Chapter 157 Mother and Son Talk

The Queen Mother held a string of Buddhist beads in her hand. She was in a bad mood and couldn't calm down.

This incident completely disgraced her whole life.

How could she live and face the outside world in the future? She might as well die.

At this time, the palace maid who served her came in, stammering and with an unpleasant look on her face.

"What's the matter?" the Queen Mother asked with an impatient frown.

The maid's eyes turned red, and she said tremblingly: "Empress Dowager, Eunuch Wang is dead..."

After the maid finished speaking, the Queen Mother remained motionless for a long while. When the maid looked up again, she saw the Queen Mother spit out a mouthful of blood and fell down...

The news that the Empress Dowager vomited blood and fainted soon spread in the palace. Everyone said everything in secret, and the Emperor did not deliberately control it, so the rumor that the Empress Dowager and Eunuch Wang had been together when they were young became more and more intense.

Prince Ruyang petitioned to visit the palace, and the emperor let him in for the sake of cotton.

Prince Ruyang straightened his back and walked towards the Cining Palace step by step. He could feel the eyes of the people around him secretly looking at him, and he also knew how these damn guys were laughing at him in secret.

He held his breath.

He can't lose.

We can't let these slaves make a fool of themselves.

The Cining Palace has been surrounded since the incident. It was the imperial guards, whose leader was surnamed Han, whom Prince Ruyang knew. Leader Han opened the door in a businesslike manner with a cold face.

"Your Majesty, please."

"Excuse me, Commander Han."

Prince Ruyang still had that polite smile on his face.

Commander Han always had an expressionless and serious look no matter who he was facing. He nodded slightly, neither warmly nor coldly.

Prince Ruyang said nothing more and strode into the room.

Everyone in the Cining Palace lowered their heads as if they had committed a sin. There was deathly silence all around, and a depressing atmosphere was spreading, as if a pair of invisible hands were strangling everyone's necks.

I can't even breathe...

Prince Ruyang let out a breath and asked the palace maid who was leading the way.

"How is the Queen Mother?"

The maid considered her words carefully before saying, "Your Highness has taken the medicine and is in much better spirits now."

Prince Ruyang asked again: "Did you really faint because you heard about Wang Decai's incident?"

The maid didn't dare to answer.

How could she say this?

Prince Ruyang only looks good-tempered, but he is actually very difficult to mess with, and everyone in the Cining Palace knows it.

"Your Highness, I don't know either." The maid answered carefully.

Prince Ruyang glanced at her and said nothing more.

There were several pots of charcoal fire in the room, and a wave of hot air hit me in the face.

The Queen Mother was lying on the bed, covered with a thick quilt, her face as pale as death.

As soon as Prince Ruyang entered the room, she noticed him, but she did not move. When Prince Ruyang came to her, she rolled her eyes and murmured, "My son, you are here."

Prince Ruyang walked to the bed, squatted down, and held her hand.

Without her makeup and gorgeous appearance, the empress dowager looked like just an ordinary woman. Even though she was beautiful when she was young, her appearance is no longer the same as before. Moreover, the empress dowager has been worrying too much in the past few days and looks much older.

"How is mother's health?" Prince Ruyang asked with concern.

Hearing this, the Queen Mother couldn't help but shed tears.

"My mother is very good, but I still let you worry about her..."

If the Queen Mother were to say who felt most sorry about this matter, she thought it was Prince Ruyang.

Originally, these people in the capital city treated people differently, but now...

The Queen Mother didn't even dare to imagine what kind of ridicule Prince Ruyang would face when he went out.

"It's all the Queen Mother's fault, it's all the Queen Mother's fault..."

The Queen Mother's tears were like beads that had broken off the string, flowing down her cheeks and sinking into her hair. Prince Ruyang saw some white hair hidden in her black hair...

He was silent and looked a little gloomy.

The Queen Mother thought he was a stranger...

