When she saw Xichu Yueling again on the second day, she always had a little smile on her face, thinking that the empress praised her a lot last night, and there was news from Xichu Yuan, saying that she had been punished for thinking about it, at least before Ming Xiu left Xichu, she was not allowed to enter and leave her palace easily.

Chu Nian felt that compared to the queen mother who managed the harem in Da Liang, the empress was already very gentle, if the princess in the harem of Da Liang committed a crime, but she would have to be grounded for several months or even half a year, and the three princesses were now stupid and annoyed Ming Xiu, but they were only grounded until Ming Xiu left.

This time, Xi Chu Yue Ling came to inform Chu Nian and Ming Xiu about the summons of the empress.

"The mother queen is actually very short-tempered, and now she can maintain her gentleness, all because the queen father is by her side, if the queen father is not there, the mother emperor's actions will be too strong, but today the queen father is also here, you don't have to worry about this at all."

Ming Xiu walked in front lightly, Xi Chu Yue Ling slowed down and walked side by side with Chu Nian, who was pretending to be a eunuch, while chattering about some things about the empress, which made Chu Nian can't help but feel that he and Ming Xiu are not going to see the empress as an envoy, but as a son-in-law to see the mother-in-law, after a while, Xi Chu Yue Ling seemed to realize what was going to stop his mouth, and scratched his head embarrassedly.

"It's that I'm talking too much, and I always feel that it's a very special thing for my friends to meet their mothers."

Chu Nian couldn't cry or laugh, "It was His Royal Highness who came to meet the Western Chu Shengshang as the Prince of Da Liang, how could he make His Royal Highness the Imperial Daughter say that it was like an ordinary son-in-law of the people was going to see his mother-in-law." ”

Xi Chu Yueling's face suddenly became serious, her eyes swept over Ming Xiu's back, and then looked at Chu Nian seriously: "The person the mother emperor really wants to see this time is not His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. ”

Hearing this, Chu Nian's face was stunned for a moment, and then, he saw Xi Chu Yueling continue: "Actually, yesterday the father and queen saw that something was wrong, and the mother emperor naturally saw it a long time ago, but it was not broken, and yesterday I heard that the fifth emperor sister got lost and walked into the Ming Xiu Palace, at that time, the mother emperor was puzzled, so she summoned the fifth emperor sister, and the fifth emperor sister said that you are a daughter, and now I am afraid ......."

"The Empress already knows your true identity." Xi Chu Yue Ling looked at Chu Nian honestly.

At this moment, Chu Nian's face was complicated, just because of a fifth princess, all the disguises he had done so far were in vain?

Seeing Xi Chu Yue Ling continued: "However, the mother emperor understands your difficulties and will not easily tell your whereabouts, but the fourth aunt is ......."

Since the five princesses are the heirs to the throne that Xichu Luning values, the five princesses' every move will naturally not miss Xichu Luning's eyes, and Chu Nian was ready to be discovered by Xichu Luning last night, and he is not afraid of this.

It's just that this is a crime of bullying the king, even if it is not the king of Da Liang, it is troublesome enough.

Ming Xiu glanced back slightly at Chu Nian, who was full of worry, and a deep voice came from that side, "Maybe Her Majesty the Empress just wants to see you, not to ask for guilt." ”

Chu Nian frowned, "I know ......"

At this stall, the imperial study arrived, and it was still four stone wolves sitting upright in the four corners of the eaves, and several women at the door were guarding in armor, and after Xi Chu Yueling went in to report, Ming Xiu and Chu Nian slowly walked into the house.

At this moment, the empress is sitting behind the desk, the desk is full of two stacks of folds, and on one side is the gentle queen who makes tea and delivers water, at this moment I saw Ming Xiu and Chu Nian walking in, he was putting down the tea cup in his hand, sitting quietly beside the empress, looking at the two with a smile.

Chu Nian didn't know how to describe the appearance of this "queen", and it didn't seem appropriate to use "charm still exists", but he could still see the demeanor of this "queen" when she was young from the outline of her face.

Ming Xiu bowed slightly. "I've seen Your Majesty."

Hearing Ming Xiu's voice, the empress raised her head from the pile of folds, and when she saw Ming Xiu, she smiled warmly and said, "Virtuous nephew, sit down." ”

Ming Xiu paced and sat down on one side, Xi Chu Yue Ling sat on the other side, at this moment there were three chairs in the room, and one chair was empty, just in the middle of Ming Xiu and Xi Chu Yue Ling.

Chu Nian was about to stand behind Ming Xiu again, when he heard the voice of the empress coming from above, "You...... Why not sit? ”

When these words fell, I saw that the eyes of the empress and the empress fell on Chu Nian's body, Chu Nian's expression was stunned for a moment, and he half-lowered his eyes, and bowed slightly towards the empress above, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

The empress smiled meaningfully, "You're welcome. ”

Chu Nianxing walked to Ming Xiu's side and sat down in the only vacant seat, and then the empress who could hear the head said as if nothing had happened: "Last night's performance was very exciting, and you must be also versatile." ”

Hearing this, Chu Nian smiled, and without waiting to speak, at this stall, Ming Xiu on the side frowned and said, "The empress praised it." ”

The empress and the empress at the top glanced at each other, and saw the empress say softly: "You are all friends of Ling Er, and there are some words that this palace does not have to beat around the bush." ”

As soon as the queen spoke, Chu Nian understood what Xi Chu Yueling's sentence "When the father and queen mother are here" meant, such a gentle voice, if it were any other person, it would unconsciously calm down, just like now, it was clear that she was going to say something very serious, and even with a somewhat oppressive tone, Chu Nian felt that there was no trace of resistance in her heart.

