Atypical empress relationship

You, the dead souls of the Holy Majesty on the seventh day came back to Yangshi to check. If you see the prince enthroned and married, you will forget your wish, and you will be counted as the prince - you have fulfilled your filial piety. "

Huaiyu could understand all the words spoken by the maid, but they couldn't understand them together. There has never been a reason for relatives and friends to get married on the first seven days in this world, so how can they show filial piety? It is very reasonable, but it is absurd to think about it carefully.

Huaiyu stood there in a daze for a while, and then spoke after a while, but said

"I have to go home."

The maid raised her head and looked at him, then said again

"The court ministers waited overnight in the palace, including Madam's father."

Huaiyu stopped breathing immediately, which means——

He is well aware of his father's stern nature. If the sage... left last night and the crown prince was unable to arrive, nine out of ten the fault is on the person who delayed the crown prince. If his father knew that he was the one who ruined Zhao Ji's reputation, Then he can't escape this punishment no matter what.

However, Huaiyu let out a deep breath, but how long can he hide in the Prince's Mansion, and he came so suddenly during the Waking of Insects, didn't come back all night, and never told his mother, bad things happened one after another, and he didn't know How anxious my dear was, how this night passed.

Huai Yu hesitated on the spot, turned around a few times, finally made up his mind, looked at the maid and said,

"Please find me some clothes that fit me, I must go home today."

The maid wanted to dissuade her, but Huaiyu directly interrupted her and said

"And even if you want to marry the prince seven days later, you have to start from home. There is no reason to start from the prince's mansion."

The maid sighed and asked Huaiyu to wait in the room for a while, then she walked out slowly with her head lowered. After a while, two or three maids came in with a wooden case, which was covered with a whole set of goose yellow The maids put the clothes on the table beside them, and then exited one by one.

Huai Yu quickly changed his clothes, but he hesitated for a while—the unexpected fit of the clothes was the first, and second, he was wearing red clothes when he came out of the house, and he went back in light yellow clothes at this time, how to explain this? changes.

But after thinking about it for a while, Huaiyu held on to the lapel and finally put it on.His clothes from last night must have been full of filth, so they should have been taken away by the servants.

He can only wear the clothes prepared by Zhao Ji for him.

After Huaiyu changed her clothes, she looked around the room again. Feeling anxious, she felt that she hadn't missed anything, so she turned the screen and went out of the room. The maid was waiting in the corridor with an oil-paper umbrella in her hand.Seeing Huaiyu coming out, the maid said,

"The carriage has been prepared for Madam, please allow this servant to lead the way for Madam."

Huaiyu looked at her, smiled lowly, put his hand between his lips and coughed, and said:

"No, I can still walk this way."

After finishing speaking, he stretched out his hand to take the umbrella, opened it and walked out quickly. When he reached the courtyard, he stopped suddenly, turned his head to look at the maid, and said with a smile

"Now I'm not a member of the Tian Family, so you don't need to call me Madam."

The maid froze for a moment, showing doubts in her eyes, but she didn't raise any doubts. She just blessed her body and apologized.

"It's the slave's fault, please forgive me, my lord."

Huai Yu waved his hand, turned around and left without saying anything.

There were only shallow traces left on the road, and the two neat rows of footprints in front of the Prince's Mansion showed what happened here the night before.

Huai Yu paused for a while, looking at the traces that would soon be buried by snowflakes, feeling in a trance that all this was like a dream, because it was too unreal and too confusing.

The coachman who drove the carriage called out to Huai Yu, Young Master, Huai Yu let out a deep breath, then turned and left, and got into the carriage.

Opening the curtain along the way, you can see white filial cloth hanging on the trees along the road. At this time the day before, there were still red silk on the trees along the road, and there were still laughter and laughter, but now it is full of desolation.

However, no matter how confused Huaiyu was thinking, the chariots and horses still drove to the gate of the General's Mansion.

Huai Yu stretched out his hand to caress the door frame, gritted his teeth, opened the car door anyway, and met the eyes of his doorman, who was bending over to salute, looked up and saw Huai Yu as if he saw it. Immediately jumped like a ghost, his eyes widened, and he said in disbelief

"Little...Little Master! Why are you in the prince's carriage?!!"

