Food for the people

"Do you know why I invited you here?" asked the Queen Mother.

Qiao Yu slandered inwardly: Putting anesthesia on someone's nose, can this be counted as invitation?

But he thought so in his heart, but he definitely didn't dare to say it out of his mouth. He bent his eyes and said with a smile: "I don't know, please let the empress dowager make it clear."

Lu Jincheng didn't know when he would find out that he was gone. Although Qiao Yu didn't have much fear of the queen mother, he didn't dare to be tough with the queen mother, so he could only drag it down until Lu Jincheng came to save his life, so he Although the words were sincere, there was no fear in his expression.

The empress dowager's phoenix eyes were wide open, and she looked at Qiao Yu from top to bottom expressionlessly. She didn't know whether she was satisfied or dissatisfied. Anyway, her face was serious and she couldn't see the clues. Aunt Suihe stood beside the empress dowager and followed her. She glanced at Qiao Yu, and the queen mother didn't respond to what Qiao Yu said, Aunt Sui He couldn't help but frowned and scolded.

"Presumptuous! How dare you be so rampant in front of the empress dowager!"

Hearing this, Qiao Yu pulled up her clothes and knelt in front of the Queen Mother, saying: "If the Queen Mother is really upset, it is a small fault, but to be honest, since the Queen Mother called the young one to come, she should tell me first, why? okay?"

He was talking nonsense with his eyes open, making inferences, and asking questions.

How could Aunt Suihe not know that what he said were all lies, but there was nothing she could do about him except to stare blankly.

This is the person Prince Yan wants, and he must never be moved.

Not only could she not move, but she had to take good care of her.

After hearing what he said, the queen mother picked up the hot tea in hand, took a sip slowly, and said, "It seems that you know his identity."

The queen mother went straight to the point, and it seemed that she didn't intend to play around with Qiao Yu at all. Qiao Yu weighed it up and felt that the queen mother had already said it straight, so he stopped making jokes and nodded in response: "I know a little bit."

The queen mother continued: "Then you should also know that your status is very different from his, and regardless of gender, it is absolutely impossible to get together regardless of status."

Qiao Yu didn't expect that the Empress Dowager actually planned to reason with him. He heaved a sigh of relief, but felt relieved.

If the queen mother is unreasonable and wants to kill him, then his situation must be much more dangerous than it is now.

In his eyes, although the empress dowager was still stern and expressionless, Qiao Yu felt that she was a lot more kind. He raised his head to look at her and said without being humble or humble: "My lady, the little one Dare to ask the empress dowager a question, and ask the empress dowager to condescend to answer the little one."

Seeing that he raised his nose and face, all the questions were directed at the Empress Dowager, Aunt Sui He raised her eyebrows and wanted to scold him again, but she saw the Empress Dowager waved her hand, turned Sui He away, and said, "You ask."

There was no one else in the hall, and even the two people standing by the bed retreated at some point, Qiao Yu was not in a hurry now, although he was kneeling in front of the queen mother, his posture seemed to be facing the queen mother As if sitting and having a heart-to-heart conversation, looking at the charming face of the queen mother, she felt that this face was too young to be Lu Jincheng's mother, and said, "Dare to ask the queen mother, is there anything in this world that can live forever?" ?”

The queen mother narrowed her eyes and said loudly: "Except for mountains, rivers, sun and moon, nothing can live forever."

Qiao Yu smiled: "No, mountains and rivers have never lived forever. If there is a severe drought and the water dries up, within a few years, the river will become a wasteland. Where does eternal life come from? The same goes for mountains and rivers. The wind blows over the top of the mountain, bringing Walking on the sand and stones on the mountain, if it takes a hundred years, the mountains and rivers can be razed to the ground, and there is no such thing as eternal life."

The sun and the moon are stars and planets hundreds of millions of light years away. Although they have stood in the Milky Way for hundreds of millions of years, no one dares to say that they will continue to stand without change. Naturally, they are not immortal. But this theory is too difficult to explain, Qiao Yu only thought about it in his heart, but didn't say it out.

The queen mother saw that he was silent, with a look that seemed to be saying: Let's see what flowers you can name.

Qiao Yu smiled again and continued: "The empress dowager has never refuted it, so she probably has no objection to Xiao's statement. Since mountains, rivers, sun and moon cannot live forever, let alone people."

"Life is only a few decades in the world. After a few decades, everyone will lie in the same coffin and be buried in the soil. Is there any distinction between high and low?"

The Empress Dowager Liu frowned slightly, not knowing whether she was dissatisfied with his remarks, or dissatisfied with his theory.

But still did not speak.

"Since decades later, everyone will reach the same goal by different routes, so why should I be constrained by my status? I like this person, but not his status. If he cares about status, he will not like me even if he thinks about it, empress dowager , is status more important than what you think in your heart?"

The queen mother frowned and looked at him, and said after a while: "Then let me ask you, since you said that everything can't last long, how can you be sure that he will still like you in the future, and how can you be sure that you won't change your mind and like others? Men and women become relatives by marriage. Even if you don't like it anymore, there will still be flesh and blood relatives who will screw the two together, what do you have?"

