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The Queen Mother lowered her eyes and remained silent without speaking. After a while, she held the handkerchief and shed tears silently.

"Queen Mother...Queen Mother..." Lao Liu immediately left his seat and squatted beside the Queen Mother's legs. He held his mother's hand with both hands and looked up at her.

"Don't worry, mother. Your son will take good care of himself."

"The son writes to his mother every month to report on his current situation."

"My son strives to let his mother hold her grandson as soon as possible."

When she said the last words, the Queen Mother held back her tears, removed the veil to wipe her tears, and looked into her son's eyes.

He asked happily, "Really?"

"Really." Lao Liu said firmly.

He risked everything to make his mother happy.

He said with a smile: "If you hurry up, maybe you can hear the good news next month."

The Queen Mother began to wipe her tears again and said with choked sobs: "You have to keep your word, but you can't lie to the Ai family."

Lao Liu held his mother's hand and felt that these words sounded so familiar.Suddenly it dawned on him, wasn't this what he said to his mother when he was a child?

Two lines of tears rolled down without warning.

The man did not shed tears, but he did not go to the sad place.

"Mother, my son must keep his word." Lao Liu knelt on the ground and solemnly promised.

Li Beichen planned in his mind that he would later summon the Minister of Rites to the palace, and then select two unmarried women from the concubines of officials in the capital and the legitimate daughters of officials in the vassal area to be his brother's concubines.

Jiang Yuebai turned around and quietly wiped away her tears.

She remembered the night before she left home and took the train to go to Beijing to study at university.

She also had a long talk with her mother, saying many things and holding hands reluctantly.

Like the Queen Mother, her mother was obviously very happy for her and knew that she would have a bright future only if she left home, but she kept crying silently.

It's worry, reluctance, and distress.

Probably all mothers in the world are the same.

Jiang Yuebai secretly shed tears because of the conversation between his brother and his mother, which made Li Beichen feel distressed.

He guessed that she was crying because of her life experience.No matter how kind her stepmother is to her, she cannot replace her biological mother's place in a person's heart.That is the instinct of blood connection.

Li Beichen didn't know how to comfort Jiang Yuebai, so he turned to the Queen Mother and said respectfully, "Mother, I am taking Mr. Fugui back first. You and Lao Liu will chat more."

The Queen Mother raised her head, her eyes swept across Jiang Yuebai, then back to Li Beichen, and finally landed on the face of the kneeling Li Beihong, "Repay it too."

Lao Liu watched his elder brother leave with Jiang Yuebai without blinking an eye.The Queen Mother looked at Lao Liu in silence, feeling distressed without saying a word.

Until no one could be seen.Lao Liu was still staring dreamingly at the direction they left.

"Don't look at Liu Liu. They have already left." The Queen Mother held her youngest son's hand tightly and sighed.

"Get up, kneeling for a long time is bad for your legs. It's not good for you to like someone, why should you like her? The Ai family feels bad for you."

Lao Liu held his mother's hand, shook his head, and said with a smile, "My son doesn't feel bad. My son likes her and it has nothing to do with her. He just feels a little reluctant to let go and wants to see her a few more times before leaving."

"Aren't you feeling uncomfortable?" The Queen Mother obviously didn't believe it.

"It's not uncomfortable," Lao Liu showed a calm smile, and the image of her dancing a sword in the garden appeared in his mind, "She is the best around the eldest brother. It can be seen that she is sincere to the eldest brother. He also likes her very much. she."

The Queen Mother sighed noncommittally.I couldn't bear to expose the pain behind my son's pretense of ease and self-comfort.

Love is the most helpless word in the world.I don’t know where my love started, but I love you deeply.

only……

The queen mother asked worriedly, "Is everything okay between you and the princess?"

"My son and Princess Qin Se are in harmony and have a very good relationship. Mother, don't worry. My son knows what's appropriate." Lao Liu said solemnly.

Suddenly he thought of something and looked at his mother with a smile, "Don't my mother already know everything?"

The Queen Mother glared at Lao Liu angrily.

She was really worried about Lao Liu, so she arranged an informant in Prince Jin's Mansion and went to listen to him every night.

The Queen Mother sighed, "You have to leave the capital. Today you will accompany the Ai family and have dinner before leaving."

Lao Liu had exactly what he meant, "Okay, listen to the queen."

After saying that, they walked out slowly with the Queen Mother's arm in their arms. The two of them tacitly suppressed the sadness of separation in their hearts and talked and laughed happily.

During this trip, the most worrying thing for Lao Liu was his mother.Being able to accompany the Queen Mother at this time, I naturally want to make her happy as much as possible.

Walking to the lake, the mother and son looked at the lake, which was sparkling and boundless. The Queen Mother turned sideways and looked at Lao Liu, "Since you can't attend the Ai family's birthday party, shouldn't you give the Ai family a gift?"

Lao Liu frowned and thought for a while, sighed, and said seriously, "All the treasures in the world are in the palace. There is everything in the mother's harem, and the son doesn't know what to give this time. I want to surprise my mother, no. It’s easy!”

"You can't think of what to give?" the Queen Mother asked with a smile.Lao Liu has always been a ghost, and the things he gives are all novel and unique.

"Yes. There are very few worldly things worthy of being as noble as my mother!" Lao Liu looked helpless.

"It's your mouth!"

Lao Liu looked at the diamond-encrusted hairpin on his mother's head and smiled silently.

Could this hairpin be considered a gift from him and Jiang Yuebai to his mother?After all, the largest diamond on it belongs to Jiang Yuebai.

Thinking of this, he felt very happy.

"Why don't you dress up and sneak out of the palace? My son will go shopping with his mother today, look at perfumes and rouges, and take his mother to the best restaurants in the capital. How about treating it as a birthday gift from his son to his mother?"

The Queen Mother first thought about the safety issue and hesitated, but then she thought that her son would be leaving in three days and wanted to spend more happy time with her son.What's more, after being locked up in the palace for so many years, she also wanted to get out of the palace to play, walk around and experience folk life.

Lao Liu knew that his eldest brother had arranged secret guards to protect the Queen Mother since the last incident, so he was not very worried about the Queen Mother's safety.

Most importantly, he wanted to spend some time with his mother and relax before setting off.

"Aijia is old, so I will go crazy with you today," the Queen Mother said with a smile, "Come on, let's go back to the palace and change clothes."

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen my mother smiling so happily and talking like a normal person, and her face suddenly looked ten years younger.

Looking at such a mother, Lao Liu sighed.

Jiaojiao, will you become like a queen in the future?No matter where you are, you can't control your smile or smile, you can't have fun, you always wear a mask.

Her lonely figure in the small garden as she lowered her head and stroked the hilt of the sword appeared in her mind.

Do you really like staying in the palace?

The Queen Mother changed into ordinary clothes and came out. She was still very noble, so she had to wear a hat with a veil.The sixth child was forced by the Queen Mother to put on makeup and wear a beautiful pink and purple dress with a high collar.