When Xinyue was young, the grandmother who taught in the house, in her spare time, liked to tell her and Shan'er, Yao'er what the tragic story of the emperor and queen, the most listened to was the story of Taizu and Empress Zhang, and the others, I don't know which dynasty and which generation, were the emperors and queens who were originally in love, and finally reciprocated with each other, and finally the queen was gloomy, and the emperor and the concubines were a period of romantic stories.

But the two emperors and queens of this dynasty, since the two got married, have been in love until now, in the dream of the new moon, it is also after the queen died first, on the third day, His Majesty passed away suddenly, and now, will it be this result, the new moon does not count in his heart, after all, many things have changed.

Entering the spacious and even empty Kun Palace, Xinyue saw Aunt Yue beside the queen, and Xinyue restrained herself, "Auntie, why are you here, I am here to see Your Majesty, but I have not seen Your Majesty's usher." ”

Aunt Yue seemed to know for a long time, so she said to Xinyue, "County Lord, Your Majesty has just fallen asleep, and the Queen Mother knows that he wants to see you, so let the slave wait for you here, let you go to see the Mother first, so that Your Majesty can sleep for a while." ”

"Okay, since Your Majesty is resting, then please report to my aunt, and the new moon will go to see the queen."

"Please, the Queen Mother has been waiting for you for a long time." As she spoke, Aunt Yue led the way in front, and Xinyue followed behind her, and the two walked into the apse of Kun Palace together.

It's still the same here, except for the hostess here, who is lying on the bed weakly, her face is pale, after the crescent moon salutes, she stands in front of the bed with her hands folded, seeing that she still has some spirits, and wants to live for a few days, "Niangniang, the new moon has come to see you." ”

The queen looked at the new moon, paused, and then spoke not as kind as before, but hoarsely asked, "Have you gone to the place where he died in battle?" ”

Crescent Moon was startled, then lowered her gaze, and then tears fell down her eyes "Look"

"What's going on there?" The queen asked.

Crescent Moon sighed, "It's desolate, I thought it would be a terrible place full of bones and covered with everything, but it was a wasteland as far as the eye could see, and there was nothing but dead grass. ”

"Heh..."Xinyue heard the queen sneer, and Xinyue asked puzzledly, "Niangniang, what are you laughing at?" ”

"You must think that Zhao'er is really too pitiful." The queen still sneered.

Xinyue wasn't sure what she meant for a while, so she had to follow her words and continued, "Yes, the crown prince could have made a big show. ”

"Then you really still don't know Zhao'er, look at me, lying in this soft collapse, enjoying all the glory, but also suffering from illness, and there is Zhao'er like that, going so happily." As she spoke, two lines of tears still flowed from the queen's dry eyes.

Xinyue lowered her head, and only said to the queen after a while, "Niangniang, it's all Xinyue's fault." ”

"Well, it's really your fault. If you had become his crown princess, or if you had lived happily with others, you would not have what you are doing now. Although the queen was saying the words of the responsibility of counting the crescent moon, there was no blame at all in her tone, and sure enough, she changed her words, "However, he also deserves that he has a deep love and enthusiasm, so he should pay the price for his recklessness." You don't have to blame yourself. ”

Xinyue didn't expect that the queen was still comforting herself, lowering her head, and tears were dripping down in strings.

"You say, don't you think about my son? I fell in love with that person's son again, and he was so stubborn. The queen stretched out her hand, and the crescent moon held it, and as soon as she pressed hard, the new moon understood that she was letting herself sit beside her.

Crescent sat down beside her, and the queen coughed twice, waiting for Crescent to answer.

"Niangniang, now, I am no longer the daughter-in-law of the Yu Palace." Crescent replied.

"I'm not talking about Brother Rongtan's son, but him, the son of the slut who harms others and himself." When the queen mentioned her uncle's name, she was still a little gentle, and before Xinyue had time to savor the meaning, she was trapped by the sentence behind her, and after thinking for a long time, she tried to ask, "Niangniang is talking about Rong Ying?" ”

The queen nodded, and the new moon frowned, not knowing what to say.

