The King of Liang, the feudal lords outside the town, and the generals inside

The setting sun was falling in the west, and the broken golden afterglow flowed thickly and colorfully like red gold paint.When Bai Yu was summoned by the emperor to enter the palace, the imperial concubine's Fangfei Palace had already hung up white banners.But because it was the Longevity Festival and the third prince had just been born, the layout of Fangfei Hall seemed a bit hasty and crude.

At this time, the harem was in chaos. On the one hand, there was the funeral in Fangfei Palace, on the other hand, the third prince was born prematurely and weak, and the imperial physician was busy taking care of him. A high-ranking concubine hurried to visit.

On the queen mother's side, regardless of the queen mother's face, the emperor arrested several servants of the compassionate palace, midwife Wen and the imperial physician for interrogation. At this time, he had just returned from prison.

He described it as fatigued, tired and weak, and his eye circles were a little red.Bai Yu sat down beside him and called him softly, "Brother Huang..."

The emperor took a deep breath, hugged Bai Yu sideways, and buried his head on Bai Yu's shoulder, "Li Guang, I'm really sad that she's gone. She shouldn't die, it's all my fault, it's my fault. Didn't protect her well."

It was the first time for Bai Yu to see this Ninth Five-Year Venerable showing such a fragile side, and this man treated him very well as his elder brother.He endured his sadness and comforted him softly: "Your Majesty died in childbirth, how can you blame Brother Huang?"

The emperor shook his head, "No, I've checked carefully, she gave birth a little early at the time, but there's no need to rush it, but she was given a lot of oxytocin drugs, and was pressed by three stable women, Forced to push the child out, which led to blood collapse - it is not a short-term thing for a woman to give birth to a child. The queen gave birth to Zan for a day and a night when she was a child, and the imperial doctor only fed her ginseng soup, and did not give her to induce labor. medicine!"

Bai Yu was taken aback, and quickly asked: "Who asked the imperial physician to give the imperial concubine the labor-inducing medicine?"

The emperor didn't speak, but held Bai Yu's wrist tightly, his hand was as cold as ice in the twelfth lunar month.Bai Yu vaguely guessed something, and was too shocked to speak.Even the emperor and empress would not issue such an order, so there is only one person with this right.

"I know that Xin'er has a straight temper, and she has repeatedly dissatisfied her since she entered the palace, but I didn't expect her to be so cruel, causing the third prince to lose his biological mother as soon as he was born, and causing Xin'er to die so miserably. What's even more hateful is that she She did such a thing in front of me and the empress, and the empress begged her like that, and she will not soften her heart!" The emperor hugged Baiyu tightly, as if he wanted to find some strength from Baiyu to support him, "I, the emperor, It's really stupid."

The imperial concubine also saved Bai Yu before, but he didn't even have time to repay.Both new and old grudges surged up, Bai Yu's heart hardened in an instant, and she said what she had been holding back for so long, "The harem is in turmoil, the previous court is in turmoil, these days the emperor shouldn't have worked so hard... the emperor was treated with filial piety... I can't hold my head up."

The emperor didn't say a word, his eyes were slightly closed, his body trembled slightly, and a teardrop slowly overflowed from the corner of his eye.

After an unknown amount of time, the emperor whispered, "But she is my biological mother after all."

Being crucified on these two words, even the lord of the world has nothing to do.Bai Yu even wanted to be thankful that he was not cast into the Empress Dowager's womb when she was reincarnated 16 years ago.Although his biological mother died early and he didn't even know what she looked like, at least he could understand from the few words of others that his mother was a kind and gentle woman, and the queen mother was not worthy to compare with her.

Bai Yu supported the emperor's shoulders, and said with a wry smile: "But the emperor can't let all this go on forever, it will cause a catastrophe. The imperial court favors literature over martial arts, and the generals are already withered. Brother, the generals can't handle it." Started to toss like this."

The emperor finally raised his head, "What happened to Yan Xun?"

Bai Yu felt a little sad, "Brother Huang knows the general's loyalty to Brother Huang. But loyalty is also afraid of chilling. What did he do wrong to be framed again and again like this?"

There was a long silence, and the candle flame fluttered and fluttered with the wind, making people's eyes dazzled and their hearts confused.

"I was born less than a month ago, and my father passed away. You were not born at that time. So I succeeded, and my mother carried me to the court. She ruled the court for sixteen years, and at that time the generals in the court were also Quite a few, such as Yan Xun’s father, Duke Yongming Yan Jun. He also made great military exploits, and the Yan family has great prestige in the imperial court.” The emperor paused, “I sometimes feel puzzled, how come during those 16 years, The Empress Mother has never been so wary of guarding against or even framing any general, but now she keeps her eyes on Yan Xun like this—speaking of which, Yan Xun's current military power is not as much as that in the hands of Duke Yong Ming."

After a moment of contemplation, it was so quiet that one could hear the sound of the wind passing through the corridor outside the window.Bai Yu frowned, and said in a low voice: "Brother Huang, have you ever thought that maybe the Queen Mother is not targeting General Yan, maybe no matter who is in the position of General Yan, the Queen Mother will do these things."

