Chapter 32: The Truth
"The second lady has arrived, and the Queen Mother asked me to come to the door to meet you."
When I arrived at Anshou Palace, Aunt Liu Ruo had been waiting for me at the door for a long time.
"How did the Queen Mother know I was coming?" I asked suspiciously as I followed Aunt Liu Ruo inside.
"I don't know this slave, it's better for the second lady to ask the queen mother in person, the mother loves the second miss, so she will naturally know everything."
Hearing Aunt Liu Ruo's answer, I didn't want to continue to ask for a while, after all, in this harem, there are some things that the Queen Mother doesn't want me to know, so no one dares to let me know.
"Queen Mother, the second lady has arrived." Aunt Liu Ruo led me to the door of the Buddha hall and stopped, and said to the door and inside.
"Let her come in, and then inform her, there is no need for anyone to serve in the Buddha Hall." The Queen Mother's voice came from the Buddhist hall.
"Yes, the slave and maid will do it later." Aunt Liu Ruo answered and opened the door and said to me, "Second Miss, please come in." ”
I glanced at Aunt Liu Ruo, raised my feet and stepped into the door, now I really feel ironic when I look at this Buddhist hall, last time I saw Concubine Xian and sent Shen Guiren, who will it be this time?
"Min'er greets the Queen Mother, the mother is auspicious." When I entered, the Queen Mother was sitting in the side hall of the Buddha Hall, and there was a mess on the table.
"Min'er is here, sit, play chess with the mourning family."
"Is this the endgame?" I sat down and watched for a while, then stared at the chess game and said to the Queen Mother.
"Not crippled, not crippled." The Queen Mother didn't look up at me, still fiddling with the chess pieces in her hand and thinking about the chess game.
"Avoid people's strengths, attack their shortcomings, set traps everywhere, please enter the urn, and kill until the opponent loses the game." After carefully looking at the form of the chess game on the table, I sighed out loud, "The queen mother's chess, Min'er is willing to bow down." ”
The Queen Mother didn't speak, just handed me the white son in her hand, and then picked up the black child that originally belonged to me. The defeat of the sunspot has been decided, why is the Queen Mother?
Although I was puzzled, I didn't say anything, and after a few rounds, there was still no winner or loser. Only occasionally the Queen Mother seized the opportunity, chased after her, but the defeat has been decided, this chess game is indeed hopeless for the Queen Mother, when I secretly made a good conclusion, the Queen Mother suddenly fell, and then ......
"I won." These three words came out of the mouth of the Queen Mother lightly.
Sure enough, this game is undoubtedly a resurrection from the dead.
"The willows are bright, a shot back to the horse, and the opponent's nest is smashed, which makes people unguardable, the queen mother's trick is put to death and then comes to life, Min'er admires." I put down the chess pieces in my hand and said to the Queen Mother.
Life is a chess game, a chess game is life, the Queen Mother specially put this chess game for me, is she trying to use the chess game to tell me something?
"Since this chess game is also over, let's chat, the mourning family knows why you are looking for me." The Queen Mother glanced at me, then picked up the tea next to her and drank it, "I did it to frame you with a witch Gu, I agreed to the killing of Shen Guiren, and I also asked Concubine Xian to send your sister's medicine, I don't know if Min'er has anything else to know?" ”
The Queen Mother's expression was frank when she said this, could it be that I was wrong again?
"The Queen Mother told me such a big secret directly?" Although I knew these things for a long time, I was still greatly surprised when I said it from the mouth of the Queen Mother.
"The mourning family said that they liked you, so naturally they would not lie to you, besides, the mourning family has always believed that you are a smart child."
"The Queen Mother is not afraid that I will tell my sister about this? In this way, the mother-son relationship between the queen mother and the emperor is probably going to be broken, right? ”
"Do you think the emperor doesn't know about your sister's miscarriage? The mourners said, you are a smart child, you will not do this. From the first time I saw you, the mourning family knew that you were familiar with the laws of the deep palace. I can't be mistaken. ”
What does the Queen Mother mean by that Li Yu knows that the Queen Mother arranged for Concubine Xian to send medicine to her sister? According to Li Yu's love for his sister, how could he not stop this matter......
"The Queen Mother laughed, Min'er is just a boudoir woman, and if she really enters this deep palace, I'm afraid it will end up like Concubine Xian's mother."
"If the mourning family is not mistaken, the night Shen Guiren died, Min'er was in Qixiang Palace? Since you were able to find Shen Gui that day, it is enough to show that you are smart. ”
"The Queen Mother sent someone to follow me?"
"I can't talk about tracking, I just happened to run into it when Liu Ruo went."
"Since the Queen Mother has mentioned this matter, I wonder if Min'er can trouble the Queen Mother to solve her doubts?"
"Second Miss, please say, the mourning family must know everything."
"Why did Shen Guiren die?"
"Because of you, and because of her."
"Because of me?"
"I need to know your ability, in addition to arranging for you to meet Li Yu, but also to test whether you have the ability to survive in the palace?"
"It's as simple as that?"
"Or else? How complicated does the second lady want to be? ”
"Just to test me, you ruined the life of a noble person in vain? Does the Queen Mother think I can accept this answer? ”
"She deserves to die, and the mourning family just found a decent reason to let her go. As for the rest, the mourning family has already said it, and whether to accept it or not is Min'er's own business. "When the Queen Mother said this, she looked indifferent, just like a kitten and a puppy who died, not a person at all, why is this happening, the Queen Mother in my memory is obviously generous and benevolent......
"What about my sister? What is in your sister's belly is your own grandson, why did the Queen Mother do this? ”
"If you really want to know, just ask the emperor, and he will tell you."
"But ......"
"It's nothing, the mourning family is tired, you go down first." The Queen Mother interrupted my questioning, then lowered her head and continued to fiddle with the chess pieces on the table.
"Yes, Min'er is retiring." I got up and walked out the door.
"I have discussed with your sister, and after the next year, you will enter the palace to serve the emperor with your sister." As I stepped out of the door, the Queen Mother's voice suddenly came from behind.
Enter the palace to serve Li Yu?
"I don't want to." I quickly turned around and refused.
"I didn't let you agree, this is an order, and the mourning family will let the emperor make an order then."
I didn't answer the Queen Mother, I just turned around and left Anshou Palace. But this does not mean acceptance, I know the Queen Mother, and too much arguing at this time will only bring me more adverse consequences.
Since it is after the Jilu, it means that I still have countless opportunities for reversal before the Jilu. As for now, should I go to Li Yu?
Walking on the palace road, I felt that my brain was getting more and more chaotic, and all the truth was full of new doubts, why did my sister and the queen mother do everything possible to let me enter this harem?
What did Shang Wen want to say in the end?