The next afternoon.

Taiji Palace, His Royal Highness.

The sun is as bright as silver, but Mei Niang, who is standing in the sun, only feels cold - since she heard the news in Minghe's mouth.

"Mother? Empress? ”

After hesitating for a while, Minghe called to her softly, waking her up from the ice. Slowly, she turned her head to look at Minghe: "Really? ”

"Yes." Minghe nodded and said in a low voice: "Uncle Yuan has already started to arrange. Then he said indignantly, "What is this? Niangniang, isn't this obviously going to pile all the faults on Niangniang? ”

Mei Niang didn't answer, and she didn't want to answer, she just looked at the back of the hall a little distractedly, and then turned her head and looked ahead. feet, suddenly stepped out, but it was like stepping on clouds.

One step, two steps, three steps......

She walked like this, as if she were stepping on a cloud—no matter if there was anyone behind her, and no matter what anyone else thought...... She just walked dazedly and walked.

Walking all the way, finally, stopped in front of a gate.

Looking up, she looked at the huge, black-colored gilt plaque in front of her.

Liangyi Palace.

"Mother?"

Minghe looked at Mei Niang who suddenly stopped with some puzzlement, glanced at the palace in front of him again, and hesitated for a moment before asking.

It can't be said that he is not surprised, after all, since Mei Niang re-entered the palace that year, she has not entered the Liangyi Hall again. Even the so-called ceremonies at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, she didn't come.

Therefore, there have always been people in and outside the palace, saying that Mei Niang was afraid to face the first emperor because of guilt, so she never came again.

Only those close to them know that to say such things is simply ignorant of the inside story - over the years, whenever it is time to enter the temple to worship, Mei Niang is always inconvenient. Either the birth is imminent, and you can't enter the palace according to the palace system, or you are pregnant and inconvenient to enter the palace, or Li Zhi or several little princes are a little unwell, and she needs to be taken care of closely.

So Li Zhi always persuaded her not to come.

But today, such a lie has been shattered.

was pondering, and suddenly heard Mei Niang's whisper:

"Open the doors of the temple."

When Minghe heard the sound, he immediately looked up at Mei Niang, and when he was stunned, he answered yes, and went forward to order the left and right guards to enter, please open the door of the palace.

The doors of the temple slowly opened.

Mei Niang walked step by step into this hall that seemed to have never been to herself.

Looking around, it's clean and tidy, and even some places, it's always been new - obviously, it's been cleaned and cared for here. There is no place at all, and it seems that it still retains the vitality and vitality of the year.

She was silent.

He paused for a moment, then walked up the steps again. After walking up the steps step by step, the door of the hall opened, and she slowly walked into the main hall.

The inside of the door was even cleaner, and not even a speck of cobwebs could be seen. The purple smoke of the incense burner in front of the two spiritual thrones curled up, and there was no ash left around the incense burner.

He...... No, he couldn't possibly hide it from himself.

Mei Niang shook her head, hesitated for a moment, and finally turned around and asked Minghe beside her: "Here, every day, who is cleaning it?" Such dedication should be commended. ”

Minghe was stunned for a moment, thought for a while and said, "It seems that those old palace people should be sweeping it." As for who...... I don't know. ”

"Old palace people......" Mei Niang smiled sadly, slowly walked along the long side, and at the same time stretched out her hand to gently brush a few sides - clean and smooth, mirror-like touch made her only feel incredible: "This old palace person, how old is he?" How can you still have such physical strength to take care of this huge Liangyi Hall so clean and clean, and there is no dirt at all? ”

As she spoke, she lifted her fingers and twisted them carefully, feeling the touch of the clean fingertips rubbing against each other.

Minghe was stunned for a moment, some slight sweat came out of the corners of his forehead, and he thought for a long time before he whispered: "Niangniang is suspicious......

"Hongu doesn't suspect anything."

Mei Niang put down her hand, slowly walked to the brocade cushion in the middle of the hall, knelt slowly, first knelt three times and bowed nine times, and then folded her hands, closed her eyes and whispered:

"Hongu just wants to wait for him to come."

