Chapter 224: The Irritable Queen Mother vs. the Cold Imperial Master (7)

"You are finally awake, Queen Mother. Is your body still feeling unwell?"

Jin Yu couldn't hide her worry.

She glanced at the palace door, making sure the palace maids and eunuchs were all standing outside and hadn't come in, then she spoke softly:

"Jinyu asked a trusted imperial physician to examine you last night. You weren't poisoned. Could it be that the Imperial Master did something else?"

"Although the Ming family is now in decline, Jinyu has heard that the Imperial Master knows some esoteric arts besides divination."

At first, she suspected that there was something wrong with the talisman paper given by the national teacher.

But after she took it away, the Queen Mother did not wake up.

Perhaps, the national teacher hid something somewhere else?

Jinyu was lost in thought.

"I just haven't had enough rest recently, so I slept longer."

Lu Cha naturally took Ming Yan's blame on himself.

Jin Yu was still worried, but the imperial physician hadn't found anything wrong, and Lu Cha didn't want to talk about it anymore, so she tactfully changed the subject:

"After the Empress Dowager took a nap yesterday at noon, General Jiang came and waited for two hours. Seeing that you still hadn't woken up, he left in anger, his face red and his neck thick. He said he would come again at noon today."

"I'm afraid General Jiang wants to question you about the new number one scholar."

"It's only half an hour until noon. Should Jinyu send someone to stop General Jiang?"

Even though she was bought into the Jiang Mansion by General Jiang to serve the young lady, she had been with the young lady for so many years, accompanying her all the way to the position of empress dowager, and the young lady had always treated her well.

He had long regarded the Queen Mother as his master to whom he swore allegiance until death.

She didn't want General Jiang to bully the Queen Mother.

Compared to Jinyu's resistance, Lucha was more interested.

After General Jiang took power, he never attended the morning court again. On the surface, he said that he was old and unwell, but in fact he was just putting on airs and not giving Chu Yixiu any face.

What's more, most of the officials were his people, so there was no need for them to get up early to attend the court.

"No, breakfast first."

Only when you are full can you have the energy to clean up the dog’s stuff!

Seeing Lu Cha's refusal, Jin Yu had no choice but to do as she was told.

At worst, she could find a few more strong guards to guard outside the door.

At the same time, in the bedroom of the Imperial Master's Mansion.

Ming Yan got up early and returned from the study, but found that the awakened little silver fox had run from the couch to under the table.

As soon as it saw him, the silver fox let out a warning growl and showed its sharp claws, as if ready to attack at any time.

Ming Yan frowned slightly: "What's wrong with it?"

Zhuo Xuan, who was following behind, asked tentatively: "Maybe it's because the environment is unfamiliar and you don't feel safe?"

He has lived for twenty years and has never raised a fox.

Ming Yan looked at the silver fox under the table.

It was still the same pair of eyes as blue as the sky, but they lacked a bit of spirit compared to last night.

Ming Yan was somewhat bored: "Lock him up."

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Cining Palace.

Seeing the table full of exquisite vegetarian dishes, Lu Cha blinked and said, "No meat?"

Jin Yu: "The Emperor knows that you have been in poor health recently and have lost your appetite, so he has instructed the Imperial Kitchen to prepare some light and appetizing food."

“…”

The male lead is really my good son!

Lu Cha's eyes were dim. "Return to a normal diet. Meat must be included every day."

She didn't eat much meat in her last life! She was so skinny from starvation!

Jin Yu nodded in agreement, but it would take a long time to prepare breakfast again, so Lu Cha could only nibble on the green and healthy vegetable leaves quietly.

Fortunately, the food cooked by the royal chef is also delicious.

Not long after the deer had finished his tea, a palace maid came trotting in and bowed:

"Your Highness, General Jiang has arrived. I wanted him to wait in the main hall, but he refused..."

Before the palace maid could finish her words, a middle-aged man in black clothes with gold thread rushed into the hall.

Although he is fifty years old, his eagle eyes are bright and sharp. He is the general of the current dynasty and the biological father of the original owner - General Jiang.

"Jiang Lucha! Who allowed you to reject the Minister of Personnel's proposal?!"

General Jiang glared at the girl in fancy clothes who was eating on a chair:

"Do you know that what you said in court yesterday gave the Emperor a reason to conduct a thorough investigation into the imperial examination?!"

"I worked so hard to get Qian Huairen to the top of the imperial examination, and you pulled him down! You even ruined his reputation!"

He spent so much effort in training Qian Huairen, but it was all ruined by this stupid daughter!

Snap——!

The golden sandalwood chopsticks were placed heavily on the table.

"Who gave General Jiang the courage to call me by my name?"

The girl's eyes were cold and gloomy, and she was intimidating without even being angry.

General Jiang unconsciously took a half step back, then realized that he was actually frightened by his daughter, and sneered:

"I think you've forgotten how you became the Queen Mother!"

"If it weren't for me, you would have died along with the late emperor!"

Lu Cha laughed sarcastically: "But if it weren't for my father, I would never have entered the palace."

A few months ago, people from the Ministry of Rites selected the legitimate daughter of General Jiang to enter the palace to bring good luck to the late emperor.

But the legitimate daughter was unwilling to be the concubine of the seriously ill old man. At that time, General Jiang had not yet obtained the power in the court and could not disobey the order, so he thought of using someone else as a substitute and forced the original owner to enter the palace.

It was because the original owner was a concubine's daughter and her mother died early, so she was of no value to be used.

Unexpectedly, the late emperor passed away just as the original owner entered the palace that day.

General Jiang thought this was a good opportunity. He not only tampered with the will, but also threatened the original owner to cooperate and not tell anyone, otherwise he would kill her.

In order to avoid the matter being exposed in the future and to have no one to take the blame, General Jiang gave the original owner the position of Queen Mother.

Some of the late emperor's concubines did not believe in the decree, but were secretly dealt with by General Jiang. The scene was disguised as the concubines committing suicide, and they said that they were reluctant to leave the late emperor and followed him to his death.

As for those court officials who had doubts, General Jiang suppressed them with his troops. In addition, the late emperor had passed away at that time and only Jiang Lucha was by his side, so they had no choice but to believe.

Everyone thought that the Queen Mother was ambitious and controlled the government. Even Chu Yixiao felt that the original owner was taking revenge on him.

Little did they know that the original owner's behind-the-scenes ruling and random killings were all orders from General Jiang.

In order to preserve his reputation and avoid being scolded by future generations, General Jiang put all the blame on the original owner and asked her to do all the bad things.

The so-called Queen Mother is just a puppet.

In response to this, General Jiang had no guilt or remorse at all, but instead acted condescendingly:

"You can become the most noble woman in the world because of me!"

"Rebellious girl! What gives you the right to talk back to me?!"

General Jiang raised his hand and pretended to slap Lu Cha.