Shadow guard, he carried my cub

The night was dark, and the Moyang Hall was brightly lit. Chi Ming was crouching at his desk to seriously review the memorials, when he suddenly heard a message from outside that the Empress Dowager had arrived.

Chi Ming quickly put down the booklet and got up to greet him.

The Empress Dowager is at the prime of her youth, dressed in a luxurious palace attire, wearing a phoenix hairpin, graceful and luxurious, with an overwhelming aura of nobility, yet she is so kind and amiable that one cannot be afraid of it.

As soon as the queen mother came in, she screened everyone in the hall away, and was then helped by Chi Ming to sit in a chair.

"Why did the queen mother come in person? Let someone inform the son, and the son will go to see the queen."

The empress dowager looked at Chi Ming with indescribable love and affection: "The empress mother knows you are busy, so she doesn't want to bother you, but there is one thing that the empress mother must ask clearly in front of you."

"Mother, please speak."

The queen mother clings to Chi Ming's hand, and a trace of pain flashes in her eyes: "Ming'er tell the queen mother the truth, does Yiying really have your flesh and blood?"

Chi Ming was not too surprised, but frowned slightly, knowing who told the queen mother without thinking.

"It was Qiu Chen and the queen mother who said it?"

"Don't blame him, Ai's family forced him to say it. You can still hide such a big thing from Ai's family."

"Mother, don't be angry, the son is afraid that the mother will be worried, so he hides it from the mother."

"Then tell the queen mother the truth, what's going on."

Chi Ming glanced at his eyebrows: "I really don't know that Yi is pregnant with a child, and I will know that the child is gone."

"Why didn't you tell the queen mother about such a big thing?"

The Empress Dowager didn't want to know why a man named Yiying was pregnant, she only knew that the child was of royal blood and was her son's flesh and blood, and now that it was so unclear, it made her feel sad and sad.

"After all, it was lost. Telling the mother is just to worry about the mother. Besides, the child cannot be kept."

"you……"

There was shock in the queen mother's eyes, but what should she say?Accusing his son of being indifferent and heartless, not even keeping his own flesh and blood?No, she doesn't have the qualifications. She owed Chi Ming for making him struggle in pain for more than 20 years. Anyone can say that the emperor is ruthless, but she can't.

If even she, the queen mother, doesn't understand, who else can love this poor emperor.

Tears welled up in the Queen Mother's eyes, and she wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief: "It's all the Queen Mother's fault."

Chi Ming sighed and squatted down to hold the Queen Mother's hand: "What did the Queen Mother think of? My son and I don't blame the Queen Mother or even the Emperor Father. They are just born to suffer."

The empress dowager caressed Chi Ming's hair in relief, the tears were still wet: "Good boy, but the throne must not be inherited by anyone. You don't like a woman close to your mother and the queen doesn't force you. Since Yiying can give birth to an heir for you, it's a godsend." , why don't you..."

"Empress mother, this son and minister owes him a lot in this life, so how can he harm him again."

There was a trace of struggle in the Queen Mother's eyes: "What if he doesn't care?"

"Even if he doesn't care, it doesn't matter. Unless Qiu Chen can research the antidote, the sons and ministers will never be left behind. As for the throne, one will be adopted from the royal family."

Chi Min's answer was also very straightforward, and his intentions were very firm.

The queen mother was speechless for a moment, but continued to wipe away her tears.

Chi Ming felt helpless and cared for his mother's queen, so he made her mother happy with a little naughty like when he was a child: "Don't worry about mother, I believe Qiu Chen will be able to research the antidote. How is the big fat grandson?"

The Empress Dowager really burst into laughter, and looked at Chi Ming lovingly: "The Emperor is grown up and has his own ideas, so the Empress Mother will not interfere."

The queen mother got up and said: "It's getting late, let's go to bed earlier."

"The sons and ministers send off the mother to the empress."

Chi Ming helped the queen mother to the gate of the government hall, and the queen mother's personal maid took over the supporting work.