He?

Who is he?

Minghe looked dazed, but looking at Mei Niang's firm expression, he couldn't say anything, just silently stayed aside, waiting with Mei Niang.

They didn't have to wait long.

Soon, a slightly rickety figure appeared at the door of the hall.

Minghe looked up and saw someone coming, his eyes widened in astonishment-

How could it be him?!

Mei Niang also heard the sound of footsteps, but she didn't look up, just closed her eyes calmly, waiting for the footsteps to approach.

Soon, footsteps approached, and then stopped.

"Lao Niangniang has been waiting for a long time."

A familiar voice sounded, Mei Niang slowly opened her eyes, got up, turned her head, and looked at the familiar face: "Where, the real hard work is Uncle Yuan." ”

That's right, the person who came was the eldest grandson Wuji.

It's just that at this time, the eldest grandson Wuji, has no brocade clothes, no jade belt and high crown, just an ordinary shirt, carrying a clean bucket, standing in front of Mei Niang, smiling calmly.

"Over the years, there has always been Uncle Lao Yuan, who is condescending and noble, who has come to this Liangyi Hall to be loyal to the first emperor." Mei Niang hooked the corners of her lips, as if she wanted to smile, but she couldn't smile.

"That's not what the mother said. These two ceremonial halls are the places where the first emperors are worshipped, what a noble place, and what kind of noble status does the old minister have in such a place? ”

The eldest grandson Wuji put down the bucket, folded the corners of his sleeves, tied the tie rope tightly, skillfully scooped up a cloth towel as white as snow from the bucket, wrung it half-dry, and saluted Mei Niang, but wiped it himself.

Mei Niang looked at him, suddenly smiled, and gritted her teeth and said, "This palace feels strange...... Why can't this palace ever enter these two halls? It turned out that Jiro left this place to Uncle Yuan. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji picked up a teacup and wiped it carefully, but he didn't raise his head and said: "The harem is now the queen's mother's, and it is not strange that the lord pities the old minister for a long time, and leaves the last place for the old minister?" ”

"But this last place is also the place where the main palace should come the most."

Mei Niang's face twisted slightly, and she gritted her teeth and smiled with tears after a while: "As the queen of the Tang Dynasty and the daughter-in-law of the first emperor, I want to come now, but even the door of the Liangyi Hall for the two holy spirits is the first time to step in...... Think about it, how ridiculous, how impolite...... It is only now that Hongu realizes it...... It really deserves to be calculated by Uncle Yuan. ”

After a pause, she said softly: "In the Tang Dynasty, this Taiji Palace is admired by everyone. And in this Taiji Palace, the Taiji Palace is the head of the political country. But in the hearts of the people of the Tang Dynasty......"

After swallowing a tear, she whispered: "This Liangyi Palace, where the first emperor's spiritual throne is parked, is the place where the palace should be worshiped in person!"

The avenue of the world is nothing more than filial piety, and Uncle Yuan begged Zhilang to only govern this place with Uncle Yuan's justice, and did not allow others to interfere...... This is to make the world say that the palace is not filial? Or do you want people all over the world to believe that the reason why this palace can't enter these two ceremonial halls is because he is not on good terms with Jiro at all, so he never refuses to let this palace enter the palace? ”

Mei Niang asked lightly, but asked the eldest grandson Wuji to stop, lowered his head, and asked lightly for a while:

"Mother, do you think this is what the Lord meant? Do you think that's all the Lord has for you? ”

Mei Niang held her breath for a while before she trembled, her whole body trembled as if she had been devoured by thunder, and asked in a toneless voice:

"Yes...... The First Emperor? ”

The eldest grandson Wuji turned his head and looked at her, his eyes were full of sympathy and indifference: "The edict of the first emperor is not only in the hands of the lord, but also in the hands of the old ministers. ”

With a bang, Mei Niang only felt cold all over her body, and she couldn't come back to her senses for a long time!