King and General untie their battle robes

The weather has been very good these past few days, which seems strange in the rainy and sometimes sunny June.

It seems that a big storm is brewing, and before it rages, it gives the world a little peace with a playful mind.

Yuan He held a letter and walked towards the interior of Changtai Hall.

She served the king these days, always with 12 points of care.Although the king's words and deeds were the same as usual, and there was no change, but she just felt that it was different from usual.

So when you speak and do things, you can't help but be more cautious.

"Your Majesty, the Taifu's secret letter."

Ruan Xi put down his pen: "Take it here."

Yuan He presented the envelope, without squinting, and quietly stood aside.

Ruan Xi opened the envelope and unfolded it one by one. There were three sheets of letter paper inside, and each page was filled with words.

Three pages is not too much, Ruan Xi only read it once, but when his eyes stayed on the last page, he didn't move for a long time.

Yuan He called out a little worriedly: "Your Majesty?"

Ruan Xi hurriedly scanned the letter again, quickly folded it up and held it in his hand, and stood up abruptly.

"Your Majesty?" Yuan He was taken aback, "Are you going out?"

Ruan Xi nodded indiscriminately, and said "Go alone", ignored the memorials all over the table, and walked outside directly.

The figure disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving Yuan He standing there in a daze, looking at the empty door and at the envelope on the table, at a loss.

Even though he didn't know anything, Yuan He just felt that the reason why he had been cautious for the past few days might have been stimulated by something.

It seems that there are some things that will be resolved soon.

At that time, whether it is sunny or rainy, there will be a conclusion.

Ruan Xi took the letter and walked out of Changtai Hall alone.He wasn't walking at all. If it wasn't for his demeanor not changing, judging by his speed, it would be no problem to say he was running.

The thin, delicate and white paper in his hand suddenly became prickly and heavy at this moment.

What did the letter say?

It was not his intention to say that his father and king were in love with each other, favored the newcomer, and betrayed the oath with the queen mother. It was all because of Lin Zhongshi's drug?

And Bian Youli's change of temperament and behavior is also due to the same reason?

Can there be such a statement?

Ruan Xi tightly grasped the letter paper, and unconsciously clenched it into a ball.He didn't know which way he was going, but fortunately no one in the palace saw him. When he wanted to go forward again, he found a locked palace in front of him.

He stared blankly at the door of the palace, subconsciously took a step back.

This is the residence of his mother during her lifetime, and it is also the residence of queens of all dynasties.It's just that when Concubine Lin proposed to live in, but was rejected by her father, the woman forced the palace to be sealed up.

Since then, this place, which used to be the residence of the most noble women in the entire Jing Kingdom, has become an abandoned place.

But of course the young Ruan Xi was not reconciled. When he missed his mother, he really wanted to go back and visit.Once, I really wanted to go in, so I brought Jiang Yan to help, and broke the lock of the palace door. The lock looked intact, but in fact, it would open with just a pull.

Later he sneaked in many times.

But since he was enthroned, he has never been here again.

Because there are too many things to face, too much pain, too much difficulty, and swords are everywhere. One more step is a bottomless abyss, and one step less is a cliff.

What is locked in this palace is the self who has not experienced wind and rain. Although he has ignorant happiness, he is too useless.

So he didn't want to go in and see.

And it all started because the royal father married a woman of unknown origin, as if he had forgotten the past of love with the queen mother, and the vows of eternal love were only ruthless.

But... is that so?

The Taifu letter said that these are all Luo Feng's words, because this medicine came from Luo country, and it was passed from Xishi to Luo country a long time ago. Because of the terrible effect, it was soon listed as a banned drug. allowed to appear.At that time, the royal family conducted a thorough investigation, and only two boxes were missing.

Lin Zhongshi did not know where he got these two boxes, because one box was only enough for one person, so he used it very carefully, once on the former king, and once on Bian Youli.

Facts have proved that the establishment of efficacy is immediate.

Ruan Xi stood in front of the palace gate for a while, took a step forward tentatively, and was about to take it back, but held back forcefully, and dropped his foot to the ground.

With the first step, the second step is much easier.

One step, two steps... He finally reached the front of the palace gate.

A thick layer of dust had fallen on the lock, and the vermilion palace door was no longer as bright as it used to be. Pieces of varnish leather had faded away, leaving mottled red and black marks.

Ruan Xi stretched out his hand to touch the door lock, and his fingers were immediately stained with dust. He retracted his hand and stared at his fingers, then stretched out his hand again, and pulled the door lock with ease.

Ruan Xi didn't expect that after several years, the original method of unlocking the lock was still in his hands, unchanged for years.

He opened the lock, covered his mouth and nose and pushed the door hard, the dust fell in all directions, and after a while, it could be regarded as subdued.

