Chapter 667 Threat
"I knew it from the moment you showed up." Zhong Nianyao raised her eyebrows and continued, "Nangong Xin is your granddaughter, your biological granddaughter. I think that few people in this world know about this!"
In other words, Madam Nangong was the empress dowager's biological daughter. However, it was obvious that Madam Nangong was not the late emperor's child, let alone the princess of the Li Kingdom.
"What exactly do you want?" The Queen Mother paused for a moment, and looked at Zhong Nianyao with an unpleasant expression. "Since you came to my palace and didn't tell anyone about this matter directly, you must have your own purpose!"
She had been immersed in the palace for decades and now sat firmly on the throne of the Queen Mother. After the initial panic, she quickly calmed down. She was also trying to guess Zhong Nianyao's intentions.
Zhong Nian Yao just asked everyone to step back and talk to her alone, which means that Zhong Nian Yao does not intend to spread this matter.
Therefore, Zhong Nianyao came to her now and directly exposed this matter. She must have her own purpose.
"Of course," Zhong Nianyao nodded and directly stated her request, "Nangong Xin has held my father under house arrest for many years. This matter absolutely cannot be let go. Her status as a princess must be stripped."
"Impossible," the Queen Mother denied it bluntly. "Xin'er's parents are both dead. She has nothing now. If her status as a princess is stripped away, how will she survive in the future?"
"As for your father's matter, I've already understood the whole story. If Xin'er hadn't saved him, he would have died long ago. No matter what, she is your father's savior. The good and the grudge cancel each other out, and the two of them are even."
"As for your father, I will ask the emperor to compensate him."
"I really can't believe you, Queen Mother, actually love Nangong Xin so much!" Zhong Nianyao's smile became meaningful. "Even now, you're still thinking about protecting Nangong Xin, even disregarding your own reputation."
Hearing this, the Queen Mother froze. She raised her head, looked at Zhong Nianyao, and said with some difficulty, "What do you mean? What do you want to do?"
For some reason, when she saw such calmness, a silent panic surged in the depths of her heart, as if something was about to get out of her control.
"How could I dare to do anything!" Zhong Nianyao shrugged and said innocently, "Empress Dowager, you love the bloodline left by your former lover so much. You are truly deeply loyal and devoted! I just wonder how the royal family and the Emperor would react if they knew that long before entering the palace for the selection, the Empress Dowager had already had an affair with another man and gave birth to a child without a matchmaker?"
Hearing this, the Queen Mother was furious, "How dare you!"
Facing the Queen Mother's anger, most people would have already started to kneel down and beg for mercy, but Zhong Nianyao was not afraid at all, and even laughed wantonly, "You can take a look, I dare you not."
The Queen Mother was so angry that she could hardly speak, but she was filled with fear and dread. She had never thought that this matter would be known to others.
Long before she entered the palace, she had a relationship with her cousin. However, her parents broke up the relationship. Her cousin was a coward and actually abandoned her and ran away. Later, she found out that she was pregnant.
At that moment, she was struck by lightning. Then, even more devastating news arrived: she couldn't abort the child. Due to her health problems, if she did, she would likely never get pregnant again.
She was so frightened that she couldn't make any decisions, so she finally told her mother what had happened. Her mother acted decisively and immediately took her to a manor in the suburbs, claiming she was recovering. Later, she gave birth to a child, which was sent away, and she returned home to continue being a rich girl.
Afterwards, she entered the palace for selection and was favored by the late emperor. She was once made a concubine and was highly favored by the emperor after entering the palace. For a time, she was considered to be in great glory.
Of course, she had been following the child's affairs since then, until the child married General Nangong, and then General Nangong died, and the child followed him to commit suicide for love.
Finally, she found a way to make the emperor take pity on the child's only remaining bloodline, Nangong Xin, and confer the title of Princess Mingyue on her. At the same time, Nangong Xin was also taken into the palace and raised by her.
Those who knew about what happened back then were either silenced early on or have passed away.
She never thought that Zhong Nian Yao would actually know about this matter, and now she is using it to threaten her.
Gritting her teeth, the Queen Mother finally held back and said, "Except for abolishing Nangong Xin's status as Princess Nangong, I can agree to everything else."
"Oh, I really can't tell that Your Majesty the Queen Mother has such deep feelings for Nangong Xin!" Zhong Nianyao's lips curled up with a sarcastic smile, "For Nangong Xin, you are willing to sacrifice your reputation and even give up all your current power and status. I really admire you!"
After saying that, Zhong Nian Yao turned around and was about to leave.
Seeing that Zhong Nianyao was about to leave, the Queen Mother became anxious and quickly shouted, "Zhong Nianyao, don't go."
Hearing the voice behind her, Zhong Nianyao smiled and turned around to look at the Queen Mother who had already stood up anxiously and was about to chase after her. She said, "I wonder if the Queen Mother has any other advice?"
After all, being old, the Queen Mother's movements were naturally not very smooth, but she still quickly stood up and walked in front of Zhong Nianyao, and asked anxiously, "What are you going to do?"
"What should I do?" Zhong Nianyao stretched out her finger and tapped her chin, looking thoughtful. "What else can I do? Since you, the Queen Mother, have chosen to protect Nangong Xin, I naturally will not disobey you. However, I also said just now that if you really want to protect Nangong Xin, then I will tell the emperor and the royal family about your true relationship with Nangong Xin, so that they can know what kind of person you are!"
The Queen Mother was so angry that her chest hurt. She covered her chest and said through gritted teeth, "Zhong Nianyao, do you really want to do this? Do you think you will have a good ending if you do something like this?"
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