Huai Yu could only look at him deeply, but he had nothing to answer. Could it be that he wanted to say that he came out of the prince's mansion because of a night of spring breeze, and because of this, the prince became disloyal and unfilial.

The doorman asked this question because he was too surprised, and then said quickly

"Madam didn't sleep all night, half of the people in the mansion went out to find someone, young master, go in quickly, and report your safety in person."

Huai Yu hummed, jumped out of the carriage, didn't even have time to open the umbrella, and braved the wind and snow to go to the mansion. There were two doormen, and the other was already there when Huai Yu showed his head. He ran to the mansion, Huaiyu was only halfway there, and the mother who was facing her had already ran over quickly, and stopped a few steps away from Huaiyu, gasping for breath, looking at her in surprise and joy. Huai Yu, airway

"You still know to come back?! Don't you take my words seriously?!"

"It's the child's fault."

Huai Yu was about to kneel down immediately, and the general's wife quickly ran over to support him, and at this moment, all the reproachful eyes turned into worries.

"You want me to die, don't you? How dare you have no news overnight?!"

Huai Yu was about to say something, but his mother's expression suddenly changed. He held Huai Yu's wrist, but he couldn't touch the spring needle.

I touched it several times in disbelief, but the spring pressing needle was indeed gone.

And these days are the period of Waking of Insects, without spring needles, Huaiyu can still stand in front of her consciously - there is only one answer.

The general's wife almost didn't bring it up in one breath, but felt dizzy for a while. He stroked the pillar on the side, raised his eyes again and suppressed his anger and said

"who is it?"

Huai Yu's heart skipped a beat, and his eyes flickered. If he said it was Zhao Ji, he might be beaten to death.

The general's wife's heart seemed to be submerged by the sea, and it fell into darkness. His worries really came true.

He held Huaiyu's wrist, almost breaking Huaiyu's wrist, suppressing his anger, and asked slowly

"Who is it - don't be afraid, tell mother, I will solve it."

☆, that decree, issued

solve what?And who to solve?

The matter has become a foregone conclusion, and there is no possibility of turning it around.

"I came back from the Prince's Mansion—"

Huaiyu raised his eyes to look at his mother, slowly stretched out his other hand, and put it on his mother's wrist. He pushed his mother's hand down, and then knelt down suddenly, making a very loud sound. The sound of "dong" was the sound of knees touching the wood. The general's wife froze in place, looked down at Huaiyu in disbelief, pursed her lips, and listened to what he said.

Huaiyu lowered his head, feeling his mouth and tongue were dry and his scalp numb, but he still spoke

"I don't dare to hide my mother, because I have passed the shock with the prince. Mother, don't worry, I and the prince are in love, everything goes smoothly, and there is no grievance. It's just a gift before marriage. I only ask mother to forgive me."

He said it so lightly, as if it was not a big deal to marry someone, but the general's wife felt that her eyes were dark, and she couldn't stand upright immediately, and she was about to fall straight. The maid exclaimed, and immediately supported and pinched her. Renzong, Madam took a few deep breaths before recovering, then supported the maid, pointed at Huaiyu, opened her mouth, and said

"Are you crazy? You know what happened last night... Yu'er, don't get angry with your mother, don't say these words to coax me."

"I'm not angry with my mother!"

Huai Yu interrupted him, bit his lips, then raised his head to look at his mother, his eyes seemed to be wet, but his tone was very firm and said

"Mother, in seven days, I will marry the prince, don't you know?"

"What nonsense! Seven days later, the late emperor will hold a seven-day sacrificial ceremony. Wouldn't it be the absurdity of the world for you to say such a thing!"

The madam was suddenly furious, and pushed the maid away. At this moment, it seemed that she had infinite strength again. He pulled Huaiyu up, and while pulling towards the inner courtyard, he said fiercely

"I'll send you to the southern border, and I won't let anyone hurt you! Now you don't know clearly, wait for you to calm down for a few days, and then I will talk about who and you—"

"Ma'am, where are you taking Yu'er?"

