Chapter 288 Elders

However, no matter what he thought in his heart, at this moment, he still had to call her

"Empress Dowager"

. This title seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth.

An Yunxi showed a kind expression on her face: "Your Majesty, there is no need to be polite."

Her eyes were very gentle, and she was completely the kind of elder looking at the younger.

Even her words revealed a sense of maturity: "Sit down."

Ling Changyue's eyebrows couldn't help jumping.

The woman sitting opposite the Empress Dowager had a pale face, like the first peach blossoms in spring, gentle and charming. Her eyebrows were like distant black, her eyes were affectionate, and the light was flowing between her gaze.

Her black hair was loosely tied up, with a simple and elegant hairpin inserted, and a few strands of hair fell by her ears, adding a bit of lazy style.

Ling Changyue had always known that An Yunxi was stunningly beautiful and had liked her since childhood. If it weren't for what happened later,

his heart would have trembled for a moment, and he gritted his teeth and bowed, saying, "Yes."

He was obviously one year older than An Yunxi, but everyone present became his elder.

The Empress Dowager looked at her grandson with a serious look and said straight to the point: "Changyue, I heard that Concubine Mei is pregnant. Do you want to make her the empress?"

Ling Changyue lowered his head and said: "Concubine Mei is the Princess of Southern Qi. It is not wrong for her to sit on the throne of empress."

The Empress Dowager sighed softly: "You don't need to tell me these big principles. I only know that the selection will be held in two days. If you make her the empress now, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the court officials. Concubine Mei is not from my Beiling. I am afraid she has ulterior motives. She cannot sit on the throne of empress yet."

Ling Changyue never thought that the person who stopped him from making Concubine Mei the empress was the Empress Dowager.

He thought Ling Fengxun was his first obstacle.

Ling Changyue looked unhappy. This was part of the plan. "Grandmother, I have already promised Concubine Mei. If I don't make her the queen, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction in Southern Qi. I don't want to break my promise, so I have a rift with Southern Qi. The two countries have just formed an alliance. Please think twice." He

said it with reason and a negotiating tone.

The Empress Dowager's face turned cold.

"It's obviously you who made the decision. Why didn't you discuss such a big matter as making her the queen with your uncle and me? Yesterday, she was found to be pregnant, and today she is going to be made the queen. It's simply nonsense!"

Ling Changyue knew that the Empress Dowager was unhappy, but he didn't retreat: "My grandson has his own opinion on this matter."

Just one sentence made the scene silent instantly.

The Empress Dowager looked at Ling Changyue for a long time, and the look in her eyes became more and more disappointed.

An Yunxi spoke at this time, breaking the silence: "Grand Empress Dowager, I heard that there is a rule in every dynasty of Beiling Kingdom."

She suddenly mentioned this at this time, which made Ling Changyue and the Grand Empress Dowager stunned and looked at her.

But An Yunxi smiled and continued in a calm voice: "The throne cannot be passed on to foreign blood. Concubine Mei is the Princess of Nanqi, so she can be considered a foreigner."

Ling Changyue's pupils shrank slightly.

He seemed to know what An Yunxi was going to say.

The Grand Empress Dowager nodded slightly: "There is indeed such a rule."

An Yunxi sneered in her heart.

If it weren't for this old tradition, Ling Fengxun would not be the regent king now!

He had been on the battlefield at a young age, and had fought for many years and made countless achievements. If he hadn't been there, how could the Beiling Kingdom have stood firm like this?

"In this case, the emperor's canonization of Concubine Mei as the queen is against the rules. The child in her belly can never inherit the throne, let alone be canonized as the crown prince, right?"

Ling Changyue slightly widened his eyes.

He wanted Concubine Mei to give birth to a prince, which meant that he wanted the Southern Qi Kingdom to fully help him seize power. Although he also knew that doing so was tantamount to plotting against a tiger, he had no other way out. Ling Changyue

has been a prince since he was a child. How could he willingly become a puppet in the hands of others, a puppet that does not need his own ideas? His

initial submission was also a helpless act. It was a false and servile act, not because he was really afraid of him, Ling Fengxun

An Yunxi saw the ambition in Ling Changyue's eyes.

She had also asked her own prince why he chose Ling Changyue to ascend the throne. At that time, Ling Fengxun only told her one sentence.

He was not afraid that the person who sat on the throne was not honest, but that person was too honest

This statement reminded An Yunxi.

If this emperor really became a puppet honestly, then wouldn't Ling Fengxun really have to be a regent for life?

She told him at the time that she wanted to watch him sit on the throne. It seems that the prince has never forgotten her words.

Ling Changyue's mind was already in a mess. His eyes fell on An Yunxi's face, looking at her half-smile.

Her posture was so calm, but her words were so aggressive.

"Yunxi, are you mentioning this matter to complain about the Regent?"

An Yunxi frowned, "Your Majesty, I am your elder, how can you be so disrespectful and call me by my given name?"

Ling Changyue's eyes were slightly red, and bloodshot was slowly spreading in his eyes.

He stood up with obvious anger on his face: "I have called you this since I was a child, why not now?"

An Yunxi calmly drank a sip of tea, completely ignoring the emotional and somewhat broken little prince at this time.

"Because I am your aunt now, your elder, you shouldn't do this, both morally and logically."

The Grand Empress Dowager suddenly slapped the table hard: "Changyue!"

She rarely loses her temper, but today she feels that her grandson is particularly ignorant. She

thought that after the crown prince Ling Changyue ascended the throne, he would be able to stabilize the entire Beiling Kingdom, but she didn't expect that this emperor would not care about national affairs, but only have his own little thoughts in mind.

"You are the emperor now, and the snowstorm in Beifeng City hasn't even passed yet, so you're in a hurry to seize power?"

Ling Changyue's face turned pale: "Grandmother, I'm not trying to seize power. The power originally belonged to my grandson, and I only have you now. Why don't you help me, but help Uncle Huang?"

He is not even twenty years old this year.

But in just one year, he experienced the pain of losing his mother, father, sister and fiancée!

From a proud son of heaven, he fell into a puppet controlled by others.

In the entire huge palace, he was the only one left.

The Empress Dowager was silent for a moment, and finally shook her head helplessly.

"Forget it, since you insist on doing this, I will never care about you again."

Ling Changyue felt relieved when he heard this.

"Thank you, Empress Dowager!"

The corners of the Empress Dowager's lips tightened a little. It seemed that Ling Changyue finally breathed a sigh of relief, but she felt a little sad in her heart. She stopped him today, wasn't it to stop him from going to a dead end?

Once Ling Changyue appointed Concubine Mei as his empress, it would break the rules of the Beiling Kingdom. Perhaps from the beginning, all his little moves were seen by Ling Fengxun, and he completely fell into the other party's calculations.