In King Ning's mansion, King Ning is standing alone in the study, muttering to himself in front of a painting, the woman in the painting is wearing a water-blue palace dress, the skirt is embroidered with pink silk thread with fine peach petals, hooked with a layer of gold wire, as if the peach blossom is plated with a layer of gold edge, the woman stands under a peach blossom tree, the jade arm is lightly raised, and the petals blown off by the wind are caught.

In the sun, the woman is dazzling. That was many years ago, and it was the first time King Ning saw the woman, and since then the woman has deeply engraved a mark on his heart.

Time passed, the woman was long gone, and he still had to suffer from lovesickness. "Yun Xin, are you okay over there? I've always liked you, but I've never told you, and if I had told you, maybe we'd be happy now. ”

"Lord, the emperor is here." The butler whispered outside the door.

Hearing this, King Ning retracted his thoughts, blinked his eyes vigorously, and put back his tears. "Ahem, cough, please come in."

"Yes. Your Majesty, please. The housekeeper respectfully invited Nangong Yihan into King Ning's study, and then returned to the door with fragrant tea.

The housekeeper couldn't help yawning, and secretly slandered in his heart, why did this emperor still wear night clothes in the middle of the night, if he didn't know the emperor's appearance, I am afraid that the emperor would be arrested as a thief.

"Uncle Wang, how can King Jing have a portrait of my mother, and it is still enshrined in his secret room?" Nangong Yihan went straight to the road with a single knife.

King Ning pondered for a moment, this matter has been so many years, and it will be revealed one day. It's better to tell the emperor the truth, maybe he can understand everything King Jing has done.

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager ......" King Ning wanted to speak and stopped, he really didn't know how to talk to Nangong Yihan about the events of the year, and the beauty had passed away, and then mentioning the things of the year was just to increase the sadness.

"Uncle Wang, I hope you can tell me honestly, you still call me by my name, a sentence of the emperor, and also distance you and my family affection." Nangong Yihan said lightly.

"Yihan, you come with me." King Ning took Nangong Yihan to the bookshelf and opened the dark compartment, which also had a portrait of a mother, and the woman in the portrait was so beautiful.

"Uncle Wang, this ......" Nangong Yihan was surprised, the portrait tablet of King Jing's mother had not yet been figured out, why did he also see something related to his mother on Uncle Ning's side?

King Ning took a deep breath and continued: "Yihan, do you know that your mother was a famous talented woman in our Beichen back then. At the beginning, Mrs. Gu took her into the palace to attend the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, and she was very fond of the Queen Mother. That time she entered the palace, it was also the first time I saw her, and her smile is still deeply engraved in my heart. As he spoke, King Ning's thoughts returned to when he first met Gu Yunxin.

He fell in love with Gu Yunxin at first sight, and then the song she played at the Queen Mother's birthday banquet made people feel that the aftermath of three days around the beam was endless.

Originally, he thought that he would mention the matter of marrying Gu Yunxin to his father when his father was busy with the drought in the north, but he didn't expect that his most beloved woman would become his sister-in-law, the crown princess.

From then on, he tried his best to hide his love for Gu Yunxin and kept his distance from him as much as possible. But he didn't expect that the farther away he was, the more he missed, and in the end, in order to forget Gu Yunxin, he married his princess and let himself work hard to transfer his feelings.

Speaking of which, he also owes something to his princess, although he has always respected the princess, but he lacks the pleasure that husband and wife should have.

Nangong Yihan saw that King Ning's thoughts had drifted away, and then gently patted King Ning's shoulder, King Ning came back to his senses and continued: "I and the first emperor both love your mother very much, but I didn't expect that King Jing is also your mother's admirer. ”

"King Jing also likes my mother?" Nangong Yihan said in surprise. Is this heredity? At that time, his mother was loved by a group of excellent men. Now, his queen also has a lot of admirers around him, but he doesn't know if there will be another perverted admirer like King Jing among these admirers.

"Yes, that's what he told me when I went to see him in the prison today." King Ning said helplessly.

"Doesn't he like the Bai family? What's more, since he is in love with my mother, why did he support the Bai family to rise to a high position step by step, and even assisted the Bai family to snatch my throne? Nangong Yihan was puzzled.

King Jing's actions seem to be done for the woman he loves, but today someone told him that the person King Jing loves the most is his mother, which is really hard to believe.

"Uncle Ning, accompany me to the prison now, I have a lot of things I want to ask King Jing, and only he can solve the mystery in my heart." Nangong Yihan said in a deep voice.

After finishing speaking, Nangong Yihan took the lead and walked out, followed by King Ning, and the two rode to the outside of the prison. Because it was inconvenient for Nangong Yihan to reveal his identity, King Ning took his token, and the two entered the prison together.

