In front of him is a mirror, made of fine copper, without a single blemish up and down.

Two old palace maids are serving Empress Dowager Li to change clothes. There will be a feast tonight, and the Queen Mother will be in full costume to attend.

In the mirror, there is a tall and majestic woman, who can be compared with a bunch of military men in a pile of men, and this figure is too strong and abrupt in a woman, and the copper mirror cannot clearly reflect the dark skin of the owner, but in terms of body and facial features, it is impossible to be a beauty - even if she is twenty years younger.

"The Queen Mother's dress is extremely graceful and luxurious. ”

The eunuchs and palace maids on the left and right will not praise the queen mother's beauty without opening any pot, so they use different words.

Empress Dowager Li said lightly: "At the banquet later, don't use the wrong name, the mourning family doesn't want to let the old masters of the previous dynasty talk about this." ”

The people serving next to him hurriedly bowed their heads and secretly sweated.

Empress Dowager Li's real name is Li Lingrong, from a humble background, she was the palace maid of the first emperor Sima Yu when he was in the palace, and she did rough work in the weaving workshop. Sima Yu's sons either died or were deposed, and there were no children under his knees for nearly ten years, so he ordered someone to divinate and get auspicious Zhaoyun: there is a woman in the back room, and he should be a second noble man.

But after getting this auspicious omen, he couldn't rest for many years, Sima Yu was anxious, so he invited Ge Changsun to love Ji all over the Prime Minister's Mansion, Ge Changsun shook his head, Sima Yu remembered the words of divination before, and simply called out all the palace maids and maids in the hidden mansion, and let Ge Changsun look at them one by one.

Ge Changsun shook his head when he saw dozens of people, and when he saw Li Lingrong, he was shocked and said to Sima Yu: "This is the person." ”

Although Sima Yu didn't like Li Lingrong's appearance, he still called her to sleep that night, and later gave birth to Sima Yao, the son of the Jin Dynasty, and Sima Daozi, two brothers.

However, the Great Jin Dynasty has strict etiquette and a large family, Li Lingrong is born because of his background, even if his own son is the Son of Heaven, but Sima Yao still has to take the Wang family, who has been dead for many years, as his mother, and posthumously respect him as his mother, but Li Lingrong, the biological mother who is still alive, was only named a concubine when her son ascended the throne, and was promoted to a noble person after a few years, and now she is still three levels away from the queen mother.

But Li Lingrong is the emperor's biological mother after all, and there is also the second son of Situ, an official outside, who is arrogant, as long as it is not a formal occasion, he is always called the queen mother. It's just that subject to the power of the door and the etiquette of the court, the title of "Queen Mother" is inevitably nameless.

A young man outside the door turned in, it was Sima Daozi, made a gesture, the palace maids and eunuchs hurriedly retreated, and the figure behind Sima Daozi was divided, and a young man who looked exactly like him was separated, but it was Lei Yan.

"Queen Mother, the Imperial Garden has been arranged. Sima Daozi stepped forward, salivated and said, "Do you want your son to give them a trip?"

Empress Dowager Li frowned slightly: "What do you mean?"

Sima Daozi said: "Shen Yin is Zhan Ruoli's apprentice, and the Lu family is Lu Zongnian's girl, what kind of good goods can this dog man and woman teach to give birth to a puppy man and woman? ”

Empress Dowager Li stared at him coldly: "Daozi, your imperial brother didn't know much about what happened to your mother back then, but you know a lot!"

Sima Daozi shrank at this look: "Queen Mother...... I ......"

Empress Dowager Li suddenly said sharply: "Who chewed the root of your tongue in front of you? Hmph! If you let me know that you are so boring in the future, I will let you practice 'Three Into Hell' a few more times." ”

When Sima Daozi heard the words "three into hell", he couldn't help but shiver: "Don't, don't! My son doesn't dare anymore!" After a pause, he said: "However, the queen mother really doesn't care about the things of the year? When the queen mother agreed to hold a wedding in the imperial garden, the son thought that you were going to take the opportunity to do it." ”

