Chapter 12 The Queen Mother Summoned

As soon as she arrived at Shoukang Palace, Feng Xiyao looked up and saw Concubine Li lying on the Queen Mother's lap crying. She was crying so miserably, as if Lin Youquan was dead.

"Greetings to the Queen Mother!"

The Queen Mother liked quietness and seldom allowed concubines from the harem to come and pay their respects to her, so this was Feng Xiyao's first time meeting the Queen Mother.

Now that the Queen Mother took the initiative to call him over, Feng Xiyao would not think that she was asking him to have tea.

The empress dowager looked up at the daughter-in-law favored by the late emperor and saw that she bowed gracefully and with her head lowered. She was not like what Bao Ning said, the one who seduced the emperor and scared her with mice.

She knew Bao Ning's character. Although she was a little rude and unruly, she was not a bad person. She also knew that Bao Ning had liked the emperor since she was a child. It was just that she was not calm and impatient, so she was not fit to be an empress.

The Queen Mother nodded and said, "Please sit down, Your Majesty!"

"Aunt, you have to make the decision for me. This damn woman must be severely punished!" Concubine Li continued to speak relentlessly.

The Queen Mother patted her hands, making Lin Baoning shut up, and then looked at Feng Xiyao.

"Empress, why has the Emperor been staying in your palace lately and not even attending the morning court?"

"I know that the emperor is not a man who is greedy for sex. Please tell me."

"She must have used some kind of seductive trick!"

Concubine Li muttered softly, glaring at Feng Xiyao with resentment.

On the way here, Feng Xiyao had prepared her answer and stood up calmly and said, "My mother, the emperor has been so busy with court affairs recently that he has a headache. He said that he can sleep well with me, so he came to Fengchun Palace to rest for a few days!"

She said this, but in her heart she was thinking: [Humph, it's still that old guy Lin Youquan. He relies on you, the Queen Mother, to support him and form cliques in the court. Recently, his subordinates have been bothering the tyrant all day long, and they have united to put pressure on the tyrant. Isn't it tiring? ]

When Feng Xiyao was helping Mo Cangyan grind ink these days, she saw quite a few memorials and knew that the court was in chaos recently, otherwise the tyrant would not have been able to hide in Fengchun Palace and not go out.

The Queen Mother suddenly heard a noise in her mind, which startled her.

"Aunt, what's wrong with you?" Lin Baoning asked worriedly when he saw the Queen Mother tremble.

The Queen Mother was so frightened that she grabbed Lin Baoning's hand and asked her in a low voice: "Did you hear any sound?"

Lin Baoning listened curiously but didn't hear anything. Seeing that Feng Xiyao didn't say anything, she shook her head and said, "No, did Auntie hear anything?"

Feng Xiyao was some distance away from the two of them and did not hear what they were saying. When she saw Lin Baoning supporting the Queen Mother, she suddenly thought of something.

[The book says that after the Empress Dowager killed the previous Emperor, she suffered from headaches ever since. She invited many doctors to see her but it was useless because she couldn't stand loud noises!]

The Queen Mother heard the voice again. She looked around but saw no one talking until her eyes met the Queen.

She was now certain that the voice she heard came from the Queen, but she did not see her speak, so she could only hear the voice in her heart? ?

While I was still very shocked by this phenomenon, I heard Feng Xiyao speaking again, but this time she clenched the corner of the table tightly after listening.

She had never told anyone, not even her own son, that she had killed the late emperor with her own hands, but the empress actually knew about it, which shocked her and made her want to kill him.

[It was what the old emperor deserved. Mo Cangyan was the best among all the princes in terms of intelligence, martial arts, and military talent. But the old emperor loved Concubine Chun, Rongqing's mother, so he wanted to give the throne to Rongqing. However, Prince Rongqing was not fit to be an emperor. He rebelled after Mo Cangyan's trick.]

[But the old emperor still refused to give up. Seeing that his favorite son had died, he actually wanted to push his and Concubine Chun's youngest son to the throne.]

