In Chenghui Palace, everyone dispersed, and Xiao Chai stayed with Pan Ruohui for a while, and then left.

Cui Xuan brought a red date and snow clam in to serve it, and there was no one left and right at the moment, so she showed an undisguised smile, "Niangniang, today's time, can we be regarded as a big victory?" ”

Pan Ruohui's eyebrows did not move, and his face had long since lost the slightest haggard and pale color.

She stirred the soup and said in a calm tone: "It's only half the end of the matter, and it's not time to be happy." As she spoke, she raised her eyes to look at Cui Xuan, "Jingci Palace has everything arranged?" ”

"Don't worry, the slave and maid will do it in person, and you will be safe."

She nodded, "That's good." ”

Raising his hand to gently stroke his lower abdomen, Pan Ruohui remembered the words about lacquered wood when he came to see him that day, and felt very happy.

"Fortunately, the mouth that Xiang Yu inadvertently said made the palace pay attention to the embroidery screen, so that he could check out the door when it was sent to Jingci Palace." Her eyes were cold, and the corners of her lips hooked, "It's hard to be the Queen Mother, I have found so many people who are in charge, but in the end, the palace and the child are still safe, which disappoints her." ”

Cui Xuan is also afraid. If it weren't for Princess Chu's words, the master would have been happy when he received the gift from the Queen Mother, and he would have been by his side day and night! Who would have known that she, as a grandmother, would hide so many slippery things in it, bent on harming her own grandson!

Thinking of this, she hated and said: "That Empress Dowager Liang, you have always respected her all these years in the palace, but she can still use this poisonous trick to harm you, it is really vicious!" ”

"It's also my stupidity, and when I can love the house and Wu for the emperor, and carefully serve the Holy Mother, the Holy Mother will also recognize me as a daughter-in-law and put aside my Pan background......" Pan Ruohui sighed and followed the conversation: "Now it's like this, it's okay, she doesn't allow me, I don't have to tolerate her, who won't calculate?" It's better to calculate and calculate, and in the future, there will only be me and Your Majesty left in this palace, which is good......"

It's starting to rain outside.

Pan Ruohui stepped on his shoes and walked to the window, looking at the heavy rain that became a torrent in an instant, but a burst of happiness suddenly rose in his heart.

The Queen Mother! If it weren't for you doing tricks and feet in the screen, trying to kill three birds with one stone, not only to harm me, but also to blame the princess of Chu, and to make the Pan family enmity with the King of Chu and the Xiang family, I would not have teamed up with Imperial Doctor Shi to pretend that the dragon fetus is unstable and lead you into the trap, right?

The dragon fetus is unstable, it is me who suffers, the emperor will doubt everyone, but he will not doubt me.

Who would doubt that I ordered the saffron in that pastry?

Who would know that the saffron dug up under the witness of Song Yifeng and Sun Zhifang was actually buried in advance by me, the victim, who bought off the palace people of Jingci Palace?

Now it's okay, Concubine De thinks that she has made your murder knife, and she wants to hate and poison you! What about the virtuous concubine? If you hurt her sister and endanger her family like this, she won't be willing to be the one who has no quarrel with the world, right?

As for Concubine De and Concubine Xian......

Waiting for the letter that should be released out, are these two people still afraid that they won't be able to fight?

Let's fight! Let's fight! She said in her heart, you people, go and fight! When you all fall down one by one, just like Pei Yaowei back then, you are all dead, and there is only me by the emperor's side - only me, who is worthy of the main Changqiu!

I am the only one who is worthy to accompany him for the rest of my life!

Pei Yaowei came out of the Xiancui Palace, and as soon as she arrived at the Heshou Palace, it rained outside.

Aunt Song led her into the warm pavilion with a pleasant face, and the Empress Dowager Li was sitting cross-legged on the Luohan couch, closing her eyes and twisting beads, and a chessboard was set up on the low table at hand, and there was a stove of sandalwood inside, and the incense mist was swirling, like Guanyin in the painting, peaceful and amiable.

Aunt Song approached and whispered, "Niangniang, the princess has arrived." ”

Pei Yao stepped forward to salute: "The sons and daughters see the queen mother." ”

Empress Dowager Li opened her eyes and nodded to call her up.

