Madam Gui shook her head: "I don't know either...??

I frowned and thought for a while, turned to look at the large-scale camp tents on the mountain, looked at the huge tent of the Queen Mother, and said to Madam Gui, "I'll go over and take a look."

"This is the Grand Tutor is still here."

"It's okay, I'll just go over and take a look."

Madam Gui may not want to go there, but she was the one who followed the Queen Mother. She has been in this palace for so many years and naturally has more worries. As the saying goes, people are slight, and they will definitely have no good results when facing the Grand Tutor of the dynasty, so they keep shrunk. I smiled calmly and signaled her to be at ease, so she stopped saying anything. I turned around and walked towards the Queen Mother's tent.

The Queen Mother was in poor health, and she had been practicing at Linshui Pagoda for many years and was used to a quiet environment. Although she went to the wild camping, everything was not as convenient as in the palace. She still made some arrangements for her. It was several feet away around the huge tent to allow other tents to be laid to ensure that the Queen Mother's residence was quiet and undisturbed.

When I walked over, the place was cleaner and tidy than elsewhere. Before I got close, I smelled a familiar, faint smell of sandalwood, but it quickly dissipated in the wind.

As the wind drifted over, the Queen Mother's somewhat tired voice was also heard-

"The Ai family knows, you go back."

"The Queen Mother."

This voice was Shin Gongyi, and he seemed to want to say something, but the Queen Mother's voice sounded softly again: "Go down."

“…Yes, the old minister surrendered.”

As I listened, I hurriedly flashed aside and saw Shin Gongyi retreating out in a regular manner.

When it comes to moisture at the bottom of the valley, it may have some impact on older people, but seeing his energetic appearance, he has no longer the coughing and weak appearance in the early morning. After putting down the curtain, he took a few steps, but he looked back with a little unwillingness.

The gaze was sharp and profound, like a predator animal.

My heart trembled slightly when I saw it, and Shin Gongyi did not see me hiding beside me. He just turned around and left with a swinging sleeve.

Immediately, several followers came forward, and together with General Chen Fu, he seemed to be asking something anxiously. Shen Gongyi waved his hand gently and took them away.

When they walked away, I slowly walked out from the side and walked to the door of the tent. In the sound of the wind, I seemed to hear a heavy sigh, but it quickly dissipated like sandalwood.

I frowned slightly, stood still for a while, and finally said softly: "The Queen Mother."

After a little silence inside, the Queen Mother's voice came: "Come in."

I lifted the curtain and walked in. The Queen Mother's residence was naturally different from others. It was very big, but there was not much arrangement. However, the incense seats in the shrine were brought together. The Queen Mother still knelt on the cushion and recited to the Buddha. When I saw it, I hurried forward: "Mr., you are in poor health, don't kneel anymore."

Usually I advised her, but she was willing to listen, but no matter how I helped her today, she never moved at all. Instead, she stubbornly knelt on the cushion. The almost gray eyes seemed to have a flowing light, and she kept looking at the Buddha. I don’t know why she was so stubborn, so I could only kneel beside her with her: "The Queen Mother..."

I don't know how long it took, but she slowly turned her head and looked at me.

"Girl..."

"Empress Dowager, this is what you are?"

"Girl, tell me!"

"……What?"

She suddenly grabbed my hand. The thin fingers had never used such force, almost sinking into my skin. I was pinched with pain, but she didn't care at all and looked straight into my eyes: "Tell the Ai family, is he doing well?"

he?!

Which him?!

When I heard this, I felt like something was hitting my chest hard, and my breathing was a little cramped. After a while, I looked at the anxious eyes in the gray eyes: "Mrs. Queen Mother, are you asking-"

"You tell the Ai family, is he okay now?"

“…”

My mind buzzed and I knew who she was talking about.

What she asked was Huang Tianba!

There are some words between me and the Queen Mother who never speak and don't have to say them at all. Although I don't know the causes and consequences of those things until now, the truth has long been understood. It's just-

Queen Mother, why did you suddenly ask this?

Before, when I mentioned Huang Tianba in front of her, she asked about his character, but when she asked him where he was now, it stopped abruptly and did not ask any further. I could understand her mood and concerns. It was just that after so long, why did she suddenly ask at this time?

At this moment, I suddenly remembered that Shin Gongyi had just arrived!

Could it be that he said something that caused the empress dowager's current abnormality!

My mind suddenly buzzed, and my whole body shivered for a moment, and I suddenly became nervous.

Did he, did Shin Gongyi know what?

I have always been speculating about Huang Tianba, the Queen Mother, and Pei Yuanhao. Judging from the Queen Mother's taciturn words and Madam Gui's prudence, I believe no one else knows the truth of the matter. I was only fortunate to pick up those fragments and barely piece together a possible fact. But - if it was really Taifu Shen who came over and said something that caused the Queen Mother's abnormality, then how could he know?

