Empress Dowager

The banquet for the Nanyue King and Queen was held in the magnificent Taichi Hall.In the huge palace, the sound of silk and bamboo can be heard endlessly, and the empresses of the two countries exchanged toasts and chatted happily.

As the empress of Nanyue, Gao Han naturally sits next to Rong Yu in the guest of honor seat. He hasn't been back to his homeland for many years. Seeing you now, he feels a sense of awe in his heart.

His eyes swept over everyone in the hall, but there was no ripple.Even though he was determined to let go, but after entering the red wall and green tiles, his throbbing heart still wanted to see that person again.

Gao Han lowered his eyes and smiled lightly. It seemed that he was still not as ruthless as that person.

After the banquet was over, Gao Lixin led Rong Yu and the others to enjoy the garden.Along the way, Gao Lixin introduced the scenery of the garden to them eloquently. During the period, she glanced at the calm and elegant Queen of Nanyue from time to time. She seemed to never give up seeking some information about the second emperor from this fascinating queen. shadow.

It's a pity that Gao Han's disguise is very good. Since she has made sufficient preparations, she will not be easily spotted by others, let alone Rong Yu who is there to protect her?

Until I met the person I hadn't seen for many years under a crabapple tree...

"Zhiruo, be careful, come down quickly, be careful not to fall."

A curling voice passed by.

Gao Han suddenly stopped in his tracks, looking eagerly for the voice, and saw a woman wearing a light yellow cloud-smoke shirt, with a slender figure and a slightly raised forehead, revealing a slender jade neck.

Gao Han was taken aback for a moment, and the hand he was holding with Rong Yu tightened suddenly, breaking out in a cold sweat.

Feeling his fingers being clenched tightly by the other party, Rong Yu frowned slightly, and turned to see Gao Han who was secretly stunned.

"Ah, be careful!"

Before Rong Yu could react, Gao Han yelled out in shock, hurriedly ran to the begonia tree, and picked up Zhiruo who fell down.

"How? Did you get injured?"

Seeing the face of the villain in front of him wrinkled into buns, with tears rolling in his eyes, Gao Han laughed dumbly, reached out to caress her back, but froze in shock when he touched the butterfly burn on her shoulder blade .

"You... your clothes are torn!"

At this time, all the people came in one file, and surrounded them into a group. Gao Han's body trembled violently, and his fingers were still on Zhiruo's shoulder blades. .

"Shuer!"

If Rong Yu didn't wake her up in time, she might be able to uncontrollably hold Zhiruo in her arms right now.

"The empress of Nanyue is feeling unwell?"

Gao Lixin took Chu Yingxuan's hand and hurriedly followed, leaned over to check Zhiruo's condition, except that her clothes were scratched by branches and her hands were scratched, everything else was fine.She raised her head to thank the Queen of Nanyue for her concern, but just happened to catch a glimpse of her staring sadly at Zhiruo. Although she suppressed the pain in her eyes, Gao Lixin still caught a slight strangeness.

Originally, Gao Lixin wanted to arrange a chance encounter, to test how the Queen of Nanyue would behave when she saw Concubine Chen, but she didn't want the other party's attention to fall on Zhiruo.On the other hand, Concubine Chen's face was pale, and her eyes never looked away since she saw the Queen of Nanyue.

"Shu'er, what's the matter? What's wrong?" Rong Yu asked with concern. She was the closest to Gao Han, so she was the first to notice her strangeness. Seeing her sudden change of face with a bit of pain, Regardless of the others present, he reached out and hugged her in his arms.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, my concubine, my concubine just has a bit of a headache. It must be because of the exhaustion of the boat and the car, and I couldn't get over it for a while." It made people suspicious, and Gao Han could only make up a random excuse to evade it.

"But do you need to ask the imperial physician?" Chu Yingxuan and Gao Lixin looked at each other and said with concern.

"It's okay! Thank you for your concern." Gao Han pulled his lips and smiled slightly, his eyes glanced at the crowd waiting to follow, and then he fixed on Chen Taifei who was still in surprise, nodded slightly, and did not show any strangeness during the period .

"Since the Queen of Nanyue is feeling unwell, why not go back and rest for a while, what is the Nanyue Kingdom's idea?"

Gao Lixin's words were quite appropriate, and Rong Yu was not used to communicating with her like this, but after all, the two of them are emperors now, and there should be a lot of courtesy, so she turned her head and smiled at Shi Shiran, "That's exactly what I mean .”

