The Black Feather Guards who faced them were obviously prepared. They all wore hard black armor, which was enough to withstand those arrows. The most important thing is that because they knew in advance that there was shooting here, they had already fired the arrows a moment ago. When the rain came, they crouched down and escaped the shooting. Cao Rong's eyes were red with anger, and he waved his sword to knock down the arrows that came. He secretly hated Xiao Tingyan and glared at Xiao Tingyan: "Xiao Tingyan, you're cruel..." He couldn't help but watch all the dragon guards being ruined here. Although he was very unwilling to do so, he still gave an order very quickly to have all the dragon guards retreat...Cao Rong With the Dragon Guards who suffered heavy casualties, they fled towards the mountain. Shi Li walked to Xiao Tingyan's side, a bit of excitement flashed in his eyes: "My lord, I didn't expect these Dragon Guards to be greedy for life and afraid of death."

He had never thought that the Black Feather Guard could defeat the Dragon Guard. This matter could make him brag for a while. Xiao Tingyan's face was a little solemn: "I'm afraid Cao Rong received an order not only to intercept us. .If they can't intercept us, then they will..." Doctor Lu looked ugly and continued: "They may attack the Queen Mother..." Shi Li's eyes were full of horror and disbelief: "That's the Queen Mother, is it? The emperor’s biological mother. Could it be that they could still kill the queen mother?”

Xiao Tingyan clenched his fists and sneered: "He can kill his father with his own hands, let alone have the Queen Mother killed. Immediately give the order to set off immediately and rush to Ningyuan Temple... We must stop Long Wei and their actions as soon as possible. "

Shi Li's face was tinged with solemnity. He immediately responded and did not dare to waste time. He followed Xiao Tingyan and immediately headed towards Ningyuan Temple to pursue the Dragon Guard. - In Ningyuan Temple, the Queen Mother was wearing a simple gray robe, with sideburns. With only a silver hairpin in her hair, she knelt in front of the Buddha statue, holding the beads in her hand, closing her eyes and reciting Buddhist sutras silently. An old woman in black plain clothes, with a somewhat anxious face, came from outside the Buddhist hall. Walked in. "The Queen Mother... I just got the news that the Emperor seems to be planning to attack the King of Banquet. Last night, it seems that he sent the Dragon Guard to destroy the temple outside the city in order to assassinate the King of Banquet."

The Queen Mother suddenly opened her eyes, and a bit of anger flashed in her eyes. "That traitor... what is he going to do? Does he still want to kill King Yan? How many years have they been dead, the late emperor and Concubine Chen? Is it possible that he still doesn’t feel at ease and must eradicate the root cause and eradicate the King of Banquets before he can feel at ease?”

The Queen Mother was furious and smashed the beads in her hand on the ground. With a bang, the beads broke, and the beads flew everywhere. The old woman sighed and picked up the broken beads one by one. "Queen Mother, why are you angry? Didn't you agree not to interfere with matters in the capital? Now, who can stop your Majesty from doing what he wants to do?"

The Queen Mother didn't know what she was thinking of, and her eyes couldn't help but turn red. Her voice was a little choked, and her face was filled with sadness. "The Ai family has nightmares day and night, always dreaming about the late Emperor and Concubine Chen. The scene when I passed away...I...I owe them a debt after all. Now, even their only son cannot escape the disaster."

"Nanny Chen, the Ai family really can't bear it. Back then, if my sister hadn't taken action several times to protect me, I might have died in the deep palace. I couldn't repay my sister's life-saving grace, but instead gave birth to a child. He killed a wolf-hearted beast and took her life."

"Over the years, every time I think about it, I feel heartbroken. If I could, I would rather never have had this son. If I could go back in time, I really wanted to strangle this beast to death in his infancy as soon as he was born. "

She carefully cared for her son to grow up. All she expected was to spend the rest of his life in peace. Who would have known that her son would slowly grow into a wolfish and ambitious man. In order to get The government, sitting in that position, had countless blood on its hands. She, the biological mother, was just a decoration. Every time she tried to persuade him not to be so cold-blooded and cruel, he turned a deaf ear and even felt extremely impatient. Sometimes he didn't want to see her. She was exhausted both mentally and physically and could not stop her. She watched helplessly as he committed those crimes and his hands were stained with more and more blood. The old nanny knelt down beside the Queen Mother, and she held the Queen Mother's cold hands. "If it were Concubine Chen, There is a spirit in heaven, and she will not blame you, the Queen Mother. She is so gentle and kind, and she must understand your difficulties, the Queen Mother."

