Zhongli Yu's words brought Queen Chen back to her senses from her brief distraction.
She refocused her eyes and looked at her son, her expression returning to its usual cold and arrogant state.
"You came back suddenly this time, and it was the emperor of Dongqi who took the initiative to release you. Did he ask you to do anything? For example, do something for him?" Queen Chen asked in a serious tone, with a cold and official tone.
"Yes." Zhongli Yu said briefly.
"What's the matter?" Queen Chen's eyes suddenly became sharp.
"He asked me to take good care of Princess Lingfu."
As Zhongli Yu spoke, a cold and sarcastic arc appeared at the corner of his lips.
This is extremely rare for him, because he has always been a very peaceful and non-aggressive person with no offensive power.
He continued, "If anything were to happen to Princess Lingfu in Southern Yan—even if a single hair were lost—he would send troops to crush Southern Yan and seek justice for Princess Lingfu."
The muscles on Empress Chen's face twitched.
She naturally realized that Zhongli Yu had said that on purpose to make her nervous.
The latter are threatening remarks.
"I can't believe that you are my son, born after ten months of pregnancy, but now you are siding with an outsider and threatening me for a little girl? Ayu, have you forgotten that you are not from the royal family of Dongqi, but the prince of my Southern Yan!" Queen Chen scolded him sternly.
"Of course I haven't forgotten."
Zhongli Yu's expression was quite calm, but the glance he gave her seemed to carry a natural sense of majesty without anger, "It is precisely because I always remember that I am the crown prince of Southern Yan.
“So, I’m back.
"For the throne."
"What did you say?" Queen Chen was really surprised when she heard his words.
No one has ever understood her son better than she has.
He doesn't like power, doesn't like fighting, and has no interest in the throne.
For him, being an unknown zither player in the palace of Dongqi would be happier than being the crown prince of Southern Yan.
But now, he actually said with his own mouth that he came back for the throne?
Queen Chen looked at Zhongli Yu in disbelief, as if she was doubting whether the man standing in front of her was still her useless good son.
"The Queen Mother seems very disappointed?"
Zhong Liyu looked at her, the corners of his lips curled up again, his eyes sharp and a little cold, "After all, mother has always deliberately taught me to be non-confrontational. Only in this way can mother control me and become the regent queen of Southern Yan."
"You are talking nonsense!"
Empress Chen had never expected her son to have changed so much, to actually dare to mock her. A look of annoyance washed over her face, as if she had been exposed. She immediately reprimanded him, "Is this all you've learned in all these years in Dongqi?
"How dare you casually speculate about your biological mother!
"You really disappoint me!
"When we get back later, you'll be put in solitary confinement for me. Reflect on your mistakes! Figure out where you went wrong before you come out!"
Putting Zhong Liyu in solitary confinement to reflect on his mistakes was the punishment she had given him in the past.
At this moment, Zhongli Yu smiled coldly when he heard these long-lost words.
"Mother, do you still think I am the foolish son who used to obey you just to please you, and who confined himself to punish himself even though he had done nothing wrong?"
As he spoke, his expression was filled with suspicion, "Because I was too eager to study, you were unhappy and said that I shouldn't be too serious about everything, and I shouldn't be too eager to study.
“But studying is clearly not a difficult task for me.
"I am neither strong-willed nor aggressive, I am just studying.
"Even so, as long as I perform too well in my studies, you will be unhappy and punish me.
"I always say I know I was wrong, but deep down I know I was not wrong. I only said I was wrong to please my mother. Because in my young mind at that time, my mother was the most important and my favorite person in the world.
"But later, after arriving in Dongqi, when I saw how the emperor Chengxuan forced the princes of Dongqi to study hard, I finally understood what parental love really was.
“Some hope their children will become successful, while others follow their own desires.
"I'm not like you, Queen Mother. I'm obviously an excellent child, but you find it irritating and insist on me being mediocre.
"It was only much later that I finally understood why my mother treated me this way.
"My father is in poor health, and you are ambitious. Although you cannot become the empress, you can still use me as your son and become a regent."
Zhongli Yu spoke calmly and directly.
Every word seems to be an analysis of Empress Chen as a mother.
When Empress Chen heard these words, her expression fluctuated slightly.
After she finished listening, she only commented with a hint of annoyance: "You are really imagining things! I also want my son to become a successful person. You are slandering me!"
"Mother, on the way back to the imperial capital, I and the little princess were ambushed by several waves of enemies."
However, Zhong Liyu seemed to have lost his patience with her and interrupted her directly, saying, "I know that some of those assassins were sent by you."
He said one word.
Empress Chen moved her lips, but for a moment she was at a loss for words.
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After Xiao Shuangbao finished chatting with Emperor Wen, she was led by the palace maid beside Emperor Wen to the resting place arranged for her in the palace.
On the way, we passed by the Imperial Garden.
"Hurry up, fish it out for me." When Xiao Shuangbao stepped onto a stone bridge, he saw an old lady in gorgeous clothes and with gray hair sitting by the water in front of him. She held a cane in one hand, pointed at the water, and asked the palace maids and eunuchs beside her.
Several palace maids and eunuchs jumped into the water and bent down to look for something.
Seeing this, little Shuangbao also came over curiously, bent down and lay by the water, poking his little head out to look carefully.
The old lady was none other than the Queen Mother Wei of Southern Yan.
Suddenly, a round little head appeared. The little face was also round, and the eyes were also round like black grapes, quite cute. I approached it curiously and asked, "Little baby, whose child are you? What are you doing?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Shuangbao turned around and saw the kind face of the old lady. She couldn't help but bend her eyes and smiled sweetly as she replied:
"Old woman, I'm Princess Lingfu from the Kingdom of Dongqi. What am I doing? I'm just watching what you're doing!"
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