The apprentice's face was as calm as ever, but his eyes were a little darker than before. The old general knew that the apprentice was angry: "Have you ever seen the emperor?"

Xiao Zhen hummed softly.

The old general wiped his feet and threw the footcloth aside: "He is the emperor, and it is normal for him to be separated from the shadow master. What do you have to be sad about?"

"It's normal to be separated by life and death, but at least I can stay with the emperor for a few years."

"You are just being emotional." The old general shouted, looking at his apprentice's silence, he sighed: "Actually, you are now a mother and have your own family. As a teacher, I really can't let you go on missions anymore."

Xiao Zhen clenched his hands.

"Axe, master asks you again, do you really not regret that your life has been dull?"

"I don't regret it." Xiao Zhen's voice was calm but firm.

"Not shaken at all?"

"Maybe before, but every time I see Ziran's sincerity towards me, those wavers no longer exist."

"Okay. Master, I understand. From now on, you just have to guard Hanying Village."

"Thank you, Master." After Xiao Zhen finished speaking, he turned and left.

The rain is still falling.

After Xiao Zhen galloped out of the capital, he reined in his horse and looked back. He saw that the city wall was majestic and tall, and the soldiers on the tower were guarding it meticulously like giants.

Xiao Zhen turned around and looked at Emperor Mountain. When he came, there was still a thick layer of dark clouds on the mountain. Now he could actually see the sun. It seemed that this scene would stop soon.

Autumn is known when a leaf falls. As soon as autumn entered, the emperor announced the news of the queen's death, and the whole court mourned for a while. In fact, to the common people, the affairs in the palace were just gossip. When the queen died, everyone felt sorry for the young emperor.

, but soon began to discuss who would sit on the throne of the Queen, the Imperial Concubine or the Imperial Concubine.

A matter of position.

Naturally, ordinary people would not have thought that these two empresses were drinking tea in the courtyard of Xiao Zhen's house in Hanying Village.

Concubine Lu was holding the little pear and teasing her, while Concubine Jin was lovingly looking at her son Xiao Si Qi, whom she had not seen for a long time. Prince Qi was much taller and darker than when he first came to Hanying Village.

He still looked as sick as when he arrived, not to mention his cleverness.

After a while, he went out to catch loaches with Little Ax and Little Hanhua.

Xiao Zhen winked at Aunt Cui, who quickly came over and took away the little pear from Concubine Lu.

"I really didn't expect that the two empresses are here today." To her, they were both acquaintances, and Xiao Zhen had no distinction between superiority and inferiority, but went straight to her. What surprised her was that these two people actually

We will come to the village together.

"I just wanted to come and see Sister A Zhen," Concubine Jin said with a smile, "I didn't expect that the imperial concubine would know about it, and the imperial concubine would come with me." As she said that, she said pointedly: "It seems that the imperial concubine

The eyes and ears the empress has placed in my palace are quite powerful."

Concubine Lu was several years younger than Concubine Jin, but she could tell at a glance that she had seen the world. She looked at Concubine Jin with a half-smile and said, "It's still not as good as Concubine Jin who put her in my palace."

Eyes and ears.”

Xiao Zhen: "..." took a sip of tea.

Concubine Jin snorted coldly: "Don't think that once the Queen dies, you can sit in the back seat."

"The post?" Concubine Lu's immature face didn't show much concern: "The post is just an empty title for me. If you want it, just take it. But the emperor may not give it to you.

.”

Concubine Jin sneered: "If you have the ability, just take this false title. I dare say that the emperor will not give it to you."

As they said that, both of their faces sank.

Xiao Zhen: "..." took another sip of tea.

After the two of them turned their lips to each other again, Xu felt that it was boring, and they both started drinking tea like Xiao Zhen.

After a while, Concubine Lu looked at Xiao Zhen with some embarrassment and said, "Aren't the two of us looking like this a joke to my sister?"

"Sister, are you helping me or her?" In front of Xiao Zhen, Concubine Jin was still the willful child she was before, and she spoke straightforwardly.

"It seems that you are all lonely." Xiao Zhen said lightly.

Concubine Lu and Concubine Jin: "..." They looked at each other and fell silent.

"Putting aside our stance, actually." Concubine Jin said with a slightly lonely expression: "Concubine Concubine and I both want to say something considerate to our sister, but we don't know what to say."

Concubine Lu did not refute these words.

"You two ladies, would you like to change your clothes and go to the countryside to have a look?" Xiao Zhen suggested.