The general's voice came from the door, interrupting their footsteps, the voice was full of anger and anger, Huaiyu immediately felt a shiver all over, turned around subconsciously, and then did not dare to move.

He saw a group of people coming in from the door, at the front was his father who was holding back his anger, on his right was his elder brother who had a troubled face and was winking at him, and on the left was Qingyang King Zhao Zheng.

Behind them, there were still dozens of people carrying red boxes tied with white ribbons, walking towards this side in silence.

When Huaiyu met his father's gaze, it seemed that he had done something rebellious, so he felt guilty for a while. He didn't have much energy and strength. Softly, he knelt down straight, then lowered his head short of breath, and put his hands on the floor to keep his heavy body from lying on the ground, but his whole body was still trembling uncontrollably. He lowered his head and looked at the front of him. I only feel that the wooden boards are turning white and black, as if they are spinning.

And the whole body was hot and cold, and large drops of sweat fell from the forehead.

Dazed, as if he heard his mother whispering in his ear

"Don't be afraid."

Huai Yu raised his head when he heard the words, and saw a shadow drifting past from the side. He followed the figure and saw that it was his mother who walked around him to welcome the general back, while saying emotionlessly

"Go and relax."

"No need."

General Li strode over, his eyes were red, and there were black and blue shadows under his eyes. It was a symptom of not sleeping all night, but he did not show any signs of fatigue.

Perhaps there was a little bit of it, but it was also stimulated by the imperial edict issued by the Queen Mother early in the morning - it can't be called the Queen Mother now, it should be said that she was extremely sober.

Seeing his youngest son at this moment, he felt that the family was really unfortunate, otherwise why such a son who didn't know the current affairs was born!

The more the general thought about it, the angrier he became, he flicked his sleeves, and instead of being nice to his wife, he walked over and said in a nonchalant manner

"Kneel down to accept the decree! You don't have to eat at night, just kneel here and forgive your sins!"

Saying that he was about to leave, Zhao Zheng, who was following behind, took a look at the man who was kneeling on the ground with his head bowed, without saying a word, and saw Li Huaiyu kneeling on the cold floor in the snowy wind, his body swaying Shaking, as if very scared and terrified, I just felt my heart soften, and subconsciously said

"Young master's unintentional mistake, uncle, please don't—"

"King Qingyang, I have my own measure, so I don't have to intercede."

The general stopped, looked back at Zhao Zheng, patted the pillar next to him, and then sighed.

"My son has done something wrong. If my father doesn't impose majesty and make him feel punished, then he will definitely commit even greater mistakes in the future. Do I have to let someone else punish my son instead of me after a hundred years? ?"

Zhao Zheng immediately bowed and said

"The general is serious."

The general waved his hand and walked back without saying anything. After walking a few steps, perhaps realizing that many people were looking at him, he stopped and sighed again.

"Prince Qingyang read Yi's decree, so that my wife can understand what my son did yesterday, causing the prince to fall into irreparable self-blame."

The general's wife stood aside impatiently, listening to the general's words, she didn't take it seriously, what kind of empress dowager is nothing compared to his son, and what's wrong with her son, so she said

"I know what Yu'er did—"

The general scolded impatiently

"You do not know!"

"How dare you yell at me?!"

The general's wife stared angrily, looking at the general in disbelief.The general's momentum immediately weakened, coughed, looked left and right, barely maintained his majesty, and lowered his voice

"Madam, don't mess around and listen to King Qingyang's decree."

After speaking, he winked at Zhao Zheng and asked him to open Yizhi.

Zhao Zheng glanced at the general's wife with some unease. He always knew the prestige of this lady before marriage, and was afraid that he would do something by surprise. Words are gone.

Zhao Zheng felt a little relieved, took out the Yizhi from his sleeve, opened it, glanced at Li Huaiyu who was lying on the ground, and began to read:

"The first emperor Bintian, the crown prince has not yet succeeded to the throne. Now this palace is drafting an imperial decree to convey the late emperor's last wish and to preserve the name of Li's mansion. After discussing with all the ministers, this edict is drawn up, saying: Zhenguo General's Mansion Li Huaiyu, the second son of the Li family, has an extraordinary appearance and a beautiful figure. As the name suggests, he is as gentle and elegant as a jade. He is the son of a general and has the demeanor of a father. It is because of his firm will and elegant description; it is God's will to marry the prince Therefore, in order to obey the will of God and bless my grand jubilee, I ordered Li Huaiyu to enter the palace as the empress, Wan Wang to assist the new emperor, and in the name of benevolence and virtue, I will make my great jubilee famous and known to all countries in the world."

