Song Ran's eyes flickered, but the wavering soon disappeared in her eyes. Since the day Xie Qi confessed to her, she was ready to meet this decree.

Today, the Empress Dowager's ambition is very obvious, she wants to compete with the emperor for power, and wants his every move to be within her control, so she has to do everything she can to make the Mo family use for her.

Perhaps, she had worked hard to deal with Ting Weisi and Shen Hanxi before, just out of concern for the country, but if the desire for power swelled uncontrollably, there would always be a day when she would swallow up people's minds. Perhaps, she is no longer satisfied with hiding behind her back and sharing the country with others, but wants to hold the real power in her hands. The first emperor failed to let her get her wish because of the support of the Imperial Guard, but now the Son of Heaven can become a puppet that meets her expectations.

Song Ran followed behind the chamberlain and walked on the way to Renshou Palace. This is the first time she has entered the palace, and her eyes are full of gorgeous palaces full of golden and dazzling greenery, and she is dizzying to see, and she can't help but slow down her breathing.

She tried to understand why so many people were trying to climb up one after another.

Perhaps, it's because the scenery above is more beautiful than the scenery below.

She retracted her mind, and Renshou Palace was already close at hand.

The Empress Dowager was not as energetic as she imagined, and her old face was even full of tiredness. She is already over half a hundred years old, and although she is well maintained, she is no longer young in the end. The wrinkles are like knives, one by one outlining the old state on the once young face. In the sunken eye sockets, there is no excessive dominance of the gaze. Perhaps, her momentum and ambition have long been in the blood with the years she has experienced, and they no longer need to be revealed through her eyes.

After Song Ran knelt down, he raised his head under her command.

A few snaps of the fingers turned out to be as long as a few years.

"These eyes are like your mother." The Empress Dowager looked at her for a moment, and finally spoke slowly, her tone was like gossip, "Back then, among the princesses and princes of the Mourning family, you loved your mother the most, because she was the most similar to the Mourning family. In the blink of an eye, her daughter is already so old, and the mourning family is also old. She fell into the memories of the past, "My son can't help it, since your mother married into the Mo family, there has been no news, these years, you can really teach the mourning family to worry." ”

Song Ran lowered his head and said, "Mother has always remembered you, but because of the long distance, you can't enter the palace to ask for peace. ”

The Empress Dowager told her lies: "You don't need to lie to the mourning family, that year, the mourning family let her marry into the Mo family, and she was annoyed with the mourning family. ”

Song Ran's shoulders trembled, speechless.

There was no blame in the Empress Dowager's voice, but her tone was cold and hard: "Your mother was born in a family and grew up in the royal family, and the mourning family regarded her as their own, so they wanted to give her the best. ”

Song Ran looked at his fingertips, felt a little stiffness in his kneeling knees, and said softly: "However, my mother married into the Mo family and was not happy. ”

The weather-beaten voice of the elderly woman had lost any warmth: "She has received enough honor, she can't expect everything to be as she wishes, marrying into the Mo family is her responsibility." ”

Song Ran's heart sank slightly for this sentence, and after digesting it for a moment, a pale smile unconsciously appeared on his lips.

Twenty years ago, the imperial court was afraid of the power of the Mo family, so she gave her mother as a gift to the Mo family, in order to monitor the Mo family and contain the Mo family.

Responsibility, how justified the two words, is that this justification ruined my mother's life.

"The mourning family is also young, and knows what it feels like to be arranged, but for women, love is a mirror, and then two people who love each other, the initial sweetness has passed, and there are only endless quarrels and boredom with each other, how much sweetness can withstand the long years? Love can never be the whole of a woman. ”

After the Empress Dowager finished speaking, she said, "Don't kneel, come close and let the mourning family take a look." ”

Song Ran picked up his robe and walked to her side. Probably because the smell of soothing incense was too strong, I couldn't help but hide my mouth and sneeze. The Empress Dowager motioned to the palace people standing on the side and said, "Move the incense burner farther away." "When I'm old, if I don't increase the amount of soothing incense, I can't sleep well all day and night." ”

As he spoke, he summoned Song Ran and asked her to sit on the couch.

In the strong soothing incense mixed with ambergris, the old woman stretched out her wrinkled hand and lifted the young woman's chin: "What a young and beautiful face, although it is not as beautiful as your mother's, but it has a good bone appearance, enough to make many women envious, and enough to make many men bow down under your pomegranate skirt - if you want, it will be more than one Shen Hanxi who will chase you." ”

Song Ran's hand trembled slightly, and said, "Thank you Empress Dowager for your praise." Narrowing his gaze, he said, "I don't need many men to dump, it is enough to get a sincere heart in this life." ”

In exchange for a casual chuckle: "It's really a mother and daughter, and they even say the same thing." ”

Song Ran's eyelashes trembled slightly, and when she heard her tone, it was like a wisp of smoke: "Your mother was a sincere person who was bent on marrying, but she married another woman in an instant, the joy of fish and water is just a temporary pursuit for men, and the only thing that can make them indulge and be infatuated for a long time is wealth and power." ”

She held her breath, and the cold voice of the old woman sounded in her ears: "Shen Hanxi likes you, but if you want him to exchange everything he has so far, do you think he is willing?" ”

Song Ran's body slammed.

