In the Yongshou Palace, the Empress Dowager held the letter she had just received. The content on it made her laugh uncontrollably, and her hands were shaking with excitement.
It has been two years since her royal son was killed, her imperial power was taken away, and she was also imprisoned here. Soon, she would make those evil people pay with their blood.
Ye Wanwan is already dead, a good death. Now it's the turn of that bitch Feng Wei, Zhao Zhuo, and the Xu family to die!
"The Ai family will send all these rebellious officials and traitors to hell!"
Everyone in the palace lowered their heads, not daring to look up. Especially when they heard the Queen Mother's malicious and crazy laughter, they just wanted to minimize their presence.
The Empress Dowager has been getting more and more crazy recently, and she has become more and more difficult to serve. She has been beating and scolding them all the time. Two days ago, she tortured two palace ladies to death. The scars all over her body were shocking to see.
They are slaves, no one dares to say a word even if they are beaten to death, but fear is instinct, and now I just hope that the Queen Mother will not vent her anger on them.
There were footsteps at the door of the palace. Wang Wei, the eunuch in charge, came in first, followed by two people. A young woman was holding a baby about two years old.
The young woman was clearly Mu Ling, and now her title was Tai Jieyu. Naturally, the person in her arms was Zhao Sheng, the youngest prince of the late emperor.
"I send my regards to the Empress Dowager."
Before arriving, Mu Ling already knew what she was going to face, so she had a very calm attitude, lowered her eyebrows, and said hello herself. She also called the little prince to kneel down together: "Sheng'er, please say hello to Grandma Huang quickly."
The little prince has naturally been taught this. The little baby with short legs knelt down and said in a milky voice: "Grandma Huang...please greet me..."
The child is ignorant, a little shy and scared when meeting new people for the first time, and cannot speak fluently.
The Empress Dowager frowned, obviously dissatisfied: "You are already two years old, why are you so stupid..."
If she didn't have a choice, she wouldn't want to be such a fool.
Mu Ling's face turned ugly all of a sudden. She protected her son with one hand. No mother doesn't love her child. Her Sheng'er is cute and well-behaved, but he is still too young. How can he be called stupid?
But she knew that the Empress Dowager had never liked these children, and now the mother and son had to rely on the Empress Dowager to stand up. They had to endure these humiliations.
"I will teach him well when I go back."
The pride I had as a girl was completely smoothed away after a few years in the palace.
Ye Wanwan gave her the biggest blow, but the life and changes in the palace were the reasons that smoothed her temper. And her son, this was a concern she could never let go of.
The late emperor did not favor her. To this day, she can hardly remember the appearance of the late emperor, so she cannot talk about feelings. However, her son fell from her body and is connected with flesh and blood.
In the past two years, she had been cautious and cautious in the palace with her child, struggling to survive. She was always afraid that the new emperor would kill her son.
Now King Sichuan is here, and the Empress Dowager has also chosen her. This is the only chance for her and her son. She must seize it. What does it matter if she endures it now?
The Empress Dowager asked the little prince to come to her. The little prince was very frightened. Seeing that the Empress Dowager was extremely disgusted and critical, he couldn't stand it anymore and drove him away.
"So what if you have royal blood? If you have a petty and angry mother, you won't be able to stand out even if you give birth to a prince."
The Empress Dowager has always looked down upon these children. Even her grandsons used to use her sons more than motherly love. As long as they could win the throne, they would even give up their sons to others.
As for Ye Wanwan, it may seem to others that she really loves her niece as if she were her own daughter, but only when they really see through it will they understand that it is just her selfishness.
She wanted to make the daughter of the Ye family a queen, and she wanted the Ye family to have all the glory and wealth, and Ye Wanwan just happened to be the link.
Wang Wei apologized and smiled: "The prince is still young. If he is well educated, he will not be much worse in the future."
These words reminded the Empress Dowager: "As soon as the matter is completed, arrange for someone to teach him. He is still young and there is still time for everything, but that woman cannot be kept."
This actually means leaving the mother with the son!
Indeed, mothers will influence their children. If Mu Ling had always existed, the little prince would never get close to others.
Wang Wei understood the concerns of the Empress Dowager. Although it was unreasonable, it was a Machiavellian method.
"I'm afraid I can't move her for the time being. You have forgotten that Mu Jieyu has a close relationship with the Sichuan Prince's family. If she is touched, the Sichuan Prince will pursue her, which will be detrimental to the overall plan. We have to keep her for the time being and wait until everything has settled.
It's not too late for her."
The Empress Dowager nodded, and she was indeed not in a hurry. These things were considered trivial, and the most important thing now was to seize the power.