Rong Cang reacted in shock.
As if he heard something wrong, he looked at the queen blankly: "What did the queen say?"
"I want to see the mark on your buttocks." The Queen repeated with firm eyes and calmly, "When my child had an accident, I took a careful look at his buttocks. There is a red mole on your forehead, and Yun Fei said you also have one on your buttocks."
Rong Cang sat stiffly, his cold and dignified handsome face flushed: "My son is already an adult man, so unruly..."
"I am your mother, what is wrong with the rules?" The queen frowned, with a somewhat anxious expression, "Besides, this is a major matter related to my own blood, and you are still coy here, do you care about this shyness?"
Rong Cang pursed his lips and didn't speak for a long time.
The queen stood up and walked into the inner hall: "Follow me."
Rong Cang raised his eyes and stared in the direction of the inner hall, as if he was looking at a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, and wanted to fight to the death: "Queen Mother..."
"Don't you want to know who your biological mother is?" The queen turned her head and looked at him expressionlessly, "Or do you not care at all who your biological mother is?"
Rong Cang's heart tightened, thinking that the queen had endured the pain of losing her son over the years, and spent more than twenty years alone in the lonely and cold palace. She felt guilty for a moment, and all the shame suddenly disappeared.
He followed in silence and followed the queen's instructions to lie down on the bed.
The queen raised her hand and brushed the curtain, blocking all visible scenes in the inner hall.
In fact, all the eunuchs and maids in the palace were dismissed, and no one was left, but the queen was still worried about Rong Cang's lack of face.
She stood in front of the bed and looked at the adult man, unable to control the excitement in her heart.
Although he had adopted him as his legitimate son, the longing in his heart for a biological son was a weight that the two "adopted" people could never compare to.
Now that the truth was coming, she suddenly felt timid, her eyes turned a little red, and she hoped in her heart that he was her biological son. This would prove that her child back then was still alive and well, and was growing up so well.
However, when he thought about how he had suffered for so many years under his own eyes, and she knew clearly what he suffered, but stood by and did nothing, so that when he was still a half-grown boy at the age of thirteen, he had to leave the palace and go to the arduous border crossing. .
The queen's heart felt like being stabbed by a sharp knife, causing her internal organs to drip with blood and causing unbearable pain.
"Mother." Rong Cang turned to look at her, his lips pursed slightly, "Everything has passed, and your good days are just about to begin."
The Queen came back to her senses, took a breath, and a smile appeared on her face: "You are right, our good days have just begun."
Rong Cang raised his hand and pulled down his pants a little.
The queen stared at the red mole on his buttocks that was exactly the same as when he was born. She couldn't help but reach out and touch it, feeling the slight protrusion under her fingertips. It was not a mark that was made later, nor was there any trace of anything strange. It's completely a natural red mole.
The queen no longer had any doubts in her mind, and arranged Rong Cang's clothes: "I'm sorry, my mother didn't mean to make you shy."
Rong Cang stood up from the bed and shook his head slowly: "I understand your mother's mood."
"Rong Cang." The queen held him in her arms, her voice choked with sobs, "I failed to protect you and made you suffer for so many years..."
"It's not the mother's fault." Rong Cang felt sour in his heart and patted her back to comfort her, "The mother is also a victim."
The queen lost control of her emotions, and her hands holding Rong Cang couldn't stop shaking: "I really thought that life was hopeless in this life, but I didn't expect... I didn't expect..."
She really never dreamed that she would have the chance to recognize her son, and that mother and son could be reunited.
Rong Cang didn't say anything, and was quietly held by her, occasionally patting her back gently, as if he was using his strong arms to protect the woman who should be protected by him from now on.
He has reached adulthood.
His childhood experiences were never obstacles that he could not overcome. He did not develop a withdrawn and gloomy temperament, nor was he angrier and blaming others. On the contrary, those years only helped him build a strong will, allowing him to not shrink back when encountering setbacks. , have the courage to overcome difficulties.
He has known since he was a child that the deep palace is dangerous.
The palace is full of insidious schemes and intrigues are everywhere, and he knows it.
The struggle for the interests of the harem is never a struggle between one person, but a conflict of interests between families.
The queen failed to protect her children back then. It was not her fault, it was just that the human heart was too vicious, making it difficult for people to guard against it.
They just need to find the culprit, make all evil thoughts invisible, and make those with evil intentions pay the price they deserve.
The queen calmed down for a long time. Her son's broad chest made her feel an unprecedented sense of security. She finally realized that her son had grown into an upright man.
He single-handedly commanded 400,000 soldiers and horses, and within ten years the barbaric and fierce Mobei was unable to do anything to the Chu State.
He also had great ambitions to incorporate the Mobei territory into the Chu State, so that there would be no more wars in the north.
Her son was so good and she was so proud of him.
"Rong Cang." The queen let him go, took a step back slightly, and raised her eyes to look at his angular face, "The country of Chu is yours, and no one else can take it away even if they want to. All the people who plotted against you back then , I won’t let any of them go.”
Rong Cang pursed his lips and nodded slowly: "Don't worry, Queen Mother, this country can only belong to your son."
The queen lifted the curtain, turned around and walked out.
"It's just that the harem is always full of blood. I don't want to follow in the footsteps of my father and the queen, I don't want my children to kill each other, and I don't want Yun Fei to live in intrigues." Rong Cang followed the queen, his voice was calm and firm, "So I may not have three palaces and six courtyards."
"Emperors in the past dynasties filled their harems, firstly to balance the forces in the court, and secondly, for their own romantic and lustful purposes. The biggest reasons are these two." The queen sat down on the phoenix chair, "As long as you have the ability, you can suppress the emperor with your own ability. Live in the court and let the ministers be willing to be driven by you. Whether you accept the concubine or not is your own business and no one else has the right to interfere."
As she said that, she smiled coldly: "The ministers in the court always like to use the excuse of 'prolonging the heirs and spreading the branches' to persuade the emperor to fill the harem, but they forget that there is only one throne. The more heirs, the more cruel the struggle will be in the future, and finally he will ascend to the throne." The person who reaches the high position is just the one who wins, the others will die and be disabled, and they are not as long as the children in ordinary people's homes."
If the emperor on top is a tolerant emperor, maybe a few brothers and sisters will survive. If the emperor is a cruel king, no matter how rich the heirs are, he will kill them all.
And the so-called balancing forces are even more ridiculous.
The duty of the courtiers is to assist the emperor in governing the world. Their energy should be focused on the country, the country, and the country, rather than scheming in the court all day long.
All kings who need to worry about balancing the forces in the court either have an incompetent father who left him with a declining royal family, and had to be restrained by ministers when he first ascended the throne, or he himself is incompetent and has no ability to control officials. , had to find a way to balance the forces of all parties.
Of all the capable emperors, who would rely on women’s nepotism to secure their throne?
"Rong Cang." The queen raised her eyes, "The secret that you are my son is only known to us, mother and son, for the time being. The other insiders are the masterminds behind it. We need to investigate slowly. Don't let anyone know about this for now. "
Rong Cang hummed: "I understand."
"Prince Chen and his wife are going to see the noble concubine. Let's see what they do next. I have to wait and see what happens and wait for them to show their flaws." The queen's eyes were attentive, "I want to see what concubine Gu has to do. Absolute tricks."