"Your Majesty has been cold-tempered since childhood. Is he the kind of person who listens to the advice of the Queen Mother? Alas, in recent years, the Queen Mother has been unwilling to return to the palace, and the Emperor has not sent anyone to check. I am afraid that the love between you and your mother is even weaker than water. "

"If you try to persuade me now, it will be of no use."

The Queen Mother closed her eyes, and tears slowly rolled down the corners of her eyes. "The Ai family can't just watch like this, that beast harming King Yan again, right? King Yan is, after all, the most valued and favorite son of the late emperor. It’s also the blood of Concubine Chen’s sister... If the Ai family doesn’t care, one day, the Ai family will end up in hell, won’t they have no face to face them?”

A hint of worry flashed through the eyes of the old nanny: "My dear, how do you want to intervene? We don't have any power, and we don't have anyone to rely on..." A dark light flashed across the eyes of the Queen Mother. There is no one to rely on. Human? That’s not necessarily the case. The leader of the Dragon Guard is Cao Rong. Maybe she can take action from Cao Rong? I haven’t seen Cao Rong for more than 20 years, so I wonder what he looks like now? The Queen Mother was deep in thought when suddenly An exclamation came from outside. "Ah, who..." "Who are you?"

"Bold, this is the residence of the Queen Mother..." The old nanny was startled and stood up quickly: "Mother, there is someone outside. I went out to take a look..." The Queen Mother couldn't help but feel a bit of surprise in her eyes. She grabbed her hand He took the old grandma's hand and said, "Don't go...I'm afraid the people outside are in danger."

The old mama's body trembled suddenly. The next moment, she smelled a strong smell of blood, spreading in from the outside. Her face was pale, and her eyes were full of panic. "Queen Mother, what should we do?"

The Queen Mother was still somewhat calm. She held the old nanny's hand tightly and boldly raised her voice to the outside: "I wonder who is here? If something happens, how about we open the skylight and speak out? "

The next moment, the door of the palace was pushed open from the outside. Cao Rong held a blood-stained sword and stepped in from the outside. The blood fell on the ground drop by drop along the tip of the sword. When Grandma Chen touched the blood, Her eyes looked towards the outside of the palace in fear at the minions who had expired. She was so frightened that she trembled, but she did not forget to step forward and block in front of the Queen Mother, scolding Cao Rong. "Bold, in front of the Queen Mother, How dare you be so presumptuous? Don’t you want to live anymore?”

Cao Rong's face was very calm, and he exuded a cold and vicious aura. He walked step by step in front of the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother raised her head, stared at his cold face, and suddenly said, "Cao Rong, it turns out to be you..." As soon as you came, you killed people from the Ai family. What are you doing? Did the emperor send you here to take the lives of the Ai family?"

Cao Rong bent his knees, knelt on the ground, and saluted the Queen Mother. "I am here to pay my respects to the Queen Mother... and I also ask for your forgiveness. I am here under orders and do not want to disturb the Queen Mother. However, I have to comply with the tasks assigned by Your Majesty."

The Queen Mother couldn't help but sneered. She looked at Cao Rong who was kneeling on the ground, her eyes full of sarcasm. "Now you have become a murderous weapon in the hands of the emperor. Cao Rong, do you still remember that more than forty years ago? , the moment when the Aijia rescued you from the pile of dead people?"

"What did you say at that time? Do you still remember?"

Cao Rong lowered his head, and his arms couldn't help but tremble slightly. "My lord, I have never forgotten one day."

"Oh, tell me, what did you say then?"

