"Sure enough, you haven't changed after all these years. Such a commanding tone, such a condescending look. But in fact, Auntie, you know that this position should not be yours."
The last sentence almost broke Helanqin's tense nerves.
This ambitious man who has been pretending for fifteen years is now showing his unwillingness.
During these fifteen years, Helan Yinsheng was docile, gentle, sensible, and obedient. Since he turned ten, he had never overstepped the boundaries, like a leisurely prince who didn't care about worldly affairs.
It all seemed so unnaturally normal.
But the more normal it was, the more panicked she became.
Helan Yinsheng saw with his own eyes that his father was executed. How much must he hate Helan Qin? How could he be so honest and obedient as to be an idle prince?
She was afraid that beneath the calm waves there were turbulent waves and a storm was about to come.
So, over the years, she had been treating Helan Yinsheng with respect, doing her best to avoid criticism, while at the same time, she had been secretly suppressing Helan Yinsheng's power. Sometimes, when Helan Yinsheng didn't cooperate with her and said something inappropriate, she would pretend to be indifferent, but secretly she would send more people to monitor Helan Yinsheng to see if he was preparing to usurp the throne and was therefore being arrogant towards her.
She has been afraid every day for the past fifteen years, and the Queen Mother doesn't know what she is afraid of. Helan Yinsheng now has no position in the court, no shop, and no contact with court officials.
But she was sensitive and suspicious, fearing that Helan Yinsheng had power unknown to her. Once he became powerful and out of control, everything would be over.
What she wanted was for Helan Yinsheng to be isolated and helpless, so she never found a wife for him.
His status as the only prince of Fuding Kingdom was enough to allow him to get a partner from a powerful family. If he wanted to marry, there would definitely be forces from the other side to help him.
Helan Yinsheng has been hiding very well these years. Mu Hange's correspondence with him has been through letters, which he burned after reading, being very cautious.
There are still people from Mu Han Pavilion lurking in the palace, but these people are not involved in any assassination activities. They are just Helan Yinsheng's secret guards.
The Queen Mother calmed herself down, suppressed her uneasiness, and said, "Do you know what you are saying, Helan Yinsheng? I can kick you off your position as a prince at any time and demote you to a commoner under any pretext. You'd better clearly distinguish between what you should and shouldn't think about, what is yours and what is not."
"I know the difference very well." Helan Yinsheng stared at her coldly, his eyes full of disgust. "Aunt, you are a female emperor who has never been seen in all dynasties, yet you ascended the throne despite the opposition of all the civil and military officials. If my father hadn't died, you should be the eldest princess now, right? Who hasn't been able to distinguish their own identity for so many years?"
"Shut up!" The Queen Mother was so angry that she was shaking all over. She slammed her palm on the desk in front of her, and even the brush, paper and inkstone hanging on the desk were shaken.
This was the situation Shi Qingmiao saw when she came in with the medicine. Imperial Physician Mo instructed the Queen Mother not to get angry at this time, otherwise she would easily fall ill again due to anger.
She quickly put down the medicine tray, stepped forward and stroked the Queen Mother's back, calming her wildly fluctuating emotions.
He glared at Helan Yinsheng angrily with resentment in his eyes.
The Queen Mother drank the medicine, motioned Shi Qingmiao to step aside, and closed her eyes. Helan Yinsheng really knew everything.
She thought Helan Yinsheng didn't know much, after all, he was so young when it happened.
To be honest, she really regretted what she had done back then, believing in slander and taking the opportunity to kill Helan Rong. She lived in fear every day and also repented for her mistakes back then.
If he had been more patient, if he had not been so suspicious, if he had considered the overall situation, then his father Helan Rong would still be alive, and Helan Yinsheng would not be like this now.
It was so dangerous, it made her so afraid, and she hated it so much.
But how could she bear it? When she found out that Nangong Si was killed by Helan Yinsheng's father, she completely collapsed.
"Things are not what you think." She rubbed her brows tiredly. The effect of the medicine quickly came on, and she felt a little sleepy. "You were still young at that time. You didn't understand many things."
"I don't understand?" Helan Yinsheng's eyes were cold. "Of course I don't understand. I don't understand why someone would kill their own brother, and with such a high-sounding reason."
Helan Yinsheng was right, and Helan Qin could not refute it.
At that time, she was the only princess in the entire Fuding Kingdom. After she was brought back, the concubines of the previous emperor secretly disliked her, thinking she was rude and vulgar, but on the surface they had to pretend that they liked her very much.
The brothers were all very kind to Helan Qin, and Helan Rong was especially kind to her, even caring for her more than her brothers.
But ever since Nangong Si died on the battlefield, the princes in the palace have either fallen into strange diseases, fallen into rivers or wells, or died mysteriously in brothels.
There is no reason, because there is no reason to be found.
Gradually, people began to spread the rumor that the royal family was under some kind of curse.
For a time, people were in panic and the court was in turmoil.
The Dali Temple was fully mobilized to investigate, but for months they could not find the cause. At that time, the Dali Temple was under the jurisdiction of Helan Rong, and he was the only one left among all the princes, along with another prince who had wandered away in his early years and had not been affected by the so-called "curse."
The late emperor fell seriously ill because of this, and he did suspect Helan Rong, but since he was a child, he was the most well-behaved and honest prince.
He neither fought nor robbed, so it's hard to believe that he would do something like killing someone.
No one would doubt Helan Qin, because of the late emperor's doting on her, no one dared to doubt her, and also because of Nangong Si's death, the late emperor felt guilty towards her.
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