Chapter 273 Stay in the Palace for at least five years

In the Ci Ning Palace.

After the Queen Mother was helped into the palace, she never uttered a word, and Huo Jinchi also did not say a word. Seeing the two of them like this, the Queen tactfully said goodbye.

Fang Danying, who followed closely, was stopped outside the hall by Nanny Sun.

After the queen came out, she glanced at her coldly and left with her people.

Seeing that the empress had left, Fang Danying hesitated for a moment, then left as well, taking a few quick steps to catch up with the empress.

"Your Majesty, what did the Emperor and the Queen Mother say in there? How does the Emperor plan to deal with today's incident?" She asked the Queen two questions in succession.

The Queen didn't even look at her, and said coldly, "If you want to know, go ask the Queen Mother."

Fang Danying was used to her attitude and did not retreat. She followed her and said anxiously, "I know that Your Majesty does not like me, but the Queen Mother is also your aunt. We are of the same blood. If something really happens to the Queen Mother, can Your Majesty still keep herself out of trouble like she is doing now?"

These words finally made the queen stop and look sideways. Seeing this, Fang Ying immediately continued, "Your Majesty, it is obvious that someone wants to frame the Queen Mother. Your Majesty can't just sit there and watch. We have to help the Queen Mother."

"How do you want me to help?" the Queen asked calmly.

Fang Danying glanced at Lanying, took two steps closer to the Queen, and said in a low voice, "As long as Li dies, can't this matter be handled as if nothing had happened?"

The queen looked at her, slowly raised her lips, and sneered: "You are so brave!"

"I'm doing this all for the Queen Mother and for you!" Fang Danying still refused to give up.

The Queen snorted coldly, "For the Queen Mother and me, you are doing it for yourself! You said that the Queen Mother must have been framed, but in fact you have already determined in your heart that it was the Queen Mother who did it, that's why you are so anxious to get rid of Li!"

"Do you know that if Li dies inexplicably, it will prove that this was done by the Queen Mother!"

Fang Danying's thoughts were exposed by her, and she immediately showed a guilty expression on her face, but she still said stubbornly: "I may not have considered it carefully, but I am definitely thinking about you and the Queen Mother!"

The Queen looked away with contempt, "I advise you to be more obedient and stop jumping around at this time. The Queen Mother is the Emperor's biological mother. Can he really punish her?"

Fang Danying looked unhappy after hearing these words. He was very unconvinced, but he had to admit that there was some truth in what the queen said.

She could only accept it with a pinch of her nose, "I will listen to your Majesty."

The queen did not respond and left with Lan Ying.

Looking at her back, Fang Danying curled his lips and said, "What are you talking about being aloof!"

The maid beside her whispered, "Agree, shall we still wait outside Ci'an Hall?"

"What are you waiting for? Go back!" Fang Danying shouted at her, turned around and left.

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At this time, inside Ci'an Palace, the Queen Mother finally broke the silence.

She put down the teacup in her hand and asked in a low voice: "My son, can you believe that I did not instruct the daughter of Li, let alone send someone to kill her?"

Huo Jinchi still had his eyes downcast, stroking a string of coral beads in his hand. The beads were decorated with large South China pearls and moon-white tassels, which looked somewhat feminine.

But he just played with it right under the Empress Dowager's nose, without covering or blocking it.

The Queen Mother knew who the beads belonged to without even thinking. Seeing him lower his head and just play with them, she became even more furious and asked angrily, "My son, can't you hear me talking to you?"

Huo Jinchi finally raised his eyes and looked at her, "What does your Majesty want me to say?"

"You ask this, does that mean you don't believe me?" the Queen Mother frowned and said angrily.

Huo Jinchi lowered his eyes again, speaking in a calm voice without any emotion, "What the Queen Mother said was really wise. She only said that she did not instruct Li's daughter. Why didn't she just say that it was not you who ordered people to harm Xipin?"

"In the final analysis, you are still doing this for that Concubine Xi!" The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows and said coldly, "It was Concubine De who harmed her. What does it have to do with me? And what does it have to do with Li suing me today!"

Huo Jinchi raised his eyes again, his gaze much sharper than before, "Is it really okay?"

The Queen Mother sneered, "Then may I ask how the Emperor will deal with me?"

Huo Jinchi looked at her, and was silent for a moment. Then he spoke word by word: "In the name of recuperating the phoenix body, stay in the palace for at least five years."

Although the Queen Mother asked this, she didn't think that Hawking Chi would really punish her.

After all, the previous emperor ruled the country with filial piety. If he really wanted to punish me, the court officials would be the first to disagree.

So when Hawking Chi said this, the Queen Mother's first reaction was that she had heard it wrong, but when she looked at Hawking Chi, she saw only seriousness in his eyes.

The Queen Mother was struck by lightning. She was so shocked that she stood up by the table. "You, say it again!"

Facing her disbelief, Huo Jinchi's eyes flashed with pain, but then his eyes became firm again, "Stay in the palace for at least five years."

"You, you are unfilial!" the Queen Mother shouted.

Huo Jinchi looked at her quietly, "If the Queen Mother doesn't like the palace, you can go to the temple to practice. Everything is up to your wishes."

"You..." The Queen Mother felt dizzy and her body swayed.

Huo Jinchi immediately stood up and supported her, but she pushed him away.

The Queen Mother held onto the table to steady herself, pointed at her and said bitterly, "I am your mother, and you treat me like this for a woman! Are you worthy of being an emperor? Are you worthy of the late emperor?"

"If mother thinks I am unworthy, just get rid of me!" Huo Jinchi stepped forward quickly and supported her.

The Queen Mother turned around and slapped him in the face, but she was so angry that she felt dizzy and the slap did not hit his face, but where his jaw and neck met.

"What nonsense are you talking about? You are going to piss me off to death!" She was so angry that her voice became distorted.

Huo Jinchi was holding the fingerprints. At this moment, a hint of smile flashed across his eyes. "What angry words did the Queen Mother say?"

The Queen Mother was choked, pointed at him, and after a long while she managed only one sentence, "Why did I give birth to a rebellious son like you? If I had known earlier, I would have given birth to a fool!"

"Mother, sit down first and you can curse slowly." Huo Jinchi helped her sit back in the chair.

The Queen Mother couldn't help herself and raised her hand to slap him, but this time the slap only hit his arm and the force was much weaker than before.

Sitting back in his chair, Huo Jinchi's expression returned to seriousness. He said to the Queen Mother calmly, "Since you don't intend to abandon me, why are you helping the Fang family to force me?"

This made the Queen Mother glare at him again, and then she said, "What are you talking about? When have your uncle and I ever forced you?"

"Then what do you think is forced?" He asked with cold eyes, "Is it to unite the court officials to depose him, or to lead troops to force him to abdicate?"

"You are getting more and more outrageous!" The Queen Mother was immediately furious. "It was your uncle and your cousin who helped you to secure your position as Crown Prince. It was also because of them that you secured your position as Emperor. Do you have any conscience when you say this?"

"Who is forcing me to do this? Isn't it you who is forcing me and your uncle to die?"