Chapter 169: The "grudges" of the previous generation
Shen Ningyuan's hand tightened, "Grandma, what did you say?"
Queen Mother Cui said sternly, "Grandma is doing this for your own good. Your mother-in-law is greedy and narrow-minded. She is not a good person at first glance!"
"You are destined to have a bad ending if you marry into such a family!" Queen Mother Cui emphasized again.
Seeing her tough attitude, Shen Ningyuan had no choice but to agree, “Grandma, I understand.”
"It's no use just knowing. You have to remember it."
"By the way, where is your mother? I sent an invitation to the Shen family for the palace banquet today, and specifically asked her to come to the palace. Why didn't she come?"
"You don't know, my cousin is injured and her condition is very serious. Mother is worried about her, so she stays at home with her."
Queen Mother Cui was stunned again, "Your mother actually cares so much about Cui Mingzhu?"
Shen Ningyuan nodded, “Mother regards my cousin as her life.”
Queen Mother Cui said nothing.
After a long while, he said meaningfully: "Your mother is a man of loyalty and righteousness, and your uncle died because of her. She treated Cui Mingzhu with extra care, and she is also being cleared up."
Although her tone was calm, Shen Ningyuan still sensed from Queen Mother Cui's tone that she disliked Cui Mingzhu and that uncle.
Shen Ningyuan didn't want to go into it, so she changed the subject and said, "Grandma, there is one thing that Ning Yuan knows she shouldn't ask, but she still wants to understand."
Queen Mother Cui smiled and said, "You know you shouldn't ask, but you still want to ask, right?"
Shen Ningyuan nodded and waited quietly for Queen Mother Cui to speak.
After a moment, Queen Mother Cui gave up helplessly and said, "Just ask whatever you want to ask."
"Grandma, what kind of conflict is there between you and my mother that has caused you and your niece to not say a word to each other for decades?"
Shen Ningyuan got straight to the point.
Queen Mother Cui raised her eyebrows, "I knew you would ask this!"
Shen Ningyuan blinked.
Seeing this, Queen Mother Cui sighed twice and said quietly, "It's not a big deal. When your mother was still unmarried, I wanted her to enter the palace and become my daughter-in-law, but she refused to marry. She would rather marry a reckless man than the emperor who was still the crown prince at the time."
Shen Ningyuan: “…”
Seeing that Shen Ningyuan didn't say anything, Queen Mother Cui asked as a matter of course, "Do you think I should be angry?"
Shen Ningyuan choked and said, "I should be angry, but——"
Before he could finish, he was interrupted by Queen Mother Cui.
"It's very infuriating, isn't it?" Queen Mother Cui said halfway, "What's wrong with my son? He is proficient in both civil and military strategies, so how can he not be as good as your father, that reckless man?"
Shen Ningyuan: “…”
Seeing Queen Mother Cui so angry, Shen Ningyuan didn't know how to respond for a moment.
She could never have imagined that her parents actually owed her such an emotional debt.
But then again, there was one thing that Shen Ningyuan was very curious about.
How bad was my father back then that the empress dowager, who has been in power for many years, is so resentful about it.
"Why don't you speak?" Queen Mother Cui looked at Shen Ningyuan in surprise, "Didn't you hear what I said clearly?"
"Well..." Shen Ningyuan hesitated for a moment and said, "What the Queen Mother said is very true. My mother is indeed a little ungrateful."
Never mind, she is the queen mother and an elder.
You still have to coax her when she needs to.
Sure enough, after Shen Ningyuan finished speaking, Queen Mother Cui's face instantly lit up.
He immediately asked, "Really? Even you think your mother doesn't know what's good for her, right?"
"……right."
With a knife at her neck, does she dare to say "no"?
Shen Ningyuan was speechless.
I can only say to Cui Jin silently in my heart: I’m sorry, mother…
After receiving Shen Ningyuan's recognition, Queen Mother Cui seemed to have eaten honey, and a happy smile appeared on her face.
It can be seen that she has never let go of this matter and has been brooding over it for so many years.
When Shen Ningyuan was leaving, Queen Mother Cui specifically instructed her, "Go back and tell your mother that if she doesn't come to the vegetarian banquet in a few days, I will really not recognize her as my niece!"
An angry tone.
But it expressed the greatest concession.
Shen Ningyuan looked deeply at Queen Mother Cui, and she could see the desire in her eyes clearly.
I didn't expect that Queen Mother Cui cared about my mother to this extent.
I think over the years, she must have been looking for an opportunity to reconcile with her mother.
"Okay, I will definitely tell my mother what my great aunt said."
After saying that, he added jokingly, "If mother still doesn't want to come, I will tie her up and bring her here."
These words made Queen Mother Cui very happy.
But the next second, he scolded her seriously, "Kid, you keep saying these disrespectful words!"
"Okay, it's getting late, you should go back early."
Chen Ningyuan walked out of the Cining Palace, and when she passed the Imperial Garden, a thin figure in moon-white blocked the way out of the palace.
When Shen Ningyuan looked over carefully, the man gave her a strange look and turned away without looking back.
Not long after, he disappeared from Shen Ningyuan's sight.
Shen Ningyuan panicked and immediately chased in the direction the other party left.
Her intuition told her that this was the person she had been looking for!
Thinking of this, Shen Ningyuan sped up.
But at the next corner, he ran into a dark blue figure head-on.
The man saw Shen Ningyuan clearly, fluttered for a moment, and after making sure she was standing firmly, he took two steps back and kept a certain distance.
"Miss Shen?" Ling Qing asked doubtfully, "Aren't you in the Cining Palace? Why are you here?"
"I just came out of the Cining Palace." Shen Ningyuan looked behind Ling Qing and asked, "When you came here, did you see a man in a moon-white gown?"
Ling Qing did not answer but asked: "Are you talking about my prince? He is wearing a moon-white gown today."
"No, no, he is thinner than your Highness."
Shen Ningyuan waved her hand to explain.
Xie Wanzhou is wearing a moon-white gown today?
She didn't seem to notice much.
"Then I don't know. I didn't see the person you mentioned on my way here."
Since there was none, Shen Ningyuan prepared to continue chasing after him.
“Miss Shen, wait!”
Ling Qing called her to stop.
Shen Ningyuan turned around, "Anything else?"
Ling Qing scratched the back of his head awkwardly, "That... is, my prince is waiting for you, and he specially asked me to bring Miss Shen over."
"There are too many people in the palace, so let's just forget it."
Chen Ningyuan refused on the spot: "Besides, it's a dark and windy night, it's not suitable for a single man and a single woman to meet."
After saying that, Shen Ningyuan bypassed Ling Qing and walked straight towards the palace gate.
But after taking only two steps, I suddenly felt a dull pain in my neck.
Everything went dark before his eyes, and Shen Ningyuan immediately lost consciousness.
His body tilted to the side and he was about to fall to the ground.
A pair of hands reached out, wrapped around Shen Ningyuan's waist, and let her fall into his arms.
Xie Wanzhou sat in a wheelchair, looking at Shen Ningyuan with his eyes closed in his arms, and smiled softly: “I knew you would say that, so it’s appropriate to knock you out.”
After saying this, Xie Wanzhou controlled the wheelchair and disappeared into the night.
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