"You said you came from afar?"

Concubine Xiao's eyes lit up instantly, and at the same time, she leaned over, looking like she couldn't wait to rush out to see her son.

However, in the next second, she sat back very self-controlled, and the brightness in her eyes faded in an instant, as if she was worried about it, she didn't dare to step forward at all, so she had to think for a long time before she asked cautiously: "Is he really at the palace gate now?" ”

The maid had obviously served Concubine Xiao for a long time, and she could see her master's thoughts.

His Royal Highness King Cong has been at odds with Concubine Xiao for many years, and he almost never comes to this bleak palace to see his mother, but now he finally came once, but he was still stubborn, standing at the door and refusing to come in......

Just ask the mothers and sons of the world, how many can make trouble in this kind of field?

The maid nodded, and said sadly: "The Second Highness is standing at the gate of the palace waiting for the princess, we originally wanted to persuade him to come in and sit down, saying that the mother and the princess were chatting heartily......"

"But the prince just doesn't want to come in, which makes us helpless." After a pause, she looked at Concubine Xiao's face and said, "The prince still said ......"

At this point, the little girl suddenly couldn't bear to continue, biting her pink lips, looking hesitant, as if she was afraid of hurting Xiao Guifei, and as if she didn't vomit unpleasantly.

Lu Yao didn't expect the mother and son to really make such a fuss, and couldn't help frowning, and asked, "What else did he say?" ”

When the little maid saw that the princess allowed it, she simply turned her heart sideways, gritted her teeth and said: "The prince said that he would rather stand at the gate of Jingren Palace and wait until you finish talking, rather than walk in here when he is in a good mood to find bad luck." ”

As soon as these words came out, the expression on Xiao Guifei's face was almost dazed at first, she clenched her fists tightly without saying a word, her long nails were deep in the flesh, and even the precious veil was twisted into shape.

Then he exhaled deeply, but he didn't see too much sadness, obviously he was used to it, and he hid those pains deep in his heart.

She said, "Yao'er, you go back first, and we'll talk next time." ”

"Mother concubine ......" Lu Yao seems to be a little unbearable, she is living smoothly in the Lu family, after all, Master Lu and the Qin family have always been harmonious, and the eldest brother also remembers his mother very much, even if he gets married, he often goes back to see it.

But compared to the Qin family, even if this Xiao Guifei is richly dressed and has inexhaustible gold and silver treasures, she lacks her son's love after all.

"No more." Xiao Guifei waved her hand tiredly, pressed her temples again, as if she was very tired, and said, "You go back first, don't let him wait too long." ”

Lu Yao had to respond softly, even if he couldn't bear it in his heart, he had to salute and walk out.

However, Lu Yao didn't take a few steps before he saw Xiao Guifei looking at her with blank eyes and said, "Hey, Yao'er ......."

Lu Yao stood still and turned around, looking slightly stunned: "Mother, what's wrong?" ”

Xiao Guifei still wanted to see Gu Congyuan, her voice hesitated, and she said in a low voice: "I...... Shall I send you? ”

Lu Yao naturally knew that during this time, they traveled to Jiangnan and southern Xinjiang, and Concubine Xiao Guifei hadn't seen Gu Congyuan for a long time, and she missed it very much at that time, so she smiled: "There is Concubine Lao." ”

I thought that Xiao Guifei could take this opportunity to say a few more words to Gu Congyuan, but who knew that as soon as the two of them walked to the gate of the palace, Lu Yao saw that Xiao Guifei's footsteps gradually stopped.

"Why didn't the concubine leave?" She wondered, "Don't you want to take a look at His Royal Highness King Cong?" ”

Xiao Guifei suddenly stopped, smiled embarrassedly, and said, "No, if I go with you, I will definitely make Yuan'er unhappy, I ...... I'll get you here. ”

She added meaningfully: "The rest of the way, you can walk it yourself." ”

Lu Yao was slightly stunned.

originally thought that Concubine Xiao Guifei, who was dominant, was a domineering harem concubine even if she was old now, but now in the slightly cool evening breeze, what Lu Yao saw was just a mother's unbearable and pleading look.

She immediately felt a burst of sourness in her heart, gently shook Xiao Guifei's hand, and said slowly: "Mother, I know." ”

Lu Yao said goodbye to her, turned around and left, and when he arrived at the gate of Jingren Palace, he saw a long and jade figure, the person did not move, and he didn't know how long he had been waiting here, under the afterglow of the sunset, Lu Yao only felt that his consciousness was a little trance.

For a moment it was difficult to tell what day it was, and before she could say anything, the man slowly turned around, apparently noticing her.

Lu Yao had no choice but to beckon, revealing a smile: "Gu Congyuan!" ”

Originally, it was disrespectful to call Her Royal Highness by her name like this, but Gu Congyuan had been by her for so many years, and now there were few people around, so he naturally wouldn't care so much.

I don't know if Lu Yao was wrong or what, this halo was a little dazzling, and she vaguely seemed to see Gu Congyuan smiling at her.

Xiao Guifei is right, the future road will have to go by herself after all.

Even if the man in front of him is not really His Royal Highness King Cong at all, what can he do?

