Chapter XXXVIII

Mu Ling smiled knowingly: "I don't like those, but who else do you like?" The Queen Mother and the Emperor are your dearest, if you like it, even if it is the stars and moon in the sky, I am afraid that I will go and pick it for you. ”

Hearing this, Mu Qing was not only unhappy, but even more melancholy, "You don't understand, and I don't understand...... The queen doesn't seem to like the person I picked. ”

"Why is that?"

"Probably...... Do you think he's a martial artist who plays with knives and sticks? Mu Qing sighed, his expression depressed, "The border pass has been unstable recently, and he has to lead the troops to leave again, I don't know how many years it will take to come back." ”

The Queen Mother was already in full swing to help her choose a son-in-law, and she seemed to be very disgusted with Ruan Fan, not only showing her a concubine, but also wanting to point out a marriage to Ruan Fan.

As for her royal brother, he even rejected her - the horse must not have real power. Ruan Fan is not only a leader of troops, but also a fierce general, and is indispensable in the DPRK and China.

At the same time, she was rejected by the two people who loved her the most, Mu Qing thought that the queen mother and the emperor didn't love her, otherwise, why didn't she make an exception for her? She is the only daughter of the queen mother and the only sister of the royal brother.

On the contrary, Mu Ling had no opinion on this matter. She felt that Mu Qing would be so attentive to what others did not allow. Such a young girl, who has not been baptized by setbacks, is really married to a general, and I am afraid that she will lose interest.

has been growing all his life, Mu Qing said that he was in love at this time, he was afraid that he didn't understand love, he didn't know love, he was full of affection for his little daughter.

……

After two days, the trip is imminent.

Rim Smoke can't follow this time, the scars on his body are good, but he can't move around.

Mu Ling brought Cui Yan and asked her to find a way to inform Liang Yan.

I don't know what method Cui Yan used, Liang Yan, who had not shown up for many days, actually came to greet everyone before they left the palace.

Mu Qing was very happy, and felt that this seventh brother was very righteous, much better than his own brother who refused to even give him a marriage. In addition, this time it was Liang Yan's Zhuangzi who went again, Mu Qing pulled Liang Yan to twitter and said a lot of things.

At this time, it is the season when the prey is plump and the vegetables and fruits are abundant, Mu Qing can't help but be idle, he wants to gallop on the Zhuangzi, hunt first, then fish, sit around the bonfire at night, barbecue and play with a group of little sisters, and soak in the hot spring together before going to bed.

Liang Yan listened quietly, looking back at the carriage with the door closed from time to time, where Mu Ling was.

He got the news of Cuiyan and knew that Mu Ling had something to see him, so he refused a few banquets and came to send them on purpose.

It's just that there are many palace people serving in and out, and for a while, the two haven't spoken yet.

Mu Ling didn't want to alarm Liang Yan and went directly to see Concubine Wan's niece, but she really couldn't get out, so she had to find Liang Yan.

Mu Qing returned to the forest like a bird, and when he entered Zhuangzi, he disappeared, and he didn't know where the horse had gone.

Mu Ling excused herself from being tired and went back to her room to rest, but in fact she went to see Liang Yan and told Liang Yan about Concubine Wan's niece returning to Beijing to visit her mother.

"I think, it's a clue after all, after all, it's a niece that Concubine Wan likes very much, and I have seen her before the death of Concubine Niang, maybe I know something." Mu Ling said.

However, Liang Yan did not hold out much hope.

It's not that he hasn't visited, it's just that all the palace people around Concubine Wan are dead, and he doesn't think that the Queen Mother will let go of any suspicious person.

"Give it a try." Mu Ling said softly.

That night, Liang Yan took Mu Ling out of Zhuangzi.

Concubine Wan's niece Meng Yan is not a few years older than Liang Yan, but she is full of vicissitudes, her hair is gray and gray, and she trembles when she is brought by the secret guard.

When Liang Yan explained his identity and asked about the death of Concubine Yun, the woman looked at Liang Yan in a daze as if she had been struck by lightning, and was speechless for a long time.

Mu Ling saw that her tears were like beads with broken threads, and he helped her hand and made her sit peacefully.

Meng Yan held warm water in her hand, and it took a long time to talk about the events of the year.

Since the death of Liang Yan's mother, Concubine Wan seems to feel something, and feels that she will not live long. For a while, he hurriedly summoned his family to the palace, saying that he wanted to see him.

Meng Yan is among them.

Later, the concubine really died, and the queen mother also summoned the concubine's family to the palace for an audience, and also said a lot of things to Meng Yan.

"The Queen Mother is high, I am a rural village woman, rough and unbearable, what can I say, it is nothing more than raising chickens and ducks......" Meng Yan looked at the masonry on the ground in a daze, and said.

Listening to her words, Liang Yan closed his eyes.

Mu Ling frowned and asked, "Miss Meng, I wonder if Concubine Wan has ever explained anything to you, or what objects have been handed over to you?" ”

Meng Yanliang said for a long time: "At that time, I didn't understand, but later the Queen Mother summoned us to the palace several times, and she would ask herself, and the palace people would also ask." When I get married, I understand ......"

She turned her head and looked at Liang Yan, her eyes were no longer cloudy and confused, "My aunt said that she loved the loquat tree in the palace of the concubine Niangniang the most in the past, and said that it was the first emperor who loved the concubine Niangniang and planted it by her own hands. ”

Liang Yan got up suddenly, and looked at her with burning eyes.

Meng Yan smiled faintly, and in the candlelight, as if she had completed some kind of mission, she got up and left.

Mu Ling looked at the figure in the distance, then at Liang Yan, and said suspiciously: "Why did Miss Meng talk about a tree, is there any allusion?" ”

Liang Yan's eyes were clear, he walked in front of Mu Ling, and gently held her in his arms, with some force.

Mu Ling was puzzled, but she didn't struggle—because there was a hot and humid liquid that slipped down her neck.

That night, a secret guard dug out a clay pot from under the loquat tree and brought it back to Liang Yan's house.

There was no gold, silver and jewelry in the clay pot, no edict or secret order, only a letter left by Liang Yan's mother-

The first emperor once said that he would not give the queen's children, because the He family supported the army and respected themselves, controlled the court, and framed Zhongliang.

The queen had a father and brother in the previous dynasty, and entered the Feng Palace, His Majesty was not in a hurry, for many years, the first emperor treated the queen particularly indifferently, and there has been no son-in-law.

It's just that once the queen drunk His Majesty, but that time, there was one, which is really strange.

Mu Ling picked it up and jumped to read the letter, but Liang Yan didn't hide it from her.

The concubine said in the letter that if the first emperor went early, she would definitely die, so let Liang Yan retire to the rivers and lakes, stop getting involved in party disputes, go to live the days she wants, and marry the woman she likes...... This is the best comfort for her, and the best filial piety of a son to his mother.

The letter did not seem to happen overnight, it was intermittent, some of it was messy, some of it was scribbled.

The concubine wrote: The queen has some medical methods, and the hospital also has her people, Your Majesty is afraid that time is running out, but I can't escape, I am willing to guard him, my son led the troops to leave, and the danger or return in vain, but it is always a good thing, I have no quarrel with the queen, I only hope that she can surround your life......

My son, my mother is about to return to the underworld, don't be sad, after all, I want to meet your father and emperor on the bridge, and we will be husband and wife again in the next life.

My son doesn't have to be scared, my mother is very happy, and I don't have to be tired by Your Majesty and fight and calculate with others......

At the end of the letter, there were a few dim bloodstains, which were shocking.