The two were summoned to the inside, and Empress Yan was no longer there in the hall, but the concubines were still waiting here respectfully, their eyes full of pearls and green, and fortunately, Xizhi followed the prince, but she was spared some tedious etiquette.

The curtains in the Queen Mother's bedroom were hanging everywhere, and the light seemed a little dim. Several huge candles were lit on the four walls. The soft candlelight shone on the wide phoenix bed, making the people on the bed look even more haggard.

In Xizhi's impression, Empress Dowager Lin has always been well maintained. She is over 60 years old and looks like a graceful lady in her forties. Now she has a pale face, thin bones and lonely hair, and her hair on her head has turned white. She can't help but feel sad and her eyes are red.

The prince had quickly grabbed the phoenix bed and called out: "Grandmother of the Emperor~" with a hint of sob. Seeing him, a gentle smile appeared on Empress Dowager Lin's dull face.

Xizhi did not dare to be rude, but still walked up with small steps and bowed in a regular manner: "Lin Xizhi bowed to the Empress Dowager." Then he greeted Empress Yan, who was standing next to him: "I have met Empress."

Empress Yan is about forty years old and is born in a bright and graceful manner. Although she is not as beautiful as a stunning appearance, she is better than elegant and luxurious, with the style of a mother in the world. Seeing Xi's greeting, she smiled and raised her hand, indicating that she would not give up her gift.

"Good boy, get up." Although the empress dowager's voice was low, she still felt energetic. She half leaned on the bed and waved to her with a smile: "Come here, let my aunt take a good look." Then she patted the prince Mu Zhang's hand again: "Zhang'er, sit next to her grandmother."

Xizhi walked over as he said, half kneeled beside the couch, looked up at her and smiled slightly. Empress Dowager Lin stretched out her hand and gently stroked her thick and smooth hair. After a while, she looked up and sighed to Nian Jing, who was standing at the end of the couch: "It's been so long since I saw Xi'er has grown into a big girl. In this way, the Ai family looks like you when you were a child."

Nian Jing nodded and smiled, and looked at Xizhi in a blink of an eye. Her eyes felt relieved that there was a girl in my family who had just grown up: "I'm much more than Zhou Zheng when I was a child. I'm just too naughty and I don't look like a girl's house all day long."

"Haha..." The Empress Dowager couldn't help but chuckled twice when she heard this: "You are so embarrassed to say this. Are you not naughty enough before?"

As soon as these words came out, Nian Jing couldn't help but laugh: "Yes, since the founding of Daxia, our Lin family has been a general for generations. The men are all brave and good at fighting. Even the women of the Lin family are mostly cheerful and generous, and they are quite as good as men."

Xizhi also laughed and looked up at his aunt. He really didn't expect that the real person Nian Jing, who was so serious about smiling, was as naughty as he was back then.

"The women of the Lin family were originally not suitable for living in this palace~" Empress Dowager Lin sighed slightly, her eyes becoming extremely distant, as if she had landed in a distant place through her: "It's a pity that the palace gate is as deep as the sea, from now on..." The words behind became lighter and lighter, and gradually disappeared into the air.

Xizhi felt sad. Although he didn't understand what this said very well, tears flowed down his eyes unconsciously at the old woman in front of him.

Empress Dowager Lin seemed to have tried her best, closed her eyes tiredly, and never spoke again. Madam He, who had been with her side, walked up and whispered: "Empress, the imperial physicians just told me that the Empress Dowager is still very weak and needs more rest."

"Since that's the case," Empress Yan nodded gracefully and said, "Then the Ai family will not disturb the mother's rest. Zhang'er will also go together. Let's come to visit your emperor's grandmother tomorrow."

After hearing this, Mu Zhang stood up, turned his head and smiled at Xizhi and nodded. Nian Jing and Xizhi hurriedly knelt down according to the gift. Seeing them gradually moving away, he whispered: "Let's go out first, let's have a good rest for my aunt."

"Yeah." Xizhi agreed obediently and followed her to the small room next door.

"Xi'er, my aunt may have to stay in the palace for a while to take care of your grandmother. You don't have to go back to the West Mountain these days. Go home first. When the empress dowager recovers, I will pick you up. Let's go back together." After sitting down, Nian Jing arranged for Xizhi.

This matter had been mentioned when Emperor Wu summoned him before, so Xizhi was prepared in his heart and did not feel abrupt. He was a little disappointed that he could not return to the Xishan Taoist Temple these days. Over the years, she had already regarded it as her home, but she felt unfamiliar with the Lin Mansion of Kyoto. However, she naturally would not object, and just nodded, and then asked with concern: "Auntie, how is the body of my grandmother? It doesn't matter?"

