Liu Guifei glanced at the queen, a little weak-hearted, what Xiao Rongshen did, if she didn't know anything about it, even the emperor wouldn't believe it. But if she asked the emperor what she was asking her to do, she could talk nonsense and pretend to be confused.

Concubine Liu Guifei swiped the gold thread hanging down from her sideburns, and said gently: "The concubine doesn't know, please ask the emperor to make it clear." ”

The emperor glanced at her, teaching his son that he was not good, but he was a good hand at lying. The emperor waved his hand and motioned for the empress to go down first, and only the emperor and Liu Guifei were left in the huge dormitory.

The thrush in the cage chirped a few times, and the hall became more and more empty.

Liu Guifei raised her eyes and looked at the emperor: "Isn't the emperor calling for a big rise today?"

The emperor snorted lightly: "There is such a field in the palace, what face is there to go up?"

Liu Guifei didn't dare to speak. Listening to the meaning of the emperor's words, how can it seem to be said to himself?

The emperor looked at her, Liu Guifei has been married to him for thirty years, watching her from pure and beautiful, to the later bewitching like fire, and then to the current dying old state, the emperor suddenly sighed, time flies quickly, like a white horse passing by, but the innocence when she first came to her side is like a drop of evaporated dew, and she can no longer find any trace.

Liu Guifei looked at the emperor's eyes, and felt a little stunned in her heart, what did he mean by looking at himself intently like this? Could it be that he wanted to ask his own teacher for what Rong Zhan had done?

This logic does not make sense, the prince left the palace when he became an adult and gave him another place to live, and he had very little contact with his mother. There is no reason for the mother to know everything that the son does. Although Liu Guifei also felt that this rule was not valid for herself, she never wanted to admit it.

The emperor was silent for a long time before he said quietly, "Lingjun, it's been a long time since we've spoken so closely, right?"

Liu Guifei paused for a moment, looked at the emperor, and was very puzzled, could it be that he got up early in the morning and called himself to his side, just to say these old words?

The emperor's topic couldn't arouse Liu Guifei's interest, she smiled and nodded perfunctorily.

"The emperor cares about the world, so naturally he doesn't have so much time to be by the concubine's side, and the concubine understands in her heart that as long as the emperor has a concubine in her heart, the concubine will be satisfied. ”

The emperor's expression was a little solemn.

"Lingjun, you also said these words back then, do you remember?"

She said these things back then, but the situation was different from now.

Back then, she was the only emperor in her heart, and whenever the emperor couldn't be by her side, she was full of sorrow. At that time, the emperor was also young, and he held her in his arms in distress, and couldn't help coaxing: "I've been too busy lately, and I've snubbed you, it's me." ”

At that time, Liu Guifei was teary-eyed, snuggled in the emperor's arms, and said the same thing.

The emperor suddenly asked, but Liu Guifei couldn't remember it at all, she only knew how lonely her life was when she was young. Standing in front of the door every day, looking forward to it, hoping that the emperor could take the time to accompany him.

But the emperor always has all kinds of reasons to leave himself alone in the lonely deep palace. During the New Year's holidays, he wants to accompany the queen. In the event of a natural disaster, he had to be busy with disaster relief, fasting for ten days, and not approaching women. Three hundred and sixty-five days a day, the number of times the emperor can accompany her can be counted with his fingers. There is a small election in the palace every three years, and a large election in five years, all kinds of beauties are full of palaces, and gradually, she has become this empty concubine, and even a new young envoy to the palace has seen the emperor more times than her.

After a long time, even the emperor's face felt blurred, where did he remember what he said?

Seeing that Concubine Liu Guifei did not react, the emperor felt a little disappointed: "Lingjun, I haven't seen you for a long time, you sit next to me." ”

Concubine Liu Guifei sat down beside the emperor in response. The emperor stroked her cheek and couldn't help but sigh, thirty years, the years do not treat beauties, no matter what kind of woman, she will eventually lose to the vicissitudes of time. Even a peerless beauty like Liu Guifei now has fine lines at the corners of her eyes.

When I was young, I looked forward to such a warm moment, and I hoped that the emperor could gently coax me. Hope comes and goes, and even hope itself loses its taste.

Now that she is old, she no longer longs for the emperor's caresses, and the emperor treats herself like this, Liu Guifei feels a little embarrassed: "Your Majesty, don't look at it, the concubine is already old." ”

The Emperor's hand hung in the air for a moment, and slowly withdrew into his sleeve.

"We're all old. The Emperor sighed.

"The emperor is not old, the emperor is still in the spirit of dragon and tiger, but the face of the concubine is no longer as beautiful as it was back then. ”

The emperor was sad by what she said, the twilight of the beauty is not terrible, the terrible thing is that the heart is older than the face, and the love is shorter than life.

"How can we not be old, now that our children have reached the age of establishment, we are all half-cut people into the ground. The Emperor said.

Speaking of the child, Liu Guifei suddenly interrogated and looked at the emperor vigilantly.

"What's wrong with you?" asked the Emperor.

