Chapter 40: In the palace, there is a woman's calm without ripples
The prime minister of the time, Li Jiulang, walked in led by the female official in red.
Li Jiulang bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I greet the Queen Mother."
The Queen Mother glanced at Li Jiulang and said, "Xingyue is okay now."
Hearing this, Li Jiulang, who had already made the imperial doctors, female doctors, and maids confess everything under torture, could no longer hold back his anger: "The Queen Mother, tell me if there is anything wrong!"
The Queen Mother turned to look at Li Jiulang and sneered, "Well, you look rosy-cheeked, brother. It looks like you are fine. I have prepared some medicinal herbs here. Take them when you leave. Whether you eat them or not, it is a token of my appreciation as your aunt."
Li Jiulang looked at the Queen Mother, but he laughed in anger: "How dare I take it? And you dare to call yourself an aunt?"
The Queen Mother was about to put a plum blossom into the vase, but when she heard this, she paused and turned to look at Li Jiulang: "What's wrong, brother, you mean, I want to kill Xingyue, so I'm not her aunt? This is a bit ridiculous."
Li Jiulang clenched his fists. He knew what his sister had become. However, when he heard this woman say such a thing so casually, he was filled with rage. He immediately growled, "How dare you!!"
The Queen Mother smiled awkwardly, "Why wouldn't I dare? Besides, isn't Xingyue fine? Brother, calm down. Look at your lips, they have blisters from worrying about it these days. If you get angry again, what will you do if you get other illnesses?"
Hearing this, Li Jiulang was stunned, but he laughed a few times: "Okay, okay, okay, since we have come to this point, there is nothing more to say! Goodbye!"
After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave.
All those things I originally thought of when I came here, now it seems that there is no need to say a single word more!
It's a waste to say more!!
The Queen Mother smiled gently: "Brother, why did you leave like this? Are you thinking of parting with me? Brother, don't forget that you and I are a family. Xingyue died, and I, as her aunt, cried a lot. Xingyue didn't die, so I am naturally happy for her."
“Shut up!!” Li Jiulang turned around and roared after hearing what the queen mother said next: “You vicious woman, you are not worthy of being Xingyue’s aunt. She lost her mother when she was young and she regards you as her mother. She thinks of you in everything, but you want to kill her? Hahahaha, now you are even more shameless here!!”
"In order to kill her, you bribed so many imperial doctors and female doctors, and even replaced all the people around the child with your people. Even those who wanted to get close to the child were all sent away by you. Even I didn't expect you to go to such lengths. Blame me for being stupid. I knew you were a lunatic but still believed you, letting Xingyue have frequent contact with you. Also blame me for knowing that the Fourth Prince was away and you were in the palace."
Bang!!
However, when the Queen Mother heard this, she waved her sleeves and knocked over the vase used for flower arrangement.
The anger on the Queen Mother's face disappeared in an instant, and she became calm again, and said softly: "Pick it up."
The female official beside him immediately picked it up respectfully.
But the Queen Mother looked at the broken pieces on the ground, and finally looked at the piece of debris that was connected to the base: "Just pick up the big one, and throw the others away."
Upon hearing this, the female official bowed respectfully, put the fragments in her hand aside, and put the largest piece of debris with a base back on the table.
Li Jiulang looked at the fragments on the ground and sneered: "When it comes to the fourth prince, the Queen Mother is a little angry? You also know how to be angry!? "
The Queen Mother was not angry, she smiled and said: "What is there to be angry about? I begged you to save the child, but you didn't care at all. I was angry now. I just feel sorry for the child. He obviously has an uncle who is the prime minister, but his uncle is only concerned with being a dog for the Xia family court and is unwilling to save him!!"
Hearing this
Li Jiulang was about to speak, but his face suddenly showed understanding: "Are you still venting your anger! Or do you want to force me to save the Fourth Prince? If it's the former, don't go crazy with my daughter!! Don't touch my bottom line!! If it's the latter! Don't forget that the mad dog of the Fourth Prince is guarding him! Who can save him! And that mad dog is the last guardian left by the late emperor for your majesty!! Even if you have the left and right guards, and the cavalry battalion stationed in Yunyang County outside Luoan City, so what!! These people add up to only 90,000 people, but that mad dog has 70,000 vanguards and 80,000 Cangjia!! Not to mention the Chixia Army and Huanglong Guards in the city!"
The Queen Mother's originally calm face remained calm, and her eyes moved from the plum blossom in her hand to Li Jiulang: "Then you won't save him?!"
Then, still smiling, he said, "Brother, have you forgotten? When that person died, you could have saved my child. You were still the Minister of the Central Secretariat at that time and could have saved him. But you didn't. You didn't even look at me. I begged you in the rain and even knelt down for you, but you still didn't save him. What about now?"
