Night.

The lightning flashed and thundered, and it was raining heavily.

Reissen.

This is Concubine Li's dormitory.

I saw Concubine Li sitting in front of the dresser, her eyes looking at her cold face in the mirror.

She has phoenix eyes and eyebrows, red lips and bright teeth, pretty and charming, although she is middle-aged, she is still bright and beautiful.

She entered the palace at the age of seventeen, and as soon as she entered the palace, she was fortunate to be favored and favored by the emperor and made her a concubine.

If she was the "Fairy of Yaochi" when she was seventeen years old, then today, twenty-three years later, she is the "Holy Mother of Yaochi".

The emperor personally gave her this "Lixian Palace", and the beauty of the word "Lixian" is not in vain!

In addition to her beauty, Concubine Li is also very powerful, in addition to the queen, she is also jealous, she is already doing whatever she wants in the harem, saying nothing.

However, she is not satisfied with such power, and can even be said to be very unwilling to be such power.

She is an ambitious woman, and she sets her sights far away.

Now, although he is favored by the emperor, but what about the future?

A hundred years after the emperor, the future queen's son, Prince Li, became the emperor, honoring and rich, where to enjoy?

Change the dynasty, ascend the throne and become the emperor, not a parent, a concubine in the previous dynasty, and finally have to be sad and lonely for a lifetime.

She regretted it very much, and she regretted it all the time, twenty-three years ago, why did she send her and Su Jianqi's son out of the palace to Su Jianqi?

If he keeps his son by his side and makes him the emperor's son, maybe he may become the queen mother in the future.

Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret.

Isn't it just fornicating with other men, and the one who is not pregnant with the emperor's own flesh and blood, what is there to be afraid of?

Except for himself and Su Jianqi, there is no third person who knows about this matter at all!

Every time she thinks of this, she resents and blames herself, blames herself for not being self-aware, and resents herself for being timid and not knowing the importance of doing things.

However, she didn't know that if everyone in the world had self-knowledge, the world would not be like this for a long time.

"Squeak—"

The window was opened, and a masked man dressed in black crept in.

Concubine Li didn't look back, nor did she move, she knew that it was her subordinate phantom.

"Minion phantom, knock on the mother!" The black-clothed masked phantom knelt on one knee and made a big salute.

"Get up!" Concubine Li's hand raised slightly, "You don't have to be so polite." ”

"Xie Niangniang!" The phantom stood up, "Niang Niang Wan Jin, a slave can't be rude!" ”

Concubine Li smiled slightly and said softly, "What's the matter?" ”

The phantom whispered: "Su Jianqi died of a serious illness about half a month ago!" ”

"Oh!" Concubine Li's body trembled and her brows furrowed.

The phantom saw Concubine Li's unhappy face in the mirror, and hurriedly said: "It's the slave's dereliction of duty, I didn't get the news earlier and tell the mother, please punish the mother!" ”

Concubine Li smiled: "I entered the palace in seventeen years, you and I knew each other, you were only fourteen years old at that time, and you followed me, in the past twenty-three years, you have worked hard for me to monitor Su Jianqi's father and son, I am grateful that you are too late, how can I blame you?" ”

"The mother is loved, and the slave is afraid." The phantom was flattered.

Concubine Li Niangniang fixed her mind and said, "His son Su Zecai, how is it?" ”

"Su Zecai is fine, nothing happened."

"He's in the gallery, okay?"

"Very good, don't worry."

"Now that Su Jianqi has passed away, you will take care of Su Zecai wholeheartedly in the future, and you will not be so tired."

"Minions understand." The phantom paused, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes, "Niangniang, the slave got the news that King Jing once summoned the secretary of the military department and the chief of the palace guard at night. ”

Concubine Li's face sank: "Is the news accurate?" ”

The phantom said affirmatively: "The minion dares to vouch with his head!" ”

Concubine Li nodded: "I understand." ”

"Shouldn't Niangniang ......" The phantom didn't finish his words, he knew that Concubine Li's mother had always disliked being smart people.

Concubine Li understood what the phantom meant, and said, "I will go to Yang Xuanao to ask for clarification." ”

"Wise mother!" The phantom bowed his hand and praised.

Concubine Li waved her hand: "If there's nothing to do, you can step down!" ”。

"The minions are gone!" The phantom opened the window, and the figure flickered away.

Concubine Li stood silent for a long time before she opened her mouth and said viciously: "Yang Xuanao, you'd better not play any tricks with this palace!" ”

This strong person often can't hold a grain of sand in his eyes.

……

It's three poles up.

Wei Xinran, the little county lord of King Xi's Mansion, came to the gallery courtyard again to find someone to settle accounts, but this time she was not looking for Xu Lingtian, but Su Zecai, the royal painter of Princess Qingtian.

When she went to the gallery courtyard to inquire, she learned that Su Zecai had been summoned to Lixian Palace by Concubine Li.

This surprised her, Concubine Li summoned the painter of the gallery or alone, this is an unprecedented thing!

