After I became a widow

The Empress Dowager's serious illness was not caused by anyone's manipulation, but because she was too old to hold her body.

When Xiao Beihuai received the news, he entered the palace with Su Jingqing immediately, and only saw the Queen Mother for the last time. It was the Queen Mother who insisted on refusing to die, so Xiao Beihuai had the opportunity to call her grandmother for the last time.

The Empress Dowager held Xiao Beihuai's and Su Jingqing's hands together, and when they heard each of them call out the emperor's grandmother, their hands dropped, and there was no more life.

There was no grief or pain, and he walked very peacefully.

The queen mother is a good person. She has never done anything grandiose in her life. She never competes with others, doesn't get jealous, and doesn't hurt anyone.

She gave birth to a son and was lucky enough to sit on the throne. She also became the queen mother, but she was still trapped in the deep palace and lived a lonely life.

There was a good daughter-in-law in the back, but she also walked ahead of her early, so the life in the deep palace became more and more miserable, and she just lived like this.

Xiao Beihuai's grandson became the only concern in her heart, but her grandson was worse than her son, and everything went wrong, which made her worry all the time. Every time she went out and was in danger, she hoped that he would return safely, so Day after day, I live longer than I imagined.

Now, it seems that things are starting to go smoothly, and there is someone who really cares about her grandson. She is no longer needed, so she doesn't have to continue to support her.

Her life was ordinary, and when she arrived, she could only be praised as kind and a good person.

But enough.

The queen mother walked peacefully, but there was a lot of crying beside the bed.

Xiao Beihuai was a little stunned, he looked at the queen mother on the bed and remained silent for a while, only Su Jingqing knew that Xiao Beihuai's hand with him was shaking.

He is sad.

Su Jingqing was a little bit reluctant. Although he knew this day would come, he still couldn't bear to be the only old man in the palace who showed kindness to him.

She is better and kinder than others describe her.

She was someone Xiao Beihuai cared about.

Su Jingqing didn't say anything to persuade him, but just accompanied him silently. It's hard to stop people's birth, old age, sickness and death, let alone persuade others not to be sad with words.

The old mother who followed the queen mother was overwhelmed with grief, and fainted from crying and crying. The servants in the room hurriedly carried her away, and some palace servants came to persuade the emperor and the concubines to leave. People noticed Su Jingqing and the two of them.

"Grandmother misses her mother, so she went down to stay with her, right?"

Xiao Beihuai asked suddenly, and Su Jingqing was stunned for a moment before nodding, "Yes, you reassured her, so I wanted to accompany my mother. You once said that the emperor's grandmother always regarded her as her daughter."

"That's good," Xiao Beihuai seemed to echo Su Jingqing's words, but also seemed to be talking to himself.

He pulled Su Jingqing up, "Let the imperial grandmother go."

When they turned around, they saw Tianzi being persuaded to leave with red eyes, which was in stark contrast to Xiao Beihuai's indifferent behavior.

The Son of Heaven was dissatisfied with Xiao Beihuai like this, and beckoned him to pass, "Your grandmother loves you the most. When she leaves, don't you even get jealous?"

After the Son of Heaven finished speaking, Xiao Beihuai hadn't reacted yet, Su Jingqing got angry first, "It's better than pretending to be sad."

"Presumptuous! Have I allowed you to speak?"

The emperor didn't like Su Jingqing in the first place, but Su Jingqing dared to contradict him in public, which undoubtedly angered the emperor.

Just when the Son of Heaven was about to punish Su Jingqing, Xiao Beihuai pulled him behind him, "Father is so sad, but he still remembers being angry and cursing, it's not easy."

"Whether I'm sad or not, I know it myself, and I don't care what other people think, but if the father is really sad, he can kneel in front of the imperial grandmother's spirit for more time to show his filial piety."

As Xiao Beihuai said, he also glanced at the empresses and concubines of the Son of Heaven, their eyes were all red, and some of them shed tears. As for the sincerity and lies, no one knows, life and death are always kissing and hating each other, no matter how unrelated. indifference.

For things like the Queen Mother's death, there are only those who are really sad, and the rest just need to do a good job on the surface, and no one will deliberately jump out to find fault.

But the Son of Heaven recently found Xiao Beihuai not pleasing to the eye, and wanted to criticize everywhere, since he wanted to mention it, then everyone should feel bad enough.