"Don't send it off, the queen mother can go back by herself."

"Mother, go slowly."

After seeing off the Queen Mother, Chi Ming's smile also disappeared from his face, replaced by his usual calmness and indifference.

The next day Shen Qiuchen came to Chi Ming and told him what Yiying had said.

"Leader Yiying's injury is fine. It's not a solution for you to confine people for no reason. Be careful not to separate from you."

Chi Ming buried his head in a pile of memorial documents, and did not raise his head when he heard the words: "I know."

Shen Qiuchen curled his lips indifferently: "I have already brought the words, so I will leave first."

"How about the things I asked you to investigate?"

"How can it be so fast, even the master's handbook has never recorded this kind of medicine. In other words, how can you be sure that Yiying's pregnancy is caused by the medicine rather than his natural constitution?"

Chi Ming finally stopped writing and raised his eyes, looking at Shen Qiuchen as if he was optimistic about a freshman fool.

Shen Qiuchen's heart skipped a beat, feeling that his IQ had been insulted, and he was severely despised by this annoying emperor.

"Humph!"

Shen Qiuchen walked away angrily, feeling very resentful.

Renshou Palace.

The queen mother sat in front of the bronze mirror, carefully looking at her hair and makeup, but her face was full of worry and sadness.

"Is Aijia old and has gray hair?"

It's not that there are a few white hairs hidden among the thousands of black hairs.

The maid serving beside her quickly smiled and said: "White hair is a symbol of goodness among the people. The Queen Mother's face is said to be believed in the peach and plum years, so why is she so old?"

The Empress Dowager smiled, and her mood really improved a little: "You will make Aijia happy, go, and bring the brocade box next to Aijia's bed."

The court lady Yingyingfu responded, and took small steps to get the brocade box on the Queen Mother's bed and handed it to the Queen Mother.

The queen mother took the brocade box and opened it. Inside lay a moon-shaped blood-red pendant tied with a red string.

"This is a gift from the first emperor to Ai's family when he was young."

The Empress Dowager muttered to herself, as if she was speaking to herself or to the maid behind her, touching the pendant with her fingertips lingeringly, with a smile on her face, her eyes seemed to be filled with brilliance at this moment.

After a while, the Empress Dowager closed the brocade box and handed it to the maid behind her, saying: "Go and give this to Yi Ying, the leader of the shadow guards, and tell him that it was given to him by the Ai family. If you don't want it, you are resisting the decree."

"Yes, I know about it," the maid took the brocade box with both hands respectfully: "I will go and send it to the leader right now, my servant."

The Queen Mother nodded: "Go."

After the maid left, the queen mother shouted again: "Come here, re-tie Aijia's hair."

Another court lady responded, walked over and carefully pulled out the phoenix hairpin from the Empress Dowager's hair, and re-tied her hair into a bun.

The Empress Dowager closed her eyes as if she was enjoying herself. She really didn't want to see her white hair, not because she was afraid of getting old, but because she was afraid that her life would be short and she would not have the chance to see her son Sun Mantang with her own eyes.

A girl in green clothes stepped into the Hall of Compassion silently with her skirt raised slightly. The woman looked like a jasper, with fair complexion, big eyes, willow eyebrows, and a hanging bun, with two small braids hanging naturally on both sides of her chest. , already has the appearance of a closed moon and shameful flowers, and a fish falling into a wild goose.

The girl came quietly behind the queen mother, and silently patted the maid who was binding her hair. The maid hurriedly wanted to make a noise when she saw the girl.

The Empress Dowager was still resting with her eyes, unaware that the person who tied her hair had changed.

The girl was gentle and skillful, and after a short while, she tied up the Queen Mother's hair again, and all the strands of white hair were hidden among the black hair, which could no longer be seen.

The queen mother praised with satisfaction: "This method is getting better and better, and it reminds Aijia... Qinglian!"

The queen mother opened her eyes and was surprised to see the person she had just thought of in the bronze mirror.

