Chapter 244 The Queen Mother's Confidant! Betrayed the Queen Mother
"Your Majesty is wise, Your Majesty!"
"I have not insulted the Queen Mother, nor have I made up lies. Even if I had a thousand or ten thousand guts, I would not dare to hurt the Queen Mother!"
"I really am in love with the Empress Dowager. If Your Majesty doesn't believe me, you can ask Aunt Cui, the one the Empress Dowager trusts the most, to confront me!"
"I was drinking peacefully at the banquet before, but it was Aunt Cui who suddenly asked me to leave. It was also she who brought me here to meet the Empress!"
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When the officials heard what the Second Master Zhao said, they were in an uproar.
They turned to look at the Second Young Master Zhao, their eyes filled with shock and complexity.
Many of them knew this famous playboy. They could not imagine that the Queen Mother would look upon such a notorious bastard in a different light!
Didn’t they say that the most useless and unpromising son in their family is much better than this Zhao Er?
Even if the Queen Mother is lonely and wants to find a male lover, she doesn't have to pick someone like this, their useless son can take her place...
All the civil and military officials couldn't believe that the Queen Mother was so blind as to fall in love with the second son of Zhao. As a son, Xie Junlin couldn't believe that his mother's taste was so low.
But Zhao Er was so confident that he even said he could confront Madam Cui, so he couldn't help but believe it...
He stared at the Second Young Master Zhao for a few seconds, then suppressed his anger and turned around to yell.
"Where is Madam Cui? Her master was being bullied here, but she was not here to protect him. Where on earth did she go?"
Everyone looked at each other.
They don’t know either.
Shen Yuanwei also lowered her head and said nothing. It was not appropriate for her to say more now.
As soon as she opened her mouth, everyone's attention would be on her, because she was the one who invited the Queen Mother to the garden, and now that the Queen Mother was in trouble, she must be involved...
She silently disappeared into the crowd, waiting for things to develop on their own.
Fortunately, there are still smart people among so many people.
Someone stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Madam Xiao said earlier that the eldest prince, the second prince and Nanny Cui had left. Now the eldest prince and the second prince are nowhere to be seen, and Nanny Cui is also nowhere to be seen. Could it be that the three of them are together?"
Xie Junlin gritted his teeth and said coldly, "You guys, go to the Queen Mother's bedroom immediately to find her!"
Several Dragon Scale Guards quickly turned around and left.
Xie Junlin ordered the eunuch again, "Send the imperial physician here immediately to check the Queen Mother's pulse and see if she has been poisoned!"
He turned and stared at Queen Mother Jiang, telling himself and others, "My mother is pure and innocent. She must have been drugged. She must have been murdered!"
He looked around.
So, he could not dismiss the officials.
He wanted to find out the truth in front of everyone and clear his mother's name. If he dismissed everyone now, even if he found out the truth later, these ministers would not believe it and would only think that he was lying to cover up his shame.
Xie Junlin took a deep breath and glanced over Shen Yuanwei.
He clenched his fingers tightly behind his back.
Shen Yuanwei...
You called me "Mother"...
It’d better be that what happened tonight has nothing to do with you, otherwise, I will make sure that you die without a burial place!
Even if you are the mother of my two children, it cannot offset your sins.
She hurt my biological mother and made her suffer such humiliation in public. Someone must wash away her shame with blood and restore her innocence!
While waiting, people who went to other places to look for the prince also followed the light of lanterns and torches and came to the vicinity of the pavilion.
The parents of Mr. Zhao Er also came.
Lord Zhao originally wanted to watch the excitement, so he quietly pushed through the crowd to see what was happening inside. However, as soon as he squeezed in, he saw his son kneeling in front of the emperor, covering his bleeding wound. Lord Zhao was frightened.
His face was pale, and he staggered forward and knelt down in front of Xie Junlin.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. I wonder what this beast has done to cause Your Majesty to be so angry?"
Xie Junlin stared at Lord Zhao with a fierce look in his eyes.
"He is your son?"
Lord Zhao didn't know what had happened, but he couldn't deny his son, so he plucked up the courage to kowtow and acknowledge him.
"Your Majesty, this beast is my son. He is my second son, and his name is Zhao Tianqi."
Xie Junlin sneered.
"Lord Zhao raised a good son, but your son actually bullied me! Listen, if there is any other hidden story behind today's incident, then it's fine. But if the truth is that it is indeed your son who caused the rebellion, then I will not spare any of you in the Zhao family. You will all go to Caishikou and be beheaded!"
Xie Junlin pointed at the second son of the Zhao family again, "Especially you, Zhao Tianqi, I will cut you into pieces, I will grind your bones and scatter your ashes!"
The second young master Zhao collapsed to the ground in fear, his already pale face becoming even paler.
Lord Zhao was also frightened out of his wits.
He looked at the furious emperor, and then at his bastard son who was always getting into trouble, and he couldn't help but feel sad!
What on earth had this evil son of his done wrong? If he had known that this bastard would bring today's disaster to the Zhao family, he should have thrown this evil son into a urine bucket and drowned him when he was just born!
As they were talking, the Dragon Scale Guards came back.
One of them was carrying the crying Second Prince Xie Congyuan on his back, and the other was carrying the First Prince Xie Chengyun on his back, with Nanny Cui following hurriedly behind them.
The Dragon Scale Guards bowed.
"Your Majesty, Madam Cui and the two princes are indeed in the Queen Mother's bedroom. The second prince sprained his ankle, and Madam Cui is rubbing medicine oil on him."
Xie Junlin turned and looked at his two sons.
He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that both his sons were safe and sound.
He ordered all those who were searching for his son elsewhere to return and not to search inch by inch anymore.
He pointed at the second young master Zhao lying on the ground and asked Aunt Cui.
"Do you know him?"
Aunt Cui raised her head slowly.
She looked at the second son of the Zhao family, who was shivering with his hands covering his shoulders, and then saw the Queen Mother Jiang, who was standing beside Queen Wei with disheveled hair and a dazed look in her eyes.
Her heart couldn't help but skip a beat.
The Queen Mother is not in a good state...
Shouldn't the Empress Dowager be the one standing beside the Emperor in high spirits, leading everyone to catch Shen Yuanwei in adultery and make fun of her? Why does the Empress Dowager seem like the one who has been abused?
Nanny Cui quickly searched among the crowd, and finally, she saw Shen Yuanwei standing quietly behind Xiao Lingzhao.
The moment Shen Yuanwei's eyes met hers, a smile appeared on her lips.
Nanny Cui saw this smile and suddenly realized that things tonight were out of control!
It’s over…
It's over!
The person who slept with the Second Young Master Zhao was not Madam Xiao, but her master, the Queen Mother, who was raped by the Second Young Master Zhao!
If something like this happened and she was caught committing adultery in public by the Emperor and his ministers, the Empress Dowager would tear her to pieces when she woke up. She would push all the blame onto a servant like her to preserve her innocence, and her entire family would be killed!
But she was clearly following the Queen Mother's instructions, and she didn't make any mistakes. Why did things turn out like this? She was wronged, she was really wronged!
Nanny Cui looked up at the furious emperor and the disgraced empress dowager.
Her fingers were shaking and her eyes were wandering.
she……
Should she tell everything and protect herself?
All of this was planned by the Queen Mother herself, and has nothing to do with her. She really can't bear the consequences of the Emperor's wrath...
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