Autumn is the harvest season.

At a glance, the ground is covered with golden yellow. From time to time, ordinary people will bend down to work in this golden land.

Xiao Zhen just accompanied her and said nothing, letting the two empresses, who were already married women but still little girls in her eyes, experience it themselves.

The autumn wind blows, bringing with it a bit of coolness.

Concubine Jin and Concubine Lu walked slowly one behind the other. After a while, they both stood under an old tree and looked at the rice fields in front of them like waves blown by the wind.

Xiao Zhen didn't bother him either. Some things can't be solved by just saying a few words, and some moods can't be dissipated by just looking at the scenery. Everyone has their own experience and life. Just three people.

While walking like this, a small axe,

Three golden children, Xiao Hanhua and Xiao Si Qi, ran over. Prince Xiao Qi hugged Concubine Jin and asked in an anxious childish voice: "Concubine, the palace official said you are here to take me back to the palace."

Yes? I don’t want to go back to the palace, I want to live in Aunt Zhen’s house,

I want to play with Little Ax and Huahua." When she came to Hanying Village this time, Concubine Jin really wanted to take her son back to the palace. Now that she heard that her son didn't want to go back, she knelt down and said: "Qi'er, take you with me.

It is your father's wish to return to the palace. You have reached the age of enlightenment. When your father was your age, you could already memorize the Four Books

It’s written in the Five Classics.”

"I can carry it." Si Qi shouted loudly.

Concubine Jin was stunned for a moment: "Can you memorize it?"

"If you don't believe me, I will recite it to you." Si Qi said and started to recite it.

The childish voice was cadenced, which sounded particularly pleasant in the warm autumn weather. Villagers working in the village raised their heads and looked over to see whose son was studying.

Although Concubine Jin had read some Four Books and Five Classics when she was a child, she had forgotten it long ago, and she did not know whether her son had memorized it correctly. On the other hand, Concubine Lu on the side looked at Concubine Jin with a face of surprise and said: "Concubine Jin, although you are a human being,

Not very good, but the son he gave birth to is very smart."

Even the imperial concubine praised her son in this way, and the imperial concubine Jin was naturally proud. She couldn't help but look at Xiao Zhen with joy: "Sister A Zhen, is it Master Han who usually teaches Qi'er?"

Xiao Zhen smiled and said, "Prince Xiao Qi entered school with Xiao Axe and Xiao Hanhua as early as half a year ago. Every three days, Ziran will also go to the school to teach them."

Concubine Jin began to hesitate. When she sent the child here, she was worried that the queen would be harmful to the child. Now that the queen is dead, although she is also guarding against Concubine Lu, for now, she believes that she will not harm her son. Son

Being able to go to school here and being taught by the Prime Minister... Jian Jin

The concubine was in trouble, Xiao Zhen walked to Prince Xiao Qi, touched his head and said: "Qi'er is a prince after all, not an ordinary child. As a prince, he has responsibilities that a prince should shoulder, and this responsibility can only be in the palace."

Only then can we learn. Hanying Village is very close to the palace. When did Prince Qier

You can come and play whenever you want."

Even though Xiao Zhen said this, Si Qi still looked uncomfortable.

Little Axe and Little Hanhua walked to Xiao Zhen's side. Little Axe raised his beautiful little face and looked at his mother: "Mom, is Xiao Qi'er really going back?"

Xiao Zhen nodded.

"Aunt, I don't want Xiao Qi'er to leave." Xiao Hanhua choked while holding Xiao Zhen's thigh.

Seeing the three children inseparable, Xiao Zhen didn't know what to say other than touching their heads.

When night fell, Si Qi followed Concubine Jin back to the palace.

Until Gong Che could no longer be seen, Xiao Axe twitched his mother's sleeve and asked, "Mom, Xiao Qi'er said that his home is a big cage with birds, is he true?"

Xiao Zhen was stunned for a moment. A big cage with a bird? This was quite vivid. He knelt down and looked at his son. The longer the ax grew, the more he looked like Ziran. However, his temperament had changed a lot. Xu had grown up since he was a child.

There was no reason to restrain him, so he became a lot more cheerful. Seeing his mother seemed

Thinking about how to answer himself, Little Ax said: "Is it difficult for Mom to answer? Then Mom doesn't need to answer. Dad is the Prime Minister today, and I am the Prime Minister's son. There is always a chance to enter the palace. I will go by myself then.

Let’s see if this palace is as big as Xiao Qier said.
Chapter completed!