Chapter 487 Finding Another Way Out
The moment the Queen Mother heard this, she wanted to cover her heart immediately.
She never expected that the emperor would immediately come over and say such words just because something unexpected happened.
She took a deep breath and said, "Emperor, do you want to listen to what you are saying?"
The emperor's eyes were clear, and he said, "Of course I know what I am talking about, and I know what to do!"
The empress dowager felt heavy in her heart. The last time the mother and son talked, it ended in a bad mood. The emperor only said that he would think about it carefully. She did not expect that after thinking for a long time, the emperor's thoughts were not dispelled, but instead grew stronger day by day.
The emperor's eyes were incredibly bright at this moment, and his whole body was glowing with an unprecedented brilliance, but the empress dowager only felt that the person in front of her was so strange and scary.
"Niuniu is still a child, she is still young. Even if this marriage fails, I can arrange a better marriage for her in a few years. Emperor, even if you have other ideas, please agree to it from me and at least wait until she grows up..." the Queen Mother pleaded.
As for other matters, as long as the emperor made a request, the empress dowager would certainly agree without hesitation. However, when it came to Niu Niu, the old lady kept thinking back to the time when the Gu family got into trouble and she forced Niu Niu to stay in the palace, which eventually led to the child falling into a coma.
The old lady is very old, and now she thinks that "except death, nothing is more important". Compared with those unknown possibilities, what is clearly in her hands now is the most important.
The emperor suddenly turned around and stared at the empress dowager with burning eyes: "Mother, do you know something? You must be hiding something from me!"
The Queen Mother's eyes flashed with a trace of guilt, but she still said: "Emperor, I have not hidden anything from you. Where did you get the idea from?"
The emperor was about to nod, but he stared at his mother with a vigilant look on his face and shook his head: "No, mother, there is something very wrong with you."
The Queen Mother deliberately frowned and said, "Emperor, are you becoming more and more suspicious? Why are you suspicious of me? Have you been too busy with government affairs recently, so you feel dizzy?"
Such slightly blaming remarks did not dispel the emperor's thoughts. He just stared at the empress dowager.
"Mother, you don't usually talk like this. You must be hiding something from me."
The Queen Mother was annoyed and said, "Why is the Emperor blocking this marriage? What shameful thoughts are hidden in his mind? Do you dare to speak out openly?"
The Queen Mother regretted saying this. She just wanted to stop the Emperor, not hurt her own son.
But the emperor's reaction surprised her.
A dark light flashed in the emperor's eyes: "My mother has been stopping me from saying something, doesn't it prove that you know what I'm thinking? But logically speaking, you shouldn't understand."
The Queen Mother turned pale immediately.
The emperor's brain had never been so useful as it was at this moment: "Li!"
"She must have told you something. Maybe she knows more than I thought. Mother, tell me, what did Li say?"
The empress dowager's mind was in a mess, and she had only one thought in her mind: what Li said must not be told to the emperor. If he knew that she could have had a happy life with both a son and a daughter, he would probably go crazy on the spot.
"It's nothing, just the nonsense of some dying people." The Queen Mother said casually.
The emperor's eyes were full of suspicion, but she was his mother after all, and he couldn't treat her the same way he interrogated a prisoner.
He hid the emotions in his eyes and said, "If that's the case, then forget it."
The Queen Mother opened her mouth to repeat her request.
The emperor waved his hand and said, "Mother, please have pity on me too."
The Queen Mother's lips trembled slightly. She looked at her son with heartache as he showed his vulnerability again, but in the end she said nothing.
But the emperor turned around and summoned Qian Rongsheng.
"Call the nail in Shoukang Palace. I have something to ask him."
Qian Rongsheng hunched his body and retreated.
It was unknown how much time had passed. The emperor's face flickered in the light of the candle. He listened quietly to the words that Dingzi heard in Shoukang Palace that day, and his face looked extremely ugly.
In Shoukang Palace, the Queen Mother's face was also very unhappy. If it was not absolutely necessary, she would never want to have such a quarrel with her son.
"Where is Nanny Sun?" the Queen Mother asked Li Shunfu.
Li Shunfu shook his head: "To answer your Majesty, Madam Sun just went out, and I don't know where she went."
The Queen Mother always felt empty inside because there was no one around her.
"Wait for her to come back and ask her to come over immediately." After giving the order, the Queen Mother turned her body and lay on the couch.
Before she knew it, the Queen Mother had quietly fallen asleep and she dreamed of her son.
The emperor had become someone very unfamiliar to her, insane, paranoid, and he seemed like someone possessed by a demon.
"No!" The Queen Mother woke up from a nightmare.
She recalled the scenes she saw in her dream, in which no one had a smile on their face, and the final scene of blood flowing like a river. She felt as if a ball of wet, heavy cotton was slowly pressing down on her heart.
"Empress Dowager!" Nanny Sun supported her with a worried look on her face.
The Queen Mother shook her head and wiped away a tear that slipped down from the corner of her eye with a handkerchief: "What a sin... What a sin..."
"Empress Dowager, what are you talking about?" asked Nanny Sun.
The Queen Mother did not answer, but turned to look at Nanny Sun and said, "Where's Niuniu? Did she go to the palace today?"
Nanny Sun nodded and said, "Niuniu has been out of school for a while. She is so well behaved. Even though she is hungry, she refuses to eat lunch first. She insists on waiting for you to wake up and accompany you."
With the help of the old servant, the Queen Mother reluctantly sat up from the couch, a loving smile on her lips: "This child has always been so well-behaved. I always want to love her a little more."
Nanny Sun flattered very skillfully: "Don't tell me that the Empress Dowager likes her. I love her too much. There are so many girls in the palace, but our Niuniu is the most lovable."
The Queen Mother stared at Nanny Sun with a dead look in her eyes: "Since you love her, why do you have to hurt her?"
When Nanny Sun heard this, she took a step back in fear: "I don't know what you are talking about."
The Queen Mother closed her eyes and said, "You are a maid who has served me since you were young. You hide yourself very well. I am old now, and the Emperor's words are more effective than mine. I don't blame you, but I can't keep you."
Nanny Sun turned pale immediately. The royal mother and son seemed closer than the ordinary mother and son, but who could have thought that they had planted spies around each other.
If the sea is calm, this nail will naturally be more loyal than anyone else, but when a wave hits, the result is shocking.
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