The three of them stood by the wall, both of them looking solemn.
Bai Ya's hand was scratched by broken porcelain, but it was only a small cut and not a few drops of blood could flow out. But when he was irritable, he always felt that the wound was very hot and unbearably hot.
Why would the Imperial Master come back at this time? She's ahead of schedule, it can't be a coincidence. Did anyone tell her in advance? How, and who? She might have had a spiritual connection, or something else, but there was always a magical way for her to come back. This guy must already know what happened, and he would be the first to suspect them.
The pharmacy was in a hurry and they left immediately on the grounds of "not getting in the way". The Imperial Preceptor should have already entered the country, and it was only a matter of time before he came to the palace and met the Queen Mother. They can't just...
"Go to see the Queen Mother." Bai Ya made a quick judgment, "Now - before the Imperial Master comes back."
"What did His Majesty say?" Aoyan frowned, "It would be nice if we could delay it for a while. According to the rules, the Imperial Master should go to see Your Majesty first, and then go to see the Queen Mother..."
Liu Shenghan shook her head and said, "The Imperial Master must have been prepared, and someone must have told her about the fire. Your Majesty has no majesty... She is just a child, and the Imperial Master does not even need to go through the procedures. And she would never feel inappropriate. After all, it was her mother who had the accident."
Now they don't know where His Majesty Qiu Weiyu is. Is she staying with her mother, or on her way to meet the imperial master? But Liu Shenghan counted the time. She knew that the Queen Mother was about to wake up. Time waits for no one, so they went to the place where the Queen Mother rested first. The guard at the door stopped them for a moment, but when they saw Bai Ya, they immediately let them go. The Queen Mother was still asleep for the time being, but His Majesty was not beside her.
"Where is Your Majesty?" Liu Shenghan asked the maid beside him, "Isn't she with the Queen Mother?"
"No, His Majesty has just left." The palace maid shook her head, "It's time for Your Majesty to have a meal. He should be in the palace at this moment, right?"
At this time, another passing maid carrying a basin passed by and suddenly said: "Your Majesty is not in the palace, I just came back from there. I asked others, and they all said that she might have gone to pick up the Imperial Master, and no one saw her. I don't know, Your Majesty Did you leave the palace with the car?"
"this……"
This is hard to do. Although it does not mean that His Majesty must meet her, if she meets with the Imperial Advisor, the Imperial Advisor will coax His Majesty with a few words, and it will be useless for them to say anything else. Time was running out, Bai Ya turned around and went out without saying a word.
"He, he is not going to chase His Majesty, is he? Can he catch up with him? And it seems that no one has said that His Majesty has left the palace..."
Jun Aoyan hesitated, but Liu Shenghan waved his hand and told her not to worry. She told the palace maid that she wanted to see how the Queen Mother was doing, so she opened the curtain inside and invited them in. There is no one here, probably because the Queen Mother needs to be clean. Even here, there were several musicians standing with the guards outside the door. They played soothing and gentle tunes. Other civil and military officials may have rushed over because the imperial master had returned. After all, the reputation of this national master is very high.
"How pitiful." Aoyan murmured.
"how?"
"Ah, I mean Your Majesty."
"...Well, that's right."
The two came to the Queen Mother's bedside. Liu Shenghan stretched out his hand to feel the Queen Mother's pulse and said to Aoyan:
"I think the Imperial Master left for home when he realized that the formation was destroyed."
"Array? You mean the array drawn with medicinal powder and thread to maintain the Queen Mother's life?"
"Yeah. But that formation is not used to sustain life..."
"……what is that?"
As soon as Jun Aoyan finished speaking, Liu Shenghan suddenly trembled. She turned her head and immediately found that Shenghan's wrist was grabbed - by the Queen Mother's hand. She woke up suddenly, without any warning.
"My - Yu'er..."
Her voice was soft, weak, almost hoarse. After all, the Queen Mother has not spoken for many days.
"Please slow down first." Shenghan said to Aoyan, "Go get a glass of water. But don't disturb others."
"Huh? Ah, okay."
Jun Aoyan quickly understood what she meant. She wanted to have a few words with the Queen Mother alone before anyone else interrupted her. The Queen Mother also understood what she meant, but her consciousness was still a little blurry, and her whole face looked very haggard.
"It's not the first time... that I slept for so long."
With Liu Shenghan's help, she slowly sat up straight.
"I'm sorry, but we have something urgent to ask you."
The Queen Mother nodded. Although she had slept for such a long time, she still looked very tired.
"When I opened my eyes, I saw you...and I understood. But, where is Yu'er, please tell me..."
Her hand was still holding Liu Shenghan. Liu Shenghan comforted her and said that Bai Shaoxia had already gone to find someone. The person who rescued her from the fire was also Bai Shaoxia. She probably didn't know about the fire in the palace, but Liu Shenghan told her openly. There's no point in hiding it. These are all things that you need to know sooner or later, and nothing will change just because you tell them later. On the contrary, failure to explain clearly in time will make others suspicious. Jun Aoyan came in and handed a cup of warm water to the Queen Mother's hand. Then she let go of Shenghan and took the water.
