Qiao Huaping took Bai Feiye into the palace, which was carried out in secret.

Mei Yuan rushed back in time, his armor was still stained with blood, with a solemn atmosphere: "I'll send you two into the palace." ”

Qiao Huaping nodded.

There were several guns in her space, and they had already loaded their bullets and turned on the safe.

But that's the next step.

With Mei Yuan here, the safety factor between her and Bai Feiye is quite high.

Mei Qingyao, Mei Qingyu, Mei Qinghuang, Mei Qingying, and the four brothers and sisters stood at the gate of the courtyard, watching their father hug Xiao Aye and leave side by side with their mother.

Mei Yuan is the Marquis of Pingxi, who is trusted by the emperor, and has a waist card that can enter and leave the palace at any time.

Qiao Huaping sat in the carriage with Bai Feiye, Mei Yuan rode in front, and showed the waist card to the guards at the palace gate, and the guards saluted Mei Yuan and happily let him go.

There was already a small sedan waiting in the palace gate.

said that it was a small sedan chair, but in fact, it was more than enough to sit on Qiao Huaping and Bai Feiye.

Qiao Huaping hugged Bai Feiye and sat in the sedan chair.

Mei Yuan escorted the sedan chair all the way, through the imperial garden, to a mediocre palace, the people inside silently opened the palace door, glanced at Mei Yuan, and let Mei Yuan enter with the sedan chair.

The small sedan chair did not stop until it stopped at the entrance of the innermost side hall of this inconspicuous palace.

Mei Yuan opened the sedan curtain and reached out to hug Bai Feiye out, so that Qiao could get off the sedan chair.

There was a gray-haired grandmother standing at the door of the side hall, she looked at Bai Feiye in Mei Yuan's arms with a good eye, her eyes flashed with excitement.

"Master Hou." Mama retracted her eyes and bent her knees, "Your Majesty and the Queen Mother have been waiting for you for a long time." ”

Mei Yuan bowed his head, hugged Bai Feiye, and led Qiao Huaping to the side hall.

As soon as the door of this side hall opened, the smell of medicine overflowed.

Bai Feiye reached out and hugged Mei Yuan's neck, a little unaccustomed to this taste.

When I entered the side hall, the facilities inside were surprisingly simple.

On a chaise long, a pale-faced man sat half-reclining.

Next to the couch sat a woman with fine wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, but she could still see the peerless appearance of her youth.

Qiao Huaping knew that these were the two who stood at the top of this dynasty.

It's just that Mei Yuanqiao hadn't yet saluted, but the woman had already stood up a little excitedly: "This is ...... Aye? ”

The man sitting on the chaise longue coughed violently with excitement.

The woman was taken aback and hurriedly patted the man on the back.

There were no others in the hall, and the huge side hall echoed with the man's cough.

Bai Feiye was a little overwhelmed, and looked at Qiao Huaping with a sense of asking for help.

Qiao Huaping nodded at him as if reassuringly.

After a while, the man stopped coughing, and his face was flushed with the blush caused by the coughing, but the decadence between his eyebrows and eyes that was about to come to an end was becoming more and more obvious.

"Why don't you call the doctor......," the woman said, tears in her eyes.

"Queen Mother, I'm fine." The man waved his hand weakly, but his eyes were still looking at Bai Feiye.

"Come, come closer." The man said weakly.

When he came, Bai Feiye had already heard Qiao Huaping say that he wanted to take him to see his father and grandmother.

"Are you my father?" Bai Feiye walked closer.

The man looked at Bai Feiye's eyebrows and eyes stupidly, and wanted to say something, but suddenly coughed again.

The woman was anxious to help him, but he waved his hand and said reluctantly: "Queen Mother, I have nothing to do." It's just, just a little excited. ”

The man sighed weakly, "...... He was born like his mother. ”

The woman gently pulled Bai Feiye to her side, looked at it carefully, and choked slightly: "...... It's like the little statue of the woman you brought. It's also a bit like the first emperor. ”

She unbuttoned little Aye's shirt, revealing the flaming birthmark on her waist.

"That's right." The woman burst into tears, "A sign of our people." ”

Qiao Huaping took out a piece of gold lock from his arms, a small sign that was not gold or wood.

