The Queen Mother and Queen Rui's mother and son chatted for a while, and it was nothing more than the Queen Mother asking about King Rui's current situation and asking him what he was busy with when he hadn't entered the palace for a long time. King Rui answered one by one, and in front of the Queen Mother, he was completely relaxed, and the entire Qingxuan Hall was filled with a happy atmosphere of family joy.

It wasn't until King Rui mentioned that the crown prince was on the emperor's southern tour that the queen mother sighed with a worried face: "Suiyue is at this young age, but the burden on her shoulders is getting heavier and heavier. His father is now powerless, you as an uncle should help him. ”

"Even if you become a prince, you must have the courage to take on the heavy responsibilities of the world," King Rui took a sip of tea and said in a very indifferent tone, "If you feel that you are not capable, you should come down from that position as soon as possible, so as not to harm the world." ”

Hearing his remarks, the Queen Mother sighed helplessly. How could she not know that King Rui was a metaphor for his imperial brother's cruelty to the pillars of the country, seeing the death of Marshal Hua had a profound impact on the feelings between their brothers! The Queen Mother patted King Rui's hand and said helplessly: "You also know what your imperial brother is doing now, so you can't blame him entirely for Marshal Hua's matter." In the final analysis, it is still because his mother did not take care of this harem for him. ”

King Rui snorted coldly, his expression was a little colder, "My own woman can't manage it well, how can I manage this big qi." I think it's better for him to give way as soon as possible. ”

The Queen Mother was amused by his tone of hatred, although she only slightly raised the corners of her lips, but it was more intoxicating than the bright smile before.

The Queen Mother is now close to the ancient rarity, but because she is pampered every day in the palace, and she eats finely and is well maintained, she looks much younger, and it seems that she has just reached forty. Because there is no one else in this Qinghe Palace except for the concubines who come to greet her every morning, the queen mother dresses very casually, and she takes off all her disguises in front of her son. At this moment, she leaned back slightly on the chair quilt, and her thrush eyes, which were eight points similar to King Rui, were gently bent into a beautiful arc, so that the little palace maid on the side couldn't help but start imagining whether King Rui also had such a soul-seducing ability when he smiled.

King Rui did not continue the previous topic, but said the purpose of today's visit, "Mother, my son plans to go south. ”

"You're going south too? What does this mean? The Queen Mother was stunned for a few seconds, but as if she suddenly understood something, a trace of joy flashed in her eyes, "Mo'er has found the person she is looking for?" ”

King Rui nodded and said, "Yes."

Getting this exact answer, the Queen Mother stood up suddenly in ecstasy, "That means that your imperial brother's body has a way to be cured!" ”

King Rui finally hooked the corners of his mouth, "Yes." "The emperor is poisoned, and it is not a terminal illness that is ineffective with medicinal stones, how can it not be cured?

"That's good, that's good!" The Queen Mother praised again and again, and the big stone that had been hanging in her heart was now half gone, but she told King Rui again: "Mo'er must bring people back secretly when she goes, and remember not to leak the news."

"The child understands that nothing can go wrong." King Rui nodded solemnly, "Mother should also be careful, eat those, and must be checked three or four times to make sure that it is non-toxic before you can enter it." The son didn't want his son to come back and hear the news of his mother's accident. ”

Although King Rui used such a mocking tone, the Queen Mother still felt a strong concern in it. The Queen Mother pursed her lips and chuckled a few times, but did not respond. However, Ah Ping, who had been waiting beside her, suddenly knelt on the ground and assured with a serious expression: "Your Highness, rest assured, the slave will definitely take care of Niangniang, and will never let Niangniang be in any danger!"

Ah Ping is the dowry of the Queen Mother, she grew up with the Queen Mother since she was a child, and later entered the palace with the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother wanted her to leave the palace to marry, but Ah Ping insisted on refusing to leave, saying that she had no father or mother, and her only wish was to take good care of the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother couldn't fulfill her wishes, but she didn't expect that this care would be decades long.

For so many years, in this deep palace, Ah Ping and the Queen Mother get along every day and support each other, and the relationship between the two has long surpassed that of master and servant. King Rui also grew up under Ah Ping's careful care, and knew the loyalty of Ah Ping's queen mother, so he was very relieved of her, and he didn't have any doubts about her words. Besides, with Ah Ping by the Queen Mother's side, he can feel more at ease when he leaves Beijing.

