The prince is very fierce

In the dimly lit room, the Queen Mother saw Xu Buling was speechless, her eyes slightly cold:

"Hmph - you have a good idea, I am drunk and can't remember, you just say how many times it is... You wish, I will count it as five times, if the poison cannot be cured, we will die together..."

As she said this, the Queen Mother picked up the gold-plated carving knife and prepared to write.

Xu Buling thought for a moment and raised his hand gently:

"Well... it was really just once. The Queen Mother was tired at that time and lay on me and couldn't get up. She asked me to read a poem to you. If I didn't, she would bite me..."

"???"

The Queen Mother's face couldn't hold back again. After thinking carefully, it seemed that there was such a thing...

"... It was almost dawn at that time. I was afraid that Aunt Lu would wake up and find out, so I had to get up. At that time, the Queen Mother complained, 'Why did you leave? You haven't finished yet'..."

"Shut up!"

The Queen Mother took a deep breath, her clothes bulged, stared at Xu Buling for a moment, then lowered her head and carefully engraved on the red wood plaque: Exactly one.

"Why did it take so long to only sixteen times..."

After engraving, the Queen Mother was a little annoyed again. She wanted to throw the red wood plaque at Xu Buling to vent her anger. She just raised her hand, but thought about it and gave up.

"You... Anyway, you can't do it tonight, just sit still. If you dare to move, I will commit suicide."

Xu Buling nodded. He was no longer in a hurry to detoxify. It would be nice to be alone and chat. He leaned back in his chair and smiled:

"I heard that the head of the Xiao family is coming to Chang'an?"

When it comes to this, the queen mother's face showed a bit of displeasure, and there was a sense of fear. She snorted lightly:

"It's none of your business... just coming to visit relatives... She has been strict since she was a child, and she hates a playboy like you the most. When you come to Chang'an, remember to stay as far away as possible..."

Xu Buling nodded and chuckled: "I heard it a long time ago. Then won't the queen mother have to return to the palace?"

The queen mother pursed her lips and said softly: "Of course I have to return to the palace. If she knows that I am the queen mother and run away all day, she will be nagged to death... You should also return to Chang'an in a few days. It's convenient... Bah-..."

Xu Buling didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and nodded seriously.

It was late at night, and it was not easy for a man and a woman to chat calmly.

The queen mother felt a little restless after sitting for a while. After thinking for a while, she took out a small purse from her bosom and threw it to Xu Buling:

"I have made the things you want for you. According to your statement, it was boiled in boiling water for 'disinfection' when it came up. How do you use it to detoxify?"

As she spoke, the queen mother sat closer without making a sound, with a little curiosity in her eyes. She had been interested in these things since she was a child. She felt that they were magical when they were made. She had been studying how to use them these days, but it seemed that there was no other use except for fun. Naturally, she wanted to see how Xu Buling used it to detoxify.

Xu Buling took the purse, took out the golden quail egg from it, raised his hand and pulled the red string a few times, and it began to 'buzz'.

The queen mother sat closer again, supported her hand on the armrest and leaned forward slightly, looking carefully.

Xu Buling looked up at the curious baby and prepared his words:

"This detoxification... still needs the cooperation of the Queen Mother."

The Queen Mother frowned slightly, looked at Xu Buling, and then looked at his palm:

"How can I cooperate?"

Xu Buling coughed lightly and stood up: "The Queen Mother, lie down..."

"..."

The Queen Mother's eyes flickered, thinking of 'just right, just right', hesitated, and then acted 'impatient', lying down on the carved soft couch properly.

"Close your eyes."

"..."

The Queen Mother closed her eyes hesitantly.

After a while...

"Wu-Brother Ling~I was wrong, wuwu-"

Her mouth was covered by her hand.

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The night was quiet, empty and peaceful.

In the small house in the bamboo sea, Ning Yuhe was wearing a black Taoist robe, with a wooden hairpin on her head, sitting quietly on the Pu Tuan.

The key to meditation is to empty your mind and think about nothing, but I have been unable to calm down these days. This is parted with the longing for Ning Qingye, who has been with me for many years, and also because the Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon.

It is futile to be unable to meditate quietly. Ning Yuhe opened his eyes. Perhaps he felt bored, so he stood up and walked to the mountain trail of Furong Temple to relax. Looking at the towering Chang'an in the distance, some past events came to his mind again.

Cui Xiaowan died during the Dragon Boat Festival. When she heard the news, she was in Changqing Temple, succumbing to her fate and practicing quietly. After hearing the news, she felt mixed feelings in her heart, but she didn't know how to describe that feeling.

