Chapter 78 The Queen Mother and the Emperor
Xuanyuan Ling didn't say much to Shen Qing. After talking with Shen Qing, he left.
The smile on his face gradually faded: "Let's go to Shouxiang Palace."
Zhao Hai watched and wished that Shen Qing would talk more with the emperor at this moment.
He sighed in his heart as he thought, of course the Emperor would ask someone to prepare for something like the Empress Dowager's 45th birthday celebration. But if the Emperor wanted to do it on his own and the Empress Dowager didn't openly inform him and directly asked the court officials to put pressure on the Emperor to do a bigger celebration, that would be another matter.
Why does the Empress Dowager always like to do this kind of thing? She forced the Emperor to go to the Empress Dowager's palace before, and now she is going to celebrate her birthday herself. There is nothing that can't be said between mother and son? If she wants to make it more grand, then she can discuss it. Why does she have to join forces with the court officials to make trouble for the Emperor?
The court officials have to talk about such things, which is almost like pointing at the emperor's head and accusing him of being unfilial.
When the emperor arrived at Shouxiang Palace, he naturally met the empress dowager.
The Empress Dowager seldom went out on weekdays. Apart from the Empress, only three concubines, Rufei, Yufei and Chunfei, were qualified to pay their respects to her. Of course, this refers to daily greetings, not on special occasions.
The emperor also came to pay his respects, but he came less often. The day of the month when he came to pay his respects was as fixed as when he went to stay overnight at the empress's place.
Now, the maids in Shouxiang Palace were extremely nervous when they saw the emperor coming. When the Empress Dowager secretly said that the emperor was unfilial and asked people to write a letter, she thought that the emperor would be angry. Sure enough, the emperor came today.
Why bother? She couldn't persuade the empress dowager.
It's so terrible.
Xuanyuan Ling entered Shouxiang Palace with a gloomy face. The Queen Mother was drinking tea at the moment. She frowned when she saw Xuanyuan Ling coming. She already felt disgusted with him before he even opened his mouth.
Every time he comes back, he has such a bad face. Do you really think she is your mother? He has no respect at all.
"The emperor arrived early today. Cuiyun, please pour him a cup of tea as well."
Nanny Cuiyun was feeling uneasy, but she had no choice but to do it.
She knew that the emperor probably had no intention of drinking tea at all, and this tea...
"The tribute tea from Ganzhou. I remember that there was a flood in Ganzhou this year, with continuous heavy rains and rugged mountain roads. In order to prevent the transport convoy from getting into danger on the way, I have exempted Ganzhou from the tribute." Xuanyuan Ling looked at the empress dowager. He himself did not even get to drink the tribute tea from Ganzhou, but the empress dowager's palace did.
The Queen Mother was unhappy when she heard this: "When the late Emperor was here, this tea was never absent from my palace. Now that the Emperor has ascended the throne, I am the Queen Mother. Am I not as good as when I was the late Emperor's concubine?"
Xuanyuan Ling put the teacup down heavily and said, "Now it is about the Queen Mother's birthday. I came here today to ask my mother why she joined forces with the court officials to put pressure on me."
The Queen Mother frowned. She didn't do the right thing, but it was not entirely her fault. "You, the Emperor, are usually not diligent in paying respects, and the Empress has no legitimate children. If you don't do something at this time, how do you want the people of the world to see you? The late Emperor's benevolence and filial piety are known to the world, but you, the Emperor..."
The more the Queen Mother spoke, the more the servants beside her looked as if the sky was falling. Cuiyun and Zhao Hai really felt that they could not stand any longer and were about to kneel down.
"That's enough!" Xuanyuan Ling sneered, "Since the Queen Mother wants to make a big event, I will naturally arrange it, so that everyone can see how loving and filial we are."
He said the last few words with gnashing teeth, which was full of irony, and then led the way out of Shouxiang Palace.
