When Chu Haoyan and his entourage appeared in Cining Palace, the Queen Mother's face was full of smiles and her eyes narrowed, but the kindness in her eyes couldn't be concealed, but when she saw the gray-clothed old man beside Chu Haoyan, the Queen Mother was stunned at first, and then shook her head and laughed.

Stepping into the main hall, Chu Hao bowed down and said, "Erchen meets the Queen Mother." As he spoke, Chu Haoyan knelt down and kowtowed respectfully three times.

At the same time, Chu Yuanjing knelt down, and bowed respectfully: "Xiao Jing has seen the imperial grandmother!" ”

The old man in gray did not kneel, but jumped to the side of the Queen Mother, grabbed the Queen Mother's arm and shouted: "Queen Mother, do you recognize me?" Without waiting for the Queen Mother to answer, the old man in gray continued: "What's the matter with me coming back in such a hurry?" ”

There was a hint of playfulness in the crisp voice, not who Chu Haoyu was. Glancing at Chu Haoran and Uncle Kun, Chu Haoyu said again: "Big brother, Uncle Kun, are you also there?" ”

"It's not because of you." While speaking, the Queen Mother raised her hand and touched Chu Haoyu's head, and then said, "Okay, let's all get up." ”

"Thank you, Queen Mother." After bowing, Chu Haoyan and Chu Yuan stood up.

At this moment, the Queen Mother had already set her eyes on Chu Haoyu and said with a smile: "Xiao Qi, why are you dressed like this?" ”

Snorting lightly, Chu Haoyu opened his mouth and replied: "It's not that the Heavenly Thorns and the traitors have teased me again and again, of course I want to find them out, so I dress up like this." ”

Listening to Chu Haoyu's nonchalant tone, the Queen Mother sighed softly and said with a smile: "What is the result?" ”

Chu Haoyu exclaimed very proudly: "Of course you will kill them all, queen mother, your little seven is smart." ”

Suddenly, seeing the cold light flashing in the queen mother's eyes, Chu Haoran hurriedly spoke: "Queen mother, you see that Xiao Qi is not only fine, but also knows that he has shared the worries of his son, Xiao Qi has really grown up." ”

The Queen Mother smiled again and said, "Xiao Qi has really grown up." patting Chu Haoyu's head again, the Queen Mother said again: "Xiao Qi, you go to wash and change your clothes first, look at your dirty, you are about to become a flower child." ”

Nodding in agreement, Chu Haoyu opened his mouth and said, "Okay, I'll come when I go, Xiao Jing, do you want to go?" ”

Before Chu Yuanjing could answer, the Queen Mother said, "Xiao Qi, you go first, how many questions does my mother ask Xiao Jing?" ”

Staring at the queen mother, Chu Haoyu asked with a puzzled face, "What's the problem?" ”

At this moment, the Queen Mother also stared straight at Chu Haoyu and said with a smile: "Miss Guo of the Hidden Sword Villa." ”

Hearing the queen mother's words, Chu Haoyu was stunned for a moment, and then pouted and said, "What does she have to ask." Saying this, Chu Haoyu strode towards the back hall.

When Chu Haoyu disappeared, the smile on the queen mother's face had disappeared, and she looked at Chu Yuanjing and asked, "Xiao Jing, you tell the imperial grandmother, what have you been doing these days?" ”

Chu Yuanjing was puzzled in his heart, and he could only tell the events of the past few days, but he obeyed Chu Haoyu's instructions and did not dare to say anything about Chu Haoyu's assassination twice, especially the one when the ghost gate was closed.

After hearing what Chu Yuanjing said, the Queen Mother sighed softly and asked nonchalantly, "It's gone?" ”

Shaking his head, Chu Yuanjing said with certainty: "No." ”

"Presumptuous, you dare to expire your old body." In the midst of the loud cheers, the Queen Mother suddenly slapped the Buddha beads on the table, making a dull sound.

Suddenly, everyone was stunned, especially Chu Yuanjing. Shocked in his heart, Chu Yuanjing could only bite the bullet and say: "Grandma Huang, how dare Xiao Jing deceive you, there is really no more." ”

At this moment, Chu Haoran also opened his mouth and said, "Queen Mother, Xiao Qi didn't come back safely, what else are you worried about?" ”

Glancing at a few people, the Queen Mother shouted: "The old body is not happy that you are partnering to deceive the old body." After a cold snort, the Queen Mother said in a deep voice: "The old body watched Xiao Qi grow up, how could he not know that he had something to hide from the old body, every time he went into trouble and asked the old body, he had this expression, if nothing happened, how could he be so peaceful?" The old body and eyes are not yet flowery. Speaking of this, the Queen Mother glared at Chu Yuanjing and said: "And Xiao Jing, you can't lie, you dare to come and deceive the old body, do you really think that the palace is old?" ”

With a pop, Chu Yuanjing knelt on the ground, but he didn't dare to speak, so he could only bow his head deeply and dare not look at the Queen Mother.

