Chapter 375: Retreat to Advance
The Queen's eyes gradually shifted towards Xiao Zhian. Her usually peaceful face was filled with shock and fear, and her hands and feet were cold.
She was shocked that Xiao Zhian would ask her so directly to hand over the national seal and help Shi Yu and others seize power.
She was afraid of Xiao Zhian's words that the people were innocent. That was what Xiao Zhian had said in his previous life, and there were also the words that Zhian had not finished.
Did Zhian know what I was planning to do with Chilie?
"Zhi An?"
The queen slowly squatted in front of Xiao Zhian, holding his face with both hands, her face trembling slightly, "You...you are..."
Are you remembering things from your past life?
Xiao Zhian's eyes flushed red, his lips moved, and after a long moment, he choked out, "Mother, Xiaoan's back feels so heavy..."
"Zhi'an." The queen suddenly interrupted him with a roar, her head exploding.
She knew what came next.
In his previous life, he said, "Mother, Xiao An's back is so heavy, so heavy that he can no longer straighten his spine and can no longer stand between heaven and earth.
Zhi'an is useless. He cannot bear and does not want what his mother has planned for him. The only way Zhi'an can repay his mother is to poison Shi Yu.
But Zhian was incompetent, and he was discovered by him, and he made him drink poisoned wine. Fortunately, Zhian was freed. "
The man who said he was relieved really died in her arms. His last words before dying were, "It's so hard to be a mother's child. I hope that in the next life, there will be no more entanglements."
In the previous life, Zhian also lay in her arms, his eyes full of hatred, "My son only wants his family to watch the willows by the river in spring and the snow in the sky in winter. All he wants is the warmth of home and the presence of his relatives.
Why did mother fight for you? Why did you make father take the blame for you? Why did you break up our happy family? Why…"
Why?
Because she is the eldest daughter of the Lin family, but can only marry a leisurely prince like Xiao Pei, while Lin Qianning, a concubine's daughter, can become the Empress Feng Zhao and the mother of the country. She is unwilling to accept this and she only wants to be the superior person.
But they, father and son, could not understand her suffering. The son even said resentfully, "May the heavens have mercy on me. I don't want to have a mother like you in my next life."
He robbed the execution ground to save his father, and was pierced through the heart by Shi Yu's sword. He tried his best to say those heartless words and died in her arms.
In both lives, her Zhi'an could not escape death.
In this life, she took great pains to plan and took the risk of giving birth to a child with congenital defects to replace Qian Ning's child, in order to avenge Yu's killing of Zhi'an in the first life.
She guided Shi Dehou to steal Shi Yu, and because the two children were swapped, their birth dates were wrong, making it impossible for Shi Dehou to take over Shi Yu's body in this life.
She thought that the real Shi Yu would be easier to deal with than Shi Dehou who returned from a second life by possessing another body.
He even let Zhi'an take the risk to go to Wei to find Shi Yu, just to make Shi Yu grateful to Zhi'an and not have the intention to kill him.
However, she had never expected that Zhian would recover his memories of his past life.
He had misunderstood her twice and was unwilling to be her child. She was worried that Zhi'an, who had memories of his past life, would kill himself even if he was not killed by Shi Yu.
That was something she could never accept.
Her Zhi'an had died twice, and he must not die this time.
Absolutely not!
Covering Xiao Zhian's mouth, she said, "Zhian, your mother has promised you to give the half of the national seal to the prince.
"My mother is not greedy for power. I was entrusted by your father and dare not treat the country as a joke. My mother originally planned to test your brother and then return everything to him."
She didn't know how much Zhi'an remembered, but the most important thing at the moment was to comfort him first.
Zhi'an is still young and doesn't know the benefits of power. When she paves the way for him and he becomes the ruler of the world, he will definitely be grateful to her and will understand why she is fighting for it.
The premise of all this is that Zhi An is alive.
She is a person favored by God. She goes back in time to prove to Xiao Pei and Zhi An that she is not wrong and she is right.
Instead of being rejected by both of them like in the previous two lives.
After all, in this life, she had planned to let Shi Yu ascend the throne and then get rid of him, so as to change Zhi'an's fate of dying at the hands of Shi Yu in his previous two lives.
It's just that things happened earlier. She shouldn't panic. What she handed over can be taken back, just like she could get everything back from the late emperor.