She was just a concubine's daughter in her childhood. She had no status in the prosperous Youzhou Tang family. She was not even as good as the housekeeper. The Tang family sword was passed down to men, not women. It was useless for women to have good martial arts talents. She had a temper when she was a child. After secretly learning a few styles of Tang family swords, she ran away from home and traveled around the world.

If nothing unexpected happened, she might become a female knight when she grew up, wandering around, doing justice, and then meet a suitable man of the right character, and the two of them would travel the world together until they were old and retired to raise a pair of children.

But God often does not arrange things according to people's ideas. Just when she was wandering around, the people of the Tang family suddenly found her. They were no longer arrogant and indifferent as before, but treated her kindly and kindly, and spoiled her in everything.

It must be said that at that time she really experienced what "home" meant. Even her mother, who was not of high status, rose to a higher level and could sit and talk with the wife of the main house.

Because of this, she learned everything the Tang family taught her. Later, when the emperor wanted to marry her as the queen, she naturally agreed. After all, she, a little girl, could not make the decision on such matters. It was her parents' orders and the matchmaker's words...

At that time, she had also thought about entering the palace. I heard that the imperial city was very big, what should I do if I got lost...

Thinking of this, Ning Yuhe curled the corners of her mouth, but soon, a bit of sadness appeared in her eyes.

The following events can be said to have instantly turned the ignorant little girl into what she is now.

Hunting, misunderstandings, mother's life and death, hiding from place to place, becoming a monk...

Thinking back to that time, I still can't hide my anger and heartache in my heart.

I once suspected that Cui Xiaowan wanted to be the queen and deliberately framed her. But after hearing the news that Cui Xiaowan died in depression in the palace, she realized that Cui Xiaowan was a pitiful person like her.

If she had entered the palace smoothly at that time, the following things would not have happened. Her mother would not have died, Cui Xiaowan would not have died, and she would not have ended up becoming a nun and living alone in the mountains.

But she had no choice about these things, and Cui Xiaowan had no choice either. In the eyes of the aristocratic families, women were just tools to fight for etiquette and power. Where was the choice? She could only blame the Cui family for being arrogant and the Tang family for being vicious and incompetent. But she didn't even have the qualifications to take revenge. These aristocratic families were too big...

While thinking, Ning Yuhe looked at a small courtyard in Furong Temple below. Even the Xiao family in Huainan was the same. They used their daughters as tools to fight for power and profit. They married their daughters to an old man who was exhausted and had never been a couple for a day. They were locked up in the deep palace and were lonely... Huh?

Ning Yuhe narrowed her eyes slightly and looked carefully at the courtyard. The palace maids were walking outside the courtyard wall, and the guards and secret sentries were wandering nearby. It was very peaceful.

But she seemed to have seen a black shadow climbing over the courtyard wall and entering the house just now...

It was definitely not an illusion.

Ning Qingye was a martial arts expert, and would never have such an illusion when she was distracted. She saw it, and although she was far away from the courtyard on the top of the mountain, someone must have entered the empress dowager's room just now.

With the level of defense around the empress dowager, it was a bit horrifying to be able to sneak into the courtyard without alerting the guards.

Could someone assassinate the empress dowager?

Ning Yuhe's eyes were slightly condensed, and she was ready to shout to remind the guards below, but she stopped just after opening her mouth.

The empress dowager went up the mountain every few days recently, and locked herself in the house with the doors and windows closed...

She looked better and better... ! !

Ning Yuhe suddenly widened her eyes, a little unbelievable.

The empress dowager of the current dynasty, the emperor's mother, was actually having a secret meeting with a man here? !

After having this idea, Ning Yuhe quickly squatted down to avoid being discovered by someone with ulterior motives. After all, in this matter, basically whoever knew about it would die. No matter how generous the emperor is, he can't leave people who know such news in the world.

But who is so bold that he dares to confront the current empress dowager...

Ning Yuhe frowned slightly. Judging from the skills just now, there are not many people with such skills on Yufeng Mountain. Could it be...

Thinking of this, Ning Yuhe shook his head. It is impossible for Xiao's retainers to do such a thing that will harm the interests of the host family. Then...

Ning Yuhe thought of something, and looked at the house deep in the bamboo forest. He shook his head again. Ling'er is well-educated and polite, and has a cold personality. He is meditating and resting in the house tonight. How could he do such a thing? I'm afraid he ran from the mountain...

Ning Yuhe hesitated. She didn't dare to get involved in such a thing. Even if she knew, it would be useless. She calmed down and forgot about it, and hurried down the mountain.

After just a few steps, Ning Yuhe glanced at the house with lights on in the depths of the bamboo forest...