In front of Chenghui Palace, she was specially named by her, Pei Yaowei had prepared a speech along the way, and today's events, Empress Dowager Li became suspicious, and said that she couldn't ask herself for a good life. Unexpectedly, at this time, she only called her to her and ordered her to sit down and talk with herself.

Seeing that her face was slightly stunned, Empress Dowager Li also asked, "Why, won't?" ”

Pei Yao came back to her senses and said with a smile: "Erchen's chess skills are not good, I am afraid that the queen mother will laugh." ”

Empress Dowager Li shook her head and smiled, telling her to just take care of it.

A game of chess, from the beginning to the end, takes half an hour.

In the end, it was Princess Chu, who was not good at chess, who won.

Empress Dowager Li gently threw the chess pieces back into the chess box, and said with a light smile: "It seems that the real chess skills are not good, but it is the mourning family!" ”

"The queen mother laughed, it was just a fluke from her son."

Empress Dowager Li looked at her quietly, for a while, and shook her head, "You are not a fluke, you are the one who made up her mind to win when you played the chess game." ”

Pei Yaowei looked up at her.

"Playing this game of chess with you, the mourning family is very tired, and you remind the mourning family of the feeling when talking with the first emperor."

She was a little surprised, and lowered her head and said, "Erchen doesn't dare." ”

Empress Dowager Li didn't hear her humble words, and only continued: "The first emperor once said to the mourning family that he didn't like to play chess, but once he entered the chess game, he would definitely be the winner. ”

"You are very similar to the methods of the first emperor, you are willing to nibble, you don't like to swallow whales, some are patient, some are ruthless, and you will never leave a way for your opponent to retreat."

"But, Yu'er," as she spoke, Empress Dowager Li changed her words and said, "Do you know that when the first emperor was there, none of the chess games in his hands were defeated, but when he was dying, he had regret in his heart. ”

Remorse?

The First Emperor?

Pei Yao was puzzled, "First Emperor...... Regret not a defeat? ”

Empress Dowager Li shook her head with a smile.

She didn't tell Pei Yao what Emperor Xian regretted it was, but only said to her: "Careful, patient, ruthless, you have all of these." But here in the mourning family, you are the daughter-in-law of the mourning family, and the mourning family only hopes that the daughter-in-law can be more compassionate when she is by her son's side. ”

"After all, there are few wives and husbands. Do you understand? ”

When Empress Dowager Li said this, she naturally thought about Xiao Di, but Pei Yao listened to it, and her heart was also moved.

It's been a long time since anyone has taught her to be kind.

She is tired of fighting, but she is never afraid of fighting, and there are not no people who are worried about her, but most of these people are afraid that she will suffer and lose. As everyone knows, what she feared in her heart was never defeat, but a ruthless heart, a pair of eyes fascinated by hatred, and in the end, she couldn't hold her hand, she harmed the innocent, and she also went her own way.

She got up, bowed respectfully to the Empress Dowager Li, and said that the queen mother was relieved.

When I left Washou Palace, the rain was lighter.

Not far away, Pei Yaowei saw Sun Zhifang waiting around the corner, she had expected this in her heart, and approached to salute and asked, "In such weather, what is the prime minister doing standing here?" ”

Sun Zhifang complained bitterly in his heart, and said in his heart, what else can he do? It's not for the emperor to wait for you, the princess of Chu!

"Princess Niangniang, according to Your Majesty's instructions, please see Niangniang Lingyun Palace." Sun Zhifang had a smile on his face, and only said that His Majesty was uneasy, knowing that he had wronged the princess today, and thinking that he had to reward something as comfort, otherwise he would really not go.

Pei Yaowei didn't push back, so she went with him.

Lingyun Palace, she hadn't been here for a long time.

In her previous life, she was here to assist Emperor Yanping in governing the country, and she was also here, giving up all her dignity and kneeling to beg her husband to let her best friend King Qi live. Now that time has passed, and the once beautiful scenery is like a mirror, and when she sets foot again, all she remembers is the holy decree that once came out of this palace that gave her the pain of eating her bones.

The hall was as silent as promised.

Xiao stood by the window with his hands down, looking lonely.

Pei Yaowei suddenly remembered what Shicai and Shou Gong said, and what Empress Dowager Li said to herself. She thought that Xiao Zhu seemed to be the same as the first emperor, at least until now, he was the winner in every game of chess he handled.

Fighting for the throne with Xiao Di, he won, and he also won when he fought for Xiao's life.

Did he ever regret it?

