Chapter 662 Mother and Daughter Quarrel!
I never imagined she was an abandoned baby!
Mother, you've kept this from your daughter for so long!
No wonder they were so cold to her, and to Yuan Jing and the others as well. Now that I think about it, she was a target for everyone's attention from birth.
The more flamboyant she was in the palace, the more people around her hated her. Those princes and princesses secretly wished she would suffer a terrible death.
Can Zhou Xinrou's motherly love be faked? What about the Empress Dowager?
If the Empress Dowager truly wanted to protect her granddaughter, she would never have brought her into the palace from a young age, nor would she have given her rewards that always surpassed those of the princes and princesses.
Therefore, the Empress Dowager knew about her background from the beginning, but she was just better at disguising it than Zhou Xinrou.
As Shen Lanxi recalled the kind old man with the gentle smile, her eyes grew colder and colder.
"All officials, heed my command! Follow me back to the capital, reclaim the palace, and rescue the Empress Dowager!"
The officials immediately began arranging their return journey, but just as they were about to depart, rumors once again spread throughout the capital.
Huang Yucai was the Empress Dowager's biological daughter, and a descendant of the former Crown Prince.
Liu Yan replied, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager must have been coerced by the villains and had no choice but to speak against her will!"
Shen Lanxi: "I know. If anyone is to blame, it is Huang Yu. The Empress Dowager was forced by circumstances. You don't need to persuade me. I understand."
"The most important thing now is to rescue the Empress Dowager and protect the safety of the people of the capital. Huang Yu's treason has harmed the people of our capital. I will never forgive such a sinner!"
The officials responded immediately.
"Never forgive, never forgive..."
Shen Lanxi's eyes blazed: "Get ready, and join me in slaying the wicked!"
"Slay the wicked..."
The officials' shouts were deafening.
...
"I sent word to Yuan Jing and the others a long time ago. They must be on their way now. According to the delivery time, they should be almost in the capital by now," Zhou Xinrou said smugly.
Huang Yu asked the person next to her, "Where is Lin'er?"
"Your Majesty, the young prince is taking a nap."
Did you make any noise before bed?
"After a few commotions, I tried to persuade him, but the young prince is a considerate person. Knowing that His Majesty was busy, he went to sleep on his own."
Huang Yu nodded in satisfaction.
"Release the news again, announcing to the world that I will ascend the throne and become emperor in three days!"
"yes."
Zhou Xinrou was a little worried: "Isn't it a bit too hasty?" They didn't even choose an auspicious day.
Huang Yu: "There's no time like the present. If Shen Yuanjing and the others hadn't arrived yet, I would have wanted to ascend the throne today!"
For some reason, Zhou Xinrou always felt uneasy.
"Yu'er, I feel that this uprising was somewhat hasty."
Huang Yu's expression turned somewhat displeased when she heard her name called.
"Then when do you think would be the best time to raise an army?"
"Should we wait until Shen Lanxi falls seriously ill? Until chaos erupts in the Great Zhou? Or until she dies of old age?"
Seeing her daughter's sharp tone, Zhou Xinrou patiently said, "That's not what I meant. What I meant was to be more cautious."
Huang Yu shook his head: "I don't want to wait any longer."
She endured so much hardship, desperately fighting bandits in the deep mountains and forests, all for this moment, wasn't it?
Now that everything is in the right place and time, all that's left is to give it our all, but she's saying it's not the right time?
As Shen Lanxi's power became more and more secure, who knew the bitterness and anxiety in her heart?
"Do you know what it feels like to face a living dead every day since I can remember?"
"you do not know."
Zhou Xinrou's face was full of guilt and heartache.
"At that time, my mother had no choice."
Huang Yu snorted coldly: "You let that fake enjoy wealth and luxury in the capital, while I hide in the dark mountains every day, living in fear like a rat, constantly on the run. Look at Shen Lanxi, and then look at me. How dare you call yourself a mother?"
The stern rebuke left Zhou Xinrou with a pained expression, but she had no regrets.
"Back then, the Shen family was sentenced to exile in Dongchuan. If it weren't for Shen Lanxi's comeback, we would have been killed by Zhou Chengqian's men along the way."
Huang Yu was naturally aware of this matter, but right now she only wanted to gain the upper hand over Zhou Xinrou in words.
“Those people were secretly dealt with by us. You knew Zhou Chengqian was our enemy, yet you still tried to please him and even went to his bed.”
"Shut up!" Zhou Xinrou looked at her daughter with a pained expression.
Who is she doing all this for?
All this was for this moment, but all her sacrifices have only earned her her daughter's accusations.
"Do whatever you want, I won't stop you anymore."
Thinking of her grandson, born through scheming, Zhou Xinrou's heart softened again.
"I'm going to see Lin'er."
Huang Yu watched Zhou Xinrou leave with a cold eye, and immediately wrote a letter to have it sent to the Northwest.
She was born after the Crown Prince, and that needs to be explained to Shen Yuanjing.
Let's write Shen Yuanjing as Shen Congwen's child with another woman.
Not long after the letter was sent out, an urgent message arrived from the Northwest.
The army was already ten miles away.
Huang Yu's lips curled up higher and higher; she knew that Shen Yuanjing and the others would help her.
There is no kinship when it comes to power.
Meanwhile, news also reached back that Shen Lanxi had led all the officials back to the capital.
Huang Yu immediately summoned his men and had all the officials' families brought to the city gate.
"Pass down the order: whoever brings Shen Lanxi's head will be granted a title of nobility and prime ministership, and will be rewarded with thousands of acres of fertile land and tens of thousands of taels of gold."
The streets of the capital were deserted, and the people were filled with fear and unease. They all locked their doors at home, and even when they spoke inside, they dared not raise their voices.
Horses galloped by on the street from time to time, and just by the sound of their hooves, they knew they weren't His Majesty's men.
His Majesty once decreed that horses were not allowed to roam freely in the capital.
We've only had a few years of peace, is it going to change again?
At this time, the people began to remember Shen Lanxi's good deeds.
Although Your Majesty is a woman, their lives are better than those of men who were emperors before.
Why change emperors?
If they had a choice, they wouldn't want to change.
Unfortunately, some things in this world cannot be done the way they want.
...
Shen Lanxi led her people to the city walls.
Huang Yu stood on the city wall early.
"Shen Lanxi, out of consideration for the Empress Dowager's care for you, if you lay down your weapons and surrender, I will spare your life!" Huang Yu stood on the city wall, speaking arrogantly.
Shen Lanxi smiled contemptuously: "A traitorous minister, how dare you threaten me?"
Seeing that Shen Lanxi was not impatient at all, Huang Yu was annoyed and immediately cursed, "I am the true chosen one of Heaven. You are just an abandoned baby who was picked up. If it weren't for the Empress Dowager needing you, you would have died long ago."
Shen Lanxi: "Nonsense, trying to call a deer a horse, it's ridiculous."
Huang Yu's face darkened, and he ordered someone to summon the Empress Dowager.
If she could get Shen Lanxi killed by her subordinates, that would truly be a testament to her skill.
She didn't want to take Shen Lanxi's life so easily.
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