"This is what was in Ano's swaddling clothes when he was found in a dry well." Qiao stepped forward and handed the woman the gold lock and the small sign that was not gold and wood.

The woman took the golden lock in her hand and rubbed it for a while, and her voice became more and more choked: "This golden lock is a pattern drawn by His Majesty when the moon is full, and the Mourning family personally painted it, and asked the craftsmen in the palace to beat ......it."

The man closed his eyes, and a tear fell from the corner of his eye: "...... Yes, at that time, I met Rong Rong outside the palace, leaving this golden lock and the peace plaque carved by me myself. She left it all to our children......"

The man was probably overly sad and coughed violently.

The woman, that is, the Empress Dowager of Chao Zhou, patted the man's back lightly in a hurry.

The man's spirit is obviously very poor, and his kung fu for a while is as if his physical strength is exhausted, and he falls into a deep sleep.

Empress Dowager Zhou got up and motioned for Qiao Huaping and them to go with her.

After a short passage, there is another room, which looks like a side hall of another palace.

Empress Dowager Zhou looked at Qiao Huaping: "Thanks to you, the only bloodline that saved my son." ”

Saying that, the Empress Dowager Zhou actually wanted to salute Qiao Huaping.

Qiao Huaping stopped the Empress Dowager Zhou: "The Empress Dowager, you don't have to be like this. It is the Ayeji people who have their own natural appearance. ”

Empress Dowager Zhou looked at Bai Feiye again: "Aye, are you willing to call the mourning family the imperial grandmother?" ”

Bai Feiye looked at the tears in the eyes of the Empress Dowager Zhou, remembered her courtesy to his mother just now, and after a moment's pause, he still shouted: "Grandmother ...... Huang"

Empress Dowager Zhou burst into tears: "Good, good." ”

Empress Dowager Zhou touched Xiao Aye's face, her eyes were full of tenderness.

She looked at Qiao Huaping, and there was sadness in her eyes that couldn't be dissolved: "Aye still has to take care of you and your husband for a while...... However, it shouldn't be very long. When the time comes, the mourning family will send someone to pick up Aye. ”

Although Empress Dowager Zhou didn't say it explicitly, Qiao Huaping and Mei Yuan both knew in their hearts that the so-called "when the time comes" is probably when the emperor dies and the dynasty needs a new heir to succeed to the throne.

It seems that the Empress Dowager Zhou also knows that the emperor is afraid that he will not last long.

Qiao Huaping and the others didn't stay in the palace for too long, and soon, the small sedan chair that took them into the palace sent Qiao Huaping and Bai Feiye out of the majestic palace.

On the way back to the Xiangguo Mansion, Mei Yuan received a report from his subordinates that another carriage arranged by Mei Yuan pretending to be suspicious had been attacked.

Mei Yuan sent Qiao Huaping and Bai Feiye back to the Xiangguo Mansion, and only had time to explain: "Everything is with me, don't worry." ”

Qiao Huaping hugged Bai Feiye and nodded at Mei Yuan.

Mei Yuan rode away.

Bai Feiye came back from the palace, and he was a little dull all the way.

Qiao Huaping hugged him and walked on the long road to the second gate of the Xiangguo Mansion.

The two of them walked slowly, as they had done every ordinary afternoon they had spent before.

"Mother......" Bai Feiye leaned on Qiao Huaping's shoulder and said in a sullen voice, "In the future, do I have to live in the palace?" ”

Qiao was silent.

Bai Feiye choked up.

Although he was young, he was already keenly aware of something.

He pretended to be relaxed: "That mother, when I live in that palace, you have to go to see me often." ”

Qiao Huaping replied in a low voice: "My mother will definitely go to see you often." ”

Bai Feiye pursed his lips, leaned on Qiao Huaping's shoulder, and rubbed Qiao Huaping's shoulder with his little face.

The man who said he was his own father, he only felt strange when he looked at it.

The woman, who said it was his imperial grandmother, didn't feel close either.

It would be nice if he was really the child born to his father and mother......

Bai Feiye lay on Qiao Huaping's shoulder and fell asleep.