The gagged Empress Dowager Shen stared at Xuanyuan Yunche in disbelief. Seeing the man hugging the empress, a cruel look appeared on her face:
"I used to think you were weak and easily bullied.
But this scene just now made me finally understand that it is not that you are weak and easily bullied, but that you are in a weak position and can only be bullied.
Once you are in a high position, you are no different from those who bullied you!"
Ever since Xuanyuan Yunche came to power, Empress Dowager Shen has always pretended to be weak and pitiful in front of him, constantly using the torture and pain she had suffered over the years to gain Xuanyuan Yunche's sympathy and compassion, trying to use those sufferings to tie down this almost non-existent mother-son relationship.
However, after seeing the scene just now, Xuanyuan Yunche suddenly realized: Shen was no different from the other concubines of the late emperor.
Xuanyuan Yunche's awakening made Empress Dowager Shen very flustered. She knew very well that she had never given her son any motherly love and care. If she lost even this sense of compassion and sharing weal and woe, how could she continue her carefree life?
She shook her head desperately, trying desperately to persuade the emperor.
However, his mouth was blocked tightly and he could only make whimpering sounds.
Jie Ling next to her didn't dare to step forward at all and hid in the corner desperately, completely losing the arrogance she had when she wanted to hit Liu Ruyue just now.
However, Xuanyuan Yunche didn't let Jie Ling go at all. He scanned the hall and found Jie Ling. A sinister smile appeared on his lips: "Pull out all his nails for me..."
It would be useful for him to keep Jie Ling's life for now!
Seeing Xuanyuan Yunche speak, Eunuch Huang led his men towards Jie Ling. Jie Ling was so scared that she wanted to escape but had no way to escape.
Seeing her beloved about to be hurt, Empress Dowager Shen was so anxious that tears streamed down her face, and she desperately shook her head at Xuanyuan Yunche...
Seeing that Shen, who had never protected him, was actually anxious and worried about a man, Xuanyuan Yunche's heart was once again deeply moved.
Staring at Shen, Xuanyuan Yunche spoke word by word, "You really make me sick!!"
After saying that, he took Liu Ruyue's hand and strode out the door.
Before leaving, he asked Eunuch Huang to withdraw the palace maids and nannies serving in the Cining Palace, leaving only Shen and Jie Ling.
If you hurt his woman, don't even think about continuing to be the queen mother who is high above everyone else and has everyone serving her like in the past!
As soon as the imperial edict came out, Empress Dowager Shen immediately fell to the ground: her position in the harem was based on the emperor's respect.
If even the emperor no longer respects her, wouldn't she return to her previous state?
"The Emperor must have done this to prevent others from discovering your pregnancy!"
Jie Ling knew that the emperor's knife was on his neck. If he wanted to survive, he could only appease Shen.
He was worried that Shen would dislike him because of the emperor's decree, and since she couldn't speak with her tongue pulled out, he wrote these words on the ground with his bloody hand whose nails had just been pulled out, bearing the pain.
After hearing this, Shen suddenly felt that it made sense.
After all, the Queen Mother's pregnancy is not a glorious thing, and the fewer people who know about it, the better...
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"Ache, I didn't mean to anger Mother Shen~"
On the way back to Kunning Palace, Liu Ruyue said to Xuanyuan Yunche who was holding her hand.
"I know!"
Xuanyuan Yunche changed the way he addressed Jiaojiao'er from "I" to "I".
After sending the servants away, he held Liu Ruyue's hand affectionately.
Seeing that the man had no intention of blaming her, Liu Ruyue understood: It seems that Xuanyuan Yunche's control over the harem exceeded her imagination. He knew exactly what happened in every corner of the harem.
However, she still pretended not to understand and talked about her visits to Jingren Palace and Cining Palace:
"Ah Che, I am truly grateful to Empress Dowager Cao. If you hadn't been registered under her name, you would have become a lonely soul in the Forbidden City.
I am very grateful to her. Thank you for her protection, which allowed me to meet you.
As for Empress Dowager Shen, I wanted to respect her a little because she gave you life, but she treated me like an enemy, as if I had killed her parents. We couldn't see eye to eye anyway. And when I think about how she ignored you and let you be bullied like a weed, I'm furious.
So, when she was finding fault with me, I couldn't help but fight back..."
While saying these words, Liu Ruyue glanced at Xuanyuan Yunche with a delicate and timid look, looking extremely terrified, as if she was worried about angering him.
But why would the love-brained Xuanyuan Yunche be angry about this?
Not only was he not angry, he even felt a little touched: this was the first time that someone used his wife's identity to express gratitude to someone who had once given him sporadic warmth.
It was also the first time that someone felt sorry for him and thought that what the Shen family had done was wrong.
In the past, Xuanyuan Yunche was only taught to be filial.
Even if Shen is not worthy of being a mother, as long as she gave him life, she must be filial to him.
This was the first time someone stood up for my former self in front of me.
Is that a criticism of the Shen family?
No, that was speaking up for my past self.
For a moment, Xuanyuan Yunche felt a warm embrace passing through the cracks in time and space, embracing the pitiful and helpless self he once was...
"Yue'er, thank you..."
From the bottom of his heart, Xuanyuan Yunche was grateful for everything Liu Ruyue had done for him, which made him feel that he was no longer sailing alone, but had a strong support.
With red eyes, he hugged the little woman in his arms. Xuanyuan Yunche secretly swore in his heart: From now on, I must protect this little woman well, just like she tried so hard to protect me! !
Liu Ruyue, who was being hugged, showed a triumphant smile on her face: Hehe, it is useful to do background checks before starting a new job.
Look, she has the man's heart firmly in her grasp again!!!
In Kunning Palace, the concubines who came to pay their respects waited until noon, but did not see the queen. They were all very dissatisfied and had a lot of complaints.
Finally, when they heard that the Queen was coming, everyone's faces looked better.
However, this good-looking expression dimmed again in the next moment: Your Majesty accompanied the Queen to accept the greetings from the concubines?
Doesn’t Your Majesty need to attend court?
As for being so clingy and staying together all the time, does it show that the emperor and empress are deeply in love?
"Your Highness, long live the Emperor!"
"May the Queen live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years!"
No matter how reluctant they were, the concubines saluted the emperor and empress with smiles on their faces.
It was just that they had agreed to pay their respects to the new queen, but after the ceremony, everyone's eyes were glued to Xuanyuan Yunche.
After a brief moment of jealousy, the concubines were filled with ecstasy: It had been almost six months since the Emperor had touched her, and her vagina was almost covered in spider webs. She had never expected to meet the Emperor again today. She must show off her beauty and seduce the Emperor into her bed...
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