Sure enough, it was empty.

A large piece of masonry, under the "concerted efforts" of the two of us, finally turned over.

Below was a dark cave, with a slender wooden box on the side, Zhou Lingqing immediately reached out, he couldn't wait to open the box, and unfolded the two letters wrapped in silk one by one.

I stood across from him, not knowing what was written in the "secret letter", but watching his face change constantly.

"Lord Wang...... This is not the time to read carefully, after all, this is the 'Forbidden Palace', and if the emperor knows about it, it will inevitably be ...... again."

Before I finished speaking, I only heard a "hiss" from my father-in-law in the distance outside, "The emperor has arrived-"

This must have opened the crow's mouth!

Zhou Lingqing moved quickly, stuffed the letter into his cuffs in three or two times, and raised his foot to kick the "boulder" to the hole, and everything returned to the same as before.

When the emperor stepped into the Yongning Palace, I was already sitting on the swing on the side, and Zhou Lingqing stood behind, gently pushing my back up and down.

When we saw him come in, we saluted in a state of trepidation.

"It's me who bothered you—" The emperor sat on the stone bench beside him, his joy and anger invisible, "It's just that since this place is classified as a forbidden palace, why do you still come against me?" ”

"I'll take a look, see the places where we lived together, miss my mother, and tell Le Ming about the happy days when we were children-"

Zhou Lingqing's small mouth was loud, and after a few words, the emperor was about to burst into tears, only to see his pupils shrink slightly, and asked, "What did you say?" I'll listen to it, too. ”

"Said that the imperial brother is eight years older than me, but he can be my bow and arrow master, when I was naughty and was punished by my father to write the scriptures ten times, the imperial brother secretly wrote seven times on my behalf, all my mistakes, the imperial brother tolerated and even connived-"

"Do you remember?"

"Remember, remember—"

"You remember, but now you don't listen to me," the emperor's face sank, but his tone was the same as usual, "I later asked several times to repair the Yongning Palace, but you are away on errands, and rarely enter the palace, and I think it is the first time in so many years to 'go home' - how does it feel?" ”

That's not necessarily, since he moved back to Chang'an, he has gone back in the dark I don't know how many times!

"Brother Chen is just puzzled - why is this place a forbidden palace, and even I can't enter and leave freely?"

Zhou Lingqing is a little positive.

The emperor smiled ugly, probably never thought that this guy was so straightforward, "The uninhabited palace is difficult to repair, so it is natural to prohibit people from entering and leaving, and your belongings and your mother's belongings were also sent to King Ling's Mansion seven years ago - could it be that there is something else here that provokes you to be so obsessed?" ”

"My mother? She cared for you until you were eight years old, and she was your mother—"

I'll just say why the emperor is tolerant of other brothers and wants to target him, he is simply rebellious, and he can pop out of his mouth.

"The prince is speechless, the emperor has his own biological mother, who is it, and no one can replace it-"

For the sake of all of you's heads, I had to step forward to "mention".

Zhou Lingqing didn't appreciate it, his cheeks were gloomy, and he didn't show any affection for the emperor.

"I said that I was walking to sober up, I think the prince is drunk," I grabbed him with a shy smile and saluted the emperor, "It's better for the concubine to go back to the palace with the prince first, it seems that he has to pour a few sips of hangover soup to wake up——"

The emperor lowered his eyes and waved his hand, "Go - it is his blessing to marry you." ”

The hero sees the same thing - he is in the midst of blessings and does not know the blessings.

We supported each other out of the Yongning Hall and stepped on the long palace street, but we were silent all the way. It wasn't until I got into the carriage that I saw him speak, "It's me who lost my temper—"

It's been the norm for you to lose your temper, my lord.

"I don't know what's going on, your emotions ......"

Which string is wrong?

He shook out the two letters from his sleeve and placed them in the palm of my hand.

I was stunned, then opened a glance and read ten lines of hastily reading, and then the whole person was there—I think the so-called "gaffe" he just called was the best emotion after repeated suppression.

To be exact, one of the two letters is a "letter", and the other is a "secret letter" with a seal and written on the silk.

The "letter" was written by Zhou Lingqing's mother.

The whole story is a mother's heart, she said that she didn't know if he could eat and dress well on the battlefield, whether he was injured or sick, she was very worried. said that when he saw this letter, she was no longer in the world, but he didn't have to be sad, she would turn into the wind, turn into clouds, grow into small flowers, and become everything around him, and she would watch how he became strong step by step and took back everything that belonged to him.

The letter explained in detail what kind of tricks Zhou Lingqing's "elder brother" Zhou Lingyuan used to become the emperor.