☆, that Huaiyu fainted

Zhao Zheng said all the words on Yizhi without panting, as if someone was chasing after him. After finishing reading, he took a breath, closed Yizhi, and looked down at the person kneeling on the ground with his head bowed in front of him. Suddenly, I felt heavy in my heart, as if a piece of fine iron had been pressed.

But he didn't show it at all, he handed Yizhi forward, and said again

"Accept the order, Mr. Li... Huaiyu."

But Li Huaiyu didn't move at all. The servants around held their breaths and watched, not knowing what expression to show. Although they thought it would be a great honor to be elected queen, but seeing the general and his wife both They didn't look very happy, so they didn't dare to show any inappropriate expressions on their own.

Then in the silence, the general opened his mouth and said

"Still not accepting the order?"

Huai Yu flinched, moved her fingers, then slowly raised her arms and raised her head again. Her face and lips were already pale and sweaty. Only her eyebrows and eyeballs were as black as ink. Zhao Zheng Looking into his eyes, it was like looking at a whole dark night.

The dark night flickered for a moment, and there was a little bit of starlight. It was the sunlight falling in Huaiyu's eyes, showing a little transparent mottle like glass, which was reflected in Zhao Zheng's eyes again, making him lose his mind for a moment.

Huai Yu stretched out her hand, followed Yi's order in a vain way, and said

"Caomin Huaiyu, take it, order..."

The last word can only be heard in a soft smoke-like voice, and with the smoke-like voice, Huaiyu's body fell down.

Huaiyu's body fell to the ground, and fell to the ground with a bang, stirring up the dust on the floor. Everyone was stunned for a moment before they reacted and rushed over. Zhao Zheng only moved his toes, and Li Huaijin beside him was already Exclaiming "Xiaoyu!", he ran over him and ran to Li Huaiyu, squatted down, and helped Huaiyu up, but it was as hot as a fire, and he pinched him again, but there was no sound.

Zhao Zheng watched the crowd swarming around him, and retracted his raised toes as if nothing had happened.

Li Huaijin raised her head to look at her parents in panic. Her mother glared at her husband resentfully, ran over without saying anything, squatted down and lifted Huaiyu's wrist to feel her pulse. Only then was he relieved to let Huai Jin quickly carry him into the house, Huai Jin hummed, not daring to delay, stood up with his younger brother in his arms, and ran inside, followed by a group of people, the general was fine He followed behind as usual, and when he reached the corner, he remembered that there was still King Qingyang standing there, so he turned his head and glanced at him, and said apologetically

"The child is weak, and King Qingyang laughed at him."

Zhao Zheng glanced at Li Huaiyu, who was surrounded by people and couldn't see anyone, and turned his eyes calmly, looking at General Li. He didn't know what to say for a while, so he just shook his head and added:

"Young master's health is important."

General Li hummed, and said

"Then, how about asking King Qingyang to come to the study to rest for a while and taste the tea made by my wife?"

Zhao Zheng couldn't help thinking of the fact that the general's wife was a master poisoner, as if he still had some quarrels with his mother.

He waved his hand and declined the request.

"The decree has been conveyed, and my task is completed. My nephew still has other things to do, so I won't stay any longer."

After speaking, he made a bow to General Li, then turned and left.

But before he walked a few steps, he heard the general's voice again.

"The moonlight at Qingyang Pass is very good. When I was at Qingyang Pass, I used to like to watch the lonely smoke in the desert and the sunset over the long river with everyone. But now that I am old, I can't get out of Shenjing. The king of Qingyang returned to his post. Please take a look at the bright moon at the border for the old man."

Zhao Zheng stopped in his tracks, lowered his head and blinked blankly, then turned around and bowed to General Li again.

"Young nephew saves it."