Ming Xiu raised his eyes to look at the queen, and saw the queen nodding and smiling, and then said: "The hearts of this palace and Your Majesty are all towards Ling'er, compared to other princesses, we hope that the gentle and upright Ling'er will inherit the throne, so that we can rest assured after a hundred years." ”

As he spoke, he turned his eyes, and the empress on the side was looking at him with gentle eyes, and the two middle-aged couples looked at each other and smiled, as if talking about life and death, which was not a very important matter.

Chu Nian and Ming Xiu glanced at each other, turned their eyes to look at Xi Chu Yue Ling, and saw that Xi Chu Yue Ling glanced at Chu Nian a little helplessly, and said, "It's good to get used to it." ”

Seeing this, Chu Nian had no choice but to retract his gaze helplessly, waiting for the queen's words.

Then I saw the queen look at Chu Nian and said: "This time, Your Majesty and the palace just want to meet you and see what kind of person you are, after all, we only have one daughter, Ling Er, if you ......"

The queen smiled, and that smile made Chu Nian feel that there was something else meaningful, "If something happens to our Ling'er, even if we use all the forces of Western Chu, we will definitely seek justice." ”

Chu Nian's face was stunned, and Ming Xiu's face on the side was not very good-looking, such an obvious threat even made Chu Nian doubt in his heart, even if half of Xi Chu's troops had been divided by Xi Chu Lu Ning now, even if it was the strength left in the hands of the empress, it was enough to make Da Liang jealous.

At this point, I saw Xi Chu Yueling cough embarrassedly and said, "Father." ”

The queen smiled, withdrew her gaze, and instead fell on the empress beside her, at this moment, the empress was also hiding her embarrassment and glanced at the empress, only to see that the queen smiled gently, "It's the palace that says too much." ”

Only then did the empress change the topic and said: "By the way, you come to Xichu this time, you have to play for a few more days, since you are Ling Er's friend, then Ling Er will take you out to play for a few days." ”

Xichu Yue Ling nodded in response, and saw the empress raise her eyes and look at the sky outside the window, "It's still early today, you can take advantage of this time to go out and visit the imperial city, but you have to come back early, Ling'er, you don't have to deal with official business in the next few days, accompany His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and this ...... well."

The empress paused, raised her eyes and smiled slightly: "Go ahead." ”

With such an obvious eviction order, Ming Xiu and Chu Nian got up and retreated, and when they left the imperial study, Chu Nian looked sideways at Xi Chu Yueling, "In comparison, it seems that your father has oppressed us a little more." ”

Xichu Yueling smiled a little embarrassedly, "The queen father is used to being strong, and the queen mother is also secretly looking for the queen father to get ideas for most things, so the queen father is ...... Please forgive me, I have had too many people who wanted to kill me since I was a child, which is why my father is so vigilant now. ”

Ming Xiu nodded, did not speak, at this point, Chu Nian raised his eyes and saw a guard coming from afar, looking a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it, the guard stood still in front of Ming Xiu, bowed slightly and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince, the fourth prince is invited." ”

Several people paused, and Ming Xiu frowned slightly and looked at the guards in front of him who refused to stand up, which seemed to be a forced "please".

Chu Nian on the side half-lowered his head, looked at the guards in front of him, and frowned without a trace, at this time, Xi Chu Yue Ling on the side spoke: "At this time, what did the fourth aunt ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to do?" ”

The guard lowered his head and did not reply, Xi Chu Yue Ling showed displeasure on his face, and at this time, Ming Xiu said coldly: "I have returned to the fourth prince, and I will go over alone." ”

The guard replied in a low voice, then turned to leave, Chu Nian frowned slightly and said meaningfully: "The one who came is not good." ”

Ming Xiu pursed his thin lips and didn't speak, and Xi Chu Yue Ling on the side breathed a long sigh of relief, and looked at Chu Nian, "Do you need me to go over too?" ”

Chu Nian raised his eyes and looked at Ming Xiu inquiringly, and saw Ming Xiu shaking his head lightly and said, "No need." ”

Seeing this, Xichu Yueling had no choice but to say helplessly: "Then you should be careful, if there is something, send someone to call me, I will wait for you at any time." ”

Ming Xiu nodded slightly, Xi Chu Yue Ling turned to leave, Chu Nian and Ming Xiu both went back to clean up, and then set off to take the carriage specially sent by Xi Chu Lu Ning to the palace.

Xichu Luning is a person who will enjoy it, this palace is built in a secluded place on the outskirts of the city, and the walls of the palace are very high, covering the scenery inside.

The carriage stopped at the main gate of the palace, and it was greeted by a woman in armor, this woman's face was also serious, and there was a faint hint of inquiry in her eyes when she looked at Chu Nian.

The secret guards were stopped at the gate of the palace again, and when they were about to protest, they were stopped by Ming Xiu with a look, so several secret guards had to stand at the door and watch Ming Xiu and Chu Nian slowly walk through the door, their eyes full of worry.

As soon as you enter the main entrance of the palace, there is a garden, in which there are occasionally a few green plane trees, and under the trees are a row of tulips swaying in the wind.

Chu Nian looked sideways, "The mansion of these four princes is still really magnificent, and it is about to catch up with the Huainan Palace." ”

Ming Xiu, who was in front, glanced back at her and didn't speak, this stall, the guard who led the way in front said: "The garden of the palace was designed by the princess herself, and the princess likes tulips very much, so there are so many trees in the front yard, if Your Highness goes to the backyard, you will see more." ”