Luo Huaizhou saw the queen mother's attitude, and his heart was disappointed, the heart that was struggling and tormenting between family and friendship, in the accumulation of disappointment and pain again and again, gradually disintegrated his persistence and enthusiasm for family affection, and consumed the only trace of hope in his heart.

He originally thought that no matter how strong and ruthless the queen mother was, even if she could do anything for the imperial power, she still retained a good idea in front of herself, at least when she knew that she was wrong to blame Jing Qian and Xiao Yuewan, she would look at them for the sake of her friends, and she would feel sorry and try to make up for it, but now it seems that she is too naïve after all.

In this game, the friendship side finally showed a tendency to fall, while the family side gradually collapsed.

Luo Huaizhou only felt that his heart was extremely bitter, and there was a pain that was difficult to dissolve in his heart. He closed his eyes slightly, hiding the sadness in his eyes, trying to calm the emotions surging in his heart.

After a while, Luo Huaizhou took a deep breath, suddenly got up and walked to the queen mother's bed, took out a jade box from his sleeve, opened it and handed it to the queen mother, and asked hoarsely: "What the queen mother said, but this thing?" ”

After the Queen Mother saw the string of southern red agate bracelets placed inside, she was immediately stunned, and her expression was quite surprised.

She once heard Shi Shangshu mention that the girl of the Shi family had accompanied him to the palace for a banquet when she was young, and then went out to play during the banquet, but she got lost in the palace, but fortunately Zhou'er brought her back, and since then the girl has been infatuated with Zhou'er.

Nanhong Agate has always been a symbol of royal status, and she gave this thing to the girl, the deep meaning is self-evident, and the girl is not a dull person, so she naturally knows her intention to give this thing to her. I thought that she had let that girl fulfill her wish, and she should be grateful to herself and cherish this thing, but she didn't expect that she would give up her long-cherished wish for the sake of two outsiders.

I don't know if I overestimated her or underestimated her. However, her choice made her more certain, this girl seems to be gentle and obedient, but in fact she is very assertive, I am afraid that she is not the right person for the princess.

Of course, Shi Shangshu's power needs to be maintained, but marriage is not the only way. Besides, their Shi family is not only Shi Manzi's daughter, even if she is not a concubine, it doesn't matter, as long as she is sensible and obedient, it will be the same for anyone, and she only needs to change the identity of a concubine at that time, which is easy for her, just like their Zhou family back then.

Thinking of this, the Queen Mother pretended to be unclear and asked, "What does the Shi family girl mean by this?" ”

Luo Huaizhou looked at the queen mother's pretentious posture, and felt both sad and ridiculous in his heart, which made him think of the words that Shi Manzi said to him when he sent Shi Manzi back to his house before, and his heart suddenly swelled with a burst of amazement.

"This morning, the Queen Mother handed me this string of southern red agate, saying that it was for the prince to have an auspicious picture, and I hope you can return safely. Now that you have come back safely, this thing should also be returned to Zhao, so please return it to the Queen Mother for Manzi. ”

Seeing Shi Manzi take out a jade box and hand it to him, he didn't think much about it at the time, but said: "Since the queen mother gave it to you, you can take it." ”

Shi Manzi pushed the box towards herself, shook her head and said: "Nanhong agate is so precious, only the royal family has always been qualified to wear it, but now the Queen Mother has given it to me, can the prince understand the deep meaning?" ”

Hearing Shi Manzi say this, he realized the purpose of the queen mother's move, and his heart was stunned, "The queen mother misses you and me......"

He looked at Shi Manzi, only to feel a little embarrassed, and he didn't know how to deal with it for a while, so he had to swallow back the words behind.

Shi Manzi didn't seem to mind, only smiled and said: "Not necessarily, the Queen Mother probably wants to use this to warn me and let me draw a line with Yuewan and Su Gongzi, so this bracelet, Manzi can't accept it anyway." ”

From Shi Manzi's words, he faintly smelled a hint.

Although he knew that the queen mother had never liked his association with Jing Qian, she had turned a blind eye all these years and had never done anything unfavorable to Jing Qian. After he had an argument with Hua Yanzhi that day, he was worried that the queen mother would misunderstand that Xiao Yuewan approached him because of bad intentions, so he hurriedly entered the palace to explain the matter to the queen mother, although he was reprimanded by the queen mother, but the queen mother did not embarrass Xiao Yuewan because of this.

All this made him think that the queen mother was just strict in her words, but in fact she still respected her wishes very much, at least she would not embarrass her friends regardless of right and wrong.

It wasn't until he learned from Jing Qian that the queen mother had summoned Xiao Yuewan into the palace in his absence, that he understood that the queen mother was not unwilling to embarrass her friends, nor did she respect her wishes, but was waiting for a suitable opportunity.

Now that he heard Shi Manzi's words, he was even more sure that the queen mother had prejudice and malice towards Jing Qian and Xiao Yuewan from the beginning, so her purpose of summoning Xiao Yuewan into the palace was probably not simple.

It was at that time, under his questioning, that Shi Manzi, who had planned to keep her mouth shut, finally compromised and told everything she knew.

Thinking of this, Luo Huaizhou couldn't help but take a deep look at the Queen Mother, as if he wanted to see her heart from her cold eyes, to see if her heart was cold or hot, and whether she was as cold and ruthless as she was at the moment.

He didn't know when the queen mother became so unreasonable, and he didn't know why she became so unkind, or perhaps, she had never changed, but it was only because of the fetters in her blood that she never really saw her clearly.

Luo Huaizhou suddenly felt full of grief, he quickly put the jade box on the desk on the side, and replied in a dumb voice: "She said that since Erchen has returned safely and the blessing has arrived, this thing will be returned to Zhao." ”

After speaking, without waiting for the Queen Mother to speak, he turned around and walked back to his seat without looking at the Queen Mother again.

Emperor Dehui, who was silently watching from the side, looked back and forth over the two of them, and then fiddled with the blood jade wrench between his fingers, and his eyes were filled with a touch of contemplation.

Seeing that Luo Huaizhou's expression was different, and there seemed to be a faint hint of disappointment and sadness between her eyebrows, the Queen Mother couldn't help frowning, and an inexplicable anxiety appeared in her heart, and then she said: "Well, since she doesn't want it, the mourning family is not reluctant." ”

As the Queen Mother spoke, she raised her hand and closed the box, her face was much softened compared to before, and then she said to Luo Huaizhou earnestly: "Although the mourning family doesn't know what the Shi family girl told you, what she said may not be the truth. Zhou'er, you should understand that outsiders' words are not credible after all. ”

When Luo Huaizhou heard this, he only felt that every inch was covered with frost and snow, his heart was cold, and his eyes became more and more gloomy.

"Erchen thinks that the pure person is self-purifying, which is not the truth, so why is he afraid of people's words?" He tried his best to restrain his mind, and looked at the Queen Mother faintly, his eyes gradually sharpened, as if a cold star pierced the haze at the bottom of his eyes, "Since the queen mother thinks that the words of outsiders are not credible, then the son of the queen dares to ask, dare to ask the queen mother to take advantage of the time when the son goes to the imperial temple to offer incense and pray for blessings, what is the intention of summoning Xiao Yuewan into the palace?" ”