King Rui got up and helped Ah Ping up, "Aunt Ping, please get up, I believe that Aunt Ping will not disappoint Shumo." ”

Rui Wang and A Ping were extremely worried about the safety of the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother herself didn't care at all, she stood up and walked to the delicate carved window to look out of the window, there was no depression in the garden, and said quietly, "I'm all old bones, and I'm gone, what's there to worry about?" ”

Hearing the Queen Mother say such frustrating words, King Rui frowned, and Ah Ping couldn't care about being displeased to stop her: "Niangniang, how can you think like this!" Could it be that this day is not going well? Or is Ah Ping not satisfied? If you have any grievances, you will say it, and Ah Ping will definitely change it, but you must not say such frustrating words again! You haven't seen Your Highness marry a wife and have children, and you haven't enjoyed the joy of family! ”

The Queen Mother didn't look back and just smiled lightly: "I entered the palace at the age of fourteen to be a concubine, and at the age of fifteen, I gave birth to the emperor and was canonized as the queen by the first emperor. Now, decades later, I have been in this palace for more than forty years, but who knows, I have never been happy. Whether it is the sole favor of the emperor, or the power above ten thousand people under one person, it is not what I want. ”

The Queen Mother paused, turned around and looked at King Rui and smiled, outside the window behind her was a brilliant peony flower, which lined her face beautifully.

King Rui couldn't help but exclaim, "Mother." The tone was full of concern.

The Queen Mother waved her hand, signaling that she was fine, and continued: "I often think about what kind of situation I would have been like now if I hadn't entered the palace instead of my sister. I will definitely find a favorite to marry, that person may be a high-ranking official, or a scholar with outstanding literary talents, or it may not be neither, just an ordinary ordinary man, in short, I love it, and I am willing to spend my life with it. ”

The Queen Mother's words were filled with infinite longing, and her expression at the moment was like a girl who had just bloomed in her love for twenty-eight years, and she was fantasizing about a bright future with her Ruyi Langjun who only envied mandarin ducks and not immortals.

King Rui's frowning brows tightened a little, he knew that the Queen Mother was unhappy, but he always thought it was because of the death of the first emperor, but he didn't expect that the Queen Mother didn't want to enter the palace at all! King Rui thought about it, this deep palace compound, once he entered, he couldn't go out again for the rest of his life. And how many of the women in this harem volunteered to be canaries in cages?

And the filth and bloody wind in this harem are not much better than the court.

King Rui narrowed his eyes, hiding the disgust and disgust he felt for this palace.

Ah Ping sighed: "Why do you think about this anymore? If Niangniang didn't enter the palace back then, there would be no His Royal Highness, and Niangniang couldn't bear to see the second lady and her beloved separated. ”

"So, for all these years, I haven't complained." The Queen Mother smiled and walked to King Rui's side, reaching out to caress his cheek. King Rui didn't move, feeling the slightly chilling temperature coming from the Queen Mother's soft palm.

"The proudest thing in my life is that I gave birth to Mo'er, and I didn't teach you to be those royal nobles who only value power and human nature." The Queen Mother said, with unconcealable pride in her eyes.

I don't know why, listening to the Queen Mother say this, King Rui's heart has inexplicably settled down, maybe he subconsciously thinks about whether he will not accept expectations, or even be disgusted by his mother, just like the Queen Mother hates this palace. And at this moment, he finally raised a heartfelt smile, held the hand of the Queen Mother, and his clear eyes were brighter than usual, "Mother, the child will not let you down!" ”

The Queen Mother was slightly stunned, looking at the smile on his face, but she inexplicably understood why the little palace maids of Qinghe Palace looked blushing and shy every time they saw Mo'er. She knew that Mo'er was delicate and handsome, but she didn't expect that his smile was even more incredible, and the sun and the moon would not be able to compete with him!

The Queen Mother tilted her head and looked King Rui up and down again. King Rui wears royal blue clothes today, and the fabric is the most elaborate gold silk cloud brocade woven by the palace dressing bureau. At first glance, this robe is featureless, but if you look closely, you can see the special features under the hidden fabric, and you can faintly see the silver light shining in the calm royal blue when the wind blows. The King of Rui is even more outstanding. The black and shiny soft green silk was bound by the ink-colored jade crown, and there was no decoration other than that, but it was difficult to hide the natural dignity. The Queen Mother thought, her son, that's low-key luxury!

"Mo'er is twenty and four this year, and this time I will go south to consider a lifelong event!"

King Rui was a little stunned, he didn't expect the Queen Mother to suddenly talk about his marriage. He frowned subconsciously, and his always expressionless face showed a bit of resistance.

The queen mother knew her son, and when she saw him like this, she knew that he wanted to misinterpret her meaning, so she opened her mouth and said: "For my mother, I won't force you to marry that princess, Miss Princess, and I only hope that you can find someone who suits your heart, and can be happy and happy." lest in the future, like me and your royal brother, there will always be regrets in my heart in this life. ”

Saying that, a little loneliness and melancholy appeared on the Queen Mother's face, and King Rui couldn't bear to reach out and hug the Queen Mother in his arms, patting her back for silent comfort.

Although this action was inconsistent with etiquette in this palace, the Queen Mother did not push him away, and her eyes were red with some sadness. But in the end, the Queen Mother didn't shed tears, and for decades in this palace, she had long understood that tears were not worth it for the women in the harem.