"Your Majesty the Queen is also confused. Logically, Tian'er shouldn't come back today." The Queen Mother sat up straight and said calmly.
"The reason why I came back early is because I heard a rumor."
"What's that?"
"The prophecy about the Jun family."
As soon as the words fell, the Queen Mother's face, which had been rosy just now, suddenly turned as pale as paper, without any blood. Even her body tensed up in an instant.
What was supposed to happen finally happened. Can she hide it any longer? What should she do? What should she do
"It is rumored in the martial arts world that the prophecy of the Jun family that disappeared nineteen years ago has been in the Tianze Palace." Emperor Shitian spoke very slowly, word by word. Knowing that the Queen Mother was in poor health, he really didn't want to ask her in person if there was no other way.
But apart from the Queen Mother, I'm afraid no one knows this matter better.
"So I, your son, would like to ask you, mother, if you know anything about this matter?"
After a while, the Queen Mother finally reacted, then turned her face to one side, not daring to look directly into Di Shitian's eyes, "You have already asked about this matter. Although I am the only survivor of the Jun family tragedy, I really don't know what the prophecy is. As for the rumors, I said they are just rumors, how can I believe them? Could it be that Tian'er would rather believe those unfounded rumors than believe me?"
That secret cannot be told, absolutely cannot be told. Because it involves too many people, once it is revealed, it will not only be Tian'er who cannot bear it... She cannot tell it.
After the queen mother finished speaking with an unusual expression, she struggled to get off the ground, "Auntie Mei, Auntie Mei, I'm a little hungry..." She was not good at lying, especially to her son. She couldn't hold on for a long time. So, she could only change the subject and find an excuse to leave here.
Hearing the empress dowager's call, Mei Gu immediately ordered the palace maids to prepare the meal, and then she went into the hall first to serve.
"Queen, please wait a moment. I am ready to go." When she looked up, she actually saw the person who had been away for several days. She immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, I didn't know that you had returned to the palace. Please forgive me."
She had been guarding outside the door, and she didn't even know when the king came in. It was damnable.
"Ignorance is not a crime. Get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Mei Gu stood up and saw the Queen Mother was about to get off the ground, so she immediately stepped forward to support her. "Queen Mother, please go slowly."
Seeing this, Emperor Shitian knew that he would not be able to get anything out of her today. So he stood up and said, "Mother, I still have some government affairs to deal with, so I will take my leave now."
"Well, state affairs are more important, Tian'er, you go and take care of them. As for the Queen Mother, Aunt Mei will be enough."
"Your son, I'm leaving!" Emperor Shi Tian bowed and then walked out of the hall.
As soon as Emperor Shi Tian left, the Queen Mother collapsed all of a sudden and sat back on the bed. Her face was solemn and she sighed. That look really frightened Mei Gu.
"Empress Dowager, what's wrong with you? I'll go call the imperial physician." Mei Gu was in a panic and raised her leg to call the imperial physician, but before she could take a step, she was stopped by the Empress Dowager.
"I'm fine, I just need to rest for a while, don't panic." He pulled Mei Gu to sit beside her, sighed, then closed his eyes, and murmured in a low voice: "The debt of the past must be repaid tonight. Karma is cyclical, good and evil will be rewarded. Paper will never cover the truth. But those two children are innocent, what should I do..."
"Empress Dowager, has something happened?" Mei Gu asked worriedly after hearing this.
Mei Gu had followed the Queen Mother for decades and they were like sisters. She knew that the Queen Mother was in poor health and that if she kept her worries to herself, it would be very bad for her health.
"Queen Mother, if you have any problem, please tell me. Don't keep it to yourself and make yourself sick. If anything happens to you, the king will be very sad. You are the only relative he has left."
"It's not that I don't want to talk about it, but that matter is of great importance and cannot be talked about! Once it is talked about, millions of people will be killed and thousands of miles of blood will be shed. It will be a sin..."
After Emperor Shi Tian came out from the Queen Mother, he went straight to the imperial study.
Although Mei has been arrested, there are still many things to deal with. He has to settle them before tomorrow. Otherwise, it will be difficult to explain when that little guy comes back.
Thinking of how she would pout and be angry when she saw him, a smile involuntarily appeared on the corners of his resolute mouth.
At this moment, a reporting voice came from outside the door, "Your Majesty, General Zhenxi requests to see you." It was a feminine tone that belonged only to the daytime.
Emperor Shitian came back to his senses, sat up straight, and said lightly, "Spread it."
"Rumor has it that General Hu Yuanshan, the Great Zhenxi General, has come to see the Emperor."
Shortly after he finished speaking, a man in armor and with a rough appearance walked in. "I am here to greet the king. Long live the king!" His voice was very rough, just like his person. He had a strong build and a beard, and at first glance he was a fierce general.
"General Zhenxi, there's no need to be so polite. Please stand up." Emperor Shitian raised his hand towards Hu Yuanshan, and he immediately stood up and stood aside.
"I heard that a strange vision of 'Pillar to Heaven' appeared at the southwestern border. Is it true?" He casually picked up a memorial, started to review it, and waited for Hu Yuanshan's answer.
The guards at each border were all capable men selected by him personally, and their abilities were beyond doubt. However, as the higher the virtue, the higher the evil, so just in case, he arranged his shadow guards around each of them. And they all had special channels for transmitting information, so they could get the news faster than he did.
"In reply to your Majesty, I just received news that a column of air condensed from fog suddenly appeared in the southern sky, above the Sea of Clouds Forest, and reached the sky. I came to Jinjiang this time to report this to your Majesty."
The moment he heard the words "Sea of Clouds and Forest", Emperor Shitian's hand, which was reviewing the memorial, froze for a moment. Thus, a thick ink spot was left on it.
Sea of Clouds Forest? This incident is indeed related to Sea of Clouds Forest. Then, is it related to that little thing...
For some reason, his eyelids have been twitching since this morning. Could something have happened
"I have one more thing to report." Just as Emperor Shitian was meditating, Hu Yuanshan's voice sounded again.
"General, please feel free to speak."
Hu Yuanshan raised his head, frowning slightly, as if he was having a hard time speaking, but after hesitating for a long time, he still said, "This matter is about the Grand Tutor." Grand Tutor Wenren was also half of his teacher. If this matter was not too strange, he really didn't want to say it.
"Oh? Master Wen!" Emperor Shitian raised his eyebrows, then solemnly put down the pen in his hand and signaled Hu Yuanshan to continue. (To be continued)