Remembrance of Tianyin's Adventure

"My son bows to the queen mother!" Mei Niang bowed, came to the queen mother, followed the queen mother's gestures, and sat down respectfully.

The queen mother asked kindly: "Did the Ai family wake you up?" Meiniang smiled and shook her head.

The queen mother said: "You have always been so filial!"

"I don't know why the Queen Mother summoned the children and ministers?" Mei Niang asked.The Empress Dowager smiled and said: "Actually, it's nothing. Aijia just wanted to ask you, do you like living in the palace?"

Mei Niang was surprised, and smiled, "As long as you can stay with your mother, no, with your queen mother, it doesn't matter where you live."

"Don't change your words!" The queen mother took Mei Niang's hand and put it in her palm, patted it gently: "Actually, the Ai family still likes you to call me 'mother'!"

Mei Niang stared blankly at the Queen Mother, scenes of the past rushed into her mind.

The queen mother couldn't bear to think that Mei Niang was used to living a life of freedom among the people, but now she was bound by the strict palace rules, and she sighed: "It's really hard for you these years."

"No! Mother!" Mei Niang got up and knelt down, looked up at the Queen Mother and said: "Mei Niang has been with Mother since childhood, and when you enter the palace, Mei Niang will naturally follow by her side to fulfill her filial piety. But, just..." , lowered his head slightly, avoiding the Queen Mother's eyes and said: "I still like to deliver vegetables to the market for my mother every day like before, and I like to go to the stream to wash clothes for my mother." Speaking of this, a clear figure flashed in his mind. It flashed by, but became blurred in an instant, like a gurgling stream, gone forever, and like the streamer in life, disappearing in a hurry after the brilliance in the blink of an eye.

She calmed down and continued: "I like to cook for my mother every day." Seeing a court lady offering tea, she picked up the tea and handed it to the Queen Mother. Boil water in front of the stove and make tea for my mother."

The Empress Dowager took the tea with tears in her eyes, took a sip and said, "Yes! It's still the tea you brewed back then!" Then she suddenly said to her, "Why don't we go back to the hut for a few days?"

"What? Go back to the hut? Are you serious?" Meiniang looked at the queen mother in surprise.

"Of course!" The Empress Dowager said with a smile: "Tomorrow Aijia will tell the emperor about it."

On the roof, a blood-red phantom moved slightly after hearing the words, then crouched down on the roof tiles and continued to listen.

"Great!" Meiniang stood up happily, thinking that she could finally leave the palace, she was a little overwhelmed with excitement.In an instant, the figure that was as clear as a brand image just now appeared in front of his eyes again, and he couldn't linger away.She bit her lower lip, and asked the queen mother cautiously: "Mother, you are the queen mother, it is always not safe to go out of the palace, shouldn't you bring someone with strong martial arts... to protect you?" While speaking, she lowered her strength He bowed his head, not even daring to look at the Queen Mother.

"Naturally someone needs to be protected, otherwise how can the emperor rest assured!" The queen mother pretended not to see what was on her mind, and said leisurely: "This person not only needs to be strong in martial arts, but also has a relationship with our mother and daughter, otherwise it would be bad." Are you interested in this trip?"

"That's it! That's it!" Meiniang sat down excitedly, approached the Queen Mother, and asked, "Then...who is the most suitable?" I couldn't tell whether it was joy or nervousness.

"This person..." The Queen Mother deliberately elongated her voice, looked at Meiniang's anxious look slyly, and said with a smile, "Look, how is Bai Yutang?"

"What?" Meiniang became anxious immediately, and hurriedly said, "Why would you think of him? He is petty and reckless, not to mention he is not a palace guard, how can he be suitable?"

"Bai Yutang is your cousin, he is not suitable, so who do you think is suitable?" The queen mother still smiled, her eyebrows slightly raised: "Zhan Zhao?"

Mei Niang blushed immediately, she quickly lowered her head and stopped talking.