The Queen Mother's originally tense heart completely relaxed at this moment. If the person coming was someone else, she would probably be a little uneasy and scared. But if it was Cao Rong, then she and Aunt Chen would still have a glimmer of hope. No one knew that back then, It was she who saved Cao Rong. For this reason, in order to thank her for saving his life, Cao Rong followed the emperor to repay her kindness. He has always been loyal to the emperor, and so has the invincible Long Wei. He spent all his efforts to hone the murder weapon for the emperor. He worked hard for decades on this murder weapon. As time passed, he almost forgot how he embarked on this path in the first place. Cao Rong had no idea at all. He dared to look into the eyes of the Queen Mother. He was afraid of seeing the disappointment and blame in the eyes of the Queen Mother. He lowered his head, with a trembling heart, and replied word by word: "Weichen said at that time that Weichen would spend his whole life to come. To repay the empress for saving her life."

The Queen Mother found a seat and sat down. She raised her lips and smiled mockingly. "Ha... now it sounds like it is really a big joke. You have spent your life to achieve that beast's great achievements. You have known for a long time that the relationship between me and He says he doesn't agree with each other...but you still help him do evil."

"Cao Rong, the Ai family is very disappointed in you... so disappointed that if time could go back again, the Ai family would wish they had never saved you."

Cao Rong couldn't help but feel shocked. He looked up at the Queen Mother in surprise. His eyes were full of confusion. "Your Majesty... why do you have to go against Your Majesty? Your Majesty, he is your biological son... He sits on the throne of God. "Your Majesty, you are the most noble Queen Mother in the world. As long as you are willing, you can enjoy the most unique glory and wealth in the world..." "I really don't understand why you have to go against His Majesty everywhere? Your Majesty began, I am also very tolerant of you. If you weren't too stubborn, the relationship between you and His Majesty wouldn't be so alienated and unfamiliar."

"It was not Your Majesty who caused all this, but you, the Queen Mother."

The Queen Mother's eyes were full of coldness. She suddenly discovered that Cao Rong was very similar to the emperor in a sense. They were both cold-blooded people who destroyed all consciences in order to achieve their goals. Precisely because they were the same people, their They had the same cognition, so Cao Rong was full of confusion and resentment towards her actions. Yes, Cao Rong was resentful of her. He blamed her for not knowing what to do and living a good life, and insisting on going against the emperor. She had to make trouble with the emperor. The Queen Mother's eyes were full of anger. She turned to look at Nanny Chen. "Nanny Chen, go... slap her."

"If the Ai family doesn't shout stop, we are not allowed to stop."

Grandma Chen was startled and did not dare to move. The Queen Mother was angry: "Why, the Ai family can't control you now? Or is it that his status is too noble? He is so noble that even the Ai family can't teach him a lesson. ?”

"Cao Rong, tell me, are the Ai family qualified to teach you a lesson?"

Cao Rong clenched his fists, suppressed the unwillingness in his heart, and gritted his teeth and replied: "The Queen Mother is naturally qualified to teach Wei Chen. Wei Chen needs you to rescue him. Wei Chen's life was given by the Queen Mother..." "In this case, Today, the Ai family will teach you how to be a good person. Aunt Chen, why don’t you go and slap me?"

The Queen Mother yelled at Nanny Chen. Nanny Chen did not dare to disobey the Queen Mother anymore, so she had no choice but to comply. Then she boldly walked up to Cao Rong, raised her arm and slapped Cao Rong hard on the mouth. The sound of slaps resounded one after another in the hall. Cao Rong endured it silently, with no intention of resisting. After a while, bloodshot eyes appeared at the corners of his mouth, and his head felt a little dizzy... The Queen Mother's voice slowly came: "I still remember that when the Aijia rescued you, you were only five or six years old. You were young and skinny. At that time, the Aijia held you in their arms and were worried that they would not be able to feed you. "

"I didn't expect that your vitality would be so tenacious. I took you back and drank a few decoctions, and you managed to survive. Later, you became taciturn and refused to speak. The Ai family thought you were mute, and the Ai family did not hesitate. You were so worried that you even secretly spent money to ask your husband to teach you how to speak."

