The emperor also missed his child whom he had never met and his lover whom he had not seen for a long time.

"Mother, I want to go to Cangzhou to see my child. You know, I'm so old and still don't have a child. Now that I have one, I can't see him."

The emperor said with an earnest look that he had been away for several months and only the empress dowager could keep the situation under control in the court.

"You are the ruler of a country. How can you just leave like that? A country cannot be without a ruler for a single day. That's what your father taught you."

The Queen Mother said that she also wanted to see her grandson. Compared to the Emperor, it was obvious that she was more suitable to go to Cangzhou. Who would care where the Queen Mother was in the deep palace?

"Mother, I really want to see the children. When they are older, I will bring them back to you."

The emperor had made up his mind that as long as he rode faster, he could reach the destination in two months instead of four months. The fastest round trip would take about five months.

"Go ahead, the court cannot do without you. Even if I'm delayed on the way, no one will say anything.

On the contrary, it is you who is indispensable to the court. Wait until I bring the child back to you and you can take care of him."

The Queen Mother insisted on going by herself, saying that it would be better to go find her grandson step by step than to wait in the palace.

"Mother, you are joking, right? If you go, won't Miaoyi think you are here to steal the child? I don't want to make her unhappy."

The emperor said that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was the most difficult to handle. If the empress dowager went there and snatched the child away directly, Chen Miaoyi would definitely fight with the empress dowager in anger.

He has the hardest time being caught between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

"Look at what you're saying! I'm just going to see my grandson! Why are you snatching?

If it weren't for her, I wouldn't have a grandson. I can't thank her enough!

It's settled. The country cannot be without a ruler for a day. I am the most suitable. Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will not make things difficult for her."

The Queen Mother advised that although she disliked Chen Miaoyi before, she was a man at that time!

As a mother, how could she not be angry when she saw a man seducing her good son into a homosexual relationship?

But now it’s different. Chen Miaoyi is a woman, so her anger has subsided by a lot, not to mention that Chen Miaoyi gave birth to the emperor’s grandson.

Every time it was twins, a boy and a girl. The Queen Mother thought to herself that Chen Miaoyi was the only one in the world who could give birth to a dragon. This was God's will!

The emperor pestered her again and again, but the empress dowager refused to give in and was about to set off for Cangzhou.

The emperor was worried about her old age and poor health, so he sent many experts to guard the empress dowager and reluctantly saw her off from the capital.

As soon as the carriage left the capital, the empress dowager breathed a sigh of relief. She had finally walked out of the imperial city that had trapped her for her entire life.

She spent half of her life here, from a girl, to a queen, to a queen mother. Her father, brother, husband, and son were all here.

But the Queen Mother is not a weak girl. It's just that her position here forces her to do what she has to do. She has long been tired of staying in this imperial city.

"Empress Dowager! This is absolutely not possible! It will be dangerous along the way!" The secret guard stopped the Queen Dowager from getting on the horse.

This is the emperor's mother. If anything goes wrong, even if she breaks a fingernail, they will be punished.

The Queen Mother changed into light clothes in the carriage. She pushed aside the secret guards and jumped onto the horse nimbly.

I felt sad that I hadn't ridden a horse for many years and had become quite rusty.

"Now that you're out of the palace, don't call me Queen Mother. Call me Master. Let's hurry to Cangzhou."

The eldest grandson's birthday is in February. If she can arrive within three months, she can still catch their second birthday.

"Master, you are worth a fortune, so it's better to ride in a carriage. If you make a mistake, our lives will be in jeopardy."

The Queen Mother laughed out loud. Ahead of her was a wide road and green hills. Even if she laughed casually, she would not be accused of being rude.

"I will keep your heads safe. Let's go, full speed ahead, rush to Cangzhou!"

The Queen Mother whipped the horse first and galloped away. The secret guards had no choice but to follow closely behind her. The master's orders must not be disobeyed and the master's safety must be guaranteed.

The running horses brought a cool breeze to the people on horseback. The empress dowager felt that she had become a teenager again, still able to race horses in the suburbs of Beijing, and the wind that year was just as cool.

She was no longer wearing a palace dress, but ordinary riding clothes. The shackles were gone, but her elegance remained.

Now, with the empress dowager gone, the emperor was left alone guarding the palace, and his worries went from two to three. If anything happened to any of them, he would be in excruciating pain.

Fortunately, the emperor received messages from the secret guards via carrier pigeons every night, and he felt relieved to learn that the empress dowager and her entourage had arrived in another state capital and had not encountered any danger along the way.

With so many experts, they can definitely protect the Queen Mother.

Seeing that the empress dowager refused to ride in the carriage and insisted on riding a horse, the emperor could imagine the helplessness of the secret guard. Even he had never seen the empress dowager riding a horse.

The smile froze on his face, and the emperor suddenly felt a little guilty. He was not a qualified son. He didn't even know what his mother liked, but just blindly rewarded her with rare treasures.

He should have let the empress dowager go out of the palace more often. She had been in the harem for decades and must have been tired of it. The emperor's original resentment disappeared without a trace in an instant.

It's time to let the Queen Mother go and visit the outermost border of Daxia. Along the way, she can visit many prefectures. The Queen Mother has been trapped all her life, so she is more suitable to go to Cangzhou than him.

The emperor was filled with emotion and sent a message to the secret guards, telling them that everything should be done according to the empress dowager's wishes and that their only responsibility was to ensure her safety.

As the days went by, the messages came in slower and slower, and the Queen Mother became more and more happy and wanton.

Not only did he gallop at full speed all the way, but when he needed to rest, he did not go to the inn, but instead found a nearby farmer's house to stay overnight, and left money for the family to improve their lives when he left.

Whenever someone encountered injustice on the road, the Queen Mother would draw her sword to help, and people called her the female hero.

The emperor felt more and more that it was right for the empress dowager to go.

After a four-month journey, the Queen Mother and her entourage arrived in mid-February.

When Chen Miaoyi heard that someone was coming from the capital, she hurried to greet him, but she didn't expect to see the empress dowager.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you—"

"No need to formality, get up." The Queen Mother looked younger than ever in the palace. That kind of inner comfort could never be learned.

It’s not the feeling of luxury of fine clothes and delicious food, but the contentment of running in the wild.

The Queen Mother and Chen Miaoyi came to the yard and waved her hands to send the servants away. She looked at Chen Miaoyi with a half-smile.

Chen Miaoyi was still stunned. Why did the Queen Mother come back? She actually came all the way to Cangzhou?

Look at her clothes, did she come here on horseback?

Did the emperor know about this? His own mother had run away, and he was left alone in the palace?