If he really knew something, Pei Yuanhao—

When I thought of this, I felt the cold sweat all over my body shivered back, and I couldn't help but shivered. Only the place on my wrist was held by the empress dowager, I could feel the scalding of her skin - "Tell me the Ai family!"

Her hands were shaking, as if she was trying her best to restrain herself. However, the eyes that were full of coldness in the past were burning like a different kind of heat at this time, as if they were about to burn me. I was used to seeing her calmness and indifference. The loneliness that penetrated into the bone marrow in the Linshui Pagoda seemed to no longer make people feel sad, but the sudden fluctuations now made me feel indescribable.

But, can I say it?

I guessed Huang Tianba’s identity and the amazing life experience behind him, but if my guess is correct, then - Pei Yuanhao, who is he?

What is the life story of this man sitting on the throne of the Supreme Nine Five?

I dare not think about the twists and turns, nor do I dare to think about how much shock it will be to the whole world when these truths are exposed, but I am sure of one thing - that will definitely not be a good impact!

No matter who is sitting on the throne now, it can at least ensure the stability of the Central Plains and the stability of the imperial court; and Pei Yuanhao - no matter what, he is still working for the world. If one changes his master, it will cause not only one position, but one identity alternation. I have seen Pei Yuanhao force the palace to seize the throne with his own eyes. Blood flows into rivers and corpses are everywhere, but it is just a fight between brothers in the family. If foreign enemies are really introduced -

The more I thought about it, the more I felt fear, and I couldn't help but tremble.

I don’t know how long it took to slowly raise my head, gritted my teeth at the almost red eyes of the empress dowager, and said, “He, his situation is good.”

“…”

The Queen Mother looked at me hard, her eyes focused as if she wanted to see through my eyes.

I was seen by her eyes as if my whole heart was slowly burning on the fire, and there was an indescribable pain slowly, slowly, spreading.

"He—" I recalled the words of the old man in the caravan I met on the way here, and I thought about it for a long time and slowly said: "There is a man who can do everything for him, even if he pays the price of his country, and he must be happy."

“…”

"In the eyes of the world, such a life is the ultimate in the world."

“…”

"He is—he lives well..."

My voice was getting lower and lower, and in the end, I could hardly hear it myself.

I know, no.

Although there is someone who will ask him about his well-being, although someone will make him happy no matter how much the price he pays; although his life is extremely rich...

But I know, that's not the case.

Like me, what he seeks is not the most extreme wealth in the world, nor is it a magnificent cage.

Besides—

At the end, I felt a soreness in my nose. The Queen Mother looked at me and seemed to calm down slowly. She also let go of my wrists, leaving a few red marks that she had used too much force. After a long time, she turned her head to look at the Buddha, took a deep breath, and said, "He is not doing well."

For a moment, I felt all the sounds choked in my throat. I wanted to say anything, but I couldn't spit out a word. I just looked into her eyes, and all the light was slowly dimming, as if it was blending into a eternal night.

"The Queen Mother..."

She slowly stood up from the cushion, as if she was unsteady, and staggered for a moment. I hurried forward to help her, but she just waved her hand gently and slowly walked to the bed to sit down. I walked to her, squatted down and leaned on her knees: "Mrs. Queen Mother, I—"

She looked at me and seemed to smile: "Girl, if others don't understand, you will understand."

“…”

"Ai family understands too."

"The Queen Mother..."

"Ai's family has heard that someone built a Jiangnan in the north of the Seychelles, which was built for him, right?"

My heart was shocked - Queen Mother, she really knew!

It was Shin Gongyi, and it was him who said these words!

"That was the Jiangnan built by someone else for him, not his 'Jiangnan'."

After saying this, the Queen Mother seemed extremely tired. I wanted to say something else. She had already shaken her head and signaled me to go out. I could only stand up slowly and watch her slowly lying on the bed, curled up in front of her. Her thin back seemed so weak, as if she would be crushed by the heavy burden in her heart in the next moment.

I really couldn't bear to say anything else, so I could only turn around slowly. Just as I was about to go out, I heard her dull voice sounding behind my back-

"Emperor, you will definitely go and save him..."

My steps stopped and I stood there, unable to even breathe.

The tent was silent as if it was dead. After a long time, I heard her voice like a dream and said softly: "Will someone go to save him?"

.

When I walked out of the Queen Mother's tent, my whole body seemed to be falling apart.

It's almost crushed.

Shui Xiu saw me walking over from a distance, and her feet stumbled. She seemed to fall several times, and hurried over to support me: "Sir, what's wrong with you?"
To be continued...