Xie Qing glanced at Mr. Wang, then at the Queen, and said with a smile, "Of course, I'll let Mr. Wang talk about the affectionate letters he and our Queen have exchanged over the years."
The Queen saw Mr. Wang clearly. His face was pale and he was slumped in his chair. She shook her head and said, "Why did you come? Why did you come?"
Mr. Wang looked at the Queen affectionately and said, "I didn't want to go back to Beijing, but I heard that you were in a bad mood recently. I was afraid you would take the wrong road, so I hurried back. You'd better turn back. Don't let it get to the point of no return. Then no one can save you."
The Queen shook her head fiercely, "I won't accept this! Why can my sister marry the one she loves, but I can't? We were in love back then, and my father agreed to the marriage. We were just waiting for the Double Ninth Festival so we could get engaged!"
"But my sister died in childbirth, so I have to enter the palace to help her raise her son and help him look after the throne! Why? I won't accept it! You all told me to be sensible, to know the big picture for the sake of our family and the Great Zhou, but who has thought about me?"
"I am also a living person! I have joys, sorrows, anger, and happiness! Why should I give up everything and become a puppet? My parents who love me so much keep telling me to give up everything for the family. My lover has gone far away because of me entering the palace, and we will never see each other again. Just because my sister died! I am going to become him! What about me? Where have I been?!"
The queen couldn't help crying, as if she wanted to cry out all the grievances she had suffered over the past twenty years.
Mr. Wang faced the weeping queen, not with sympathy or consolation, but with a righteous expression: "But you can't make any mistakes! I've waited for you for so many years, why should I be afraid of waiting a few more years!"
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The emperor turned to look at Mr. Wang, his face calm and expressionless.
Mr. Wang subconsciously lowered his head and bowed, not daring to face the holy face.
The Sixth Prince jumped up and pounced on Mr. Wang, hammering and hitting him. "What nonsense are you talking about! My father will live forever! My mother and father have a good relationship! Who the hell do you think you are!"
Mr. Wang ran away with his head in his hands, and the things in his arms scattered all over the ground.
The emperor glanced over and saw letters scattered all over the floor. Although he was far away, he could recognize that the handwriting on the envelope was from the queen.
The envelope was written with "My dearest dear."
Who is my love? Do I need to tell you?
The emperor's voice was calmer than ever before: "What's going on between you two?"
When the Sixth Prince heard the emperor's words, he angrily kicked Mr. Wang and stood aside.
Mr. Wang knelt again, then looked up at the Empress, his face filled with affection again. "Back when I was in the Cao family, I and Miss Cao were in love. The Empress just said that I would come to propose marriage after the Double Ninth Festival. After the next spring examination, if I passed the imperial examination, we would get married. Who knew she would enter the palace without a word?"
"I could not bear the blow and tried to commit suicide several times. After being rescued, I received..." He hesitated and changed the address. If he called her "Empress" at this moment, wouldn't it be a blatant slander on the Emperor?
Although he was secretly happy that the Emperor's Empress was obsessed with him, he still wanted to live. He said, "I received a letter from Miss Cao Er, which gave me the desire to live. But I didn't want to stay in the capital so sadly, so I traveled around. It was not until a few months ago that I returned to the capital and learned about the mistakes made by the Empress, and then I thought of persuading her."
Mr. Wang looked at the Queen, as if he wanted to engrave her face into his heart. "Your Majesty, everything the Queen did was involuntary. She has suffered so much torture for so many years, and her heart is in so much pain that it is inevitable that she lost her mind and did something stupid! Please forgive the Queen, Your Majesty!"
The emperor's face was gloomy. "I didn't force you into the palace. Moreover, I made the crown prince the heir as soon as he was born. This was my promise to your Cao family. It was your parents who sent you into the palace because they were afraid that I couldn't protect the crown prince. If you really don't want to, you can tell me when you enter the palace. I am the emperor, and I have three thousand beauties in my harem. How could I force you?"
"Since you won't say anything, you should have kept your duty and been a good queen to me. By doing this, you have trampled upon the dignity of the royal family and completely disgraced your Cao family!"
The Queen suddenly burst into laughter, tears rolling down her cheeks as she laughed: "The Cao family's face! The Cao family exchanged me for wealth and glory, what face do they need? You can kill me or chop me up, it's all up to you!"
After the queen finished speaking, she closed her eyes. She was so hot-headed that she didn't think slowly and did something wrong. She was willing to admit her defeat.
The emperor ignored the queen and looked at Xie Qing instead, feeling mixed emotions. His son had grown up and matured, and now had the ability to act like an emperor. However, by doing this, he put his father in an awkward position.
But if Xie Qing didn't do this, the emperor wouldn't do anything to the queen.
After all, deposing a queen is a serious matter. At most, the queen can be confined to her house, but according to the queen's methods, she can still make a comeback in a few years.
Even if the emperor handed over the throne to Xie Qing soon, the queen would use her status as "queen mother" to suppress him, and it would be easy for him to turn the tables.
Now that Xie Qing has done this, the emperor has no choice but to depose the empress. What reason can he give to the court officials?
The most important thing is whether the emperor is willing to face the questioning of his court officials.
At this moment, the emperor became curious about Xie Qing's plan: "Prince, what do you think should be done about this matter?"
Xie Qing looked at Mr. Wang and smiled, "After all, she is my nominal mother and my aunt by blood. It's really hard for me to decide how to deal with her. But, Mr. Wang should have some ideas, right? What do you think, Mr. Wang?"
How could Mr. Wang know this? He lowered his head and dared not speak. He dared to flirt with the emperor's wife, but he did not dare to challenge the emperor's authority.
The Sixth Prince standing next to him was stunned at this time. He knew that his mother had been planning for the throne. Even though he expressed that he was not interested in the throne, even though he showed that he was not suitable to be an emperor at all and only knew how to play with flowers and plants every day, his mother did not give up.
The Queen Mother has been planning this matter, and she is even involved with a man outside the palace.
Seeing that Mr. Wang was speechless, the Sixth Prince shouted, "Mother! Are you just going to do this for such a spineless person? Are you going to push everyone into the abyss just because you're unwilling to give up?"
The queen had cried and laughed, and at this moment she had calmed down. She wiped away her tears and returned to being the dignified and gentle queen. As for Miss Cao Er? She had long forgotten what Miss Cao Er was like.
"Why? Because I want you to be emperor. Being emperor is different from being emperor with your brother. You are my own flesh and blood. If you become emperor, you will forgive me no matter what I do, right?"
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