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Facing Empress Dowager Xie's rebuke, Jing Mo said calmly: "Because I like her."
Empress Dowager Xie was speechless for a moment.
Jing Mo said: "I thought I had made this matter clear to my mother before I went to Fengtian. Now it seems that I took it for granted."
"That woman..." Empress Dowager Xie said loudly.
"Her name is Linglong. My mother doesn't want to treat her as a family member, so you can call her Princess." Jing Mo still said coldly, "I asked her to marry me, mother, do you understand what I mean?"
Empress Dowager Xie said: "I don't believe it!"
"I didn't come here with the princess just now," Jing Mo said, "I went to the imperial study and summoned the imperial guards. Mother, I have already issued an order to arrest the entire Xie family."
Empress Dowager Xie didn't react to Jing Mo's words for a long time.
Jing Mo said: "You shot and killed an innocent little girl. It seems that human life is as light as dust to you, my mother. If that's the case, why should I value your lives? My mother gave birth to me, so I will naturally serve her and let her enjoy the rest of her life. However, the Xie family, killing someone means paying with one's life. Gathering a group of people in Jiuyan City to commit murder is treason."
Queen Mother Xie slowly stood up and looked at Jing Mo as if he were a stranger.
Jing Mo smiled and said, "When Queen Mother issued the order, did you never consider how this matter would end after I returned?"
"You," Empress Dowager Xie said, "You, you want to kill me?!"
"I believe that my mother has been bewitched by this villain," Jing Mo said.
"No one has bewitched me," Empress Dowager Xie said hastily.
"Your Majesty," a voice from a palace guard came from outside the palace gate: "Nineteen criminals, including Jin, Wu, and Fan, have been strangled to death. In addition, more than fifty people, including palace maid Shang and eunuch Fu Yu, have been taken to the Ministry of Punishment."
"Yeah," Jing Mo responded.
No more sound came from outside the hall.
Empress Dowager Xie fell backwards, but this time she was unable to sit back on the couch, and fell to the ground instead.
Jing Mo stood up, helped Empress Dowager Xie back to the couch with one hand, and said, "This time I will order the Ministry of Internal Affairs to select some good people to serve my mother."
Just a few words and Nanny Jin and her gang were strangled to death? Empress Dowager Xie looked at Jing Mo, her heart slowly, bit by bit, sinking into the icy pond. How could she have forgotten this son? When had this son of hers ever blinked an eye when killing someone?
Jing Mo let go of the hand that was supporting Empress Dowager Xie and said, "Mother, please take a rest. I will take my leave now."
When Empress Dowager Xie saw Jing Mo was about to leave, she grabbed him and said anxiously, "You, you want to kill your entire family?!"
Jing Mo said, "What did the Queen Mother say?"
"No, that won't work," Empress Dowager Xie said, "The Xie family is my mother's family, and they are your mother's family!"
"Mother clan," Jing Mo smiled and said, "I have never relied on them. Now that I have ascended the throne, why do they think that I will look at them differently? Killing someone means paying with your life, but they don't even think about the aftermath. What do they think of me? A tyrant who can't distinguish right from wrong and treats the lives of his subjects as worthless?"
"Yu Linglong is just a Fengtian person!" Empress Dowager Xie was provoked by Jing Mo and screamed hysterically.
Jing Mo said: "My mother wants to force me?"
Empress Dowager Xie started crying.
Jing Mo stood in front of Empress Dowager Xie and said, "I just ordered someone to invite Concubine Zhuang. She took care of me a lot when I was young. Since you, my mother, can't manage this harem, then let Concubine Zhuang temporarily take over the harem for my queen."
"How could you treat me like this?" Queen Mother Xie cried.
"Then how could you do this to me, mother?" Jing Mo said, "I said that I love the princess, but you want to kill her. Where do you put me? Did you forget after entering the Queen Mother's Palace that it was me who let you live in the Queen Mother's Palace, and it was me who gave you the power to manage the harem, and it was me who helped you suppress Concubine Ning and other women! When you were the queen, it was me who protected you. I protected you all the way and made you the most noble woman in Zhuri. But in the end, you want to kill my most beloved person. I ask you, where do you put me?"
Empress Dowager Xie was so moved by Jing Mo's words that she even forgot to cry and her mind went blank.
"Since you don't want what I gave you, I will take it back," Jing Mo said, "The Queen Mother is living out her days in the Queen Mother's Palace. I will not let the disturbances outside the palace bother her again."
Empress Dowager Xie couldn't believe it and asked, "You want to lock me up here?"
"How does this place compare to the Queen's Palace?" Jing Mo asked.
Empress Dowager Xie burst into tears.
Jing Mo turned around and walked out of the hall.
Queen Mother Xie suddenly rushed forward, grabbed Jing Mo's sleeve, and said, "Your Majesty is wrong this time, please let your grandfather and his family go, Your Majesty begs you."
"The person responsible for the killing is Xie Bin," Jing Mo said, "but without the patriarch's nod, I don't think that loser would dare to do such a thing."
Empress Dowager Xie stopped crying.
Jing Mo said: "Why? Have you never thought that I would find Xie Bin to blame?"
At that moment, Empress Dowager Xie wanted to kowtow to Jing Mo and beg for mercy.
"Xie family," Jing Mo shook his head, "before I became emperor, they avoided me like a poisonous snake or a ferocious beast, fearing that I would drag them down after Jing Qian ascended the throne. After I became emperor, they took advantage of my power and acted like royal relatives. Mother, do I look like a fool who is easy to bully?"
"My queen mother is wrong," Queen Mother Xie begged Jing Mo, "You can demote them to commoners and spare their lives. My queen mother does not ask for anything but to spare their lives."
"I spared their lives?" Jing Mo said with a smile, "Then why don't you spare those girls who are still in their prime?"
"Those are just..."
"They are just common people, with worthless lives," Jing Mo said before Empress Dowager Xie finished her words, "So their lives are like ants? Mother, let me tell you, the lives of the entire Xie family are just like ants in my eyes."
Queen Mother Xie really knelt down to Jing Mo this time and said, "You can't kill them."
"What?" Jing Mo stepped aside and said, "Mother, you want to use your life to force me? You put your hands on me, on the capital, and enjoy the wealth I bestowed upon you, but you want to play tricks on me. Damn it."
The voice of the imperial guards came from outside the palace again: "Your Majesty, Xie Bin has confessed his crime in the Dali Temple, and his men have also been arrested and brought to the Dali Temple."
"Kill," Jing Mo said just one word.
"I obey your order," said the imperial guard.
"Your Majesty!" Queen Mother Xie tried to grab Jing Mo's robe, but missed. She fell to the ground and cried bitterly.
Jing Mo said coldly: "Mother, have a good rest. I will come to see you another day."
"No," When Empress Dowager Xie looked up again, Jing Mo had already walked to the palace gate.
"Your Majesty, Jing, Jingmo!" Queen Mother Xie got up from the ground and ran towards the palace gate.
Jing Mo stepped over the threshold, and the palace door was closed from the outside, locking Empress Dowager Xie inside the palace.
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