After Concubine Gang left, the surroundings fell into complete silence.
Zhao Ying said coldly, "Anyone who dares to spread a single word of what Concubine Gang said just now will be killed without mercy!"
"Yes!" the palace servants and the imperial guards said in unison.
Upon hearing this, the Queen looked at Zhao Ying in surprise. Ying'er knew everything?
Zhao Ying brought several children into Kunning Palace. After Concubine Gang made such a fuss, the palace gate was opened and the imperial guards were unable to stop them from entering.
Zhao Ying asked the children to walk around outside while she went in to talk to the queen.
In the inner hall, the Queen dismissed the palace maids and looked at Zhao Ying with deep eyes. "Ying'er, do you know everything?"
Zhao Ying nodded slightly.
The Queen picked up the teacup, took a sip of the cold tea, frowned, and sighed, "It's not that I want to hide this from you, but... in order to make your life better, I have no choice but to..."
The Queen's eyes were filled with worry. "I'm indeed not the original Wei Zhen. I traveled through time. Do you understand time travel? It doesn't matter if you don't understand. It's just that it would have been better if the original owner hadn't returned, but she did! I know your father's feelings for her best. He's coveted her since childhood and was willing to risk his family and family to seize the throne for her!"
The Queen rubbed her temples and muttered, "Really... it's better for me to stay in the primeval forest. Why come back? I'm too old and will be in trouble."
Zhao Ying was silent for a moment, then asked in surprise, "Mother, I don't quite understand what you mean. Do you think Father loves the original Wei Zhen?"
"What else?" The Queen's eyes widened as she spoke matter-of-factly, "Look, as soon as she came back, your father put me under house arrest!"
"Father...does he know your true identity?"
"I know. I hinted to him."
"Then what?"
"Then your father slept with Concubine Shu in revenge for me stealing his white moonlight's body! What else can I say? Woohoo..." The Queen only dared to show her vulnerability in front of her own daughter. She grabbed Zhao Ying's arm and said, "Ying'er, your father won't chop off my head for deceiving the emperor, will he?"
She immediately frowned and said, "It doesn't matter if you kill me. I've lived enough anyway. Just don't implicate you and your sister!"
Zhao Ying scratched the back of her neck. Is it that serious?
Suddenly, the queen looked at her, with a dangerous light in her eyes.
She glanced around, making sure there were no ears behind the wall, and whispered, "Ying'er, why not ask your brother to rebel?" Her eyes brightened. "Do you remember the story of Wei Zifu that the Queen Mother told you?"
"Let Shangguan Shu support Xi'er to ascend to the throne directly. If that doesn't work, call Fu'er back as well and rebel against the tyrant Zhao Rui! If your father wants to make a move on us, we will... well!"
Zhao Ying suddenly stepped forward and covered the queen's mouth, saying in a hoarse voice, "Mother, what are you saying?"
She was still immersed in the deep love between her parents, but her mother was about to fight with her father?
When people reach middle age, their families will split?
The Queen calmed down a bit. "I'm not kidding. If that day ever comes, are we, mother and son, going to sit and wait for death? I'd rather die gloriously than live in humiliation!"
"Mother, I think you are right, but... is the matter really that serious? And..." Zhao Ying's face looked a little ugly.
The Queen noticed and asked, "And what?"
"And... you forgot that Wei Zhen was offered by my brother. He probably already knew the identity of Concubine Gang. He must have known the inside story and felt that Wei Zhen was the most important to our father, so he abandoned us to protect Wei Zhen."
As soon as she finished speaking, the Queen clutched her chest and slumped down in her chair with a grim expression. "Rebellious son! Giving birth to him is worse than giving birth to a barbecued pork!"
"Sure enough, sons can't empathize with their mothers..."
The queen covered her face and sobbed, but no tears fell.
Seeing this, Zhao Ying stepped forward and patted the Queen's shoulder. At this point, she had to make things clear, "Mother, I don't think my brother is targeting you."
Zhao Ying told the Queen everything about Qi Dongqiang, including her confrontation with Zhao Xi and what Zhao Xi said to her.
The queen was silent for a moment, and her anger towards her own son subsided. This is how a mother should behave. Others would think that a prince who is so open-hearted to such a woman is simply in love.
But as a mother, she would think that her Xier had been extremely humble because of the tragic experience he had suffered since childhood, so he would regard even the slightest kindness and beauty as honey.
It's like a very hungry person eating a rotten steamed bun. He doesn't mind that it's rotten, he just knows that it's a delicacy that can save his life.
Zhao Ying continued to speak, furious. "I think he's crazy. He actually wanted me to kill Wei Shu. What crime did Wei Shu commit? Was it just because she married Brother Cong? And last time, I gave him a purse I embroidered myself, and not only didn't he say thank you, he even asked me in a sarcastic tone, 'Is your purse just for me, or does it belong to the other brothers?'"
"Of course I told the truth. I told Brother Cong and Shangguan Shu, as well as Father. Guess what he said?"
Zhao Ying imitated Zhao Xi's tone, "Humph! I said, if others don't pick out the leftovers, they won't give them to me!"
"Humph! It's good enough to give it to him!"
She originally wanted to give it to Shangguan Shu, but she was afraid that it would be too obvious and make Shangguan Shu show off, so she gave it to someone else as well.
The Queen smiled upon hearing this, "Your brother is just jealous. There's no way siblings can get along..."
The queen's voice became smaller and smaller, and at the same time, her heart suddenly trembled.
The Queen's mind was filled with Zhao Ying's voice complaining about Zhao Xi, and her expression became more and more weird.
Why did she feel that Xi'er didn't hate Ying'er for killing Qi Dongqiang, but hated Ying'er for being partial?
Would a normal brother be so possessive of his own sister?
No, no, it must be her heart.
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