Qianqing Palace.

In the emperor's bedroom, on the dragon couch, lay the queen's mother, her face was unusually pale, motionless, and her appearance was no different from that of a dead person.

In fact, she was really, literally dead.

It's just that some of the people standing in front of her bed don't believe it,

The emperor, Prince Li, and Princess Qingtian, they don't believe it.

There is only one person who believes it, and that is Concubine Li, because the queen died under her conspiracy.

The master of the Tai Hospital reached out and probed the queen's nose, touched her carotid artery, and finally picked up her wrist to check her pulse.

The diagnosis is complete.

His face was even paler and ugly than that of the queen's mother.

He diagnosed and confirmed that the queen mother was indeed dead.

The emperor, Prince Li, and Princess Qingtian all noticed the change in the face of the master of the Zheng Academy, and they couldn't help but feel nervous, they seemed to understand something, and they all wanted to open their mouths to interrogate, but their lips moved and moved, and they never spoke.

"Ahem! Cough! Concubine Li covered her mouth and coughed dryly twice, and said softly, "How is it?" Master Zheng, how is her sister? ”

"Alas!" The master of the Zheng courtyard sighed heavily, he did not answer Concubine Li's question, but faced the emperor, "Your Majesty, can the slave speak?" ”

As soon as the master of the Zheng courtyard said this, except for Concubine Li, the faces of the emperor, Prince Li, and Princess Qingtian all changed.

Prince Li's face was as dead as ashes, he took a deep breath and slowly exhaled it, his eyes full of sadness and despair.

Princess Qingtian's face twitched, she bit her lip tightly, and tears glistened in her eyes.

The emperor was already covered with cold sweat, his hands were shaking, and his lips trembled: "Say...... Say ......"

Master Zheng gritted his teeth, and finally spoke: "Queen Mother, she, it has been, the immortal has passed away!" ”

Concubine Li sneered secretly, but she pretended to have an extremely painful expression on her face.

"Nope! No, it won't! Princess Qingtian burst into tears, wailed and wailed, and threw herself in front of the dragon couch, "The queen mother will not die, she will not!" Misdiagnosis, it must be you who misdiagnosed! ”

The master of the Zheng courtyard said sadly: "Please mourn the emperor, the prince, the mother, and the princess." ”

Princess Qingtian's sweaty hands grasped the cold hands of the queen mother, tears flowed silently, and teardrops fell on the back of her hands.

The emperor only felt that there were stars in his eyes, the sky was spinning, and his body was shaking.

"Your Majesty, be careful!" Concubine Li hurriedly stepped forward to help him.

Prince Li froze and turned his gaze to Master Zheng: "What is the cause of death?" ”

Master Zheng gave a diagnostic answer: "Violent death." ”

"Sudden death?" Prince Li's eyebrows twitched, as if he didn't believe it, "The queen mother has always been safe and sound on weekdays, strong and healthy, and has neither major or minor illnesses, how could she enter the tomb of the queen mother and die violently?" It's not that the queen mother hasn't been in before, why was it okay before, but this time something happened? ”

The master of Zheng was speechless, so he had to hang his head.

He examined the queen carefully, and she had no signs of poisoning, no possibility of homicide, and no suicidal injuries, except for violent death, there was no other reasonable explanation.

Seeing that the master of Zheng Courtyard avoided answering and couldn't say why, Prince Li's eyes showed a fierce light and forced him to look at him: "What's wrong?" You should explain to Prince Ben. ”

Concubine Li suddenly spoke: "There are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and people will have misfortunes and blessings, who can predict it?" ”

When Prince Li heard this, he flattened his mouth and did not speak again.

He didn't know how to refute what Concubine Li said.

The emperor waved his hand to the master of the Zheng Academy: "Okay, you go down!" ”

"Yes!" Master Zheng nodded and retreated.

As soon as he walked away, Princess Yanmeng broke into the room.

"I received the news, so I hurried back from Suwang's Mansion, what happened to the queen mother?" Princess Yanmeng's gaze swept over the faces of the emperor, Concubine Li, and Prince Li one by one.

They all looked at Princess Yanmeng, but none of them answered her question.

Princess Yanmeng's eyes turned to the queen mother on the dragon couch, and the third sister who knelt in front of the couch and cried bitterly, she was shocked, swallowed her saliva, plucked up the courage to step forward, and squatted down beside the third sister Princess Qingtian.

Then, she stared at the unusually pale face of the queen mother, as if she had realized something, the corners of her eyes were wet, and she just wanted to reach out and touch her face......

