A few days later, in the Zhangtai Palace, in the court.
"Your Majesty, our Great Qin governs the world with filial piety. As the ruler of a country, Your Majesty should set an example!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, although the Queen Mother was deceived and made some mistakes before, she has been in seclusion in Yongcheng for several years now, and her guilt has long been atoned for..."
"Your Majesty, please welcome back the Queen Mother!"
"Your Majesty, please welcome back the Queen Mother!"
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Ying Zheng wore a crown with twelve tassels and a black robe, and sat upright on the black gold dragon throne. His narrow and deep phoenix eyes looked down at his ministers from above.
Words of advice that seemed to be exhortations but were actually coercion lingered in his ears. He said nothing, but just stared quietly at the greedy faces below, as if everything had nothing to do with him.
At this moment, the court was divided into three factions.
One faction was composed of officials led by the Zhao clan who supported the Queen Mother's return to the palace; one faction was composed of officials led by Li Si who opposed the Queen Mother's return to the palace; and the other faction was composed of neutral officials who watched coldly from the sidelines.
On the surface, it is a dispute over filial piety, but in reality it is a dispute over power. The open and covert struggles among various forces have caused undercurrents in the court.
Just as the ministers were arguing with each other, each holding his own opinion, words came from the top, which were difficult to tell whether they were happy or angry.
"From what I know, my mother is enjoying herself to the fullest in Yongcheng, and she's reluctant to leave!"
"Fuyang Palace has always had a constant supply of male favorites. My dear ministers, I think you are worrying too much. Why bother disturbing the Queen Mother's interest?"
As soon as the words fell, everyone fell silent, and you could hear a pin drop in the Zhangtai Palace.
The officials were stunned: This...this, is this something we can listen to?
Even though everyone knew about the Queen Mother's extravagant behavior, no one dared to mention it, for fear of losing face for the royal family and angering His Majesty.
But no one would have thought that His Majesty, as a son, would expose this scandal himself, without caring at all about the Queen Mother's shaky reputation, or even about the stigma that would affect himself.
It seems that Your Majesty really despises the Queen Mother and doesn't even care about the mother-son relationship.
The ministers looked at each other in disbelief, and the officials of the Zhao clan were even more pale and terrified.
In the past, they relied on their status as relatives by marriage to act recklessly, and today they are using filial piety to force Your Majesty to welcome the Queen Mother back to the palace in order to seize a higher position of power.
However, everything has its limits and will eventually decline. His Majesty has exhausted the last bit of affection he has for the Queen Mother and would rather lose the reputation of the royal family than take her back to the palace.
How long can these shallowly related relatives of the emperor be so proud?
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is your mother after all!"
"Yes, she never abandoned you, Your Majesty, in times of crisis!"
"Oh, there's no need to talk about this anymore. I'm leaving the court."
The officials of the Zhao clan wept and tried to persuade Ying Zheng with both emotion and reason, but Ying Zheng remained expressionless. He snorted coldly, said a few words, and then stood up and strode away.
Oh, of course that woman would not abandon him, because he was the grandson of the Qin king and a talisman, not because of some ridiculous mother-son relationship.
If she had even a little bit of motherly love, he wouldn't be so heartless.
Unfortunately, her heart can no longer accommodate anyone other than herself, not even her own children...
Your Majesty's cold-blooded decision showed that there was no turning back on the matter of welcoming back the Queen Mother. The officials of the Zhao clan were all heartbroken, while Li Si and others were in high spirits.
Everyone knows that the former Prime Minister Lu Buwei is the Queen Mother's old lover.
Logically speaking, they were political enemies. Although he had already committed suicide by taking poison, when the Queen Mother returned, she would definitely build up her own forces to compete with them in order to fight for power.
Fortunately, Your Majesty is as wise and powerful as ever.
After returning to the inner hall, Ying Zheng dealt with memorials. His handsome and majestic face looked calm, but his heart was inevitably experiencing some ups and downs.
The bright morning light shone through the glass, and the swaying crown cast a shadow, blocking the fleeting mockery and sorrow.
He was not born mean and ungrateful. He once had a period of warm days.
Although he was a hostage in Zhao State and his life was not very good, the family of three lived happily together. His father taught him to read and his mother mended his clothes.
In a trance, that gentle and loving face seemed to appear before Ying Zheng's eyes.
When did everything change?
Was it when their father abandoned them and fled to Qin?
Is it the time to compete for power with Lady Huayang?
Or was it the time when he joined forces with Lu Buwei to control the government?
Power is truly terrifying. It can make a person become completely unrecognizable and cold and heartless. His father is like this, his mother is like this, and so is he...
"A Zheng!"
The clear and melodious voice was like the chirping of an oriole in spring, suddenly pulling Ying Zheng's heart back from its downward spiral into the abyss.
He raised his eyelashes, which were as black as crow feathers, and a ray of moonlight suddenly broke into his dark phoenix eyes.
The fairy in white, as bright as the autumn moon, walked lightly and gracefully towards her. Her graceful figure was like a reflection of a beautiful goose. Her slightly bulging belly did not detract from her beauty at all, but instead added a bit of gracefulness to her figure.
Ying Zheng gazed at his wife who was walking towards him in the light, and his bright smile melted the loneliness and coldness in his eyes.
He rarely lost his composure and quickly walked forward to embrace his little moon. The warmth and softness in his arms instantly filled the emptiness in his heart.
"A Zheng, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, I just miss Yue Ning."
"Humph, Ah Zheng is starting to say sweet nothings again, even though we've only been apart for less than an hour."
Chu Yuening leaned against the man's arms with his strength, her starry eyes seemed to be smiling and angry, her skin became more translucent and radiant in the morning light, and at this moment, a thin layer of pink quietly spread across her skin.
Recalling the man's frosty expression when she first entered the hall, she glanced at his face secretly out of the corner of her eye, and seeing that it was no different from usual, she suppressed the uneasy feeling in her heart.
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