Chapter 718 The Regent Refuses to Be Stupid (2)
This move once again shocked everyone. Who doesn't know that the regent loves the queen mother as much as she wants?
To kill the little emperor, it can be said that the regent was driven to the top and had no choice but to kill the queen mother. Could it be that the regent was sick?
But Ning Xiao said with a smile: "Actually, I have never loved you, I just used you and your son to balance the situation."
"If you were informed and interested, I wouldn't mind raising you idiots until they die, but you are so incompetent that you still want to force me to hand over my power?"
"Oh, if I don't give you a ride personally, doesn't it mean that I am as stupid as you?"
The Queen Mother shook her head violently, "You lied. It's impossible for you not to love me. If you don't love me, why do you want to give up the throne? Why do you want to retreat again and again?"
Ning Xiao seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world and said: "The late emperor passed away suddenly, and Qi's country is troubled by foreign troubles. If I really take the throne, won't it intensify the contradictions and put Qi in danger?"
"It's better to get a baby and make him the emperor. In the name of regent, I can balance the situation between the government and the opposition and stabilize the foundation of Qi."
"The reason why I pretended to love you was just to reassure those old stubborns at that time. And I can't put my wife in danger, so I used you, a fool, as a shield!"
After listening to Ning Xiao's words, everyone present looked suddenly enlightened. It turned out that the person they thought was Qing Zong was actually an ambitious man who was good at disguise.
Thinking about the scene back then, it was indeed reasonable for the regent to do this. When the late emperor left, the power of the few old ministers who stayed behind was not inferior to that of the regent.
If the regent really wants to seize the throne, he will definitely fight to the death with those groups of forces, and the snipe and the clam will fight for the fishermen's profits. If there is a fight, who knows who will get the advantage?
Moreover, the enemy countries were eyeing him, and the Qi State should not engage in civil strife. For the sake of the Qi State, and for the sake of the overall situation, the regent used his deep affection to support the Queen Mother's eldest son to ascend the throne, and endured it for many years, finally disintegrating the power of those veteran ministers.
With no more constraints, the regent would turn his back and send the ignorant little emperor to die, and then deal with the Queen Mother as a shield?
Everyone who figured it out looked at Ning Xiao wrongly. In vain, they thought they were following the wrong master. They didn't expect that this master would play with everyone from the beginning.
As for the people who tried to provoke the regent, the little emperor was already dead. The two palace maids died, and the remaining two ministers who thought they had a chance of victory would probably not be able to escape the fate of the entire family.
But everyone was not sympathetic. As the regent said, they dared to plot against the regent even though they had nothing to do, just because of the beauty of the Queen Mother?
The Queen Mother was completely panicked. She kept shaking her head and tears fell like broken beads. She murmured: "You lied, I don't believe it. It's impossible for you not to love me. It's impossible for you to have planned it from the beginning..."
"If I love you, why don't you tell me what you love? Is it your superficiality and ignorance, your self-righteousness, or your tears that come at every turn?"
"If you were as young as before, I wouldn't be able to give you a good look because of your beauty. But now that your appearance is old and your hair is white, how can I pay attention to you?"
"There are so many beauties in the world. I can call them all with just a wave of my hand. Who do you think I am?"
Ning Xiao retorted unceremoniously. Seeing his clear attitude, everyone finally felt relieved. Everything in the past was indeed carefully planned by him.
In contrast, the Queen Mother, who refused to accept the reality, looked really embarrassed. Could it be that she did have some sincerity towards the Regent?
The Queen Mother covered her ears and didn't want to listen. She thought that Ning Xiao was the person who loved her most in the world. She thought that even if the late emperor didn't love her, she was not worthless.
At least there was someone who gave her the preference she wanted most from the beginning to the end. Under the protection of this person, she could not care about anything and could easily get everything she wanted as long as she frowned.
Even if it is the position of Queen Mother, even if it is the throne, he is willing to hold her up, so she will press on her step by step, relying solely on the fact that he loves her.
As a result, he now told her that he was just using her, that everything in the past was false, and even killed her son in front of her. How should she accept this?
"You love me, you love me..." The Queen Mother, who was over forty years old, was like a three-year-old child at this moment, crying so hard that she couldn't stop crying.
Ning Xiao was annoyed and signaled his men to give the Queen Mother a lift.
As soon as Bai Ling died, the powerless Queen Mother was filled with resentment and forced to commit suicide in front of all the civil and military officials.
Until her death, she refused to believe that she was the complete loser in this game.
In the blink of an eye, a country's monarch and a country's queen mother were gone, but the civil and military officials in the court remained silent. Even when Ning Xiao stepped on the little emperor's body and sat on the dragon throne, they didn't say a word.
The original regent is not a decoration, but the real power. It is no exaggeration to say that as long as he wants, he can change as many emperors as he wants.
He himself can ascend the throne as emperor anytime and anywhere, climb high and look far away, and respond to his every call.
It just so happens that such a character is so obsessed with love that he plays all his good cards to pieces for a worthless woman. He not only kills himself, but also harms the confidants who have followed him all the way.
Even if the wife whom he married but treated coldly and violently gave birth to his only bloodline, a lovely daughter named Yuxue would not gain any sympathy from him.
In the end, he had to take his daughter to die with him, just to fulfill his ridiculous love.
Tsk tsk, Ning Xiao had to lament the horror of falling in love. At worst, the family would be destroyed, and at worst, the country would be torn apart. But now that he is here, everything will be reshuffled.
Ning Xiao sat on the dragon chair, feeling uncomfortable with the pain on his buttocks, so he got up and ordered his men to clean up the aftermath, remove the bodies of the queen mother and the young emperor, clean the hall, and then drag down the two trembling ministers who were kneeling on the ground.
"Have mercy on me -" The two ministers, who were so proud when they forced the regent, now felt so regretful, begged for mercy could almost resound through the sky.
But no one cared about it. Ning Xiao scanned the expressions of the ministers again and ordered the civil and military officials to prepare to welcome the new emperor. Everyone was stunned. They had already come to this point. Why did Ning Xiao still refuse to become the emperor?
Ning Xiao did not explain, but went directly to the prince's residence, randomly selected a baby that was still nursing, and carried it to the main hall. Under his instruction, the officials gave a grand ceremony to the new emperor.
Xiao Tiandao, who was watching silently, looked worried. Is it so casual? What if he is a love brain again?
"How could what I brought out be a love brain?" Ning Xiao smiled and looked at the baby in his arms. The baby stared at him ignorantly and spit out bubbles.
He was not at all afraid of the bloody smell on his body, and his smiling face revealed a bit of extraordinary courage in his cuteness.
Under Ning Xiao's control and the cooperation of the ministers, Qi changed its emperor without any noise.
The whole Qi State didn't know what happened, but the situation was as stable as before and it didn't affect their lives, so they didn't dare to get involved.
On the other hand, some young students secretly scolded the regent for his ambition. He must have been responsible for the death of the queen mother and the young emperor. Even if he chose another emperor, he would definitely remove the baby boy and ascend the throne as emperor in a short time.
Some people are waiting for an opportunity to stir up trouble and use these reckless students to create all kinds of rumors.
But these sounds could not interfere with Ning Xiao's actions. After the Queen Mother and the young emperor were hastily buried, the exiles and demotions of the royal family members instantly turned into scattered sand.
Chapter completed!