"Well, you still don't plan to save him. For three years, you kept telling me to wait, wait, and wait. When will you wait? Brother, I have suffered so much in all these years since I entered the palace. My only thought was about my son. But you didn't save him at all. You ruined me. I can't just watch my son suffer the same way as me and continue to be ruined in this life. And you know what? I heard that he has to do farm work over there and even gets beaten and scolded. He is a prince!"
"That person was so cruel that he sent his own son to such a bitter and cold place as a hostage. I don't blame him because he is such a cold-blooded person, but you are the child's uncle. Even if you step down from the position of Zhongshu Ling, half of the people in the Zhongshu Province are still yours, not Su Zimu's. But you still don't plan to save him."
"Xingyue is like this, and you are like this, what about me? My son was forcibly taken away by those people back then, and now he is suffering there. Have you ever thought about what I am thinking and suffering?"
Li Jiulang looked at the Queen Mother, clenched his fists and said to her, "Your Majesty only has the late Queen in his heart. It was you who insisted on marrying into the palace and threatened to die! My father and I couldn't stop you no matter what we did, so we had to ask the late Queen and Your Majesty for help. It wasn't my father and I who asked you to enter the palace. You asked for it yourself!"
"And don't forget! What did my father and I do to save that child? Not only did he resign from his position as Prime Minister, but I also resigned from my position as Minister of the Central Secretariat, and we handed over most of our power to Su Wenqing and the Grand Tutor! This reassured the late emperor, saved the child's life, and saved our Li family!"
"Otherwise, what do you think the late emperor would do in that state? Don't forget that the late emperor was the one who massacred 30,000 aristocratic families in the capital in one night! And my father is here because he is depressed after resigning from his post, and I am here because I have given up my power. I have no choice but to hold on to the Ministry of Revenue and the Internal Treasury to hold on to the bloodline of the Li family and protect the child! Instead, you are the one who keeps forcing him, constantly participating in the struggle between the Eighth Prince and the Grand Tutor, and making things difficult for His Majesty everywhere. And because you are my sister, I feel sorry for you and pity you for being in such a situation. I can only secretly help you clean up the mess and continue to ease the relationship between you and His Majesty."
"Now it's our fault? And you even planned to kill Xingyue!! I know you hate the late emperor, the late queen, and everyone, but...what did Xingyue do!! You shouldn't vent your hatred on Xingyue, and you shouldn't use Xingyue to force me!!"
The more he spoke, the more excited Li Jiulang became.
Especially thinking of what his old father had told him before his death, 'Help your sister and don't let her get deeper and deeper into trouble, otherwise my Li family will perish because of her.'
Ever since his father passed away, whenever Li Jiulang thought of this instruction, he would doubt whether he had failed to fulfill this instruction all these years. Instead of pulling, he had been pushing his sister.
But now it seems
It was my own fault.
After all, I am just like what my father said, "If you are too sentimental in this temple, you will get into trouble."
The Queen Mother looked at her brother with a cold look in her eyes: "What you said makes a lot of sense. When it comes to reasoning and the reasons behind things, I can never win over you scholars. In your opinion, it's all my fault. It's like I have given everything and don't care about others. It's ridiculous."
"Well, I'm too lazy to tell you this. But I can only say that this matter was originally foolproof, especially since you didn't speculate about the people around you in the past few days, and especially because of my instructions, all the doctors and female doctors you found didn't dare to tell the truth."
Having said this, the Queen Mother's expression turned cold into a smile.
"But... I didn't expect that Su Chang'an would show up. Haha, I underestimated this village girl. Especially with such a coincidence, it really is a bit like what the Eighth Prince feared, that this was a trick left by the late emperor."
"But...what are you doing here today? Are you calling for an attack? What crime are you calling for? I am your protector now. Because of me, those people dare not attack you, the 'God of Wealth' of the Great Xia Dynasty, let alone Xingyue. Brother, if you have the courage, just separate from me."
"As for my son, I don't need you now, brother. I have plenty of ways. Before I save him, it doesn't matter if I suffer a little. At least he is the safest in the world, right? It's better than coming to the capital and being a person that people are constantly worried about, isn't it? Hehehe."
At the end, the Queen Mother looked at the broken vase in front of her, which was only connected to the base by the broken wall. After thinking for a while, she gently placed a few plum blossoms on it and smiled brightly: "Well! That's right, I always felt that something was missing before."
As he spoke, he turned the side of the vase that looked somewhat intact towards Li Jiulang: "Look, isn't it beautiful?"
Li Jiulang narrowed his eyes and looked at the empress dowager. If she had just felt more and more unfamiliar before, then the empress dowager today made her feel like she didn't know her, as if they weren't really siblings, and it was as if they had never met before.
After a while, Li Jiulang bowed casually and said, "Take care of yourself, Queen Mother!"
After saying that, he turned and left.