Qiao Yu felt a little strange when he heard what the queen mother said. It didn't sound like he was trying to stop them, but rather like asking him to express his opinion.

He didn't dare to speculate wildly, so he could only tell the truth: "If the relationship reaches the point where it needs external force to maintain it, what's the point of continuing? I'm not sure he will like me in the future, but if he really doesn't like me, Naturally, I won't force it, but as long as he still likes me for a day, even if I have nothing, I'm not afraid, even if the empress dowager thinks our identities are different, I don't care."

If this person doesn't like him, no matter how tall he is, he won't take a second look.

And if this person likes him, then no one can stop him.

Qiao Yu casually knelt down in front of the Queen Mother, revealing half of her snow-white neck. The words she spoke were resounding, with a usual smile in her voice, but she was determined to poke into Lu Jincheng's heart. Lu Jincheng's figure had already arrived at the door. After saying this, he froze in place like a piece of wood, took half a step with his foot, and then retracted it silently. Aunt Suihe wanted to remind him aloud, seeing that he didn't dare to say more in this way, and made no sound. He bowed to him, bowed and stepped back.

Lu Jincheng stepped into the palace one step at a time, stared at Qiao Yu firmly, and said to the queen mother in a deep voice: "Mother, my son is here to take my princess back to the palace."

Qiao Yu was trying to speak hard to persuade the Queen Mother, but unexpectedly, he heard Lu Jincheng's voice, and was startled. He turned his head and saw that Lu Jincheng had walked behind him at some point, without blinking his eyes. Looking at him, seeing him looking over, he curled his lips into a smile, and silently made a mouth shape: I'm coming.

Qiao Yu suddenly felt relieved, thinking that this person had finally arrived, and then realized what Lu Jincheng had just said with an extremely long reflex arc.

princess?Wang what concubine?What princess?In front of the empress dowager, don't talk nonsense, okay?It was with great difficulty that he seemed to have moved the empress dowager a little bit, but what should I do if this call fell short!

Qiao Yu blinked at Lu Jincheng, trying to convey what she was thinking to him through eye contact.

Unexpectedly, Lu Jincheng didn't look at him again, he raised his head and his gaze finally fell on the Queen Mother, and he looked at her silently.

Then he lifted the hem of his clothes and knelt side by side with Qiao Yu.

The queen mother looked at him silently, and said in a deep voice for a long while: "The Ai family spoils you too much."

She has been talking to Qiao Yu for so long, and she has always used me, but now she talks about Aijia to Lu Jincheng.

Lu Jincheng knelt beside Qiao Yu, and grandiosely stretched out his hand to hold Qiao Yu's hand. Qiao Yu flinched for a moment, but was held even tighter by Lu Jincheng, so he simply let him go.

Lu Jincheng's palms were hot, and he clasped Qiao Yu's fingers tightly. He not only clasped them firmly, but also rubbed his thumbs heavily against his fingertips. Lu Jincheng was also looking at him with deep eyes, as if he wanted to engrave someone in his eyes.

"What? Are you kneeling here to show the Ai family?" The Queen Mother narrowed her phoenix eyes, her expression worried.

Only then did Lu Jincheng look back at Qiao Yu, and said, "I don't dare, but I think I am in the same line as my mother, and my mother should understand me."

The Empress Dowager is now on the throne, one person is less than ten thousand people, but she was not born like this. The former emperor was affectionate, and the harem concubines were like a cloud. How many crimes have been committed, the Queen Mother knows it well.

And there is another thing, which is less known to the world, that the Empress Dowager did not hand-pick beautiful girls to enter the palace, but she prayed for the brochure presented by her mother's family. She was invited by the former Empress Dowager to a banquet in the palace. A glance made her spring up, and she fell in love at first sight.Knowing that he will have Sangong and Sixth Courtyard in the future, she can't stop her from wanting to enter the palace as a concubine.

The teenager doesn't know anything, always feels that he should be the unique one, and fantasizes that he can be favored alone.

She was indeed beautiful, and after entering the palace, she was in the limelight. In the third year, she gave birth to the first prince under the eyes of the empress. The emperor did dote on her a lot, but these dotes had a time limit.

Being on the throne, the late emperor never lacked beauties. Beauties are like flowers, and there are always times when they bloom or fail. If it is just an ordinary couple, everyone supports each other and loves each other, but the emperor was born to be blessed by the six palaces. The principle of pampering only one person, beauties are continuously sent to the palace, even if the emperor has some affection for her, how can it be worth more and more new colors.

After she finally understood this truth, there was not much love left for the former emperor, and she could even count the former emperor as the empress.But back then, it was true that she had a spring heart, and it was true that she fell in love at first sight. Although she gradually lost her affection for the first emperor, she never liked others again.

So as soon as Lu Jincheng said it, she understood.

Lu Jincheng didn't want concubines or even housemaids because he didn't want to be like his father and betray others.He said that he is in the same line as the queen mother, which means that he, like the queen mother, only wants to fall in love with one person in his life.

The queen mother was silent for a while, and then said: "I want to see how long you can compare with Jin Jian."

Lu Jincheng's eyes darkened, he turned his head to look at Qiao Yu and said, "Thank you, Queen Mother, for your kindness."