The wind of wonder in Tianyue rises from the frontier fortress

Li Wanhua looked at the ground silently, and did not speak for a long time. Empress Dowager Zhang looked at her quietly, waiting patiently for her decision after intense ideological struggle.

The entire inner hall of Fengming Palace was silent only the breathing of her mother and daughter. Li Wanhua's heart started beating wildly and then gradually calmed down. Finally, she opened her mouth with difficulty: "Mother's mother , I don’t want to choose a royal husband so early.”

Empress Dowager Zhang smiled knowingly, looked at Li Wanhua and said, "My lord, how old do you think you are before you are willing to get married? You are already 28 years old, let alone the common people, even if it is our royal family, this 28 years old Years old, it's really not young."

Li Wanhua's face was slightly pale, she pursed her lips tightly, and for a moment she didn't know how to answer Queen Mother Zhang's words.I only heard Empress Dowager Zhang hesitate, and said with difficulty: "Emperor, tell the empress the truth, do you already have someone you like?"

Li Wanhua was startled, and immediately stared at Empress Dowager Zhang with wide eyes, as if it was incredible after the secret in her heart was exposed.Seeing her expression, Empress Dowager Zhang's heart gradually sank to the bottom. This was the result she was least willing to face, but often what she was most unwilling to face was what happened in reality.

Li Wanhua lowered her head slowly. The moment she looked at Queen Mother Zhang, she knew that the secret in her heart had been known by Queen Mother Zhang. It was a heinous thing for her to fall in love with Chu Qingxi, but after all, her choice disappointed her mother.

She could hear the trembling in Empress Dowager Zhang's voice and the calmness she pretended to be calm. She also knew how much pressure and pain her admission would cause to Empress Zhang. However, even so, Li Wanhua finally gritted her teeth and slowly He raised his head, looked at Queen Mother Zhang and said, "Yes, Queen Mother, I fell in love with someone."

Empress Dowager Zhang closed her eyes in pain. The thing she feared most finally happened. Ever since Li Wanhua became an adult, she had vaguely realized that her daughter was different from ordinary women. By her side, there has never been a particularly close man.Empress Dowager Zhang has been consoling herself. Perhaps the emperor was late to enlighten, or he was busy with political affairs, which caused the emperor to neglect life-long affairs.

Even so, Empress Dowager Zhang still holds on to the last hope. Since ancient times, the harem has been lonely, and there has never been a lack of false phoenixes. If the emperor can give her a grandson without delaying the marriage, Empress Dowager Zhang is willing to keep an eye on these things. Close one eye, pretending not to know at all.After all, the entire Great Xia Dynasty belonged to the emperor, and it wasn't a big deal for her to like a few women.

But now, the emperor is now possessed by a demon!She actually put her likes and dislikes in a higher position than Guozuo!This endangered the foundation of the country and affected the continuation of Li's blood. The Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't ignore this matter, so how could she ignore it?

Her voice was already dry, and she said in a hoarse voice, "That person, is the woman from the Song Dynasty you saved?"

Li Wanhua's nails had sunk into the flesh of her palm, but her voice was still so firm: "Yes!"

Empress Dowager Zhang said bitterly: "Then have you thought about the future? Emperor. Have you thought about our Li family's country? Have you thought about your father? After you let your mother die for a hundred years, how will you go to see your father?" ?”

His mournful voice was like a cuckoo weeping blood. Li Wanhua's tears could not help but slipped down like pearls with a broken thread. Empress Dowager Zhang's words were like a sharp sword piercing the most feared place in her heart. , the world of the Li family, is it really in his own hands?

"Emperor, if you have no descendants, there will be wars everywhere in this world. Those wolves who are eyeing tigers, when your father was around, they wanted to grab your Li family. Your father worked so hard, how much he suffered, how much he suffered. Sin, just now this piece of river and mountain was handed over to you, so that the world is peaceful and the people live in peace and prosperity! Do you have the heart to waste all your father's hard work?", Empress Dowager Zhang's voice was full Sad and desolate: "Even if you don't care about your father, queen and queen, do you have the heart to watch the world in chaos and the people suffer from displacement?"

Li Wanhua's face became paler and paler, she struggled weakly and said: "The son of King Zhongyi, the grandson of King Sejong, has been loyal, filial and righteous since childhood, capable of writing at the age of three, and capable of martial arts at the age of seven, in terms of it, I am still his aunt ..."

Empress Dowager Zhang interrupted with a sneer: "It seems that you still have a candidate for the crown prince. But don't forget, prince, that your grandfather and his great-grandfather were both the sons of Sejong in the past. For the sake of the throne, it can be regarded as completely ruining the brotherhood." .Now if you pass the throne to that boy, do you think that after he ascends the throne, you will let your ancestor tablet stay in the Taimiao of the Great Xia Dynasty?"

Empress Dowager Zhang sneered: "The Ai family has lived to this age, and I have never heard of a nephew who does not enshrine his parents, but instead enshrines his aunt. What's more, this nephew is a generation away!"

Empress Dowager Zhang's words were like knives, piercing Li Wanhua's heart like a drop of blood.She had to admit that every word of Queen Mother Zhang pierced into her heart, she did not understand these principles, what's more, this was precisely the part of her heart that she had never dared to face.

