"Today, your brother has entered the palace. The palace and the eldest aunt who were waiting for him retreated, and the emperor took a sip of tea and said leisurely: "The widow originally wanted him to come and say hello to the queen, but your palace said that you were not in good health, so the widow let him live in the palace for two days." I see that the queen looks much better today, do you want to see him?"

Queen Mo Xijun, when Emperor Li was the prince, was the wife, although not much respected by Emperor Li, but had the eldest son, and there was no big mistake in the harem over the years, more importantly, she has a fellow brother Mo Dongling, all the way to the position of the general of the Xiguan Army, after guarding the Xiguan for many years, he put down the rebellion of the Beiping Army, and the three sons under his knees are all brave and good at fighting, and now he is one of the hottest figures in the Li Dynasty. However, he is particularly low-key and cautious, knowing that as a relative and holding military power, his identity and position are so delicate, so Mo Dongling has never had any dealings with his sister, and if the emperor doesn't mention it, he will never take the initiative to mention the queen. And the queen didn't seem to like this younger brother very much, and when she suddenly heard the emperor mention him, she didn't have any expression, and responded as usual: "My brother is Your Majesty's courtier and the patriarch of the Mo family in Beijing, he can get Your Majesty's attention, and the concubines are also happy for the Mo family." It's just that the concubine's body is not yet complete, after all, it is inconvenient to be a foreign minister, so it is still gone. ”

Li Huang looked at her with a smile: "Don't be busy refusing, do you know why he deliberately rushed back to Beijing this time?"

The queen was stunned for a moment, her heart was a little dazed, and suddenly the words of the eldest aunt flashed in her mind like thunder, she couldn't help but change her face slightly, and then bowed her head and said: "My younger brother is a courtier, and he naturally entered the palace for the affairs of the court, and the concubine is a concubine, so she should not ask about the affairs of the previous dynasty." ”

The change in the queen's expression naturally couldn't escape Emperor Li's eyes, he put down the tea, raised his eyes slightly and looked at the queen and said, "It's a political matter, but also a family matter." Mo Dongling has always been cautious, but he has a heart for you, his sister, and this time he risked being criticized by the world to ask the widow for this matter, in the final analysis, it is also for your sake. ”

At this point, the queen had to ask and ask, and she had to ask if she didn't ask, so she had to get up and salute, bow her head and say, "I don't know what happened when my brother entered the palace to face the saint?"

"He came to tell the widow that the widow also has a prince alive, and he is a child who is not inferior to Zheng'er in courage and strategy, and is about the same age as Zheng'er. Queen, with this child, all your sorrows and troubles will be solved. ”

There was a loud bang in the queen's heart, and she suddenly felt dizzy in front of her, she unconsciously reached out to hold the coffee table next to her, and her voice was quite bitter: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, concubine, this is ...... That's great news. ”

"Does the queen know which of the child's biological mothers is?"

"Concubine...... Ignorance...... Please also ask Your Majesty to make it clear. ”

Listening to Emperor Li slowly talk about old things, the queen's face also maintained a decent smile like the mother of a country, nodding from time to time, and occasionally responding to peace. However, her heart was cold inch by inch, like falling into the abyss, only the whirring wind could be heard in her ears, and the emperor's words were like a glimmer of echo thousands of miles away, vague, but deafening.

The child's biological mother, said that the queen has also seen it, when Emperor Wen Chengxian was a proton in our dynasty in the past, one day he came to the widow's palace for a banquet, and there was a woman in a green shirt beside him, who was born delicately-alas, it is not good to be a widow, and she should be included in the palace at that time, and the next thing will not happen;

Queen, that child is also pitiful, his mother died early, and his uncle misunderstood the widow, thinking that the widow was unkind, and did not let his sister enter the palace as soon as possible, so he has been unwilling to tell the widow about the existence of this child, and even concealed his life experience from this child, only saying that he was his own son, if it were not for the plague in Beijing, the Jin family was all dead, I am afraid that this matter would not be able to be revealed;

Thinking about it, God has mercy, and he can't bear to have no children, Li Chao has no queen, so he beat the child for 20 years and sent it to the widow. This kid is just twenty this year, but he has been trained in the army, he is calm, and he almost became the fast son-in-law of the king of the jungle, and he has the ability to help Yao Jin's girl promote the trade between the north and the south, and he is very capable.

