Daughter of the royal palace

Chapter 184
Seeing her expression, the queen guessed something.

"The ancestors of the Xiao family and the Ling family, no, it should be Lin, Shuangmu 'Lin'. They conquered this piece of land together, but later they turned against each other because of a woman... Forget it, go back and look at the history yourself. Taizu The emperor had no heirs all his life, his harem withered, and his heirs were few. The three emperors after him also had few concubines and few heirs. Up to Emperor Yingshun, he had nine sons and five daughters. It's a pity..." Her eyes flickered, "The empress dowager hated Emperor Yingshun for empathizing with her, killed the concubines, and poisoned the prince, which led to the subsequent change of seven dragons taking over the heir apparent."

Prince An's face changed slightly, "Sister-in-law!" These things are taboo.

The queen glanced at him, "Anyway, those people are already dead, are you afraid of what I will say?" As a modern person, she is very indifferent to the supremacy of imperial power of the ancients.

"When it came to the first emperor, well... the first emperor was also a wise emperor. Naturally, the people cultivated by a powerful woman like the queen mother are not bad. It is a pity that a hero is sad for a beauty, and he also committed a crime for an emperor. A fatal mistake, falling in love with a woman." She glanced at Xiao Tingxuan, "You know that, she is your grandmother. Concubine Yan who was the favorite of the Sixth Palace back then, and later Empress Fengyi." She sighed, " Seeing her son doting on a woman like this, the Queen Mother naturally thought of her husband and Concubine Lian, so she felt jealous and resentful, and bribed the imperial physician to poison your grandmother."

She closed her eyes, and there was a faint mockery between her cold and arrogant brows.

"Women's jealousy has always been unreasonable, just like the queen mother, who was obviously a very smart woman, but was blinded by jealousy and killed Concubine Yan. The former emperor also became depressed because of this, and finally died of illness."

She lowered her head and opened her eyes.

"There are always some people in this world who don't want others to get what they don't get. The queen mother keeps saying that the country can only have long-term peace and stability because the emperor is ruthless." She sneered, "If Emperor Ying Shun didn't empathize, maybe she would. She won't say such a thing anymore. She hasn't obtained happiness herself, and she naturally doesn't want other women to get it, especially the son she put all her hopes on." After she finished speaking, she looked at Xiao Tingxuan firmly, "Now you Do you understand? The royal family has always been cruel and cruel. Your father..."

The queen sighed, and said bitterly: "He suffers no less than you. He just wants to exercise your character. I didn't agree with his approach at the beginning, so I took you out of the palace in such an anger. In fact, you can recall carefully, did your father teach you formations and martial arts strictly before taking you to Langya Mountain?"

Xiao Tingxuan's eyes were moved, and his thin lips were tightly pursed.

The queen sighed again, "There is no parent in the world who doesn't love their child. Your father, he just...is not good at expressing it. Because his mother died in the court, he hated the first emperor since he was a child. He turned a blind eye to the late emperor's care and love. Naturally, he didn't know how to be a good father."

"When you were born, he hugged you very happily." There was a dreamy smile on the corner of her mouth.

"When I gave birth to you, I was frightened because I was not yet a month old, so it was extremely painful. He was afraid that I would bite my tongue, so he put his hand into my mouth and let me bite..." The queen said here with a weak voice. Low and dumb, her hair drooped, covering her expression.

"You have seen it too, there is still a tooth mark on his arm, which was bitten by me." She looked up, with a smile in her bewildered eyes.

"Actually, that tooth mark existed a long time ago, when I fell off a cliff and broke my leg..."

Prince Jing froze, his eyes shattered with a look of pain.The queen seemed to sense it and glanced at him.

"Ziqiu, stop blaming yourself. It wasn't your fault. Besides, I told you that I am not her, and the person who has been disabled for 20 years is not me."

Ling Xihan was a little confused when he heard it, but the queen said again: "It was me who recovered the tooth mark easily. I applied medicine for the festering wound. I want that scar to remain forever..." She The eyes covered by the hair were reddish, and the voice became hoarse.

"He saw me in such pain, so he hugged me and said to me, we will never have children anymore, no more..." The queen raised her head, trying to force back the tears, with a smile on her face. "At that time, I was thinking, I must have done a lot of good deeds in my previous life, and God will give me a husband who loves me so much in this life."

Prince Jing's eyes were gloomy, and there was a wry smile on the corner of his mouth.Heart, the pain was unbearable in an instant.

Prince An didn't speak, he had witnessed that scene with his own eyes.

Ling Xihan was moved, the emperor's family valued offspring, unexpectedly...

"Mother..." Xiao Tingxuan's eyes were blurred, and he called out in a low voice.

The queen turned her head and smiled. "You were just born, before I had time to hug you..." She paused, "Later... Later I lost my memory..."

Prince Jing staggered, and the pain spread in his eyes.

"Sister-in-law..." Prince An glanced at Prince Jing, and his eyes flashed with unbearable color.

The queen seemed to suddenly realize that she had said something wrong, her eyes flickered, and her voice dropped.

"Parents love their sons, and they have far-reaching plans. After all, I was shallow." She smiled wryly, "Now that I think about it, my mother... really failed."

Xiao Tingxuan's phoenix eyes shattered into a halo, and his voice was a little hoarse.

"Mother, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"Didn't your eighth uncle talk about it just now? You stayed away from the court all these years, and I..." It wasn't that she didn't want to tell him, but that she had no chance.Moreover, at this time, she didn't want to tell him about that.

Xiao Tingxuan smiled wryly. In fact, he didn't hate his father, even if he threw himself into Langya Mountain when he was young, he didn't feel jealous at all.He just longed, longed for father's love, just like a child in an ordinary family.

He really couldn't stand hearing his father's words at the beginning, but after Ling Xihan's explanation, the depression in his heart has dissipated.

The queen stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder.

"Xuan'er, I don't know whether the bet ten years ago was a good thing or a bad thing, but... until now, I can't do anything about it." She said that the chess game has already started, and there is absolutely no reason to stop it.

Xiao Tingxuan raised his eyes suddenly, his phoenix eyes were bright, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"I know, Queen Mother."

The queen nodded and rubbed the space between her eyebrows: "I'm tired, I'll go back first."

"Mother?" Xiao Tingxuan's eyes were full of worry, the mother's health was getting worse and worse.

"I'm fine." The queen smiled, although her face was still a little pale, but it didn't affect her beauty at all.

(End of this chapter)