Originally, Gao Lixin wanted to introduce Concubine Chen to them, but now it seemed that she had no choice but to give up. However, the abnormal reaction of Queen Nanyue aroused her curiosity.His eyes fell on Zhiruo, and he saw that she was staring at him with a bitter face, clearly begging for a hug.

"Come on, mother, let's see where Zhiruo is hurt?" Gao Lixin lovingly kissed her cheek as a comfort.

"Here, here...and here" Zhiruo almost pointed all over her body, in short, it hurts everywhere.

"Oh, let's see if you dare to mess around like this in the future. Is climbing a tree something girls can do?" Gao Lixin rubbed her head, lowered his head and blew on the painful place for her.

Gao Han followed Rong Yu to leave, but his attention was always focused on the conversation between the big and the small behind him, his heart fluttered and throbbed violently.

She endured it again and again, but in the end she couldn't help but turned her head and looked deeply at the little man who was pouting and acting coquettishly. Withdrawing his gaze, he turned and left, leaving only the cold back of the other party.

"Han'er..." Dowager Chen muttered in a low voice, and the tears she had been holding back finally burst out of her eye sockets and fell down in a rustle when the figure of the man completely disappeared from sight.

"That's not Han'er, she's the Queen of Nanyue." Gao Lixin stood up, turned her head and squinted at the lonely flower branch at the end of the cobblestone path swaying in the wind, and sighed heavily.

Seeing her furrowed brows, Chu Yingxuan felt distressed, squeezed her fingers, and then stretched out to hold her.

Gao Lixin looked down at her, and received a warm smile.

Gao Lixin patted Chu Yingxuan's hand lightly, and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine, it doesn't matter if she is the second imperial sister or not, as long as..."

"She is, she is Han'er!" Dowager Chen interrupted her with a firm tone that cannot be doubted.

Gao Lixin was taken aback for a moment, as if he had seen hope again, he hurriedly asked, "Where did Concubine Chen say that?"

"Feeling, the feeling she gave me." Concubine Chen didn't look at her, she just talked to herself, the feeling was too real and kind, even though she pretended not to recognize herself, her expression when she was flustered and anxious was too similar to Han'er Concubine Chen pursed her lips, and said: "Han'er has a birthmark on her back, if the Queen of Nanyue is Han'er, then she must also have that birthmark on her body."

Once Rong Yu and Gao Han went to Yuhua Pavilion, Gao Han told the other party his conjecture truthfully. Now she is the person he trusts most, and she doesn't intend to hide it from her.

"You mean that little girl has a butterfly brand on her shoulder that is exactly the same as yours?" Rong Yu said in surprise, her eyes widened.

"Yes, Butterfly branding, the patterns on it are specially made, except here I have, there is no other mold that is exactly the same in the world, and the position of the branding is the same as the position on my shoulder, it is the same I, I did this at the beginning, thinking that one day I could find her and tell her that I am her mother, I..."

"Okay, okay, I know, I know, you calm down first." Rong Yu hugged her and stroked her back, trying to calm down her extremely excited heart.

"Didn't you find out that the child was adopted by the emperor...she adopted it? I lost contact with the child's adoptive parents because they passed away, so... Yu'er , you believe me, you can't be wrong, she is my child!"

Gao Han found that it was difficult for her to calm down. After all, that was her long-lost child, who was sent away since birth, and now standing in front of her alive, how could she calm down?

"Then what are you going to do? Recognize that child? In this case, what about your identity? Zhiruo has carried such a life experience, how do you want her to face her future life?"

Rong Yu paused, and said: "Isn't she living happily now? Don't you expect her to be happy?" Rong Yu sat down holding Gao Han who was a little absent-minded, hugged her tightly and continued to analyze: "You can also see that Gao Lixin treats her as her own, and that person, um, Concubine Chen seems to like her very much. After all, she has half of your Gao family's blood on her body. Now she is staying in the palace. Growing up by Gao Lixin's side, what worries do you have?"

Gao Han leaned in her arms, and finally calmed down a little. Rong Yu was right. She was anxious to find out the whereabouts of the child, but she wanted to know how she was doing and whether she was suffering. Unsatisfactory, no matter how big the risk is, she will bring her by her side.

But now, it can be seen that the child is doing well, and Elder Sister takes good care of her, she should be relieved, shouldn't she?What's more, if she knows that her mother is so unbearable and has married two kings, she will be disappointed, right?

"I am relieved to see her happy life."

Gao Han sobbed, nestled in Rong Yu's neck, and did not speak again for a long time, but the knot in his heart was finally untied.