She hugged Xiao Zhian tightly. She had to win back Zhian's trust. She couldn't let Xiao Pei laugh at her.
Xiao Zhian was stunned.
The queen mother in the dream was so stubborn, but the queen in reality agreed so easily.
So much so that he began to doubt again, was it just an empty dream?
The Queen Mother is not as crazy about power as she seems in the dream?
Before he could comprehend what was going on, he heard the Empress say to everyone, "My people have already received the old Zongzheng. He will be returning to the capital soon. The Imperial Observatory has also calculated an auspicious date. Once the Zongzheng arrives, I will support the Crown Prince to ascend the throne."
The queen's transformation caught everyone off guard, especially Cha Yao and others who followed the queen.
A new emperor appoints new ministers.
Now that the prince has ascended the throne, how could the queen's confidants be valued as they were before? Moreover, the queen's decision was too hasty, and several people spoke up to dissuade her.
The Queen said righteously, "This kingdom originally belonged to the Xiao family. I have been holding on to it for all these years and I am worthy of the trust of the late emperor.
In the years to come, I also want to live a leisurely life like an ordinary woman, spending time with my two children. Please don't say too much, I have made up my mind."
Then, she looked at Shi Yu and said, "You are the flesh that fell from my body. I have never forgotten that you are my son.
"It's Queen Mother who has been acting inappropriately these days. I wanted to test you a little and help you get used to Feng Zhao, but I was inconsiderate."
"I now understand your majesty's thoughts. I have also done some things that were inappropriate. I hope your majesty will forgive me."
Shi Yu bowed and said, "Only the matter of Chi Lie has not yet been resolved. I beg you, Queen Mother, to deal with it immediately."
If the Queen wanted to play the role of a loving mother and a filial son, he could cooperate and call her Mother, but he was unwilling to continue to cooperate with her in acting towards this enemy who might be the murderer of his father and mother.
On the way back, Qingyan mentioned to him that perhaps the queen was a reborn person, so she did not care about the information submitted by Lin Lanting, because she might have come up with a countermeasure based on her foresight.
From what Zhi'an said, it was obvious that he knew how the Queen was going to deal with Chi Lie, but he did not say it in public, which shows that the Queen's methods were extremely despicable.
Her move today of retreating to advance might be because she was afraid that Zhi'an would reveal her countermeasures, or she might be afraid of something else. He had just been paying attention to the queen, and although the panic on her face was quickly concealed, he saw it clearly.
No matter what, he had to get back what belonged to him first.
She had wanted to get sentimental, but Shi Yu brought her back to the point. The Queen swayed slightly, looking very tired. "I'm not feeling well. I'll leave the prison swap case and the Lanting incident to you. Make sure you get to the bottom of it."
Her gaze fell on Qingwu's face again. "Qingwu, are you willing to assist the Crown Prince?"
Qingwu couldn't figure out why the queen was acting abnormally. She would never believe that Zhian's words alone could make the queen give up everything she had.
But no matter what the reason was, the queen's public agreement to hand over the imperial seal and support the new emperor was a good result.
Qingwu naturally had no objection.
But she didn't know whether the queen could be let go, so she glanced at Shi Yu, and seeing Shi Yu nodded slightly, she no longer cared about whether the queen stayed or not, and immediately ordered people to start interrogating the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple.
The queen glanced at the Dali Temple Shaoqing who was dragged away. She was not worried that he would betray her, but she was a little anxious, wondering why the butcher had not appeared yet.
He had no choice but to help Xiao Zhian up, "Zhian, go back to the palace with your mother, okay?"
Xiao Zhian's mind was in a mess at this time. The prince in his dream was different from the prince in reality. He also wanted to sort it out, so he nodded.
When no one tried to stop her from leaving, the queen saw a goose-yellow figure. It was the person she had been waiting for but who had never appeared.
Before the visitor had time to salute, Dong Zang came in quickly. Behind him, two maids were supporting a woman. The woman must have been unconscious and was almost carried over by the two of them.
When the queen saw the woman's face clearly, her pupils suddenly shrank and she immediately stopped her feet.
She heard Dong Zang report to Shi Yu, "Prince, I found Princess Yanran murdered by bandits in Fengzhao.
I think the bandits didn't kill her back in Yizhou, but I don't know how they got to Feng Zhao. Now, he's unconscious and has a lot of injuries on his body..."
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