Suddenly, the person by the window turned around and startled her back from her boundless thoughts.

Pei Yaowei bowed his head and bowed, "Your Majesty......"

Xiao Zhu came to her, "Today's matter, I have wronged you." ”

"Your Majesty's words are serious, where is the concubine wronged, but the Queen Mother is ......like this," she said, raising her eyes timidly to look at him, unable to understand the pulse and feel distressed, "Your Majesty is very embarrassed, right?" ”

Embarrassed?

I don't know how many times my mother acted against herself. In the past, he was embarrassed, but today, he is more bored.

- Even though he knew very well that his mother was also calculated and made into a raft.

"Do you believe that the Holy Mother did it?"

There was no obvious emotion on Xiao Zhu's face, it seemed like a sad son looking for comfort, but Pei Yaowei knew that he was doubting himself.

She covered her heart and shook her head, looking confused: "Your Majesty, do you believe that there will be grandmothers in this world who will kill their own bloodline?" ”

Xiao was slightly stunned, and listened to her continue: "The Holy Mother is pitiful, and the concubine is also pitiful, compared to these two, what is the concubine?" The concubine hopes that it was really because of her own negligence that she caused this trouble, and now the harem is restless, and Your Majesty is not at peace......"

"Nonsense!" Xiao Chai frowned and interrupted her, "If you get involved, will I be at peace?" ”

After a pause, he said again: "Naturally, the imperial brother is even more uneasy. ”

It seems to have a joking smile, but the tentative meaning in it is also very obvious.

Pei Yao was stunned, didn't speak, just hurriedly lowered her head, didn't turn her head, and wiped her tears with a handkerchief.

Xiao Zhu's eyes moved slightly, and asked, "What's the matter, doesn't the imperial brother treat you well?" ”

"I heard that since marriage, the royal brother has cherished his sister-in-law very much, not only pampered him every night, but also longed to be inseparable."

His tail note falls softly.

Pei Yaowei sometimes doesn't understand, why are there so many people in this world, even if they are uncomfortable, they have to stimulate others?

- Even a lot of the time, she herself does such a foolish thing.

She struggled to squeeze out a few tears, looked at him silently, and sobbed, "Your Majesty...... Please, don't talk about it...... You know, how can His Royal Highness the King of Chu treat his concubines well, but it's just for the sake of showing others......"

"It's a concubine who is blessed, she didn't marry her sweetheart, and she can't complain about others......"

She showed weakness with such a face, Xiao Zhu's heart moved, as if the throbbing that she hadn't experienced for a long time was also recovering little by little.

He knew that Yao Wei would not be like this.

His own queen gave birth to a tougher arrogance than a man, and he only saw her show weakness to himself once in his life, that is, when he asked for help for Xiao Huan.

It's a pity that just like that, she didn't do what she wanted after all. In the end, Xiao was still dead, and she and herself were strangers.

God knows, how many days and nights of tormenting each other, what he longed for was that his beloved wife on the tip of his heart could shed first-class tears and submit to himself like the woman in front of him.

Suddenly, he stretched out his hand, and his cold fingers slowly touched her delicate and silky cheeks, stained with a warm tear.

Pei Yao's heart tightened, and the stunned look on his face was flawless, so he looked up at him like this.

This touch was like a beginning, and after Xiao Zhuwei paused, he took a step forward and held her face with both hands.

The woman's skin is warm, soft, and smooth as brocade.

He took her handkerchief and wiped her tears.

"Well, I know that my son is very aggrieved."

His breath sprayed in her ear, and she was so flustered that she couldn't tell who he was calling.

His hand slid down her cheeks, little by little, to her shoulders, and over her arms, gripping her slender waist.

He took her soft body in his arms and whispered in her ear: "Don't worry, you are mine, sooner or later, you will return to me." ”

In a very gentle tone, I don't know who I am promising to.

When Princess Chu left the Lingyun Palace, the rain stopped completely.

The charm of the hall dispersed, and Sun Zhifang quietly entered and bowed his head to call His Majesty.

Xiao Chai sat in front of the desk, holding a pair of folds in his hand, never raised his eyes, and only asked, "Have you asked about the mirror?" ”

Sun Zhifang replied, and said, "I have asked everything, and there is nothing suspicious." In this incident, Princess Chu should be innocently affected. ”

Xiao Zhu hummed and stopped talking.