Chapter 163 What a coincidence

[It's really strange. The Queen Mother suddenly summoned Little Wukong. I can understand that she might want to see her grandson, but why would she want to see me for no reason? ]

Jiang Youning, bewildered, dragged Little Wukong along and followed the chief eunuch.

Lin Xiangyin and Jiang Wanrong behind them looked at each other but remained calm.

Queen Mother Wu Qingyi is an extraordinary woman. Her reputation for virtue is genuine and I think she will not make things difficult for Ningning.

Soon, Jiang Youning and little Wukong were brought to Cining Palace, and the two were taken to the small Buddhist hall where the Queen Mother usually fasted and chanted Buddhist scriptures.

"Miss Jiang Liu, Master Qi, the Queen has something else to do, so let me bring you here to wait.

You two can sit down and have some fruit and drink some tea."

"Thank you, Grandpa."

Jiang Youning bowed to the eunuch, and little Wukong beside him followed his instruction obediently.

After there was no one around, Jiang Youning and Xiao Wukong sat down on the prepared chairs and looked around carefully.

The Queen Mother enshrined a statue of Guanyin in this Buddhist temple.

In addition, there are several portraits hanging around.

The first picture shows the late emperor wearing a dragon robe. He is majestic, with a slight smile on his face, and he carries the majesty of a superior.

[Hey, I have to say that I think the late emperor is more pleasing to the eye than Emperor Wenzong of Chu. He looks kind and benevolent.]

The next two pictures were of a couple. The man looked somewhat like Emperor Wenzong of Chu. Jiang Youning quickly guessed who they were.

[This... should be the former Crown Prince and Crown Princess, right? They are opposites, but it's a pity. If there hadn't been the palace coup at the New Year's Eve banquet, or if the Crown Prince hadn't protected Chu Wenzong, he would be the emperor now, right? ]

The next picture was a painting with the back of the picture, which made Jiang Youning feel a little strange.

[Eh...looking at the order, this portrait should be of the eldest princess Chu Zhaohua, right? ]

[One of them is fasting and chanting Buddha's name at Ci Ning Temple, while the other is practicing Buddhism with a long hair in some temple in Jiangnan. What a strange match.]

[But I don’t know much about this eldest princess. I only know that after everyone in the palace died, she collected the bodies.]

[Not long after Chu Haoze, that bastard, succeeded to the throne, she fell seriously ill and died. Why did the Queen Mother cover up this portrait? ]

However, Jiang Youning was not entangled. She glanced over the portraits of the emperor and empress, as well as the current crown prince and the sixth prince, and her eyes quickly moved on to the next portrait.

There are nineteen portraits below.

Fourteen of them were of women, ranging from infants to fourteen years old, but none of them had faces.

The fifth pair was of men, ranging from infants to five years old. Although they had no faces, they were easy to recognize.

[This faceless woman must be the lost daughter of the Queen Mother. She is fourteen years old like me and was born on the same day. It's quite a coincidence~]

[You don’t need to recognize the other one, I drew it based on the short legs of Little Wukong, it’s easy to recognize~]

Inside the main hall of Cining Palace, the Queen Mother went to bathe and change her clothes. Emperor Wenzong of Chu, who had just had a cup of tea and was about to madly tell his mother how much he missed her, suddenly began to look strange.

When Jiang Youning first heard about those portraits, his face showed surprise, emotion, grief... and powerlessness and anger.

His eyelids twitched for no reason until he heard Jiang Youning say that she had the same birthday as the Queen Mother's lost daughter.

No way? It should be... just a coincidence, right?

It's already miserable for him to have a daughter who betrays his father. This Jiang Liu is very rebellious on weekdays. If she is really his sister, wouldn't she be very arrogant?

There was a concubine in the palace and he was almost overthrown. If he had such a sister, I'm afraid the whole capital would be in turmoil, right?

only……

Once he accepted this idea, Emperor Wenzong of Chu couldn't stop thinking about it frantically.

If Jiang Liu was his sister, then the ten thousand taels of gold he had previously obtained would be like money going out of his left pocket and into his right pocket, and it would go into the pockets of the whole family, so it would not be considered a loss.

Moreover, Jiang Liu knows a lot of things, and my sister can even make some magical anesthetic. We are family, so my sister should do her best to help, right?

Wu Qingluan changed into her long-unused palace dress and came out. At first glance, she saw her son smiling in a somewhat lewd manner.

She couldn't help but frown.

Cui Zhaoan, who was still madly overjoyed that Jiang Youning was here and thought his son was also here, reacted immediately and kicked Chu Wenzong, then rushed to pay his respects to the Queen Mother.

"My daughter-in-law, Cui, has met the Queen Mother."

Chu Wenzong reacted immediately, looking at his mother who was still in good shape, and immediately spoke with red eyes:

"Mother, I, your unfilial son, am here to pay my respects to you."

"Everyone, please sit down."

Wu Qingluan sat down and spoke calmly.

"I haven't seen you for many years. Is your mother doing well?"

Chu Wenzong's voice was cautious.

"Don't worry, your mother is fine."

Wu Qingluan looked at her son seriously. It was not that she turned a deaf ear to what was going on outside on weekdays. She would visit him several times every year, but he just didn't know about it.

In the small Buddhist temple, Jiang Youning couldn't help but frowned, lowered his voice and said carefully:

"Little Wukong, come over here and listen to this sound. Why do I feel it's familiar?"

Compared to Jiang Youning, Little Wukong was much more familiar with the Queen Mother's voice, and there was surprise in his eyes!

"Sister, this voice is exactly the same as Grandma Sparrow's! This is Grandma Sparrow!"

Before Little Wukong could react, Jiang Youning felt as if a bolt of lightning was striking her head.

[Oh no! I must be hallucinating. ]

[The old fairy is Little Wukong’s grandma Sparrow. Grandma Sparrow… is the Queen Mother??? ! ! ! ! !]

【How is this possible? 】

[I have been bullied by the Queen Mother, I have exchanged insults with her, and I have even stolen her food! ! ! ]

[The Queen Mother summoned me here, didn't she want to beat me with a stick? It's over, it's over. Is it too late to run now? ]

The words that Chu Wenzong was about to say...

The shell got stuck again and he couldn't help coughing madly.

Cui Zhaoan, whose eyes were also red, twitched wildly a few times at the corners of his mouth.

All those sad feelings in my heart have long since flown away.

What the hell?

Jiang Liu was hit by a fake insurance after meeting his mother? And...

Everything seemed so mysterious and sudden that both Chu Wenzong and Cui Zhaoan were a little confused.

But the performance of Chu Wenzong and his wife seemed a little strange to Wu Qingluan.

Her son...why does he look a little abnormal today?

The daughter-in-law looked... and seemed to be a little bit off.

"Emperor, I asked you two to come here today because of General Zheng."

In the end, Wu Qingluan chose to talk about business.

It's not bad.

Speaking of this, Chu Wenzong and Cui Zhaoan suddenly became much more sober, and those chaotic and shocked emotions were suppressed by him.

"Mother... do you have any plans?"