Chapter 313 Returning Teeth

Outside was not a place for conversation, so Xie Wanruo calmly entered the room where the Queen was.

As soon as she entered the room, the Queen couldn't wait to ask, "How is Cheng'er? Is he awake?"

Xie Wanruo didn't answer immediately, but mockingly asked, "Does your mother really care about your highness's life or death?"

The Queen frowned

and asked in surprise, "What do you mean?" Xie Wanruo smiled with an ambiguous smile, "Does your mother know who injured your highness and where he was injured?"

"Who?" The Queen asked anxiously.

She really wanted to know.

Xie Wanruo saw her anxiety and deliberately didn't answer, but looked at the room in front of her with interest.

The yard was so dilapidated, and the house was naturally not much better, with thick dust on the beams.

The old tables, chairs and beds were simply cleaned, the bedding was faded and rough, and the tea bowl on the table had a small hole...

Xie Wanruo thought of the magnificence of Yongning Palace, which was completely different from the cold palace in front of her.

"Are you used to living here, mother?" Xie Wanruo asked knowingly.

The queen knew that she wanted to mock her and laugh at her, so she clenched her hands and asked sullenly: "How is Cheng'er? Who hurt him?"

Xie Wanruo glanced at the anxious queen and said slowly: "His Highness woke up the evening before yesterday, but his injuries were too severe and he had been unconscious for too long. He was so weak that he could hardly drink medicine, let alone eat."

Hearing that Yu Cheng woke up, the queen breathed a sigh of relief. But the following words made her heart tighten again.

"Today, Doctor Chen examined His Highness and said that His Highness's heart was stagnant, which not only affected his recovery from the injury, but also caused him to become ill."

Xie Wanruo said as she observed the Queen's expression.

Seeing the Queen's anxiety and panic, Xie Wanruo sneered in her heart and continued, "Your Highness's injury is in the chest. The stab was so fierce that it almost penetrated His Highness's chest. If it was an inch off, His Highness would have died."

Hearing this, the Queen's body trembled suddenly, and she held on to the corner of the table to barely stand still.

"Who is it!" The Queen asked with gnashing teeth, as if she wanted to peel off the skin and bones of the person who injured Yu Cheng.

Xie Wanruo looked at the empress, whose eyes were red and full of hatred, and whispered two words: "Cao Qian."

Who?

The empress thought she had heard it wrong, and her face was full of surprise and disbelief.

"Who are you talking about?"

Xie Wanruo raised her eyebrows: "Didn't your mother hear clearly? Cao Qian, the Minister of War, Lord Cao, your uncle, the father of the Crown Princess, your...brother."

"No...impossible, absolutely impossible." The empress's legs went weak and she fell on the stool, her hands on the table shaking uncontrollably.

She had made many guesses in the past few days, even the emperor and King Jing were suspicious, but she had never suspected Cao Qian.

How is it possible? Cao Qian is Yu Cheng's uncle. Everything he did was for Yu Cheng and the Cao family. Without Yu Cheng, what else can he rely on?

Xie Wanruo looked at the Queen's reaction and said in a sneer, "Didn't Lord Cao discuss with the Queen Mother before taking the young emperor to command the princes?"

Hearing this, the Queen shuddered suddenly.

Her hands on the table tightened and clenched into fists, and her fist bones bulged and trembled.

"How could it be... How dare he!" The Queen gritted her teeth and trembled, not daring to believe that Cao Qian would have such thoughts.

But at this point, Xie Wanruo had no need to lie to her.

After the intense shock, the Queen forced herself to calm down, staring at Xie Wanruo and said, "I want to see Cheng'er."

Xie Wanruo sneered, "Not to mention that His Highness is bedridden and can't walk easily, do you think His Highness wants to see you?"

"What's the point of seeing him? Let His Highness give up the position of Crown Prince and risk his life to protect your life?"

Every word of Xie Wanruo was like a blunt knife cutting the Queen's heart. It was not fatal, but it hurt so much that it was almost suffocating.

"Since His Highness woke up, he hasn't asked your mother or the Cao family a single question. Do you know why?" What else could she do?

Of course, she hated him in her heart, but she didn't know how to face him and didn't want to face him.

The Queen closed her eyes and two lines of tears rolled down her face.

She wanted to help Yu Cheng, but she didn't know that she would hurt him to this extent.

Yu Cheng must hate her to death, how could he see her again?

The room was silent for a long time.

When the hot tears turned cold, the queen closed her eyes, raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face, and asked calmly: "What do you want me to do?"

Xie Wanruo told her so much, not just to see her laugh and suffer, but must have other purposes.

Xie Wanruo sighed, "Your Highness is trapped by benevolence and filial piety, and he is bound by his own heart. Even if the Queen Mother has made a huge mistake, he cannot watch her being sentenced to death."

"But what can he do? If he fights to the death to protect his mother and the Crown Princess, he will surely break with his father, causing dissatisfaction among all officials and losing his position as Crown Prince. But if he doesn't save them, he will feel guilty for the rest of his life, or he will even blame his father and cause discord between father and son..."

No matter which case, Yu Cheng will not have an easy time. As

long as the Queen and Cao Muxue are alive, Yu Cheng will suffer for a day.

Having said all, Xie Wanruo did not stay any longer and left.

Just as she was about to step out of the door, the Queen's trembling voice of regret and pain came from behind her.

"Take good care of Cheng'er."

Xie Wanruo did not respond and walked out of the house.

Then, she bumped into Cao Muxue who was eavesdropping outside the house, and their eyes met.

Cao Muxue panicked and looked away, turned around and walked back to the house.

Xie Wanruo stared at her fleeing back, a cold arc appeared on her lips, and followed her.

When Cao Muxue heard Xie Wanruo followed into the house, she turned around and glared at her vigilantly and said, "What do you want to do?"

Xie Wanruo smiled: "Don't you want to know how your two children are doing?"

These words hit Cao Muxue's sore spot, making her freeze and unable to move.

After a long while, Cao Muxue asked viciously: "What did you do to them!"

"Of course, I will give them a taste of their own medicine." At the end, Xie Wanruo's eyes suddenly turned cold.

She had harmed her child, so naturally she would retaliate.

Cao Muxue was shaking like a sieve, and she said with all her might: "Xie Wanruo, if you dare to attack Haoyan and the others, I... I will not let you go even if I become a ghost!"

Xie Wanruo sneered nonchalantly: "If there really is a ghost, then you'd better be careful, my unborn child is waiting for you."

"You..." Cao Muxue was choked and couldn't speak.

Although Xie Wanruo had resentment towards the queen, it was not as deep as her hatred for Cao Muxue.

After all, Cao Muxue really harmed her child and made her unable to get pregnant for the rest of her life.

The two looked at each other with anger, and they hated each other to the core.

But in the end, Cao Muxue was defeated. She stamped her feet and said angrily, "What do you want!"

Xie Wanruo said, "A life for a life, and I will let them go."

Her children cannot die in vain, this is her greatest tolerance.

Cao Muxue was shocked and questioned, "Do you keep your word?"

Xie Wanruo did not answer, and decisively turned around and left.

Now, Cao Muxue has no capital to negotiate with her. As long as she wants, she has a hundred ways to kill her.

Seeing Xie Wanruo was about to leave, Cao Muxue was anxious, and chased after her and said anxiously, "I promise you!"

She really didn't want to die, and she was really afraid of death.

But she is also a mother, and her children are her biggest weakness.