Chapter 254: Open a cellar to grow mushrooms The Queen Mother

took a deep breath and said, "Sharp-tongued."

There was not much anger in these four words, but the tone of an elder being confronted by a younger person and not caring about it.

She continued, "I have a nephew who works in the Hanlin Academy. Have you two met him?"

"No," Jiang Zhiyu said directly, ignoring the Queen Mother's ugly face. The Queen

Mother: "..."

The corners of her mouth twitched, and her armored fingers moved slightly: "It doesn't matter if you haven't met him. An Hong has a very good temper. You will definitely fall in love with him when you meet him. Since you are here today, why don't I call An Hong here, and you two can meet and settle the marriage. What do you think?"

The implication of her words was that she wanted to force the marriage.

The emperor's face changed, and he couldn't help but speak: "Marriage is not a joke, how can it be settled so easily."

"Your Majesty, what you said is wrong," the empress dowager stared at Jiang Zhiyu: "How can it be a joke, my nephew, the emperor still doesn't trust you?"

Well, he was kind enough to save her life, but she didn't appreciate it.

The emperor looked at Jiang Zhiyu. Anyway, as long as she didn't do it in public, he could cover up for her no matter what she said.

"Zhiyu, why don't you say anything?" The empress dowager asked concernedly.

"You never seem to think before asking questions, I'm giving you a chance to make up for it," the empress dowager was slightly stunned, and before she had time to get angry, she saw Jiang Zhiyu said again: "I think you can open a cellar to grow mushrooms, but it seems that you don't have a cellar."

The empress dowager took a few seconds to react to what she meant. She

immediately stood up in a rage, pointing her index finger at Jiang Zhiyu: "How dare you! Who gave you the courage to speak to me like this!"

She was about to call someone, but she heard a slight sound, and the emperor's majestic voice rang out: "Mother, Zhiyu is still young, and children speak without restraint. Why should you bother with her?"

The queen mother's eyes were full of surprise: "Emperor, she is committing a crime of insubordination! She speaks so rudely, and you want me not to bother with her?"

The emperor's expression did not change: "I have already said that she is still young, mother, I don't want to say it for the third time." The queen mother

suddenly stopped and turned pale.

Xiao Lingyu's eyes flashed with a trace of deep thought.

Song Shiwei on the side was quite disappointed. Judging from their interactions just now, the emperor should be tolerant of the empress dowager. Why was he so tough when it came to Jiang Zhiyu?

But if the empress dowager was tougher than the emperor, would the emperor have backed down first?

Song Shiwei looked at the empress dowager with some hope in his eyes.

The empress dowager seemed to have restrained her emotions in an instant. Although her smile was a little stiff, her tone was much softer: "Forget it, he is just a child after all, I won't care about it." She stroked her brow with her armored hand.

Jiang Zhiyu also silently retracted the palm of his hand that was spread out in his sleeve.

[You smile too much, and you will get sick from the habit. ]

[Didn't you say that you have trouble falling asleep? Then don't sleep. 】

Emperor: "..."

Xiao Lingyu: "..."

"My mother looks unwell. Do you want to call the imperial physician?" The empress

dowager waved her hand.

The emperor stopped persuading her. He stood up, bowed, looked at Jiang Zhiyu, and walked out. Jiang Zhiyu followed closely behind him, and Xiao Lingyu also followed him out.

After leaving the palace, Jiang Zhiyu was still angry.

【I didn't want to care about her, but she had to jump in front of me. If you can get this third place winner in the future, I will take your surname! 】

Emperor: "..."

Third place winner? What third place winner?

Xiao Lingyu's pupils trembled slightly.

What does this mean? Does she already know the person who won the high school entrance examination this time?

If we can get the candidate from her and contact them first...

【And this emperor! Why do you always give in to her? Which empress dowager dares to show her intention to kill the emperor in public! 】

The emperor who was suddenly shot: "..."

Innocent and aggrieved, he wanted to explain, but he didn't know how to tell her.

[You've been fooled around, how can you be an emperor at all! The queen mother has been plotting against you, why don't you investigate! 】

The emperor looked slightly shocked and said nothing.

[It's not you who killed her child, she did it herself! 】

The emperor: "!!!"

Xiao Lingyu: "!!!" The

emperor's pupils were shaking like a magnitude 10 earthquake. The

queen mother was not the emperor's biological mother. After the emperor's biological mother died, the late emperor gave the emperor to the then noble concubine, who is now the queen mother.

At that time, the queen mother was pregnant and was about to give birth, but she still took care of him personally. The emperor saw it and kept it in his heart.

However, the day before the empress dowager gave birth, she came to the palace to see him. He didn't know what was wrong that day, and he was very irritated by everything. He didn't remember what happened at that time. He only remembered that after a scream, he came to his senses and saw himself with his arms stretched forward, as if he was pushing someone, and the empress dowager fell to the ground, looking at him in shock.

In the end, the child was not saved.

He felt guilty towards the empress dowager, and the empress dowager had always wanted to kill him to avenge her unborn child.

But she was only cruel in words and never took action.

Over time, the emperor got used to her and most of the time he went along with her out of guilt.

But now, Jiang Zhiyu actually said that she did it herself?

Was everything a trap set by her?

The emperor clenched his fingers into fists, and murderous intent coiled in his eyes like a poisonous snake.

[How can I remind the emperor? I have to think of a way.]

...

Three days passed in a flash.

Today is the day when Xiao Qingwu gets married.

Xiao Qingwu wears a fiery red wedding dress, and the hem of her skirt hangs on the ground.

Because the ceremony was short, although the Minister of Works tried his best to prepare, it still looked very shabby compared to the wedding of an ordinary princess.

The dowry and servants that the emperor provided for her were pitifully few.

When other princesses got married, the empress saw them off and the crown prince rode a horse, but Xiao Qingwu didn't see the emperor and the empress until she left the palace.

She dug her nails deep into her palms, and blood dripped onto her wedding dress, disappearing into it.

Xiao Lingyu rode to the side of the sedan and whispered, "Royal sister, don't look anymore, it's time to go."

Xiao Qingwu tightened her grip on the sedan curtain, and when Xiao Lingyu thought she was going to lose her temper regardless of the occasion, Xiao Qingwu loosened her hand and lowered the sedan curtain: "Thank you, crown prince brother."

Her tone no longer had the original willfulness, Xiao Lingyu sighed lightly and rode forward.

There were music and dances all along the way, but the Third Minister Qu Xingchun didn't have much smile on his face. He performed the ceremony that all grooms would do at a wedding expressionlessly, welcoming Xiao Qingwu out of the sedan chair and walking to the lobby together.

There were many guests, vying to congratulate him. The Minister of Works didn't see the emperor and the empress, and his eyes paused slightly. When he saw Xiao Lingyu, he smiled again.

"Your Highness..."

Xiao Lingyu personally helped him up: "No need to be polite today. Qingwu will be left to you to take care of her in the future."