"At a time like this, you still have to plot people, how cold-blooded and ruthless are you!"

Xiao Beihuai gave the emperor another reason to stab him with a look.

Xiao Beihuai pursed his lips, "If you want to know, that's just for you to see."

"You ladies don't kneel in front of the imperial grandmother's spirit for a long time, and don't cry until your eyes are swollen, and no one will even think about leaving the mourning hall."

The concubines immediately changed their expressions on the spot, the emperor and Duke Huai quarreled, but they were the ones who suffered.

For a moment, everyone was in a complicated mood, hesitant to speak, and wanted to persuade the emperor not to engage in any emotional disputes. Of course, some people wanted the emperor to discipline Duke Huai. Duke Huai is too rampant now, and they are all in charge of them. on.

"Okay! They kneel, so do you!"

The emperor answered, but it was different from what others had imagined.

After the Son of Heaven finished speaking, he left angrily, and not long after that, Jinwu Guards came and guarded the gate of the palace where the Empress Dowager was about to stop, and never allowed King Huai and the concubines to enter or leave.

But Su Jingqing was free to come and go.

He walked back and forth twice, and went to talk to Xiao Beihuai, "Looks like I'm blocking your feet."

Xiao Beihuai also realized at this moment that the emperor wanted to trap him in the air, fearing that he would lead the army to go out.

The border is urgent, the place is in turmoil, Xiao Beihuai has to take care of these things, the emperor is guarding against Xiao Beihuai leaving the capital again.

"Oh, it's the self-righteous father's heart again."

If the emperor asks first, he will know Xiao Beihuai's plan.

In the current situation, even if he wants to leave the capital, he dare not leave. After all, he has forced people to cooperate with the enemy, and rebellion is nothing. He will change the name and surname of this country in the morning. He is not stupid enough to lead the army by himself do something.

With military achievements and disaster relief, aside from other things, he still has a reputation for being capable of writing and martial arts.

And he's not really useless.

It is really tormenting to have such a slow-down father.

Xiao Beihuai sighed, and said to Su Jingqing, "I will trouble you, Qing'er, with the outside affairs."

Xiao Beihuai has already been selected no matter whether it is to go to war or to quell the chaos. He only needs to wait for a clear road in the court before the army can be dispatched.

Su Jingqing nodded, "If your father wants to spend time, you can spend time with him. I have other things to do."

"We are lucky, someone is available."

The people Xiao Beihuai chose to go to the war belonged to the Ye family, while those who went to quell the chaos were from the Gu family. Counting their relationship, they were all relatives.

The Ye family would not betray Xiao Beihuai, but the Gu family didn't have to, unless the Gu family had bigger plans.

But the Gu family is fighting chaos, even if they want to rebel, they have to go out of the capital first and then fight back. It is hard to say whether they can fight back after going out, at least it is better than the border gate who deliberately put the enemy into the territory of Dayong to plunder the people.

Just hope that they see the right person, otherwise things will be a bit tricky.

After the two finished talking, Su Jingqing planned to leave the palace, but was blocked by someone, the sixth princess Xiao Anlan.

He was dressed plain today, but the makeup on his face gave him a sense of weakness. He was tall and tall, with an obvious manly face, but he still pretended to be weak, which made people feel uncomfortable all over.

Xiao Anlan bowed to the two of them, "Could you take a step to speak, brother and sister-in-law?"

Xiao Beihuai nodded, and entered an empty room, with Siyan and Xiangyu guarding the outside.

"Say it straight," Xiao Beihuai said.

Xiao Anlan didn't say anything, "Brother Huang must have guessed the identity of my younger brother a long time ago. My younger brother came today to ask for something. My younger brother wants to go to the battlefield."

Xiao Beihuai asked, "Why?"

Xiao Anlan said bluntly, "I want to survive."

"If you want to make military achievements in exchange for your mother and concubine and yourself, it doesn't matter if you are a prince or princess, as long as you can live freely as a man."

He has played the role of a woman in the palace for more than ten years carefully, and he doesn't want to be like this in the future.

Xiao Anlan bowed solemnly to Xiao Beihuai, "If my younger brother accidentally dies in battle, I beg your brother to save my mother and concubine's life in the future, she will have no choice but to do so."

Xiao Beihuai stared at Xiao Anlan for a moment, then agreed, "Okay, but you don't have to go to the border, and follow to quell the chaos."

