Chapter 244: Bo Qiaohui 56
Huh... Now that I've said this, there won't be anyone willing to marry me in the future, right?
At the same time, niece Bo breathed a sigh of relief. She wasn't worried about these words getting out, or about them bringing trouble to the Bo family, because niece Bo had already thought it through.
The emperor had intended to marry her to Liu Wu, but that was to cause trouble for both families. And now...
Looking at Liu Wu's eyes full of resentment towards Empress Dowager Dou, Liu Qi smiled silently.
For Liu Qi, being able to drag another party into the water made him even happier both emotionally and logically.
But Liu Qi had no intention of letting Bo Nie go. Regardless of whether what she said was true or false, since she had forced herself into this situation, she should naturally bear the consequences herself: "Since you know that you are in trouble, why do you still stay in the Bo family?"
Seeing that he had indeed asked this question, Bo Ji lowered his head and replied, "I didn't know before, but I know now. I have asked my parents to send me to Shuofang, far away from Chang'an, to atone for my sins."
"What? No, I won't allow it!" Dou Yifang was shocked. She never expected that the topic would turn here. Her nephew Bo actually wanted to go to the border.
"The minister is willing to commit suicide to atone for her sins and avoid bringing trouble to others in the future."
Even Liu Qi couldn't see the situation clearly for a moment.
He subconsciously looked at the queen and saw that she was also looking at her sister below with shock on her face, as if she had not expected this situation at all.
Bo Chen, however, seemed to sense something, and with a complicated expression, he looked at his younger sister in the center of the hall. He had never expected her to go this far. Then, looking at his dignified and majestic sister, the Queen, on the high platform, he felt even more guilty.
It's our incompetence to let them plan and sacrifice to this extent...
Dou Yifang was too busy to care about these things at this moment. She looked around and finally said in a deep voice, "General Zhou and the three members of the Bo family, please leave first. I have something to say to the Emperor and the Empress."
Then he turned around and said, "Wu'er and nephew, stay as well. This matter is related to you as well."
General Zhou quickly stood up and bowed to say goodbye. The previous topic had already made him, an outsider, very flustered. If he had not been afraid that his departure would seem too abrupt, he would have left long ago.
"I don't want anyone else to hear what I said today. You should understand what to do, right?"
"I was merely invited by Your Majesty to a banquet today to enjoy the wine and pleasure. How could I have heard anything?"
Zhou Yafu said this with a smile and left immediately.
Dou Yifang was naturally relieved because the others were members of the Bo family. Even if there was something fishy going on between them, it would not be beneficial to the Bo family after all, so even for the sake of protecting their common interests, they would not speak nonsense.
Dou Yifang felt a little relieved, but when she looked at the stubborn Liu Wu and the resolute Bo Ji, she couldn't help but feel a splitting headache, and her already blurred vision seemed to be even worse.
"I'll just pretend you never said anything," Dou Yifang said in a deep voice, seeing that her nephew Bo was about to retort, "Nephew! You're still young. Why would you ruin your future happiness by saying such things?"
"It's a great blessing to be able to meet someone you love and grow old with him and have many children. Why do you have to slander yourself to such an extent?"
Nephew Bo lowered his head and smiled sarcastically. "Getting married is the greatest happiness? Having children is the greatest happiness?"
Or is it that the greatest happiness for a woman is to depend on a man for her whole life?
Young people are always the most impulsive. The world is divided into black and white, and right and wrong are absolute in their eyes. She once thought the Queen Mother's ideas were right. Looking at her happy mother and "happy" sister, how could she not look forward to her future husband?
However, she is now tired of all this and doesn't want to listen to it at all, but Bo Ji knows that the Queen Mother truly believes that this is the best destination for a woman, so she persuades her in this way.
She meant well, even if I couldn't accept it.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Dou Yifang thought that the child finally understood her mistake, so she turned to look at another evildoer.
"Wu'er, I know you've always hated your mother for not wanting you and your nephew to be together, but now you've seen that your nephew himself doesn't want to marry you, so why are you still so persistent?"
"Mother, there is no need to say more. My nephew is unwilling now, but she has no one else in her heart. I am willing to wait. One day she will understand my true feelings." Although Liu Wu said this to Dou Yifang, his eyes kept glancing at his nephew Bo.
The Queen Mother, who had been hesitant at first, finally made up her mind. She said slowly and heavily, "You... are impossible."
"It's not that Mother wants to separate you, but..."
She took a deep breath, her voice trembling: "You, you, you are half-siblings!"
"Huh~"
Liu Qi let out an inopportune exclamation, and Qiao Hui quickly stepped on his foot. Seeing the Queen Mother and the others looking over, she said embarrassedly, "I was so shocked that I lost my balance and accidentally stepped on Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty, are you okay?" Bo Qiaohui turned her head and glared at Liu Qi, but she still asked gently, "Did it hurt?"
"It's okay, don't worry about it." Liu Qi touched his nose and waved his hand seriously, indicating that this minor injury was nothing and could not hurt the powerful Emperor Liu Qi at all.
After Dou Yifang and the others turned around, she poked Aqiao with a grimace. The two of them were playing hand-to-hand combat through their wide robes, but their ears perked up as they listened to the empress dowager telling stories about the past.
Bo Nie and Liu Wuze were petrified on the spot. They never expected that they, who had nothing in common, could have the same mother.
"Back then, Shen'er was married to a man and was pregnant," Dou Yifang said here, her expression a little unnatural. After all, she still did not reveal the biological father of her nephew, but continued:
"Later, your adoptive mother was delivering Shen'er, and it happened that the Lü clan was causing chaos in Chang'an. Your mother was separated from the adoptive mother who was holding you."
"After that, I found Shen'er by chance, and she gave birth to Wu'er."
Death is like the extinguishing of a light. Dou Yifang did not want to talk much about Shen'er's fault, so she just explained the cause and effect of the matter in a few words.
She looked at her nephew, who seemed lost in thought, and said softly, "I recognized you the first time I saw you. You look like your mother, practically cut from the same mold as her."
"So, Wu'er, the reason you felt so close to your nephew the moment you saw him is because you two are family."
As soon as Dou Yifang said this, the rebellious young Prince Liang, who was immersed in pain, immediately retorted instinctively: "No, mother, you don't understand. I don't have any affection for my nephew."
Bo Qiaohui, who was watching from the side, really wanted to give a copy of "Adolescent Psychology" to our Empress Dowager.
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