Mama Gui shook her head: "I don't know either." ”

I frowned and thought for a while, then turned my head to look at the camps on the mountain, and then at the huge tent of the Queen Mother, and then said to Mama Gui, "I'll go over and have a look." ”

"This, Taifu is still there."

"It's okay, I'll just go and take a look."

Mama Gui may not want to go over, but she is the one who follows the Queen Mother, and she has been up and down in this palace for so many years, so she naturally has more concerns. The so-called people are soft-spoken, and there must be no good fruit for the Taifu of the Fooled Dynasty, so he has been cowering. I smiled calmly and signaled her to be reassured, and she said no more, and I turned around and walked towards the Queen Mother's tent.

The queen mother's health is not good, and she has been cultivating in the waterside pagoda all the year round, and is used to a quiet environment, although this time she is camping in the wild, everything is not as convenient as in the palace, and she still made some arrangements, and the huge tent is a few feet away before other tents are allowed to be pressed, to ensure that the queen mother's residence is quiet and undisturbed.

When I walked in, it was cleaner and cleaner than in other places, and before I got closer, I smelled a familiar, faint scent of sandalwood, but it quickly dissipated in the wind.

With the wind drifting over, there was also the voice of the Queen Mother who was a little tired-

"The mourning family knows, you can go back."

"Queen Mother."

This voice was Shen Gongyi, and it seemed that she wanted to say something, but the Queen Mother's voice sounded in a low voice: "Go down." ”

“…… Yes, the old minister retired. ”

I listened, hurriedly dodged to the side, and sure enough, I saw Shen Gongyi retreating from inside in an orderly manner.

To say that the humidity at the bottom of the valley may have a slight impact on older people, but looking at his energetic appearance, he has completely lost the coughing and panting appearance in the early morning, and after putting down the curtain, he walked a few steps, but he seemed to look back a little unwillingly.

The gaze was sharp and profound, like that of a predatory beast.

I saw that my heart trembled slightly, and Shen Gongju didn't notice me hiding next to me, just flicked his sleeves and turned to leave.

Immediately, several entourages stepped forward, along with General Chen Fu, as if anxiously asking something, but Shen Gongyi only waved his hand lightly and led them away.

When they were far away, I walked slowly out of the side and came to the door of the tent, and in the wind I could still hear a heavy sigh, but it was like the sandalwood, and it quickly dissipated.

I frowned slightly, stood still for a while, and finally said softly: "Queen Mother." ”

There was a slight silence inside, and then the voice of the Queen Mother came: "Come in." ”

I opened the curtain and walked in, the Queen Mother's residence is naturally different from others, it is very large, but there is not much arrangement, but the shrine incense seat is brought together, the Queen Mother still knelt on the futon, chanting to the Buddha, I saw that I hurriedly stepped forward: "Queen Mother, your health is not good, don't kneel anymore." ”

Usually I persuade her, and she is willing to listen, but today no matter how I help, she has never moved a bit, but stubbornly knelt on the futon, there seems to be a streamer in those almost gray eyes, and has been looking at the Buddha, I don't know why she is so stubborn, I can only accompany her to kneel next to her: "Queen Mother......"

After some time, she slowly turned her head to look at me.

"Girl......"

"Queen Mother, what is wrong with you?"

"Girl, you sue me!"

“…… What? ”

She suddenly grabbed my hand, the emaciated fingers had never been so forceful, almost sinking into my skin, I was pinched by her and it hurt a little, but she didn't care at all, and looked straight into my eyes: "You sue the mourning family, he- how is he doing?" ”

He?!

Which he?!

When I heard this, I only felt as if my chest had been hit hard by something, and my breathing was a little short, and for a while, I looked at the eager look in those gray eyes: "Queen Mother, are you asking-"

"You sue the mourning family, he is now, okay?"

“……”

My head buzzed, and I knew who she was talking about.

What she asked was Huang Tianba!

Between me and the Queen Mother, there are some words that have never been spoken, and there is no need to say them at all, although until now, I don't know the cause and effect of those things, but the truth has long been clear to me. It's just-

Queen Mother, why do you suddenly ask this?

Before, when I mentioned Huang Tianba in front of her, she asked about his conduct, but when I wanted to ask him where he was now, she stopped abruptly and didn't ask any further, I can also understand her mood and scruples, but after so long, why did she suddenly ask at this time.

At this time, I suddenly remembered that Shen Gongjun had just come!

Could it be that he said something that caused the Queen Mother's current abnormality!

