"Zhen'er, you finally remembered your mother and came?"

All the civil and military officials knew that Prince Zhao and the Queen Mother had always been at odds. Even in some important occasions, the two of them had little communication. The relationship between the mother and son was very stiff. Because of the princess, their relationship gradually improved, but he had never been seen to visit the Queen Mother in person.

The Queen Mother was so happy to see him coming, but he had a sullen face, as if he had just come back from His Majesty's presence. Could it be that the two of them had had a quarrel? "What's wrong with you?" The Queen Mother looked at him with concern, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes became deeper and deeper. When she saw him, she couldn't help but laugh, and the corners of her mouth gradually curved up.

"Why does the Queen Mother care about the affairs of the previous dynasty?" Rong Zhen really couldn't understand, so he came to find out.

"Are you referring to the Gongsun family's affairs?" The Queen Mother lowered her brows slightly. She thought he was taking the opportunity to check on her old bones, but she didn't expect that he came to question her about something else.

The Queen Mother returned to the phoenix couch and sat down, her eyes showing indifference, and she did not take his words to heart.

"That's right. Although Jianzhong didn't work for the court, he didn't do anything against the will of heaven. Your Majesty, aren't you afraid of heaven's punishment for killing him so ruthlessly?" Rong Zhen's tone seemed nonchalant, but every word struck the empress dowager's heart. Her smile froze, and the corners of her mouth slowly pursed up. Although she still had a smile on her face, it was getting colder and colder.

"How dare you! How do you talk to me like that?" The Queen Mother angrily threw the cup in her hand to the ground. Even the palace maid guarding the door could hear the noise inside. She didn't expect that the mother and son would either never have any contact with each other forever or would quarrel as soon as they met.

A hint of uneasiness flashed across Rong Zhen's face.

At Xie's house, someone quickly passed the news to Xie Yihui's ears. Xie Yihui was playing with a bird with something in his hand. His body suddenly paused, his expression became a little complicated, and he laughed twice, a weird laugh coming out of his dry throat.

"Have someone continue to monitor Rong Zhen's every move, including what he said to the Queen Mother, and report everything to me."

"yes."

Rong Zhen stood calmly in front of the Queen Mother, and suddenly knelt down in front of him. The mother and son had not seen such a scene in more than ten years. When the Queen Mother saw that he suddenly made a fuss about this, she must have thought that this matter was indeed extremely important in his heart.

"What are you doing? For those traitors! You actually beg me for mercy?" The Queen Mother's voice trembled with excitement, and she quickly stood up and scolded him.

He turned a deaf ear to these harsh words and was willing to do anything as long as the Queen Mother could be tolerant and spare those innocent people.

"Empress Dowager, Wei Chen has never begged you, but this matter is also the last wish of the late emperor. Even if you don't consider my son's face, you should at least consider the late emperor's face." Rong Zhen was not favored by his mother and the emperor since he was a child. He was sent to the frontier since he was a child.

He had experienced all the ups and downs of life in his childhood, but he would definitely do what he promised to Gongsun Ningxue.

"You! Do you know why I do this?" The queen mother walked up to him. Normally, she never interfered in the affairs of the previous dynasty, but on this matter she made suggestions to the emperor.

The emperor did as she instructed and was about to obey her order to hang those people, but he didn't expect that Cheng Yaojin would appear halfway.

"Empress Dowager..." Rong Zhen knelt quietly beside her. The Empress Dowager helped him up with her own hands and listened attentively to the reasons why she did so.

"The Gongsun family does not have any ambitions, but this incident is obviously someone trying to make a big fuss and use the Gongsun family to challenge the imperial power. I can't let this happen. The various factions will definitely follow suit. If this fails to appease the people, then the government will definitely be in chaos!"

The Queen Mother spoke with certainty and explained the interests involved to him. Rong Zhen suddenly realized that he had been concerned about this, but he knew what kind of person Gongsun Mu was. Otherwise, he would not have died to show his loyalty. He was afraid that someone was in collusion with the people behind the scenes, so he did such a rebellious thing.

"Empress Dowager, shouldn't we now thoroughly investigate the person behind the scenes? So many innocent people have been killed, I really feel it's a pity..." Rong Zhen said with his head down in shame. It was all his fault that the matter could not be verified. The person behind the scenes had people in all six ministries and were keeping watch on him. Xie Yihui's minions were almost reaching the harem.

"Okay, I understand what you mean. You have a kind heart just like the emperor. However, it is not enough to have a kind heart. You also have to convince the people.

If we don’t bring all the members of the Gongsun family to justice now, I’m sure someone will follow suit in the future, and by then it will be too late.”

"But……"

"Okay, I'm a little tired and don't want to hear anything more from you. But if you really want to plead for the Gongsun family, then do it in your own way."

After the Queen Mother finished speaking, she rubbed her forehead with a look of headache on her face and slowly closed her eyes.

What this sentence meant was that Rong Zhen had the freedom to choose. If he insisted on rescuing the people in Jianzhong, then he could use his own method to rescue them.

Xie Yihui went to the study to paint. Seeing the housekeeper walking in with a mysterious look on his face, he put down the brush in his hand.

"What's going on? Has King Zhao left the palace?"

"At this time, they had already left the Cining Palace and were on their way back to the palace. I didn't hear clearly what they were talking about afterwards, but King Zhao seemed very angry when he left."

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The housekeeper spoke truthfully, and Xie Yihui sneered and sat on the chair, looking forward with a deep gaze.

"My Lord, there is one more thing..."

"explain!"

The housekeeper paused and continued, "Gu Yunru has seldom gone out recently. People in the palace said he seemed to have been poisoned. After careful investigation, it turned out that he was related to his sister Gu Junyue. He has been arrested by King Zhao's men and has been imprisoned."

Speaking of this matter, it is still a family scandal of the palace, but the informants who were arranged in dug out everything. After hearing this, Xie Yihui thought about it carefully. He did not expect such a big thing to happen in the past few days. No wonder he did not see that woman come out.

"What kind of poison?"

"Poison, that should be it. However, King Zhao has already put all those who wantonly sell Shenlong Tea and poison into jail."

Rong Zhen acted very quickly, and now he was thinking about pleading for those people. No wonder the Queen Mother was angry. Xie Yihui thought that it would be better to use this incident to completely create a rift in the relationship between them as mother and son, so that he could achieve his goal.

"Sir?" Seeing that he looked deep in thought, I didn't know what idea he had come up with.

"You continue to send people to monitor his every move, including that woman."

"yes."