Chapter 55 Mother and Son

Imperial City, Shoukang Palace.

The light gauze curtains are covered with sandalwood. In the east and west corners of the hall, two yellow copper cranes have curling blue smoke in their mouths, winding up and not dispersing for a long time. The two light-written palace maids carefully wore light silk fans, on the bamboo mat, the queen mother was lying on the side, closing her eyes to rest.

The cicadas cried outside the window and stopped, and the sound of boots was heard. Soon, they came to the main hall of Shoukang Palace. The two palace maids looked at each other, and one of them stood up quietly and was about to go out to see what was going on, a sharp voice suddenly rang out: "The emperor———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

The silence was broken by this sudden throat. The palace maid took a few steps and wanted to go out and tell her. But as soon as she reached the door, a clean cough came from behind her back - the empress dowager had already opened her eyes. The palace maid immediately stopped, turned around and lowered her head, waiting for the empress dowager to show her instructions. The empress dowager only sighed slightly, and then said weakly: "Go and open the door, don't neglect the emperor..."

The door opens.

A figure stood quietly at the door, and the sunlight projected from outside into the hall. His figure was enlarged and lengthened, and his body and shadow complemented each other, and remained motionless for a long time, like a god in the temple.

The two palace maids left one after another quietly, the door was quietly closed, the sunlight was once again isolated from the hall by doors, windows and curtains, and the room returned to silence again.

The sandalwood in the crane head copper furnace still rose and circled, but the two people in the hall had not spoken for a long time. Finally, the sound of the robe and clothes squirting: "Son-member... I wish you goodbye to my mother."

"My son... wishes my mother a good wish."

"Son-in-law..."

Before the voice stopped, the sound of clothes started. The Queen Mother finally slowly turned over from the couch, raised her eyelids and looked at Emperor Qiyuan for a while, and let out a heavy sigh. "Sit..."

"Oh!" Emperor Qiyuan responded, got up and came to the soft couch, picked up the light Luo fan, and shook it slowly for the empress dowager. He looked at the empress dowager and suddenly found that the empress dowager was gray, his makeup was gone, and he was not energetic. Emperor Qiyuan sighed in his heart and said, "My mother is not feeling well today? Have you called the imperial physician to see her?"

When the empress dowager heard this, her breath became thicker. She stared at Emperor Qiyuan and said, "The emperor is wise. The Ai family is really uncomfortable today. But this disease is not something that the doctor can cure. The Ai family will not have this thought from today. It will be a day when they live less. If they live one day, they will be able to talk to the late emperor one day earlier..."

When Emperor Qi Yuan heard this, he knelt down on his knees in front of the couch: "Why did the mother say this? What did my son do wrong, which made my mother angry, but I hope that my mother would punish me. I hope that my mother should put her health first. Otherwise, if there is a mistake, my son will not redeem even if he dies!"

"I'm afraid the emperor is a little insincere? So what if someone like the Ai family is gone? Instead, it's just a simplicity..."

"Why did the mother say this heart-wrenching words? If my son has this heart, the heaven will be punished by the earth and will never be a human being! The heaven can tell you!" Emperor Qi Yuan's face showed anger, and his breath was a little turbid. After saying that, he turned his head and looked at the sunlight outside the window through the veil, as if he was a little lonely.

The Empress Dowager looked at the son in front of her blankly, her eyes a little confused. After a long time, her expression gradually loosened, and her eyes also showed a little kindness and tenderness. The Empress Dowager sighed with a sigh of relief: "Oh, get up and talk..." As she said that, she got up and wanted to sit down. Seeing this, Emperor Qiyuan quickly got up and put on a fan, reached out to support the Empress Dowager and sat up.

The two looked at each other again, but there was nothing to say for a moment.

Emperor Qi Yuan turned around and took the teapot from the table next to him. The tea was still warm. He poured a cup of tea and brought it to the empress dowager: "My mother woke up for the first time, let's rinse her mouth with the tea first." The empress dowager silently took the tea cup, rinsed her mouth, and put it down again. In just a moment, the atmosphere in the room became much more harmonious.

"Are you leaving?" The Queen Mother's voice was very slow, but perhaps the aroma of the tea was refreshing, and the Queen Mother finally felt a little energetic when she spoke.

"yes."

"The King of Wu is gone too?"

Emperor Qiyuan replied: "When I returned to my mother, my son and the young emperor had just bid farewell. At this moment, I guess the young emperor and his party had already been ten miles away from the capital. My son and I rushed back to let my mother feel at ease."

When the empress dowager heard this, her eyebrows tightened and turned to look at Emperor Qiyuan: "Don't worry?" The empress dowager sneered: "Don't worry... Haha, Master, what else do you think... can the Ai family be relieved? The Ai family... still... have... hearts..." The empress dowager's voice was low, but she seemed a little sad inside. Emperor Qiyuan did not answer when he heard this, but just lowered his head silently.

The Empress Dowager sighed again and said slowly: "You are the son of the Ai family, your own son! But why do you look at each other now but you are insincere? Sometimes the Ai family wonders, when did we start? We can't even say a close word?"

"Mother..."