Empress Dowager Li smiled coldly: "Zhan Ruoli was abandoned by that cheap maid, and he would have ended up a long time ago, as for Lu Zongnian, I have no grudges against him." The matter of Shen Lu's marriage, since the princes think it is appropriate, let them be. ”

"It's just that the Shen Lu family is really married, if those two puppy men and women really break the barrier between heaven and man, then there will inevitably be another roadblock in front of us. ”

"Wang Xie is the double-edged sword that can suppress the Sima clan," Empress Dowager Li said: "When Wang Lu married, that was the union of the gate valves that unified the north and the south, Shen and Lu are both local wealthy families in Jiangdong, after they join forces, if they grow stronger because of this, they may conflict with foreign surnames." In this matter, let's push the boat with the current. ”

Sima Daozi laughed: "The queen mother is wise!"

From beginning to end, Lei Yan didn't say a word. He really had little interest in power struggles.

The mirror surface of the bronze mirror suddenly rippled, like ripples on the water surface, Lei Yangen is basically solid, these months under the training of the Empress Dowager Li, has been among the first-class masters of the Heart Sect, it can be seen that the fluctuation of the bronze mirror is someone using the heart method, there will be a feast tonight, the armament of the Great Jin Palace is more strict than usual, and the Empress Dowager Li as the top figure of the Heart Sect, her place of residence is even more loose and solid like a tiger's den, this heart method can break through the layers of prohibitions of the Great Jin Palace, and have an impact in the Empress Dowager Li's bedroom, which makes the three people in the palace sigh at the same time。

Empress Dowager Li noticed who it was half a step first, and Yun Sleeve waved to block the gaze of the two sons: "You guys stand down." ”

Sima Daozi couldn't help but be surprised, he didn't know what he needed to hide, but he didn't dare to speak.

After the second son said goodbye, the image in the bronze mirror was revealed, and it was really Yan Sanqiu!

Empress Dowager Li said coldly: "Who is my Dao, it turned out to be you, Lu Shen." ”

"Why bother!" said the man in the mirror in almost the same tone, "What should I call you?

The two looked at each other at the same time through the mirror, and at the same time put on a mocking smile, with completely different appearances, but they had extremely similar expressions. But Empress Dowager Li's ridicule was always there, and the corners of Yan Sanqiu's eyebrows over there quickly showed a little sadness.

When Empress Dowager Li saw her like this, she did not hide her disgust: "Sometimes I really don't want to admit that you used to be a part of me! For the sake of a man, you have trampled yourself to such an extent! But is he looking at you?"

"No matter what I pay for him, it's all my willingness, as for how he treats me......" Yan Sanqiu said: "Do you still care?"

"The mourning family naturally doesn't care!" Empress Dowager Li shook her cloud sleeves: "In the past twenty years, the mourning family has given birth to the son of heaven, educated Situ, and mothered in the world, and now the dragon vein of the Great Jin Dynasty has been in my hands, and the king of Jinling is under control. Lu Zongnian is that fool with eyes and no beads, how he treats you has nothing to do with me, but you are always a part of me, every time I see you so willing to degenerate, it makes me feel disgusted!"

"Now, we are two people, more than twenty years ago, when you decided to split all your obsessions with Lu Zongnian, we were already two people. ”

"Of course it's two people!" Empress Dowager Li said proudly: "After that split god, there is no flaw in my heart! And what about you, but you have entered a completely suitable body, just because that body is Lu Zongnian's woman—not even his wife, just his concubine!"

"What about you!" Yan Sanqiu said: "Even if you enter the Huiji Palace, and get close to the first emperor, it is not the same as the identity of a concubine? It is not the same as a humble status? Even if your son is the son of heaven, he has not yet been able to ascend to the throne of the queen mother." ”

"How is that the same!" Empress Dowager Li sneered: "You are in the Lu family, you are used as a tool, a tool for giving birth to children." And on my side, I use them as tools - whether it is Sima Yu, Sima Yao, my husband, or my son, they are just stepping stones for me to master the fortune of the emperor and recreate the glory of my way!"