He first picked up Zhou Lingqing to ask their father to be the general of the expedition, and then took the opportunity to privately encircle the ministers, although his father was aware, but at that time he was sick in bed, there was nothing to do, so he had to let his cronies quickly whip Zhou Lingqing who was killing the enemy on the battlefield to send a letter, but the messenger was stopped before he left Chang'an City, until two months later, the old emperor died, Zhou Lingyuan ordered people to surround the palace, contrary to the old emperor's words, he officially ascended the throne, and then let the messenger send the funeral letter to Zhou Lingqing's hands, But it was too late, and when Zhou Lingqing came back, the old emperor had already settled in the ground, and the form of the court had been stabilized.

The letter is very long, and the 1510 general Zhou Lingyuan took advantage of his father's serious illness to seize the power of the court, and how he calculated the throne that originally belonged to Zhou Lingqing, and forced Zhou Lingqing's mother to death.

And that "secret letter" is the edict of succession - the edict of succession located in Zhou Lingqing.

Today, the emperor may know that there is this "secret letter", and it was in the hands of Zhou Lingqing's mother, but because he failed to find and destroy it, he could only simply and rudely seal the Changning Palace as a forbidden palace!

"The father and the emperor prefer the mother concubine, but the mother concubine has not given birth to a son and a half daughter for a long time in the palace, and at the same time, the sister who is favored in the palace and is not even as good as the mother concubine gave birth to the prince first, and the mother concubine's envy father and emperor saw it in his eyes, and before the confinement was born, he took the royal brother to the Changning Palace to raise, and he probably felt that they were sisters with the same father and mother, and they had been playing together since they were children, not counting so much," Zhou Lingqing seemed to be telling a long-term story, he closed his eyes and immersed himself in it, "But he really thought wrong, his aunt really loves her child, regardless of wind or rain, I came to the Changning Palace day by day, and finally when the imperial brother was eight years old, my mother had me, and she asked the emperor to take her child back to her side——"

What hatred and what resentment rob other people's sons?

"My arrival, it seems that all the attention of my father, he is more favored by his mother, I made my mother a concubine on the day of the full moon, the imperial brother misses his mother, but he stayed at his aunt's place for more than a month, and came back crying, he asked why his mother abandoned him, with a younger brother, he will be more obedient! Don't drive him away! When the concubine saw that he was pitiful, she said to her aunt that it would not be better to let the two brothers grow up together, so the royal brother moved back, and the aunt began to go to the Changning Palace day after day, year after year——"

"That'...... Isn't this a mass of harmony, and how can so many things come about? "I sincerely ask.

Over the years, the mother's heart for him has not changed, but his heart for the mother has not been the beginning. He is sensitive and sensible, but he has hatred in his heart. He hated his mother for robbing him, but he had me, he hated his aunt's cowardice, he hated me for sharing his father's favor, but these were all his true natures that were exposed after he ascended the throne. Once upon a time, he treated me very well. It's an elder brother, like a strict father. All of a sudden, they were all broken to pieces - that year, I received a funeral letter and rushed back day and night, when my mother saw me, she had already drunk Heding Hong, the royal brother ...... Standing not far away, he only said coldly, the concubine Niangniang couldn't bear the loneliness of the first emperor, and wanted to accompany him, and the imperial concubine was buried with the emperor, and the mother was in my arms, gasping for her last breath, close to my ear, wanting to tell me where the token was, but she was halfway through her words, and the person went——"

I have to say, royal children, the past is really more miserable than the other, and life and death are discussed at every turn, unlike ordinary people, who at most fight for candy when they are children, and fight for family wealth when they grow up.

He had never said so many words, maybe he had held it back for too long, and he wanted to vomit it as soon as possible. I gently stroked his shoulder, trying to comfort him, but I felt that I could not speak, so I had to remain silent.

Zhou Lingqing was stunned for a moment, then opened his eyes, turned his face to me and said, "You don't have to pity me, all the evil consequences he has done now, one day I will let him taste it himself——"

"I'm not pitiful for you, my lord, I'm trying to give you strength - but have you thought it through? Is your 'royal brother' really trying to hurt you? He has fallen from the pride of the sky to no one cares, his grief and disappointment, is anyone really taking it to heart? In fact, from his point of view, it is indeed you who robbed him of everything. ”

Don't blame people for being blackened, think about that condition - the queen died of illness, and did not leave a son and a half daughter, and the back position has been lacking, although there are several princes in the palace, but Zhou Lingyuan is also one of the best prince contenders, after all, people's mother is Concubine Jing, and her aunt and adoptive mother are concubines, and people have grown up under the knees of the concubine who has been favored by three thousand since childhood. Not to mention that it is not helpful to his future, where no one is there, he may still tell him every day, the future of the mother depends on you, you have to fight.

It makes sense for people to be blackened.

"You, well—"

He turned his head to look at me and said.