"It should be nothing serious, but she is old after all, and she may not be able to recover in a day or two. She needs to take some rest." Nian Jing's face was faint, making people unable to see the clues.

"Aunt, I met the prince outside just now. He said that Grand Tutor Huang praised my mother and said that her battle plan in the Southern Barbarians was very good." Xizhi felt very excited when he remembered this.

"Is that true?" But Nian Jing didn't seem interested, so she responded casually, then looked at the candlelight on the table and became enlightened.

Xizhichu knew that her aunt had never liked her mother very much, so she rarely mentioned it in front of her. However, this news really surprised her, so she couldn't help but say it. In fact, she knew that if Nian Jing would not bother to see her mother again, she would still be happy for her. However, at this time, she was worried about the Empress Dowager's illness. She did mention it wrong, so she didn't dare to disturb her anymore, so she had to sit there quietly with her.

It was the age of innocent and carefree. In just a moment, I didn’t know what fun things I remembered. I was smiling at the candle flower alone, but I didn’t know what I was thinking about at this moment.

Just now, Nian Jing obeyed the order of the Empress Dowager and met alone. As soon as she met, she was shocked by the empress dowager's haggard appearance. She has grown up at the empress dowager's knees since she was a child, and her feelings for her were deeper than her biological mother. At that time, she was naughty by nature, and the empress dowager also loved her in every way. Even His Majesty and Prince Jing felt that their mother was partial.

The two of them were speechless. For many years, they had their emotions and emotions, but their eyes were still wet at this time.

"Auntie, what's wrong with you~" Nian Jing knelt in front of the phoenix couch and gently laid in Queen Mother Lin's arms, preventing her from seeing her tears.

"Yesterday, your father sent someone to the palace secretly and sent a letter." The Empress Dowager did not answer her question directly, but said quietly: "He received a secret report saying that the emperor had agreed to Yan Rusong's proposal that he would replace Qingxuan's position as a general soon, and escort him back to Beijing for trial on the grounds of delaying the fighter plane and consuming money and food."

Nian Jing was shocked and looked up at the Queen Mother in disbelief: "Your Majesty, how could he... do this?"

"How is it impossible? Do you think he is the Majesty from more than ten years ago?" The Empress Dowager sneered, and her calm words were filled with faint mockery: "Over the years, you have not been concerned about the world and live in the west, but how can you know that he has changed a long time ago, and even as a mother, I can't guess his thoughts."

"But, what is he doing this? Even if His Majesty no longer needs our Lin family, why should he be so heartless? My father is old and the Lin family only has this pillar. Is he going to sit down and watch the Yan family dominate the court?" Nian Jing asked excitedly.

"Hmph, why? Of course it is for his country and country." Empress Dowager Lin smiled self-deprecatingly: "It turns out that he is the good son of the Ai family. He can no longer tolerate anything except his world. I am afraid that after my Lin family collapsed, the Yan family will be proud of it for a few days. How could he allow another descendant of Qi to be in Zhang'er's hands in the future?"

Nian Jing fell to the ground dejectedly and said disappointedly: "In Your Majesty's eyes, what our Lin family did for him in the end was just a tyrannical relative of the foreigner? Your Majesty... Is he so heart?"

The Empress Dowager was also silent for a while, and after a long time, she slowly said: "The king has been ruthless since ancient times. Yu'er, we all believed him wrongly~"

"The king has been ruthless since ancient times..." Nian Jing murmured and said, tears couldn't help but fall: "I thought he would be the special one, but it turned out that I was too naive."

"Yu'er, my aunt also knows that you have already cut off your relationship, but you are still the daughter of the Lin family after all. This matter is related to the life and death of the entire Lin family, so you have to worry about it." The empress dowager stared at her with bright eyes.

"Me?" Nian Jing was stunned and looked at her in confusion: "Even my aunt and father have no choice, what can I do?"

"If there is still a trace of feelings in the emperor's heart, I'm afraid it will be for you." The empress dowager smiled bitterly and said, "No one knows his son is better than his mother. In fact, he has liked you since he was a child, but you and Xuan'er are in love. How could he, the brother, show his feelings again? When you were going to become a monk, he secretly tried to keep you and promised to be the imperial concubine."

Nian Jing's face suddenly lost all blood and she looked at her in shock: "Auntie, do you know everything?"

"Yes, what can I hide from the Ai family's eyes in this Hougong?"

This book was first published in Kanshu Lu
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