I looked at her side face, her expression was still very indifferent, without any change, but under the diffuse smoke, I seemed to see a burst of broken ripples in those eyes that were originally as calm as a mirror lake.<

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She was silent for a moment and said, "Really?"

"Yes."

"That's a pity."

"Yeah."

While we were talking, I had already helped her into the house. This was the first time I had been to her room. The decoration here was also very simple and clean, with a wooden bed, a half-old cabinet, a table and two stools.

It is as pure and clean as the residence of an ascetic monk. No one can believe that the person living here is the Queen Mother of the current dynasty.

I helped her walk to the bed. When I looked up, I saw several peace charms hanging inside the bedside curtain. Some of them seemed to have been hanging for a long time and were somewhat damaged.

It's strange that the Queen Mother chants sutras and chants like this, so she doesn't need to ask for peace talismans anymore.

But I didn’t ask any more questions. I carefully helped her sit on the head of the bed and gently rubbed her knees.

"Girl, don't bother."

"It's okay, just sit down." I shook my head and kneaded her gently, but my fingering skills were very deft. Soon the Queen Mother's face showed a relaxed and soothing expression, and she said with a smile:

"You can even do this."

"..." I smiled.

Under my gentle and moderate pressure, the Queen Mother slowly leaned against the head of the bed and half-squinted her eyes, but she still had a tired expression on her face, especially the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, which were much more numerous than when I left here, even between her eyebrows.

There are also a few deep scratches.

But despite these signs of aging, her stunning appearance from the past can still be seen.

I just don’t know how majestic her brother, the Iron Masked King who once galloped across the grassland and whose appearance was more dazzling than the sun, was.

Maybe, seeing Huang Tianba, you can vaguely imagine it.

In the past, General Batu said that Huang Tianba resembled the Iron Masked King, and I just listened to it. But now that I think about it, it seems that I really should not just listened to it - the painting in Lose's studio made the Iron Arrow King look like him.

I was shocked when I saw it. This painting by Chang Qing made the Queen Mother so rude. The similarity between Huang Tianba and the Queen Mother and the Iron Masked King is definitely not a coincidence!

But, if this is the case, then——

There was only one thought in my mind, and my back suddenly felt numb. This was going to be a shocking event!

The Queen Mother's indifferent attitude towards the Supreme Emperor, the phrase "Evil Ghost Yaksha"; and Yao Lao, he is a clansman of the late Queen, and is worthy of Huang Tianba's master and disciple. What role did he play in this? In the beginning, Queen Zhaolie

He died in the fire. How many people and how many things were involved?

I just felt my heart beating fast, almost bursting out of my chest. I lowered my head and thought for a long time, and finally suppressed my emotions and said softly and tentatively: "But fortunately, the person in the painting shouldn't be angry."

The Queen Mother trembled slightly, opened her eyes and looked at me.

"Do you know the person in the painting?"

"Yes, Qingying and him are good friends."

The Queen Mother's lips trembled slightly, and after a while she slowly spoke, with a suppressed calmness in her voice: "He, who is he?"

"His name is Huang Tianba. He is from the south. I wonder if the Queen Mother knows the seventy-two water and land masters of the three southern provinces. He is a very famous figure in Jiangnan. Even the emperor treated him with great courtesy when he saw him."<

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"The emperor has seen him?"

"Well, I met him when I went south a few years ago. Later, he even visited the capital."

The Queen Mother's eyes flickered for a moment, and her face showed a complicated expression that was either sad or happy. After a long time, she looked up at me and said slowly: "What about his character?"

I thought about it seriously and said: "Character is like an orchid, fortitude is like a pine tree, not afraid of violence, and independent of the world."

"..." The Queen Mother was slightly shocked, with a look of relief in her eyes: "He is a good boy...?"

"Yes. People in Shengjing have met him and praised him for being brave and courageous. He is not superficial, and he has the demeanor of the Iron Masked King back then. But Qingying knows tens of thousands of people, and none of them can say the same thing."
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But when I said it at the end, my voice was choked up.

Indeed, Huang Tianba is the most outstanding person I have ever met. Such a person should have enjoyed all the glory in the world and enjoyed grudges, but he cannot grow old hand in hand with the person he loves most. Now he is even more trapped thousands of miles away.

Outside Shengjing, he lives in the most despised way in the world. Why do people like him suffer such a fate?

I looked up at the Queen Mother, but a smile flashed across her face, just like a mother's relief and relief when she heard that her son had become a successful person. She grabbed my hand and said: "Then where is he now -"

Before she finished speaking, she stopped herself.

I looked up at her and saw that the Queen Mother's face slowly turned gloomy. She slowly returned to her former indifference, leaned back on the bed and closed her eyes.

I said softly: "Queen Mother, don't ask where he is?"

"...Aijia, I don't want to ask."

Don’t want to ask?

While I was wondering, I heard Aunt Gui walking over in a hurry outside, standing at the door and saying: "The Queen Mother, the Emperor is here."