"Then, thank you King Qingyang."

"Hands up."

Zhao Zheng raised his eyes, looked at the old general, walked through the long corridor, as if passing through the Qingyang Pass full of wind and sand, and looked at the soldiers in the city.

He was no longer the little prince who was so shocked by the mighty soldiers performing martial arts when he first arrived at Qingyang Pass that he couldn't walk.

Zhao Zheng turned around silently, his coat fluttering in the wind, and with his sleeves full of wind and cold, he strode out of the Zhen Guo General's Mansion.

General Li squinted his eyes and watched him leave. He sighed when he could no longer see his back, and his exhaled breath turned into white mist and dissipated in the air.

The puppy rolling in the wind and sand has grown up. If you want to snatch the stone hanging from the neck of the puppy raised in the honey, I don’t know if it is true, it will bite the puppy in the palace and bruise it all over.

The general stood there for a while before walking towards the inner courtyard. When he arrived in front of Huaiyu's door, the anger in his heart dissipated a lot, and he had calmed down at this moment. He can dodge it with great patience, not to mention that he still knows what his son is like.

And imagining many situations, it turns out that the current result is the best-if the Holy One does not have Bintian, it is considered good.

But it just happened like this, everything happened on the same night, as if it had been planned long ago, sometimes by accident, it always behaved like a deliberate design.

The general smiled wryly at the door, then went in, scolded all the servants around the door and dispersed, finally it was quiet, he went into the room, Huai Jin was pacing back and forth outside, saw him coming in, and hurriedly greeted the past.

"Father."

The general turned his eyes to the inside of the screen and asked

"what happened?"

"It's nothing serious. My mother said it was because of the shock of stinging insects. My body was greatly damaged, and I was frightened by the cold. I didn't recover for a while. After a while, I will recover my blood."

Huai Jin replied immediately, but only glanced at the back of the screen with embarrassment, then lowered her voice and whispered

"It's just that my mother doesn't look very well."

The general's face froze immediately, and then regained his composure

"It's fine as long as you have nothing to do. I'll take a rest and take your younger brother to the palace to meet the Queen Mother at night."

After speaking, he turned and left, Huai Jin subconsciously asked

"What if Xiaoyu hasn't woken up at night?"

"Then you go alone, you still need to ask me about this kind of thing."

The general waved his hand impatiently, and left without looking back.

As soon as he left, his wife came out from behind the screen and looked at Huai Jin suspiciously.

"Has your father been here?"

Huaijin's eyes flicked back and forth, and before she could say a word, her lord mother snorted coldly and said very displeasedly

"This is also a father. The son didn't even look at him when he was in a coma, and he blamed the child for not getting close to him. It's his own fault, no one else to blame."

☆, that night, enter the palace

Huai Jin could only pretend to be deaf and dumb, not daring to comment on a single word, the conflict between parents, as a man and child, it is not easy for him to favor any side.

But the mother understood everything, looked at him again, and said

"Go in and look at your younger brother. If there is any situation, send someone over to report it. I will go to your father to discuss it. He must be mad at me to death!"

After finishing speaking, he turned and left very aggressively.

Huai Jin watched both parents leave before he sighed. This kind of drama was performed every few days. After so many years, the two of them didn't feel bored.

Huai Jin shrugged helplessly, then turned around the screen as if nothing had happened.

The curtains on the bed had already been hung up, Huai Yu lay flat on the bed, motionless, as if he was asleep, when Huai Jin walked over, he saw that he had opened his eyes, and his dark eyes were staring at the floating overhead His face was still white and bloodless.

But he didn't feel sickness or feelings similar to despair, but a kind of vigorous vitality faintly revealed.

Huai Jin's heart skipped a beat when he saw it. He always felt that something was different about his younger brother, but he couldn't explain what was different.

With this bit of doubt, he sat beside Huaiyu's bed. Maybe he felt a shadow falling over his head. Huaiyu moved his eyes and saw his brother. Jin smiled, then turned over slowly, folded a corner of the quilt under her head, tilted her head to look at Huai Jin, and then smiled and said

"Brother, I just had a dream."

"I've been in a coma for less than an hour, what kind of dreams can I have?"

