Chapter 134 Conversation at Shoukang Palace

"How is it? Have you sent her out? Have you told her what I said?"

After Jianqiu returned to Jingren Palace, Yizheng was sitting there peeling an orange slowly. When he saw Jianqiu, he asked a question.

But after she said this, she didn't hear Jianqiu's reply. Yixiu looked up at her strangely.

"What's going on?"

"In reply to your Majesty, I have already spoken to Miss Qingying according to your wishes. However, she seems a little angry and didn't listen to what I said."

Jianqiu carefully spoke about Qingying's reaction.

"Oh! She is quite ambitious, but she feels embarrassed by such a small matter. The Ulanara clan has so many smart girls. When the next generation grows up, there will be no place for her. Since she is so ungrateful, I will no longer care about her in the future."

When the queen heard Jianqiu's words, her face was full of disdain for Qingying. She had thought she was a sensible person, but it turned out that she was so useless. It was better this way. She might as well take this opportunity to choose a better one.

"Where's the Fourth Prince? Ask him to come and see me."

Earlier, when she heard at the banquet that the Fourth Prince had directly rejected her proposal to choose a wife, she was furious, but because the Emperor and the Empress Dowager were there, she couldn't lose her temper on the spot.

She had kindly brought the Fourth Prince out of the palace and trained him so carefully, not for the purpose of letting him go against her one day.

"The Fourth Prince is reviewing his lessons. I'll go and ask him to come over."

But before she could leave, Jiang Fuhai walked in.

"Your Majesty, someone just came from Shoukang Palace and said that the Empress Dowager wants you to come over."

"Did you tell me why you wanted me to go there?"

"No."

The queen frowned. She always felt that the queen mother's attitude towards her was becoming colder and colder. She didn't know if it was her illusion.

"Jianqiu, please go to Shoukang Palace with me first."

"yes."

"Your Highness, the Queen Mother summoned you at this time because of something important. Could it be because of Concubine An? She is about to give birth."

While walking on the road, Jianqiu thought that Concubine An would give birth soon.

Ever since the previous attempt failed, Concubine An was arranged to live in the Empress Dowager's Shoukang Palace, and they never had the chance to take action again. Now they can only hope that something happens to her body.

"I pay my respects to the Empress Dowager."

After arriving at Shoukang Palace, the queen saw the queen mother sitting on the table, and she respectfully saluted the queen mother.

"Stand up, and be seated."

The Queen Mother glanced at her, then said lightly.

"I wonder if the Empress summoned me here to tell me something important."

After the queen sat down, she found that the queen mother had no intention of speaking, so she thought for a moment and then took the initiative to speak.

The Queen Mother looked at the Queen deeply, and only spoke slowly after a long time.

"The Queen has been keeping the Fourth Prince by her side for some time now. What do you think of his qualifications?"

The Empress, unaware of the Empress Dowager's intention in asking this question, thought for a few seconds before answering, "The Fourth Prince is a filial child. I originally thought it was pitiful for him to live alone in the palace, so I thought of bringing him out. He has been studying diligently these days, and I am quite satisfied with him."

This is also true. Since the Fourth Prince entered the palace, he has been studying hard day and night in order to perform well in front of the emperor. Now he finally has some weight in the emperor's heart.

"Studying hard is a good thing. Although I didn't raise this child since childhood, he is the emperor's child after all. He won't be too bad in the end."

The Queen Mother was naturally very sure about this.

"But, Queen, since you know he's studying so hard, aren't you being a little hasty? This time, you're hosting a birthday banquet for me, isn't it to choose a suitable wife for the Fourth Prince? As his mother, it's right for you to consider his future. But he's still young, so let's not bring this up for now."

There was no hint of negotiation in the Queen Mother's tone. She looked at the Queen with a sharp gaze, as if she could see through all her calculations.

"But Empress Dowager, I, your humble servant..."

Before the queen could finish her words, the queen mother interrupted her again.

"Do you really think I know nothing about what you've done in the harem these years? Queen, do you know that everything you've done is to murder my grandson? If I hadn't stood up for you every time, how much more patience do you think the emperor would have with you?"

The Queen Mother wanted to make the Queen feel cautious so that she would be more restrained. There were too many royal heirs who were killed in the palace because of this.

"My Queen Mother, I don't. Even if I were given the most courage, I would not dare to do anything to harm the royal heir."

When the Queen heard this, she quickly stood up from her chair and knelt in front of the Queen Mother.

No matter what the Queen Mother said, the Queen knew very well that she could not admit it at this time. She just didn't expect that the Queen Mother would be so disregarding family affection for her.

"You don't have to worry. Since I turned a blind eye to your past, I won't dwell on the past with you anymore. But now that Concubine An is about to give birth, the reason I came to you today is to tell you that this time, I will never allow any accidents to happen again. I just have an eye disease, and you all should just treat me as if I'm blind."

The Queen Mother now looked at the Queen with such indifference, which made the Queen feel even more resentful towards the royal family.

"Empress Dowager, everything I have done is for the glory of the Ulanara clan. Even this time, I have carefully selected the right girl from the Ulanara family. I have no selfish motives in doing this. If it were not for this, why would I have to live so cautiously all these years?"

Up to this moment, the Queen still did not feel that she had done anything wrong. She only blamed herself for not ending An Lingrong earlier, which gave her the opportunity to give birth to an heir to the throne.

"Queen, I feel sorry for your efforts, but these are no reasons for you to harm the royal heir. You are well aware of how much the emperor has cared about his offspring over the years, yet you still haven't stopped. You have been scheming against the emperor's children at every step, leaving him with only these few children now. You are already the queen, and will be the queen mother and empress dowager in the future. What else are you dissatisfied with?"

"Yes, I understand. I will remember the Empress Dowager's teachings."

The queen did not argue with the queen mother anymore, but agreed respectfully. However, what she was thinking in her heart, probably only she herself knew.

"Forget it, think carefully about what I said to you."

The Queen Mother waved to her and asked her to go down first.

"Queen Mother, your health is very important."

Zhu Xi looked at the empress dowager with heartache. Although the empress dowager was the most honorable person in the harem, she knew very well that she was suffering a lot.

The Queen Mother shook her head slightly. She knew that although Yixiu had agreed to her on the surface today, she didn't know how much she had actually listened to her.