The queen mother's bedroom was filled with a strong smell of sandalwood and medicine, and in such a cramped atmosphere, the maids in the palace were all trying to suppress and cry, which made people feel a kind of dying despair.

Lin Ruo even suspected that the Queen Mother was not returning to the light, as long as these suffocating smells were dispersed, these palace maids with sad faces were driven out, and these desperate breaths were driven away, the Queen Mother's body could get better!

Perhaps, this is the way to unconsciously deceive oneself when facing the loss of a loved one......

"Aunt Yun."

Lin Ruo and Qu Xiaoxiang saw Lu Yun waiting by the queen mother's bed and bowed.

Lu Yun returned the salute with a sad and haggard face, and reported to the Queen Mother in a somewhat choked voice: "Queen Mother, Princess Rong and the county lord of Fengyang are here." ”

"Really?" There was still a smile in Ci Hao's voice, "Ah Ruo, Xiaoxiang, come here, let the mourning family take a good look at ......"

"Yes."

Lin Ruo and Qu Xiaoxiang knelt obediently in front of the bed, within reach of the Queen Mother.

"It's nice to be the same age as the flowers...... At the beginning, I had a younger sister, and the two of us were about the same age as you, oh, no, a little younger than you, ......" The Queen Mother said very slowly, as if she was recalling that she no longer called herself "mourning family", but used "me" and "we". After a long pause, the Queen Mother retracted her thoughts, looked at the two girls in front of her, looked at them for a long time, and said, "Ah Ruo, Xiaoxiang, you already know about this, right?" ”

Although it was asked in a very slow, questioning way, the tone was firm. In particular, those eyes did not look like a dying person, but seemed to have seen all the discernment.

When Qu Xiaoxiang first came to Bian'an, except for Qin Qin, none of the ladies in the capital could enter her eyes. In addition, because of Qu Kuang's tragic death, Qu Xiaoxiang hated Su Muqing to the core, and even Lin Ruo, who had an intimate relationship with Su Muqing, was also put on the opposite side. Now, they are like sisters. The queen mother is not as easy to fool as ordinary people, she simply thinks that it is because Qu Xiaoxiang married Su Muyu, and for the sake of Su Muyu's face, Qu Xiaoxiang and Lin Ruo got along peacefully.

Lin Ruo and Qu Xiaoxiang glanced at each other, there were no other servants or maidservants around, and even Lu Yun didn't know when to retreat. The two didn't want to deceive the Queen Mother when she was dying, so they admitted it in unison.

The Empress Dowager didn't say anything about it, but looked at Lin Ruo and asked, "I heard that Lin Qian's health is not very good?" ”

Lin Ruo bowed his head and did not hide it: "Back to the emperor's grandmother's words, yes...... However, this incident was not told by his uncle, it was when Ah Ruo came back from the north that he met Han Shizheng, the former staff general of Qi Shuiwei, from him, Ah Ruo learned some sporadic past, and then touched the melon, and after that, he recognized the fifth sister. ”

After hearing this, the Queen Mother laughed slowly twice: "Han Shizheng? It turned out to be him, his old bones, still alive? ”

Lin Ruo said frankly: "The news that came half a year ago has passed away. ”

"Oh......" The Empress Dowager replied slowly, "But, you also asked Lin Qian for a thing or two, right?" Hehe, there is no need to deny that there are some things that no one else knows except me, him, and Lu Yun. ”

"Please Imperial Grandmother, don't blame your uncle......" Lin Ruo leaned over and kowtowed, and made a big bow respectfully.

"Imperial grandmother?" The Empress Dowager slowly repeated these three words, "Count it up, you have ...... I've been called my imperial grandmother for more than ten years. But in fact, you should, call me...... Great-aunt? Hehe, it's not as good as the royal grandmother, is it? ”

The Queen Mother looked at Lin Ruo expectantly like an old child.

From this point of view, the Queen Mother should have promised not to blame Lin Qian, right?

Lin Ruo nodded and responded: "Yes, the imperial grandmother is right, you will always be Ah Ruo's imperial grandmother!" ”

"Queen Mother."

Lu Yun went and returned, holding a wooden box and handing it to the Queen Mother.

The Empress Dowager slowly raised her hand, pointed at Lin Ruo and Qu Xiaoxiang, and said, "Put things ...... Give it to two girls. ”

"Yes."

Lu Yun got the orders of the Queen Mother and handed the wooden box to Lin Ruo and Qu Xiaoxiang. Lin Ruo and Qu Xiaoxiang looked at each other puzzled, and then Lin Ruo opened the lock on the wooden box and opened the wooden box, which contained two identical ebony hairpins, but it seemed that it had been many years.

Qu Xiaoxiang and Lin Ruo glanced back at the Queen Mother, saw that she nodded, glanced at each other, and then bowed slightly towards the box together to show their courtesy, and then took out the two ebony hairpins inside.

Holding the box, Lu Yun stood aside and stopped making a sound.

Lin Ruo looked at the ebony hairpin in his hand, rubbed it carefully, turned around for half a circle, and found that at the end of the hairpin, a small "Yang" word was engraved, so he turned his head to look at the one in Qu Xiaoxiang's hand, and sure enough, on the ebony hairpin in Qu Xiaoxiang's hand, there was a small "Ying" character in the same position.

Qu Lianyang, Qu Lianying.

Therefore, these two hairpins, one is the queen mother's, and the other is Lin Ruo's grandmother Qu Lianying!

The Queen Mother seemed to be a little tired, so she motioned to Lu Yun to tell the story of the two hairpins on her behalf.

"Princess Rong, the lord of Fengyang, as the two of you think, these two ebony hairpins are the mother of the Queen Mother, and they are handed over to the Queen Mother and the fifth lady, oh, the fifth miss is the sister of the Queen Mother, that is, the grandmother of Princess Rong." Lu Yun told the story of the year in a calm tone, "At that time, the Queen Mother and the fifth lady set off from the south and went to Beijing to participate in the draft. When passing through Jinling, the fifth lady fell in love with Lin Jingxu, the son of the Jinling Lin family, and eloped. ”

Although the Queen Mother properly handled this matter and concealed it, for Qu Lianyang's reckless selfish practices back then, even after many years, Lu Yun was still unhappy for the Queen Mother. At that time, the queen mother was only seventeen or eighteen years old, and how much pressure she was under to hide this matter! If there is a slight difference, it will hurt the Qu family!

When Lin Ruo heard Lu Yun talk about the past again, he also felt sorry in his heart.

Lu Yun knew that Lin Ruo was not to blame for this matter, and the fifth lady Qu Lianyang had also been dead for many years, so her next tone slowly returned to calm: "Not long after, the Lin family in Jinling was slaughtered by Lu Xian, the prefect of Jiangzhou, for the crime of 'rebellion'. The queen mother's position was not high at that time, and this matter would implicate the matter of the fifth lady, so she didn't dare to intercede with the emperor, so she could only secretly send someone from the Wing Fire Guard to Jinling to inquire about the news, and find out that it was Lu Xian's personal vendetta for the sake of the communiqué. Later, the people of the Wing Fire Guard met the people of the Shui Guardian and infiltrated Jinling to investigate the matter. In order to protect the Qu family, the Queen Mother suppressed this matter, and expelled the people who searched for the cause and expelled the people of Qi Shuiwei from Jinling. "Hundred Plating" The latest chapter of "Female Businesswoman Claw Book House" is free to read for the first time.