Seeing him wake up, Huai Jin felt a lot more relaxed. Hearing what he said, she felt it was funny again. Being in a coma is not sleep, so how can she still be dreaming.

"Don't believe me, I was still a little dazed when I woke up, with lingering fears in my heart."

Huaiyu looked at his elder brother Huaiyu's suspicious expression, made a face at him, and then continued

"I dreamed that I was almost eaten by wolves."

Huai Jin was happy, he raised his eyebrows, put his elbows on the table beside him, supported his chin, raised his chin and raised his head towards Huai Yu, and responded perfunctorily.

"Enn, then what? Then you were eaten?"

Huaiyu rolled his eyes, why didn't my brother want him to order.

"Then i woke up."

"..."

Huai Jin was going to listen to a short story, but she didn't expect to finish writing in four words, so she said in surprise

"that's it?"

"Of course it's more than that."

Huai Yu shrugged and said bluntly

"It's just that I forgot, I completely forgot when I opened my eyes."

In fact, I haven’t completely forgotten. In the dream, he was chased by a wolf. The wolf was very fierce, but he didn’t feel afraid, as if he was sure that the wolf would not hurt him, but——why did he run away desperately , Do you not want this wolf to catch up?

Huaiyu really couldn't figure it out, but he didn't intend to ask his brother about it, since he was not as high in emotional intelligence as himself, so it would be useless to ask him.

"……Fine."

Huai Jin sighed, stood up again, walked to Huai Yu's side, stretched out his hand to tuck his quilt, and tidied his sideburns again, seeing that the whole person was back to life, and felt relieved , so say

"Sleep for a while first, and go to the palace with me to meet the queen mother at night, and then you can come back and have a good rest."

"tonight?!"

Huai Yu was startled, and looked up at her brother in disbelief.

"You and daddy haven't slept all night, why do you still want to go at night? And why do you want me to see the queen mother?"

Huaijin looked at him, let out a sigh, and said meaningfully

"What do you mean, you don't want to go to the palace to meet the Queen Mother—don't you want to stay with the Crown Prince for a night of vigil today?"

"My head hurts!"

Huaiyu covered her head all of a sudden, and she was very reluctant to face such a situation, whether it was the queen mother or the prince—it should be said that it was the sage.

He felt that he didn't know what expression and identity to face. In fact, Huai Yu hoped that the ridiculous situation last night was actually a dream, but it was impossible.

No matter how unwilling he is to face it, what should come will still come.

Huaiyu hesitated at home all day, and after eating early in the evening, his father was kicked out, and his brother was kicked out by the way.

Before Huaiyu could finish his faltering words, he was stuffed into the carriage and hurried to the palace.

The cold wind blew in through the window, and he sneezed fiercely while sitting in the carriage, then opened the curtain by the window, and looked at his elder brother who was riding a horse and looked ahead without feeling the cold at all. asked strangely

"I didn't seem to see my sister-in-law during the meal?"

"sister in law?"

Huai Jin lowered her head and glanced at him, then said in a flat tone

"What sister-in-law?"

Huaiyu sat up straight all of a sudden, opened most of the curtain, and blurted out the question

"Jinran, you just got married yesterday... What do you mean by such an answer? Could it be that my memory is confused? I'm not a fool, and it's not like there are firecrackers and confetti all over the street."

"Whatever fireworks and firecrackers, a night of wind and snow, will be completely covered up. Besides, there was no church visit yesterday, so don't think too much about it."

Huai Jin didn't really want to talk about such a topic. It would be too embarrassing to say something like admitting the wrong person, and at the moment it's just a suspicion. Since Jin Ran can't speak, he has no way to confirm whether Jin Ran is the same person as before.

But with a high probability, it should be the wrong person.

So at the moment, he was riding the horse slowly, and at the same time he was not in the mood to talk to Huaiyu

"There is no need to ask too much about the matter. When these things stop, I will find the right time to tell you what happened yesterday in detail. Now you still want to worry about what to say when you meet the Queen Mother. I will talk to you first. Tell me, the relationship between our family is not very friendly like the queen mother, you can be respectful, but don't be too heart-to-heart."