I only heard the queen continue to say, "New Moon, you know what? I've never felt like I've lost to anyone in my life. Your aunt? She's just a stupid woman who has no vision and only cares about what is in front of her, the other women in the harem? It's just that I was too lazy to clean them up, including Rong Ying's biological mother, who did her own evil and didn't get a way out in the end. But I'm not reconciled, my son who has been raised so carefully can't compare to that kind of cheap child. ”

The queen said a lot, and Xinyue finally understood, Your Majesty, the grudge between the queen and Xiao Guifei, and also knew that in Rong Ying's mouth, Xiao Guifei, who was innocent and cowardly, and was killed by the queen, was actually such a person.

"Niangniang, Rong Ying and Xiao Guifei are different. The stars said that he would harm the children in the palace, so he sent him out, but saved him, he was brought up by King Lian, I don't know if you know, in fact, he is both civil and military, excellent riding and archery, Xinyue can be very objective to say, he is actually not worse than Brother Zhao at all, just because, because of His Majesty's love for you and Brother Zhao, and his disregard for him, so, it was not able to play in front of you and Your Majesty. Although Xinyue knew what kind of person Xiao Guifei was, she still stood on an objective point of view and spoke for Rong Ying.

These words were in the queen's ears, but they didn't mean objectively, she looked at the new moon that said Rong Ying's advantages, and asked, "Are you in love with him?" ”

Xinyue was stunned, speechless for a long time, she wanted to deny it, but her mouth couldn't open anything.

The queen said, "Look at your eyes, you seem to have done something irreparable, but you don't regret it." ”

Xinyue didn't expect the queen to be so transparent, so she didn't hide it, and nodded, "Yes, Xinyue won't regret it." ”

"What are you going to do?" The queen asked.

Xinyue thought for a while and said to the queen, "Niangniang, Rong Ying will become a Ming monarch, and he will be the master of this great saint, even better than His Majesty, but he will definitely not be happier than Your Majesty." You may see love in my eyes, or maybe the new moon really has some affection for him, but there are too many things between me and him that I can't let go, and I may torture him for the rest of my life. ”

Xinyue thought that the queen would feel happy and relieved when she heard her almost sworn words, but she sneered, Xinyue could see that the queen was mocking herself, Xinyue sobbed and asked, "Niangniang, what are you laughing at?" ”

"I'm laughing at you, can't you see?" The queen asked rhetorically, and the new moon nodded, "I just don't know why you're laughing?" ”

"As a person who has come over, I was supposed to make it clear to you, but when I saw you like this, I suddenly didn't want to say it, just waiting for you to regret it one day, and when I can't get it back, when I suddenly think of my smile today, I will understand what I mean. Xinyue, Xinyue, you are really spoiled by your mother, aunt and queen mother, and you don't know what it is like to love someone. You don't have to swear to comfort me, nothing can comfort me, unless you can bring my Zhao'er back to life. But you obviously had the opportunity to let him live, but you didn't hold it, but you want to vent this regret and apology on others. O new moon, you won't have a good end, I only watch you from the sky, can you have my end today? After saying so many words, the queen laughed a few more times, and she seemed to have exhausted all her energy, and half-closed her eyelids, as if she was recuperating her spirits, and as if she was about to run out of breath.

Xinyue sat on the edge of her bed for a moment, and after thinking about her words for a while, she said, "Niangniang, if there was really the heaven you said, I wouldn't be here again." It was because I couldn't get liberation that I put the shackles on my body countless times. ”

The queen did not respond to her, but slowly fell asleep.

Xinyue came out of the queen's bedroom, and as soon as he closed the door, he saw the prince beside His Majesty, and he bowed to Xinyue, "County Lord, Your Majesty is awake." ”

"Well, let's go." With that, Xinyue followed the princess and walked into the study on the other side.

"Greetings to Your Majesty" Crescent Moon bowed and knelt on the ground.

His Majesty was facing away from the crescent moon, reaching for a book on the shelf, and when he heard the sound of the crescent moon, his hand paused, and he put it down again, and did not take the book, and only turned around for a moment and asked the crescent moon, "Are you back?" ”

"Yes, the crescent moon is back." Crescent Moon knelt on the ground and did not want to look up at His Majesty.

His Majesty also felt her awkwardness, the last time the two met, it was in front of the Queen Mother's car, and now it will be three years, and the pair of uncles and nieces are becoming more and more rusty.

