Looking at Concubine Wen's faded face little by little, the queen had an indescribable pleasure in her heart, she didn't move her expression to extinguish the smile on her lips, and asked the eunuch Fu En beside her side, "What did the queen mother say?" Can you go and say hello to the Queen Mother? ”

Fu En said respectfully: "The Queen Mother, her old man, said that she knew the filial piety of the little lord and the princess, and she understood it. But she is not in good spirits today, and she has to attend a night banquet in the evening, so there is no need for everyone to go together to say goodbye. He looked up slightly at King Chen and his wife, "It's just that the Queen Mother instructed that she hadn't seen Princess Chen yet, so let King Chen take the princess to Changqiu Palace to meet her." "The Queen Mother began to eat fasting and chant Buddha after the death of the first emperor, and ten years ago she moved out of the palace and lived in the royal temple all the year round, and only returned to the palace during the New Year's Festival.

"Oh?" The queen raised her eyebrows slightly, a little puzzled, this time the queen mother came back, even she only met the queen mother once, why did she think of seeing Princess Chen today. pondered for a while, and said secretly: "But it's not surprising, the Queen Mother has always loved King Chen, and it is understandable that she wants to meet Princess Chen." After a moment of silence, he looked at Jingrong and Mu Xuefu, and said with a smile: "Exactly, you have been married for almost half a year, but the Queen Mother has never seen Princess Chen, so you should go and bow down." It just so happened that the Queen Mother spoke, you two don't need to be here to accompany you, hurry up. ”

Hearing this, Princess Yu's hand holding the tea shook, and the tea almost spilled. The cruel gaze hurriedly swept over when looking at Jing Rong and his wife, the same grandson, she didn't see the old woman when she and Jing Xuan went to see the old woman in person, how could Jing Rong get her to look at her differently? What an eccentricity!

After Jing Rong and the two retired, they left Weiyang Palace.

Out of the gate of Weiyang Palace, Jing Rong said: "The Queen Mother is very charitable and will not embarrass you." ”

Speaking of this queen mother, she has some relationship with Mu Xuefu, and it can even be said that she has some blood relationship. Mu Xuefu's mother is from the Wei family, and the old queen mother is also from the Wei family. In terms of seniority, Mu Xuefu's mother should call the Queen Mother Aunt Tang. When she was a child, she heard her mother mention this aunt and grandmother of the Wei family, not only the country is beautiful and fragrant, the flowers and the moon are beautiful, but also the quality of the blue heart, the intelligence is unparalleled, the emperor took a fancy to her at a glance in the beautiful women, and became the queen. Although the emperor also had other concubines, he was also in deep love with the queen mother.

However, thanks to the presence of the Queen Mother, the Duke of Wei would not have been implicated when there was an accident in the Zhenguo General's Mansion that year. But since then, the Wei family has gradually declined, and the Wei family no longer has a foothold in the court. And the queen mother and the emperor also had a disagreement because of this matter, so that later they ate out all the year round and recited the Buddha, and they didn't even want to go back to the palace.

Mu Xuefu bowed her head and asked instead: "The Queen Mother loves the prince very much?" ”

Jing Rong's face was dyed with a layer of warm color like the dawn of the morning sun, and said: "This king has been taken to the palace since his father passed away, and he has been raised by the queen mother before the establishment of the mansion, so he is very kind. A trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, his brows loosened slightly, and he gently exhaled a trace of faint and long breath, as if sighing, and said: "It's just that now the queen mother's age is the time to make fun of her grandson and enjoy the blessings of Qingfu, but she chooses to stay in the temple all year round to practice Zen Buddha." Although Chong'en Temple is a royal temple, it is not as comfortable as staying in the palace after all. ”

"I want to come to the Queen Mother is a person who sincerely worships the Buddha, the Buddha family pays attention to escapism and cultivation, and the palace is the most rich and noble place in the world, and the Queen Mother leaves the palace to practice, but also does not want her heart to be covered by the clouds in the palace, disturbing her heart of worshipping the Buddha." With a touch of embarrassment, Mu Xuefu smiled at the corner of her mouth, turned her eyes to stare at Jingrong, and said: "No matter what, this is the decision of the Queen Mother and her old man, and the only way to be a junior is to obey, the Queen Mother is old, but I am afraid that my heart is clearer than you and me." ”

"Rich to me like a floating cloud? I'm afraid that only the Queen Mother and her old man have such a state of mind. We mortals are blinded by wealth, and by the way, our hearts are also covered. "There is an arched bridge ahead, and although the deck is spotless, it has an arched slope and a smooth ground, so you have to be careful when walking in winter. Jing Rong put one arm around Mu Xuefu's shoulder, held her hand with the other, looked at the borderless sky, and his eyes were as misty as the fog that could not be dispersed in a winter morning, "How does Xuefu treat wealth?" ”

His hands were so cold that people couldn't help but shiver, as if they had just been fished out of the pool water in winter, there was no temperature, and it was cold to the heart. Mu Xuefu didn't let go, but entangled tightly, as if she wanted to pass on the temperature on her body to him, she smiled and said: "The concubine is just a vulgar and vulgar person, and the realm of the queen mother is afraid that she will not be able to reach it in a lifetime." The prince knows the concubine best, if there is no silk and satin, gold and silver jewelry, the concubine does not know how to live. He sighed and shook his head with a helpless look, "It seems that the concubine's heart is blinded by wealth and can't extricate herself." Fortunately, the prince is a rich and noble person, so you can use luxurious and expensive things to fascinate the eyes of the concubine. ”