The empress dowager was so angry when she saw him leaving without saying goodbye that she felt dizzy and her vision went dark. Cuiyun hurried to help him. Seeing the empress dowager's expression, she was also scared.
"Your Highness, why are you doing this? The Emperor is the Emperor, what can you do by arguing with him?"
The Queen Mother's fingers were trembling. "Look at what an unfilial child I gave birth to. If he hadn't been so distant from me and so unloving to the Queen, and if he hadn't even had a legitimate son, would I have done this? Instead of coming to thank me, he comes to blame me."
Cuiyun wanted to say something but stopped herself, but the emperor was no longer the child who allowed himself to be manipulated by the empress dowager.
She didn't dare to say this. Cuiyun also knew her temper. The more she tried to persuade her, the more she might not be able to persuade her. She was afraid that the matter would really be brought to the attention of the Emperor. She could only coax her first. The Emperor himself said that this matter would be done. In fact, the Emperor was still concerned about the Empress Dowager. He only hoped that the Empress Dowager could wake up soon. It should be known that the Emperor's mother was the Empress Dowager, and it was not because of the Empress Dowager's dignity that the Emperor had a chance to be emperor.
As soon as Xuanyuan Ling left Shouxiang Palace, he sent someone to pass a message to the Queen, saying that the Queen Mother's birthday celebration should be celebrated in a grand manner so that everyone could see their loving mother and filial son.
As he spoke, he could only sneer, "You haven't been diligent in paying respects to me, and the Queen has no legitimate children? Aren't you afraid that my attitude will affect the rise and fall of the Chen family?"
Zhao Hai lowered his head very low, and he didn't dare to answer again, but Xuanyuan Ling asked him at this moment: "Do you know why I didn't let the Queen get pregnant?"
How could Zhao Hai dare to answer?
"I am terribly afraid that my tragedy will happen to my child again. She thought I didn't know how many times I was sick when I was a child, many of which were caused by her. She said she was trying to protect me from being harmed by others because of my weak body."
Xuanyuan Ling laughed when he said this: "She only cares about me in front of my father. In addition to urging me to fight for my father, she also taught me that if I don't fight, I will have no way out. Aren't she and I like mother and son? If she doesn't look like a mother first, how can I be a good son? Now that I think about it, the only time she said something nice to me was before I ascended the throne."
Xuanyuan Ling sneered: "The Queen's temper will only be more cruel than the Queen Mother. Parents who love their children will definitely have far-reaching plans for them."
The queen has a child, and the calculations in the palace will be twice as much in the future! I am afraid that none of his other children in the future will be good, just like when Queen Jingxian was alive, many children in the harem died in the harem fighting and the fight for the throne? The status of the legitimate son is really noble.
Even though he knew that the queen had no legitimate son, it would not prevent future power struggles, but he still felt resistance in his heart.
Not to mention, the Queen Mother only wants a legitimate son but has such an attitude towards him. If the Queen really has a legitimate son, is she expecting to rule the country from behind the curtain in the future?
Zhao Hai felt sad. The emperor had a hard time when he was young. If he hadn't been hurt so deeply when he was young, how could he still hold on to what happened back then? This was weighing on his heart and he couldn't let it go.
The relationship between the Empress Dowager and the Emperor is ultimately an unsolvable knot.
Xuanyuan Ling sat in the imperial carriage and went to the imperial study. He felt depressed, but he was the only one in the imperial study reviewing memorials. When it was time to turn over the cards, he couldn't help it after all. When he was turning over, he didn't know why, he thought of Shen Qing's appearance when he went to pay respects to the queen in the morning, and finally he turned over Shen Qing's card.
When Chen Qing saw that the servants around Xuanyuan Ling were all silent, he knew something was wrong, so he asked Wang Lu to inquire about it, and learned about the Queen Mother's birthday.
Then she wondered how the Queen Mother, with her intelligence and wit, had managed to survive the last palace fight?
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