I stood in front of the Chongqing Palace, raised my eyes and watched the dark clouds on the horizon gradually gathered together, just like a group of huge wild horses, galloping under the escort of the strong wind, and soon covered the entire sky, unstoppable, the earth was pitch black, and soon there were wisps of rain dripping from the dark clouds, and the raindrops of "Boom Boom" fell in the two urns of cloisonne Jinwen water tank, splashing up a splash, and the feng shui fish were shocked to swim everywhere in it, very restless.

The successive changes made the hearts of the palace people covered with a heavy feeling of suffocation, and no one dared to mention a relevant word. The first seven days of the Queen Mother have passed, and she lies in the coffin of the carved jade Wenzi to rest in peace, according to the first ceremony, the coffin also needs to be suspended in front of the Chongqing Hall for a few days, and the monks of Jinsu Temple can be buried in the soil after chanting the scriptures.

Because the Queen Mother died suddenly, Xiangxiang's funeral could only be pushed back again and again, and it was not until this morning that the body was taken back to the mansion by Lord Rong for placement.

Outside the hall, the rain splashed on the eaves, and then flowed down rapidly, smashing on the gray ground, splashing with water stains, and surging into a cloud of smoke with the summer heat, which seemed to spread an endless gloom in the air.

The white candle in front of the spirit burned day and night, the candlelight shook gently from time to time, so weak, as if the life in the coffin had passed away, Aunt Jinyue saw that the rain was getting heavier outside, and she hurriedly took two glass lampshades to carefully protect the candle flame that was about to burn, and then knelt on the futon in front of the spirit and kowtowed, for two days in a row, she was always like this, and took the scriptures that had just been copied last night from my hands, and said in a hoarse voice: "Zhaoyi Niangniang has a heart, and she has always copied the scriptures to burn to the Queen Mother in the past two days, and she has not rested much, and her eyes are all blue." ”

I sighed, couldn't help but reach out and touch my face, shook my head and said, "What is this, as a junior, it should be." ”

Aunt Jinyue stared at me with a smile, "In the past two days, the slave maid looked at the mother's face, as if she wanted to ask the slave maid something in her heart. ”

I looked back at Aunt Jinyue, pursed my lips, "um", took a stick of sandalwood from the spirit and lit it, "I really don't understand some things, and I hope my aunt can give me some advice." ”

After I bowed three times in a row, she entered the incense stove for me, and chuckled: "It's for Zhuang Jieyu's business." ”

I nodded and shook my head, "More than that." ”

Aunt Jinyue's face suddenly became a little puzzled, "What else?" ”

I stared at her and said, "And the death of the Queen Mother," after a pause, I said, "My aunt is the right hand of the Queen Mother, and I won't be able to notice the strangeness of the Queen Mother's sudden death." ”

Aunt Jinyue said in a deep voice: "Many things don't have to be known so clearly. ”

I smiled lightly, "Auntie doesn't want to tell me because the reason is related to Your Majesty, is it?" ”

She looked straight at me, "How does Niangniang know?" ”

I said: "That day, I went to ask the Queen Mother to say goodbye, and when I left, I met a little palace maid, and I chatted casually," lowered my eyes and thought about it, "The biggest reason why Your Majesty is in a hurry to drive the Imperial Doctor away is not me, but to cut off the Queen Mother's life, the little palace maid mentioned that the Queen Mother's illness was very worried, and also said that the last time the Imperial Doctor came to ask for the Queen Mother's pulse and changed the previous prescription slightly, I guess that the Imperial Doctor was already coerced by His Majesty at that time, and had to be, and after that, the Imperial Doctor in the Imperial Hospital knew that this was His Majesty's meaning, The Queen Mother's health is getting worse and worse, and I am afraid that she will not be able to rely on it, so she has to obey Your Majesty's orders, aunt, am I right? ”

Aunt Jinyue said softly, "That's right. ”

I frowned, "But, I can't understand why my aunt hasn't stopped this from happening for so many years by the Queen Mother's side?" ”

Aunt Jinyue lowered her eyes, "The slave maid also has selfish intentions," After a while, Youyou raised her eyes to look at me and whispered, "No matter what, Your Majesty is also the biological son of the slave maid, and if the slave and maid don't help him, how can he stop him?" ”

I said: "However, the Queen Mother treats Her Majesty well, and Your Majesty really shouldn't want the Queen Mother's life." ”

She said: "A lot of things are made in response to the stress, in the palace there is only mutual use, there is no real family affection, when the queen mother used the son of the slave should know that there must be this day, the queen mother was like this before, and now Your Majesty is also like this, and the slave and maid have naturally been like this." ”