This painter Su Zecai is really a little evil!

The hatred for Su Zecai in her heart has begun to turn into curiosity.

In fact, Wei Xinran is not the only one who is curious, all the painters in the gallery are full of curiosity about Su Zecai, but some of them are not only curious, but also surprised, envious and jealous.

So, was Su Zecai really summoned by Concubine Li's mother alone?

Yes!

Su Zecai was nervously following behind a little eunuch and walking briskly.

Concubine Li sent someone to the gallery courtyard to summon him to paint alone, and it stands to reason that he should be happy about this, because he will soon recognize his own mother.

However, he was not happy, but he was very nervous.

The fact that he was going to meet all of a sudden made him unprepared.

Nervousness is nervousness, the road is already under our feet, and sooner or later we will meet.

Soon, the little eunuch led him into the Lixian Palace and came to an attic.

The little eunuch stopped and said to him: "Master Su, Niangniang is in the attic, she has instructed the slave to only allow you to go up alone, please!" ”

"Okay!" Su Zecai nodded, did not hesitate, and walked upstairs.

Ascending to the attic and entering the room, I saw a woman standing facing out the window.

Su Zecai couldn't see her face, he could only see her back, but he knew that she was Concubine Li.

Su Zecai stood silently, and when he really saw her, the ruthless feeling of being abandoned by the person in front of him for twenty-three years suddenly came to his heart, making him suddenly cold, and the tension in his heart had completely disappeared.

"Painter Su, you're here." Concubine Li didn't look back, she knew it was him who came.

"Yes, I'm here." Su Zecai's eyes never left Concubine Li.

Concubine Li turned around slowly, staring at him with straight eyes.

Su Zecai looked very indifferent, and he looked at her calmly.

Twenty-three years ago, Concubine Li gave birth to Su Zecai, if the two met for the first time, then, twenty-three years later, at this moment, the two met for the second time.

The two looked at each other, and the mother and son, who were separated by two worlds, seemed to be much closer at this moment, and seemed to be a lot more estranged.

Long......

Concubine Li smiled and waved her hand, "Painter Su, please take a seat." ”

"Xie Niangniang sit down." Su Zecai sat down at the table very generously.

Concubine Li kept a smile all the time, and when she saw Su Zecai sitting down, she sat down with her.

Su Zecai smiled back and asked, "I don't know if Niangniang summoned me ......."

Concubine Li took over the words: "This palace summoned you, not to ask you to paint, just because, this palace heard that the third princess recently received a royal painter, quite curious, idle and nothing, specially summoned you to meet, want to see what is sacred." ”

"Oh, I see." Su Zecai was very surprised, "Su Zecai thanked Niangniang for her love." ”

"I don't know what Master Su is? The painting skills are so good that he can become the queen painter of the three princesses. Concubine Li decided to disown him as her biological son for the time being, she did it for a reason, as for what the reason was, only she knew.

Su Zecai thought for a while and said: "There is no teacher in the game, and the painting skills are all taught by the father, Su-Jian-chess." ”

Su Zecai was decided, and Concubine Li would definitely be surprised when she heard the words "Su Jianqi".

"Oh." Unexpectedly, Concubine Li didn't react at all, but responded lightly.

Concubine Li's reaction surprised Su Zecai a lot, and he thought about it again: "It's a coincidence, I heard my father talk about a mother, don't hide it from my mother, when my father was young, he was also a court painter, he said that he once helped a person named Concubine Li's mother paint, but I don't know if that person is a mother?" ”

Su Zecai has already made everything clear!

Concubine Li still said lightly: "That person should not be this palace, this palace has never dealt with any court painter, you are still the first." ”

Su Zecai's face instantly turned pale.

She would not recognize herself!

Could it be that in this palace, there are two concubines?

Or is Daddy Su Jianqi lying?

No, it can't be!

Don't......

In the past twenty-three years...... What happened to her...... Changes...... Forgot?

It's possible!

Maybe her actions today are really just because she is the queen painter of the third princess, so she was curious to summon her, and she has no other intentions.

Su Zecai thought about it like this, and felt a little comforted in his heart, and he smiled apologetically at Concubine Li: "It's abrupt, I hope Niangniang doesn't mind." ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Concubine Li didn't seem to care.

Su Zecai was disheartened, his thoughts were surging for a while, and he couldn't sit still, so he couldn't help but say: "Niangniang, there are still errands in the lower gallery courtyard, if there is nothing to do......"

Concubine Li took over: "You are busy!" This palace will not keep you. ”

"Take care! In the next farewell! Su Zecai got up and walked out of the door, the pain on his face was indescribable.

In the final analysis, in front of his mother, he still longs for maternal love.

Concubine Li's mother saw Su Zecai disappear in her eyes, silently shed two lines of tears, and choked in her heart: "Child, it's not that my mother doesn't recognize you, but that my mother owes you too much, but don't worry, my mother will compensate you a thousand times more soon!" ”