Seeing this, the Queen Mother was even more annoyed, and set her eyes on the Martial King Chu Haoyan, and said, "Second brother, you have been following the two of you, what is there to hide from the old body?" ”

Seeing Chu Haoyan answer, the Queen Mother snorted coldly again and shouted, "Ah Fu! ”

Ah Fu, who came back with the three of them, had not yet dried his clothes, and when he heard the summons of the Queen Mother, he hurriedly walked into the main hall, bowed down and replied: "The old slave is here, what does the Queen Mother command?" ”

Without waiting for the Queen Mother to speak, Chu Haoyan said: "Let's talk about it!" ”

Chu Haoyan calmly told Chu Haoyu about the assassination, and deliberately waited until the last moment to save him, and Chu Haoyan did not hide it. After finishing speaking, Chu Haoyan knelt on the ground and said respectfully: "It's all the sons and daughters who make their own opinions, please punish the Queen Mother!" As he spoke, he bowed to the end, his head close to the ground.

Staring at Chu Haoyan, the Queen Mother shouted angrily: "In this way, you are still good for Xiao Qi, good, good." Or angry, the Queen Mother waved her hand and swept the teacup and Buddha beads to the ground, and suddenly, the broken teacup made a loud noise, especially in this very quiet hall.

The splash of water splashed on Chu Haoyan's face, but Chu Haoyan's face was still calm, as if waiting for the Queen Mother's anger and punishment.

At this moment, seeing that the Queen Mother was angry, all the eunuchs and palace maids in the hall immediately knelt down, not to mention them, even Chu Kun and Ah Fu also knelt down, waiting for the Queen Mother's anger.

Looking at the angry queen mother, Chu Haoran smiled bitterly in his heart. He didn't know about it just now, and he was shocked when he heard it, especially when he thought that the queen mother could feel it, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it was really a mother-son connection! Thinking so in his heart, Chu Haoran could only stand up and said, "Queen Mother......"

As soon as the words came out, he was interrupted by the Queen Mother, who shouted in a deep voice: "You all go down and close the door." ”

In the cold words of the Queen Mother, the eunuchs and palace maids retreated one by one with their heads bowed, without even making the slightest sound.

When the door was closed, the Queen Mother said in a deep voice: "Haoran, my mother asked you, is it your idea to let Xiao Qi participate in the martial arts test to be bait?" Speaking of this, the Queen Mother stared straight into Chu Haoran's eyes and said, "Tianfeng ordered you to plan the martial arts test when he was still alive, if he hadn't had an accident, it would have been held a long time ago." Now that three or four years have passed, how can you be afraid of Mobei making trouble, I'm afraid you still want to borrow them to establish power! ”

With a wry smile, Chu Haoran didn't deny it, and said, "Yes." ”

Seeing Chu Haoran admit it, the Queen Mother asked again: "So you use the prince Xiao Qi as bait, and want to lure out the Heavenly Thorn Traitor?" ”

At this moment, Chu Haoran had regained his composure, and said calmly: "Xiao Qi is naughty, the martial arts test is so lively, how can Xiao Qi miss it." He was originally the target of someone with a heart, and since this was the case, Erchen wanted to find them out by the hand of Xiao Qi. ”

Nodding, the Queen Mother's face also eased, and she opened her mouth and said: "Xiao Qi, as a child of the Chu family, should do his best for the family, otherwise the old body will not agree to him to go out, but if you use him as bait, aren't you afraid that Xiao Qi will have a case?" The son of a daughter, he can't sit down, not to mention the little seven golden branches and jade leaves, what should I do if there is a slight mistake? Also, Chu Si, tell me what's going on with those guards? ”

Seeing that Chu Kun bowed his head and didn't answer, the Queen Mother said coldly: "Tianfeng formed a secret guard when he was young, and it has been more than fifty years now. Fifty years, fifty years of heavenly guards, can't even come up with a few decent guards? Knowing that there is a trap that can still make the young master fall into a situation of nine deaths and a lifetime, Chu Si, you tell the old body, how did you, the leader of the Tianwei, behave? ”

The more he talked, the more angry he became, the more anxious he became, and the Queen Mother finally raised her voice and shouted: "If Xiao Qi makes a mistake, I see how you will see Tianfeng in the future and how you will face your brothers." ”

