Chapter 65 Mother and Son
Chu Yi's guess was correct, Chu Tingxiao was indeed very wrong today.

Today is the middle of the month. According to common sense, the emperor wants to stay in the middle palace and accompany the queen.

However, after Chu Tingxiao went to court, instead of reviewing the memorials in Qianyuan Palace as usual, and then going to the Empress' Yonghua Palace in the evening, he went directly to Yonghua Palace.

I don't know what happened between the emperor and the empress. After a while, the emperor walked out with a cold expression, and Eunuch Zhang, who was following him, didn't dare to come out.

The emperor even said "go away" to Luomei, the maid next to the queen who sent him out.

She was so frightened that Luomei knelt down on the stone slab at the entrance of Yonghua Palace and knelt for an hour.

This scene quickly spread in the palace.

It seems that when the emperor went to court, he said that the empress did not go to the empress dowager.

In fact, the emperor still cares about this.

The current emperor and the empress dowager are not biological mothers and sons, and it is precisely because they are not biological mothers and sons that the emperor cares deeply for the empress dowager.

Since the emperor ascended the throne, as long as the queen mother is in the palace, he will go to greet him in person, rain or shine. If the queen mother is in the palace to pay homage to the Buddha, he will also send letters every three or five days, and present kittens and other objects to make the queen mother happy.

And now, the queen mother has been back to the palace for five days, and the queen has not even once to greet her, so it is no wonder that the emperor is angry.

Husband and wife are originally one body, Dayan governs the country with filial piety, the emperor pays attention to filial piety, but the queen is so self-willed, this is not slapping the emperor in the face.

Anyone with discernment knows that the emperor will not go to Yonghua Palace tonight, even if it is mid-month today.

After Chu Tingxiao returned, he approved a few memorials, stood up abruptly, and threw Zhu Cui away.

"I'm going to greet the Queen Mother." His tone was heavy, and there was a bit of irritability in his eyes.

"Yes."

As the imperial guard, Xiao Yan followed Chu Tingxiao to the Empress Dowager's Yongshou Palace.

"Young Master, just wait here." Eunuch Zhang glanced at the emperor who walked in with a livid face, and whispered.

Xiao Yan nodded, holding the sword, standing in the courtyard of the inner hall of Yongshou Palace, where the emperor came to greet the empress dowager a few days ago, and he was also standing here.

At this time, a gust of wind blew, and a few sycamore leaves fell.

The sky was dark at noon, Xiao Yan raised his head and glanced, only to see layers of dark clouds accumulating in the gray sky.

It is going to rain.

Xiao Yan stood under the eaves, took out a candy cube from the paper bag in his pocket and threw it into his mouth.

Letting the sweet smell of peach melt from his lips and teeth, he narrowed his eyes, feeling happy, and a familiar figure suddenly appeared: "Mr. Xiao."

Xiao Yan regained his senses and smashed the candy into pieces: "Drinking ice?"

He remembered that the blue-eyed palace maid was the maid beside Chu Yi.

Yin Bing looked at Xiao Yan, her delicate face was expressionless, and said, "Please do something."

Xiao Yan subconsciously looked at the open palace door, his heartbeat slowed for half a beat, and then he straightened his chest with a very indifferent expression.

Yinbing is here, which means that Chu Yi is also there.

Inside the palace, a copper-colored Pixiu incense burner and a corner of the emperor's bright yellow dragon robe could be faintly seen, but there was no familiar figure.

"Princess Yongning. In Yongshou Palace?" He finally couldn't hold back and asked.

Bingbing nodded.

Xiao Yan asked again, "What do you want me to do?"

Yin Bing said in four words: "Go to Weiyang Palace, get two umbrellas, notify Zhenxue, and call Feng Jia to come."

Can you help them with umbrellas? From the Yanggong Palace to the Yongshou Palace, the effort of three cups of tea is such a few steps that a phoenix needs to be driven. She is really a squeamish little girl.

Xiao Yan pursed his lips: "Why don't you go in person."

Yin Bing: "I will never leave, Ayi."

She had sworn before that she would never leave the princess's side too far, and she would always protect her closely. Now in the Yongshou Palace, a hall and a courtyard are already the limit that Yinbing can accept.

"Boom!"

In the sky, a dull thunder sounded, and the thick dark clouds lowered even more, as if they were in contact with the ground.

A trace of anxiety flashed in Yin Bing's eyes.

The princess didn't like water, and she didn't like such thunder. Even if there was an umbrella, she didn't want the princess to be drenched a little, so she wanted to call Feng Jia.

She could also let the guards next to her do it, but those guards ran faster than Xiao Yan, and Yin Bing was afraid that Chu Yi would suddenly come out. Her princess didn't like to wait.

Xiao Yan saw the emotion in her eyes, and without further questioning, turned around and stepped out of the courtyard, walking like flying.

"Ayi."

He murmured the title in a low voice.

Only then did Yin Bing breathe a sigh of relief, standing under the eaves, remembering what happened to the princess when she was young.

That year, Chu Tingxiao, who was still the King of Chu, was sent to the Yong Kingdom by order, and the seven-year-old princess went with him.

A month later, when the princess returned to the palace, she fell seriously ill. From then on, she was afraid of water and cold, and her health became very poor. According to Chu Yun, it was because she fell into the water in Yong Kingdom.

