The queen was stunned for a moment after hearing Xiao Yao's words, and then asked with some confusion: "Being taken away?"
"Could it be that something happened to His Majesty?"
The queen was a little anxious.
After all, besides the emperor, who else could so blatantly snatch a doctor from the hands of a queen like her?
Xiao Yao looked ugly, and after a while he said: "Father is fine, there is someone else who took the doctor away."
The queen remained silent and stared at Xiao Yao.
Xiao Yao looked at the queen's face and said softly: "It's the eldest brother."
He told the story of Xiao Jue's son's premature birth, and then, as if he was afraid that the queen would be sad, he comforted in a low voice: "I saw that the child's condition is indeed not very good. My eldest brother is also too anxious. When the child is a little more stable, he will
The doctor will definitely be sent to you as soon as possible."
Unexpectedly, the queen laughed after hearing this and said coolly: "No need to wait, the doctor won't be able to come back."
Xiao Yao: "How could it be possible? Brother, he..."
"I have said before that he is just a white-eyed wolf who cannot be raised well." The queen said slowly, "This time it was obviously intentional. I don't believe you can't tell."
Xiao Yao: "..."
He closed his eyes in pain. He couldn't understand. They were obviously relatives connected by blood. How could they end up killing each other?
The queen coughed twice, stretched out her hand to hold Xiao Yao's wrist, and told her word for word: "If there is such a day in the future, you promise me that you will never be soft-hearted towards him."
Xiao Yao was shocked: "Mother, after all, he is..."
"You treat him as your brother, but he treats you as his brother? He can do anything to me, let alone you." The queen said in a deep voice, "Promise me that you will never be soft-hearted towards him."
Seeing the queen like this, Xiao Yao didn't dare to make her angry again, so he had to say: "Okay, I promise you."
The queen breathed a sigh of relief.
She looked at the sky outside, and then said, "I want to see His Majesty."
Xiao Yao didn't say anything and turned to invite Xiao Chengye.
Xiao Chengye didn't necessarily love the queen very much, but he respected him enough. As soon as he heard that the queen wanted to see him, he immediately pushed aside what he was doing and came to the queen's palace.
This time, the queen did not hide as before, but faced the emperor directly.
She lowered her head slightly. Although she was mentally prepared, she still felt a little uncomfortable.
"I, am I ugly looking like this?" the queen couldn't help but ask.
She has been ill for almost a year, and all the vitality in her body has been exhausted. She is so thin that only a handful of bones are left, and her face has long been lost to sight.
But Xiao Chengye's face was very calm, there was no wave in his eyes, and he said softly: "No, don't think too much about it."
Queen: "..."
She looked at the emperor blankly for a while, and then suddenly laughed to herself.
She had been hiding before for fear that the emperor would see her in a bad light, but little did she know that she was simply being sentimental.
The emperor didn't care at all.
Regardless of whether she was beautiful or ugly, the emperor never took her into his eyes.
The queen took a deep breath, lifted the quilt and got out of bed.
Xiao Chengye frowned and reached out to help, but the queen dodged him.
The queen slowly knelt down, looked up at Xiao Chengye, and said slowly: "I have something to ask of you, and I ask your majesty for your permission."
Xiao Chengye squinted his eyes: "Is there something that we can't talk about properly and must be like this? You are not in good health, so get up quickly."
The Queen knelt and did not move: "Your Majesty, please grant me your permission."
Xiao Chengye was silent for a moment and stopped urging her to get up. He just asked: "What's the matter?"
"Before I die, I want to see Xiao Yao settle down his life-long affairs. Your Majesty, this is my only wish. Considering the friendship between us husband and wife for so many years, please grant it to me."
"So that's what happened, I agreed." Xiao Chengye reached out to pull the queen and said, "Which girl do you like, I will immediately issue a decree to marry them."
The queen was still happy for the emperor's agreement, but her expression changed after hearing the second half of the sentence.
"Your Majesty?" The queen looked at Xiao Chengye and said softly, "I told you last time. Your Majesty is probably too busy and has forgotten it. The one I am looking at is none other than Princess Qin of Anshun County..."
"No!" Xiao Chengye didn't wait for the queen to finish speaking, then frowned and firmly refused, "Others can do it, but Qin Zhen can't."
The queen was stunned: "Why?"
"Qin Hong has such a daughter, whom he regards as the apple of his eye. He has long expressed the hope that his daughter would not marry so early."
"What's more, the Qin family is now at its peak, and Qin Hong holds a high position in the imperial army. If his daughter is allowed to marry my son, what will happen to the Qin family?" Xiao Chengye said in a deep voice, "The Qin family is in trouble.
I use the knife very easily, and I don’t want to throw it away so early.”
The queen looked at Xiao Chengye and knew in her heart that these were just the emperor's words.
What he is afraid of is not that the Qin family will grow bigger, but that the fourth prince Xiao Yao will grow bigger through the power of the Qin family.
Xiao Chengye was suspicious by nature, and guarding against his son was like guarding against thieves.
But this marriage was a life-saving talisman that the queen begged for Xiao Yao, and the queen didn't want to give up just like that.
"Your Majesty, you know that Xiao Yao is a child who is free and idle and has no ambitions. I asked him to marry Princess Anshun. There is nothing else. I just want him to marry a woman he likes so that his lower body can be happy." The Queen.
He knelt down again and said, "Your Majesty, please make it happen."
Xiao Chengye: "No."
The queen finally couldn't help but shed tears. She choked and said: "Your Majesty, I...can't live much longer. I have this wish before I die, please fulfill it."
"What did the queen say? You will definitely live a long life." Xiao Chengye said almost indifferently.
Queen: "...Your Majesty!"
Xu really felt pity for the queen, but Xiao Chengye still reached out to help the queen up and said softly: "I didn't mean to embarrass you. I have already asked Qin Zhen. If she doesn't want to marry, I can't force her, right?"
The queen's eyes flashed: "She...is unwilling?"
"Yes, I don't want to." The emperor said, "You also know that girl's temper. If we really get into trouble, I don't know how it will end."
The queen lowered her head and said a little lonely: "Okay, I understand."
Xiao Chengye comforted him in a low voice before turning and leaving.
The queen looked at his unrepentant back, feeling sour in her heart.
Even though she was about to die, her husband, the man she had loved for most of her life, showed no pity for her.
Then thinking of Qin Zhen, the queen gritted her teeth again.
This female bandit has given her face by asking her to marry Xiao Yao, but she still dares to refuse?
Why does she dare to reject her son?
When the queen thought of Qin Zhen's past offenses against her, her teeth itched with hatred.
She suppressed the annoyance in her heart and whispered to the palace attendants outside: "Go and send Princess Anshun over."