The servants and coachmen are all members of the family, so Huai Jin speaks very straightforwardly.

"I still know this, don't worry, I will never say a word if I need to say anything unnecessary."

Huai Yu blinked at him, looking confident.

Seeing his blind and confident appearance, Huai Jin couldn't help laughing, then turned her face and looked at the palace gate that was getting closer and closer.

Under the dark night, only the pale palace lanterns illuminated, and neither the figure nor the future could be seen clearly.

But people always want to move forward, there is no reason to stop and hesitate.

When he got to the door, Huai Jin got off his horse. The eunuch from the empress dowager's palace had long been waiting to greet him at the door. Huai Jin led the horse and walked over, chatted with the eunuch, and In the dark night, I stuffed a few pieces of silver for him to drink tea, so as to get rid of the cold. He also mentioned that his younger brother was introverted, and he was afraid that his words were not thoughtful, so please help him with a few words.

The eunuch couldn't refuse, so he stuffed the broken silver into his sleeve with a happy smile, and said, just don't worry, the left and right are just familiar faces, nothing serious will happen, Huaijin smiled reassuringly, and asked him to wait a moment After a while, he turned around, walked to the sedan chair, let Huaiyu get off the sedan chair, and repeatedly said:

"I'll be waiting for you at the Evergreen Hall of the Son of Heaven. You don't need to say much or stay with the Empress Dowager. When you come out, come to the Evergreen Hall to find me. Remember?"

Huai Yu nodded heavily, and felt that his elder brother was talking too much, how could he know the empress dowager's cleverness.

So amid Huaijin's worries, Huaijin followed the eunuch into the palace gate.

☆, that queen mother, dignified

Furious oil lamps were burning at intervals on the palace avenue, but there were no very bright places, only the road and door plaques could be seen clearly.And along the way, no matter whether it is vermilion walls, glazed tiles, or carved galleries and painted columns, green trees and red flowers, in the moonless night, it is all the same dim and unclear.

Huai Yu walked on the silent palace road, in such a quiet environment, only the sound of footsteps and breathing could be heard, and the breath from his mouth turned into misty white mist, drifting away soundlessly.

And because it is too solemn, walking in the palace, even with very light steps, there can be sounds. Different shoes make different sounds, and when they fall on the ground, they drop a tiny amount of dust.

While distinguishing the sound of these footsteps, Huaiyu was distracted by thinking about endless things. He didn't know how long he walked until he reached the place where the queen mother lived. Glimpse of the light within.

Looking at it from a distance, it is full of oppressive feeling.

Huaiyu looked at the light shining from the high wall, and when he told himself to be calm and cheer up, the eunuch had already stepped forward to knock on the door, and the door was pushed open immediately, and the door was opened from the inside. In an instant, a goose yellow light was emitted, and the afterglow fell all over the ground.

The eunuch whispered something to the door boy, the door boy ran into the door, the eunuch turned around, walked back, and bowed to Huaiyu to salute

"Young master, please come with your servants, the queen mother has been waiting for a long time."

Huai Yu nodded, and followed in silently and cautiously.

The Empress Dowager's Palace is as bright as day, but it's too bright, but there is a bleak scene. The trees, flowers and plants are hung with white silk, dancing with the wind, and there is an inexplicably desolate and frightening atmosphere.

With this bit of panic in his heart, Huaiyu followed the eunuch into the main hall, and saw another handsome court lady taking over from the eunuch, led Huaiyu to forget to go inside, turned around the screen, and saw a man in plain clothes The man was sitting in front of the window, his hair was simply tied behind his head with white silk, without any extra attire.

The man turned around when he heard the sound, saw Huai Yu, and smiled first.

Huai Yu didn't know how to respond.

There is an old saying in the world that people should be pretty and wear filial piety.

This sentence can be said to have been perfectly verified at this moment, it is only necessary to change this pretty word to solemn.

That's right, Huai Yu usually only heard her mother roll her eyes when she occasionally mentioned the empress, saying that she was a disaster, and thought she was a beauty with a charming figure and charming brows, but she didn't expect to meet her now, and found that the other party was a very solemn beauty.

