How could the Queen Mother let her grandson become a commoner? She thought, how could Zhao'er accept it? He would probably rather die than accept it.
"You are a child who is deeply affectionate and loyal. However, I don't know where Zhao'er is now?" The Queen Mother comforted Cui Mixue.
After all, she felt sorry for Cui Mixue. After all, she was the person she had liked for so long, so how could she bear to see her cry like this?
"If Zhao'er can be found, I will definitely plead with the emperor. The emperor will not ignore me." The queen mother murmured to herself.
When Cui Mixue heard this, a smile finally appeared on her lips, but it disappeared in a flash.
"Empress Dowager, actually, after the Seventh Prince escaped, he came to me. I felt sorry for him suffering in prison, so I didn't tell anyone." Cui Mixue knelt on the ground and said, "Xue'er knows that this behavior is wrong, but how can I bear to let my beloved suffer?"
Before the Queen Mother could be surprised, she saw a man dressed as a servant coming in. She was about to scold the servant for not knowing the rules.
The man suddenly knelt down beside her and grabbed her legs: "Grandmother, Zhao'er missed you so much!"
Is this Zhao'er? The Queen Mother looked at Cui Mixue in surprise. Seeing Cui Mixue nod, she looked back at the person holding her.
Looking closely, who else could this person be but Situ Zhao?
However, "Zhao'er, why are you dressed like this?" asked the Queen Mother.
Situ Zhao raised his head and looked at the Empress Dowager: "Grandmother, do you think that if Zhao'er wasn't dressed like this, how could he have sneaked into the palace?"
Cui Mixue explained at this time: "Empress Dowager, Xue'er had no choice but to let the Seventh Prince dress like this. I hope that the Empress Dowager will forgive me."
Helping Situ Zhao up, the empress dowager looked at him seriously, feeling a pang of sadness in her heart. Zhao'er had lost weight.
It hasn't been long and you've lost a lot of weight.
Seeing the Empress Dowager's concern for him, Situ Zhao struck while the iron was hot: "Grandmother, you don't know, that prison is not a place for human beings. My grandson couldn't eat or sleep well every day. At the beginning, he was cold and hungry. He also found rats, cockroaches and other things. It was disgusting."
Thinking of the time in prison, a deep chill appeared on Situ Zhao's face.
He never wanted to go to that kind of place again in his life.
After hearing this, the Queen Mother expressed her heartache beyond words.
"Good boy, you've suffered. Don't worry, the Imperial Grandmother will go to the Emperor right now and plead for you. You will never go back there again."
At that moment, the Queen Mother came to the Emperor, while Situ Zhao stayed in the Queen Mother's palace.
Compared to Cui Mixue's place, the Queen Mother's place is an extremely safe place. No matter who it is, it is impossible for the Queen Mother to take him away.
"How come the Queen Mother has time to come here today?" The Emperor looked at the old woman, feeling curious. The Queen Mother would never show up unless there was something important. Even when the Emperor was sick, the Queen Mother never came in person, but asked her maids to bring things over.
The Queen Mother walked in slowly and asked with concern, "I have neglected the Emperor recently. Is His Majesty in better health?"
Although the emperor was surprised, he didn't think too much about it and just said that he was fine.
After hearing this, the Queen Mother sighed and said, "You are fine now. My poor grandson has suffered a lot during this period."
Who is this grandson of the emperor that the Queen Mother is talking about? The Emperor has many children, and if you add the children of other princes, there must be at least eighteen of them.
However, after a little thought, the emperor knew who the empress dowager was talking about.
His expression remained unchanged, and the Emperor pretended not to understand: "What are you talking about, Mother? Your imperial grandchildren are all either rich or noble, enjoying wealth and glory. How could they suffer?"
As she spoke, she suddenly said, "Oh, you mean the Crown Prince, right? Mother, don't worry. Although the Crown Prince is going to suppress the bandits, he has many people with him, so he won't suffer."
Deliberately misunderstood the Queen Mother's meaning.
The Queen Mother was even more unhappy when the Crown Prince was mentioned.
Because of Cui Mixue's words, he was already dissatisfied with the prince, thinking that the prince ignored the relationship between brothers.
"Hmph, the prince is surrounded by talented people. What do I have to worry about? I'm talking about Zhao'er." The empress dowager no longer gave the emperor the opportunity to act crazy.
The emperor frowned and looked at the empress dowager, but did not say a word.
"Zhao'er is your son. What did he do wrong that you have to kill him?" the Queen Mother asked dissatisfiedly.
After becoming the emperor, the emperor had never experienced such a situation before, and he felt dissatisfied.
"If you do something wrong, you should bear the consequences. Don't interfere in my mother's affairs," the emperor said patiently.
But the Queen Mother would not listen, because she had seen with her own eyes how thin the child was.
"He is your son, can't you let him go? You don't know how much he has suffered during this period." The Queen Mother was a little unreasonable.
The Emperor seemed to have heard something from the Queen Mother's words and looked at her intently: "From what you said, Mother, you have seen him."
How come this was accidentally exposed?
"Come here, go to the Empress Dowager's palace and bring back Situ Zhao, the rebellious son." The emperor called the imperial guards and gave the order.
The Queen Mother was anxious: "Let's see who dares."
Unfortunately, no one listened to her.
A large group of people arrived outside the Queen Mother's palace. Just as they were about to go in, they were stopped by a palace maid: "The Queen Mother has ordered that no one is allowed to enter without a reason."
It turned out that the Queen Mother had long been worried that someone would attack Situ Zhao when she was away, so when she left, she ordered the palace people not to let anyone in.
But who were the Imperial Guards? They pushed the maid aside and rushed in.
Situ Zhao was resting in the palace at this time. He had been worried and frightened during this period and had not had a good night's sleep.
So, when he was pulled out of bed by the Royal Guards, he still looked sleepy, but it only took a moment for him to wake up.
Could it be that the Empress Dowager failed to persuade the Emperor?
Situ Zhao struggled to run, but he was no match for the Imperial Guards. He was carried like a little chicken.
This made Situ Zhao feel extremely ashamed and angry.
"Put it down, I'll see who dares." At this time, the queen mother also rushed back.
"Mother, I am the emperor." The emperor said from behind.
The Queen Mother was really too disrespectful to him about what happened today. But he had no choice, because this person was the one who gave birth to his own mother.
"Grandmother, please save my grandson." Situ Zhao asked the empress dowager for help very tactfully.
The Imperial Guards could not continue to hold Situ Zhao at this time, so they had to let him go.
"Forget it, all of you go out!" The emperor had no choice but to let everyone go out.
On the other side, Su Mengyan also received news that Situ Zhao appeared in the Empress Dowager's palace.
At the same time, he also learned that the Queen Mother had pleaded with the Emperor for Situ Zhao.
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