Yang Zhao's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.
She subconsciously raised her eyes to look at Queen Mother Bai, and when she looked into her eyes full of wisdom, her body couldn't help but stiffen slightly.
What did she know?
Thinking of Mo Junran.
The thought that he might be reborn.
So did Emperor Wenyuan also know everything?
Yang Zhao clenched his fists unconsciously.
At this moment, a slightly cool hand covered the back of her hand, and Queen Mother Bai's gentle voice rang out: "Don't be afraid."
"I just want to have a few private words with you!"
At this point, Empress Dowager Bai glanced at Nanny Su who was standing beside her and said, "Nanny Su, you should go out too."
Nanny Su nodded slightly and left.
At this time, only Empress Dowager Bai and Yang Zhao were left in the room.
"Girl, sit closer."
Yang Zhao sat forward slightly so that Empress Dowager Bai could fully hold her hand.
Empress Dowager Bai's hands were cold, her lips pale, and her breathing was even heavier. Her aura was completely different from when everyone had come to pay their respects to her.
"Child, I know you've been wronged."
Queen Mother Bai sighed and said, "In fact, from the moment you publicly revealed that you were Duke Yang of Qi, I knew that we had disappointed you."
Yang Zhao wanted to speak.
Empress Dowager Bai patted her hands and said, "Child, there's no need to explain anything. Just listen to me first."
"If I hadn't married the late emperor, I might have fought for the title of female general. Unfortunately... I've never been able to break free from the etiquette and constraints placed on women in this world, and the son I raised still lacks a broad mind!"
"Compared to your mother, I am ashamed of myself."
When Yang Zhao heard this, he immediately wanted to stand up and kneel down.
"Don't move."
Empress Dowager Bai held her hand, looked at her helplessly and said, "Just sit still and listen. I just want to chat with you. Just treat me as an ordinary old woman."
Who dares to treat the empress dowager as an ordinary old lady?
However, Yang Zhao guessed what the old queen mother wanted to express. Was she trying to persuade her... to continue to submit to the court?
really.
The Queen Mother knew something!
Yang Zhao lowered his eyes slightly to hide his emotions.
Empress Dowager Bai seemed not to notice her change of mood and continued to hold her hand and chatter away.
Talked about some of the late emperor.
Talked about her father.
She also talked about her mother.
All of it sounded like casual chat, but Yang Zhao was not stupid and could understand the meaning.
After all.
I just want the Yang family to continue to be loyal to the current emperor.
I want her to stop thinking about it.
In fact, after the five crimes were reported on the drum, there was really no need for her to add the last one: the crime of murdering Duke Yang of Qi to the Shen family, but she revealed her identity at that time.
It wasn't because she was furious at the time.
It wasn't that she wanted to use her identity to give the Shen family another death penalty.
Just the first five offenses against the Shen family are enough to send the entire Shen family to jail and exterminate them.
The last charge was simply because she needed a seesaw, an opportunity to openly and honestly let the people clearly remember who 'Duke Yang of Qi' was.
She wants the world to know.
Duke Yang of Qi was from the Yang family.
And how is the Yang family so full of loyal and brave people...
How much he has done for the country and the people.
She wanted to make the people's hearts that 'Duke Yang of Qi' had accumulated over decades turn to the Yang family, and let the world know thoroughly where the 'favor' came from.
Back then, her mother opened schools, charity halls, and clinics everywhere...
It wasn't just for the sake of the late emperor, or for some noble cause or goodwill, but she knew very well that truly winning people's hearts wasn't just about providing disaster relief once or twice, but rather addressing the root causes. Only when people were willing could they unleash their most powerful force...
Duke Yang of Qi used his wealth to do countless good deeds.
Countless connections laid the foundation.
Helped countless people.
The things that are accumulated are beyond the prediction of others.
It can be said that revealing the identity of Duke Yang of Qi is equivalent to picking up those things in public...
And this is what Yang Zhao wants.
She wanted to let Emperor Wenyuan know that the Yang family now not only had the military power that made him jealous, but also had endless wealth and was very popular among the people, and any move of theirs could affect the entire family.
Rather than being feared by him as a thorn in my side.
It would be better to just hammer the nail into his eyeball and let him know that pulling out the nail would mean his entire eyeball would explode.
As long as Emperor Wenyuan had a brain, he would understand this, so even though he was deeply wary in his heart, he would not dare to touch the Yang family or her easily.
Of course, this is just one of them.
If the Yang family wants to be truly safe, they still have to build a river that can truly accommodate the big ship of their Yang family, or... that is the real solution to the problem.
This is also why, when Yang Zhao heard Queen Mother Bai say that when she was walking on a thorny road, her emotions in her heart would fluctuate!
Just as Yang Zhao was concentrating on his thoughts, a soft sigh was heard.
"Girl, I'm not saying all this to ask you to do anything. Don't overthink things. Just listen to me... I'm old, but I'm not stupid. As for His Majesty's sons, except for the Eighth who hasn't returned to the capital yet and the Thirteenth who is still young, the rest are nothing."
"No matter who inherits the throne in the future, I'm afraid the Yang family won't be tolerated. After all, the Yang family not only controls a large number of troops, but also because of... Duke Yang of Qi."
This is not about being too successful.
Military power plus wealth and popular support.
That can cause rebellion!!
Which king can endure this?
Take the current Emperor Wenyuan for example. I'm afraid he feels like there are millions of ants jumping up and down in his heart. Although he is glad that Yang Zhao is a woman, he feels as anxious as a pancake in his heart.
But Yang Zhao was indeed right.
Although Emperor Wenyuan was a little narrow-minded, he was not stupid. He knew very well that the more this happened, the more difficult it would be for the Yang family to move. At least, they would be unable to move until they made any big mistakes. He even had to protect them openly.
Otherwise he might get angry and really rebel against me.
"So, I'll provide you with a win-win shortcut."
What?
Yang Zhao was slightly stunned.
Queen Mother Bai smiled faintly on her pale face: "Prince Yi, he is a very good candidate."
"You marry him."
"Let him rebel and take his brother's place..."
What!
Yang Zhao was really stunned this time.
She had guessed what Empress Dowager Bai wanted to express, but she never expected to hear her say such words.
If she remembered correctly.
Mo Junran is not her biological son.
Although Mo Junran's mother was also from the Bai family, and was even the niece of Empress Dowager Bai, he was not her son after all. Who would want to let the son born to her husband and another woman snatch the throne from her own son?
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