"Do you even know what you're doing?!"
The empress roared at Xu Jinyi who was kneeling below.
"Do you know how many court officials have submitted memorials to me about you? Take a look, take a look for yourself." The empress waved her hand, and all the thick memorials on the table fell in front of Xu Jinyi.
Several books fell on her.
The empress took a deep breath, and it seemed that she was very angry.
Looking at his daughter who was sitting with her head down and not saying a word, he felt a headache.
"Today you will go to Xibohou Mansion to apologize and go home to seal the dog hole you made. Also, send Gu Chen back to the Gu family immediately."
This daughter has always been lively and outgoing. If you didn't scold her like that, she would have come forward and acted coquettishly.
Now that it was so abnormal, the empress couldn't help but look over.
I saw tears falling like beads on the ground in front of her, and she was crying silently.
The empress's heart was instantly gripped, and she could no longer remember the last time her daughter cried.
She has always been bold and has never cried to me like this out of grievance. The empress couldn't help but reflect on whether she had scolded her too much.
My heart softened and I walked over: "You hit someone and you're still crying. You did something wrong, and the Queen Mother can't say a word."
Xu Jinyi suddenly hugged the empress's thighs and cried loudly. Her pitiful appearance made the empress convinced by her.
Xu Jinyi lay down on her lap and cried.
Since Gu Chen fell into a coma, Xu Jinyi went to the palace less and less frequently. After not seeing her for many days, she felt that her little face had become much thinner.
Seeing her nose turned red from crying, the empress's anger disappeared completely. She sighed and wiped her tears resignedly.
"You, you, when did you realize how high the heavens are and how deep the earth is? For the sake of Gu Chen, you offended everyone in the capital. What on earth do you want to do?"
"He's just a concubine. You can take him in if you want. It's fine if you don't like to keep him. But now that he's caused such a big incident, what do you expect the Queen Mother to do?"
"Also, what's with the saying 'a lifetime of being together'? Are you really going to wait for your whole life for someone you don't know if he or she will wake up?"
Xu Jinyi sniffed and wiped away her tears: "Why not? If he doesn't wake up, I will take care of him for the rest of his life."
"Nonsense! You want to leave the position of Zhengjun to him. The Queen Mother has no objection, but how can you give up your offspring for a man? You are a princess."
The empress's forehead was throbbing with pain again. Looking at her daughter who was still unmoved, she didn't know what to say.
Xu Jinyi smiled bitterly with tears in her eyes: "Mother Queen, in this life, I will only give birth to Achen's flesh and blood, and I only want to be with him."
As she spoke, Xu Jinyi didn't know what she was thinking about, and tears rolled down her cheeks.
"I remember every night when I lived in Fengxi Palace, my father stared at my mother with tears in his eyes."
"Those silent nights, those empty nights."
"My father's disappointment and tears."
"Mother, I can't bear it. I can't bear to let Ah Chen become like Father, waiting every day for his wife's favor, waiting to be remembered, pretending to be calm while watching the one he loves favor others."
"I see the pain in my father's heart."
The empress felt a sore nose when she heard her words, and her mind was filled with the lonely look of that humble young man.
It feels like my heart is being tightly grasped. It hurts so much.
Xu Jinyi continued with a choked voice, "Mother Queen, I don't want this. I don't want my son's prince to be like my father in the future. I want to give him my one and only love and don't want the light in his eyes to dim."
"Mother, I don't have any great ambitions, nor do I want to accomplish anything great. I just want to live a peaceful and stable life with the one I love."
"Please grant me your will for once, Queen Mother. Please, Queen Mother."
The hot tears hit the empress's heart heavily, leaving a heavy mark.
The empress tapped her forehead and scolded her softly, "You are useless."
Then he continued to wipe her tears, feeling inexplicably jealous.
The daughter has a lover and doesn't even want her mother anymore.
Gently stroking Xu Jinyi's hair, the empress sighed, not knowing whether she was happy or unhappy about her daughter's sincerity.
The daughter had no ambition and no interest in her position.
But her other daughter was ambitious and made her wary.
The two extreme personalities really made her angry and funny.
"Your father is a good man. The Queen Mother will not neglect him anymore in the future. But you two haven't gotten married yet as for Gu Chen. Let's talk about this matter after he wakes up."
Xu Jinyi insisted: "He will definitely wake up."
The Empress said seriously, "You know, if he remains unconscious and has no offspring, it means you have given up this position."
Xu Jinyi nodded: "This son has never dreamed of this position, and you, Queen Mother, are in your prime youth, why would I want to do this?"
"Moreover, as long as your majesty is on the throne, I will never be bullied. I just hope that your majesty will live a long and long life." Xu Jinyi's face was full of sincerity, and the empress was happy to hear her words.
"Well, in that case, you should live your life as you wish. The Queen Mother is in charge of everything. If you don't want to care about those people, then ignore them."
"Since you like to be free, then the Queen Mother will work hard to give birth to more brothers and sisters to support you."
Xu Jinyi leaned his head on the empress's shoulder and touched her bulging belly with his hand.
"Mother Queen, thank you. It's great to have you as my daughter."
There was a hint of tenderness on the empress's face as she touched Xu Jinyi's hair and enjoyed the tender mother-daughter time.
"When my mother was a child, she was sent to a neighboring country as a hostage. During that time, she met a man who is quite knowledgeable about poisonous insects. I have already contacted him by letter. If there is any news, I will let you know."
"Thank you, Queen Mother."
The second princess had heard the news long ago, and the empress angrily summoned Xu Jinyi into the palace.
She arrived not long after Xu Jinyi went in. The Second Princess was so happy to hear the Empress's angry roar with her own ears.
He just stood there, listening to the voices inside with a gloating look on his face, planning to pretend to go in and plead for mercy later.
She seemed to see the empress throwing a teacup at Xu Jinyi.
The corners of his lips curled up involuntarily.
But later she became more and more confused, wondering why there was no sound from inside.
I pricked up my ears but couldn't hear any sound.
After waiting for a long time, she finally rushed in out of curiosity, pretending to be in a hurry.
Without even looking at the scene inside, he knelt down and said, "Queen Mother, please forgive the Third Imperial Sister this time. She was worried about Master Gu and that's why she talked nonsense and caused a big disaster. It was not intentional."
"Mother Queen, the Third Imperial Sister knows she is wrong. Please do not punish her for her ignorance."
The empress's hand that was touching Xu Jinyi's hair froze, and she stared at the second princess with a slightly gloomy expression.
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