Shen Ningning lowered her little body and called out obediently: "Hello, Concubine Rong."
Concubine Rong bent her eyes and smiled elegantly and softly: "You are so good."
The eldest aunt beside her stepped forward and said respectfully: "Concubine Rong, It's getting late, and I'm afraid it will be too late if you don't go to worship the Buddha."
Concubine Rong finally came back to her senses and looked at Mo Lingwei apologetically: "Your Highness, I have something to do, so I will leave first."
Mo Lingwei. Nodding lightly.
He has no joy or anger towards Concubine Rong, so he won't be particularly interested in her.
Concubine Rong said goodbye to Shen Ningning before leaving in a sedan chair.
After she left, Shen Ningning asked Mo Lingwei curiously: "Brother, why does Concubine Rong have to worship Buddha?"
"Concubine Rong believes in Buddhism. On the first and fifteenth day of every month, she has to fast for three days, recite Buddhist scriptures, and Show your sincerity."
In the early years, Concubine Rong would chant sutras to pray for Mo Lingwei's health, and the emperor often praised her for her kindness.
But it soon aroused the jealousy of Concubine Li. Concubine Rong was framed several times and suffered a lot, so later she would still pray for the emperor and Mo Lingwei, but she only dared to do so quietly.
Now Li Fei is imprisoned in the palace and loses the right to control the Sixth Palace.
Concubine Rong finally no longer had to covertly recite Buddha's name.
Arrive at Zichen Palace.
Mo Lingwei brought a scroll and unfolded it, revealing Juanxiu's regular small regular script on it.
Shen Ningning opened her watery eyes, looked over seriously, and found that it was the knowledge that the mad scholar had taught her.
"Brother, what is this?"
"My mother once participated in a question set by the Chinese Academy of Sciences before she was alive. The three questions on this scroll are the contents of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' entrance examination ten years ago. You can take a look, maybe it will be useful to you. Help."
Shen Ningning was flattered. She stretched out her hand in surprise and was about to take it.
She suddenly remembered something, quickly retracted her hand and covered her big eyes.
"No, no, I can't watch!" Her voice was soft and soft, revealing the innocence of a child: "If there is a similar question this time, wouldn't I be cheating?"
Shen Ningning shook her head, her little body swaying.
"I can't read it. I promised Madam Madam that I will be admitted to the Chinese Academy of Sciences on my own merit."
Mo Lingwei laughed: "The questions asked ten years ago are different from those now, so it doesn't hurt to take a look."
He He went to grab Shen Ningning's little hand, but the little guy turned his back.
She shook her little head firmly: "No, no, brother, we'd better eat!"
Seeing her like this, Mo Lingwei burst into laughter.
"That's all, don't read it if you don't want to. It's in vain that the prince searched the entire Zichen Palace to find this scroll."
After hearing this, Shen Ningning turned her body slightly, her hands were still covering her eyes, but her fingers were spread apart, leaving two seams.
A pair of big black eyes looked at Mo Lingwei with gratitude.
"Thank you, brother, but I can't watch. However, I can ask my brother's mother to bless me and get admitted to the Chinese Academy of Sciences."
As he said that, the little guy closed his eyes, turned around, and clasped his hands.
She said to the scroll: "Queen, I am Shen Ningning, please protect me and I will pass every exam."
Mo Lingwei lazily leaned on the cushions, and when he saw this, a faint smile bloomed on his thin lips.
He thought of something, and the look in his eyes followed his memory to the distant time.
"Shen Ningning," Mo Lingwei said calmly: "Do you know how my mother died?" The little guy shook his head.
The queen's death was a taboo in the palace, and the palace officials involved were all executed secretly by the emperor.
There are only a few people who still know the truth of the matter.
Mo Lingwei was one of them.
He lowered his eyes, dark eyelashes covering a shadow under his eyelids.
"She burned herself alive."
Shen Ningning was shocked: "What?"
"It sounds surprising, isn't it? But it's true, she did it for me. When I was born, my father had a dream about the eighteenth level of hell. The fire of karma swept across the country and burned the entire Cangyun Kingdom to the ground. Therefore, since I was born, I have symbolized ominousness. Over the years, my father, the emperor, and my mother have been troubled."
Mo Lingwei's tone was calm, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him. thing.
He raised his face sideways, his eyes dark: "Concubine Li met a famous half-immortal from somewhere that year, and she dedicated him to my mother in private."
"The half-immortal told my mother that as long as she is willing to endure the fire, The pain and the strange cold disease in my body can be cured. At that time, I was very ill and the cold disease occurred almost every day. My mother was willing to give it a try for my sake."
"Concubine Li locked the palace door and lied to me . The queen mother said that the fire would only ignite for a moment, and she would bring people in to put out the fire.
However , while my queen mother was screaming in the fire, Concubine Li went to the imperial study to wait on my father during his lunch break. When I heard the news, my mother had been buried in the fire and turned into a charred corpse that was beyond recognition."
Shen Ningning was frightened when she heard that, and her face turned pale.
It turns out that Mo Lingwei's past was so painful, no wonder he couldn't let it go.
He played with the scroll written by the queen during her lifetime: "Do you think my mother is stupid? She actually believed the clumsy deception conspired by the half-immortal and Li Fei, but I know that she is not stupid." "
She just became a mother, So she is willing to try any impossible thing in the world for me, to endure the pain of burning skin. She just wants me to be healthy and happy like a normal person."
"But Li Fei killed her, and my father also failed me. She."
Shen Ningning's soft voice was full of hatred: "Why doesn't the emperor punish Concubine Li? She is so bad!"
Mo Lingwei sneered: "He doesn't believe that Concubine Li would use such a bizarre reason to trick my mother into self-immolation. At the beginning, Concubine Li was a beauty presented to me by my uncle, and she was regarded as one of my own. "The
queen's family has a very important position in the country of Cangyun. It has produced nine prime ministers, seven queens, and countless princes. Prince.
After the queen entered the palace, she fell in love with the emperor. It was a time of deep affection for the young couple.
But unexpectedly, the queen suddenly fell into a strange illness.
At such a moment, the family was afraid that its power would be unstable, so it sent the beautiful concubine Li into the palace to consolidate the power of the harem.
As soon as Li Fei entered the palace, she won the emperor's favor with her graceful figure.
The queen's health also improved miraculously. For a while, the emperor thought that the arrival of Concubine Li had brought blessings to the queen.
It was probably the most difficult time for the Queen at that time, so later there were rumors that she would not hesitate to use magic to seek a son in order to compete with Concubine Li.
"Father refuses to destroy Concubine Li, so I can only punish my uncle in my own way."
When Mo Lingwei said this, his eyes were dark and cold: "He is the mother's biological brother, how could he treat her when she was sick?" When she needs care the most, she sends her husband to his bed to see her off?"
Shen Ningning nodded: "My brother's uncle is too much. We should break off the relationship for five years, no, ten years!"
Mo Lingwei smiled: "It doesn't matter. , their family is damn dead."
Shen Ningning blinked his eyes, and Mo Lingwei immediately calmed down and said, "Let's stay for lunch and then leave."
As soon as he finished speaking, the eunuch came in: " Your Highness, it's time for you to drink medicine."
Before she even got close, Shen Ningning smelled an extremely pungent bitter smell.