In order to verify the identity of the empress of Nanyue, on this day, Gao Lixin and the others carefully planned to invite the lord of Nanyue and the empress to go to the lake pavilion to enjoy the scenery.

Gao Lixin and Rong Yu went to the imperial study to discuss some state affairs before leaving for the Huxin Pavilion. But when they arrived at the Huxin Pavilion, they heard that Chu Yingxuan specially sent someone to make some beautiful clothes for the Queen of Nanyue. Trying on clothes at Yongfu Palace.

Hearing this, Rong Yu raised her eyebrows vigilantly, always feeling that something was wrong, but couldn't tell.

During Rong Yu's visit in the new dynasty, Gao Han came to Yongfu Palace almost every day to chat with Chu Yingxuan, or to get close to Princess Zhiruo.Zhiruo is a person who likes to be lively, and is not afraid of strangers. Seeing such a gentle and jade-like woman, she also likes it tightly in her heart. After a while, she became acquainted with Gao Han, and sometimes even hid in her Playing coquettishly in his arms.

Every time he meets such a lovely Zhiruo, Gao Han's eyes turn red a little uncontrollably, and he is reluctant to let go of the little person in his arms.

Before leaving to return home, Gao Han specially gave Zhiruo a jade pendant, and asked Chu Yingxuan for a piece of clothes that Zhiruo usually wears to take back.She just explained that she liked Zhiruo very much, and felt a little bit reluctant for a while, that's why she was like this.

Ever since Ji Rou peeped at the birthmark and butterfly brand on Gao Han's back from the dark when she was trying on clothes that day, all doubts became clear in an instant.

Seeing Gao Han who forced a smile and forbearance every day, Chu Yingxuan was also a little moved.She stretched out her hand to caress her growing belly, but she could understand the difficulties and hardships of a mother.

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"The emperor really doesn't intend to recognize her?"

The guards of the Nanyue Kingdom had already left the city gate. Looking at Gao Lixin who was still hesitating beside him, Chu Yingxuan tilted her head to look at her, stretched out her hand and rubbed her back to persuade her, "Since everything is known, why bother?" Are you pretending not to know each other? Isn’t she your closest second imperial sister? It’s so easy to see each other, are you really willing to waste this chance of getting to know each other?”

Chu Yingxuan couldn't bear to see her regret it, so she tried her best to persuade her. She knew Gao Lixin's temperament, if she didn't do everything well, she would always keep it in her heart and torture herself repeatedly.

"But she doesn't want to admit it. She has her reasons. I don't want to force her." Gao Lixin lowered his head and said in a deep voice.

"But the problem is that you already know it. The emperor will tell her that she doesn't have to worry about some things, such as Zhiruo..." At this point, Chu Yingxuan paused, and she believed that she could understand her. the meaning of.

Unexpectedly, the child Gao Lixin saved in a moment of compassion was actually the second emperor's sister's child, maybe this is God's will!

"You're right, I'm going to see her now."

Speaking of which, Gao Lixin hurriedly stood up, picked up the scroll that had been placed on the table, and started to rush out.

"Hey, wait a minute!" Chu Yingxuan grabbed her arm, lowered her head and took out a pouch from her sleeve and handed it over, "Here is a bundle of Zhiruo's beautiful hair, and there is another bundle of hair that Zhiruo folded by herself. You... give her the bow. I think she will like it."

Gao Lixin was a little surprised at Chu Yingxuan's thoughtfulness. It turned out that she had already made all the preparations and was just waiting for her to agree.Marrying a wife is like this, what can a woman ask for?

Gao Lixin embraced her gratefully, kissed her forehead, and said warmly: "Thank you, when I come back, I will definitely reward you well!"

Gao Lixin deliberately emphasized the word "well", Chu Yingxuan immediately understood what she meant, and angrily thumped her on the shoulder, urging: "Go quickly! Don't miss the opportunity."

"Follow the Queen's order!"

After finishing speaking, Gao Lixin stole another kiss on her lips, then ran away laughing, but when he went out, he collided head-on with Ji Rou who was hurrying over.

"When did you get so flustered?" Gao Lixin rubbed his head with displeasure on his face.

"Back, back to the emperor, the concubine Chen came here just now, she said she came in to look for you, and didn't let the servants follow, but for some reason, the concubine ran out in a panic after a while, the servants looked at it, as if they were stimulated by something " Ji Rou looked at Gao Lixin's expression cautiously, and replied.

"Concubine Chen?" Gao Lixin's eyes flashed, and he ordered while running: "Ji Rou, prepare your horse!"