"Hasn't the Queen Mother always been worried about the health of the eldest prince? Isn't she hoping that he can have children and secure his position as the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace?" Qin Lu curled his lips in a sarcastic tone, his deep eyes staring coldly at the shock and anger on the Queen Mother's face. As he watched, Qin Lu smiled again, a smile that was both proud and twisted. "Then Queen Mother, do you know why the eldest prince can't have children?"
"You... you have such a vicious mind!" The Queen Mother's chest rose and fell violently. * Like a broken bellows, a broken bellows that could fall apart at any time.
"It's not your humble servant who has a vicious heart. It's Your Majesty who has a vicious heart. The deposed Crown Prince has been taking the Western Regions' Love Powder for eighteen years. Your Majesty, do you think he still has the ability to pass on his family line? Haha," Qin Lu continued to laugh, a sour and complacent laugh. He took a handkerchief and gently wiped the saliva from the corners of the Queen Mother's mouth, while continuing to speak leisurely, "In fact, it's not just Your Majesty who has a vicious heart. Queen Mother, are you a kind-hearted person? Your Majesty, you and Your Majesty are really an interesting pair of mother and son. Your Majesty is wary of the Xu family. So you asked your humble servant to drug the deposed Crown Prince. You were worried that too many princes would threaten the Xu family, so you also asked me to drug Your Majesty, so that Your Majesty has only four sons. Oh, no, there was also a fifth prince who died young. How did the fifth prince come about with so much effort, and how did he die suddenly? Now that I think about it, it seems like retribution. People say that it's not the time for retribution, don't you think so, Your Majesty?"
“You! You…you shut up!” The Queen Mother pushed Qin Lu’s hand away with all her strength. An abnormal blush appeared on her waxy white face. She glared at Qin Lu, wishing she could eat his flesh and drink his blood. “You…you are a two-faced rebel! You…you are a dog slave who wags your tail at everyone!”
"Do you think I am willing to be a rebellious man who is in two minds? I am willing to wag my tail at anyone I catch?!" Qin Lu said angrily. He tried hard to suppress his anger, but every word he said was like crying blood. "I am willing to do these shameful and dirty things?! Do you think the ancestors of the Qin family are willing to watch me being in two minds?! Isn't it because you Xu family are threatening me with Chong'er?! If I don't be a dog slave who wags his tail, my son will be beheaded! Do you know how much Chong'er suffered in southern Xinjiang? Do you know what Chong'er is going through now?! I only hate... I only hate that I can't cut you into pieces! The eldest prince couldn't give birth to a son, and the little prince died tragically in the palace before the month was over. This is all retribution for you! Retribution for you Xu family!"
"Go...go..." the Queen Mother said with difficulty, seeing that it was useless.
"Your Majesty has arrived!"
As Zhao Ruhai's voice came, Zhong Zhiheng strode into the main hall and then into the bedroom. The concubines who followed him did not dare to come in and all knelt outside.
"Your humble servant greets His Majesty!" Qin Lu knelt down and kowtowed, "I respectfully wish the Emperor good health."
"How's the Queen Mother?" Zhong Zhiheng looked at the Queen Mother who was struggling to breathe on the bed, and he actually had an idea in his mind.
Qin Lu kowtowed three times, then choked up and said, "I am incompetent! Please punish me, Your Majesty!"
"Okay, you can leave now." Zhong Zhiheng said in a deep voice as he walked to the Queen Mother's bed.
"Yes, I'll take my leave." Qin Lu hurriedly got up from the ground, then retreated respectfully. Zhao Ruhai also retreated with Qin Lu. For a moment, only the Queen Mother and Zhong Zhiheng were left in the bedroom.
"Mother," Zhong Zhiheng sat on the edge of the bed and reached out to hold the Queen Mother's withered fingers. He couldn't remember the last time he was so close to the Queen Mother. He was afraid that there would never be such a time for mother and son to be alone together again. Zhong Zhiheng couldn't help but feel a lot of sadness in his heart. Even though there were too many grudges between him and the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother was still his mother after all, and the one who supported him to ascend to the throne. When he spoke again, Zhong Zhiheng's tone became softer and slower, "Mother, your son is here to see you."
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