"Qinglian has met the queen mother, and the queen mother is healthy."

The girl greeted her with a smile.

"My dear Lian'er, get up quickly," the queen mother was overjoyed, she turned around and took Lian'er's hand, she was very happy: "When will you come back, why don't you inform Ai's family."

"Just came back, Qing Lian didn't dare to bother the Queen Mother, and wanted to surprise the Queen Mother."

Shui Qinglian laughed while talking, even her voice was clear and pleasant like a lark.

If you want to say who is this Lian'er, who is so loved by the Queen Mother?In fact, he also has a little relationship with the royal family.

The husband of the queen mother's younger sister was named Shui, who was in the fur business. The eldest of the family was killed when the carriage accidentally fell into a ravine at night during a shopping trip. The married wife left her own children less than half a year after her husband's death and decided to remarry. The boss also had a daughter who was born to a concubine, who was usually angry with the mistress, and the concubine was even killed by the mistress, leaving behind a poor daughter.

After the Queen Mother heard about this, she asked the Mu family to take her with her because of her pitiful background, which just made up for some of the regrets in the Queen Mother's heart, and that girl was the Lian'er girl in front of her, whose real name was Shui Qinglian.Now I have been with the Queen Mother for more than six years.

Shui Qinglian is quiet, well-behaved and sensible. She looks like the queen mother's maid, but the real queen mother treats her like a daughter. Even the servants in the palace have to salute and call her Miss Qinglian when they see her.

And Shui Qinglian has a feeling of licking the calf towards the Queen Mother, so she is very grateful in her heart, and even in order to repay the kindness of the Queen Mother, Shui Qinglian goes to the temple every other year to eat vegetarian food and pray for the Queen Mother to pray for the Queen Mother. It is really in place.

"Aijia told you not to go to that temple again, you are not here, Aijia is not used to it."

"Qing Lian was deeply favored by the Empress Dowager and wanted to do something for her. Unfortunately, Lian'er was stupid and couldn't help much, so she could only beg the Bodhisattva to bless the Empress Dowager and Her Majesty in good health and live a long life."

"You are already very happy if you have this heartache."

"Qinglian still has something to give to the Queen Mother." Shui Qinglian happily took out an amulet with a red thread and handed it to the Queen Mother with both hands: "This is the amulet that Qinglian begged for the Queen Mother, and I hope the Queen Mother will accept it."

The queen mother was heartily pleased: "If you have a heart, put it on for Ai's family."

"Yes."

The queen mother turned around to face the bronze mirror again, and Shui Qinglian put the amulet on her.

It has been nearly a month since Yiying came back from Jinling City, and the bones that Yiying had been forced to rest during this month were almost falling apart, and finally he waited for his master's call.

When the shadow guard summoned Yiying according to his master's oral order, Yiying jumped out of the bed almost immediately and performed lightness kung fu all the way to the government hall.

At the entrance of the Moyang Hall, Yiying didn't dare to be presumptuous anymore, slowed down and was about to walk into the hall slowly.

However, there was a delicate voice behind him: "Master Chief."

Yiying stopped and turned around, seeing Shui Qinglian walking towards him with an exquisite food box in his hand.

Yiying asked lightly: "What's the matter?"

Shui Qinglian walked up to Yiying and stopped, raised the food box in her hand: "This is a pastry I made myself, and I ask the leader to help me bring it in for Your Majesty."

"Why don't you go in by yourself?"

Shui Qinglian glanced timidly at the palace door behind Yiying, secretly sad: "Your Majesty doesn't like women getting close, and he doesn't like me, so please help me with this, Lord Leader."

Shui Qinglian's eyes were sincere, even a little pitiful, Yiying nodded and accepted the food box without thinking too much.

"Thank you, Sir, and this amulet, please also hand it over to His Majesty."

Shui Qinglian took out the amulet from her waist and handed it to Yiying, with a bright smile on her face.

Yiying nodded again, took the amulet together, turned and entered the hall.