[After the Queen Mother found out, she secretly put a chronic poison in his medicine. The late emperor couldn't hold on and died. Mo Cangyan lived up to the expectations of the people and became the emperor! ]

[To be honest, if I were the Queen Mother, I would do the same. I love Concubine Chun and her son so much, so of course I want the whole family of four to be together in hell. As an emperor, I have many wives and concubines in the harem, but I still want to pretend to be affectionate. It's so wonderful! ]

[The late emperor relied on the Empress Dowager's family to secure his throne. It is absolutely impossible to have both love and the throne! ! ]

When the Queen Mother heard that Feng Xiyao knew that she had killed the late emperor, she was planning to find a reason for her sudden death. But after hearing her next words, she only regretted that they had met too late.

Why didn’t I get to know someone who understands me so well earlier?

She fell in love with the late emperor at first sight and married him despite her parents' opposition. Knowing his desire for the throne, she asked her father to support him in ascending the throne.

Unexpectedly, when he became emperor, he did not make himself empress, but turned around and married the daughter of a minor official, and made that woman equal to himself.

Finally she found out that Concubine Chun was the woman the late emperor had loved since his youth, and he was willing to marry her only for the throne.

Even this position is only wanted to be given to that woman's son, on what basis? ?

Thinking of this, the Queen Mother smiled and said, "Queen, come here!"

Feng Xiyao walked over obediently.

The Queen Mother took her hand and patted it: "Your Majesty, you have been very tired recently. Please accompany me for dinner later!"

Lin Baoning looked at the Queen Mother with his eyes wide open, as if she had become a different person.

I clearly came here to ask the Queen Mother for the decision, but how come I have become an outsider now?

Seeing that the Queen Mother was also seduced by Feng Xiyao, she anxiously grabbed the Queen Mother and said, "Aunt, why don't you make the decision for me? This time it is obviously Feng Xiyao's fault. She seduced the Emperor."

"Baoning, you are a royal concubine now, why are you still so unstable?" The Queen Mother was annoyed by her nagging.

Lin Baoning: “…”

Seeing her embarrassed, Feng Xiyao raised her eyebrows at Lin Baoning provocatively.

The Queen Mother sighed when she saw that Lin Baoning was about to cry again out of grievance.

"Empress, did you scare Concubine Li with a mouse?"

Feng Xiyao knew that Lin Baoning must have been scared last time, so she held back her laughter and nodded.

"Mother, I didn't mean it. I won't do it again!"

Although Lin Baoning often makes trouble for the Queen, her love for the tyrant is genuine, and she even dies for the tyrant in the end. She is a little stupid, but she is a person who dares to love and hate. If she stops making trouble for herself in the future, Feng Xiyao doesn't want to play tricks on her anymore.

Finally, the Queen Mother persuaded Lin Baoning to leave after a long time of persuasion.

But she always held a grudge against Feng Xiyao and glared at her several times before leaving.

After she left, only Feng Xiyao and the Queen Mother were left.

Feeling the Queen Mother clapping her hands again and again, Feng Xiyao thought secretly.

[The Queen Mother has a clear distinction between love and hate. When she knew that the late emperor was plotting against her, she sent the late emperor away without hesitation. This is a good person, but now she is too tolerant of Lin Youquan's family, allowing the head of the Lin family to become the power they are today. Not only do they often reach out to the court to oppose the tyrant, but after being pulled down by the tyrant, they also want to recruit troops and horses to resist. This courage is something the Queen Mother has developed little by little.]

[Although Lin Youquan's rebellion was successfully suppressed, many soldiers died, which led to the original male protagonist's attack. Although Daxia was not destroyed immediately, it did not last long and was destroyed half a year later! ]

The Queen Mother didn't know what Feng Xiyao was talking about as the "original male protagonist", but when she heard that Da Xia would be destroyed, her heart tightened.

The Queen Mother had already begun to believe what Feng Xiyao had just said. She didn't know why he could hear her thoughts.

Hearing this again now, she really didn't want to believe it, but when she thought that the queen knew what she had done, she had to believe it.