She said to Pei Yuanhao: "Who are you?"

Then I remembered that there was someone behind me. I looked back and saw Pei Yuanhao standing behind me with the oil lamp in silence. When he heard his mother ask him, he didn't answer, but just stared at her blankly.

I looked back in surprise. He, who had always been at ease in front of anyone in any occasion, was the first time he had such hesitation and even a little confused and helpless, as if he had completely lost his reaction.

My mother just looked at him quietly and had no intention of asking questions anymore.

I said, "Mother, he, he is the emperor today."

"emperor……"

The mother was silent for a moment and said, "Since she is the emperor, how could she run to the Sanjiang Dam in Xichuan?"

As expected, her eyes were as sharp as a gaze. Although she had not been included in the world for decades, all the worldly loves were so transparent in front of her.

I can't answer this question anymore.

This time, Pei Yuanhao took a step forward and said calmly: "The mountains and rivers are ruined and there is no way to be a home."

I looked at him in surprise.

In fact, everyone knows this sentence in their hearts. Although he is the capital he has withdrawn from, once he withdraws, he loses his Kyoto and the throne. When he comes here, his subordinates still regard him as emperor, but in fact, he has lost the qualifications of the emperor.

He could not say this sentence, and no one could say it, but he did not expect that he would say it here in front of my mother.

The mother said, "It is unknown how come a comeback."

Pei Yuanhao took a step closer: "I hope you can give me some advice."

The mother looked at his eyes and said calmly: "The look of your eyes is very firm. There is no confusion in front of you. You know what you should do from beginning to end. Others can only influence you and cannot change you. So, I won't give you some advice."

Pei Yuanhao hesitated for a moment and said, "But, the thing I'm doing now-"

"Everything is ready, no need for the east wind."

"Thank you."

“Only one.”

"Please give me advice."

"Extraordinary times and very means, but very different words are unusual."

Pei Yuanhao was silent for a while and bowed to her: "I understand."

I stood beside me and felt that the conversation between them was a bit inexplicable, but it was not inexplicable. After experiencing so much and exploring so much, I knew more about what Pei Yuanhao wanted to ask, and probably understood what his mother wanted to explain to him. I just thought it was strange that they had never seen each other before, but at this moment they seemed to be familiar with each other. With one sentence and one look, it seemed that they could fully understand what the other person was thinking.

I frowned slightly.

But her mother, after hearing the three words of Pei Yuanhao's neatness, her eyes flashed slightly. She raised her head again, looked him up and down with the light in Pei Yuanhao's hand, and then said, "You are Pei Ji's son."

Pei Yuanhao took a deep breath and leaned over to salute her.

The mother looked at him with her head tilted and said, "You don't look very much like your father."

“…”

“He is very kind.”

“…”

"You don't."

There are probably not many people in the world who dare to say these words in front of Pei Yuanhao, but she said so lightly, and Pei Yuanhao did not have any resistance. She just remained silent for a while and said softly: "I have said several times that the son is not like the father."

"He has already..."

"Yes, Huangkao Yibintian."

“…”

The mother fell silent.

I couldn't help but look at Pei Yuanhao - I don't know how much he knew about the things between his mother and his father, or how much Pei Ji told him, but I know very well that even if the first relationship between them was worn away by the years, there was still a friendship.

However, there was not much pain or sorrow on my mother's face, but only a moment of confusion.

After a while, she sighed softly.

"He's gone."

“…”

"He's gone..."

She said this sentence very lightly, as if under the tempering of time, all emotions and touches will inevitably disappear slowly, but there are some things that are buried deep in memory that others cannot peek at or share.

After saying this, she raised her head and looked at Pei Yuanhao, looked for a while, and then said, "You are not like your father, but you are very much like your mother."

My heart suddenly jumped.

Empress Zhao Lie?

I thought this was something that Pei Yuanhao could not forget, but it was even harder to mention, but I didn't expect that he would be mentioned by his mother at this time.

I don't know if his hands were trembling or some other reason, the fire also shook suddenly at this time. Pei Yuanhao stepped forward and said hoarsely: "You, do you know whose son I am?"

I was also a little surprised. Judging from the fact that my mother left the capital and entered Xichuan, she had never seen Pei Yuanhao and would not even know him very much.

But how could she know who Pei Yuanhao’s mother is?