"If you really want to go to the battlefield, you can ask your master after you go out. There are generals stationed at the border. If you want to be an upright man, there is a place for you at the border."

Xiao Anlan couldn't hide his excitement, and bowed to Xiao Beihuai again, "Thank you, Brother Huang."

Then he smirked unconsciously, he could finally escape from the cage of the palace.

"Then I'll tell my concubine first, and then wait for the queen's arrangement. My brother will leave."

Xiao Anlan couldn't wait to leave, judging from her back, she was really happy.

The imperial palace is indeed a prison, some people sharpen their heads and want to get in, and some people inside can't fly out even with their wings.

Xiao Anlan and Concubine De are also poor people, and Concubine Zhong Gui is too ruthless, she can't even tolerate children.

Of course, there was also the result of his father being blind.

Su Jingqing looked at Xiao Beihuai sympathetically, and patted his arm, "Thank you for your hard work." There is such a father.

Xiao Beihuai nodded, he was quite tired, but luckily it was almost over.

The two acted separately, one was guarding the queen mother's spirit, and the other went out of the palace to run errands for Xiao Beihuai to convey the news.

Because of the border war, the emperor had to go to the court, and the court was very unified in talking about war and not peace, but they were arguing back and forth about soldiers, horses, food, grass, and money. This time, they didn't talk about poverty, but how much they gave. I always wanted to take a bite It's not smooth to let the expedition start.

Su's father also went to the court, and his son had called him in advance, asking him to move Duke Huai out at the critical moment, to deter these people who wanted to take the opportunity to find trouble.

Su's father was very happy to do this kind of trickery, so he said on the spot: "It seems that the adults in the household department think that less money and food will not hinder the war, so why not ask Lord Ye and General Gu to ask His Highness Duke Huai for instructions. My lord, let’s go to be a military supervisor together.”

"It's like going to Mizhou for disaster relief."

After Su's father finished speaking, he cast a faint glance at those people who danced exceptionally well, and said: "The prince is in the palace, it's okay to invite someone to ask now."

The people from the household department immediately glared fiercely at Father Su, a meddler, like a bitter gourd.

"Master Su, I'm just talking about business, what are you messing with here?"

Su's father was overjoyed, and was about to open his mouth to refute back, when he heard the emperor in the seat say, "Okay, Gu Ye and the two lovers will give as much as they report. Going out, I will not give up an inch of land in the Yongjiang Mountains!"

When the Son of Heaven opened his mouth, the others naturally couldn't say anything more. Mr. Ye and General Gu also quickly took orders, promising to repel the enemy and wipe out all the bandits.

After that, the Ministry of Rites reported the funeral of the Empress Dowager, and the emperor asked the Ministry of Rites to follow the regulations, and then retired.

When the court was over, the emperor asked Xu Cai to call Xiao Beihuai, and he would definitely give this unfilial son a good reprimand. He had prepared for it tomorrow morning, but he didn't say a word to him, which made him worry and gave him a headache.

Xiao Beihuai naturally knew why the Son of Heaven was looking for him, and now he was becoming obedient, and would never leave the Empress Dowager's resting chamber.

Xu Cai went back to answer, and the emperor came again. The emperor threw the book angrily, "He really wants to piss me off so I'm happy!"

Naturally, Xu Cai immediately tried to persuade him, speaking well for King Huai.

After all, it was the Son of Heaven himself who took the initiative to pick things up to trap Duke Huai. Now that things were different from what he had thought, the Son of Heaven was reluctant to bow his head. Duke Huai was not a good talker at all, so he had no choice but to show his temper.

After being angry for a long time, the emperor was overwhelmed, and then he let him go to guard the queen mother, and Xu Cai heaved a sigh of relief.

Your Majesty, it would be great if he realized earlier that he could no longer control Duke Huai, otherwise he would be the one who suffers and gets angry.

Xu Cai sighed in his heart, but they dare not say these words as slaves, they can only hope that this messy day will end soon, and there will be no more troubles.

As a result, when the Son of Heaven went to guard the spirit, Duke Huai urged him to cry, as if he did not embarrass Duke Huai in public, Duke Huai did not save him face either.

And the other concubines were honest and honest, no one dared to provoke Xiao Beihuai, the evil spirit.

Except for more sincere crying, everything else in the palace was peaceful.

And outside the palace, the people who are playing a big game of chess are also sighing, the game is not going well, what should we do?