There was a buzz in my head, and my whole body shuddered and I suddenly became nervous.

He, could it be that Shen Gongjun knows something?

About Huang Tianba, about the Queen Mother, about Pei Yuanhao, I have always speculated about the relationship between this, looking at the Queen Mother's reticence and Gui Mama's caution, I believe that no one else knows the truth of the matter, and I am just fortunate to have picked up those fragments, so I can barely piece together a possible fact. But if it was really Mrs. Shen who came over and said something that caused the Queen Mother's abnormality, then how would he know?

If he really knows something, then Pei Yuanhao-

As soon as I thought of this, I only felt that the cold sweat on my whole body had shrunk back, and I couldn't help but shiver, only the place on my wrist that was held by the Queen Mother could feel the heat of her skin - "You sue sù mourning family!" ”

Her hands were trembling all the time, as if she was trying to restrain herself, and her eyes, which were full of coldness in the past, were burning differently at this time, as if they were going to burn me. I am used to seeing her calm and indifferent, and the loneliness that goes deep into the bone marrow in the waterfront pagoda seems to be no longer nostalgic, but it is such a sudden fluctuation now, which makes me feel an indescribable sourness.

But what can I say?

I guessed Huang Tianba's identity and guessed the amazing life experience behind him, but if my guess is correct, then - Pei Yuanhao, who is he?

What is this man sitting on the throne of the Ninety-Five Supreme?

I don't dare to think about the twists and turns, nor do I dare to think about how shocking it will be to the whole world when these truths are exposed, but I am sure of one thing - it will definitely not be a good effect!

No matter who sits on the throne now, at least it can ensure the stability of the Central Plains and the stability of the imperial court; And Pei Yuanhao - no matter what, he is still working hard for this world. If it changes hands, it will cause more than just a position, an alternation of identities, I have seen it with my own eyes when Pei Yuanhao forced the palace to seize the throne, and the blood flowed like a river of corpses all over the field, but it was just a battle between the brothers in the family, if it really introduced foreign enemies-

The more I thought about it, the more frightened I felt, and I couldn't help but tremble a little.

I don't know how long it took, I slowly raised my head, gritted my teeth at the Queen Mother's almost red eyes, and said, "He, his situation is good." ”

“……”

The Queen Mother looked at me hard, her gaze was so focused that she seemed to want to see through my eyes.

I was looked at by her gaze as if my whole heart was slowly burning on a small fire, and there was an indescribable pain that was slowly, slowly, spreading.

"He—" Recalling the words of the old man in the caravan I met on the way here, I pondered for a long time and said slowly: "There is a person who, for his sake, can make him happy even if he pays the price of the country." ”

“……”

"In the eyes of the world, this kind of life is the ultimate in the world."

“……”

"He's- it's good, it's good......"

My voice grew lower and lower, and by the end of the day, I could barely hear it.

I know, no.

Although, there is one person who will shush him and ask for warmth, although, no matter how much price someone pays for him, he must also make him happy; Although, his life is extremely rich......

But I know, it's not like that.

Like me, what he is asking for is not the ultimate wealth in the world, nor is it a magnificent cage.

Moreover-

In the end, I only felt a sour nose, the Queen Mother looked at me, seemed to slowly calm down, and also let go of my wrist, there were still a few red marks on it that she was too hard, after a long time, she turned her head to look at the Buddha, took a deep breath, and said, "He is not doing well." ”

For a while, I only felt that all the voices were choked in my throat, and I wanted to say something, but I couldn't spit out a word, I just looked at her eyes, and all the light was slowly dimming, as if it was blending into an eternal night.

"The Queen Mother's ......"

She slowly stood up from the futon, as if she was unsteady on her feet, staggered a little, I hurriedly stepped forward to help her, but she just waved her hand slightly, slowly walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, I walked in front of her, squatted down and fell on her knees: "Queen Mother, I-"

She looked at me and smiled: "Girl, if others don't understand, you will understand." ”

“……”

"Mourning family, I understand."

"The Queen Mother's ......"

"The mourning family has heard that someone built a Jiangnan in Saibei, and it was built for him, right?"

My heart shook violently - Queen Mother, she really knew!

It was Shen Gongyi, it was he who said these words!

"That, it was someone else who built Jiangnan for him, not his 'Jiangnan'."

After saying this, the Queen Mother seemed to be extremely tired, I wanted to say something more, she had already shook her head and motioned me to go out, I could only stand up slowly, watching her slowly lie down on the bed, curled up and facing in, her emaciated back looked so weak, as if she would be crushed by the heavy burden in her heart the next moment.

