"What do you want me to do?"
The Queen Mother suddenly became excited. "You have been the emperor for six years, and we have been mother and son for six years. Even if the mother-son relationship between you and me is shallow, in the eyes of the world, you are my son."
Xiao Yuqi listened to her quietly.
"As a son, you should be respectful and filial. If word gets out about your behavior, aren't you afraid of being criticized?"
"That's funny. Your mother is the queen mother of a country, but she had an affair with my uncle and gave birth to an illegitimate child. You are not afraid of being criticized for such behavior, so why should I be afraid?"
"you……"
The Queen Mother was so angry that she spoke without thinking.
"You are just like your dead mother. Why do you have to go against me in everything?"
If it were in the past, Xiao Yuqi would definitely be angry if the Queen Mother mentioned Yin Luowan.
However, times are different now.
...
...
Xiao Yuqi knew that his mother was living well in another world.
In Tianyu, he no longer had any weaknesses, only armor. No one could hurt him in the slightest with words.
"Mother, you are a smart person, and smart people naturally do smart things. The emperor's uncle has already abandoned you. He didn't even think of taking Yulin with him when he escaped. Do you really think that he is sincere to you?"
"Even if my relationship with him has ended, the friendship we had when we were young is not something an outsider like you can interfere with."
Wang would not tolerate anyone pointing fingers at the relationship between her and Xiao Linshen.
Human hearts are fickle, and now the relationship between her and Xiao Linshen is truly devastated.
However, there was once the most sincere love between them.
Even after he married the princess, there was Xue Qingyan between them.
But before that, they truly loved each other, and Yulin was the child born out of their anticipation.
This cannot be false in the slightest.
Xiao Yuqi found it even more ironic to see her so confident.
His uncle, the emperor, had deceived the heart of this girl from the royal family when he was young, and made her fall in love with him.
After meeting his mother, he fell deeply in love with her and thought that his sincerity was betrayed and that he had suffered a great humiliation.
Later, he became the regent, in a position above everyone else, and his mind became increasingly wild. He coaxed the queen mother, who had lost her mind because of love, into giving birth to a son for him despite the great disapproval of the world.
Finally, he married the princess, which caused these two powerful women to confront each other and fight to the death, with no peace.
He just ran away without taking anyone with him.
Thinking about it carefully, Xiao Yuqi actually felt that his uncle might never have truly loved anyone else. The person he loved the most was probably himself?
People always like to believe what they want to believe.
Whether it is people, feelings, or things.
The more poisonous something is, the more beautiful and eye-catching it is.
Once you grab hold of it, you won't want to let it go.
"Does the Queen Mother want to go to the Regent's Palace and see it with her own eyes?"
"You... allow me to go?"
"Why not?"
He raised his hand, and Ziyuan stepped forward and bowed to the Queen Mother.
"Your Highness, I will help you wash and groom yourself, and then I will take you to the Regent's Palace."
Ziyuan knelt down to help her, and the Queen Mother did not refuse.
Xiao Yuqi knew that this psychological strategy was a sure win.
The Regent's Palace was much more plain than she had imagined.
Perhaps because he was afraid of leaving any evidence, Xiao Linshen's mansion was a large house with seven entrances and seven exits built according to his rank.
This is Wang’s first time here.
In the past, when she was close to Xiao Linshen, she also asked about the layout of Xiao Linshen's mansion.
What's his favorite place?
At that time, Xiao Linshen knew very well that she had spies in his house and knew everything, but she still insisted on asking. He still answered patiently.
Every time he did this, he could always make her smile.
Therefore, although it was clearly Wang's first time to come to the Regent's Palace, it seemed as if she had been there several times.
Without any guidance, she walked in through the front door with ease and counted the rooms one by one.
Until she stopped precisely outside the door of Xiao Linshen's room.
When I pushed the door open, a faint scent of powder hit my nose.
All the anxiety and expectations vanished in that instant.
No need to be deliberate.
With just a casual glance, you can see women's clothes, jewelry and some common utensils.
They really lived together.
Wang was like a tiger whose territory was invaded by someone. She was holding her grudge in her heart. Even if she disfigured Xue Qingyan with her own hands, it was difficult to eliminate the hatred in her heart.
She rushed in, like a madman, and smashed all the women's things in the house to pieces.
If they can't be broken, they will go up and stomp on them hard a few times.
The depression in my heart just eased a little.
Wang couldn't believe that a person's mind could change so quickly.
She seemed to have thought of something.
Suddenly he turned around and hurried towards the study.
Ah Shen said that there was a portrait of her hanging in his study. Whenever he missed her, he would look up at her and express his longing for her by looking at her portrait.
She had to see it with her own eyes.
Ziyuan followed Wang closely.
In the spacious and bright study, there is a large desk, on which are placed Xiao Linshen’s favorite books.
Wang stood beside the desk.
When you look up, you can see the huge portrait he was talking about.
But the person in the portrait was not her.
That is...
Wang felt like she was falling into an ice cellar.
"Yin Luowan!"
She enunciated every word with great emphasis.
I wish I could dig out the life in the portrait, eat its flesh and drink its blood.
Ziyuan had expected this and came in at the right time.
"Empress Dowager, you care about the prince and put him first in everything. Even now, you still want to protect him and are willing to sacrifice yourself to protect him. In the end, what have you gained?"
Aster looked at the portrait hanging high.
"This portrait has been hanging in the prince's study for more than 20 years. The prince always looks after it, cares for it, and wipes the dust off it every day, never asking anyone else to do it. The portrait is still preserved so new until now. You can imagine how much the prince loves it."
"You're talking nonsense. How could it take so long?"
Wang didn't believe it at all.
Ziyuan continued, "Empress Dowager, do you really think that the prince is completely unaware of the secret lines you have arranged in the Prince Regent's Palace?"
She raised her hand and touched the back of the empress dowager's head from behind, forcing her to keep looking up at the painting.
"You are so naive. Those secret agents reported to you were just told to do so by the prince! The prince has never trusted you and has never had you in his heart. Why are you still so stubborn?"
"Slut, if you dare to talk nonsense again, I will tear your mouth apart."
"Your Highness, please look at this painting. Haven't all the people told you that the portrait hanging here is yours?"
Aster stated the facts slowly and calmly.
Precisely because this was the fact, it was even more difficult for Wang to accept it.
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