"That's just a delusion on your part. Yan Sanqiu said quietly: "Sanwei has long said that the Taoist system and the political system can no longer be the same as the three generations, and the same surname bloodline, you want to restore the **** story that has disappeared since the Spring and Autumn Period, in the end, it will only be a mirror and a moon." ”

Empress Dowager Li sneered: "When we were all still called Yan Sanqiu, he also said that thinking about Lu Zongnian would not end well! Although I don't think you will end well, but now that I think about it, it is also funny, I really don't understand, why Yan Sanqiu was infatuated with that kind of man back then! What is there like for Zhan Ruoli to that cheap maid compared to us back then? Isn't it just that people are good-looking? A son and brother who judge people by their appearance, what is there to be nostalgic for!"

"He's not judging people by their appearance......" Yan Sanqiu couldn't help but defend himself when he heard the words that slandered Lu Zongnian: "It's just that there are some things hidden in our hearts that he can't accept." ”

Empress Dowager Li said coldly: "Do you mean that I am evil in my heart and don't take human life seriously?"

"When we booby-trapped his master, we were not separated, so I naturally didn't dare to throw all the responsibility to you. Yan Sanqiu said: "But when Zhang Danming was booby-trapped, that Yan Sanqiu's heart had a conflict, and he would have the idea of not wanting to do it, isn't it because Old Man Zhang is his mentor? But in the end, it was for the sake of the family and the ambition of the sect that overwhelmed the love for him, I was right." ”

Empress Dowager Li was indifferent and did not react at all.

Yan Sanqiu said: "Your obsession is your ambition, and my obsession is only him." It is more important to you than anything else to restore your heart and control the power of life and death, and for this reason you do not hesitate to stoop to become a servant in order to get close to the emperor's lineage, and even climb into the bed of an ugly old man you hate. But for me, it's enough to be around him. Not to mention that I was able to serve his mother and have children for him...... These are all a wife's affairs......"

Yan Sanqiu showed a rare look of happiness on his face: "Even if he doesn't give me a good face after he knows about my seizure, I have no regrets! You don't need to sneer at me like this - in this matter, you know very well, I am so obsessed, I am so stupid, but I don't regret it - I will never regret it!"

Speaking of this, Yan Sanqiu's eyes became firm: "So, although you have always felt that you cut me off for the sake of the perfection of your heart, my thoughts are the opposite-I have always thought that I actually abandoned you!"

The two sides sneered at each other, and across the bronze mirror, the two women who were one were relatively speechless, one sneered, the other was indifferent, and after a while, Yan Sanqiu finally broke the silence: "Looking for you today, I didn't want to quarrel with you about this, but I just had something to ask for." ”

Empress Dowager Li said coldly: "I knew that you would go to the Three Treasures Hall if you had nothing to do, let's talk about it, what's the matter!"

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After knowing Yan Sanqiu's intention, Empress Dowager Li showed an incredible look on her face, it stands to reason that the woman on the other side of the bronze mirror used to be her "herself", she should know each other better than anyone else, but sometimes she can't understand the other party's thoughts: "You should be more disgusted with Zhan Ruoli than me, right? No, it should be said that Yan Sanqiu will dislike Zhan Ruoli, the root is you! But for that little girl, you don't mind recruiting Zhan Ruoli's apprentice as your son-in-law? But that girl is just a lump of meat born to a woman you took away, and you need to do this for her?"

"You don't understand!" Yan Sanqiu's face rippled with rare spring love: "She is the child born to Zong Nianhuan after I took the house, she is my child and his child! Although the body that gave birth to this child is not Yan Sanqiu, but Lu Shen, I clearly remember her fetal movement in my womb, it is a voice that is more intoxicating to me than listening to the Tao, she is my daughter, my most precious child, as long as she can be happy, I will not hesitate to risk my life, not to mention this little bit of past with Zhan Ruo. ”

Empress Dowager Li was silent for a long time before she said slowly: "Today I am really glad, I am glad that I broke the gods back then, and I am glad that my weakness, hesitation, entanglement, fetters, and obsession are all given to you." ”

"Yes, so you will never have these pains of mine, but you will always experience the happiness and joy that I once had. ”

"Happy?" Empress Dowager Li sneered: "How long?"

"Not much...... Yan Sanqiu was gloomy for a while, but then he was intoxicated: "But it's enough for me to reminisce for a lifetime......"