After returning from the snake's den, Sima Ling had a low-grade fever and fell asleep for two days and two nights.

According to his orders, only the palace maid who was close to him brought soup and food in the past two days, and the rest of the people were gone.

Because the former crown prince King Anyang has just passed away, the queen is still grieving, and the newly married crown princess in the East Palace has not yet gone to the queen to officially meet her.

But when Guan Guan saw the middle-aged woman in the pale embroidered dress in front of her, she suddenly understood something.

Under the queen's solemn face, her body exudes unspeakable vicissitudes.

It's like...... It's like growing old in an instant.

In the Qianhuan Palace, Guan Guan and a group of palace maids bowed down and bowed together, the queen didn't say anything, looked at her meaningfully, and nodded.

At this glance, there seems to be approval, curiosity, and even a little self-deprecation.

But it is clear that the queen did not treat her as one of many women, but she also did not regard her as a real crown princess.

The exposed skin on her neck still has mottled scars, which the queen can see.

So she looked at Guan Guan's eyes, as if she was looking at a fighter.

"The prince is awake?" said the queen faintly, her voice still a little hoarse.

The word prince, a few days ago, still referred to her own flesh and blood.

The palace maid on the side didn't dare to answer, and Guan Guan replied: "Go back...... Queen Mother, Your Royal Highness...... Half-awake. ”

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"......" The queen sat on the edge of the bed and looked at the shallow scar on Sima Ling's neck.

This scar, the last time I saw him, was not there, it was obviously deep in the muscle blood, but it could be restored in a short time.

This is not the first time the queen has seen the vitality of demons.

Taking the poison that ordered mortals to die instantly, the silver queen of the year was in agony for five days before she died.

Sima Ling slowly opened his eyes, his forehead sticky and damp from the sweat secreted by the fever. A pair of familiar, warm hands tucked his wet forehead behind his ears.

"Mother, son......" He struggled to get up, but he was still weak.

The queen put her arm on his shoulders and put a lumbar pillow behind him, looking at him sadly.

The view between mother and son seems to be separated by a country.

"You're suffering. The queen frowned, looking at him with concern and sorrow.

Sima Ling smiled.

He motioned for everyone in the dormitory to stand down, including Guan Guan.

"Don't be bitter," he said until there was no one around, "Erchen knows that even if Erchen fails and dies, the queen mother will be able to hold this country." ”

"Great rebellion," said the Queen's sharp voice, "Hugh will mention it again." ”

A moment of silence showed the silent tacit understanding between the mother and son.

"Queen Mother, I just want you to know that it's done. It's just that out of the hundred people that Brother Wang left me, there are less than twenty left......" Sima said in a hoarse and dry voice.

The queen put her arm on his shoulder, asked him to sit up, and asked gently, "Ling'er, can you tell the truth with your mother." Are the hundred dead soldiers left behind by your brother all mortal?"

Sima Ling shook his head.

"I know ......," the queen sighed, "the princess's house, before he left his swaddling clothes, he has already paid homage to the marquis." However, I summoned the envoys of the Kekan Rong Brigade, and how many people are left......?"

I couldn't help but think in my heart, now that I was going to have a secret battle against demons in Bian, not only did I not want to count on those gate lord clans, but even a team composed of mortals couldn't be organized.

The people of Li who have been called are no longer human or ghost.

So, is there any point in continuing to fight like this?

Is this a great call from heaven to death?

Even if Ling'er has a few more years to live, enough to ascend to the throne, his identity ......

"Queen Mother," Sima Ling said, "I'm sorry. Second Emperor Brother He ......"

"Don't say it," the queen's voice became a little sad, "Ling'er, don't mention your second emperor brother and your sister-in-law!"

It is said that tiger poison does not eat children, not to mention a person with a gentle temperament like the queen.

It's a pity that her biological son, King Anyang, is a tiger in the eye.

A year ago, King Anyang killed the former prince and seized the position of the East Palace, but the queen knew very well in her heart that her own son was embarrassed at all.

Not to mention...... At the same time, the king of Anyang also attacked the king of Nanliang, and she was afraid of the curse of Yinji.

Whether it was for Da Zhao or for her own personal affairs, she had to accept Sima Ling's revenge on King Anyang, even if her heart was like a knife.

"Do you know," the queen's voice softened, "I dreamed of your mother. ”

Sima Ling didn't answer, he only felt extremely guilty, the queen was not his biological mother, and she was indeed his only reliance in the court except for the dead brother Wang. She was a weak woman, but she went through so many things that she shouldn't have experienced.

A mother connived at her son-in-law to kill her sister-in-law...... And now, she came to talk to him about his own mother.

What a complicated feeling.

Sima Ling once again felt that in this troubled world, to live was to be cruel to others and to himself.

And the queen doesn't know, what happened to Sima Ling?

His biological mother was the Flame Serpent, and now he had to destroy his own mother in the most heartbreaking way.

"The Queen Mother," he said, "do not speak of the past." Cheer up your mother, after all, she will be called in the future...... It is to rely on the queen mother. ”

The queen frowned: "You're the only one under the queen's knees......

Sima Ling had already made up his mind in his heart that after his death, the only one who could govern was his mother.

After the emperor fell asleep, the queen mother took on the great responsibility of running the government, and he had little time to count on the throne, and he once expressed his petition more than once.

Although the queen mother was noncommittal, they all knew that this would be the only way.

Although, the world privately thinks that with the current end of the road, the next emperor of the great summons is the king of the dead country.

The queen said: "Ling'er, the queen mother...... I want to protect you. It's a miracle that you can get rid of the snake demon this time, and if you take any more risks, I'm afraid you'll hit the stone with an egg. ”

Sima Ling sighed lightly: "How can the ministers not know that the perennial discharge for the land and the sealing of the mountains and rivers, the wealth of the big clan has long been unable to be counted on, let alone the single-mindedness of the monarchs and ministers. By the people...... Now the army can't collect a grain of rice anymore......"

"Yesterday, I discussed with Xiangguo, and the overseer came to report, and there were people in the northern region who exposed the trouble, but they were used by the wolf demon," the queen said, "Ling'er, listen to the mother's advice." We need to endure the humiliation for a while, and we must not arouse the killing intent of the wolf demon again. ”

"Queen Mother, you must not, even if the whole army is annihilated, you must not divide and rule with the wolf demon. Sima Ling said hurriedly.

"Ling'er, do you think the queen mother is willing? The queen mother doesn't want to forget the big summons in the hands of you and me! You can destroy the snake clan this time, solve the wolf clan's troubles, and the wolf clan will not take revenge for a while. But if you say that the wolf clan is destroyed...... We have long been defeated, how can we resist the enemy?"

Sima Ling was silent, he had a plan in his heart, but this matter was too bizarre for him to tell anyone.

But if he wanted to persuade his mother to take charge of the country, he had to make her believe.

After a long time, Sima Ling said: "Queen Mother, if I say that before I die, I will destroy the Hachi wolf clan, will you not be willing?"

The queen was keenly aware of something: "Is that inexplicable crown princess your pawn this time?"

Sima Ling lowered his eyes and nodded.