"Big sister!" Princess Qingtian cried loudly, let out a sad cry, opened her arms and hugged Princess Yanmeng tightly, crying silently, "Queen Mother, she ...... She...... Already...... The immortal is gone! ”

Princess Yanmeng didn't say much, and hugged Princess Qingtian tightly, crying together.

Prince Li stood still, his face was bitter, his eyes were rolling up and down, sometimes looking at the queen mother on the bed, sometimes at Princess Yanmeng and Princess Qingtian under the bed, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The emperor looked at Concubine Li: "Ai Fei, you go down first!" Go to the garden pavilion and wait for me, I will come to you in a moment, I have something to tell you. ”

Concubine Li's mother didn't know what to do: "Your Majesty, the concubines ......"

The Emperor said categorically: "Now, my princes and princesses need my comfort. ”

Looking at Princess Yanmeng and Princess Qingtian crying heartbroken, they really need comfort, and now, of course, it is him as a father who can comfort them.

"The concubine understands." Concubine Li nodded, "Your Majesty, you have to take care of your body!" ”

The emperor smiled bitterly and patted Concubine Li's shoulder, and Concubine Li immediately retreated.

The emperor looked at Prince Li: "Li'er, help my father and the emperor to sit down at the table." ”

"Yes." Prince Li answered the call and helped the emperor to sit down at the table.

"Meng'er, sweet." After he sat down, he beckoned to Princess Yanmeng and Princess Qingtian, "Come here!" ”

Princess Yanmeng and Princess Qingtian were indifferent, still hugging and crying.

Prince Li raised his voice: "Eldest sister and third sister, my father called you!" ”

Princess Yanmeng and Princess Qingtian slowly changed from crying to sobbing, and finally, the two stopped crying, let go of their hands, and got up to the emperor's side.

"All sit down!" The Emperor waved his hand and motioned for the three to sit down.

The three of them sat down as they were told, their faces painful and sad.

The emperor spoke: "Don't be too sad, human life, like a spark, always flashes away, the important thing is not to be sad for the final destruction, but to be happy for that flash of light, the light of your mother's love used to shine on you tangibly, but now, only invisibly shines on you, do you understand?" In fact, your queen mother is still by your side and will always accompany you. ”

Prince Li and Princess Yanmeng were both excited when they heard this.

"What my father said makes sense, the queen mother will always be with us, whether it is now or in the future."

"That's right, the eldest sister has a point."

The emperor's words gave his sister and brother great spiritual comfort.

Only Princess Qingtian curled her mouth and muttered in her heart: "Everyone is gone, how can you accompany you?" How to accompany? ”

The emperor smiled reluctantly: "It's good that you understand, don't cry anymore, if you do this again, your queen mother will be unhappy." ”

"Yes." Princess Yanmeng and Prince Li suddenly brightened, and a smile appeared on their faces.

"Good." The Emperor smiled with relief, "I'm gone." ”

"Take care, father!" Princess Yanmeng and Prince Li sent each other off in unison.

The emperor got up and was about to leave, as if he remembered something, he turned his head and stared at Princess Qingtian: "Qingtian, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Oh." Princess Qingtian responded, "It's nothing, my father walks slowly." ”

The Emperor shook his head and smiled, and walked away.

He ran to the garden gazebo......

In the garden pavilion, there was a nervous Concubine Li.

She didn't understand that the emperor was not in a hurry to deal with the funeral of the queen's mother, but he was so anxious to talk to him about things.

What is he going to say to himself?

She didn't understand.

Suddenly looking up, she saw the emperor coming, she hurriedly got up to greet her: "Your Majesty, ......"

The emperor stepped into the gazebo, smiled and waved his hand: "Sit." ”

The two sat down one after another, and Concubine Li hurriedly said, "What does the emperor have to say to his concubines?" ”

The emperor said solemnly: "When the queen is buried and everything is taken care of, I will make you the queen!" ”

Concubine Li was flattered, and her heart was surprised, but she deliberately shirked it: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is not very good?" ”

The emperor didn't care: "There's nothing bad about it, now that the harem has no owner, sooner or later it will have to be set up separately, if I don't set you up, who else can I set up?" ”

That's clear enough.

With his loving relationship with the emperor, there is no need to be polite, there is a cheap and not a bastard, Concubine Li smiled sweetly: "The concubine obeys the order!" ”

She knew that from now on, the emperor would favor her even more.

The weight of her words will become heavier and heavier, and her power will become greater and greater.