I really couldn't bear to say anything, so I could only turn around slowly, and was about to walk out, but I heard her muffled voice behind me—

"Emperor, I will definitely save him......"

I froze on my feet, and I stood there, unable to breathe.

The silence in the tent was as if it were dead, and after a long time, I heard her dream-like voice, and said in a low voice: "Will there be someone, go and save him?" ”

When I walked out of the Queen Mother's tent, my whole body seemed to fall apart.

It's about to be crushed.

Shui Xiu saw me walking over from a distance, stumbling on my feet, as if I was about to fall several times, and hurriedly ran over to help me: "My lord, what's wrong with you?" ”

"I ......"

My lips trembled, and I stretched out my hand full of cold sweat to grab her arm, so that I could barely hold myself up, and after a while, I gasped and said, "Give me some water." ”

Shui Xiu hurriedly poured a bowl of water, she was also panicked, she didn't notice that the water was cold, I drank it in one gulp, it was cold from my throat all the way to my heart, and I was so cold.

The mind is a little clearer.

It just so happens that I need to be calm now, and I need to be sober.

I reluctantly calmed myself down, looking at the slightly rippling water in the bowl, vaguely reflecting my own appearance, but all I thought about in my mind were those people I didn't like to see: Shen Gongyi, Ouyang Yu, Shen Xiaokun, and Shen Rou......

I remembered the first time I met Shin Rou.

It was on the way that I followed Pei Yuanhao all the way back to Beijing from Yangzhou, at that time it was the smoke of the struggle for the heir, Shen Gongyun was originally the person of Empress Yin, but at that time, he secretly used his daughter and the third prince Pei Yuanhao to make a song, and his meaning was also very clear, he was not a person who went all the way to the black, leaving a way back for himself and seeking the greatest benefits, which is what the head of such a big family should do.

Sure enough, he bet on the right treasure, Pei Yuanhao ascended the throne as the emperor, Shen Rougui was the concubine, controlled the harem, and had been favored before Nangong Lizhu, even if Nangong Lizhu came back later and took away most of the emperor's favor, she was accidentally pregnant because of my design, which is the biggest treasure of the Shen family.

Come to think of it, Shen Gongyi's plan is step by step, the daughter is the concubine, the mother is expensive by the son, the son is honored by the mother, Nangong Lizhu is sterilized, Chang Qing has no children, as long as they can deal with a Nian Shen who has no power behind him, the child of the Shen family will be enthroned as the emperor, which is their ultimate goal.

But now their way is broken.

Pei Nianyun was found out by Fu Badai to be an idiot, which made it impossible for him to ascend the throne.

If I were Shin Gong-jun, I wouldn't necessarily despair at this time. He shouldn't know that Pei Yuanhao's little tricks to Shen Rou, in their eyes, Pei Yuanhao and Shen Rou are still young, as long as they seize the opportunity, it is not impossible for Chenghuan to conceive again.

However, looking at his current actions, it seems that he can't wait for that time.

Could it be because of this journey, Pei Yuanhao's various attitudes towards Nian Shen, and some hints in his words; Or is it because-

Or because they know that even if they give birth to children, they are not orthodox and can inherit the bloodline of the emperor!

Thinking of this, my hand trembled, and the water in the bowl suddenly swung out and splashed my hand.

"Oops!"

Shui Xiu saw it and hurriedly came over: "My lord, what's wrong with you?" ”

She hurriedly took out her handkerchief, and hurriedly took the bowl in my hand to help me wipe it, and I stood there, but it was wooden, and the thought just now was like a thunderbolt over my head, and I was stunned.

No, it's not!

If some facts are really exposed, it will not be beneficial to the Shen family.

They just reveal an entanglement in the original court, their current glory and wealth all come from the reigning emperor, if Pei Yuanhao really falls, even if they are powerful, they are just a courtier, not like Pei Yuanhao at the beginning, the brother wall is just a "family affair", no matter how the throne is, it will not be left behind.

And now the Shen family, there is a Taishi often said that Bai is overpowered, and there is a university scholar Fu Badai "eyeing the tiger", if you really dare to touch the throne, it will inevitably cause a great backlash from the government, with them, I am afraid that they will not be able to suppress it.

So, if that's the case, what are they going to do in this situation now?

I couldn't figure it out, and I bit my lower lip so hard that I almost broke it.