In the deepest part of the prison, there is a special cell, which is dedicated to the criminals of the royal family, which has been vacant for many years, but I didn't expect King Jing to be the first resident.

King Jing seemed to know that Nangong Yihan would come, and when he heard that the old door was opened, he just smiled faintly, "I've been waiting for a long time." ”

Hearing this, Nangong Yi snorted coldly, the person in front of him was his own uncle, but he didn't expect him to murder himself for his own interests.

"King Jing, who gave you the right to worship the spiritual position of the Empress Dowager privately?" Nangong Yi said coldly.

Although King Ning had already told him some things, Nangong Yihan still wanted to hear King Jing say it himself. Maybe this way, he can feel at ease.

"What's wrong with the woman I Nangong Xiao likes, paying tribute in person? Why do you need a junior to question me? King Jing said confidently.

"Bastard, that's my mother, the queen of the first emperor, even if my mother dies, there is also the Nangong ancestral hall to worship, and you, just a chaotic minister and thief, what qualifications do you have to pay tribute to my mother?" Nangong said with a red eye.

"Hmph, if it weren't for Nangong Yuxian proposing to the Ancestor Emperor to marry Yun Xin, Yun Xin would not have married him. After Yun Xin married him, although he looked very happy, when he stayed at other concubines, did he think about how sad Yun Xin was? He didn't think about it at all, he only had the country and the society in his heart, and only the majestic imperial power. ”

"No, you're just making excuses for what you've done, and I don't want to believe your nonsense."

"Hmph, I will admit what Nangong Xiao has done. And why make excuses? Nangong Yihan, you are too underestimating me. King Jing raised his eyebrows and said.

He dared to enshrine the spiritual seat of the Empress Dowager Gu Yunxin in his study, and it was written on it the spiritual seat of the Gu family of Nangong Gate, not the spiritual seat of Emperor Wu of Beichen Guowu, so he knew how bold he was. In his heart, Gu Yunxin is the woman he likes, and he has never admitted that she is the woman of the former emperor.

"You said that you love my queen mother, so why did you support the Bai family to take the throne, compete with my queen mother, and finally kill my queen mother? Do you dare to say that you love my mother? If my queen mother had known, she would have despised you. ”

"I love Yunxin, but I never thought of killing her, she was too stupid and was hurt by Nangong Yu, so she ended up depressed." King Jing roared.

Immediately, he suddenly figured out something, Yun Xin is so indisputable with the world, even if his husband is a concubine, he has never snubbed her, and he died of illness and depression? It seems that there is indeed something wrong with Yun Xin's death.

It's just that at that time, Bai told him that he was pregnant, and he only thought about how to keep his and Bai's children, although he didn't love Bai, he just wanted to use her and force Yun Xin away, but after all, Bai was pregnant with his own flesh and blood, how could he be willing to ignore it.

"You mean, Yun Xin's death is related to the Bai family?" King Jing suddenly realized.

That's right, if the Empress Dowager is still there, it would be impossible for the Bai family to put her son on the throne, and she will always be a concubine, only by getting rid of the Empress Dowager can she be the Empress Dowager justifiably.

He really didn't expect that the Bai family would hide such thoughts, blaming himself for only hating the first emperor, if he wasn't the crown prince, Yun Xin would not have been selected to become the crown princess.

Thinking of this, King Jing let out a sigh of relief and said: "It's too late to say anything, if you become a king or lose, the emperor will deal with it in accordance with the laws of the country." I just hope that after I die, I will be buried opposite the tomb of the former emperor, so that I can look at the first emperor and Yunxin from afar. King Jing said with tears in his eyes.

"No, I won't agree, I'm going to crush you so you never see them."

King Jing uncharacteristically did not argue with Nangong Yihan, but took out a golden lock from his arms and handed it over to Nangong Yihan.

"Please also ask the emperor not to refuse, in this golden lock, there are things that the world can't ask for. You and the queen are both good people, although the queen is a little tough, but she loves you, if I can be with the woman I love again in my life, even if I exchange the country, I will not change. After finishing speaking, King Jing sat cross-legged on the ground and watched Nangong Yihan and King Ning leave.

Back in the palace, Chu Lixue didn't even sleep, but was reading with a candle in front of the window, Nangong Yihan quietly stepped forward, "It's so late, you haven't slept yet, how can it be good if you're tired?" ”

"You went out of the palace late at night, I was a little worried, if I couldn't watch you come back, how could I sleep soundly." Chu Lixue said softly.

Looking at Chu Lixue's beautiful face, Nangong Yihan understood what King Jing said just now, if he is accompanied by his beloved woman in this life, he will not exchange it for the country.