It is clear that he is also the child of Concubine Xiao Guifei, the young pavilion master who was born and fought to the death in the Shadow Pavilion, and he is also the husband who stays with her day by day.

At the age of sixteen, he was suddenly pushed onto the battlefield by the emperor......

Thinking of this, the corners of Lu Yao's eyes suddenly became a little warm, and he actually had the urge to cry.

"What's wrong?"

Gu Congyuan had already come closer, and seeing her slightly wet eyes and thin red eyes, she couldn't help but feel a little at a loss, but after thinking about it, she immediately tensed up: "But what did Concubine Xiao tell you?" ”

Lu Yao shook his head gently.

Unexpectedly, his sudden inquiry turned out to be complaining about Concubine Xiao, she couldn't help but be a little angry, and said: "The afterglow of the sunset is just dazzling, what is the aggressive posture of His Royal Highness King Cong's mother concubine?" ”

Gu Cong saw that people were safe, put his mind at ease, and said, "That's good, I thought it was ......."

"Why," Lu Yao said as he walked, glanced at him with disgust, and said, "Could it be that Concubine Xiao can still speak ill of her son?" ”

Seeing that people were silent, Lu Yao couldn't help but complain again: "Since they have already arrived at the gate of Jingren Palace, why don't you go in and take a look at your mother?" ”

"I don't want to." He replied crisply, and after saying these two words, there was nothing more to say.

Lu Yao had long expected that this person would have such a cold attitude, and when he thought about the old things that Xiao Guifei had told her before, he felt that the poor person must have something to hate.

Both mother and son can be pitied by virtue of their old deeds, but there are also many elements that are self-inflicted......

"Ugh." She held back for a long time, only sighed and said, "Forget it, whatever you want." ”

Even asking Mrs. to go back to the house can pretend to others, presumably Gu Congyuan really doesn't want to have anything to do with Concubine Xiao.

The figures of the two gradually drifted apart, and it was not until they were out of sight that a sigh was so light that they were almost inaudible came from behind the Zhu Gate.

A little maid said worriedly: "Niangniang, I can't see anyone anymore, shall we go back?" ”

Xiao Guifei had the remnant sun in her eyes, and she looked far away, as if she wanted to take a few more glances at her son, but in the end she turned around and took the opposite path.

"Well, let's go."

The carriage swayed, Lu Yao only felt that his brain was swollen, and he didn't rest much when he returned to the palace, so he asked the emperor to call him into the palace, and listened to the prince babbling a lot of nonsense, and then he endured the bitter water of Xiao Guifei, and her brain capacity was about to be insufficient.

As soon as he got into the carriage, Lu Yao fell crookedly on Gu Congyuan's shoulder.

His Royal Highness King Cong was iron-faced and selfless, except for pouring a cup of tea for Lu Yao at the beginning, and then he talked about the things in the Heart Cultivation Hall today.

Lu Yao listened with interest, not knowing where her husband's seemingly serious, but actually bad stomach came from, until a sentence brought her back to her senses.

He said: "Today, the emperor asked about the Ninth Princess. ”

Lu Yao's eyes widened immediately, he got up and asked, "How do you answer?" ”

"Originally, I didn't know how to answer, when I was at a loss, Gonggong Li suddenly said that Akagi Xinyang invited the ninth princess, and the emperor knew about it, but his memory was too poor and he forgot it for a while." Gu Congyuan sighed with relief.

Lu Yao's reaction was exactly the same as he was at that time, he was stunned for a moment before asking, "Akagi Xinyang?" ”

He nodded and replied: "Akagi Xinyang was thoughtful, as if he had long expected that my side would not be easy to deal with, so he sent the news back to the palace early, although we didn't know anything about it, but we first opened up the relationship on the emperor's side. ”

"What does this Dongying prince want to do?" Lu Yao frowned in confusion, and sighed with emotion, "Could it be that the Ninth Princess was secretly taken away just to play with us?" ”

Gu Congyuan obviously inquired about the Rejuvenation Hall during this time, and set out to save the Ninth Princess, he was already exhausted to the peak, and his voice was weak: "I don't know, but when the fireworks festival is over and Akagi Xinyang is killed, everything will be back on track." ”

"That's fine." Lu Yao had long expected that he would not let go of that person, and there was no expression on his face.

Gu Congyuan seemed to be able to imagine the appearance of dismantling Akagi Xinyang into eight pieces, and couldn't help but hook the corners of his mouth and sneered: "That's right, that's fine, it's better for Akagi Xinyang to arrange the emperor's side more clearly, so that we can concentrate on our own things, lest the old thing interfere and ruin the plan." ”

Just when his mind was full of the picture of assassinating Akagi Xinyang, he suddenly felt a cold hand, and when he looked down, Lu Yao actually held his hand tightly.

Gu Congyuan couldn't help but be stunned: "What's wrong?" ”

He looked intently, and there seemed to be no one around him, and he didn't know why Lu Yao was suddenly so nervous.

Lu Yao asked thoughtlessly: "Gu Congyuan, do you love me?" ”

He had never been good at answering such a sensual question, so after thinking about it, he said, "...... You've asked this question several times. ”