Concubine Liu Guifei shook her head: "The concubine is fine." ”

The emperor covered his mouth and coughed violently, and Concubine Liu hurriedly stepped forward to beat his back: "Your Majesty, take care of the dragon's body." ”

Listening to her untouched care, the emperor suddenly felt very cold in his heart. Youlang's Lingjun has long since died, and now it is only Liu Guifei who is standing in front of her.

"Lingjun, I have something to ask you. ”

Liu Guifei's eyes were a little evasive: "What does the emperor want to ask the concubine?"

The emperor suddenly grabbed her hand and drew her gaze to his face: "I want to ask you, in your mind, I or Shen'er, who is more important?"

Liu Guifei withdrew her hand and said with a hypocritical smile: "Your Majesty, you are the husband of the concubine and the only support of the concubine, and Shen'er is the flesh and blood of the concubine and the only child of the concubine." You are as important as Shen'er. ”

After Liu Guifei finished speaking, she closed her mouth tightly, for fear that if she didn't pay attention, the truth would run out of her mouth.

Liu Guifei also wondered in her heart, what happened to this old thing today? Was he drunk last night? Why are all the questions asked?

Who is more important? Of course, the son is more important. If the emperor was not the emperor, he might not even bother to look at him. The son is different, the mother is more expensive than the son, this is the truth taught to her by the Queen Mother. Isn't it because the queen gave birth to two sons-in-law that she will be treated differently by the emperor?

The Emperor shook his head: "What if you can only choose one?"

Liu Guifei pursed her lips, this is too easy to choose, choose a son! In the future, when she is old, she can still rely on her son, is it possible to rely on him? This old thing is becoming more and more indifferent to herself, and if she continues like this, she will be no different from an abandoned woman in the cold palace.

Liu Guifei hesitated: "How to choose this concubine?"

Liu Guifei saw that she couldn't coax the emperor, so she wanted to divert the topic. took a spoon and scooped three spoonfuls of porridge for the emperor: "Your Majesty, the concubines serve you for dinner, right?"

The emperor took the bowl in her hand, put it on the table, and looked at her solemnly, the smile on Liu Guifei's face gradually solidified: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"

The emperor looked at her indifferently for a while: "You go." ”

"Huh?" Liu Guifei was really inexplicable: "Your Majesty, you called the concubines, and you haven't said anything yet?"

The emperor had nothing to say: "No need to say, you can go back." ”

"Yes......" Liu Guifei took the maids and grandmothers back to the palace stupidly.

The queen walked in, picked up a few small dishes for the emperor, and asked, "What's wrong with the emperor? Why is Liu Guifei unhappy......?

"After a while, you find two capable maids and send them to Concubine Liu's palace, and say that they are serving her. Remember, find someone who is of the same heart as you. The Emperor picked up the bowl of porridge.

The queen nodded, sensing something was wrong. They are a husband and wife in distress, so they can naturally talk about everything, so the queen asked bluntly: "Does the emperor want the concubine to monitor Liu Guifei's every move?"

The Emperor nodded.

In these years, the emperor has never monitored the words and deeds of any of his concubines? The queen was puzzled: "Why did you suddenly ...... today?"

The emperor sneered and looked at the queen helplessly: "Over the years, no concubine's son dares to snatch power so blatantly!"

The queen was taken aback: "Could it be that what she did with the prince was all involved in it?"

The emperor shook his head: "Whether she participated or not, I don't know, and I don't want to know." However, one thing I can be sure of is that Concubine Liu is no longer my concubine, and she now has only one identity, that is, the mother of Prince He. She doesn't want to have any identity other than this role. If she encounters all kinds of helplessness, even me, she can give up. ”

The queen couldn't say what it was like for a while, she had been fighting with Liu Guifei all these years, and she was only afraid that the emperor only had Liu Guifei in her heart, but now, when the emperor didn't care about Liu Guifei, the queen suddenly felt that her heart was empty.

"Does the emperor want to strike first?"

The emperor laughed for a while: "As long as she is allowed to help Rong Shen deal with me, won't I be allowed to put two pairs of eyes next to her?"

"What if Concubine Liu finds out?" the queen asked.

Perceiving? Why do you need to use the word 'perceptual' when you are so aware of these two spies?

The emperor scooped a spoonful of porridge and put it in his mouth: "So what? What do she dare to do with the two maids sent by the empress?"

"What if Concubine Liu kills those two people?"

"She didn't dare. The Emperor replied succinctly.

At this time, Xiao Rongshen was making a lot of trouble, and Liu Guifei was still afraid that she would not be able to fight against the queen, so how could she dare to confront the queen? If the slaves and maids rewarded by the queen had three long and two short, wouldn't that be tantamount to declaring war on the queen? After losing the emperor's trust, what bargaining chips did Liu Guifei have?

As soon as the queen turned around, Xu Wenliang was standing outside the dormitory, bowed down and said, "Say hello to the emperor and queen." ”

"The little inner prison has been rescued?" the emperor asked, looking up.

Xu Wenliang responded, and said: "Your Majesty, the little slave still has something to report." Xu Wenliang said, glanced at the queen, and the queen smiled knowingly: "Since this is the case, the concubine will avoid it first." ”

Xu Wenliang bowed his head and walked into the queen's bedroom, stood beside the emperor, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, something is wrong." ”