I stood there and didn't speak, yes, the queen mother of the year set up the child of the king of Yunnan as the emperor, it was a rebellion, in order to save his life, but also for glory, but now, Luo Xi let the queen mother taste the consequences left over from the year. I sighed: "There is reincarnation in the way of heaven, isn't my aunt afraid that one day Your Majesty will taste the fruits of the cause she planted?" ”

Aunt Jinyue smiled lightly, "That's the pain he should bear, and no one can help him because of his own choice." ”

I asked: "Zhuang Jieyu and Prince Ning will faint on the official road and just happened to be discovered by His Majesty, so I think it is also because of the sudden death of the Queen Mother, right?" ”

Aunt Jinyue took a deep breath, "That's not the case, the Queen Mother has always been cautious, and so are the slaves and maids, even if the Queen Mother dies, the slaves and maids will fulfill the Queen Mother's wishes, but Zhuang Jieyu and Prince Ning were intentional before the Queen Mother died." ”

I was stunned, "Why?" Shaking her head puzzled, "My aunt and the Queen Mother obviously know that in this way, Prince Ning and Zhuang Jieyu have only one way to die, and the Queen Mother is not the biological mother of the first emperor, naturally Prince Ning or Your Majesty, she can do it, but aunt, why do you ...... Prince Ning and His Majesty are both the grandsons of your in-laws! ”

Aunt Jinyue's eyes seemed to be shining, and she said, "Slaves and maids can only choose the lesser of the two, and they must think about the overall situation." ”

I looked at her quizzically.

Aunt Jinyue said: "Who is Your Majesty, the descendant of the King of Yunnan, the bloodline is not right, and now Your Majesty is sitting in a high position once the consequences are unimaginable, and the slave maid does not want to watch the King of Yunnan and His Majesty go to war, father and son cannibalism, Prince Ning does not know the inside story and secretly takes refuge in the King of Yunnan and others, and the letters are exchanged, Niangniang thinks that His Majesty is so stupid that he doesn't know anything," and sighed one after another, "No, Your Majesty knows, he not only knows about Prince Ning, he also knows more, if not, how can Your Majesty kill the Queen Mother, Do you want her to die unconsciously? ”

My scalp tingled, "Auntie means that His Majesty has known about the past for a long time, but he just hasn't revealed it." ”

Aunt Jinyue nodded.

I secretly felt a sad fear in my heart, Luo Xi knew everything, but I didn't even see a point, he was so impenetrable, wasn't I the closest person to him...... It turned out that he had never trusted anyone at all in his heart, and the only thing he believed in was himself.

Aunt Jinyue pursed her lips and smiled, bent down to hold up the copper basin, the scriptures in it had already turned to ashes, she shook her hands, and muttered, "It's going to fall again, it's going to fall ......" while turning away, under the faint candlelight, only a lonely silhouette hit the vermilion wall in front of her.

I was wrapped in a thin light gauze trimmed blue twisted gold peach pattern, and the tips of the bright yellow lace tassels were soaked and the raindrops were about to drop, one by one, like glass beads.

After a heavy rain, the sky is blue and blue, like a large glass that has just been washed with water, and the air is filled with a heavy earthy smell, Qiu Si said with an umbrella next to him: "This day is really true, it will be sunny for a while, and it will rain for a while, and I don't know if it will rain again after a while." ”

I pointed to the sky, "You see, there are dark clouds in the distance, but they haven't moved to us yet, and now it's just a brief silence before the storm. ”

Qiu Si squinted, "Really," he hurriedly picked up the umbrella he had just put away, "Then let's go back quickly, so as not to get wet." ”

I nodded and gave a soft "um".

Before I could raise my feet, my father-in-law ran over from a distance, bowed his head to stop me, bent over, knelt in front of me and said, "Niangniang, Your Majesty's imperial study is invited!" ”

I frowned, "Your Majesty," thinking about it, but finally didn't scratch my head, "What did Your Majesty tell me to go to the imperial study?" ”

The father-in-law shook his head, "The slave doesn't know, it's just that His Majesty suddenly said that he wanted to see Niangniang." ”

I lowered my eyes and thought for a moment, "Then let my father-in-law lead the way." ”

When he came to the imperial study, Luo Xifang finished reading the folds, rubbed his eyelids with one hand, and gently put up the several folds spread out on the desk with the other, and then closed his eyes lazily, "You should know what I want to say when I came to you." ”

The hall was silent for a while, and was about to answer, but the thunderstorm outside sounded again, and the downpour poured down, only the dull roar of the torrential rain on the top of the temple, sticky and uncomfortable, more damp and heavy than the sunny weather, and even the quiet time of the evening seemed to be glued by the air. I glanced at him lightly and said calmly, "I really don't know, I hope Your Majesty will tell me." ”

