Hearing this, the Queen Mother also felt sad.
Since he was born, the emperor seemed to have no emotions. He was not interested in anything and his face was always cold.
He doesn't know how to laugh, nor does he cry very often, so naturally, he doesn't rely much on her as his mother.
The only difference was with Jiang Yi.
"He was brought up by the late emperor himself since he was little. He has always been very opinionated and not close to me, his mother. What can I do?" The empress dowager said sadly.
"That's why, when the Imperial Master said that Niao Niao was the Emperor's destined daughter, I was truly delighted and immediately arranged for Niao Niao to enter the palace. This was because if Niao Niao could win the Emperor's favor, having Niao Niao between us would deepen the mother-son bond between us."
"But who would have thought that Niao Niao..."
"Nianniao is a very good child, but Cheng's family is of humble origin, and the people on her mother's side are even less respectable, which has harmed Nianniao." Marquis Wu'an immediately spoke up for his daughter.
The Queen Mother asked quietly, "Then why did you marry Cheng in the first place?"
"That year, you, the great Marquis of Wu'an, were willing to endure the gossip and curses of the world in order to marry Cheng, a slut who already had a wife and daughter. I thought you loved her very much."
There was a hint of resentment in the tone.
"Cousin." After hearing this, Marquis Wu'an immediately stepped forward. He squatted beside the Queen Mother and held her hand regardless of her wishes.
The Queen Mother gave him an angry look, but he still didn't back down.
"Cousin, after all these years, have you never felt that Cheng looks a bit like you?"
"Cousin, of course, knows what I'm thinking. I admire you, and you were supposed to be my wife. If the late emperor hadn't used some trickery to get me away, you would have married me long ago."
"When I returned from the Northern Frontier, you had already become the Queen. Filled with grief and resentment, I married Liu, thinking that this would help me forget you, but I simply couldn't. It was all just self-deception."
"Then I left again. The border was bitterly cold. You thought I loved you so much, but I was just trying to escape."
"After that, I returned to Beijing and ran into Cheng. She looked very similar to you."
"At that time, you were in the prime of the Emperor's favor. The late Emperor doted on you and loved you, even bringing your son, the Crown Prince, to his side to raise. There were only a few concubines in the harem, and everyone was singing praises of your love."
"Cousin, Muzhi is feeling very miserable."
"I went to marry Cheng regardless of everything, even if it meant bearing the infamy. I wish I had taken you away without hesitation back then."
"I mistook Cheng for you."
"Cheng Shi is as pretty as you, and Niao Niao is also very similar to you."
"Sometimes I think that Niao Niao is our child."
"That's why I love her more than any other child, because I treat her like our own daughter."
"Haven't you noticed that Niao Niao looks a lot like you?"
"Discovered...discovered." The Queen Mother looked at Marquis Wu'an in a daze.
It is precisely because of this that she likes Gu Niaoniao so much.
She and Marquis Wu'an were once childhood sweethearts, but unfortunately, fate played a trick on them. Later, when she entered the palace, the late emperor doted on her very much, so she forced herself to forget their past relationship.
But the affection of childhood does exist.
The late emperor had been gone for three years, and the empress dowager couldn't help but think of the past. Marquis Wu'an was tall and mighty, and even though he now had white hair on his forehead, he was still strong and powerful.
Marquis Wu'an doted on his wife, and he doted even more on his daughter, Gu Niaoniao.
The Queen Mother couldn't help but feel uneasy. She didn't expect that her careless words would cause Marquis Wu'an to break the window paper.
"Please let me go." The Queen Mother turned her face away. "I have forgotten everything that happened in the past."
"Have you really forgotten it, Taihou?"
A tall shadow descended. "I will never forget that the late emperor deliberately transferred me to the Northern Frontier just to snatch you away from me."
"The hatred of having my wife taken away is unforgivable. Fortunately, God has mercy on me. The late emperor passed away early, which shows that God also has pity on me."
"God is also creating opportunities for me and my cousin."
The Queen Mother is no longer young, but she has taken good care of herself and is dressed elegantly and gracefully, looking the same as before.
Marquis Wu'an's gaze became more and more obsessed.
The Queen Mother couldn't help but soften under this infatuated gaze.
Marquis Wu'an whispered in the Queen Mother's ear, "Your Majesty is truly unfilial. I am truly worried about my cousin's future."
The Queen Mother said, "After all, I am his biological mother. Although he is a bit cold and doesn't treat me very close, it's not that bad..."
"Not before, but now that I have a sweetheart, it's not certain." Wu Anhou said, "That Jiang stayed in my house for some time. She is a very ambitious person."
"Right now, he keeps contradicting you because of this Jiang family. I really don't know what will happen in the future..."
"If Jiang says she doesn't like you, I'm afraid the emperor will be willing to kill you, the queen mother. I'm really worried about my cousin's future just thinking about it."
"And my cousin said that if the emperor found out about our affair, he wouldn't be able to tolerate you and me."
At this point, the Queen Mother shuddered suddenly.
She was injured when she gave birth to Pei Siliang. The late emperor felt sorry for her and brought Pei Siliang to his side to raise him personally.
Therefore, Pei Siliang's relationship with the late emperor was much deeper than that with her, his biological mother.
If her son knew...
When the Queen Mother thought of this, she hurriedly pushed Marquis Wu'an under the couch.
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