But before she could finish speaking, the Queen Mother panicked.
"In that house -" she stuttered a little, "there are, there are many, there are, I, ah..."
She suddenly lamented. Maybe there were too many important things and she didn't know what to say at the moment; maybe her thoughts were too confused and she couldn't organize her words at the moment. But Liu Shenghan knew what she was going to say.
"Those things must have been affected by the fire, and the formation was naturally destroyed. So...is it true that the formation is related to His Majesty?"
The Queen Mother was speechless and choked. Both of them felt that she looked a little old - although she was not gray-haired, she looked younger than the common people of her age, and even some of the nobles they had met. But compared to the last time we met, she was indeed older, and there was a silent sense of vicissitudes of life on her face, as if she had traveled countless times in countless dreams to places that humans have never reached.
"I can see that you are not ordinary people..." The Queen Mother put down the water glass and pinched the bridge of her nose, "Just like me at that time, I saw that the Imperial Master is extraordinary."
"Kinnara, the God of Song."
"That's right...she's not even a human being. She claimed that she was a deity descended from heaven, and I believed it. No matter how nonsense people talk, I can't possibly believe such ridiculous things. But her words and her voice sounded like There was some magic that coaxed me into believing her. I think I still believe her until now, and she did confirm to me in the future that she was not an ordinary person or a charlatan. But it didn’t happen at the time, she only had one mouth to speak. Thinking about it now, it made me believe in her, and it was also evidence that she was a god.”
"There are a lot of tricks to trick people, but you haven't seen much of her." Liu Shenghan said, "But she is indeed...can be regarded as a fairy."
"You are not gods, nor are you monsters. You are human beings, ordinary people." She shook her head and sighed, "Oh, but you are not that ordinary. You can betray someone.
Leaving home and crossing the ocean to our Nine Heavens Kingdom are not ordinary people. "
"What did the Imperial Master do?"
"Teach me to seize power." The Queen Mother said, "After my husband left home, there were endless rumors in the court and in the market. People said that the consort could not bear the blow of losing the prince and abandoned us mother and daughter. I couldn't calm down for a while. I had a headache and couldn't sleep all night. I was afraid that when I woke up the next day, the country would be changed."
They all say that only men are the backbone of the family.
How can a family survive without men, let alone a country?
It's better to find a man and a backer as soon as possible.
Words like this are annoying. Everyone in the world likes to talk about what's going on in other people's quilts. Even the emperor's family likes to talk about it, but you can't shut everyone's mouth. At that time, she and her husband were loving each other, and the endless unwarranted accusations had made her physically and mentally exhausted. However, she could not correct everyone's perceptions, couldn't rush into their faces one by one, scream and shout:
"You don't need to talk about our husband and wife's affairs!"
As time passed, she herself was afraid of being led astray by others. Fortunately, she believed in the prince-in-law and believed in herself. The national teacher said that she just liked this about her. Can’t women make it happen? It is clear that men have robbed women of their things and deprived women of opportunities, like brats who took away a girl’s toys, and yelled all over the world, how could she play with the boys without toys?
It's so childish and disgusting.
Women have to snatch them back...and that's not an easy task.
The God of Song gave two paths.
If she no longer believes that her man can come back, if she believes that the prince-in-law has abandoned their mother and son - no matter how sincere he was, he should also bear the infamy. If people want to scold, let them scold, someone has to be the target. After enough scolding, it stopped. There is no need to find any pillars of support. The entire Gechen Kingdom is in the hands of the Queen. Are you afraid that she will not be able to catch it?
If she still misses the friendship between husband and wife, if she still hopes that her husband will come back... there is nothing that can be done. The Imperial Master has many ways to make those opposing voices fade away and no longer be heard.
"Has the Imperial Master killed many people?" Aoyan asked with a frown, "Did she... kill everyone who didn't believe in you?"
"That is indeed a way. To be honest...if there is no help from the national master, I am afraid I will have to consider this path."
"Haha... you are more decisive than I thought." Jun Aoyan was a little surprised and laughed twice.
"Whether it's a man or a woman, if you want to convince everyone, you have to silence some people; if you want to silence some people, killing them is an effective way. But..."
But Jiutian Kingdom was originally a unified country. The little Ge Shenguo is just a piece of the puzzle. She also knows that there are only a few people who have some ability, can speak well, and can do something practical. If we kill them all, where will we find talented people? Talented people are not just food from the market, they can be caught in large quantities.
The national teacher has a way.
The national master can not only shut them up, but also make them sing and talk. Sing nice songs and say useful words.
As a result, opposition and ridicule gradually subsided and were replaced by admiration and praise. Her regime became stable and her rule won the hearts of the people. At the same time, the Imperial Master vigorously promoted the effect of song and music in cultivating sentiments and cleansing the soul. Men, women, and children across the country have also fallen into the craze of following music.
Everything is in order.
It would be better if the little princess is still healthy.