This child is now dead in his mother's family, which is also a very coincidence, and he can be counted in the name of the queen, and he can be regarded as a son-in-law, which is also your brother's suggestion. In this way, the current nonsense and speculation in the court can also be stopped, Queen, when the time comes, you will still be the mother of the son-in-law, and the Mo family will still be the uncle, everything will be the same as before, and the widow will also think that this is very good;

Queen, without Zheng'er, you are sad and sad, and the widow is the same. But the widow is not only the father of Zheng'er, but also the lord of the Li Dynasty, and you are also **, you cry and mourn day and night in this Yongyang Palace, how to be worthy of your crown? How to be worthy of the widow to allow you the word "queen"? The widow remembers the pain of losing your son, and has always forgiven you, and now God has given this child to you and me, do you know that it is not in the dark that Zheng'er is reluctant to be sad after his father and mother, so he helped the widow find him, and he will be filial to you for Zheng'er?

Queen, for the sake of the government, this New Year has not been good - in the past two years, the country has not been smooth, and the widow is also deeply worried. But now that this child has come, it seems that many things have gone smoothly - Queen, do you know the hard work of the widow?

......

What painstaking efforts? Your Majesty's painstaking efforts?

But what about my suffering? Who knows?

The queen asked silently in her heart, and looked at Emperor Li holding her hand, the finger to finger was not the temperature, it was the emperor's finger that symbolized supreme power, and the ruby ring that symbolized the queen's honor, leaning on it cold and hard, without a trace of temperature. She nodded slightly, and for the first time, the heavy crown on her head made her feel that behind the endless glory that she had guarded all her life, there was a bitter medicine that she couldn't swallow, but she still had to smile and say, sweet as honey, sweet as food.

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true, the concubines listen to Your Majesty in everything...... After the name is corrected and the jade plate is entered, let the child move to the Yongyang Palace, everything is ready-made, and there is no need to work hard. The queen stretched out her other hand to cover the emperor's hand, she tried her best to hold back the slight tremor in her words, and said slowly: "It's just that the identity of this royal family is extraordinary, and the concubines still have to dare to ask Your Majesty to carefully check it out." ”

The emperor nodded and shook the empress's hand: "What the empress said is extremely true, this is a big deal, and the widow should naturally be cautious and careful." Queen, if you are in good spirits in the past two days, you can see your brother and talk about your sister and brother. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty. The queen got up and saluted, and when she saw that the emperor also stood up, she paused for a moment, but still squeezed out a smile and asked=: "Your Majesty, the dinner in the Yongyang Hall has been prepared, but do you want to use it now?"

"No, there are still some things in the widow Zichen Palace, the queen can use it herself. Emperor Li waved his hand and walked towards the door, and the queen watched his back gradually disappear into the twilight, and her eyes instantly turned red. But after a while, the eldest aunt hurriedly entered, and seeing that there was no one in the house, she hurriedly asked, "Niangniang, where is Your Majesty?"

"Your Majesty has something to do, go back to Zichen Palace. ”

"Mother's ......"

The queen turned her face to look at her eldest aunt, tears fell from the corners of her eyes, and she muttered: "Actually, this palace just wants to ask, where is the Zheng'er of this palace, even if he is no longer alive, the mother should bury him well...... But Your Majesty, he didn't even mention it, he was full of that child, how good that child was, how capable, how he was. Could it be that my political son has been raised by him since he was a child, and since he was a child, his father and son, filial piety, and dedication to his family and country, are all empty?

"Mother's ......"

"After all, what Your Majesty wants is just an heir!" the queen laughed sadly, and the tears in the corners of her eyes fell coldly along the wrinkles of the road.