White Moonlight of Powerful Officials at large

Chapter 182 Never had a mother before, where did the queen mother come from?
The first month of the 18th year of Jiahe.

It is well known in the capital that although Prince Pei was found and returned to the Duke's Mansion, he has been wandering abroad for many years and his relationship with the mansion is not close.

And since he raised a famous concubine in Wutong Lane, he went in and out of Wutong Lane, and rarely returned to the Duke's mansion.

Therefore, in the evening of this day, it was the gate of Wutong Lane that someone from the palace knocked on.

"My lord, the queen empress invites my lord to meet you when you enter the palace."

Seeing the rightful lord, the palace servants held whisks and saluted respectfully.

Pei You didn't hide the coldness between his brows, and even concealed a bit of hostility, staring at the palace man in front of him, without saying a word.

He didn't speak, and the palace servants didn't dare to get up.

Although Emperor Jiahe abolished the empress a month ago, no one knew that the empress had been favored by the empress for decades, unmatched by anyone in the harem.

It was just a momentary quarrel, and Emperor Jiahe was so angry that he impulsively decreed that the empress should be abolished. The empress still lives in Fengyi Palace, and everyone in the palace still calls "Empress Empress", no one dares to neglect in the slightest.

Naturally, the person whom the empress wanted to invite at this moment did not dare to treat lightly.

Pei You stared at him coldly for a while, and called out, "Tu Bai."

Seeing a man with a strong figure leaping out of the air, the palace people knew that this was a hidden guard with martial arts skills, so they immediately wondered: "My lord..."

"Are you still going?"

The palace people knew that Prince Pei was becoming more and more perverse, so they didn't dare to say anything. In the winter, they wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads and led people into the carriage.

Emperor Jiahe had a quarrel with the empress, but in the end he was not in a happy mood, so he went to the palace alone to recuperate during the New Year's Eve.

There is no master in the palace, but the palace is even more solemn.

There is a tea room in Fengyi Palace. In the past, the empress first entered the main palace, and often invited the wives and family members who had made good friends into the palace to drink tea and chat. Fengyi Palace was often full of laughter.

Even the old palace people who have served the empress for a long time can't tell. Since when, the empress with a bright smile gradually smiled less, gradually stopped entertaining friends, and gradually became dignified and reserved. The appearance of the mother of the country.

The tea room has not been used for a long time, and it is rare that it is not contaminated with the herbal smell that permeates everywhere in Fengyi Palace.

Although it is evening, there are still wisps of setting sun shining in, making the tea room warm and bright.

Xie Nanzhi was dressed quite formally today, with full makeup on, looking handsome and luxurious, without showing any signs of sickness.

She knelt and sat right in front of the tea room, and there were three delicate teacups on the wooden tray in front of her, apparently for drinking tea.

Pei You was also kneeling, although there were only two people in the tea room, he was not close to Xie Nanzhi, she was directly above the tea room, and he was at the door of the tea room directly below.

Sang Liu knelt forward with the brewed hot tea, poured it for the two masters one by one, then put down the teapot, lowered her eyebrows and nodded, and stood quietly aside.

There is a fresh fragrance of tea in the tea room.

Silent for a while.

Pei You lowered his eyes, his pure white face was boundless and cold, and he didn't seem to intend to look up at the person opposite him.

Xie Nanzhi kept looking at him with warm eyes, as if hiding a bay of shallow water.

After a long time, she lowered her eyes slightly: "You should complain about your mother."

Empress? ? ?

Wen Ning's consciousness trembled violently, and she suddenly jumped out of the dream, becoming a little more awake.

"Yu'er, you are as smart as you. If you can find out your identity, you must have guessed why your mother sent you away back then." Xie Nanzhi smiled, maintaining the decency he should have when entertaining guests, "You were born The timing is really not good."

"Your father's accession to the throne is still young, and the Xie family is the only one, with the empress on top and the general of the hussars, and your grandfather used to be good at specialties..." Xie Nanzhi looked at Pei You with a faint look in his eyes. Hong said, "Yu'er, the Xie family is no longer valuable, and there must be no more His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Since ancient times, the aristocratic family and the imperial power have complemented and restrained each other.The Xie family has been around for a hundred years, and in the Jiahe dynasty, Xie Changyuan was the head and assistant, and Xie Nanzhi was the empress of the dynasty, and she was also a very favored empress. Xie Nanci made outstanding achievements at a young age, and was loved by the people. Half of the people in the world have the surname Xie.

If there is another crown prince at this time, once the balance between the imperial power and the aristocratic family is lost, there must be a fight.

Pei You didn't raise her eyes, but only curled the corners of her lips: "The Empress is really dignified and virtuous."

Xie Nanzhi's hands holding the teacup shook, and some tea spilled out of it, which wet her clothes.

She didn't realize it, she took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, and when she looked up again, her face was calm.

"You'er, this is your life, you can't blame anyone."

Pei You's eyebrows were even lower, and a slight smile came from his lips, but the hands beside him were clenched into fists: "So empress, why are the ministers here?"

"As smart as you, didn't you guess it?"

Xie Nanzhi raised her slender chin, "Fubingwei, Jingjiying, Jinwuwei, besides your father and me, who else can mobilize these three parties at the same time?"

Pei You's eyelids twitched, and finally raised his head, his dark eyes were not cold, but a rare crimson.

