After her rebirth, she became the sweetheart of the sickly uncle.

Only then did she have the intention to notice the difference in the Queen's Palace.

From the appearance, when Su Qingcheng came last time, this place was magnificent, not much worse than the main hall where the emperor went to court.

But now there are not many of those prosperous and wealthy decorations left, and what is left are some elegant ordinary objects with no apparent value.

Perhaps during the queen's retreat, she really wanted to calm down.

From this point of view, it seems that she has given up on the idea of ​​letting the eldest princess seize power.

But Su Qingcheng knew that this was just the surface. Since she could know that she was in the imperial concubine's harem, it meant that every move in the harem could not escape the eyes of the queen.

It can only be said that she never cares about the superficial glamor.

Su Qingcheng didn't know where to start asking. The two of them hadn't spoken since they sat down to eat. It seemed a little strange to ask his mother rashly.

She said: "Tomorrow is the canonization ceremony of the fourth prince. The Queen's plan has failed. Will you attend tomorrow?"

If others heard these words, they might think Su Qingcheng was provoking.

But the person opposite is the queen.

"I have known for a long time that the eldest princess cannot sit in this position. She just wanted to give it a try, so I am not surprised by this result." The queen just ate the food in front of her.

Su Qingcheng saw that she was eating with gusto, and couldn't help but think that the dishes she loved to eat were all Nanye's specialties.

As a native of Dongling, how could the queen like Nanye's dishes so much?

She suddenly remembered that when she lived in the Queen's Palace, all she ate was Nanye cuisine.

"The reason why you came to my palace today is probably not to talk about the prince," the queen said.

Su Qingcheng tasted a few mouthfuls and lost her appetite.

It's always like this after pregnancy, sometimes I'm hungry and sometimes I'm full.

She said calmly: "No, I heard something from the imperial concubine and wanted to come over and ask the empress for confirmation."

"How do you know that I will definitely know?" the Queen said.

"The imperial concubine said so."

The Queen's Empress paused with her chopsticks and said, "I didn't expect that she would even tell you such a thing... It seems that she didn't want to forget all the past events."

Seeing that the food was almost done, the Queen put down her bowls and chopsticks and stood up.

Aunt Zhang next to her understood her very well. With a glance, she put on a coat for her and handed her some tea to rinse her mouth with.

The Queen's behavior is so graceful and luxurious.

Even though the queen's palace looks deserted, she is like a plum blossom blooming alone in the cold weather, elegant and majestic.

She is worthy of being a beautiful lady raised by a big family like the Zhou family.

"Come with me."

Su Qingcheng followed her and found that it was just the road leading to Lily Pavilion.

What exactly is going on……

The Queen Empress said at the time that Lily Pavilion was for an old friend of hers.

As Su Qingcheng walked, she thought, could this old friend be her mother?

But how could my mother have been to Dongling, and how could she know the Queen, the Imperial Concubine, or even the Emperor of Dongling?

"Back then, when the emperor was still the prince, the imperial concubine and I were still the crown prince and concubine in the prince's palace. A girl from Beiyuan broke into our lives."

The queen began to talk to herself.

"She helped the emperor win the throne, and she also became very good friends with me and the noble concubine who were still crown princesses at the time."

Su Qingcheng listened with her ears pricked up, feeling very surprised that her mother still had such a complicated past, and that the Queen and the Imperial Concubine were actually good friends.

"But at that time, as the crown prince, there were not only me and the imperial concubine in the emperor's backyard, but also some concubines thrust in from other places. But even so, the emperor's favorites were me and her."

"It's just that everything changed when that girl came... The three of us were very good friends, but one day the emperor's attitude towards her suddenly changed. At that time, the emperor was about to ascend the throne, and the position of the queen could only be mine. ."

A touch of determination flashed across the queen's eyes.

"In the face of power, status and friendship, the concubine and I chose the former with a tacit understanding. Just like that, the girl left. We don't know where she went. By chance, I accompanied the emperor to Nanye and met her. Only then did I know that she was married and had a child in Nanye."

The Queen Mother spoke very concisely and concisely. In just a few words, she finished the story between them in those years.

But Su Qingcheng knew that the story between them must be more than that.

"In other words, the owner of this Lily Pavilion is my mother," Su Qingcheng said.

This is an affirmative sentence, not a question.

She already knew the answer from the queen's face.

"I grew up under the encouragement of the Zhou family. I didn't have any friends, all I had were interests, so I cherish her as a friend." said the Empress.

Su Qingcheng chuckled and said: "But when she touched the interests of you and the imperial concubine, you still chose to hurt her, didn't you?"

Talking about friendship, it means nothing in the face of power and status.

It must have been Emperor Dong Ling who had the idea to make his mother his concubine, and the status he wanted to give his mother must be no lower than the two of them.

Su Qingcheng thought this.

"This should be a choice that every normal person would make." The Queen said melancholy.

"No, if she put herself in her shoes, she wouldn't choose this way." Su Qingcheng affirmed.

Although she didn't know what happened to her mother in those years, when she learned about the betrayal of her mother by her two friends, she seemed to feel her pain.

"By the way, why did you say that your mother is from Beiyuan? She is obviously from Nanye?" Su Qingcheng did not want to blame what had happened in the past, so she changed the subject.

"Did Su Qingcang not even tell you about this?" the Queen asked in surprise.

"What happened? He always said that his mother was just an ordinary daughter of the Nanye family, but she died in an accident." Su Qingcheng said.

"He actually said that," the Empress sneered, "Your mother is from the Beiyuan royal family, but we don't know exactly who she is from the Beiyuan royal family. She may be the daughter of the noble emperor, or she may be someone. A daughter with some connection to the royal family.”

Su Qingcheng knew that Beiyuan had always been very protective of the identity of the royal family, so she had never seen the missing princess Lian Yulan.

"In other words, you may even be the princess of Beiyuan." The queen looked at her and said.

Su Qingcheng finally understood why the queen knew her identity from the beginning, but tolerated everything, and was even threatened by the eldest princess.

It turned out that they were all worried about the possible relationship between her and the Beiyuan royal family.