Thinking of the things that happened on the grassland, and thinking of Huang Tianba who is still trapped in the grassland, I don’t know when it will be the return date. My nose is a little sore, but I don’t want the queen mother to see it, so I can only smile and say, “I also met Prince Yangchu, what a cute child.???

Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother looked at me in confusion: "Prince Yangchu? Who is it?"

"Ah?" I was stunned for a moment, and then I remembered that the empress dowager had been married for decades. Prince Yangchu was only four or five years old. Obviously, the empress dowager had never seen this young man at all. So I smiled and explained: "I forgot that the empress dowager had never seen him. Prince Yangchu is the son of the Iron Cavalry King. He is only four or five years old this year. He looks very good, but he is a little naughty."

The empress dowager's expression slowly condensed, and she was silent in surprise. I didn't know what had been born for a moment, but she quickly smiled: "Is that true?"

"Um."

She smiled and murmured, "It's too late for him to get married."

I was still a little unresponsive. After thinking about it carefully, I realized that this is true. The eight heavenly kings are all about the same age, but now the son of the Iron Arrow King has taken charge of the capital across the grassland. The Iron Cavalry King's children are only four or five years old, which is really too late. However, seeing that the Iron Cavalry King is so old, he still looks very handsome and upright. When he was young, he should have been very obsessed with women. How could he get married so late?

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but look at the Queen Mother again.

It has been many years since I met her in Linshui Pagoda. She is always a cold and indifferent person, but at this time, her expression is unexpectedly gentle, and even her eyes, which are covered with frost, seemed to suddenly blow a gust of spring breeze, warm.

Such a queen mother made me feel a little strange.

But soon, she returned to her usual cold appearance and said nothing. She reached out to support my shoulder and asked me to lie down. She covered me with a quilt and said calmly: "Don't worry when I get here. Have a good rest. Let's talk about anything when I have something to do when I have good health."

I curled up in the soft and warm quilt, as if lying in the clouds, and my tiredness surged up in waves. I blinked my heavy eyelids, nodded gently, and then closed my eyes and fell asleep.

.

This sleep made me sleep a little long.

When I woke up, I was a little dazed. I was still wondering whether I really came out when I smelled the sandalwood in the air. It was not until Madam Gui brought me ginseng chicken soup and the Queen Mother's low recitation in front of the Buddha's treasure sounded again in my ears that I really understood that I had come out.

After leaving the cold palace, people seem to feel like they are suddenly reborn. Although I know this is not easy, I don’t know how many pairs of eyes are staring at this Linshui Pagoda.

On the third day, the meat sent from the imperial kitchen was no longer eaten, and I was too lazy to check who made it. Anyway, Linshui Pagoda has its own kitchen, so I had long thought of following the Queen Mother to eat vegetarian food when she was better, but I didn't expect that those people were so anxious that they couldn't wait for me to get better.

When the Queen Mother heard that I wanted to eat vegetarian food with her, she didn't ask too much and just asked Madam Gui to continue her order.

After a while, one night, Madam Qian came quietly to visit me, sat beside the bed and pinched my wrist. After Madam Gui and the others who were leading the way left, she whispered: "Why are they still so thin?"

I smiled, with a little sorry in my smile.

It was more than a year ago that she accidentally found me who was locked up. It was even more terrible at that time than now. She was so hungry that she could not only eat what Nangong Lizhu sent. I didn't even recognize her. She wanted to pinch her neck through the wooden fence. Fortunately, she woke up later and recognized her.

And after she knew what happened to me, she would send some food every once in a while.

However, I didn't let her come often. I was afraid that if I lived too well, Nangong Lizhu would have a clue. After all, with her favor with the emperor, it would be easier to deal with Madam Qian than to kill an ant.

I asked with a smile, "Madam Wu and Shui Xiu, are they okay?"

Madam Qian nodded: "I heard you before and never told them both, but this time the emperor let you go, they knew you were still alive, and they were so happy that I blamed me for hiding it from them. But now I can't come out to see you, so I can only ask me to greet you. If I have the chance, I will definitely meet you. Especially the girl Shuixiu, she watched you jump into the river before but couldn't save you. She was sad for a long time when she came back."

I lowered my head and apologized: "I worry them."

Madam Qian looked at me again, sighed, and said, "I don't know what you are thinking. If you asked me to tell the Queen Mother earlier, you wouldn't have suffered the crimes of these days. Look at you, now, you're making yourself like this, do you think someone will feel sorry for you?"