Unexpectedly, the queen mother said in a deep voice: "Anyone can go, except Zhan Zhao!" Mei Niang was taken aback when she heard that, and saw the queen mother sighed worriedly, and said meaningfully: "Don't see him again, listen to mother, mother is right?" For your own good!"

Mei Niang's heart seemed to be hit hard by something, and she couldn't recover for a long time.

Outside the window, a gust of wind suddenly picked up, and there were gusts of whistling, and the palace gate was slammed.This scene reminded her of that night five years ago.That day, the wind was blowing like this, she lit candles all over the floor, waiting for her mother to come back.At that time, she was terrified. She heard from the old monk that if the lamp went out, her mother would die, but later, her mother came back safely—he was the one who rescued her from the palace.

At this moment, the bright red phantom on the roof is leaving lightly. Under the dark night, it is both real and illusory, like a slender cloud drifting away with the wind, leaving no trace.

When she was a child, Mei Niang declined the Queen Mother's proposal to let her sleep with her on the same bed, left the Queen Mother's bedroom, and hurried to the palace where Princess Taiping lived.

Chunni had already fallen asleep, but when she heard the maid's report, she hurriedly got up to greet her.The two greeted each other, and after they were seated, Chunni asked: "My sister is visiting late at night, what's the matter?" Since entering the palace, Chunni has received a lot of care from Meiniang, and she is very grateful. He felt that Mei Niang was gentle and straightforward, so he became friends with her and talked about everything.

"I'm bothering my sister!" Mei Niang only said politely, and then said bluntly: "My sister is here to ask my sister to do me a favor!"

"Say it! I will definitely help you!" Chunni responded readily.

Mei Niang told about her leaving the palace with the Empress Dowager, and said to Chunni: "I know that my sister is Brother Zhan's junior sister, and she must be very skilled in martial arts. The queen mother and I will leave the palace for a few days, can I invite my sister to go with me? If there is an accident, it is better to protect the queen mother."

"It's my duty to protect the queen mother!" Chunni puzzled, "But why don't you bring a master? Although I think I have extraordinary martial arts skills, I may not be able to surpass many masters."

"Sister misunderstood." Mei Niang said: "Of course the masters should be brought along, but in order not to affect the life of my mother and me, they can only lie in ambush a hundred paces away, and we always have someone to protect us."

Chunni nodded, and said: "So that's the case, I'm relieved." Suddenly she thought of something, and asked: "Since you want me to go with you, why didn't your mother make an order, but you have to trouble your sister to run this trip late at night? "

Mei Niang sighed: "It's not because of the empress mother!" She said with a sad face: "She insists on asking Bai Yutang to accompany her to protect her, but I can't hold her back, so I have to ask my sister."

"What?" Chunni vaguely understood Mei Niang's intentions, and said, "It turns out that this is not what my mother meant, my sister wants me to ask my mother to take the initiative?" I thought, I heard Mei Niang say before that when I was among the people, Bai Yutang was always pestering her, it seemed that she really hated Bai Yutang.In fact, Bai Yutang is not bad either, he is suave and generous.I remember when my father was murdered, even though he met me by chance, he was able to draw his sword to help. Speaking of which, I still owe him a lot of kindness, but, no matter how good he is, how can he compare to senior brother?

"Are you willing to help me, sister?" Meiniang asked after seeing that Chunni was in a daze.

"Okay! I promise! When I go to say hello tomorrow morning, I will ask my mother for orders." Chun Ni turned her eyes slightly, and said again: "But sister, you don't know, my martial arts are very ordinary, how about... why don't we ask my mother to come down?" How about letting senior brother escort you? As long as he is here, you will be safe and secure!"

Mei Niang smiled wryly and said, "Did you think I didn't tell you? But the queen mother just refused!" She sighed in her heart: "My silly sister, if he can go, why should I ask you to block Bai Yutang?"

At that time, the gust of wind has passed, and the bright moon is reflected in the clear pool water of the imperial garden, like the rippling infatuation of women in the world.