Chu Kun didn't argue, he just slammed his head on the stone slab, making a thumping sound, and shouted at the same time: "Chu Kun is guilty, please punish the master!" ”

At this time, Chu Haoyan also spoke: "The Empress Dowager, this matter is the son's own opinion, please ask the Empress Dowager to surrender." ”

Hearing the two of them say this, the Queen Mother was even more annoyed, stretched out her hand and pointed at the two of them and said: "Okay, the two of you, one is the prince of the court and the other is the leader of the Tianwei, but you want to punish the old body, don't you bully the old body and an idler?" At the end of the words, the Queen Mother gasped even more.

Seeing this, Chu Haoran hurriedly shouted: "Queen Mother! ”

At this moment, Ah Fu had already gotten up and walked to the side of the Queen Mother, patted the Queen Mother's back and said, "Queen Mother, you are angry, isn't the little master safe and sound?" While speaking, he looked at Chu Haoran and begged him to admit his mistake.

Glaring at Chu Haoran angrily, the Queen Mother said angrily: "The old body is still alive, they treat Xiao Qi like this, if the old body is not there, what will Xiao Qi do?" ”

Under the gaze of the queen mother, Chu Haoran bowed down and said: "Queen mother, the son knows his mistake, don't be angry, take care of your body." ”

"Don't worry, if you don't wait for Xiao Qi to get married and have children, the old body won't be able to die." At the end of the words, the Queen Mother coughed.

Seeing such a scene, Chu Haoran knew that if he couldn't explain it clearly at this time, he was afraid that there would be a real gap with the queen mother. Sighing lightly, Chu Haoran said calmly: "Second brother, Uncle Kun, Fu Bo, you go out first." Spread my word, anyone who is close to the main hall ten zhang, kill! ”

Looking at Chu Haoran, several people knew that he had something to say to the Queen Mother, so the three of them didn't say much, and got up and left after bowing to the Queen Mother.

When the door closed, Chu Haoran sat down beside the queen mother, and said slowly: "The queen mother is in the strange son?" Seeing that the queen mother nodded, Chu Haoran shook his head lightly, and said helplessly: "Queen mother, you cherish Xiao Qi so much, why can't you be considerate of your sons?" ”

Looking at her eldest son, the emperor of Tianchu Kingdom, the Queen Mother's face finally eased, and she sighed: "It's not that your mother is inconsiderate of you, why do you want to hide it from your mother?" If it weren't for my mother's restlessness, I am afraid that I would have been hidden from you forever. ”

Hearing what the queen mother said, Chu Haoran immediately apologized and said: "It's the son's fault, the son's minister wrote it down." After a pause at this, Chu Haoran suddenly changed his words and said: "The most ruthless emperor family, is the queen mother still blaming the fourth child?" ”

Shaking her head and nodding again, the Queen Mother said softly: "The Queen Mother is not a pedantic person, it's not strange, it's just a little uncomfortable when I think about it." ”

Chu Haoran nodded and said: "The queen mother should know the ambition of her son, be a monarch through the ages, and want my Chu family dynasty to open a prosperous era through the ages, for this, Haoran is willing to give everything." ”

The Queen Mother sighed lightly and said, "You have always had great ambitions, so Tianfeng handed over the world to you." Haoran, you already have the world, why are you still embarrassed for Xiao Qi? Although Xiao Qi is favored by us, and he is messing around with his temperament, Tianfeng has never taught him the way to govern the country and the family, and even asked him to go into the mountains to guard filial piety, don't you still understand our intentions? ”

Looking at the Queen Mother, Chu Haoyu said: "Erchen naturally understands the painstaking efforts of his father and queen mother, and also knows Xiao Qi's temperament, this time with Xiao Qi as bait, Erchen wants to see Xiao Qi's heart, and the second child wants Xiao Qi to concentrate on martial arts, but the queen mother can rest assured, there will be no next time." ”

The Queen Mother finally nodded her head, thought for a moment and said: "After the martial arts trial, my mother wants to go to Banshan Nunnery to cultivate for a period of time, and let Xiao Qi go with the old man." ”

Banshan Nunnery is located on Jiufeng Mountain in the north of the city, and was created by a generation of Shengni Qing Lantern Master. The Queen Mother believed in Buddhism and was very good with the current owner of the Banshan Nunnery, Nian Ci Shi, and would always go to the Banshan Nunnery to stay for a few days every year.

Chu Haoran knew that this was the posture of the queen mother, and nodded: "When the time comes, the son will personally escort the queen mother." ”