When the brocade curtain was completely opened, a beautiful woman with cloud temples and towering waist, like a willow and a hibiscus face, appeared in front of Liu Ziqiu, and he kind of believed in that legend

The years are a pig-killing knife, the knife is urging people to grow old, but this pig-killing knife obviously did not leave too many traces on Empress Xiao's face, obviously she is already in her forties, but she still looks like a young woman in her early twenties, and her face is flushed and delicate, if there is no man's rain and dew to moisturize, a woman who has been widowed for half a year will definitely not be so radiant, Liu Ziqiu can be sure that something must have happened between Empress Xiao and Yu Wenhua

Among the women Liu Ziqiu has seen, Queen Xiao is not the most beautiful one, Gao Xiu'er, Wang Guizhi, Tuoba Qianyu all have the appearance of captivating the country and the city, and will not be under Queen Xiao, Fan Lihua, Lin Qiao'er, and Xue Ye'er, who has just met, also have the appearance of sinking fish and falling geese, and the appearance of shy flowers in the closed moon, judging from their appearance alone, these women all have their own merits, if you really want to divide the superiority and inferiority, you should push Xie Yun's baby daughter Xie Muyu has the most beautiful appearance

But compared with Gao Xiuer and Xie Muyu, Queen Xiao has a more mature charm, and the attraction of this mature charm to men is incomparable to those young girls, but there are many mature women, Lin Qiaoer is also one, in addition to maturity, Queen Xiao also has an indescribable noble temperament, this kind of nobility is innate, even if ordinary women become queens, they can't learn this kind of nobility, Queen Xiao was originally the princess of the Western Liang Kingdom, and was later selected as Yang Guang's princess, until the mother of the world, this nobility has long been deeply rooted in the bone marrow

There is an old saying that if you want to rob the emperor, maybe it is her noble temperament that attracts five men, including Li Shimin

However, Liu Ziqiu already has considerable immunity to beauties, and in the face of Queen Xiao, no matter how beautiful, mature, or noble, he can quickly return to normal, and he said: "The minister is late to save the car, so that the mother is frightened, please punish the mother."

At the beginning, Yang Guang was able to squeeze Yang Yong away and ascend to the throne of the crown prince, and he also had half of the credit of Empress Xiao, with her wisdom, how could she not understand her own situation, otherwise it would be impossible to commit to Yu Wenhua and Liu Ziqiu to ask for punishment, it was obviously a polite sentence, how could Empress Xiao take it seriously, even if she really wanted to punish Liu Ziqiu, no one would execute it for her, not to mention that Liu Ziqiu was not at fault at all

Empress Xiao waved her hand and said: "Aiqing has saved the meritorious mourning family, and she is about to give a good reward, so what do you have to talk about punishment, I don't know what reward Aiqing wants"

Liu Ziqiu said seriously: "The ministers of the Great Sui and the Great Sui should serve the Great Sui, and they dare not ask for a reward."

In fact, Liu Ziqiu served as the brigade commander not long after Yang Guang died, he didn't even get a penny of money, so to say this, it was completely to put gold on his face, as for the reward, Liu Ziqiu must want, but he can't put it up by himself, he wants to wave the army to calm the world, he must be famous, now he has supported Yang Qi as the emperor, and controlled Empress Xiao, he can learn the story of Cao Wei and coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, but his starting point is too low, a small brigade commander wants to become the prime minister of the government and the opposition all of a sudden, and is bound to become the target of the public, he needs to stabilize the place first, and then slowly try to enter, so try to be as humble as possible

But Liu Ziqiu's humility fell into the eyes of Queen Xiao, but it became something else, of course she didn't know what Liu Ziqiu thought, but she knew that she now even had to rely on Liu Ziqiu for food, and there was really nothing to reward Liu Ziqiu

In addition to the name of the queen, Empress Xiao can only get her hands on this body, Empress Xiao is very smart, but she also has a weakness of being timid and afraid of things, Yang Guanghao is very happy to appoint Jiān Empress Xiao has long wanted to come out to persuade her, but she didn't dare to do it, because she was timid, when Yu Culture threatened her life, she obediently submitted, and now the entire Longxi Palace has fallen into the hands of Liu Ziqiu, Liu Ziqiu can also threaten her life, so no matter what Liu Ziqiu asks, she will agree

Queen Xiao has already ** Yu culture and does not care about sacrificing again, I heard that Liu Ziqiu asked to see her, so she was ready to change into a thin regular clothes, but this is not a thing worth publicizing after all, so Queen Xiao let Liu Ziqiu come in alone, originally she thought that Liu Ziqiu was just a rough soldier, but now when she saw Liu Ziqiu himself, she found that he was tall, young, and handsome, even if she was committed to him, it was not unacceptable

Hearing that Liu Ziqiu did not ask for a reward, Empress Xiao's face turned slightly red, and she lightly opened her lips and said, "Aiqing doesn't have to sit down and talk."

In the whole room, except for the low couch where Empress Xiao sits, there is no second place to sit, not even a futon, if Liu Ziqiu really wants to sit down, but he can only sit next to Empress Xiao, this low couch is just a place for Empress Xiao's lunch break, the shape is small, if the two people sit on it, it is bound to be very close, Empress Xiao is not only a show of a gentleman's attitude, but also a temptation for Liu Ziqiu

Liu Ziqiu's face was slightly stunned, and then he bowed down and said: "How can there be a seat for Weichen in front of Niangniang?"