Jing Rong pinched her earlobe and said with a smile: "This king is also a layman, just right for you." His eyes fell on the smooth ground, and his long eyelashes, like a fan, lowered a layer of raven-colored mist, concealing his shimmering ambition, and asked in a tentative tone: "However, are you satisfied with the current situation?" Do you want to be richer? ”

"Richer? You are already a prince, and you are respected with all princes, how do you want to be rich? Mu Xuefu turned her head, a thought flashed in her heart, and blurted out: "Does the prince want to be the emperor?" ”

Muchev kept her voice so low that only the two of them could hear it. Jing Rong's expression returned to the same as before, he raised his head and stared calmly, his clear voice overflowed with the light opening of his lips, and his face appeared with a rare solemn color, "Don't talk nonsense, this is going to kill your head!" Slowed down, and whispered: "This king is not a prince, so this matter can't be the turn of this king." This trip to the troubled waters is so far away that the king wants to be far away, how can he still insert a kick? You must not say this again! The princess is smart, and naturally knows the truth that trouble comes from her mouth. ”

"Then the prince said that it is more wealthy, isn't that position above the prince, you still blame me for talking nonsense!" Mu Xuefu looked at him with disgust, looking aggrieved, "At this time, the blame is on my head!" ”

"It's you who want to be crooked, and you can blame this king! The more noble thing that the king said was to have a fief. "Walking across the arched bridge and stepping on the flat ground, Jing Rong let go of the hand holding Mu Xuefu, gave Zhou Cheng a look, and asked him to press a few steps to widen the distance between him and the palace people who followed." Do you think that a prince with only a name can be the same as a prince with a fief? If this king had a fief, how could he stay here, and it would not be easy to live under the noses of others! ”

Mu Xuefu raised the corner of his eyes and said: "With a fief, it's like having a vassal state, isn't it just an emperor." "Last time, she used the Grape Night Pearl to separate Emperor Xuanwu and Jing Rong, so that Jing Rong knew how taboo Emperor Xuanwu was against him, so as to cut off their relationship as father and son. However, after repeated temptations, she found that even if she hadn't poisoned Emperor Xuanwu herself, there was already an insurmountable gap between Jingrong and him.

"This king was supposed to inherit his father's fief before, but it was robbed by others." When Jing Rong asked Mu Xuefu if she wanted to be more wealthy, she was talking about the throne, but who would have thought that she would directly reveal his thoughts, so Jing Rong avoided the important and trivialized, and guided the topic to the fiefdom.

Mu Xuefu already had doubts in her heart at this time, but she thought again, if Jing Rong had such thoughts, if the throne fell into the hands of others, I am afraid that Emperor Xuanwu would be uneasy when he died.

"King Xuan's mother and son are not good, and the prince said last time that they came for the 500,000 army." Mu Xuefu frowned tightly, pretending to be worried, "Speaking of which, what you are planning is one thing, I'm afraid that either you die or I live." ”

"He has a good plan, and this king has his own bridges and ladders. Well, don't say these bad things during the New Year. Jing Rong took her and said solemnly: "This king said that the things that belong to this king will be returned to this king in the same way." ”

Under Mu Xuefu's lowered eyelashes, her starry eyes flashed, and it was not so difficult to regain the fief with Jingrong's mental strategy, but was this the man she married? Or is he hiding his true ambitions? Mu Xuefu shook off the conjecture in her mind, no matter what he was, as long as it didn't affect his plan, whether he wanted to recapture the fiefdom or even want to be the emperor, as long as he didn't block her way in front, she didn't mind fueling him in the back.

This matter will not be mentioned for the time being, and the two of them talked and laughed all the way to Changqiu Palace.

Changqiu Palace is the place where the queen mothers of previous dynasties lived, and it is especially insufficient to describe this palace as splendid and magnificent. White jade pavement, gold lacquer silk pillar, the phoenix carved on the red sandalwood is sprinkled with gold powder, gems are inlaid with the phoenix body, the phoenix eyes are inlaid with a pair of pearls, under the sunshine, such as the phoenix that has become a fairy in the fire, all around are filled with layers of golden light.

"See the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother Wanfu Jin'an." Because it was the first time to meet, Mu Xuefu knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times before getting up. After the salute, he stood beside Jing Rong obediently, his eyelids slowly raised, and he glanced at the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother is now past her prime, but she is still full of energy. It may be because of the perennial worship of the Buddha, the face is as kind and kind as a portrait of Guanyin, and the eyes are clear and bright, without a trace of impurities. Although she is old, through those eyebrows, you can still imagine how gorgeous she will be when she is young.

"Good, good." The Queen Mother said three good words in a row, and her eyes turned around Jing Rong and Mu Xuefu. This man is getting older, and his eyes can't help but be a little flowery. The distance was far away, and he didn't really see it, so he beckoned to Mu Xuefu, "Come here, let the mourning family take a good look." ”

Mu Xuefu walked to her side as she said, blessed her body again, and said quietly: "I should have come over early in the morning to say goodbye, but I am afraid of disturbing the purity of the Queen Mother, and I hope the Queen Mother will forgive me." ”

"There are not so many courtesies for the mourning family." The Queen Mother pulled Mu Xuefu to sit beside her, and after a closer look, her pupils instantly contracted, like a basin of water hitting the door, and said, "Jiao Niang? ”