"Until Aijia gave birth to that beast, you became cheerful day by day. You often smiled at him, and your whole person seemed to have come to life again because of him. At that time Aijia said to you, from now on, he will I leave it to you to educate me. The Ai family has never forgotten that your eyes were as bright as the sun in the sky at that time..." "You and the emperor are only about five years apart... but you have always loved and cared for him, just like He is his eldest brother. Over the years, no matter what he wants to do, you have been by his side and obeyed his instructions. You have worked hard without any complaints. Cao Rong, do you still remember that people are inherently good in the first place? ?”

Cao Rong's body suddenly shook. Those words seemed to pierce his distant memories that had been sealed for many years. The Queen Mother stood up suddenly. She asked Nanny Chen to step back, and then she walked up to Cao Rong and raised her eyebrows. She stroked the corner of his bleeding mouth with her hand. "Cao Rong... I remember that the Ai family once taught you that a man should stand upright, be worthy of his conscience, behave upright, and do righteous and good things... …In these years, you have followed the emperor and done all the cold-blooded things that have destroyed your conscience and gone crazy. Have you ever felt any compassion at all? Have you ever felt that you were risking the disdain of the world and that you were acting against heaven?"

Cao Rong's eyebrows were a little dazed. He raised his head blankly and felt the familiar warm touch from the past. His eyes gradually became blurry. "Your Majesty..." "I... I can't look back. This road, From now on, if I take a step back, I will fall into an abyss."

The Queen Mother was a little moved by Cao Rong, and she couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. "As long as you want to turn back, it's not too late...Cao Rong, I want to ask you, are you willing to turn back?"

Cao Rong's nose was so sour that he slowly lowered his head. He suddenly remembered the emperor's cold eyes when he left the imperial study, and the cold words he said without any emotion. "If necessary... If you need to break it off..." Cao Rong couldn't help but feel cold all over his body. The emperor is really cold-blooded and cruel. The Queen Mother is his biological mother, and he has murderous intentions. If he continues to help him, will one day happen to him? If he has no use value, the emperor will attack him? Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel frightened. He really didn't want to attack the queen mother. The queen mother was his savior, and the reason why he had been loyal to the emperor all these years was Isn't it because the Queen Mother gave him a new life? But how should he explain to the Emperor if he didn't kill the Queen Mother? Cao Rong couldn't help but hesitate for a moment, not knowing what choice to make. Faced with the Queen Mother's expectations, he didn't know How should he answer? He lowered his head, filled with guilt: "Your Majesty... I'm afraid I can't look back. I came here this time to obey the emperor's order to prevent your Majesty from meeting the King of Banquets."

"The emperor said that if the empress insists on going her own way and wants to expose what he did back then, he will have me kill the empress to silence her..." The Queen Mother frowned and couldn't help but take a breath of air. Nanny Chen covered her mouth in shock. He looked at Cao Rong with confidence: "How is this possible? The Queen Mother is the emperor's biological mother... How could he be so cold-blooded?"

After the Queen Mother was shocked, she slowly calmed down. She couldn't help but sneered, her eyes full of sorrow. "What's so strange about this? He dared to kill his biological father, let alone his biological mother who was insignificant to him. Over the years, the relationship between our mother and son has become as weak as water..." "Cao Rong, if you want to kill the Ai family, there will be no chance of the Ai family surviving. In these years, the Ai family has been very tired. If you can die, In your hands, I am relieved..." "But, can you really do this? Can you really kill the Ai family?"

Her eyes were extremely calm, staring at Cao Rong quietly. Cao Rong did not dare to look at her magnanimous eyes. He asked with some anxiety: "If the King of Banquet really comes to see the empress, the empress will tell the truth about that year. Will you tell King Yan everything? Or, if one day, King Yan needs you to testify against the Emperor's crimes, will you make it public and expose the Emperor's evil deeds?"

The Queen Mother did not dodge or hesitate. She replied word for word: "As long as there is a chance, we can put things right... The Aijia will... The Aijia will testify for the king of banquet, and the Aijia will do it in front of the people of the world." In the end, we must do justice to the late emperor and Concubine Chen."
Chapter completed!