The Queen Mother and I were startled. She immediately opened her eyes, but after a moment of silence, she said: "Go and tell the Emperor that the Ai family is resting and let him go back."

"Yes."

Aunt Gui nodded and turned around and went out, but came back after a while and said: "The Queen Mother, the Emperor said - the Emperor said that he would not disturb the Queen Mother's rest, and would just wait outside until the Queen Mother wants to see her. Goodbye."

This time, the Queen Mother frowned.

I also subconsciously glanced outside. Although it was only early summer, the weather was slowly getting hotter. It was unreasonable for anyone to let the emperor stand outside. The Queen Mother sighed softly and reached out to me: "Fuaijia

Get out."

I hurriedly helped her stand up, but she was still staggering when she walked. She reluctantly walked outside. When she opened the door, she saw Pei Yuanhao standing at the door, saluting respectfully: "The son pays homage to the queen."

"What is the emperor doing?"

Pei Yuanhao said: "My son left the palace for a few days and did not come to greet the Queen Mother, so I came to see the Queen Mother today."

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"..." The Queen Mother looked at him and said calmly: "The Ai family knows about the emperor's filial piety."

"These days, a lot of things have happened in the court and in the harem, and my son can't take care of the pagoda all the time. This time I went to the Ancestral Temple to find a peace talisman from the protector of the country and presented it to the Queen Mother."

After saying that, he took out the peace charm from his sleeve, but the Queen Mother looked at it silently. After a while, she reached out and took it.

Peace Talisman? When I heard about it, I subconsciously looked at his hand. It was a very delicate Peace Talisman, with red tassels and gold beads. The Queen Mother put it in her hand and looked at it, as if she remembered it.

What, he said with a faint smile: "The peace charm you gave me can hardly hang anymore."

Pei Yuanhao said: "My son knows."

"You said you understood every time." The Queen Mother looked at him, hesitated to speak, and finally just sighed and said: "Forget it, you can go back."

"Yes, my son resigned."

After Pei Yuanhao finished speaking, he did not leave immediately. Instead, he glanced at me, and the Queen Mother also saw it, and said: "The Ai family heard that the emperor asked her to stay with the eldest prince. This is fine. There is someone who knows Nian Shen.

The Ai family can rest assured. However, the Ai family wants to keep her here as a companion these days. There are so many things in the harem, let’s talk about it after the emperor has finished handling it.”

Pei Yuanhao's face darkened, but he still said respectfully: "My son knows."

After saying that, she turned around and left. I also helped the queen mother back to her room. As soon as she walked to the bed, the queen mother silently hung the peace charm on the bedside. I stood aside and watched Lin Linzongzong say more than a dozen words.

Peace Talisman didn’t say anything.

At this time, I also understood why the Queen Mother said she didn't want to ask.

It’s not that I don’t want to ask, it’s that I can’t ask and I can’t bear to ask.

The Queen Mother hung up the peace charm and looked silently for a while. She looked back and saw my lost look and said, "Girl."

"What orders does the Queen Mother have?"

"Don't go out these days, especially in the West Sixth Palace."

The area in the West Sixth Palace was where Concubine Li and the Imperial Concubine lived. I immediately understood that now that Nangong Lizhu had suffered a miscarriage, all the eyes in the palace were staring at Shen Rou’s belly. Of course, I had to stay as far away from her as possible.

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So I nodded: "Qingying understands."

The Queen Mother looked back at the still dangling peace charm, and said helplessly: "I don't know what is going to happen in this palace."

There is no shortage of accidents in the palace.

I almost stayed at the Linshui Pagoda for the next time, but the Queen Mother never asked about Huang Tianba again, but I knew that she had not forgotten that she was kneeling in front of the Buddhist shrine seven or eight hours a day.

It's very powerful. The kind of suffering that others can't see is the most grueling.

Just like I dream about my Lier every night.

During this period of time, the talented Yuan Yueming would still come to Linshui Pagoda from time to time. Seeing her pious and slender appearance, even Grandma Gui couldn't bear to shut her out.

Two months later, Zhaoyi and Liu Li were promoted to concubines, and the daughter-in-law Ye Yunshuang was canonized to the title of beauty.

The women in the harem are blocked by high walls. All they can see are the nine-layered three palaces. They are looking forward to nothing more than glory and promotion. However, no matter how they are promoted, the limelight cannot be compared to that of Shen Rou now. She has only been in the palace for six or seven months.

, I saw it from a distance one day, and my belly was surprisingly big. Now I almost don’t leave the Chonghua Palace. I take care of it carefully every day, waiting for the baby to be born.

In comparison, Concubine Li, who was my favorite before, seems a little lonely these days.

Tian Shuixiu comes back from time to time to bring me some things, and always pulls me to whisper. One moment, she says that Concubine Li cries every day in the Yuhua Palace, even her eyes are broken from crying. The next moment, she says that the emperor went to see her and was locked out.

, the supplements sent by the imperial concubine were all thrown out. Every time Shui Xiu talked about it, she secretly laughed.
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