The two were silent for a moment, and His Majesty sat back at the desk and said, "Xinyue, I have a few doubts that I want you to answer for me. ”

"Crescent Moon doesn't dare." The crescent moon lowered its body.

"I think you'll tell me." His Majesty was confident, and soon asked the first question of the new moon: "Is it the external enemy or the internal ghost who took you away?" ”

Xinyue thought about it, His Majesty should have found out a long time ago, and asked himself, just to confirm the doubts in his heart, so Xinyue replied truthfully, "Internal and external collusion." ”

"Oh? This is something I didn't expect, so I ask you again, the Yue Guifei of Liang Guo who favored the sixth palace, but you? ”

"No, Xinyue escaped under the pretext of leaving Jincheng, and for more than two years, he has been living in a village called Juxian County and Lijia Village near Yanzhou." The new moon told the truth again.

"I see, does the prince know?" The crown prince asked by His Majesty here is naturally Rong Ying, who has been canonized and has already been imprisoned, Xinyue listened and shook his head, "He doesn't know." ”

"He doesn't know?" His Majesty sneered, then thought about it, felt that this matter seemed to make sense, and asked, "He loves you?" ”

Crescent Moon frowned, and after thinking for a long time, she replied, "I don't know. ”

"Then he is using you, that Yue Guifei, he wishes it was really you, so that the Jiang family, King Yu, who wants to fish in troubled waters, can be more used by him." After hearing this, Xinyue didn't speak, thinking about Rong Ying, he did have such a thought, as for what he wanted to think, Xinyue replied, "I don't know"

"You don't know, Xinyue, what does my uncle think, you know everything?" His Majesty looked at Xinyue from above, only seeing the back of her head and her small figure, he was in a trance, and he thought of his own sister Yining a little.

"Your Majesty, you ask, Xinyue answers, Xinyue naturally knows everything." Xinyue raised her head, and His Majesty suddenly realized that she didn't look like her sister at all.

"Okay, I'll ask you again, how did the king of Liang and you meet?" His Majesty knocked on the table, and Xinyue looked at His Majesty's somewhat empty eyes, and was not sure how to speak for a while, and a voice in his heart told him, do you want to gamble?

"Say?" Your Majesty is about to lose patience.

Xinyue opened her mouth and told Her Majesty how she knew Liang Wei, why Liang Wei took her away at the beginning, and why she wanted to stay by her side later.

But the heart of the emperor is so unpredictable, and the new moon is uncertain for a while.

Only one answered His Majesty's questions, and after asking for a while, Xinyue couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, what do you want to ask these questions?" ”

After hearing this, His Majesty frowned and asked Crescent, "What do you think I have to do?" ”

"The new moon really doesn't know." Although the new moon has some guesses, it is only her own guess.

His Majesty smiled, but with a bitter smile, and replied, "You are a clever child, but you are very awkward and stubborn. So I'm always stuck in my own thoughts, and I can't extricate myself. ”

"Your Majesty, you have not answered my question." The new moon has long had its own shortcomings, and it is inappropriate to talk about it.

"Then I'll ask you one last question, and I'll answer your question as long as you answer me truthfully." After hearing this, Xinyue chuckled in her heart.

Sure enough, His Majesty asked the last question, "Zhao'er, was Rong Ying killed?" ”

After hearing this, Xinyue frowned, and was about to speak and deny it, when His Majesty spoke, "If you don't tell the truth, I will kill your brother's whole family." ”

"Your Majesty, that's your own nephew." Xinyue felt that His Majesty should not be so ruthless, but His Majesty smiled, "Xinyue, in the emperor's family, how could there have been siblings and blood relatives. Look at Rong Ying, didn't you just do something to mutilate your siblings? ”

Xinyue felt that His Majesty was a little seductive, she was really in a mess, and she couldn't figure out what His Majesty meant, so she replied ambiguously, "Since Your Majesty already has a certain number in her heart, why do you still want to ask me?" ”

"I really don't have to ask you, there is only one thing I want to ask you, and that is do you remember who killed Zhao'er?"

Xinyue frowned, and shouted in severe pain in her heart, "Your Majesty, Rong Ying is also your son." ”

"He is just my blood, and in my life, I only put one person in my heart, and only regard her child as my child. As for Ying'er, it's only because I deserve it. Okay, let me ask you again, Zhao'er, who killed you? ”