Luo Xi smiled lightly, unable to hide the tiredness in his brows, "I know that you want to save Zhuang Jieyu's life, and I have fulfilled you," he eased his breath and slowly opened his eyes to look at me, "But I can't figure it out, why do you want to deceive me?" ”

I shook my head, "I didn't deceive Your Majesty. ”

He said softly: "You have long known about Prince Ning and Zhuang Jieyu, but you have never told me, and you have not even shown any signs. ”

I bowed and smiled, "If this is a deception, then why hasn't Your Majesty deceived me?" ”

Luo Xi thought thoughtfully, "What do you know?" ”

I smiled lightly, "I know what I should know, what I shouldn't know," I took a deep breath after a long pause, "About the sudden death of the Queen Mother is Your Majesty's hands and feet, Your Majesty has long known that the Queen Mother is not his own grandmother who can kill her, and Your Majesty knows that if you want to sit on the throne, you must do this, because Your Majesty is not justified." ”

Luo Xi was slightly startled, and said with a straight face: "When did you know?" ”

I said calmly: "It may be a little later than Your Majesty, or it may be a little earlier than Your Majesty." ”

His eyebrows were tightly locked, as if there was unbearable pain tangled in his heart, and he said in a muffled voice: "Then you should also know that I will not tolerate anyone in the world who knows about this. ”

I asked, "Did Your Majesty say that people also include Aunt Jinyue?" ”

Luo Xi's face became more and more depressed and sad, and after a long time, a word appeared in his mouth: "Yes." ”

I asked slowly, "I also know, then, what does Your Majesty want to do with me?" ”

He looked at the milky white mist that rose slightly on the moon window glass without saying a word, and there seemed to be a mourning deep into the bone marrow in his eyes, he turned his face, and his eyebrows trembled slightly, "Meng Zhaoyi's words are out of line, and he is very sad to discuss the government and politics, but he is diligent in his past service, and from now on, he will be confined to the Wanyi Palace, and he will not be allowed to go out without an edict for the rest of his life." ”

The voice was heavy and slightly abrupt, and the splendid curtain quietly raised the silhouette of a wisp of bamboo flowers outside the window, my lips trembled gently as if I couldn't help the wind, and my eyes were full of tears, but I stubbornly didn't want it to flow, and blessed my body, "Yes, I obey Your Majesty's will." ”

Luo Xi bowed, "It would be nice if you didn't know anything." ”

I said lightly: "Impossible, the wild goose has left traces, the things that Your Majesty has done will definitely leave traces, and I, as the closest person to Your Majesty, will definitely find out the clues, Your Majesty knows, once I find some clues, I must want to find out." ”

Luo Xi slowly got up and walked in front of me, his eyes were tightly connected to my face, and he sighed softly: "In the future, what if I want to see you again?" ”

His hand wanted to touch my cheek, I took two steps back, and said quietly: "Your Majesty has made a decision, you should suffer the consequences, Your Majesty knows that the difficulty is not that you can't see me, but that you can't see me, and the hurdle in Your Majesty's heart can't be overcome after all." ”

Luo Xi's arm hung in mid-air, as if it was frozen, and for a moment, he withdrew his hand with a slight tremble, "Yes, I still chose the world between the world and you." ”

I chuckled, "Your Majesty didn't choose the world, but chose the position of power," my eyelashes twitched twice, "If I don't know about those past events, will Your Majesty really let me go?" ”

He shook his head and whispered, "I won't." ”

I smiled, "Because even if I don't know the past, I still know about Zhuang Jieyu and Prince Ning after all and hide it from Your Majesty, Your Majesty will not allow these royal secrets to have the slightest possibility of spreading, naturally including me, Your Majesty knows that I am not the queen, and I will not always stand on the same front with Your Majesty, so Your Majesty will not tolerate the existence of this scourge of mine." ”

Luo Xi nodded and said solemnly: "But I am reluctant to kill you." ”

After a dead silence, I said in a low voice: "I don't care if Your Majesty really killed me, what I care about is Your Majesty's heart, and in Your Majesty's heart, you have already moved the killing intent to kill me, right?" ”

Luo Xi was silent, gloomy.

I saw that his face was extremely cold, and perhaps it was best for me or him to be completely cut off, so I said: "In this way, there will be no more Meng Zhaoyi in the world, and there will be no more Meng Miao," After speaking, I smiled, looked out the window, and found that even if the dark clouds obscured the sun, it would not hide the purple and red color, and his voice was as exciting as a cold needle, and said, "This harem will not lose half of its colorful colors without me, Your Majesty will not have Feng Shuyi and the queen without me, and there will be newcomers in the future, and Your Majesty will forget me all over the time, I won't think of me often, and now the grief in the heart of His Majesty is only temporary, and when I think about it later, I'm afraid it will only feel like a dream, and it's not a pity. ”