know how much she has drunk from all kinds of strange prescriptions, but her stomach has never been angry. Thinking of what Liu Che had said to himself when he was a child, and remembering the strong love between the two when they became husband and wife when they were young, tears had long filled their eyes.

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"Why, is Your Majesty still unmoved?" The queen mother in the Changle Palace asked more and more uncomfortably when she saw Lan Ye coming back with a food box.

Lan Ye put down the food box and replied in a good voice: "Don't worry, the queen mother, today the slave maid saw Mrs. Wei of Zhaoyang Hall carrying the food box into the hall, Your Majesty should be eating." ”

"That's good! That's good! The Queen Mother's face finally got better when she heard this, "How can you be so hungry again?" Since the killing of Han Yan, Liu Che has been so sad that she has not eaten for a few days, she naturally knows it as a mother, but compared to Tian Wei's death, she has to give her younger brother an explanation, "Che'er, don't hate the queen mother, the queen mother has no choice..."The queen mother muttered to herself.

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As the heat recedes, it's August.

Every year in mid-August, the folk have the tradition of worshipping the moon god. That night, the moon is full like a plate, the people should set up a case under the moon, light the red candle in the direction of the moon god, offer round cakes and melons and fruits, worship the moon god, and then cut the round cake and each person in the family tastes a bite, meaning reunion, so this day is also called 'the evening moon festival'.

On the day of the Moon Festival, the moon was bright and clean, sprinkled with clear light all over the ground, the red carpet of Weiyang Palace was paved, the palace lamps were thousands, and the golden toad burned incense. Under the moon, the long case offered a plate of palace cakes, two plates of melons and fruits, Liu Che led everyone to bow down to the full moon, and Taizhu Ling Yan said: "The jade wheel is vibrant, the light is bright, the bright is like a treasure mirror rising, and the Milky Way is full of Qinghui... The four seas are flat, Guotai Minfeng, praise my Han prosperity! ”

After worshipping the moon god, Liu Che should personally cut off a palace cake and present it to the queen mother, pour a bottle of wine and salute the congratulations, but because of Han Yan's matter, Liu Che always had a grudge against his mother, "Erchen wishes his mother a healthy body and a long life!" Liu Che presented the palace cake as usual in previous years, poured a bottle of wine and toasted him, but there was no smile on his face.

Seeing this, the queen mother knew this, although she felt uncomfortable, but she still had a smile on her face, took the palace cake, and raised the bottle and said: "! ”

Everyone raised their bottles, "! ”

Taile raised his voice and said, "Get up! Suddenly, the bells in the palace rang in unison, the orchestra sounded, and the dancers danced out.

Liu Jue, who was leaning on Wei Zifu, knelt down obediently to the side, only to see that her skin was crystal clear, her lips were red and her teeth were white, especially a pair of autumn water scissors were even more radiant, although she was only in her hair, she was very beautiful. After a song, Wei Zifu looked at Liu Jue and smiled his head, Liu Jue nodded lightly, got up and walked to the Queen Mother and bowed: "Grandmother, today the palace is celebrating, Jue'er presents the song "Yilan Cao", I wish my grandmother a long life and good health!" ”

"Good! Good! Seeing this, the Queen Mother smiled, "Listen to the mourning family!" ”

After Liu Jue slowly plucked the piano and tuned the sound, he stroked the surface of the piano with his thin fingertips, only to listen to the sound of the piano like a jade bead falling lightly, and like a stream of water flowing, sometimes empty and clear, sometimes soft and beautiful, only to make people like a good place to see the empty valley orchid.

This song can't help but remind Liu Che of his childhood, when he was born in the Yilan Hall of Weiyang Palace, when his mother was still Mrs. Wang, his favorite song to play was this "Yilan Cao", in this silky piano sound, Liu Che recalled the intimate time with the Queen Mother, and his expression softened a lot.

When the queen mother heard the sound of the piano, her heart moved, her eyes looked at Liu Che, and when she saw that his expression was soft and seemed to be smiling, she was more and more sure of the reason why Liu Jue played this song, and couldn't help but smile at Wei Zifu to show her gratitude.

After playing the song, the aftermath lingered, and the queen mother didn't have time to praise it, but she heard Gillian on the side say with disdain: "Mrs. Wei's singer is just a singer, and even the eldest princess is like this, there is really a mother and a daughter!" ”

Liu Che was greatly displeased when he heard this, and was about to reprimand but heard the Queen Mother reprimand, "The queen is cautious! Looking up, I saw that the queen was dyed with frost behind her, and said to Gillian, "Jue'er is the eldest princess of my Han Dynasty, and the queen must not lose her dignity!" ”

Gillian was reprimanded in public, and her face was already unbearable, although she did not like the queen mother over the years, but after all, she was the queen of the queen, when she had suffered such humiliation, her face suddenly chilled when she heard the voice, because the queen mother and Liu Che were present, she could only bite her silver teeth and endure it at the moment.

"The eldest princess has superb piano skills, and the mourning family is like hearing the sounds of heaven, reward!" Facing Liu Jue, the Queen Mother was full of smiles and praise.