She raised half of her body and looked at Feng Xuanming, trying to read something from his face, but she only saw indifference: "When did you know?"
"Since you were pregnant."
The Queen Mother began to tremble all over. Feng Xuanming knew it so early. Why could he endure it for so many years and even tolerate Bai Peng to stay by his side?
Feng Xuanming sighed, "Queen Mother, when I first ascended the throne, the court officials were uneasy. Bai Peng is a capable man, and with him around, he was able to calm the court officials in the shortest possible time. In this case, your son has to thank the Queen Mother. If it weren't for you maintaining the relationship between me and Bai Peng, I wouldn't have been able to trust him so much over the years."
The Queen Mother couldn't believe what she heard: "You want me?"
"How can it be considered as a use?" Feng Xuanming asked, "Didn't you, Queen Mother, feel happy?"
"Beast, beast!" The Queen Mother cursed twice, "If I had given birth to a boy, would you have let him live?"
"Of course not, so Queen Mother should be thankful that you and Bai Peng gave birth to a daughter."
Seeing the Queen Mother glaring at him, Feng Xuanming's tone became colder and colder. "Queen Mother, you have to thank your son. If it weren't for your son protecting you, do you think you could have given birth to Bai Xinning?"
"You did that for yourself!" The Queen Mother seemed to have never seen the true face of Qingfeng Xuanming. "You wanted to create a bond between me and Bai Pengyu that can never be severed. Xinning is just your pawn."
"Queen Dowager, my son has always wanted to save Bai Xinning's life and the wealth and honor of the Xinyang Marquis. But if Bai Xinning continues to make trouble like this, not to mention Bai Peng's life, even her life will be in danger." Feng Xuanming's tone was full of malice, "After all, a minister had an affair with the Queen Dowager and gave birth to a daughter. If this is made public, it will be a heinous crime that will kill all nine generations of the clan."
"What do you want?" After a long time, the Queen Mother finally asked this question.
Feng Xuanming did not answer directly: "The Queen Mother is so smart, how could she not know what her son wants?"
The Queen Mother smiled, her smile full of sadness: "Your Majesty, the most correct thing I did back then was to send troops with Sun Yuqin to hunt down Yi Qingchen in your name. Do you know how much Yi Qingchen hated you when he jumped off the cliff?"
Feng Xuan knew that the Queen Mother disliked Yi Qingchen very much at the beginning, and thought that she was just going to drive Yi Qingchen away. He did not expect that she actually conspired with Sun Yuqin to hunt down Yi Qingchen, and even used her own name.
"You and I are indeed mother and son. When it comes to scheming against each other, we are really of the same bloodline." The Queen Mother was no longer afraid of death, so she frankly told the truth of the past, "If you have the ability, just kill me."
Feng Xuanming picked up the Queen Mother and grabbed her throat, trying to strangle her. However, reason prevailed and Feng Xuanming just put her on the bed. "Queen Mother, you still have something to do. Don't forget it."
"Someone, change clothes!" the empress dowager shouted, and the palace maids outside came in. They naturally noticed the weird atmosphere in the inner hall, but they all pretended not to know and hurriedly changed clothes for the empress dowager.
The palace door opened, and under Bai Xinning's anxious gaze, Feng Xuanming and the Queen Mother walked out together.
"Let go." The Queen Mother was able to walk out with the help of the palace maids.
The palace guards who were escorting Bai Xinning looked at Feng Xuanming, and they did not let Bai Xinning go until Feng Xuanming nodded.
Bai Xinning, who had broken free from her restraints, immediately cried out, "Queen Mother, Xinning just missed you and came to see you."
"Xinning, I'm seriously ill. Please don't come here in the future, so as not to pass on my illness to you." The queen mother tried her best to smile kindly. She looked at Bai Xinning's face with reluctance deep in her eyes. She was afraid that after tonight, she would never see her daughter again.
"Xinning, Prince Rong Zhang is a good man. You won't go wrong if you marry him."
Hearing the Queen Mother's words, Bai Xinning wanted to refuse immediately, but the Queen Mother did not wait for her to say no and continued, "Xinning, I will personally buy you wedding clothes and a dowry. When you arrive in Beirong, you can't be so willful like you were in Xixia. Live your life well, then I can rest assured."
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