Dressed in pure white plain clothes, the empress with bright and bright eyes was reviewing the memorial with a red pen in hand.
Every time a memorial was approved, the Queen would place the memorial she had circled in front of the little cutie who was sitting quietly, and softly explain to her the reasons why she had made such annotations.
The little cutie nodded from time to time to show that he understood, and would also ask questions about what he was really confused about in a timely manner.
"Mother, are national strength and people's livelihood really so important to a country? In more than a dozen memorials, the courtiers all mentioned these two words."
The empress, who slid her slender jade fingers over the memorial, paused, frowned, put down the memorial in her hand, and sighed silently.
"My mother previously thought that national strength was not very important, and that the gap could be made up with allies and means. However, your father, a heartless man, taught my mother the most vivid lesson."
"National strength is really crucial to a country."
"Our national war in Dajin ended in a disastrous defeat. It can be said that it is a traumatic event. It will not be relieved in twenty or thirty years. It may even take about fifty years or as long as one generation."
"Mother has been emphasizing these issues to you these days just to tell you that if...if mother passes away one day, after you inherit the treasure, you must endure the humiliation and bear the burden, develop people's livelihood, and strengthen the country's strength.
I will give back all the humiliation my mother suffered in the past and the humiliation she suffered today."
"Mother, I..."
"What are you? Yue'er, never forget that you are first the princess of Dajin, the heir to the throne of Dajin Kingdom, and then his daughter Liu Mingzhi."
"You, like my mother, are destined not to live the life you want. You are burdened with the burden of millions of wealthy people."
"When you take over this heavy burden from your mother, you will devote your whole life to hard work."
"This is your fate, the fate of being born into the royal family. No one can change it."
"You are destined to not be able to live for yourself in this life, you can only live for the world. Like my mother, you will be imprisoned on this dragon throne that everyone wants."
The little cutie looked at her mother's haggard expression on her prosperous face, her white fingers tightly intertwined, and her mind couldn't help but recall the masked man who sneaked into her palace ten days ago.
The masked man whom he thought was his father, but he did not admit that he was Yue'er's father, saying that he just happened to pass by by chance and was just a passerby.
What the masked man said to me that night came to mind, and the little cute little face became tangled.
The masked man told himself again and again not to tell anyone about his conversation with him, not even his mother. This was a secret between him and himself.
"Mother!"
"What's wrong? Any questions?"
"I...I...I...ten days..."
"Your Majesty, Hui'er asked to see Your Majesty, and the brothers have sent us urgent documents!"
Before the little cutie's hesitant words could be uttered, Hui'er's anxious voice came from outside the hall, blocking the little cutie's words.
The Queen frowned, with a look of uncertainty flashing in her bright eyes. She didn't care about what questions her daughter wanted to ask. She stood up and walked quickly towards the front of the palace with bare feet.
"Come in!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, please take a look."
The Queen hurriedly took the letter and started reading it under the lights in the palace.
After a moment, a flash of fear appeared in the Queen's bright eyes, and her soft palms suddenly clenched together, crumpling the letter in her hand.
Looking at Hui'er's surprised expression, the Queen smiled sadly, her delicate body trembled, and she staggered two steps.
"His Majesty!"
"I'm fine!"
The Queen slowly stuffed the letter into her sleeves, stared melancholy at the bright moonlight outside the palace and sighed a few times.
Although Hui'er didn't know the content of the letter, she could guess from the Queen's faint sigh and the slight trembling of her delicate body that the content of the letter must be extraordinary.
"Your Majesty, are you okay?"
"I'm fine. I urgently summon all the civil and military officials to come to the palace overnight. It's extremely urgent."
Hui'er's brows were startled and she nodded hurriedly.
"Hui'er understands, Hui'er is resigning."
Hui'er flew back to the study room. The queen's arms trembled and she took out the letter paper from her sleeves and took another look. She turned around with a sad expression and walked towards the little cutie's place.
How difficult the pace is.
Liu Mingzhi, you are so cruel.
As the saying goes, tiger poison will not eat its seeds, and tiger poison will not eat its seeds!
You commanded millions of troops and marched north from the border. You are determined to destroy the Kingdom of Jin in the flames of war.
What did Dalong give you, and what did Li Zheng give you?
What did Li Baiyu give you? What did Li Ye give you?
You are so cruel that you have tried every means and tried your best to destroy the territory of your beloved in your hands, and to destroy the world that your own daughter will inherit in the future under your millions of troops.
what is this?
This is your own flesh and blood.
That's not what you said in the letter you left me, and that's not what you told Yue'er.
You lied to Wanyuan!
The little cutie looked at her mother, who was kneeling in front of the dragon table with blank eyes, and the worry on her pretty face was self-evident.
"Mother. Mother."
"What’s wrong with you?"
The Queen's delicate body trembled, she came back to her senses and looked at her daughter who kept waving her delicate little hands in front of her eyes, and laughed sadly.
"Yue'er, mother is fine."
"Mom, it's okay."
"But Daikin......"
"With the vast mountains and rivers of Dajin, I am afraid that the Wanyan family's foundation will not last long."
"What? Mother, what do you mean? Don't scare Yue'er."
The Queen's sad expression made the little cutie's heart tighten, and her little hand instinctively grabbed the Queen's wrist.
"Mom, are you really okay?"
"Mom is really fine, your dad...forget it...before your Aunt Hui'er comes, what do you want to say? Just say what you want to say first!"
"Mom, I haven't had a proper conversation with you for a long time. Let's have a good chat today."
"Mother, I...one night ten days ago, Yue'er just returned to her bedroom..."
The little cutie narrated clearly what happened that night ten days ago. The cutie who told the story did not notice that her mother's expression of grief changed so much that she was as powerful as a master of facial makeup.
The lights in the hall were brightly lit, and the little cutie recounted everything he had experienced in detail.
It wasn't until footsteps came from outside the hall that the little cutie's words trailed off. She picked up the tea cup in front of her and took a sip to moisten her dry throat. The cutie looked obediently at her mother, who was frowning slightly.
"That's what happened that day. Yue'er didn't dare to hide it from her mother at all."
The Queen raised her jade finger to signal Hui'er to be silent as she walked into the palace, and turned her bright eyes to the little cutie who was sitting quietly holding a tea cup.
"You said that masked man is your father?"
The little cutie scratched his head in confusion, nodded hesitantly and then shook his head.
"Yue'er thinks it's daddy. His eyes are exactly like daddy's, but he keeps denying it. In addition, his voice is completely different from daddy's. Yue'er doesn't know if he is daddy."
There was a hint of doubt in the Queen's bright eyes, but she finally shook her head helplessly.
"Yue'er, you should go back to the palace to rest first. Mother has to meet with officials and can't accompany you anymore."
"Yes, yes, yes, Yue'er knows. Mom, please go to bed early. Yue'er has resigned."
After the little cutie left, the queen picked up the ink pen and wrote a few words on the rice paper and watched quietly.
After a long time, the Queen burned the rice paper against the candle. The doubts in her bright eyes did not fade at all, but only increased a little.
"Hui'er, have the officials arrived?"
"Replying to your Majesty, we are already halfway there."
"Well, please help me change my clothes."
"Got the order!"
The Queen allowed Hui'er to put on the dragon robe for her, and stared blankly at the moon outside the window with a thoughtful look in her eyes.
Shameless...what did the masked man mean by what he said to Yue'er?
Am I really old? Otherwise, why can’t I figure out the reasons for so many things?
You are heartless, could you be the masked man?
PS: I went out on a temporary mission and cannot come back today. I will make up for it in six updates tomorrow!