The Queen Mother had burst into tears without knowing when.
Ying Xixi wiped the Queen Mother's tears and comforted her silently.
When the Queen Mother calmed down a bit, she told the nanny in a hoarse voice, "Go find His Majesty and tell him to come here if he's free."
"yes."
After a while, firm and powerful footsteps were heard at the door.
As soon as Ying Xixi heard it, she knew it was Xiao Xieyun's footsteps.
The footsteps hesitated at the door for a moment before resuming, coming closer and closer.
After Xiao Xieyun came in, the palace maids in the inner hall saluted him.
Ying Xixi also stood up, "Your Majesty, you are here."
She walked up to Xiao Xieyun and squeezed his big hand soothingly.
Xiao Xieyun held her hand tightly and felt that his originally uneasy mood had miraculously calmed down.
He looked at the gaze he had felt since he entered the room.
Xiao Xieyun and the Queen Mother looked at each other after a long time.
He wanted to call out "Mother", but his throat felt like it was filled with mud and it was difficult to make a sound.
Not only him, but also the Queen Mother found it difficult to speak first.
Especially at this moment, the Queen Mother's eyes were red, and she was probably going to burst into tears as soon as she opened her mouth.
Ying Xixi looked at the mother and son, first pulled Xiao Xieyun to sit next to the empress dowager, and then spoke to break the silence between them.
"Your Majesty, you must be hungry too, right?
I'll ask the royal chef to make something to eat. You two can have a good chat.
Communication is very important. If some misunderstandings are not clarified, they will become a thorn in your heart over time.
By that time, even if you pull it out, there will still be a place for that thorn in your heart."
Ying Xixi said this softly, and wanted to stand up and leave.
But Xiao Xieyun held her hand tightly and did not let go.
"Xixi, don't go, just stay here."
Xiao Xieyun spoke in a low voice, looking at Ying Xixi with moist eyes that showed grievance and pleading.
Ying Xixi's heart instantly softened.
"good."
She looked at Nanny and Yueya beside her. They understood and temporarily withdrew.
The only people left in the inner hall were the Queen Mother, Xiao Xieyun and his mother, and Ying Xixi.
Seeing that the mother and son still didn't speak first, Ying Xixi had to speak first.
"Your Majesty, I have already briefly mentioned to Your Majesty what you told me about that year.
But the specific matters may require you to discuss it with the Queen yourself."
Xiao Xieyun nodded and finally spoke.
"Mother."
It was a little difficult for Xiao Xieyun to call out "Mother".
When he called out "Mother", the Queen Mother's tears fell again.
Xiao Xieyun curled up his fingers, took out a handkerchief from his arms and handed it to the empress dowager.
Xiao Xieyun was prepared to be ignored by the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother took his handkerchief.
He breathed a sigh of relief and began to talk about what happened that year.
When Ying Xixi spoke earlier, she had only given a brief outline.
This time, Xiao Xieyun recounted every detail of the past in almost every detail.
From watching coldly from the sidelines, to being forced into the midst of a bloodbath between brothers, to becoming a sharp blade in the hands of the late emperor to plot against other princes...
He told everything up to the present situation.
Ying Xixi was just a bystander after all, and what she said shocked and saddened the empress dowager.
But every little detail spoken by Xiao Xieyun, the person involved, made the empress dowager feel as if she had experienced every detail of it personally.
She felt sad and desolate at the same time as she was heartbroken.
She didn't dare to think about how much pressure Ah Yun had to bear after she was stimulated and went crazy!
Everyone said that he had driven his mother crazy, and all kinds of unbearable discussions surrounded him. How helpless would he be?
The Queen Mother covered her face and cried.
Ying Xixi scratched Xiao Xieyun's palm, signaling him to comfort the empress dowager.
Xiao Xieyun pursed his lips, tentatively reached out and gently patted the empress dowager's shoulder.
"Mother, don't cry."
Xiao Xieyun's words were dry, and the Queen Mother cried even harder.
The Queen Mother cried her heart out, as if she wanted to cry out all the grievances, resentments and regrets of the past years.
Ying Xixi and Xiao Xieyun accompanied her quietly.
When the empress dowager slowly stopped sobbing, Ying Xixi had already asked Yueya to bring warm water and apply it to her eyes.
"My Lady, now that everything has been said and done, everything will be fine. Life will be better in the future.
Your Majesty and I have already agreed that after the New Year, Your Majesty will make public the late emperor's will and all previous events.
This way, Your Majesty can finally rid himself of the undeserved reputation of a tyrant."
After Ying Xixi finished speaking to the Queen Mother, she turned to look at Xiao Xieyun.
"Your Majesty, now that New Year's Eve is over, is it about time to make the will public?"
"Well, it will be made public tomorrow."
Xiao Xieyun didn't want to drag it out any longer.
He has been called a tyrant for long enough.
He didn't want his and Xixi's child to hear from others that his father was a tyrant after he was born.
Ying Xixi didn't know that Xiao Xieyun had thought so far.
Xiao Xieyun has almost finished handling today's political affairs.
He and Ying Xixi stayed with the Queen Mother until they had dinner together, and then they left.
It was already dark when the two came out of the palace.
Ying Xixi wanted to take a walk to help digest her food, so she and Xiao Xieyun started strolling slowly on the road.
"Ayun, how are you feeling now?"
Ying Xixi hid herself completely in the cloak, leaving only a pair of bright big eyes exposed as she looked at Xiao Xieyun.
Xiao Xieyun raised the corner of his lips to smile, "I'm in a good mood.
You are right. The worst possible outcome would be that I would never see my mother again and would have no contact with her until I died.
Now this result is beyond my expectation.
Xixi, this is really all thanks to you.
If it weren’t for you, I might still be in the same state as before.”
The tenderness in Xiao Xieyun's phoenix eyes was so full that it was about to overflow, which made Ying Xixi's heart flutter.
"You're welcome, we will get better and better in the future!
It’s so cold, let’s go back in a carriage.
I don’t want to leave.”
Ying Xixi stood there and stomped her feet which were almost frozen.
"good."
The next day, a late emperor's will and an imperial edict broke the peace of the capital.
It was like a drop of water falling into a frying pan, and the entire capital city exploded!
"Oh my god! So the late emperor had already issued an edict allowing Your Majesty to succeed to the throne?!
No, who was the first to spread the rumor that Your Majesty forced the emperor to abdicate and murdered his father to ascend the throne?
"Yes, yes, it's obvious that someone else is forcing the emperor to abdicate. How come it turned out to be His Majesty?!"
"Also, the deaths of the other princes back then had nothing to do with Your Majesty.
When fighting for the throne, there will always be calculations among each other and even killing each other.
But some people said that the other nine princes were killed by His Majesty himself!"
"That's not all. Didn't Your Majesty punish some officials after he ascended the throne?"
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