"Miss An, the Queen Mother is already waiting for you in Anhe Hall!" At this time, a little palace maid walked towards them and said respectfully.
"knew!"
An Tingyu responded indifferently, then walked into Anhe Hall with Jing Aotian.
In the palace, little Yunxi was playing in the palace hall, and Xing'er was watching beside him, occasionally handing him a toy and taking care of his clothes all day long.
Seeing An Tingyu and the others come in, Xing'er leaned over to An Tingyu and Jing Aotian, "Miss, son-in-law!"
"Uncle?"
The Queen Mother snorted coldly at the title of son-in-law, "How can he be considered the son-in-law of the An Mansion if he is not legitimate and proper?"
"This..." Xing'er was shocked and was about to admit her mistake, but An Tingyu said: "As long as I admit it, then he is!"
"Hmph!" The Queen Mother sneered again, "You treat him as your husband, as your closest person, but what can he do for you? If it weren't for him, would you be so passive in your current situation?"
An Tingyu understood what the Queen Mother meant. To be honest, the Queen Mother was still blaming Jing Aotian. If it weren't for Jing Aotian, she might not have become the nineteenth concubine now, but...
"Loving someone doesn't mean expecting him to do something for you, or getting something from him. If that's the case, I might as well have a group of obedient subordinates, and then I can do whatever I want. What do I need a man for?" An Tingyu retorted, and neither of them gave in.
"A man should hold up a woman's sky. If he can't, is he still a man?"
"Mother, your thinking is rather old-fashioned, isn't it? Who says women must hide under the umbrella of men's protection? Are women less capable than men? Or are women inherently less intelligent than men? Is it true that women can do what men can't?"
"Even if he can do it, so what? Only unfortunate women don't have men to protect them. Women who can be protected by men are happy. But can he protect you? If his status is lower than yours, what can he use to protect you?"
"According to what you said, then I should never have a man in my life?" An Tingyu sneered. In the eyes of outsiders, she was the nineteenth generation of the Nether Palace's Lord. If she could only find a man of higher status than her, then why would she still look for a man? There was probably no man in the world with a higher status than her, right?
The Queen Mother was speechless after being silenced by An Tingyu for a while before she continued, "That's not what I meant. I just think Prince Jing is not suitable. Prince Jing, don't you agree?"
In the last sentence, the Queen Mother pointed the finger at Jing Aotian.
Jing Aotian glanced at the Queen Mother calmly and said, "Queen Mother, you seem to dislike me. I wonder how I have offended you?"
Jing Aotian is not a man without temper. The Queen Mother has belittled him in front of him. If he pretends not to hear it, then he will be really useless.
"Don't you know what you've done?" The Queen Mother scoffed coldly, adding, "If it weren't for you, would Yu'er have become everyone's target? Have you ever thought about her current situation? If things go wrong, she could lose her life. When you, Jing Aotian, were suspected of being the nineteenth generation of the Supreme Lord, you were often assassinated and targeted. Now, because of you, Yu'er has become a piece of fat meat in everyone's eyes..."
"I'm not fat!" An Tingyu rolled her eyes and interrupted.
"Don't interrupt!" The Queen Mother glared at her, then said coldly to Jing Aotian, "I'm telling you, if I had known Yu'er would come forward, I would have preferred you to remain the object of suspicion. That way, Yu'er would be safe, because your life or death has nothing to do with me. But An Tingyu's life belongs to me."
Listening to the Queen Mother's childish quarrel, An Tingyu finally lost her patience. "Stop, stop, stop. You are getting more and more unreasonable. What do you mean my life is yours? My life is my own. Don't take my life for your own."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