In fact, Huaiyu thought in her heart that the queen mother is more like a dignified and polite gentleman. Such a person should walk in the wind and rain of the rivers and lakes, in the banquets of the aristocratic family, and in the officialdom. No matter where she is, she should be able to handle it with ease. , a person who is full of praise and admiration.

It's a pity that it shouldn't be in the deep palace. It's like pearls covered in dust, and the brilliance can't be emitted.

And this empress has stayed in the harem for so many years, and her temperament has been filled with the alienation and dignity of the court, so Huaiyu stared at him in a daze.

Because he felt the queen's oppressive and alienated temperament, and that perfect face without any expression, like a nine-day fairy, is a sculpture that can only be seen from a distance, not to be played with.

Queen——At this moment, it should be said that it is the queen mother, just blinked, Huaiyu immediately bent down to pay respects, and said in a low voice

"I have seen the queen mother."

The queen mother was silent for a moment, then chuckled lightly, like a guqin, and said leisurely

"You probably haven't seen Bengong so close, get up."

There was also a kind of dignity in that voice, a top-down majesty different from anyone Huai Yu had ever seen.

Therefore, although this is a joke meant to express intimacy, Huaiyu neither felt intimacy nor felt the joke.He only thought that this was a serious and too strict person - after all, he would correct the polite words such as whether he had met, so it was too strict.

So Huaiyu took a deep breath, not daring to relax a bit.

In the boundless silence, in the spacious room, the Empress Dowager asked a question and Huai Yu answered, but they were just polite words, which sounded full of hypocrisy.

Finally Huaiyu stood up to say goodbye, the queen mother took a deep look at him, she didn't know what she was thinking, and suddenly said

"How are you thinking about your marriage with the prince?"

This question was asked so unexpectedly and straightforwardly, Huaiyu immediately imagined the facial features of His Highness the Crown Prince who was close at hand in the morning, and immediately felt his face was hot, and the fire seemed to rush to the top of his head, burning his brain, making him say something very wrong

"Empress Dowager, I don't know if the marriage date between Cao Min and the Crown Prince can be changed?"

Queen Mother calm

"Why change?"

Huai Yu then said

"It's always inappropriate to get married during the seven-day resurgence period."

Hearing this, the queen mother paused for a while before raising the corners of her eyes to look at him. The corners of her mouth were slightly raised, and after looking around for a week, the corners of her mouth became wider. Then he smiled softly and sighed a little. said

"Where did you hear such absurd words, is the tentative date of your wedding with the crown prince after three months, or are you --- so eager to become the emperor's spouse?"

The sound was like a gust of wind, moving in the cold air, and when it reached Huaiyu's ear, it had already turned into a thin blade of ice, which silently fell into the bottom of his heart, causing Huaiyu to fall from the heat into the ice cave, and While feeling heavy and cold, he couldn't express more thoughts or excuses.

Because he has no reason to refute.

When the queen mother said such a sentence, it was as if she was waiting for Huaiyu to say such a rebellious thing, but no matter from his expression, there was no sign of success at all.

After a while, Huai Yu's brain suddenly exploded, and he already realized that something went wrong.

He didn't expect the queen mother to deny such a statement so easily, but at this moment, he wanted to find out who and what he said to prove the news of the seven-day marriage. It was indeed the queen mother who said that she gave the order—but he couldn't find anyone.

In the past whole day, no one mentioned the date of the marriage, and even the letter did not specify the specific date of the marriage.

So why did he believe that the queen mother deliberately arranged a date like the seven-day resurrection as the wedding day of the prince.

Huai Yu stood there, thinking for a while, before he remembered that it was the maid of the Prince's Mansion, she was a very steady and proper maid, he remembered that she was the most important maid of His Royal Highness, and he spoke in the most serious and serious tone He told himself that it was the empress dowager's intention, and he believed it.

However, at this moment, do I want to say that I have listened to a maid and put the crime of belittling the prince on the empress dowager's name?

Of course it's impossible.

Huai Yu lowered his head and could only keep silent. He already knew that because he said such words, he was already a very bad influence in the Queen Mother's heart.

☆, that prince, forbear

Huaiyu couldn't think of a better answer, so she remained silent, feeling