Chapter 119: Blood is as thick as water
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Since Emperor Liang's favorite queen candidate Shen Concubine was involved in that huge rebellion, although the concubines in the harem tried all kinds of means, the disheartened Emperor Liang still had no intention of establishing a posterior, and now the queen's position has been vacant for many years, and the queen mother of Daliang naturally took charge of the palace and became the de facto mistress of the glorious palace in the middle of the capital. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
In today's era when there are many gate valves and clan cohesion is stronger than the sense of belonging to the country, the Queen Mother, the head of the world's largest gate valve, is enough to keep many people, including Chu Nan, in awe.
As the palace maid walked through several deep courtyards, Chu Nan finally met the woman who was probably the most influential woman in Daliang.
This is a quiet Zen temple, the courtyard carries some wild plums, although the appearance is not good, but it is very suitable for the natural and elegant atmosphere of the Zen temple.
The queen mother of Daliang is the kind of person who does not need to use her appearance to show her dignity, although she is wearing an ordinary person's coarse cloth shirt, she sits there quietly, with a soft smile on her face, and looks at Chu Nan with gentle eyes. However, the strong and even fierce momentum on his body still can't be concealed.
A girl dressed as a farmer flashed out of the wild plum bushes, some bloated clothes covered the already thin body, but it didn't look clumsy, but it looked like some girls were cute and cute, Qianqian Su held her hand on the plum branch, and was reflected by the half-opened plum blossoms, her lips became more and more red and her teeth were white, and her bright big eyes looked at Chu Nan, and when Chu Nan looked at it, she shy avoided, and jumped to the side of the Queen Mother.
It's Li Qingxun.
The Queen Mother patted the girl's hand lovingly, and said to Chu Nan with a chuckle: "I've been stuffy in the palace for too long, and I can't entangle Qing'er today, so I deliberately changed into this dress to come out to breathe, and I was still walking around the street in the morning, and I heard that there was a bustle to see here, so I hurried over." Qing'er secretly went over to watch it for a while just now, and when she came back, she shouted and praised you for a long time............"
Li Qingxun didn't think that the Queen Mother would say this, she shyly pushed the Queen Mother's shoulders and complained, her face was a little hot, and after a while, she raised her head boldly, stared at Chu Nan with bright big eyes, and whispered: "You are just so powerful...... Better than anyone else......"
Chu Nan didn't know how to respond to the Queen Mother's obviously intimate and excessive homely and girlish praise, so he could only respond with a smile.
The Queen Mother naturally saw Chu Nan's discomfort, looked at Chu Nan softly and even lovingly, and asked softly, "Is your grandmother okay?"
Chu Nan was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that his grandmother and the Queen Mother in front of him seemed to have some relationship, and nodded and said, "Empress Dowager Xie is worried." Some time ago, she said that her old man was sick for a while, but now she has finally recovered and there is no major problem. ”
The Queen Mother touched her gray sideburns and sighed: "Decades have passed in a blink of an eye, and when I entered the palace with your grandmother, I was like a sister............ Well, why, didn't she talk about it?"
Chu Nan shook his head and said softly: "I've heard other people talk about it, but grandma rarely mentions it." ”
The Queen Mother smiled, sighed and said, "There were some misunderstandings back then, but I didn't expect her to still remember it...... Although there have been some correspondence over the years, the relationship has become weaker and weaker, and she came to the capital, and she didn't enter the palace to see me a few times............"
Chu Nan had a smile on his face, and it was difficult to express any opinions.
As for the misunderstanding that the Queen Mother said, Chu Nan vaguely knew something.
At the beginning, the two were really like sisters, and their appearance and talent were also outstanding, but later one became the queen of the first emperor, and the other was expelled from the palace, presumably there was some inside information.
The Queen Mother seemed to be really reminded of her memories, and she was full of emotion and said some true and false pasts.
Li Qingxin sat there gently, with her hand on her slender chin, but she listened with relish.
Chu Nan had to listen patiently to the surname.
After talking for a while, the Queen Mother suddenly stopped, smiled self-deprecatingly and said: "I'm really old, I like to talk more and more about these things about Chen Sesame and rotten grains recently, but it makes you laugh......"
Chu Nan didn't even know it, the huge capital, I was fortunate enough to listen to the queen mother talk about these homely things, how many can there be?
Li Qingxin whispered: "I like to listen to it......"
The Queen Mother caressed Li Qingxun's hair lovingly, and said to Chu Nan: "Your grandmother and I are both people who are about to enter the earth, so we can't let her go to the grave with resentment." Since she refuses to come to see me, in a few days, I will go to the Chu family............"
Of course, Chu Nan would not object, let alone mention that he was expelled from the Chu family, and said with a smile.
The Queen Mother suddenly remembered something, took Li Qingxin's little hand, and asked Chu Nandao with a smile: "I heard, how many marriages have you set again?"
But intentionally or unintentionally, the tone of the word "again" was accentuated.
Chu Nan nodded a little embarrassed, not knowing what to say.............................. Out of Baoguo Temple, everyone else had already left, only Chu Mad was still waiting.
When Chu Nan came out, Chu Yan breathed a sigh of relief, chuckled and waved his hand to beckon Chu Nan over.
Chu Nan was a little moved in his heart, and walked over quickly and asked, "Why don't you go back first?"