The empress dowager stretched out her hand and took the light Luo fan from Emperor Qiyuan, slapdated for a few times and stopped: "This time, King Wu is moving such a big battle, it seems that you have made up your mind... to attack them?"

"My mother is too worried, haha." Emperor Qiyuan smiled slightly and said, "After the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is normal for the kings to leave Beijing, and it is a common practice for me to give them farewells. Even if the King of Wu is given to me on my car, it is to reward the achievements made by the King of Wu for the past years. The Queen of Wu must not think too much about it."

When the Empress Dowager heard this, her face suddenly dimmed. After a while, she asked lightly: "Master... Could it be that she really tells the truth... she doesn't want to tell the Ai family?"

Emperor Qiyuan was silent for a while and finally said softly: "My mother... it's not that my son-in-law deliberately concealed it. My son-in-law was just afraid that he would say too much, so that his mother would worry... As for these troublesome things... My son-in-law can pretend to be as simple as possible..." After a pause, Emperor Qiyuan said again: "Actually, my son-in-law also knows that my mother is smart and wise. Even if my son-in-law doesn't say anything, some things can't be hidden from my mother's eyes. But for my son-in-law, I will try not to say anything I can't say..."

The Empress Dowager sighed again, and his son finally said a few truths. "How much can you pretend in your heart and how much can you pretend in your heart?" The Empress Dowager smiled bitterly, and then raised his voice a little: "Yes, you are the emperor of our Dajian Dynasty. This world is the world of you alone, but even so, you don't have to worry about everything. Even if you are the emperor, one person is above ten thousand people, with outstanding abilities and extraordinary energy, how many things can you take on by yourself? How much can you bear? What's more... what you think in your heart may not be right. The reason why you don't want the Ai family to know is not just because you are worried, right? Are you afraid that the Ai family will find out, and it will delay your major affairs?"

Emperor Qiyuan was speechless, without admitting, but without denying it.

When the empress dowager saw her, she seemed a little angry. "You have been avoiding the Ai family these days. Although you didn't say anything, the Ai family knew what you were thinking. You think the Ai family was a bit stubborn and unreasonable, right? Do you think if you told the Ai family these things, the Ai family would definitely do their best to obstruct them at all costs, right?"

Emperor Qiyuan was still speechless, not admitting or denying it.

"Haha!" Seeing this, the empress dowager suddenly smiled with a self-deprecating smile. She was also sad and angry with her own feelings... "Forget it! Alas, I didn't expect that the biological son of the Ai family would look at the Ai family like this one day... Forget it! Since you insisted so much that you poked a hole in the sky above everyone's heads, then go and poked it! After all, you are the emperor in this Dajian Dynasty! No one can stop you, and no one dares to stop you! The Ai family will never ask about your affairs again..."

"Mother's queen...sen's son didn't mean that..."

The Empress Dowager waved her hand and said, "Forget it, the Ai family doesn't care about it now. I don't want to know what you mean. Go, the Ai family wants to rest... If the emperor is busy with state affairs in this Shoukang Palace in the future, he doesn't have to come every day."

"Mother..." Emperor Qiyuan felt a little worried when he saw the Empress Dowager like this. Unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager said again: "Don't worry, the Ai family is not so scrupulous. After so many years, I haven't seen anything in the Ai family? How could he be as unsighted as ordinary women? In the future, the Ai family will eat whatever they want and drink whatever they want. No one will pay attention to being a human being. You have to take care of yourself so that you will regret it on the first day. Okay, the Ai family will not nag, the emperor will go too..." After that, the Empress Dowager fell down, his face turned inside, and he rested again...

"My mother, I'll take a break, my son... I'll take my leave." After Emperor Qiyuan said that, he slowly retreated to the door, opened the door and closed it quietly, and then returned to the sedan chair. The eunuch Qian Hai saw that the emperor's face was not good-looking, and he did not know the situation. The group quietly stood up and left Shoukang Palace.

The ear heard the voices outside gradually faded away. The two palace maids who had served before came out of the ear room and were about to enter the hall to wait. As soon as the previous palace maid lifted the curtain, a blue and white pot suddenly flew over, wiped her arm and flew over, and fell to the ground with a snap, smashing it to pieces!

West Warm Pavilion.

Emperor Qiyuan was wearing a cool and translucent shirt, leaning against the cold bamboo couch, holding a book to be stunning. The two eunuchs next to him kept leaning over and getting up again, pulling the wide bamboo fan, and fanning Emperor Qiyuan. The eunuch Qian Hai came in tiptoe from outside: "Your Majesty, Lord Du is here."

Bang! Emperor Qi Yuan immediately closed the book and threw it aside: "Let him come in!"

"Yes." Qian Hai responded and turned around.

In an instant, the inner gate sounded and a person flashed in from outside. It was Du Ning, the commander of Feiling Weidong Town.

"Come on, sit down." Emperor Qiyuan reached out and brought a bowl of iced sour plum soup and handed it to Du Ning. "It's hot, drink it first and talk." Du Ning was not polite, and reached out to take it, gurgled, and drank it in one breath. Then Du Ning wiped his mouth and said to Emperor Qiyuan: "Your Majesty, based on the previous plan, I have all arranged it."
Chapter completed!