Pei Yuanhao and I were in a little confused and anxious mood. Only she, who still seemed very calm under the swaying light, said: "You look so much like Xue Yi, of course you should be her son."

Pei Yuanhao opened his eyes wide and looked at her: "You, have you seen - my mother?"

A smile appeared on my mother's face and said, "Of course I've seen it."

“…”

"At that time, I had just entered Shu, and she was ready to enter the palace, so we didn't spend a long time together. Although we spent a short time together, that period of time was very pleasant."

“…”

"I'm rare to attract someone as a confidant, she's one."

Pei Yuanhao listened to her talking about her mother indifferently. I listened on the side, feeling a lot of emotion. I never expected that my mother would actually want to know each other and Queen Zhao Lie, and even be close friends.

As soon as my mother finished speaking, Pei Yuanhao suddenly said: "My mother, she gave Huangkao a Biyue Scimitar. Since then, Huangkao has been very fond of her. That knife-"

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The mother nodded and said, "I gave that Biyue Scimitar to her."

Pei Yuanhao gasped.

And I was listening to it, and it was even more difficult to believe it.

The Biyue Scimitar was presented to Pei Ji, and then Pei Ji left it to Pei Yuanhao. He also gave it to the prince before the Battle of Juma River Valley. It was actually given to Empress Zhao Lie by his mother!

No wonder at that time, I saw the pattern of the five-clawed golden dragon on the Biyue Scimitar.

I also thought about who forged that knife and dared to use the five-clawed golden dragon pattern that the royal family could only use. Now I understand that my mother is already the emperor, and the things she wears on her body and the things she makes for forging are of course possible to use those patterns.

"Your mother is a very smart person."

My mother's somewhat low voice sounded again in this hollow place, and she heard the echo faintly, which made Pei Yuanhao and I have the illusion of being in a dream. His eyes were even more confused than before. He looked at her and couldn't say a word.

The mother smiled and said, "Actually, when we were together, we didn't talk much, but I understood everything she wanted to do, and she knew everything I wanted to say."

At this time, Pei Yuanhao slowly bent down and almost half-kneeled in front of her.

"Then, do you know what she wants to do when she enters the palace?"

The mother looked at him calmly and said, "I said that I understand everything she wants to do."

“…”

I felt that Pei Yuanhao suddenly became hoarse.

It wasn't that I didn't speak or that I didn't know what to say, but I suddenly became hoarse and lost the ability to speak. I could almost hear his throat clattering, as if there were thousands of words, but at this moment, I couldn't say a word.

Under the light, his eyes turned red.

The mother looked at him for a while and said, "Your mother is a very gentle and virtuous person. It is not by chance that she was named the queen. But she has a strong temperament. Such a person is like a ball of fire, which will naturally attract people."

“…”

"It will also hurt others and yourself."

“…”

"Especially because she is currently in the dust, she will find something-"

Speaking of this, my mother suddenly couldn't continue.

Pei Yuanhao's hand shook and the lamp almost fell down. I felt panic in my heart, and subconsciously raised my head and asked her: "Mother, do you know the cause of Queen Zhaolie's death?"

Pei Yuanhao glanced at me.

Obviously, he didn't expect me to know much about Queen Zhao Lie.

My mother turned her head and looked at me, her eyes shining by the swaying fire, and it was also flashing. She said softly: "I don't know."

“…”

"But, I might be able to guess."

“…”

"It's probably a huge secret that will make her live."

“…”

"Maybe, it was a secret that should not be known by anyone, but she discovered it, so--"

My face suddenly turned pale.

She said that Queen Zhao Lie may have discovered a huge secret, and was her death an accident or a deliberate murder?

When I heard me ask this, my mother said lightly: "I have no idea about this."

“…”

"Why do you have to know? Please ask for some facts that have happened. If you look for the answers again, it will only hurt others and yourself."

My heart suddenly jumped, and then I came to my senses and looked at Pei Yuanhao, whose eyes were bloodshot and red.

I forgot that this incident was the heaviest blow to him.

If the mother's guess is true, then there are two possibilities for Queen Zhaolie's death.

The first possibility is, as my mother said, she is strong-willed. After discovering some unbearable truth, she resolutely ended her life, even regardless of the fetus that was about to be fertilized in her womb.

The second possibility is that she discovered some secrets that cannot be known to outsiders, so she was murdered.
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