Fortunately, Prince Ruyang smiled quickly, but the smile was too superficial and looked a bit fake.

"It's alright, mother. Everything has been handled. It was Wang Decai who was so audacious that he wanted to do something bad to you. Now that Wang Decai is dead, the matter is over. Mother, you don't have to think too much about it."

When the Queen Mother heard the news of Wang Decai's death again, she was still uncomfortable and sad.

Prince Ruyang looked at her and said seriously, "Mother, Wang Decai is just a dog slave. You should cheer up for your son."

The Queen Mother looked at him and finally nodded.

It is impossible to say that the Queen Mother likes Wang Decai, but Wang Decai is the person who has been with the Queen Mother the longest. When she first entered the palace, she was not favored, her appearance was not outstanding, and she was often bullied by people in the harem.

It was Wang Decai who rescued her.

At that time, Wang Decai and Li Defu were both apprentices of Eunuch Gao.

Eunuch Gao was the chief eunuch beside the late emperor, who enjoyed his trust and power. He had many admirers in Guanghua Palace and even the Empress Dowager, who had no background, was not particularly beautiful and was not favored, had to bow her head when she saw Eunuch Gao.

Wang Decai is Eunuch Gao's eldest disciple. Eunuch Gao originally wanted to train him, to gain experience in front of the late emperor, and then to follow the selected prince. He would also be the most trusted person of the new emperor in the future.

But Wang Decai finally chose to stay with the Queen Mother...

This has been going on for decades.

During this period, Wang Decai gave advice to the empress dowager and helped her do many dirty things. Eventually, she won the favor of the late emperor, became the queen, and even became pregnant.

Originally, the country was within reach.

Originally, everything should be like that.

But who knows.

Who knows.

As soon as Concubine Chun died, the late emperor suddenly fell in love with the bastard left by Concubine Chun, and no one expected that the bastard was so smart. When the Queen Mother just gave birth to Prince Ruyang, she also wanted to try hard to let the late emperor see Prince Ruyang more, because he was also very smart and clever.

But……

But Prince Ruyang could never be as good as the emperor.

No matter how hard I study, I just can't beat them.

Never better.

The Queen Mother closed her eyes. Over the years, she already knew what Wang Decai felt towards her. In this lonely palace, she treated Wang Decai as a friend, a relative, a servant, and also as a useful toy when she felt empty and lonely.

Wang Decai was also happy.

But the Queen Mother never expected that this matter would eventually be exposed.

"Someone knocked us unconscious and locked the door from the outside." The Queen Mother murmured, "Someone is trying to harm me on purpose." She grabbed Prince Ruyang's hand and said, as if she wanted Prince Ruyang to help her find that person.

Prince Ruyang was not surprised at all. Of course, it was someone else who harmed them. What else could it be?

"It should be the emperor. My mother went to his place during the day, and he came to take revenge at night."

The Queen Mother's face darkened, and all her sadness, anger, and embarrassment found an outlet.

"That little bastard, I will never let him go." The Queen Mother said viciously, "He must be mentally ill. Let's wait until his birthday party to take action. I can't wait any longer."

Prince Ruyang nodded and smiled.

"OK."

…

On the emperor's birthday, the weather was quite good, with light clouds and bright sunshine, but the temperature outside was still very low.

An Jiu stood aside and watched Eunuch Li and Aunt Qu dress up the emperor. The emperor let them manipulate him like an obedient big rag doll.

However, his thoughts were wandering around Guanghua Palace.

【I feel sleepy.】

[I have to go to the toilet before I leave. ]

【So that I don’t have to go to the banquet. 】

[It’s so cold outside. I don’t want to go out.]

[Actually, you can also use a chamber pot, but...]

He glanced at An Jiu.

An Jiu was speechless.

You can pee, I can just avoid you. And there is a screen, can I still chase you?

The emperor sighed.

[Forget it, I'll just go to the toilet. ]

An Jiu "..."