In the palace, Kunning Palace

The light yarn in the hall is manman, the fragrance of Buddha is overflowing, the current queen mother Xi is kneeling in front of the small golden Buddha statue, her eyes are light, she is holding a string of expensive blood jade Buddha beads in her hand, one by one, and behind her is kneeling a young and beautiful woman, following her to worship the Buddha.

"Queen Mother, Your Majesty has been waiting outside for almost a stick of incense."

An old woman came in from outside and asked the Queen Mother in a low voice.

The Empress Dowager Xi still took care of herself and flicked the Buddha beads in her hand:

"As usual, let him go back."

Xi's voice has the vicissitudes of an adult, and he really doesn't want to see it.

"Auntie, Your Majesty is a filial son and benevolent, you can meet him, there must be something to say."

The woman behind the Queen Mother, who had been silent, suddenly spoke. The Queen Mother, who had always been unconcerned, raised her eyelids.

"Well, it's just a girl."

That's right, that young and beautiful woman is Xi Huanqin, and the queen mother is her distant aunt.

Xi Huanqin hurriedly got up and helped the Queen Mother get up.

In the main hall, Emperor Xiaoze has been waiting for a long time, but there is no impatience on his face, and when he saw the queen mother come out, he happily called the queen mother.

"Is there something going on in the palace when the emperor comes to mourn?"

Xi Huanqin blessed the emperor, and helped the Queen Mother to sit on the main seat, and she stood beside the Queen Mother.

Emperor Xiaoze's eyes darkened, but the queen mother was still as estranged from him as ever, and she no longer had the intimacy of her childhood. He quickly hid the strangeness in his eyes and smiled at his mother in the high position.

"It's not a big deal, it's just that the son misses his mother a little, so he came over to take a look, and by the way, told the queen mother that Sui Li had already set off to the border to quell the war."

"Oh? No wonder I haven't seen him much after the birthday banquet, it turns out that I went to the border. But you go alone? Can the emperor send someone to help him? ”

When the Queen Mother heard this, she raised her head and looked at Emperor Xiaoze seriously. Emperor Xiaoze saw that the Queen Mother's eyes were full of care and a little bitter, she was obviously his mother, but she cared more about anyone and everything than about him.

"The son sent the eldest son of the adult, Hexilin and Sui Li, and also sent a lot of elite soldiers and strong generals to escort them, so the queen mother doesn't have to worry."

The Queen Mother seemed to be relieved:

"That'll be fine."

"Oh yes, there's one more thing, you don't have to worry about the marriage of the Qin girl, the mourning family wants to marry her personally." The Queen Mother said suddenly, and Xi Huanqin on the side lowered her head a little shyly.

Emperor Xiaoze was stunned, he knew that she loved this prime minister's daughter, but he didn't expect her to marry in person.

"Why, this little thing can't be done by the mourning family?"

Seeing that the emperor was a little hesitant, the Queen Mother frowned unhappily, and her tone also rose.

The emperor hurriedly shook his head: "Queen Mother, the son doesn't mean this, the son just agrees, and the queen mother doesn't have to be angry."

Emperor Xiaoze quietly glanced at the well-behaved Xi Huanqin on the side, and had some new views on her in his heart, the Queen Mother has rarely cared about the marriages of those sons and ladies over the years, and has always been taken care of by the queen, so that the Queen Mother can intervene in the marriage, this Xi Huanqin has put a lot of effort into it, and the means are good, but she is indeed better than the average boudoir lady.

And Xi Huanqin on the side felt the emperor's sweeping gaze, and was a little frightened, but fortunately he didn't demolish her, in front of the queen mother, he didn't dare, thinking of this, he couldn't help but put his mind at ease.

As soon as the day passed, she was one step closer to him.

"In that case, if the emperor is fine, go back first, the mourning family is a little tired."

The Queen Mother rubbed her temples, and Xi Huanqin hurriedly stepped forward to help the Queen Mother press it.

Seeing this, the emperor understood that the queen mother was issuing an order to expel guests, and after a few words, he also left.

"The mourning family has now asked for this right to marry for you, are you happy?"

After the emperor left, the Queen Mother looked at Xi Huanqin with a loving face, she loved her in the end.

Xi Huanqin sat at the Queen Mother's feet, her head resting on her knees, and her slender jade hand held the Queen Mother's hand with somewhat loose skin:

"Huanqin knows that my aunt loves me the most."

The Queen Mother nodded, and chatted with Xi Huanqin again, if you put aside the complexity that flashed in her eyes, she is a loving elder.

The other side

By a small river, three people were resting under a tree.

"Childe, those two have followed us all the way, do you need to go down and solve it?"

The person who spoke was Qing Ruo, and the two of them had been following them all the way since the last time in the town, and they had been following them for several days, and they didn't see any movement, and he was very puzzled.

Huan Ying's good-looking big hand reached into the river and cleaned his hands, and said slowly:

"Let's not act rashly and see what their purpose is."

Wan Qian'an on the side sat on the stone by the river, playing with a small pink flower in her hand, and when she heard Qingruo say that someone was following them, she looked surprised, and hurriedly looked around, but saw nothing.

"Shall we hurry up?"

"It's okay, and get some rest."

Huan Ying sat next to her with a soaked brocade handkerchief, and raised her hand as if naturally to wipe the fine sweat on her jade forehead.

"Oh, yes, yes." Wan Qi'an was a little unnatural, dodged, and reached out to take the brocade hand: "I'll come by myself, I'll come by myself."