At that time, my mother also mentioned her feelings to me. The emperor's unexpected expression and behavior during the audience made her feel that the emperor could also hear Zhiyu's thoughts!

Jiang Kangan glanced at the unconscious Jiang Zhiyu.

If the emperor heard all of Zhiyu's thoughts, then no matter how much he doted on her, he would never tolerate her.

How can I allow others to sleep soundly beside my bed?

What's more, it is such a scandal. The emperor will definitely kill everyone who knows about it, without exception.

…

Inside the palace, the princes left one after another. Fu Ping looked at the emperor, who was sitting on a chair with his hand on his forehead, and approached carefully: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is of noble status after all, so she has not been imprisoned. She is now in the Cining Palace, being watched by several Jinyiwei. Your Majesty..."

In fact, there is no such thing as noble or not. Prince Yu is also of noble status, but he is still in prison.

It's just that those people remembered how the emperor listened to the empress dowager before, and they were afraid that the emperor was just angry for a moment and would vent his anger on her later.

The emperor naturally knew what they were thinking. He looked tired, but still stood up and said, "Let's go and take a look."

Fuping followed closely behind him, rubbing his waist slightly.

"You're not pretending?"

The emperor looked at him with a little surprise.

Fu Ping: “…”

"Your Majesty, please don't make fun of me. I was hit in the waist and I almost couldn't see Your Majesty again."

Why did he pretend?

And this thief doesn't know how to control his strength at all!

Can his body withstand such torture?

emperor:"……"

What does Zhiyu mean by acting?

"Let the imperial physician, no, let Zhiyu, take a look at you when we get back."

Fuping looked flattered. If he let Jiang Zhiyu see him, wouldn't the old illness that had troubled him for many years be cured?

His expression of joy was too obvious, and the emperor chuckled and scolded him, "What a waste."

"When we were together in the Imperial Study earlier, you two got along very well. Even if I didn't speak, she wouldn't refuse you if you did."

Fu Ping echoed, "Your Majesty is right. It's just that Censor Jiang is very busy right now. He came to the Imperial Study for important matters. I can just bear with these minor ailments of mine. How can I waste her time?"

The emperor couldn't help laughing: "If she is busy, then there will be no idle people in the whole capital."

Fuping didn't respond and continued to rub his waist lightly.

The two of them talked as they walked, and in a blink of an eye they arrived at the Cining Palace.

As he stepped into the palace, the smile on the emperor's face immediately disappeared. His eyes were sharp, and he had the majesty of a superior. His imposing aura was so overbearing that no one dared to look up.

The guarding Jinyiwei knelt on the ground, and the empress dowager heard the noise and ran out from the inner hall.

"My son, my son," the Empress Dowager clutched the Emperor's sleeve tightly, her body half limp on the ground. "Although you are not my biological child, I have raised you for many years. Although not my biological child, you are better than my own."

"Don't listen to Prince Yu's nonsense. I was completely clueless from the beginning to the end!"

The emperor let her hold him, waved his hand lightly, and Fu Ping and the Jinyiwei retreated.

In the huge Cining Palace, there are only two of them left.

The emperor looked down at her and said, "You don't know? Then tell me, who gave you the poison, and how did the queen die?"

The Queen Mother shook her head desperately: "I don't know, Prince Yu has so many tricks up his sleeve. If he can bribe your ministers, it's not impossible that he has a few people in the palace!"

"You're right," the emperor said, much calmer than the empress dowager's faint madness. "Of course there are his people in the palace. The list in Fuping's hand clearly states it, so I ordered people to deal with it before today's palace banquet. Could it be that the wronged spirits had poisoned them?"

The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment, then shook her head desperately: "I don't know, I don't know!"

There seemed to be a strong wind outside the hall, whistling and carrying into the hall, as if someone was crying.

The strong wind blew through the open window, extinguishing several candles and making the emperor's face look even gloomier.

But his tone could almost be described as joyful.

"Since you don't know, then I will tell you something you know. How did your child die back then?"

The Queen Mother's heart skipped a beat and she subconsciously loosened her grip on his sleeve.

After a few breaths, the Queen Mother spoke forcefully: "What do you think? It's because of you. If I hadn't gone to see you that day, I wouldn't have had an abortion!"

Having said that, a hint of fear flashed across her eyes.

"Because of me?" The emperor laughed out loud as if he had heard something extremely ridiculous. The empress dowager could no longer conceal the fear in her eyes and looked at him fixedly.

He said this, could it be that he has got some clues?

No, it's impossible. So many years have passed, it's impossible to find out!

She began to tremble unconsciously. After a while, the emperor's laughter stopped. He half-knelt in front of the empress dowager and pinched her face. The empress dowager struggled violently, but the emperor's hand did not move.

"To this day, you are still lying to me, Wan Ziling. From the beginning to the end, you have never taken me to heart!"

The Queen Mother - Wan Ziling's face suddenly turned pale, her lips trembled, but she couldn't say a word of rebuttal.

"When my father entrusted me to you, you appeared to be taking good care of me, but secretly, you had your confidants plot against me and put a slow-acting poison in my food."

As he spoke, Wan Ziling's body shook even more violently.

"Later, when you learned from the imperial physician that you were pregnant with a stillbirth, you thought of me."

"First, you called me over and secretly drugged me. When I was drowsy, you pretended to be pushed down by me and pinned the blame on me."

"I feel guilty about you, so you don't have to pretend to be a loving mother. You beat and scold me at every turn, but no one dares to blame you. Even my father won't say anything about it."

"After all," the emperor looked at her and said in a cold voice, "you are raising the murderer who killed your son."

"What a good plan, Wan Ziling! If you were a man, it's hard to say who would be sitting on the throne now."

The hand that was pinching her was so strong that it almost crushed her. Knowing that he had investigated everything that happened that year thoroughly, Wan Ziling laughed instead.

"Yes, at this point, I've lost," Wan Ziling stared at him, "but over the past few decades, I've been the winner!"

"Your mother and I were irreconcilable enemies. Even after her death, her son called me 'Queen Mother'. You have no idea how disgusted and pleased I felt every time I heard that!"

The emperor said nothing.

Wan Ziling naturally couldn't bear to see him so calm, so she continued, "Especially later on, because of my scheme, you followed my lead and tried to please me in every way, like a dog. Every time I saw that, I couldn't help but laugh in my heart for a long time!"

Perhaps knowing that his death was near, Wan Ziling roared at the top of his lungs.

The emperor looked at her quietly and suddenly smiled.