She has been avoiding thinking about these questions, because when she thinks about these questions, she feels that her future is dark, and she can't see any chance to escape. Maybe, when she wears the crown, her life is doomed, All will be dedicated to this ancient dynasty.

Li Wanhua seemed to have been drained of all the energy in her body. She covered her face and slowly squatted on the ground. Tears flowed down her cheeks through her fingers, and her crying choked, like a helpless child.

Empress Dowager Zhang looked at her speechlessly, looking at her only child who was still alive in this world, she couldn't help feeling bitter and astringent.No mother would be willing for her child to live a life she didn't want, and no mother would look at her child crying helplessly and remain indifferent.However, in front of Jiangshan Sheji, Empress Dowager Zhang is the queen mother of a country first, and the mother second. This is their duty as a royal family, and it is also their destiny as a royal family.

After Li Wanhua's crying gradually calmed down, Empress Dowager Zhang calmly said: "My son, as an emperor, although he is worshiped by all people, he must be responsible to the people. Since you were born in the emperor's family, you have ascended to the position of great treasure. , there are some things you can only face and bear. This is your responsibility and your destiny. Listen to what your mother says, and face things that cannot be avoided. Your mother only has you as a child. I will force you to live a life you don't want for the rest of your life, as long as you give birth to an imperial heir for Daxia, no matter male or female, the queen mother will no longer interfere in your private affairs."

Queen Mother Zhang's words expressed her final bottom line.Her implication was very clear, as long as Li Wanhua gave birth to a child and became the heir of Xixia Kingdom, whether Li Wanhua loved men or chose women from now on, Empress Dowager Zhang would never interfere again.But the prerequisite for all this lies in Li Wanhua's eyes, and she must shoulder the responsibilities she should bear.

Seeing Li Wanhua's disheartened expression, Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't bear it after all, she relaxed her breath and said comfortingly: "Your Majesty, the Empress Mother doesn't know your feelings for that Song woman. But if the timing is wrong for anything, , No matter how hard you try, it will be in vain. You can also talk to that Song woman, if that woman is sincere to you, she must understand your difficulties."

The Empress Dowager Zhang only knew one thing but didn't know the other. Seeing Li Wanhua's deep affection for that Song country woman, she took it for granted that the Song country woman must be the first to show her affection. In her heart, her own children are of course the most outstanding in the world. Juncai, how could she think that the feelings in this world are often not measured by status and status. The most outstanding daughter in her mind is the one who bows down under her pomegranate skirt, while the reckless girl in common clothes in her mind , but it happened to be the beauty her daughter couldn't ask for, the beauty she dreamed of.

Li Wanhua heard her mother say this, she couldn't help but also couldn't help crying and laughing, all mothers in the world are proud of their children, and it is unexpected that her mother is also not exempt.She opened her mouth bitterly, but found that her voice was hoarse: "Mother, I'm a little tired. Let me think about this matter again, okay?"

Looking at her tired and pale face, Empress Dowager Zhang knew that today's events had made her physically and mentally exhausted, and she also believed that the heart-to-heart conversation just now had already been listened to by the Empress.At the moment, she no longer forced Li Wanhua to make a clear statement, but only slowed down her expression, and said softly: "You have a rest, the queen mother will not bother you anymore. Emperor, you just need to remember that everything the queen mother does is For your own good, just because you are the only blood of the empress in this world."

Li Wanhua smiled wearily, she knew that what the Empress Dowager Zhang said came from the bottom of her heart, but this maternal love that added the responsibility for the succession of the dynasty made her breathless.She knew that she couldn't blame Queen Mother Zhang, and even if she stood in the position of Queen Mother Zhang, she might make the same decision.

Watching Empress Dowager Zhang leave, Li Wanhua staggered towards the dragon bed. At this time, Lu'er and He'er had already entered the hall to wait on her. When she saw Li Wanhua lying on the dragon bed with a pale face and tears streaming down her face, she couldn't help being frightened. He rushed forward and asked, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"

Li Wanhua turned over and covered her face with a pillow, and then her messy breath and trembling body betrayed her sadness at this moment, which made Lu'er and He'er look pale, they looked at each other, although they could guess the matter It must have something to do with Empress Dowager Zhang, but he didn't dare to ask more questions, nor did he dare to make random guesses.

They accompanied Li Wanhua silently, and the sound of the empress crying pierced into their ears, which made people feel pity from the bottom of their hearts.But it's about the Empress Dowager and the emperor's affairs, how many of them have the guts to participate as slaves?The only thing they can do is to silently accompany the empress, take care of her as much as possible, and comfort her.

Li Wanhua cried wildly, but felt much better.She turned over and sat up, seeing Lu'er and He'er accompanying her, she couldn't help but feel comforted in her heart, she raised her sleeves and wiped away her tears, stood up and said, "Come with me for a walk over there."

Lu'er and He'er knew that she was going to the side hall of Fengming Palace again, so they couldn't help persuading with some hesitation: "The Queen Mother just left, Your Majesty..."

Li Wanhua glanced at them and said, "I know what's in my heart. I... just want to talk to her."