The emperor focused for a moment, then turned to look at him, "You mean..."

Bai Yu used to be so suspicious, but now after hearing what the emperor said, the fog of doubt in his heart seems to have dissipated a bit, "When Qin Ran was involved, many courtiers asked the emperor to dismiss the general outside the Chongming Palace. Let Cen An take his place. So the Queen Mother just doesn't like General Yan, or does she want her nephew to gain military power?"

The emperor's lips moved, almost unbelievable, "No matter how much I kiss my nephew, can I still kiss my own son better than me?"

Bai Yu was silent for a while, as if he was going all out, he said: "Brother Huang is the biological son of the Empress Dowager, and also the biological son of the Emperor Father. The royal brother's surname is Mu, and the Empress Dowager's surname is Cen."

The sky was already completely dark, and the palace lanterns flickered under the eaves, pulling the shadows of people and things into a sway, like countless ghosts, tentatively stretching out their skinny claws to the world.Time also passed extremely slowly, and the emperor sat quietly, neither speaking nor moving.

That's all the words, no need to say more thoroughly.Just like the emperor may not have thought that the queen mother is actually reluctant to part with the power of the government for sixteen years, but as long as the queen mother returns to him and retreats to the harem, there is no need to mention everything. .

Bai Yu suddenly remembered an important matter, "My brother learned something a few days ago, it is related to the palace, I want to ask Brother Huang."

The emperor came back to his senses, nodded and said, "Just ask."

"Does the emperor know Nanny Feng? She is..."

"Nurse Feng?" The emperor said immediately without waiting for him to finish, "She is my wet nurse. Why did you ask her?"

Bai Yu's whole body shook violently, "Nurse Feng is the emperor's wet nurse?! Is she still alive?"

The emperor shook his head, "She passed away about four years ago."

Bai Yu was extremely disappointed, her eyelashes drooped slightly, and she sighed secretly.The emperor didn't ask about this any more, just patted Bai Yu's hand, "It's getting late, don't go out of the palace tonight, stay in the side hall and stay with me."

The moon took over from the sun and slowly crawled out from the dark clouds. Bai Yu blew out the candle and was just about to rest when he heard a soft knock on the door, followed by a familiar scent of ambergris.

"Brother Emperor?" Bai Yu asked softly, just as he was about to relight the candle, the Emperor stepped forward and raised his hand to stop him, and said in a low voice, "Follow me."

In the emperor's study room, there is a large bookshelf towering above the sky, which is full of poetry and history books.There was no lamp in the study, Bai Yu was pulled by the emperor with one hand, and groped subconsciously with the other, the emperor was very familiar with it, walking and shuttling in the darkness.He did not know where to press a mechanism, and a book on the shelf was immediately removed, and he reached in and fiddled with the empty space for a while.Suddenly, a five-story bookshelf opened backwards, like a door, but behind it was still invisible.

"Be careful." The emperor said softly, "There are steps below."

The steps lead directly to the ground like going down a staircase. The emperor lit a torch, and Bai Yu followed the emperor down step by step in amazement.

When the secret path was finished, Bai Yu's eyes suddenly opened up. It was a dark room with a small area but a very high height. A beam of moonlight shone from the top in the center of the dark room.There is only a small round table and a small wooden bed in the dark room, but the quilt on it is brand new and thick.There are some unfinished food on the table, including fish and meat, which is very rich.

There was a person huddled on the bed, and the person sat up slowly when he heard the movement. She was a woman who looked about 60 years old. She was not afraid at all when she saw the emperor, so she happily lifted the quilt, got out of bed and walked over.

Her skin was too pale because she hadn't seen the sun for a long time, her hair was a little yellow, her eye sockets were sunken, and she was as thin as a thin layer of paper.

The emperor did not allow her to salute, he smiled and helped her to sit down, took a dress from the shelf and put it on her body, then turned to Bai Yu and said, "She is my nurse, Mother Feng."

Bai Yu was overjoyed, thinking that she might be able to learn a lot from Nanny Feng, she couldn't help but walk closer, wanting to take a closer look at Nanny Feng's appearance.

But when Nanny Feng saw him, she suddenly opened her mouth wide and stood up abruptly, she wanted to speak but couldn't, she was so anxious that she kept patting her thigh.It was only then that Bai Yu realized that all her ten fingers had been amputated at the root, and there were only two isolated palms left on her hands.

The emperor supported her and said, "Don't worry, mama, I know what you're going to say. This is King Liang, my own younger brother. He looks a lot like Empress Shuyuan, so you're so excited, aren't you?"

Nanny Feng nodded her head desperately, staring at Bai Yu and refusing to look away.

"Brother Huang, Mother Feng, this is..."

The emperor's eyes were full of pain, "She was not like this. Four years ago, someone gave her dumb drugs and cut off her fingers. When I found her, she was dying. So I built this secret room." , hide her here, so far only I and Shen Xiang know about it."

Mother Feng remembered the past, her eyes were filled with tears immediately, the emperor looked at her old appearance, and said sadly: "When you look at her, do you think she should be in her 43s? In fact, she is only [-] years old now. .”