"I made preparations when I gave birth to you. If it's a baby girl, it's the best. If it's a boy baby, I'll replace it with a baby girl and stay away from the capital." Xie Nanzhi's face was very calm. There was also no disturbance, "It just so happened that your father was away on an expedition, and the eldest princess gave birth ahead of schedule, and I was allowed to do whatever I wanted in the palace. It's just that there was a little accident when I sent you out of the palace."

"That day, a magistrate came to Beijing overnight to report on his duties. He didn't know that your father was not in the palace. It can be regarded as safe and sound, but you have appeared." Xie Nanzhi's soft voice was cold, "He will not be able to live anymore."

"Who is he, can you guess?" Xie Nanzhi said in a clear voice, "Wen Tingchun, the minister of the Honglu Temple, three years ago, I planned the case of the Ryukyu prince's sudden death from poisoned alcohol."

"I'm sure you can guess the reason."

"The Xie clan has been around for a hundred years. Don't seal up the whole family because of my crime of stealing dragons and turning phoenixes. Any place that may go wrong must be sealed."

Pei You's forehead was beating: "What about the Wangs? What does the Wangs have to do with this matter?"

"I sent you far away to Lingnan, and I originally arranged a place for you." Xie Nanzhi said, "Unexpectedly, the war in the south continues, and you can only follow the ups and downs. The Wangs said they adopted you halfway, but I don't feel relieved .”

"Just because you are worried, you want to take someone's life?"

"You'er, the Xie family has nearly a thousand lives, and they are just three insignificant pariahs, what's the point?"

Pei You's blush eyes have already turned dark red: "Where's Wanggui Village? Wanggui Village is far away from the secular world, why was it slaughtered and the bones piled into mountains?!"

"Your teacher is the former Grand Tutor Cao Bin. He retired for many years. Why did he accept you as his first apprentice? Why did he send you to His Majesty?" Xie Nanzhi's eyes were cold, "Cao Bin had a teacher with Wen Tingchun in his early years. Tu Zhiyi, I think the two of them have secretly communicated with each other and know your identity."

"Even if the teacher knows a thing or two, he will slaughter the whole village, leaving no one alive, not even a toothless child?!" Pei You stood up suddenly, his eyes seemed to be bleeding.

Xie Nanzhi also stood up, but she was not in a hurry, elegant and calm.

With a gentle face, only cold and persistent eyes: "Since ancient times, whoever has achieved great things has not stepped on the bones and stained the blood with his hands? It is just a group of people who do nothing. How can the life of my Xie family's heroes be worth more?!"

Pei You laughed lowly twice, and staggered back two steps.

"You are worthy of being the empress, the empress who has both loyalty and filial piety, and puts little righteousness into consideration for the overall situation! Why didn't you just strangle me to death when you gave birth to me? Wouldn't it be more clean and tidy?!"

"I..." Xie Nanzhi choked up, some tears welled up in his eyes, and he swallowed them again.

Pei You turned around and left, Xie Nanzhi quickly followed.

"You'er, wait a minute, let me see you." Xie Nanzhi hurriedly grabbed his sleeve, "Let me take a good look at you."

Pei You looked disgusted, and shook off her hand without hesitation.

"You'er!" Xie Nanzhi called out with a choked voice.

Pei You has already stepped out of the tea room.

The night had covered the palace heavily, the teahouse had long been replaced with candles, and the lanterns at the entrance of the hall had long been lit.

When Xie Nanzhi called, Pei You's footsteps stopped at the door of the tea room.

He didn't go forward, but he didn't look back either.

"You'er." Xie Nanzhi no longer had the cold, ruthless and superior look just now, her voice was a little choked up, "You...is it possible...forgive your mother?"

The lamp candle pulled out Pei You's slanted shadow, illuminating his back in a blur.

He still didn't look back, just sneered softly: "I haven't even had a mother, where did I come from?"

No more words, just walk away.

Is it the empress?

Is it the empress?

Wen Ning wanted to take another look at Xie Nanzhi, but found that she could only follow Pei You on foot like the wind.I don't know why, but I can feel myself crying even though I don't have a physical body.

It's sad.

The person closest to me was slaughtered by the person who should have been closest to me
She seemed to be a little confused between the Pei You in her previous life and the Pei You in this life, as long as she thought about what Pei You had experienced, she felt heart-wrenchingly uncomfortable.

On the night of the first lunar month, layers of snow began to fall.

She followed Pei You all the way back to Wutong Lane, and when she saw Pei You clenching her fists and walking quickly to the gate of her courtyard, she stopped suddenly.

At that time, in order to avoid him, she would turn off the lights and go to sleep early at night.

He stood in front of the quiet courtyard for half an hour under the goose-feather snow, then turned and went to his study.

There is no light in the study.

Wen Ning suddenly remembered that Wang Qinsheng was gone in this life, no one would clean and arrange the study for him, and no one would light the candles for him in advance.

He didn't light any candles.

He sat alone in the empty study room, neither sleeping nor reading, and let the snow on his body melt little by little.

Wen Ning couldn't see the expression on his face.

Too dark, snowy night, no moonlight.

She sat with him from night to dawn.

When the sky was a little brighter, she thought, he should be better, he should be recovering.

Go check on Pei You.

Go check it out again, it's just one side of the empress's words.

Maybe... maybe there is some misunderstanding in the middle?

Just as he was thinking, there were hurried footsteps outside.

The door of the study was pushed open in a panic.

It's Gu Fei.

His entire face was snow-white, he hurried into the room, and before looking up at Pei You, he knelt down: "My son! Empress Empress...hanged herself to death in Fengyi Palace last night!"

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