The smile on the Queen Mother's face suddenly froze. She tried to force out a smile, but she couldn't. Finally, she put the teacup on the small table and asked in a deep voice, "What does the Emperor mean by this?"
"You really don't know, mother?" Zhong Zhiheng smiled more and more mysteriously, while reaching out and taking out a letter from his bosom. He slowly unfolded it, and then placed it on the small table. He slowly pushed it in front of the queen mother. "I think mother should know the truth best."
As soon as the Queen Mother saw the handwriting and content of the letter, she froze all over. She suddenly looked at Zhong Zhiheng. Then she lowered her head to look at the letter, and then looked up at Zhong Zhiheng again. The corners of her mouth trembled for a long time. But in the end, she still couldn't squeeze out a word.
"Don't you have anything to say to me, mother?" Zhong Zhiheng was still in a friendly mood. He glanced at the letter on the small table, then looked at the queen mother, sighing. "Isn't it that the words between the lines of your mother's letter are all for my cousin? She is really kind and tolerant. But why is it that when it comes to me, there is nothing to say? In your heart, is it possible that I, your own son, am not as good as a nephew from another family?"
"You..." The Queen Mother took a few deep breaths and finally spoke after a long while. "You already know everything?"
"Yes, mother, do you want me to be kept in the dark for my whole life?" Zhong Zhiheng curled his lips sarcastically, "Mother. I always thought that although you were born in the Xu family and favored the Xu family, you were the mother of the country after all. You are the queen mother, my mother. No matter what, the most important thing in your heart should be me and the Great Zhou! But I really didn't expect that in your heart, the Great Zhou is not as important as a mere Xu family! It turns out that I, your own son, can't even compare to a person with a different surname! Mother, you really disappoint me."
"Your Majesty, no, it's not like that..." The Queen Mother was completely panicked. She hurriedly reached out and held Zhong Zhiheng's hand, not caring about the tears on her face. She said hurriedly, "I am doing this for the sake of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the emperor. That's why... That's why I'm afraid Cheng Jin will do something stupid, that's why..."
"Your Majesty..." Bi Qiao came in with a teapot and saw the Queen Mother in such a panic with tears streaming down her face. Then Zhong Zhiheng cast a cold look at her. Bi Qiao felt a chill running down her back. She was so scared that her legs went weak and she knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, please forgive me! Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
"Someone come here!" Zhong Zhiheng said coldly, not bothering to look at Bi Qiao anymore.
"I'm here." Zhao Ruhai heard the voice, hurried in and bowed.
Zhong Zhiheng looked at Bi Qiao who was still kowtowing like crazy, and said coldly: "The maid Bi Qiao, you can't serve the queen mother properly, and you keep fanning the flames. You are really abominable. You should be beaten to death immediately."
"Yes, I obey your command!" Zhao Ruhai immediately called two guards in and dragged Bi Qiao out.
"Your Majesty, please spare my life! Your Majesty, please spare my life!"
"Queen Mother, help! Queen Mother!"
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After a creepy, shrill female voice, there was suffocating silence. The empress dowager's face became even paler, with a hint of yellow. She seemed to have suffered a serious blow. She looked like a lifeless scarecrow, except for her eyes that blinked from time to time.
"Mother, do you know what I cannot tolerate the most?" Zhong Zhiheng looked at the Queen Mother with a sullen face, and said word by word to the ground, "I cannot tolerate anyone who dares to covet my kingdom. Whoever has this courage must die, not to mention my cousin, even if he is my own brother, so what? Mother, I thought that with the big case of the past 20 years as an example, you will not be confused again, but ah, I really can't think clearly. How can someone as smart as mother always put herself in danger?"
The dim eyes could no longer shed tears, and the Queen Mother's lips trembled as she asked, "Where is Cheng... Cheng Jin now?"
"He is being tried in the clan court," Zhong Zhiheng said as he suddenly came in front of the empress dowager and smiled meaningfully, "Mother, you will never guess who is trying Xu Chengjin."
The Queen Mother did not speak, but just stared at Zhong Zhiheng blankly, like a dead tree without life.
"It's the Seventh Brother," Zhong Zhiheng smiled comfortably and happily, "Mother, at this very moment, your most beloved son is judging your most valued nephew. Isn't that a coincidence?"
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