At that time, Yin Bing had just been sent to the palace as a secret guard, and she did not follow him to Yong Kingdom, which made her look at Yong Kingdom now, and no one looked like a good person.

After she remembered the incident, the guards around the princess were all changed, and the princess, perhaps because she was young and forgetful, or because her life was on the line after falling into the water, was really bad, so she gradually forgot about it.

The princess grew up with the love of her brothers, parents, grandmother and countless others, and she never stingy with her own love.

Inside the hall.

After Chu Tingxiao and Empress Dowager Rong asked for peace, they could not afford to kneel in the center of the hall.

Eunuch Zhang asked the palace servants to step back, and in the huge Yongshou Palace, only the sandalwood incense burnt slowly in the Pixiu incense burner was left.

A cyan Bodhi landscape screen with a length and width of several feet was placed behind Mrs. Rong. Eunuch Zhang couldn't help but glance at it, but the screen was too tight, and he couldn't see anything for a while.

Empress Dowager Rong sat on the armchair, holding a blue-covered Buddhist scripture in her hand, squinting her eyes to read the scriptures seriously.

The emperor knelt on the icy ground, his black eyes were deep and his face was sinking like water.

After an unknown amount of time, Empress Dowager Rong put down the Buddhist scriptures: "Mingjing, where's the next volume?"

Mingjing stepped forward, took the Buddhist scriptures in the hands of the Queen Mother with both hands, and peeled off the cover, only to see the words "Secret History of the Empress of the Harem, Anonymous" written on it.

Eunuch Zhang's eyelids twitched. He thought that the queen mother was reading Buddhist scriptures, but he did not expect that the queen mother was reading a book of unofficial history.

Mingjing said: "Qi to the Queen Mother, this book has a long history, and the second volume has been lost."

"Well, it doesn't matter, the content of this book is old, it's all clichés, if you lose it, you will lose it. It's still as beautiful as the Merry Prince and Pretty Nun written by Ninglu. You can get that book for Ai's family." The queen mother said.

"Yes." Ming Jing respectfully retreated behind the screen.

Chu Tingxiao finally raised his head and said, "Empress mother, I have come to apologize to the empress on behalf of the empress. The empress must have known what the court officials said today, but the empress didn't mean to not come to greet her, it's just that she has been hugging her body these past few days. ill”

"Okay, can't the emperor hear what Aijia means, when did Aijia blame the queen?"

The queen mother waved her hand and said helplessly: "Get up, the Aijia can't afford the emperor to bow down. After so many years, doesn't the Aijia know what the queen looks like? Aijia saw her, just like seeing her many years ago. How can you blame her for indulging in the beauty of her youth."

Just like the queen built the vegetable garden, when she was young, she also fantasized about the relationship of one person for the rest of her life. She used to be the queen, but Chu Tingxiao's heart was on the queen, and Emperor Cheng's heart was never on her. .

Compared to herself, the Queen Mother felt that Chu Tingxiao and Gu Sangsang were already very lucky.

"Don't worry, Ai's family won't blame the queen, Ai's family is talking about those clichés and incompetent people in the court, and the emperor should take care of it.

Today, they dare to impeach the queen for being unfilial, provoke the relationship between Aijia and the queen, and force you to kneel for Aijia. Then tomorrow, do they want to go to heaven? "

Empress Dowager Rong raised her voice a little, stretched out a finger, and clicked on the book just now.

Chu Tingxiao obediently stood up and sat beside him, his fists clenched and loosened, and said:

"I understand that I think about them too well. In the past, I thought they were just pedantic and ignorant, but I understood a few days ago that they are trying to harm Dayan!"

The emperor recalled what happened in the wolf park that day, and his eyes were deep and deep.

The queen mother glanced at the screen, coughed, and said: "Since you understand, why do you still go to Yonghua Palace to get angry with the queen after the court, and in less than half a day, the news of the discord between the emperor and the queen spread all over the palace, and even mourned This old lady has heard about it."

"I"

At the mention of the words "the emperor and the empress do not get along", Chu Tingxiao pursed his lips, and there was only confusion in his eyes.

In front of Empress Dowager Rong, he seemed like a helpless child, but he didn't know whether he should open his heart.

He is the emperor, and the emperor must not have a weakness. If he does, he must not let others know.

When the queen mother looked at such an emperor, the sourness in her heart was not the taste.

The old man sighed, took off the beads on his wrist, and beckoned.

Chu Tingxiao shook his heart, remembered something, stood up, and walked in front of the Queen Mother.

Mingjing placed a small soft stool beside him.

The emperor's eyes turned red all of a sudden. He sat on the small stool and rested on Empress Dowager Rong's knees. Empress Dowager Rong gently patted the emperor's head, just like many years ago.

"Aijia knows that not everyone can be the emperor, you become the emperor, and Aijia is not your biological mother, and can't empathize with you.

But Xiaoxiao, I am your mother. Since you were a child, I have been your mother. No matter your bloodline, you are my child. With your mother here, you don’t have to be afraid of anything. What grievances are there? Yes I can't tell my mother. "

The emperor wiped his eyes and said with tears in his eyes: "Zhen, I changed with the queen to show those people, but mother, I'm sorry Sangsang."

(End of this chapter)

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