Yun Zishu was right. After hearing the news of Situ Xuan's death, the Queen of Fengyi Palace did not speak for a long time, and her whole figure seemed to be shrouded in a gloomy and sad shadow.
After a long time, she whispered: "Mother Zhao."
"My slave is here."
"Xuan'er died in a very strange way." The queen covered her face, her eyes were red, and her voice was slightly harsh, "He died in a very strange way. I can't just let it go."
Aunt Zhao looked solemn: "Queen, is this just a coincidence?"
"Coincidence?" The queen closed her eyes and sneered sarcastically, "I have been in the palace for so many years, and I have seen a lot of tricks in the harem. How can there be so many coincidences?"
Excessive coincidences are harboring evil intentions.
Xuan'er was beaten eighty times with a cane and was seriously injured. It was originally caused by Yun Zishu, but they had already learned a lesson from this matter. If Yun Zishu was a sensible person, he should have known that Xuan'er was innocent and was implicated.
Sin does not lead to death.
The assassination was committed by Wan'er alone. No matter what consequences Wan'er suffered, it was her own fault. If Yun Zishu could be noble and let Xuan'er go, how could the Situ family not remember her kindness in the future?
However, now that the person is dead and the only bloodline and hope of the Situ family has been cut off, how can we let this matter go?
Killing intent appeared in the Queen's eyes: "I am ready to take a step back, but she is so cruel and ruthless that she directly cuts off the bloodline of the Situ family... How can I endure this? Aunt Zhao, how do you think I can endure it?
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Aunt Zhao knelt down and said, "Mother, you can't—"
"What can't be done?" The queen raised her head and looked at her coldly, "Mother Zhao, have you been bribed by Yun Zishu? Why do you always speak for her recently?"
"The Queen is aware of this!" Nanny Zhao's face turned pale and she kowtowed repeatedly, "I never dare to have any dissent. I really only think about the Queen..."
The queen held her forehead and closed her eyes slightly, her whole body immersed in a lifeless haze.
"The Emperor has arrived——"
The high-pitched announcement broke the extreme silence in Fengyi Palace, and the queen took a moment to recover: "The emperor is here?"
Aunt Zhao was still kneeling on the ground: "Yes."
"He hasn't been here for a few days." The queen smiled in detail, her smile was a little ironic and a little sad, "Obviously the prince is the son of this palace and the emperor, but before the prince came back, we husband and wife were of the same mind and respected each other.
Love each other, but after the prince came back, the emperor and I gradually separated from each other, and now they are like strangers... Do you think this is ironic? "
Aunt Zhao didn't dare to talk.
The queen didn't need her to talk to her. She stood up expressionlessly, straightened her phoenix robe, and went out to greet him.
"I, my concubine, see you, Your Majesty. Long live my Emperor!"
The queen knelt on the ground and paid homage to the emperor with the highest etiquette of Dongyou. She had forgotten that she had not performed such a solemn gift in many years.
Usually, before he could even bow down, he would be quickly helped up by the emperor. As time went by, every time they met, he would only half-bend or bend his body slightly to show respect.
I don't know since when, their relationship has become so cold.
"Pingshen." Emperor Wu walked to the main seat and sat down, his eyes falling on the queen's pale face, "Do you already know about Situ Xuan?"
The queen looked confused: "Does your Majesty think that I shouldn't know about such a big thing?"
Emperor Wu frowned.
"The emperor looks much better recently." The queen looked at him, "I am really happy for the emperor."
In the past, Emperor Wu was ill and had been pale and weak all year round. During the few days when the prince came back, it was even visible to the naked eye that he was physically weak and unable to govern.
However, today, compared to the Queen's sluggish complexion, Emperor Wu's spirit has improved significantly.
"With the prince taking care of my worries, I don't have to worry anymore these days. I can just concentrate on resting. My health has indeed improved a lot." Emperor Wu leaned on the chair and took the tea from Aunt Zhao, "But compared to
After all, I lost my vitality when I was young, and I can’t get it back no matter how much I do.”
The queen stood aside and twitched her lips: "The prince is really a good son of the emperor, isn't he?"
"If the Queen is willing, you can also be a good mother." Emperor Wu naturally understood what she meant and sympathized with her grief for having just lost her nephew, so he was willing to ignore her disrespectful tone, "Now that Situ Xuan is gone, there is no way he can do it anymore."
Save it, the living should still live a good life, and you don’t have to think so much."
"You don't have to think so much anymore?" The queen's eyes turned red, "How easy it is for the emperor to say this. The eldest brother and sister-in-law are just one son, and the Situ family is just one child. How can I pretend that nothing has happened?"
"So the queen is blaming me?" Emperor Wu's face darkened, and his eyes showed a bit of coldness, "The decree that Situ Xuan was punished with the staff was mine. Eighty-ten court staff is not a light punishment, even if it is placed on
People who practice martial arts also have to look at good fortune, if they can't survive it, it means good fortune is not good enough!"
The queen bit her lip, bowed her head and knelt down: "I am so grieved that I have no choice but to ask the emperor to punish me."
"The Situ family only has a single seedling, so the queen holds him in her mouth for fear of accidentally dropping it, but never thought that I only have a single seedling?" Emperor Wu's eyes were cold, "When the prince came back, why didn't the queen see him?
Holding it in your mouth? In your heart, which one is more important, your nephew or your biological son?"
The queen's eyebrows were filled with sadness, and her face was so pale that there was no trace of blood: "Everything is important."
Intellectually speaking, her son is closer to her. He is her own flesh and blood who was born in ten months of pregnancy. In the future, her stepmother will be more valuable than her son, and her prosperity and wealth will all be in the hands of this biological son.
But emotionally speaking, she had a shadow on her son as soon as he was born. No woman could be indifferent to the prophecy of overcoming his mother. What's more, they had been separated for twenty years and had never been together. How could that happen?
emotion?
The prince never even called his mother queen when he saw her. In the past twenty years, every time Xuan'er called her aunt, she was respectful.
She watched him grow up from Yaya Xueyu to this age. When he was young, he loved to cuddle up next to her and act like a baby. When he was five or six years old, he was so cute that she was filled with joy... One was sweet and flattering, the other was cold and indifferent, even the emperor himself
There should be some bias, right?
"Now that Situ Xuan is gone, I will no longer hold any responsibility for the Situ family's crimes." The emperor said calmly, "I hope you can cheer up soon. You will still be in charge of the harem from now on. I hope the queen will remember her responsibilities as a mother and the world.
Be magnanimous and don’t do anything disrespectful of your status again.”
After saying this, he stood up and left.
"I respectfully send you off to Your Majesty." The Queen led a group of people from Fengyi Palace to salute and send her off. When she bowed down, all the emotional fluctuations in her eyes were hidden.