The Queen Mother smiled as she watched His Majesty and others leave. Only after everyone left did the door in front of him close.

The Buddhist beads in her sleeve fell to the ground in an instant. The beads fell down in all directions, rushing out one after another.

Madam Hu looked at the beads scattered on the ground and stepped forward: "It is my fault."

The Empress Dowager must be very angry about today's farce.

If His Majesty had left a step later, these Buddhist beads would have broken in front of His Majesty.

"What's going on with Meng Siyao?" The empress dowager rubbed her brows with her fingertips, feeling weak all over.

She had gone to great lengths to find a woman who looked so much like Concubine Shen.

Qian Yitiaotiao brought her back to the palace, thinking that after some training, Meng Siyao would be his most powerful chess piece.

But no one expected that she would show up in front of His Majesty so early.

All the careful preparations that I had made were now wasted.

The Queen Mother's fingers were kneading vigorously, with a look of annoyance in her eyes.

Seeing the displeasure in the Empress Dowager's eyes, Madam Hu did not dare to step forward to disturb her.

He just stretched out his hand and rubbed the Empress Dowager's eyebrows with his fingertips.

"To be honest, this is my fault." Nanny Hu then reported to the empress dowager word for word everything Meng Siyao had said in Wanshou Palace.

Meng Siyao ran away from Wanshou Palace before she had time to report to the Empress Dowager.

Who would have thought that she would appear in front of His Majesty.

Not only did she block His Majesty's dragon sedan chair, but she was also wearing the same clothes as Concubine Shen.

She stood in front of His Majesty in a coquettish manner, trying to replace Concubine Shen with her face that looked like Concubine Shen!

How could there be such a brainless person in the world?

Nanny Hu stood beside the Empress Dowager, with a myriad of thoughts in her mind.

"It was the servant who didn't expect it."

"I didn't expect it either!" Not only did Madam Hu not expect it, even the empress dowager did not expect it.

How stupid is Meng Siyao to do such a thing.

Do you think you can become Shen Fu by dressing up like Shen Fu?

Does she have a brain? !

A deep sense of helplessness emerged between the Empress Dowager's brows, and the hand that was pinching her eyebrows fell down involuntarily.

"All is lost." All the chips that had been staked before have now vanished into thin air.

Even the Queen Mother felt a strong sense of powerlessness all over her body.

After planning for a long time, now all hope is gone.

The Queen Mother's expression wouldn't look very good.

Nanny Hu didn't dare to say anything more. She stood beside the Empress Dowager and massaged her shoulders.

"Don't worry, madam." Madam Hu pinched the empress dowager's shoulders and comforted her softly, "Even though Miss Meng is gone, we still have Miss Qi."

Madam Hu comforted her: "Miss Qi has His Majesty in her heart. Besides, Miss Qi is beautiful. As long as she can become His Majesty's concubine, she will be favored forever."

"I have thought so." The Queen Mother nodded in acknowledgement.

She let Rong Qi enter the palace to pave the way for her to become a concubine.

"But seeing your majesty's state, I'm afraid it has to be Concubine Shen."

It's not like she hasn't seen the emperor favoring her before.

The late emperor was one of them. If it weren’t for the strong foundation of the Rong family, she would not have ascended to the position of empress dowager.

But His Majesty saw it as if something was different. He looked like he was really moved.

"Your Majesty, don't worry." But Madam Hu said, "Men like new things. No matter how favored Concubine Shen is, can she cling to His Majesty for the rest of her life?"

He is the emperor, and Concubine Shen would have to have extraordinary abilities to do that.

Otherwise, how could the emperor be so devoted to her?

"I'm overthinking it." The Queen Mother closed her eyes and said calmly, "After tonight, I'm afraid there will be a rift between Aijia and Your Majesty."

Mother and son have been friends for many years, and if they handle the relationship improperly, they will become enemies.

"Find a way to make Rong Qi your consort sooner rather than later, and I will be relieved sooner."

With Rong Qi as concubine, the Rong family will have hope for the future, as long as they give birth to another prince.

From now on, the Rong family will continue to be rich and prosperous.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. This matter can be accomplished." Madam Hu said.

The Queen Mother did not speak for a long time, but the hand that was resting on her forehead fell.

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Outside the door, a group of people followed His Majesty.

It was quiet all around and no one dared to speak.

Only after leaving the Wanshou Palace did Lin An cautiously approach him and said, "Your Majesty, why did you let him go so easily?"

According to him, His Majesty had clearly found out that this matter was the work of the Empress Dowager.

Given His Majesty's temper, he will probably hold on to this matter.

But I never expected that the truth had been clearly found out. But His Majesty let it go so easily.

"If I continue to investigate today, I may be able to make the Queen Mother admit it, but what's the use of admitting it?" Xiao Yu led the way in front, his expression much calmer, not as aggressive as he was in the hall just now.

"Can I still punish the Queen Mother?"

When Lin An heard this, he swallowed the words that were about to hit him.

yes.

So what even if the Queen Mother admits it?

Can His Majesty punish the Queen Mother?

His Majesty was not the Empress Dowager's biological son, and the relationship between mother and son was in jeopardy.

No matter what, the Queen Mother is still an elder.

If we get into a big fight with the Empress Dowager tonight, the Empress Dowager will suffer, but His Majesty will not be blamed either.

"I understand." After Lin An understood, he nodded.

In other words, Shen Guipin was the only one who felt unlucky in this matter.

Even if His Majesty wanted to compete with Concubine Shen.

As long as the Empress Dowager denies it, there is nothing we can do about it.

"Concubine Rong has fallen out of favor, and the Rong family is afraid of losing power. They are rushing to stuff people into the palace. I understand all this."

His Majesty spoke in a light tone.

He has no blood relationship with the Queen Mother, and there is no other relationship except superficial.

Over the years, as long as Concubine Rong was in charge of the harem, his relationship with the Empress Dowager was peaceful.

But as soon as Concubine Rong fell out of favor, the Rong family became impatient.

It seems that now that Concubine Rong has fallen from power, the Empress Dowager and the Rong family are starting to panic.

That's why they hurriedly came up with all these measures.

When Xiao Yu thought of this, his already cold eyes became even colder.

The Rong family is nothing, and the Queen Mother is nothing.

These people's hands have been reaching out to the harem. The more so, the more he cannot let Shen Fu fall into these dangers.

"Lock up Meng Siyao for me."

The Rong family wanted to put someone in the harem, but he refused to let them.

Come one by one, come a pair by a pair.

Let’s see if the Rong family dares to continue filling the harem in the future!

His Majesty's eyes were fierce, and Lin An was trembling in his heart as he watched.

He nodded quickly, but his eyes fell behind him, and he thought of something before he said, "Your Majesty, how should we deal with Lady Zhou?"

As Lin An spoke, he couldn't help but look behind him a few times.

Concubine Zhou was in great misfortune.

Tutu, a concubine who entered the palace for selection, had to be caught up in these troubles.

Not only did he lose his favor, but he also offended his Majesty.