Empress Xiao is not a naturally dissolute woman, just greedy for life and afraid of death, so she has to humiliate and humiliate the ants, and steal her life, but she can't blame her, but after all, she is the queen of the dynasty, although she is not exclusive to Liu Ziqiu, but it is impossible to take the initiative to throw herself into her arms, to see Liu Ziqiu's face, Queen Xiao is also a little unclear, Liu Ziqiu's path is also a little unclear, and he muttered: "General Liu, how can he not reward the mourning family, and the emperor intends to appoint you as the general of the left guard and the governor of Hexi."

Liu Ziqiu said with a smile: "The Emperor is still in Weiding City in Xihai County, isn't it too early to reward Weichen now?"

Liu Ziqiu was still very satisfied with the position of the governor of Hexi Province, but General Zuo Wei had no practical significance to him, but he wanted to remind Empress Xiao that the current emperor was Yang Qi whom he supported, not Yang Yu, who was supported by Yu Wenhua and Yang Yu, and his governor of Hexi Province could only be announced by Yang Qi

Empress Xiao then remembered that Fan Lihua had said that Liu Ziqiu had already established Yang Qi as the emperor, this is Liu Ziqiu's sphere of influence, and Yang Yu could only give up his position and continue to be his acting king, but whether Yang Yu or Yang Qi were Queen Xiao's own grandsons, she didn't have the idea of favoring one over the other, remembering Yu Wenhua and saying that Yang Qi had died in the chaos, and now she heard the news of Yang Qi, Queen Xiao couldn't help but redden, nodded and asked, "Is he okay?"

At this time, Empress Xiao's demeanor was like that of an ordinary child's grandmother, who only had concern in her eyes, and Liu Ziqiu couldn't help but secretly sigh with emotion, and hurriedly said: "The emperor is very good, and Weichen also found a playmate for him."

Empress Xiao has experienced palace battles, and she didn't believe Liu Ziqiu's words, and secretly slandered herself, I am afraid that you sent him to spy on Yang Qi

But this time she misunderstood Liu Ziqiu, Liu Ziqiu let Jin Xiaohu and Yang Qi be together, there really was no special idea, just let the two children play together, although Yang Qi was a puppet emperor, but Liu Ziqiu promised Fan Lihua to ensure his safety, he would not dare to let him be with the children of those nomadic families outside, so as not to have any accidents, and Jin Xiaohu was disabled, Lin Qiaoer was afraid that he would be laughed at by other children, and he was unwilling to let him contact with other children, so Yang Qi and Jin Xiaohu naturally came together and became playmates with each other

Thinking like this in her heart, Empress Xiao's face remained unchanged, and she said lightly: "It's so good, I don't know what else Liu Aiqing has to do when she comes to see the mourning family."

This is indeed the question in Empress Xiao's heart, she doesn't think how loyal Liu Ziqiu will be, as soon as she gets the news of her, she rushes to ask her for peace, Liu Ziqiu neither asks for a reward nor covets her beauty, there must be other intentions

Liu Ziqiu said respectfully: "Weichen is here to ask the queen mother to ask for an estrangement to His Royal Highness King Yue."

The Great Sui is a dynasty established by Yang Jian, and the Yang family is the orthodoxy of the Great Sui, but Queen Dugu was too tightly controlled by Yang Jian, and Yang Jian had no chance to find other women, so the Yang family only had five Yang Guang brothers, and Yang Guang successively killed his own brothers, and even his eldest brother Yang Yong's young sons refused to let go, and now there are only Yang Jun's sons Yang Hao, Yang Guang's son Yang Gao, Yang Guang's two grandsons, Yang Qi and Yang Yu, and one of them missing, Yang Dong

At the beginning, Yang Qi also belonged to the list of missing whereabouts, but he was rescued by Liu Ziqiu, and it actually made Liu Ziqiu famous as a teacher, if there is chaos today, the crowd is everywhere, in case Yang Tong is also the same as Yang Qi, he did not die, but fell into the hands of someone with ulterior motives, and sooner or later he will become a threat, so Liu Ziqiu wants to confirm it

Empress Xiao suddenly hid her face and cried bitterly, which made Liu Ziqiu at a loss, and it was not that she did not persuade her, and it was not after a while, Empress Xiao stopped crying and sighed: "When Dong Er died, the Mourning family was next to him, when a big snowball rolled down from the hillside and was smashing on Dong Er's head, it was also Dong Er's life, and that big snowball actually had a sharp stone in it, and Dong Er's head was smashed into a big hole at that time, and blood was gushing ...... Woo......"

As she spoke, Empress Xiao began to cry again

Unexpectedly, Yu Wenhua didn't lie in this matter, Liu Ziqiu couldn't help but feel a little self-blame, and he shouldn't let Empress Xiao recall the tragic scene at that time, and hurriedly persuaded: "Please mourn on Niangniang's Day, I think His Royal Highness the King of Yue doesn't want Niangniang to be so sad, and Weichen wants to choose an auspicious person to go to worship the first emperor and His Royal Highness the King of Yue, and also ask Niangniang to show it."

Empress Xiao wiped her tears and nodded: "Liu Aiqing is really loyal, but the mourning family still has a request."