Chapter 248 The Queen Mother
Seeing that crying and making a fuss were of no use, Shen Yulan could only give up while she was ahead: "Thank you, cousin, for thinking of me. I didn't think clearly just now, so I did something inappropriate. If I made you angry, please forgive me."
"It's okay! Since you have thought it through, I will explain it to your aunt in person later." Yun Wansheng smiled faintly.
"Thank you, cousin. Cousin, I have something else I want to say to my cousin. Can you please step aside for a moment?" Shen Yulan's eyes flashed with unwillingness.
"Okay! Since you and your sister have something to talk about, I will naturally avoid it. Please do as you please." Yun Wansheng said indifferently and went out.
But after lifting the curtain and leaving the room, she hid behind the side door panel and eavesdropped. This cousin was acting sneaky, and I don’t know what she wanted to whisper to Mu Xingci?
He signaled the maid waiting at the door to be quiet, and then listened attentively to the movement inside.
"Cousin, do you have anything else to say?" Mu Xingci said in a gentle tone and drank tea.
Shen Yulan took a few steps forward and said in a coquettish voice, "Cousin, I don't want to live outside, so just let me live here! I want to be with you, so will you take me into your house? That way you won't have to worry about other people gossiping."
Her bold self-recommendation caused Mu Xingci to spit out the tea he had just drunk, which happened to spray onto her cousin who was still trying to move forward, wetting her clothes in several places.
"Cousin, you are so annoying. You have soiled my clothes. I don't care. Just stay with me." Shen Yulan seized the opportunity, took two steps closer to Mu Xingci and leaned against him.
Unexpectedly, before her body could touch him, she was pushed away forcefully by him, and at the same time, an angry shout was rang out.
"Shen Yulan! You better look after yourself. If it weren't for my mother's sake, I would have kicked you out of the house long ago. Get out right now!" Mu Xingci didn't expect that his cousin would dare to seduce him.
"Cousin, you have such a cruel heart. When we were little, we played the scene of the couple getting married in the hall. Can you bear to see me alone and helpless?" Shen Yulan cried in embarrassment and sadness.
"You also said that it was something that happened when you were a child, how can a child take it seriously?
This prince takes care of you because he cares about your loneliness and helplessness, and my princess has also paved the way for your future life.
"But you don't know how to appreciate her kindness, and you are still seducing her husband behind her back. Your behavior is truly hateful. I have decided to invalidate the princess's decision just now. You are not to come to the Regent's Palace again in the future. Get out!" Mu Xingci cursed.
Upon hearing this, Shen Yulan's face became slightly panicked, and she quickly knelt down to admit her mistake: "Cousin, I was wrong. Please forgive me this time! I won't dare to do it again. I am willing to accept the house that the princess gave me. I will not bother you again in the future."
"It's too late to realize your mistake now! If you don't get out of here, I'll have someone kick you out of the house. Don't say I didn't give you face then." Mu Xingci said mercilessly.
Seeing this, Shen Yulan didn't dare to say anything more. She stood up and ran out.
After they left, Yun Wansheng came out from behind the stone pillar and said, "Good intentions really don't get rewarded!"
When I returned to the main living room, I looked up and saw a man with a gloomy face sitting in the front hall.
"What's wrong? Why do you look unhappy to me?" Yun Wansheng pretended to be ignorant and walked forward and asked with a smile.
Mu Xingci pulled her over with a slightly cold look in his eyes and let her sit on his thighs.
"I wonder who was eavesdropping?" He asked with a firm tone, lightly stroking the woman's abdomen with his palm.
Yun Wansheng was exposed and smiled embarrassedly: "You have super hearing, don't tell me, you found out all this."
"Don't I know you? You're a narrow-minded woman." Mu Xingci leaned his face against her back and smiled.
"Who's petty? I just wanted to know what she wanted to say to you. Who knew she would say something so shameless?"
"I didn't expect that she wasn't like this before." Mu Xingci's eyes dimmed slightly, with disappointment.
"Maybe there's really no one left at home to rely on?"
"Aren't we already helping her? She's the one who's not satisfied. It's no one else's fault."
"Will your mother take care of her?"
"Who knows? We just do what we can and don't care. Okay, let's not talk about her anymore. It affects my mood."
At this time, Qi Yi walked in: "Your Excellency, the Regent, someone from the palace has sent a message saying that the Empress Dowager has summoned you."
"Got it!" Mu Xingci reluctantly let go of Yun Wansheng: "Wait for me at home."
"Well! Go ahead and get busy!"
Yun Wansheng sent him out of the room and went for a walk in the garden.
Mu Xingci entered the palace and went directly to Taining Palace to meet Empress Dowager Xie Fengying.
"Your Highness greets the Queen Mother!"
"Prince Regent, please don't be so polite!" Xie Fengying looked at the handsome and mature man in front of the hall with slightly curved eyes.
"Thank you, Her Majesty the Queen!" Mu Xingci straightened up and looked up at the host. "I wonder why Her Majesty the Queen summoned me."
"I got some high-quality tea yesterday and specially left a portion for you, but I was afraid you wouldn't like it, so I wanted you to try it first. If you like it, you can take it back home." After saying that, he signaled the palace maid to serve tea.
Mu Xingci frowned slightly and watched the palace maid pour the tea and bring it to him.
He took the teacup casually, and the aroma of tea filled his nose, but he hesitated and didn't drink it immediately.
"Why doesn't the Regent drink it? Do you know the tea tastes bad before you even drink it? It seems those who delivered the tea have deceived me." There was a hint of coercion and murderous intent in his tone.
Mu Xingci tightened his cup: "Your Majesty, this tea is of the finest quality, and the people below are not deceiving us."
"Really? You made such a conclusion just because you didn't drink? Are you trying to exonerate those servants?" Xie Fengying said with a slight smile on her face.
"Of course not!" A cold light flashed across Mu Xingci's eyes.
This tea has obviously been drugged. How can he drink it?
"If it's not, then why don't you drink it? Are you suspecting that I put something in your mouth?"
Seeing her aggressive attitude, Mu Xingci's eyes turned cold and he said, "The Empress Dowager should know better than anyone else whether it is true or not. I don't know how I have offended the Empress Dowager to make you treat me like this."
Xie Fengying didn't expect that Mu Xingci would dare to expose her in person and question her.
"How dare you! I offered you tea with good intentions, yet you dared to frame me like this. Come! Take him to the Sky Prison." Xie Fengying said angrily.
As soon as she gave the order, more than a dozen guards with swords walked in from outside the door.
Mu Xingci glanced at them coldly: "Empress Dowager, are you going to tear your face apart?"
"Mu Xingci, don't forget that you were able to become the regent because of my advice to the late emperor. Otherwise, this position would have belonged to the emperor's uncle Xiahou Qing.
I value you so much, yet you disobey me. Today, I will let you know that I can either praise you or kill you." Xie Fengying stared at the man in front of her with cold eyes.
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