The guards of the forbidden army took the golden order of the carved dragon, and after repeatedly confirming that it was correct, they glanced at the guards around them.

The guards nodded, and one of them took out the key and opened the wrist-thick iron lock on the door.

The guards stood guard in front of the door as if they were facing a great enemy, preventing others from approaching.

"Let's go." Zhu Gaoxian beckoned to Zhang Yingzhen.

Although Zhang Yingzhen was puzzled, she obediently followed.

She felt like she was about to know a secret buried deep in history.

A dark secret.

……

The main hall is richly decorated, with sixteen mahogany pillars supporting the roof of the hall painted with colorful paintings, and the flames of hundreds of bronze lamps are slightly bright, and the deepest part is dedicated to the god of Emperor Taizu Gao. Time and space seem to stop at this moment, leaving only the inner voice, which makes people feel awe. The environment is a faint sandalwood scent, calm and leisurely. The glass contains the secret words of tranquility and the survival of all things, which is hidden in the purity of forgetting worries.

And what puzzled Zhang Yingzhen the most was why she only enshrined the god seat of Emperor Taizu Gao.

Why is there a lack of Emperor Taizu Gao's wife, Empress Ma?

"Lord, where is the one that the emperor asked us to visit?" Zhang Yingzhen asked.

"Wait a minute, she's supposed to be here." Zhu Gaoxian picked up a few sticks of sandalwood, lit them from the bronze lamp, and inserted them into the incense altar in front of Emperor Taizu Gao's throne.

Zhang Yingzhen did so, twisted a few sticks of sandalwood and wanted to offer incense to the altar, but suddenly an old and thin hand grabbed her wrist!

She was so startled that she almost couldn't help but cry out.

Zhang Yingzhen looked sideways, and an old woman who looked a little strange held her hand.

The old woman was dressed in a white linen robe like a mourning dress, with silver hair, and a temperament of the vicissitudes of time, and a thin figure, as if a gust of wind could blow her off. And what is even stranger is that the old woman has a kind of sadness in her body that makes people feel sad at first glance.

The old woman was not hostile, but looked at Zhang Yingzhen faintly.

"Lord Wang......" Zhang Yingzhen looked at Zhu Gaoxian and wanted to ask what was going on.

However, Zhu Gaoxian sighed and bowed to the old woman.

Zhang Yingzhen's heart was shocked, there seemed to be few people who were qualified to make Prince Qi respect.

"Is this the girl the emperor picked for you, or did you pick it yourself?" The old woman looked at Zhu Gaoxian and asked in a cold voice.

Zhu Gaoxian responded: "This is the princess Qi selected by the emperor for me, and she is the eldest daughter of the British princess. ”

"He's still as domineering as ever, as if everyone's fate has to be controlled by him." The old woman shook her head, and the sorrow on her body almost condensed into substance.

She sighed lonely, turned around and left: "Go back and tell the emperor that I will always stay in front of Emperor Taizu Gao until I die, and no one will be able to shake his throne in my name." ”

Zhang Yingzhen's face was shocked, what did she hear?!

Before she could figure it out, Zhu Gaoxian had already taken her wrist and walked out the door.

……

The two walked out of the main hall of the Great Bao'en Temple, and the guards of the forbidden army immediately locked the door to let the secret continue to be hidden.

Zhang Yingzhen couldn't help but ask, "Lord Wang, who is that old woman?" ”

"Didn't you already guess that?" The corners of Zhu Gaoxian's mouth rose slightly, "As you think in your heart, she is...... Well, don't talk about it, otherwise the British Mansion will suddenly collapse overnight, and the king will not be able to save it. ”

Zhang Yingzhen's heart beat faster, just as Zhu Gaoxian said, she had already guessed the identity of the old woman.

From the moment I stepped into the main hall, everything was already in place.

Emperor Yongle built the Great Bao'en Temple to worship Emperor Taizu Gao and his biological mother.

But in the hall, there is only one god of Emperor Taizu Gao.

It's because ...... The emperor's biological mother is still alive and is next to the throne of Emperor Taizu Gao.

It is clearly recorded in the "Taizu Record" that Emperor Taizu Gao and his wife Empress Ma had five sons and daughters: the eldest son Zhu Biao, the prince of Yiwen, the second son Zhu Zhang, the king of Qin, the third son Zhu Li, the king of Jin, the fourth son, Zhu Di, the current emperor, Zhu Hu, the fifth son, Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, and the two daughters Princess Ningguo and Princess Anqing.

But in fact, the historical book "Taizu Record" has been revised by Zhu Di many times, and the fact that Zhu Di was born to Queen Ma was said by Zhu Di himself.

Zhu Di is the emperor, but he is not the emperor who ascended the throne in order, but robbed his nephew of the throne and rebelled to be the emperor. It was originally an unjustifiable thing, so Zhu Di needed to make his mother Queen Ma to prove that he was orthodox and convince the world.

In this way, it doesn't matter who Zhu Di's real mother is.

This old woman is the concubine of Emperor Taizu, and gave birth to her son Zhu Di in the war-torn Zhizheng years...... When Zhu Di grew up, he rebelled and ascended the throne, tampered with the history books, took Queen Ma as his biological mother, and hid his mother in the Dabao'en Temple, so that everything would be wiped out.

Zhu Di did a good job, he successfully tampered with the truth.

All the evidence has been erased, and the ordinary mother is powerless to fight the emperor, she silently endures everything, and sees the traces of her existence in this world disappear.

After her death, the flaw of Da Bao En Temple will also disappear, and the emperor will also remove this last trace.

Zhu Di needs to convince the world that his mother is Queen Ma, not an ordinary concubine, so that he can convince the public.

……

Jiming Temple

Zhu Di stood in the pavilion, looking at the scenery below the mountain, his face was cold.

"What, regret it?" Yao Guangxiao, a black-clothed monk, sat behind him and asked.

"Regret what?" Zhu Di glanced at the old monk, "Is there anything worth regretting, regretting being this emperor?" ”

"Since you say you don't regret it, you don't regret it." Yao Guangxiao did not make a defense.

Zhu Di closed his eyes lightly, and he had mixed feelings in his heart.

He is the supreme Emperor Yongle!

But he ...... Do you really not regret it?

"From the beginning to the end of the Jingjing, I had several life and death crises and were on the verge of danger, such as the encirclement and suppression of Beiping, the battle of Baigou River, the battle of Jinan, the battle of Dongchang, and the battle of Jiahe...... Countless times I escaped death, waded through the rain of swords, guns and swords, and the slightest mistake was fatal. ”

Zhu Di closed his eyes and said to himself, "This way, nine deaths and one life, I sat in this position, sat in the position of the Ninety-Five." ”

"I can't bear the title of concubine, so I can only be the son of Queen Ma, not her son."

"I have erased all the people and things that have been done about her, and I have annihilated all the evidence, and I will never admit it, I ...... There is no other way. ”

"I don't regret it."

When Yao Guangxiao heard this, he shook his head: "Widowed, lonely." ”

Da Bao'en Temple, the ancient Buddha of the green light, a mother struggles with the loneliness of the night.

The emperor sat on the golden chair, looking down on all beings, cold and ruthless.