“It’s not the same thing.”
Qi Yuan felt distressed and regretted that he had spoken too absolutely just now.
"In some matters, I cannot always listen to you. For example, in this matter, for a woman with a weak constitution like you, a cold is a serious illness. If you don't take medicine, I don't know when you will recover."
Qi Yuan has always cared about her health.
Just when Xu Lingyi was having a headache and worrying about how to convince him.
Eunuch Wang came to report that the Empress Dowager had arrived.
"Mother?"
Qi Yuan couldn't help but frown.
Qi Yuan didn't intend to hide the news of Xu Lingyi's return, and he couldn't hide it either.
So the palace must have heard the news, and considering the Queen Mother's personality, it is normal for her to come here.
But Qi Yuan could also imagine that since his mother cared about him, she would definitely not be in a good mood towards him.
"Your Majesty."
Xu Lingyi tugged at his sleeve and said, "I was wrong in what happened before, and I want to personally apologize to the Queen Mother."
She couldn't ask the Empress Dowager to wait for her outside the courtyard.
Since she wanted to live a good life with him, she must obtain the forgiveness of the Empress Dowager.
"You are sick, so it's better not to see him."
Qi Yuan said what he was hesitating about, "After some time, when you are in better health and the Queen Mother's anger has subsided, I will take you to the palace to see her."
This was his original plan.
"But the Queen Mother has already arrived at the palace. As a junior, how could I not go and pay my respects to her?"
Qi Yuan thought things were too simple
The Empress Dowager was a loving mother to him, but to her, she was still a mother-in-law no matter what.
And Xu Lingyi knew very well that the Empress Dowager was not a bad person.
Qi Yuan liked her in the past, and the Empress Dowager treated her well.
Now she was just angry with her and at most would say a few unpleasant words to her, but she would never do anything to her.
All he had to do was ask the Empress Dowager to vent her anger. It wasn't as complicated as Qi Yuan thought.
"good."
Qi Yuan hesitated for a while but couldn't resist her and nodded.
Whether it was the Queen Mother or her, they were the people he cared about most.
They are also the best women in his heart. It is best to be able to resolve misunderstandings and live in peace with them.
"I will go and ask the Queen Mother to come in."
After going out, Qi Yuan still felt uneasy.
He and she just talked things out today, and after much difficulty they finally reached a mutual understanding, but he still had to plead with the Queen Mother in advance.
"I really raised a good son."
The Empress Dowager snorted coldly, and her dissatisfaction was revealed in her first words when she saw him.
"Mother, I was wrong." Qi Yuan apologized wisely.
"She didn't dare to see me, so she asked you to come out and send me away?"
The Empress Dowager is now accustomed to speculating about Xu Lingyi with the greatest malice.
"Mother, Yi'er is not that kind of woman. You have misunderstood her."
Qi Yuan had a headache.
"Misunderstand?"
The Empress Dowager obviously didn't believe it and her expression was still extremely ugly.
"I came to the palace, and she, as the daughter-in-law, didn't come out to greet me. Do you think this is a misunderstanding?"
"Yier is sick with a high fever and can't get out of bed. It's not intentional that she doesn't come."
This was the first time in Qi Yuan's life that he felt the difficulties between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
His mother had always liked Xu Lingyi, but he hadn't realized it.
However, after Xu Lingyi left the palace, her mother's attitude towards her changed drastically.
He quickly added, "I'm concerned about her health... and also about your health, Mother. You're old, and I'm afraid she might pass on her illness to you..."
She sneered and put down her teacup heavily. "So you care about your mother, too. I thought you only cared about the princess, and had long forgotten you had family."
He pinched his brows and said, "This son has always remembered mother, and so has Yi'er. Originally, this son was thinking of not letting mother see her today, but Yi'er stopped this son."
"So I should be grateful to her just for being able to see her?"
Qi Yuan: “…”
He pinched his temples, as if nothing he said would make sense now.
"Mother, I have absolutely no such intention."
"That's good. If you really do mean that, I will go down and accompany your father and tell him what an unfilial son you are."
"Mother, why do you have to do this?"
"Move aside, I'll see if she's really sick or just faking it."
If she had made a mistake and was found, she would definitely not dare to see anyone at this moment.
Xu Lingyi's illness is most likely fake.
Although the imperial physician also came, this woman had too many tricks. If she could fool Qi Yuan, how could she not fool the imperial physician?
But her eyes were sharp and she would never be fooled by this woman again.
Seeing that the Empress Dowager was so aggressive and looked like she wanted to eat someone, how could Qi Yuan dare to let her in?
Qi Yuan sighed, frowning, "My Queen Mother is truly ill, and her illness is related to me, so how could she be faking it?"
Qi Yuan took a deep breath and decided to explain things to the Empress Dowager.
"Besides, I was also at fault for her leaving the palace. I didn't explain some things to her clearly, which led to misunderstandings between us. Now that everything has been explained, Yi'er and I will just live a good life from now on."
"I hope the Queen Mother will help me and not make things difficult for her."
He spoke sincerely, and his words were all trying to excuse the woman.
The Empress Dowager looked at Qi Yuan in complicated silence, but in the end she felt sorry for her son and couldn't bear to embarrass him.
"How could my family and the late emperor raise a son like you?"
The Empress Dowager sighed, filled with anger at her lack of fighting spirit.
"Forget it! For your sake, I won't bother with her too much, but I'm angry, and you can't just tell me to say nothing. I'm afraid I'll be so angry that I'll die."
"If you only want your wife and not me as your mother, then you can drive her away and tell me not to say anything to her. Otherwise, I will definitely have to warn her a few words."
After the Empress Dowager said this, Qi Yuan could no longer stop her.
"Mother, you are right to scold us, but she is feverish right now..."
Qi Yuan reminded again, fearing that the Empress Dowager might go too far.
But no matter what his mother said, he would bear it together with Xu Lingyi.
"Humph, are you so afraid of what I say about her?"
"In ordinary families, daughters-in-law don't feel half as comfortable as she does, and no mother-in-law is as bad as me, who can't even scold her daughter-in-law."
"She married into the royal family, which was a high status marriage."
Seeing Qi Yuan in trouble, the Empress Dowager finally had to compromise.
"I will say less. Just protect her. I will watch her ride on your head in the future, just waiting for the day when she abandons you again. You will cry when that happens."
Qi Yuan held his forehead with his hand, "Mother, she won't do that. I have reconciled with her."
"Hmph, you never know."
The Empress Dowager pushed him away and walked towards the inner room.
She wants to have a good meeting with Xu Lingyi.
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