After the dust settled down, Ruan Xi put down his sleeves and carefully looked at the scenery in the hall.

In fact, there is no scenery to talk about.

Ahead was a garden—what was once a garden, but now only wild weeds.

He hesitated for a moment, raised his foot to step over the threshold, and finally stood inside again.

Although, everything is not what it used to be.

But even so, all the trails were covered by wild grasses spreading unrestrainedly, not a single stem of those precious and beautiful flowers was left, and many trees were entangled to death by vines, Ruan Xi could still easily distinguish their former appearance.

What kind of flowers are planted, what kind of grass, what kind of trees, what shapes are arranged, and what are the sayings.

It's all still in his memory.

However, there is more than that.

Because soon after his mother passed away, his father accepted a newcomer into the palace. Ruan Xi was upset and did not want to go to the royal tomb to pay homage to the mausoleum that was destined to be buried together.

He took some of the queen mother's old and frequently used clothes, and set up a clothes tomb here, enshrining only the queen's spiritual tablet.

This spiritual place is under the pomegranate tree in the northwest corner of the garden.

The garden is full of flowering trees, withered and decayed, but the pomegranate tree in the northwest corner is still alive and lush, and bears small fruits even when no one takes care of it.

I think the ancestors had spirits and couldn't bear to make the children sad, so they used the worldly things to leave some traces of comfort.

Ruan Xi stepped over a pile of weeds, bypassed dead trees and vines, and finally came under the pomegranate tree.

The sun was scorching hot, but there was shade under the trees.

Ruan Xi looked at the dust on the spirit tablet, knelt down and wiped it with his sleeve.

It wasn't clean until I used up both sleeves, and then lifted the corner of the clothes and wiped it again.

Putting the spirit tablet back to its original place, Ruan Xi knelt upright and solemnly performed the ritual of kneeling and worshiping.

After the ceremony, he straightened up, looked at the words on the spirit card, and the face of the queen mother, who had been blurred for a long time, suddenly appeared in front of him.

Even if she was strict with herself at the beginning, she didn't have a lot of pampering and pampering.

But in those young years, when there was no one to talk to, and no one to trust in the gloomy situation later, Ruan Xi still missed her very much.

Because I know in my heart that she is someone who can always be relied on.

"Mother's queen..." Ruan Xi called out in a low voice, and when he spoke again, he unconsciously choked with grievances, "What should I do?"

But the spirit card could not answer him, only the leaves of the pomegranate tree rustled.

However, Ruan Xi seemed to have finally found a place to talk, and couldn't help but ask again: "Queen, did Lin Zhongshi have a grudge against me in the previous life?"

Otherwise, why make things difficult for him again and again?

Once or twice, why did they target the most important people around him at that time?

The spirit card remained unmoved.

However, Ruan Xi gradually lost his grievances and calmed down while speaking word by word.

It doesn't seem to be a big deal when I say it out, what my father did back then suddenly becomes insignificant at this moment.

At least this palace has never been touched by outsiders.

When he finished speaking and looked around, he realized that it was dusk.

The scorching heat was no longer scorching, but gradually turned into a gentle intensity, accompanied by the gentle wind, like the gentleness specially sent to him by the queen mother in heaven.

The difference between yin and yang is transformed into one place in an instant, and the woman who has been dead for many years seems to give him strength with an encouraging and compassionate smile.

Ruan Xi looked at the spirit tablet, bowed his head and kowtowed: "Thank you, Empress."

He knelt on the ground for too long, his legs were numb and he didn't pay attention to it, so that he almost couldn't stand when he got up, but there was no support around him for him to support.

Just when he was about to salute the spirit card again, a hand suddenly stretched out from behind and supported him.

Ruan Xi never expected that there were other people here, and although he was supported, he didn't feel very lucky, he was only surprised, and subconsciously turned his head to look.

Bian Youli looked at him very close, and there seemed to be thousands of waves in his eyes, but the moment Ruan Xi turned his head, he endured all of them, and it turned into indescribable depth.

Xiangwan sunset replaced the dazzling white light during the day, and also gave the ground a lot of shade. Today, Bian Youli wore an exquisite black and red robe, and his black hair was tied up with a vermilion coral hairpin. , This is a rare face in the world, and it suddenly becomes more beautiful.

He didn't wear bright colors before, so Ruan Xi was taken aback by this attire.

After a while, Ruan Xi came back to his senses and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"

Before Bian Youli could speak, Ruan Xi thought of what he said, and immediately said, "How long have you been here?"

Bian Youli looked at him deeply and didn't answer for a long time.

Ruan Xi called him anxiously: "Fu Qing?"

Bian Youli hummed, tightened his hand, and said softly, "Follow me."