I don't know how long it took for me to slowly raise my head and look at the camps on the mountain that looked like tiger's fangs.

He is strong, he is strong?

The sky on the grassland became very fast, and before Shen Shi had handed over the unitary, the sky gradually darkened, and several huge braziers were erected around the camp, and the firewood piled with oil was piled into a small hill of fangs, and after it was lit, the fire burned fiercely, and the faces of the people turned red.

Chang Qing came back with people first, and when he saw me standing there to greet them, he got off the horse and walked over, and looked at my face at the fire: "What's wrong?" ”

“…… No, it's fine. ”

"......" She glanced at me again, didn't say anything, and commanded people to take care of it quickly, and after a while, she felt the ground shake slightly, and Pei Yuanhao took the spring hunting team of people and horses to gallop back from the front of the smoke and dust.

Looking at the time, they were also a little too late, and it seemed that there was still some unfinished, everyone's faces were stained with a lot of dust and blood, but they didn't feel dirty and tired at all, even Xiao Nianshen excitedly flipped off the back of the pony, and ran to me: "Qing-Lord Yue." ”

I smiled and squatted down: "Is Your Highness doing well today?" ”

"He's done a good job."

It was Pei Yuanhao who answered this sentence, got off the horse, took off the horse whip and the bow on his back and handed it to the entourage, while taking the silk handkerchief presented by the entourage and wiping the sweat on his face, walked to me and looked down at Nian Shen, and said with a smile: "I actually dug a nest of rabbits." ”

"Ahh

"Nian Shen, show it to your Aunt Qing."

“……！”

My face changed again.

Even if I didn't think about it deliberately just now, the atmosphere between me and him was a little strange, I stood here, like a wife standing at the door of the house waiting for her husband and children to return late, and he actually made Nian Shen call me "Aunt Qing" in front of everyone!

Not only did my face change, but the faces of several people around me also froze.

Nian Shen was very happy, and ran over excitedly with a grass nest and ran in front of me: "Aunt Qing, look! ”

I lowered my head a little embarrassed, there were really several little rabbits in the grass nest, snow-white and soft, looking around with wide eyes in horror, I stretched out my finger and stroked it gently, and smiled reluctantly: "Your Highness is really amazing." ”

"They're so cute." Nian Shen carefully guarded it, and raised his head to look at me again: "Does Aunt Qing like it?" I'll give Aunt Qing one. ”

"No, no."

My smile grew more and more forced, almost sinking to the point where I could barely hold it anymore.

Especially when I saw Pei Yuanhao behind him, Liu Qinghan was leading the horse and slowly walked over.

He kept his head down, as if in contemplation of something, until he walked into the camp, and beside him an attendant came up to take the reins from his hand, and only then did he come back to his senses, and when he looked up, he saw us.

Suddenly, his face froze.

When I met his gaze, my pale face was so bad that I couldn't see anywhere.

At this moment, a delicate figure jumped out from behind him, standing beside him with a smile, and just about to say something, he found that his expression was wrong, and the pair of water-like pupils also looked over, and suddenly, with a smile.

It's Bae Yuanzhen.

I saw her pull Liu Qinghan's sleeve and seemed to say something to him; And he, I don't know if it's because of the jump of the firelight, the expression on his face is a little cloudy for a while.

I froze there.

Liu Qinghan seemed to grit his teeth, and the expression on his face was distorted for a moment, and then he slowly lowered his head and reached out to dust the dust on his clothes.

When he raised his head again, his face was already gloomy, and he couldn't even shine into the fire.

Then, he threw the whip in his hand to one of his attendants, and walked away without looking back.

Pei Yuanzhen looked at him, and seemed to be annoyed for a while, but when he looked back at me, he still smiled like an overcomer, and still followed him away.

"Aunt Qing—?"

Seeing that I had been stiff and not moving, Nian Shen pulled my sleeve: "Did you hear what I said?" ”

I looked down at him, I could barely laugh, I could only make a smile: "Thank you, Your Highness, Weichen doesn't want it." ”

"Oh......"

He pouted with some regret, and at this time, a slender figure slowly walked up, snuggled up to Pei Yuanhao's side, and said with a smile: "Your Highness and Lord Yue are really harmonious." ”

As soon as I saw Nangong Lizhu, I couldn't help frowning, Pei Yuanhao turned his head to look at her, and also smiled: "Zhu'er, what do you want to say?" ”

Nangong Lizhu rolled his eyes, his bright eyes were clear, like two pills of black mercury raised in white mercury, with a little playfulness in his agility, and then smiled at Pei Yuanhao and said: "Didn't the emperor say it that day, her business will be done when she goes back." When the time comes, the concubines will tell the emperor again, it's not too late. ”

At this point, I could no longer stand, so I hurriedly saluted them, and then turned and walked back.

