Chapter 16: Black and White Portraits
Ying Xihe acted as a microphone: "Sister Yao said, you talk about it, she did her best." ”
Bai Qingyang thanked him, walked to the side of the bed, opened a dark grid, and took out a picture scroll from it and unfolded it:
"Miss Yao, the person on this portrait is my mother, who has been imprisoned by the old witch, can you please help me find my mother?"
Ning Yao understood.
She said, Bai Qingyang is not such a weak person, he is willing to be controlled, it turns out that the queen mother arrested his mother as a threat.
He chose filial piety and was willing to be ridiculed by the world.
Ning Yao's attitude towards Bai Qingyang has changed a lot, "Okay, I'll help you." ”
Shen Xihe didn't pass the word, but stared at the portrait for a while, as if he had determined something, and said a little sadly: "Uncle, the person you are looking for is not in this world." ”
Bai Qingyang sighed in his heart, and his uneasy premonition was very strong.
But he still barely squeezed out a smile that was more ugly than crying, and pretended to be calm: "Xihe, I know that you have some ability, but the person in the portrait is very important to me, you can't talk nonsense." ”
Shen Xihe also knew that Bai Qingyang would not be so easy to believe, so he pointed to the portrait and asked, "Then let me ask you, what color clothes are the people in the portrait wearing?" ”
Bai Qingyang glanced at the portrait, and the mother in his memory liked this set of aqua blue dresses the most.
It was the first gift given to her by the emperor after her mother entered the palace.
Even though it has been washed to the point of discoloration, the mother is still very precious.
Her relationship with the former emperor is also an enviable fairy couple.
But after the death of the first emperor, everything changed!
Bai Qingyang was immersed in the memories and whispered, "Aqua blue." ”
Xi Xihe bit her lower lip, her uncle looked unhappy, and she was not happy.
Because the person my uncle is looking for is destined to be impossible to find in this life.
He rubbed his misty eyes, lowered his head and whispered, "That's right, because in my eyes, this portrait is black and white." ”
"Black and white? This is obviously aqua blue, how can it be black and white? ”
Bai Qingyi held down the excited Bai Qingyang and motioned for him to let Xi Xihe finish speaking.
Xi Xihe glanced at Ning Yao.
Ning Yao didn't stop her, and then Ying Xihe told Bai Qingyang, "I can see the death qi above the heads of the dying people to predict their death." ”
"It's the same with the portrait, if I see black and white, it means that the person is dead."
After speaking, Ying Xihe turned around and hugged Ning Yao, she could feel that her uncle was very sad, and she was also very sad.
Bai Qingyang didn't know whether to believe it or not, he was silent for a long time, standing dejectedly, without saying a word.
Bai Qingyi's face was no better than Bai Qingyang, and that was also his mother.
He knew that the reason why his brother was willing to be a puppet was not only to care about his mother, but also to protect him!
This is also why everyone in the royal family except the emperor died, and only he was alive.
Because......
He lives on the condition that his brother obeys the old witch.
"Brother Huang." Bai Qingyi opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.
He was very young then, and now he doesn't remember what his mother looked like.
In contrast, he was more worried about the imperial brother.
After a long time, Bai Qingyang spoke: "You all go out, I want to change my clothes and go to Anning Palace." ”
Bai Qingyi didn't say much, and pulled Ming Xihe away.
Bai Qingyang stood in front of the closet, the heart that was as silent as a pool of stagnant water, just touched the light, and was ruthlessly dragged back into the abyss.
"Your Majesty, are you okay?"
The voice of the eunuch urging outside came, and Bai Qingyang closed his eyes fiercely, burying all his sorrows.
When he opened his eyes again, he had been reborn.
Without worries, who is he afraid of in this world?
Those who hurt him and insulted him, from this day on, he will drag them one by one into hell.
The first is the Palace of Tranquility, he wants the one in the Palace of Tranquility, there will never be a day of peace.
Bai Qingyang took out the set of dragon robes that had been sealed for a long time.
The old witch didn't allow him to wear a dragon robe, and asked him to always remember that he was supported by her, and if he was obedient, his mother would live.
After enduring humiliation for 20 years, he finally failed to see his mother for the last time.
So who wrote the letters he received every other month?
That's the mother's handwriting, the care between the lines, and the mother's tone?
Wei Xuan, you should know.
Bai Qingyang opened the door and stunned everyone outside.
The little eunuch who passed the message widened his eyes, he had served in the palace for many years, and it was the first time he saw the emperor wearing a dragon robe.
"Your Majesty, you ...... How do you dress like this? ”
Bai Qingyang glanced at it indifferently, "What am I wearing?" What does it have to do with you? ”
When he purged the ministers, he would let this group of dogs look down on the lackeys to see who was their master.
"I didn't ...... It's nothing, the emperor please come with the minions. ”
Bai Qingyang followed the eunuch away, and every step was heavy.
He was afraid that what Ying Xihe said was true, and he was also afraid of hearing the truth from Wei Xuan's mouth.
But he had to find out what happened to his mother before he could plan for the next step.
Ying Xihe and Bai Qingyi didn't go far, they just stood ten meters away and watched this scene.
Ning Yao pondered, and suddenly said, "Baby, you said that since the emperor and his mother are not dead, how can they let someone else become the queen mother?" ”
Shouldn't the Queen Mother be the emperor's biological mother?
Bai Qingyi had been in a state of distraction, immersed in sadness, and he accidentally heard Ning Yao's words, which also evoked his memories.
"Because of the ancestral training of Southern Xia, the throne is inherited by the eldest son of the emperor, and my imperial brother is the first son of my father, but my mother is only the daughter of a county official, and her status is low, so she is not qualified to cultivate the eldest son of the emperor."
Ning Yao scolded regretfully: "The damned system of respect and inferiority has harmed so many innocent people. ”
Bai Qingyi sighed deeply, "Yes, the humble status overwhelms the mother concubine, even if she is protected by her father, Wei Yulan's old witch is still unscrupulous and frames my mother by any means." ”
"I forgot how difficult those days were, because I was still young, and I could only hear the stories of the past from the mouth of the imperial brother."
"This kind of battle lasted for several years, and finally, the old witch won, although she failed to kill her mother, but forced her father to pass on the imperial brother to her to support."
"At that time, my father was already seriously ill, and the Wei family behind Wei Yulan had heavy soldiers, and my father had no choice but to agree."
"After the imperial brother succeeded to Wei Yulan, his father abdicated and the imperial brother ascended the throne."
"For the sake of his father and mother, the imperial brother obeyed Wei Yulan's words, and his father lasted for three years, and when the imperial brother was ten years old, his father passed away after all."
"After my father left, Wei Yulan became even more lawless, and it was after that that that that the mother concubine disappeared!"
Ning Yao understood, and sure enough, the palace was a place where people eat people and don't spit out bones.
"So that's the case, then I have every reason to suspect that the emperor's illness is not simple."
After all, this palace is the most terrifying place in the world, full of deceit.
"Well, it's Wei Yulan's chronic medicine that eats away at my father's body little by little."
Ying Xihe's big eyes blinked, looking at the person and ghost who were communicating without barriers, and sent out a soul torture: "No, Uncle Xiaobai, how are you ...... Can you hear what Sister Yao said? It's all of a sudden! ”