The Queen Mother looked at her brother's leaving figure and said with a smile: "When you leave, don't forget to take the herbs for Xingyue. They are all good herbs, not poisoned."
Li Jiulang paused, "If you want to go crazy, don't bring the Li family with you!! As for the medicinal herbs, the Queen Mother can keep them for herself!"
The Queen Mother watched Li Jiulang leave. After smiling slightly, she turned her head to look at the blue sky outside the gauze curtain: "The sky is so blue."
but.
Bang!!
The broken vase was thrown to the ground again by the Queen Mother, and then she continued calmly: "But why am I so angry? I obviously don't care about being discovered. I haven't cared since the beginning of the plan."
At this point, he looked at the female official beside him and asked, "Is it because it was discovered after planning for so long and so carefully?"
Seeing the Queen Mother like this, the female official said respectfully: "Your Majesty, please calm down."
Having followed the Empress Dowager for several years, she knew it better than anyone else.
The Queen Mother was already furious at the moment.
"Yes. Calm down." The Queen Mother looked down at the debris on the ground and said, "Kill all those palace maids and eunuchs around here."
The female official immediately replied: "Yes."
Then, after hesitating for a while, the female official said, "But Madam, if the matter is exposed, what if the Prime Minister..."
The Queen Mother stood up: "He dare not."
The female official lowered her head and dared not say more.
The Queen Mother walked down the steps and looked at the debris on the ground. "My brother is a man who cherishes his reputation very much. Especially in the past few decades, he has finally climbed to his current position. How could he bear to give it up? Besides, Xingyue is not dead. He needs his own strength to protect his precious daughter, so he dare not do it at all."
As she spoke, the Queen Mother bent down to pick up the plum blossoms on the ground, and suddenly turned her head to look at the female official: "He doesn't dare."
When the female official heard this, she didn't know how to respond.
The Queen Mother thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "Well, he wouldn't dare. He is the best at doing business, and this kind of business is very unprofitable, so he won't do it."
But after saying this, the Queen Mother frowned and looked at the female official again: "It seems that he dares again?"
After saying that, he turned around and looked at the plum blossom in his hand: "Have all the servants in his house been replaced?"
The female officer immediately said, "There is still one person who has not been found."
The Queen Mother nodded: "Well, let that man watch her. If he dares, just kill Li Xingyue. Although I like that girl, I feel annoyed every time I see the pockmarks on her face. It's even more disgusting when I think of her mother. Her mother had pockmarks on her face. She was so ugly, but it made my brother fall in love with her. This love affair is really disgusting, so it's better for her to die."
After saying that, the Queen Mother looked at the plum blossoms and smiled: "Just now I asked you why I was angry, and when I saw these plum blossoms, I remembered that it seemed to be because of Su Changan."
The Queen Mother turned around and looked at the female official: "In a few days, the little emperor will announce to the world that he will marry Su Changan, and then bring him back to the palace."
The female official nodded and immediately replied, "Yes."
The Queen Mother smiled and said, "I wanted to stop him. After all, I am unhappy to see the little emperor happy. But seeing that Su Changan not only won the first prize, but also has such skills, you told me a few days ago that you have started to learn martial arts now?"
The female official replied: "Yes, but I have only studied for a few days."
The Queen Mother threw the plum blossom in her hand and said, "Let's meet. Although I have to meet her later, I am a little curious about the child. As a fake mother-in-law, I have to meet the ugly daughter-in-law, right? And I am also curious about Yun Xiangyishang and Hua Xiangrong's appearance."
The female official immediately bowed respectfully but did not dare to speak.
The Queen Mother smiled slightly, "Let's summon her to the palace tomorrow to see what she looks like and why our little emperor is so obsessed with her. However, we can't let the emperor announce it to the world, so we need to think of a way to do it. But we can let her live in the palace for a few days and let her jump around under my nose. It's better than letting her become more and more famous outside, what do you think?"
The female official immediately asked, "Should I make any preparations?"
The Queen Mother shook her head and smiled, "It's too early. We'll talk about it after we meet tomorrow. We'll be living in the palace in a few days, so there'll be plenty of time."
Then, the Queen Mother glanced at the broken pieces on the ground and said with a smile, "Glue them together and send them to the little emperor. Say it's a gift for her. It may be a little torn, but it looks good."
The female official responded respectfully.
The Queen Mother looked out at the sky.
"Tell me, is that child really a means left by the late emperor as the Eighth Prince worries?" The Queen Mother looked at the female official, "If so, wouldn't it become a means to kill me? But he can't kill me, right? If he could, the little emperor would have done it a long time ago."
"Hahaha~~Haha~~It's really interesting. I was actually disrupted by Su Changan. I'm really a little angry. We'll know tomorrow whether it was intentional or not. Then, let the Eighth Prince handle it. He is just a frightened person and a waste. We need to find someone else. Ask someone to prepare the bath water. I want to take a bath. I'm angry and I stink."
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