When I went back to the tent, it was so stuffy that it made me feel more and more uncomfortable.

It was as if there was a sea of fire all around me, and I couldn't sit still.

On one side is Pei Yuanhao and Nangong Lizhu, on the other side is Shen Gongyi's family, step by step so that I almost have no place to stand, I sat on the edge of the bed, only to feel that the fire had burned to my heart, and finally couldn't help but wave my hand fiercely, and swept all the candlesticks and cups at the head of the bed to the ground.

The curtain was lifted open by a white jade hand, and the objects were falling right under the feet of the visitor.

When I looked up, my face turned pale suddenly, and I hurriedly got up: "Queen Mother." ”

Chang Qing stood at the door, looked at me quietly, looked at the mess on the ground, slowly squatted down, and just reached out to pick it up, I hurriedly walked over: "Weichen is guilty." Mother, let's let Weichen-"

She shook her head, picked it up, and slowly walked to the table to put it on before turning to look at me.

I bit my lower lip and lowered my head.

I thought she was here to reproach me, or to persuade me or something, after all, her status made it impossible for her to be like me. But she just looked at me quietly, there was a lot of noise outside, I don't know what she was doing, and it was a little depressing to make it quiet.

After a long while, she sighed and said softly, "Let's go out first." ”

“……”

"The emperor is very happy tonight, and specially held a bonfire dinner, everyone has to attend."

“……”

"Whatever happens, we'll talk about it after tonight."

"......" I bit my lower lip, but finally nodded and followed her out.

As soon as I got out of the tent, I heard a lot of people outside, a large bonfire had been lit in the large open space in front of me, the firewood was piled up into a hill, and the little eunuchs ran over and poured something inside, the fire became bigger and bigger, the flames several feet high almost stained half of the sky, and the billowing smoke rose up along the flames, permeating the entire Juma River Valley.

I whispered, "What's that?" ”

"It's tung oil." Chang Qing smiled faintly: "I specially asked them to bring it." ”

"Huh." I smiled, and came out of the spring hunt with so much tung oil, it was difficult for them, as if they were preparing for this bonfire dinner.

The billowing smoke spread, and it also smoked the people on the mountain badly, and after a while, Shen Gongyi and several old generals also walked down with many servants, looked down with a smile, and came over to salute the emperor: "Old minister, meet you-"

"Taifu doesn't have to be so polite." Pei Yuanhao stretched out his hand to help them up, he seemed to be in a good mood, and said with a smile: "Tonight, we just drink wine and eat meat for fun, and we don't have to care about the courtesy of the monarch and the minister." Come, show Taifu and a few old generals! ”

When Gonggong Yu heard this, he hurriedly commanded the little eunuchs to come over and arrange seats for them, but Mrs. Shen sat there calmly, took the wine offered by the palace maid, and bowed his head and took a sip.

I stood behind Chang Qing, the fire couldn't shine on me for a while, and I kept looking at him.

He drank not much.

Those old generals didn't drink much.

Naturally, these people couldn't drink, but they all sat there vigilantly, Pei Yuanhao sat in the main seat, the table was full of all kinds of delicacies, looking at the crowd staggered, a grand scene, he smiled and said: "I said today, today's hunting, I will reward according to the prey." ”

When everyone heard this, they all fell silent and looked at Pei Yuanhao one after another.

He laughed and said, "So, this is what I want to reward now." ”

With that, he slowly raised his hand, holding a scimitar in his hand.

I didn't think anything about it, but I heard the people around me gasp, and when I looked up, Shen Gongji and several of their old ministers all widened their eyes, staring at the scimitar.

What's wrong?

I was stunned, and looked at the knife suspiciously, the scabbard was dark and a little green, and there was no skill in accumulating gold and treasures, it didn't look like a master's work, why did these people look shocked.

Still thinking about it at a loss, I saw Chang Qing's face sink slightly, turned his head to look at me, and I subconsciously probed over: "Queen Mother, this is-"

"Biyue scimitar." Chang Qing muttered, "The treasure knife that the Emperor Taishang carries with him. ”

"Oh......"

"Gift from Empress Zhaolie."

"Huh!?"