Chapter 372 Zhao Hede 33
"Then, Empress Dowager, are you sure that you can teach Zhao'er well?"
"I can assure you that I will raise this child well, protect him, teach him, and help him grow into a truly benevolent ruler who will bring blessings to all people. Queen, please trust me."
Zhao Hede carefully looked at Wang Zhengjun's expression and found that she was actually sincere. She felt that the world is so big and full of wonders. It was like this person who had a trustworthy face and always spoke in a way that told others: Trust me, leave everything to me.
The old-fashioned Mary Sue character who betrays other people's trust and messes everything up, has actually appeared in TV dramas so early?
Look at what our original heroine, who always takes on everything and seems to have everything under control, has done. She endured everything from her family members to the Empress Dowager, sacrificing so many people. Finally, when her enemy, the Empress Dowager Dingtao, supported her male ketone grandson to become emperor, she silently launched a "fierce" counterattack.
What a fierce counterattack!
Fu Yao was sent back to his fiefdom in Dingtao alive.
Hahaha, so sharp.
But she didn't seem to think that these were her problems, or rather, she didn't realize her real problems at all.
She does not reflect or repent, and when she is forced into a desperate situation, she waits for kind-hearted people to sacrifice themselves for her, and then relies on her long life to endure, and is so stubborn that her death sentence is reduced to life imprisonment.
It doesn't seem strange that such a person can stand in front of him with a clear conscience and take his son away to raise him with a clear conscience.
So Zhao Hede was surprisingly not angry. She just glanced at her with a speechless look as if she was facing an idiot, picked up her son and replied calmly:
"If you don't believe me, please go back, Queen Mother."
"Queen, please don't be so willful. I know you're the Empress Dowager Dingtao's lover. Since entering the palace, you've repeatedly acted recklessly, sowing discord between me and the Emperor, causing His Majesty to indulge in wine and women, and causing widespread grief in the harem. I don't hold these matters against you, but Zhao'er's upbringing is a matter of great importance, and it's not the place for you to be so willful."
"Oh, who told you that I belong to the Empress Dowager Dingtao?"
Zhao Hede patted her son who was whimpering in her arms. Although she was sitting on the bed with a headband on, her complexion was slightly paler than Wang Zhengjun's. However, when she raised her eyebrows and raised her head, the invisible power made Wang Zhengjun tremble in her heart. She looked at such a pair of ferocious eyes and finally realized something.
"you……"
"That's me. You don't think the dark cloud pressing down on you will dissipate for no reason, do you? Back then, I was always one step ahead of you, but in the end I was just one step behind. The Queen Mother Dingtao has been brooding over this for a long time."
Zhao Hede smiled and pointed at herself: "This is the difference between you and me. To be blindly tolerant and accommodating to the enemy is just giving her the opportunity to lie dormant. Only by taking the initiative can we take our destiny into our own hands."
"If I hadn't acted decisively back then, do you think Your Majesty would still have had children? Or that we could still have such a peaceful conversation?"
"Queen Dowager, hide behind those pitiful people who cannot see your folly and are willing to die for you. People like you are only fit to be displayed as a precious and fragile piece of pottery for people to admire. Power is not something you can control."
Wang Zhengjun really couldn't understand the meaning of these words. She just thought about it with her shallow mind and analyzed that Zhao Hede was indeed an arrogant and cruel woman. She would never let the emperor grow up in the hands of a "bad person".
"How dare you! As the Queen, is this how you speak to me? You are just as cunning and vicious as I thought. I will never let my grandson be destroyed by you. I must take Zhao'er away today!"
As she said this, she ordered someone to take the child away from Zhao Hede's arms.
"Let's see who dares!"
Zhao Hede shouted loudly, intimidating the several palace maids brought by Wang Zhengjun. Yu Kezi was originally close to her, and at this moment he took three or two steps forward and stood in front of Zhao Hede.
Zhao Hede slowly stood up, put her son in Yu Kezi's arms, and walked forward to stand opposite the empress dowager.
Her usually gentle voice was now filled with inviolable majesty: "Empress Dowager, I hope you understand one thing."
"This is my Pepper Room, the Eternal Lane of the Empress of the Han Dynasty. No one is allowed to offend the authority of the Queen Mother here."
"Don't forget, I am the Empress Dowager, the mother of the Han Emperor and the Empress. The Han Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety. There has only ever been a deposed Empress in this world!"
"In this world, the only empress who was deposed by the emperor is the queen. Even when treacherous ministers are in power and a seductress is in power, this rule cannot be circumvented."
Zhao Hede still smiled leisurely. "Then, Empress Dowager, can you order your son to depose me? What about Wang Shi behind you?"
"Oh, I forgot. Of course you can't. Otherwise, how could Xu E be abolished?"
The familiar feeling of powerlessness once again washed over Wang Zhengjun, her chest heaving violently, revealing her restless heart. She pointed at Zhao Hede, but didn't know what to say, and Zhao Hede still refused to let her go.
"Is there anything wrong with what I said? If you order me to hand over the child to you as the Queen Mother, then you have already failed."
Zhao Hede was calm and collected. "If you are asking me as a mother, then I will also tell you as a mother that no one can take her child away from her unless the mother is dead."
These words touched Wang Zhengjun, and her already empty anger instantly turned into sadness. Zhao Hede's words hit the nail on the head when she was struggling with her memories. Thinking of her past when she was queen, Wang Zhengjun didn't know how to speak again.
"Ask yourself, whether as a wife, a mother, or a queen, have you ever truly succeeded? With a person like you like this, how can you guarantee to me that you can raise Zhao'er well?"
Zhao Hede spread his hands, smiled, and delivered the final blow:
"Or rather, if you really succeed, how will I have the chance to appear in front of you?"
Wang Zhengjun finally realized how foolish her decision was to come here so rashly. She looked at Zhao Hede deeply, and finally left in silence.
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