Just two days ago, she also asked Shen Yun if he was tired of living in this officialdom with so many flies and dogs, and intriguing and intriguing.

He smiled and asked, "Do you know what a supreme minister is?" ”

"Being a supreme minister means that there are countless wealth and power waiting for me to enjoy, and there are countless people waiting to appreciate the ugliness of flattery. As long as I hold the power tightly in my own hands and always be above them, I can always live as a human being. ”

She disagrees with his thoughts: "However, such an honor is attached to others, and it can't be relied on after all......"

At that time, he supported his head with his hands, with a bit of triumphant arrogance in his eyes, and his attitude was leisurely like a swinger on the Fengyue field: "That's why I have to climb up even more." When, when the supreme Son of Heaven thought of me, it was difficult for him to sleep peacefully, and I was relieved. ”

There was a bit of joking and some seriousness in his words, she didn't know.

Hearing the Empress Dowager's question, her brain was a little empty for a moment, if she asked him to change it......

Without waiting to speak, he heard the Empress Dowager lazily say: "The mourning family is tired." Come, take the ink girl to the apse. He added, "You have a special status, and it is inconvenient to live outside the palace, so stay in Renshou Palace to accompany the mourning family these days." ”

Song Ran's breathing was slightly chaotic: "The Empress Dowager ......"

She had already supported her forehead with her hands, closed her eyes and said, "You should call the mourning family to call the imperial grandmother." "Stand down." ”

After Song Ran retreated, the palace people put the incense burner that Shi Cai had moved back to its original place, only to hear the woman who seemed to be asleep on the couch speak: "Go and invite the emperor to come over." ”

In the apse of Jingyang Palace, the Son of Heaven was discussing the military situation on the front line with the secretary of the military department, and suddenly an attendant came to pay tribute, saying that the Empress Dowager had invited him to discuss matters. The report of the military department was just over, and when he heard the words, he took his leave and left.

On the way to Renshou Palace, a minister attached to the ear of the Son of Heaven and whispered an incident, and after he heard it, his brows immediately froze. Has that ink girl been taken to the palace by the one from Renshou Palace?

What is the intention of the Queen Mother to invite herself over at this time?

His expression changed several times, but by the time he arrived at Renshou Palace, he had already returned to normal.

Gong said: "The old ancestor took a nap, and now he hasn't woken up yet, please move to the apse and wait for a while." ”

The Son of Heaven nodded slightly, and walked towards the apse, but at some point, he found that the palace people who were following him had disappeared silently. He said to the ministers beside him, "Why do I think today's events are a little strange? ”

The minister also said: "Yes, which play is the ancestor singing?" ”

He put away his suspicions and walked into the hall, but when he saw the scene inside, his footsteps paused slightly.

The minister beside him said meaningfully: "Ahem, it turns out that the ancestor is a fortress woman to His Majesty, no wonder he wants to be so mysterious." ”

A cold light flashed in the young man's eyes, but his tone was still gentle and elegant: "The bones of the first emperor are not cold, is the imperial grandmother a little too anxious?" As he spoke, his footsteps did not stop, and the ministers who followed him stayed outside the door with interest, and gently closed the door of the palace.

Song Ran was sitting next to several cases with his head down, and he was so confused that he didn't notice the footsteps behind him in time.

When the palace people changed her clothes, they told her to wait here, and she thought of what the Empress Dowager had said to her today, and her hand unconsciously grasped the wrench hanging on her chest. Next to the wrench, there is also a jade whistle, Yin Xingyang said that when she changes her mind, she can blow the jade whistle.

She trusted the secret door of the Mo family, even in the palace, they must have a way to take her away.

However, when she returned to the Mo family, she was afraid that she would never see Shen Yun again in this life.

As the saying goes, a strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, even if he is still the powerful commander-in-chief, in the realm of the Mo family, he will only be constrained everywhere.

The Son of Heaven approached the woman who was sitting there. She sat on the ground on the jade, her elbows propped up on the small table in front of her, under the palace dress of the green gauze, revealing a snow-colored lining, her back was slender, her long hair was loosely tied by a jade-colored headband, and there was no other modification. She was holding something in her hand, as if she was wandering, and she didn't even notice it when he came behind her.

He coughed lightly, only to see her shoulder pause slightly, and turn her face.

Seeing that face clearly, his chest seemed to have been hit by something, and said, "It's you?" ”

At this moment, joy overwhelmed the guardiness and doubt in his heart.

She packed up the panic when she saw the Son of Heaven, put the things she was holding in her hand back into her clothes, bowed down to him, buried her little face in the wide sleeves, and her voice trembled slightly: "The little girl has seen the saint, but she doesn't know that the saint has arrived, please forgive the saint." ”

After a long time, I heard a man's voice above my head: "Forgive you for your sin?" The voice was clear and gentle, not very forceful, but people couldn't help but hold their breath, "Is it the crime of bullying the king?" ”

After a pause, he added, "Miss Mo." ”