Chu Madness waved his hand to drive away the coachman and his own soldiers, and said with a casual smile: "I have something to talk to you about." ”
Chu Nan nodded, and walked outside side by side with Chu Maan, although the forbidden army and the Ouchi guards were under martial law, but at least no one dared to interrogate the two brothers without knowing how to do it today.
Although Baoguo Temple is outside the city, it is not too far, and it is still early to look at the time, so it doesn't hurt to walk back.
Of course, Chu Mad asked for this, maybe there were really some private things to say, whether it was riding a horse or riding a car, he always had to worry that it would not be secret enough, but on this official road from Baoguo Temple to the capital, unless a person from the Grandmaster realm came in person, I am afraid that no one would be able to approach and hide it from the two brothers.
Today, there is such an important banquet in Baoguo Temple, which is heavily guarded, and there are naturally no people on this section of the official road.
Chu Mad looked a little hesitant, and finally sighed and said: "In a few days, I will take your sister-in-law to the northwest in advance, if there is no accident, I am afraid that I will not return to the capital in a few years." ”
Chu Nan was stunned, silent for a moment and asked, "Why?"
Although Chu Yuan is still strong, the Chu Nan brothers are all adults after all, and the issue of heirs has been put on the table.
However, Chu Mad is like Zhongtian in the army, and Chu Nan is also shining, in comparison, Chu An's achievements in the household department are really not worth mentioning.
Although Chu Nan is no longer a threat, if Chu Mad really wants to compete for the position of the heir of the head of the family, and Chu Nan waives his flag and shouts, Chu An will inevitably be in a weak position even if he is a son-in-law, and what is more serious is that the old lady who is full of words in the Chu family never hides her dislike for Chu An's mother and son.
Chu Mad patted Chu Nan on the shoulder, sighed and chuckled, and said, "Someone has a message to Your Majesty, and I myself am willing." ”
Chu Nan is not a hot-blooded and impulsive teenager, since Chu Mad himself has no opinion, he naturally will not help Chu Mad make a decision, and said with a sneer: "What a good means." ”
Chu smiled freely, "I can't say that, at least most of the Chu family's caravan in the northwest will be handed over to your sister-in-law." ”
Chu Nan pouted, those caravans originally belonged to Chu Ma's father-in-law's family, and it was not a little cost-effective to use this as a price in exchange for Chu Mad to withdraw from the heir dispute, but it seemed that Chu Mad had made up his mind, and Chu Nan didn't have much to say.
Chu Mad stopped, hesitated for a moment and said: "Among them, your sister-in-law has told me a little, it is nothing more than someone who wants to divide the Chu family, and someone who wants to drive you and me away to seize the position of the head of the family...... It's just that no matter what time it is, I am a member of the Chu family, and this will not change until I die......"
The last few sentences were very loud, but his eyes looked straight at Chu Nan.
Chu Nan was a little absent-minded.
Chu Madness was a little helpless, so he could only give up the euphemistic exhortation, and said in a showdown: "The Chu family can't be destroyed by your and my generation, and Chu An is not the kind of person who is short-sighted and intolerant. You can dislike some people in the Chu family, but you are still the children and grandchildren of the Chu family, and you must always be loyal to the family......"
Chu Nan tilted his head, raised his eyebrows and asked, "He asked you to come?"
Chu pursed his lips wildly, and did not answer positively, "The Chu family has a big business and many enemies, no matter who it is, there will be helplessness." If it weren't for my father standing up first and splashing dirty water today, Your Majesty might not have passed the pass so easily......... Just like the Chu family has raised Li Zhen for more than ten years, and now he hasn't chosen Li Ling and turned his back on you? There are some things, I understand, but I can't say it, I only know, blood, after all, is thicker than water............
Chu Nan looked at the wilderness on both sides of the official road and muttered, "It seems that there is some truth......
Chu Madness was a little helpless, and he also knew that Chu Nan might not understand these truths, but he didn't want to believe it.
Chu Nan suddenly turned his head and asked softly, "I saw that you and he have already had a deep conversation." What, did he confess to you for a showdown?"
Chu Yan nodded slightly, sighed and said: "The Chu family looks extremely strong, and there are actually many dangers, of course, the strength of the open and the secret will not be afraid of anyone." When I go back to Yongzhou this time, I will have a lot less constraints............"
Chu Mad was not surprised, except for Chu Yuan and the old lady in this world, I am afraid that no one knows where the limit of the Chu family is, and the strength hidden under the water is also very considerable, and he sneered and asked, "What do you want me to do?"
Chu Mad smiled helplessly, knowing that the vigilance and doubts in Chu Nan's heart had not dissipated, but it had already satisfied Chu Mad and said softly: "I don't want to give you any constraints, I just want you to know that Daliang has the position of Daliang, and the Chu family also has the position of the Chu family, although most of the time this position is the same, but it is inevitable that it will deviate......"
Shut up at this point, stopped this sensitive topic, and paused before continuing: "The whole Liang said that the Dugu family is the most loyal vicious dog raised by His Majesty, but in fact, it may not be. If it is an urgent life and death situation, you may wish to turn to the Dugu family for help. As for Fusang Mountain, the more that Grand Master trusts you and supports you, the more you have to be on guard............"
Chu Nan lowered his head silently, frowned, and said, "Is there anything else?"
Chu Mad licked his lips, seemed to be suspicious of something, and said with some uncertainty: "It is said that when my father was a child, my grandmother bought several foreign slaves in the west of the capital, one of which was a Hu man with a wolf's head on his chest, named Tuerwin............"
(To be continued)