Chapter 334 Deathbed Training
Outside the palace, the actors' singing voices drowned out the cries of the concubines.
Song Zhao recalled the past and thought of her many schemes in the palace. Only with the Queen Mother did she have the best luck.
She had also wondered how a woman who had been immersed in the palace for many years and defeated all the concubines of the previous dynasty to become the empress dowager could be so easily deceived and not have any suspicion about her?
It turned out that the Queen Mother had seen through all this long ago.
Song Zhao thought she had schemed against the Queen Mother.
Little did she know that her plan also fell into the Queen Mother's plan.
Song Zhao managed to maintain his composure.
She was squatting in front of the Queen Mother's bed, but suddenly she stood up and bowed deeply to the Queen Mother.
The wind from the skirt made the dying candlelight flicker.
"I know I was wrong."
She didn't argue. After all, there was no need to act when talking to a smart person.
The Queen Mother uttered a soft "hmm" and slowly raised her eyelids. Her eyes were as calm as a deep pool with no ripples on the surface.
"Right or wrong is not something I can decide. In this harem, groups of women come and go. Outsiders see it as glorious, but only we know that once we enter this wealthy place of heaven, we have to do our best just to survive."
She slowed down, took a deep breath, and patted the edge of the couch, motioning Song Zhao to sit down.
"In order to go further and more steadily, who wouldn't scheme? Who wouldn't hurt others? Since we are all the same kind of people, how can we determine who is right and who is wrong?"
The Queen Mother lowered her brows and stared at Song Zhao. She took her hand and squeezed it hard, saying meaningfully:
"If we really want to distinguish right from wrong, then the person who wins in the end will be considered right no matter what he does."
Song Zhao knew the Queen Mother's intention, but he was still confused.
"When did the Queen Mother know about my shameful deeds?"
The Queen Mother smiled and said, "Do you still remember what happened when you first met me before Chengxing Hot Spring Villa?"
Song Zhao was stunned. "At that time, my court dress was tampered with." [Chapter 88]
The Queen Mother blinked calmly, "Although I had never seen you at that time, but when the Emperor came to pay his respects to me, the concubine he mentioned the most was you. The Emperor said you were pure and kind, hahahaha, cough cough..."
The Queen Mother burst into laughter, which made her cough several times.
Song Zhao brought a cup of warm water to the Queen Mother, wanting her to moisten her throat, but she refused.
"I thought, how could a woman who was promoted to a higher position as soon as she entered the palace be pure and virtuous? So I ordered someone to tamper with your court dress. This was to test you.
If you had come to see me that day wearing court robes, wearing bright yellow would be disrespectful. Not only would the emperor reprimand you, but I would also punish you. If you didn't wear them and tried to get away with it, it would show that you are a scheming person. Then your journey would have come to an end. However, I never thought that you were Rui'er's daughter. That's why I let you act that day and didn't expose you."
After hearing what the Queen Mother said, Song Zhao got goose bumps all over his body.
It was April, but she felt very cold all over.
She never expected that the disaster she thought she had avoided that day with her own wit was actually a dead end tailor-made for her by the Queen Mother.
If it weren't for the fact that her biological mother and the Queen Mother were old friends, she would have not even had a chance to fight with the Queen Mother the moment she met her, and would have been killed by the biggest winner in the harem of the previous dynasty.
"I am just showing off my skills in front of an expert. I thought I had figured out everything, but it turns out that I have only made a fool of myself in front of the Queen Mother."
"You are just showing off your skills, but your skills are much better than those of the queen and the concubine."
The Queen Mother said in a deep voice: "You have the ability and ambition, but you are too hasty. In order to avenge your mother, you tried to kill your mother's family. Isn't that equivalent to cutting off your support in the previous dynasty? You really acted foolishly in this matter. If your mother's family was still alive, relying on the emperor's love for you, how could you have been trapped in the cold palace for so long?"
All along, Song Zhao had only two purposes for entering the palace.
The first is to use Xiao Jingheng's power to exterminate the entire Song family and avenge A Niang;
The second is to always be by the emperor's side and receive his favor, defeat all the concubines in the palace, become the most noble woman in the world, and no longer be bullied or trampled upon.
But these two points are contradictory to each other.
How can a woman without a mother's family become a queen?
Song Zhao said in a low voice: "I didn't expect it to last that long. My biggest wish when I entered the palace was to avenge my mother. As for whether I can have the blessing like the Queen Mother in the future, I dare not hope for it."
"Lucky? Do you think I won?"
The Queen Mother laughed at herself and said indifferently, "I have fought all my life, but in the end I lost my son. What's the point of winning a worthless dignity? Women are born to be the appendages of men. Their honor and disgrace are all obtained by relying on the kindness of men.
So, kid, you have to remember that if you focus all your attention on scheming against other women in the harem, you are making a big mistake! Only when you have power in your own hands can you be called a winner. "
The Queen Mother's emotions were fluctuating, and she finished speaking in one breath. It was obvious that she was extremely tired.
She sighed deeply, as if letting out all the resentment and unwillingness that had been accumulated in her heart for many years.
Carrying the invisible wind, the palace was sent out.
She suddenly grabbed Song Zhao's hand and said with a sharp tone:
"You have to do it to win it. For you, for your children, and also... for me."
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