I looked at her with a smile: "It's good that you feel sorry for me."

She opened me and held her hand with a snap: "Who feels sorry for you! Who do you think you are, the Imperial Concubine!"

I touched the hand that was hurt by her and laughed. I don’t know why, I have no chance to be willful since I was a child, and I have long passed that age, but I like to act coquettishly in front of her. Madam Qian turned to look at my pale face, and came over to tuck my quilt in anger, muttering: “I knew that you would be fine as soon as you appeared, look at you, when did you not get tired of me?” While saying that, she saw me smiling at her, she would reach out to twist my face, but she didn’t do it after all, just said: “Go to go to bed soon. I have to go back soon, and I will see you in two days.”

I nestled in the quilt, nodded with a smile, and then she got up and walked out, but I remembered that I would remind her that although not many people knew about my relationship with her, it was hard to guarantee that someone would attack me through Madam Wu and Shui Xiu, so they still had to be careful, so I hurriedly got up, picked up a piece of clothing and followed her out.

After leaving this door, there was a long corridor outside, with a wall on one side and a closed door on the other. You could hear the sound of wooden fish and chanting from the window. Madam Qian had already pushed open the door and walked out, kneeling to the Queen Mother kneeling in front of the cushion and said, "The Queen Mother."

"Um."

"I'll take my leave now."

When I heard this, I was about to chase after me, and just as I was about to push the door, I heard the calm voice of the Queen Mother sounding outside: "It's rare that you have been in the cold palace for years and ignored you, but have been doing your best for this girl."

Madam Qian was originally going to get up and go out, but when she heard the queen mother speak, she hurriedly came back and knelt down.

For some reason, my hand stopped on the door frame and did not go out.

Through a thin layer of window paper, you can see two candles burning in front of the Buddha's niche. The faint light shone on the small Buddhist temple, making everything a little dim and difficult to see. You can't even see the expression on everyone's face clearly. Only the Buddha still lowered his eyebrows and looked at the world calmly.

After the Empress Dowager said that, there was no more text. Madam Qian knelt there, as if he had been hesitating for a long time, and said with a smile: "The Empress Dowager likes her very much."

"Do you think, why does the Ai family like her?"

“…”

"You have done your best for her because she is like your master, right?"

“…”

"Do you think that the Ai family likes her because she is like your master?"

“…”

When the Empress Dowager said this, her voice was slightly sharp, as if she was trying hard to clear something. Madam Qian looked at her back and hurriedly bowed down. After a while of silence, she said softly: "So many years have passed, and I still remember that the Empress Dowager is a person who values ​​love and friendship."

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What?

I stood behind the window and was shocked when I heard it - The Queen Mother, did she harm Queen Zhao Lie? How could it be possible?!

For a moment, I was a little overwhelmed and stared at the blurry figure on the window paper. Madam Qian seemed to tremble for a moment.

The Queen Mother said coldly: "Didn't you always speculate like this?"

Madam Qian was silent, and her face seemed to have a lot of expressions. She lowered her head and said in a deep voice: "I don't dare."

"Don't dare? It was rumored in the palace at that time that the Ai family was the one who assassinated Queen Zhaolie for the benefit of Shengjing, in order to invite favor, and to give the opportunity to take care of the children in their wombs a chance to become the prince. Do you really think the Ai family has never heard of these words?"

“…”

My heart beat hard.

Over the past year, although I have been surprised and confused about the death of Queen Zhao Lie, I have not really thought about what the cause of her death was, and what are the interests involved.

But now I think that the Empress Dowager is the sister of the Iron-Faced King, one of the eight heavenly kings on the grassland. The power behind her is Shengjing; and Empress Zhaolie, like the later Queen Yin, was sent to the palace by the Shu sect, and the power behind them is Xichuan!

This means that two women of different forces meet in the harem. I know very well what it means.

The harem is a battlefield for women, but it is far more than women!

If Queen Zhao Lie's exclusive favor really harms the interests of certain forces, then it is natural that she was removed.

If this is true, then the fire in Gui Palace was really not that simple. The death of Queen Zhao Lie is not as simple as the death of a person. How many forces are involved in this and how many forces are there surging in the dark?

Yang Jinqiao once said that a pool of muddy water in Shangyang Palace would swallow people. Now, when I think back to what she said at the time, it makes me feel a little chilled.

Shangyang Palace, maybe it's just the beginning.

This harem is the bottomless deep pool that will truly devour people.
Chapter completed!