Wei and Jin cooks

Liu Yi immediately brought his entourage into the palace.

It is said to be a palace, but in fact it is just a name. Its predecessor was the garden of a famous local noble family. Liu Cong occupied this garden after he entered Lu County.

Liu Cong killed several brothers, of course, including their wives, children and grandchildren, so now the people living in the palace are his wives, concubines and grandchildren, as well as the Queen Mother Shan and some concubines.

Since she fled with the imperial court and separated from her son, Empress Dowager Shan has always been very low-key and quiet. After the news of Liu Yuan's death came, she became even quieter. Although she was anxious about Liu Yi's whereabouts, she did not dare to reveal it, let alone join the courtiers to find someone. .

She could only hide in a corner and quietly ask people to go out and inquire. She would be happy if she could hear more about her son's whereabouts. If she couldn't find out more about her son's whereabouts, she would not be able to sleep all night. She could only pray to God to keep him safe. nothing.

Because of this quietness, the petty-minded Liu He did not think of causing trouble for her after he ascended the throne, although he hated Liu Yi and Queen Mother Shan when he was the prince and felt that they might steal his position at any time.

But Liu Yi took the initiative to distract the pursuers, and the remaining Queen Mother Shan was very obedient and did not cause trouble for him. In addition, he wanted to appease the courtiers, so he did not embarrass Queen Mother Shan, but respected her as the Queen Mother according to the rules.

After that, he just left the person aside.

The life of Queen Mother Shan was not good, but it was not bad either. It was just that she had to work very hard to keep up with the migration. Occasionally she fell down due to hunger, or the carriage was not enough, so she could only squeeze into an ox cart with the palace people. It doesn't matter at all.

What she worried about most was Liu Yi's safety.

When Liu He was killed by Liu Cong, Queen Mother Shan was mentioned and slipped out, because theoretically she was the one who had the right to determine the next successor.

Then Queen Mother Shan was not happy at all with such attention. Her treatment got better, but she lived in fear every day. She was very afraid of Liu Cong and felt that he might kill her at any time for the throne.

When Liu Cong said in front of everyone that he wanted to find Liu Yi and make him emperor, she became even more frightened and panicked.

She is not smart, but she has her own survival wisdom. If Liu Cong wanted his brother to be the emperor, how could he kill Liu He and his son?

So Queen Mother Shan has been waiting in fear for her to be killed. She can't find her way out at all. She only hopes that Liu Yi can be safe.

As a result, the news that Liu Yi was captured and held hostage spread throughout the Huns overnight. Before Queen Mother Shan could feel happy or worried about finding Liu Yi's whereabouts, Liu Cong poisoned Emperor Jin and Zhao Zhongyu to death.

Queen Mother Shan's heart suddenly turned cold.

Liu Cong poisoned the Jin Emperor and Zhao Zhongyu, so could her son survive in the hands of the Jin people?

Because of this, Queen Mother Shan cried for three days and three nights.

After that, she would cry whenever she thought about her son who was still alive or dead. It was not until they left Boping County and fled north again that she had no time to think about her son.

This time, although Liu Yi came back, he could not live in the palace, and she could not go out. The mother and son only met twice. This was the third time. Empress Dowager Shan had carefully After getting dressed up, she took out her most beautiful clothes and jewelry, compared them in the mirror, and said with a smile to her maid: "Just wear this outfit."

The maid agreed with a smile, helped her change into clothes, and said with a smile while tying her hair: "Your Majesty, you are so beautiful. Your Highness is relieved to see you like this. When Your Highness is awarded the official position, I can ask His Majesty again, maybe I can get it." Take you out for a night alone."

Empress Dowager Shan's smile faded slightly, and her brows were slightly sad. Although she was not involved in political affairs, she was still aware of the debates outside.

Liu Yi wanted to surrender to Zhao Hanzhang, but the emperor refused.

Queen Mother Shan touched her heart and felt a little uneasy. Her heart seemed to be beating extremely fast today.

She asked: "Has Xiao Qi come to the palace?"

The maid smiled and said, "It's almost time."

Queen Mother Shan's heart beat faster. She simply got up and walked out of the house, stood at the door and looked into the distance.

The maid was at a loss as she held the hairpin she wanted to insert, and quickly followed, "My Lady, what's wrong with you?"

"It's a little stuffy. Let me get some air."

Queen Mother Shan looked at it and felt uncomfortable, so she asked her maid, "There is movement outside the door. Who is outside?"

When the maid heard this, she quickly put down her hairpin and went out to look. After a while, she came back and said, "It's the palace guard."

Queen Mother Shan was confused, "How come the guards are here?"

"It's said that in order to protect the safety of the palace, more manpower has been deployed everywhere," the maid said with a smile, "Mother, let's continue to dress up."

Queen Mother Shan's face turned pale. She had experienced a palace change, and she immediately felt something was wrong.

She ignored the maid, but turned around and went up to the second floor, then climbed up to the attic, opened the small window in the attic and looked into the distance.

It was already dusk, but everything was still clear, and her eyesight was good. She soon discovered that there were guards wearing armor gathered under the high wall, many more than before.

Empress Dowager Shan often went to this attic. Before Liu Yi came back, she liked to hide here and watch the ministers passing by the front yard, hoping to take the opportunity to find out some news.

Today she saw more than a hundred times more guards than before.

There was only one person who could dispatch so many people in this garden. Empress Dowager Shan's face turned pale. What could be worthy of the emperor dispatching so many guards in the garden now?

Still hiding behind high walls.

Empress Dowager Shan climbed down from the attic tremblingly, grabbed the maid who was also pale and said, "Did you see it?"

The maid nodded tremblingly.

Queen Mother Shan grabbed her tightly and said, "You can go out through the gap in the back wall and report to King Beihai. You might survive."

The maid trembled and shook her head, not daring to go.

Queen Mother Shan said anxiously: "I am the mother of the King of the North Sea. I will definitely die tonight. If you follow me, you will die too. The only way to survive is to escape and find the King of the North Sea to report the news. Do you understand?"

Empress Dowager Shan cried and said: "You tell him to leave Lu County quickly. His father and I dote on him too much. And Liu Cong is much older than him and has been on the battlefield for a long time. How can he be his opponent?"

When the maid heard that she could survive only by running away, she became calmer.

Queen Mother Shan put a sign into her hand, pulled her to a flower bush in the backyard, and when she pushed the flower bush aside, she saw a hole in the wall behind.

This was a small hole that their master and servant accidentally discovered. Later, they expanded it manually and dug out several bricks.

They couldn't say why specifically, they just thought that one day there would be another rebellion, or the Zhao army would invade, they could hide here or escape here.

Empress Dowager Shan pushed her out and whispered: "Hold the sign. My son will trust you when he sees it. If someone intercepts you, use the sign as an excuse to go out and buy things for me. Do you understand?"

The maid nodded frantically.

Queen Mother Shan pushed her out and lay on the ground watching her climb out and run away. Then she wiped away her tears and pushed the flowers back, patted the soil on her body and went back tremblingly. She tried hard to calm down. , but the hand holding the eyebrow pencil keeps shaking.