After thinking for a while, Shi Wei said again: "Father, when you go to see the Queen Mother tomorrow, please take me with you!"

Zhao Yuanzhen smiled and said, "Okay, but don't get bored and sit still when the time comes."

…

Near sunset the next day, Zhao Yuanzhen kept his promise and came to pick up Shi Wei and walked to Shou'an Palace where the empress dowager lived.

After the palace servants entered the room to report.

Shi Wei heard a slightly hoarse old female voice say: "Come in."

As soon as the voice fell, Zhao Yuanzhen took Shi Wei into the hall swiftly.

Unlike Chenhua Palace, Shouan Palace is filled with Buddhist incense everywhere.

The scent of incense paper is very strong.

But Shi Wei had an extremely sensitive sense of smell and still smelled a strange sweetness from it.

This sweet smell is somewhat similar to the smell on Zhao Yuanzhen's body.

Shi Wei remained expressionless and sat on the chair prepared by the palace servants.

Soon, palace servants brought up tea and snacks.

Shi Wei picked up the teacup, opened it and took a light sniff. Sure enough, there was the poison ingredient in the tea.

The Queen Mother observed Shi Wei's every move and asked with a stern face, "What's the matter? Are you worried that I might poison you?"

Before Shi Wei could speak, Zhao Yuanzhen immediately defended her, saying, "Your Majesty, you're joking. Weiwei is just a child, so she's curious about everything. I absolutely don't mean to disrespect you."

The Queen Mother's expression grew colder. She opened her teacup and took a sip before sarcastically saying, "Child? I don't think her actions are childlike! She pushed her concubine's mother, beat a palace maid to death, and kidnapped His Majesty. Is there anything in this palace she can't do?"

"I advise Your Majesty to discipline him as soon as possible to avoid a huge disaster in the future."

Zhao Yuanzhen's face was a little embarrassed, and he softened his tone, "Mother, you have misunderstood Weiwei. I know Weiwei's character best. She is extremely filial, but she still has a bit of a childish temper. She will naturally get better as she grows up."

Dabai seriously doubted it. Filial piety? Childish temper? Were these all referring to the host? Was his filter too thick?

Did he get kicked enough recently? Or is he just a masochist?

Shi Wei remained calm. Yes, that's right, she was the one being talked about. She had no flaws.

The Queen Mother was stunned by Zhao Yuanzhen's statement for a moment, then quickly spoke up again, "You're saying these are just childish tantrums? Your Majesty, have you forgotten how she held you hostage at the banquet?"

Zhao Yuanzhen continued to speak kindly, "I owe them, mother and son, so much over the years. Weiwei is just expressing her true feelings. Besides, she is just like me. I was much tougher than her when I was a child."

The Queen Mother was instantly speechless.

Shi Wei felt that there must be a reason why the Queen Mother suddenly became angry with her. It was no secret that she was refining elixirs in the palace.

People who make elixirs are more sensitive to herbs, poisons and the like.

Although she was smelling the tea just now, she did not miss the panic in the empress dowager's eyes.

However, as the winner of the previous palace fight, the Queen Mother's ability to conceal is naturally extraordinary.

Shi Wei smiled and said, "This tea is good, but it's not suitable to drink too much."

The Queen Mother's face darkened, and she said coldly, "Oh? Do you think my tea is poisonous?"

Shi Wei looked at the Queen Mother with a smile: "Don't you know whether there is poison in the tea?"

"You!" The Queen Mother slammed the table in anger, "Your Majesty, this is your good daughter! She has no filial piety, no respect for her elders, and she contradicts an old woman like me so easily. It's obvious that she is not a kind person."