Chapter 274: Tolerating Evil

With Hawking Chi's continuous guidance, he finally forced out what the Queen Mother was thinking.

Since the Queen Mother returned to the palace, the mother and son finally opened their hearts to each other again.

"After mother returned to the palace, I could feel that mother was on guard against me in every way. So this is the crux of the problem." Huo Jinchi suddenly felt emotional.

When the Queen Mother saw him like this, she immediately said coldly: "You just said that you would lock me up in the palace for five years. Now you are showing this to someone else!"

Huo Jinchi ignored her ridicule and continued, "Mother, do you still remember what you promised me when I left the palace last time? Why did you change your mind so suddenly? It's just that you don't trust me."

The Queen Mother still sneered at his words.

"It seems that my son sent people to the west, which really frightened my uncle. Otherwise, he would not have instigated mother to break up with me."

These words finally made the Queen Mother's face change again. If it was someone else, she might have really broken off relations with him, but the person in front of her was his own flesh and blood, her only son.

Her expression changed again and again, but she still spoke weakly: "What do you want?"

Huo Jinchi's eyes were sharp, "What do I want? Shouldn't the Queen Mother ask my uncle about this? I am investigating the things in the west, but why? To give an explanation to the people. Doesn't the Queen Mother really not know the tragic situation in the west where there are starving people everywhere and nine out of ten houses are empty? Shouldn't my uncle give me an explanation?!"

"And he, not only does he not know how to restrain himself, he even dares to stir up trouble in the court and the harem, ignoring the law and common sense, and wants to trample me under his feet! Mother, who gave him this courage? It was you! Your indulgence and protection allowed him to grow from a greedy child to a huge greedy person, and from a traitor to a traitor to the country!"

"When I was little, my mother taught me to read the Spring and Autumn Annals. The Duke of Zheng Zhuang in the opening chapter was the one who condoned treachery. You read it to me word for word. Have you forgotten what happened to your uncle Duan?"

"Mother, are you praising and killing your uncle because you love him, or are you doing it for your son? So that he can continue to commit the same crime of treason as Uncle Duan?"

The questions were like thunder exploding in the Queen Mother's ears, especially the last sentence, which almost shocked her to the point of fainting.

She, of course, had never thought of praising her brother to death, but, but what her son said was wrong.

The Empress Dowager did not see the scene when the disaster victims entered the city, but at that time, letters from her brother came like snowflakes. The fear and remorse in the letters were enough to show how miserable the situation in the city was at that time.

At that time, she had already hidden in the temple. Wasn't it because she didn't want her brother to make any mistakes?

But why couldn't she resist her brother's pleading and return to the palace?

"Do you dare to look back at everything your mother has done for the Fang family?" Huo Jinchi slowed down his voice and said with a sigh.

The Queen Mother's body was shocked again. She looked up at her son, but suddenly realized that her son had lost all traces of youth without knowing when. The lines on his face were clear and his eyes were calm. He had already become an emperor with great prestige.

She sat down on the chair calmly, "But, but he is your uncle..."

"Back then, I was not favored by the late emperor, and Zhao Zhaoyi was jealous of me because I gave birth to you. If it weren't for my brother's efforts in the previous dynasty to win the late emperor's favor, you and I might have died in the palace long ago!"

"Even if he is a little bit greedy, so what? If the water is too clear, there will be no fish. Which official is not greedy? He formed a clique for you, isn't he? We are a family, and you are his nephew. Can he harm you?"

"Will he harm you again..."

The Queen Mother repeated this several times, becoming more and more sorrowful as she spoke, and finally she couldn't help but cover her face and burst into tears.

Where she couldn't see, Hawking Chi's eyes were no longer calm and cold, and he sighed deeply.

Some things, no matter how bright and gorgeous they appear, are rotten inside. If you want to cut out the rotten flesh, you will definitely suffer pain.

But he couldn't bear to see the Empress Dowager in danger, so he immediately sent someone to invite Jiang Yuanzheng over.

The Queen Mother cried bitterly, drank some sedatives, and lay on the bed feeling drowsy.

"My prince, my prince..."

Hawking was sitting beside her bed, but she was reaching out to grab things everywhere.

"Mother." Huo Jinchi quickly grabbed her hand and called out.

"My son, your mother is wrong. It is your mother who is wrong." The Queen Mother held his hand tightly, her nails leaving bloody marks on the back of his hand.

Tears rolled down the Queen Mother's eyes again, "It's all my fault, let your uncle go, my son, don't kill your uncle."

These words made Huo Jinchi's eyes cool again. He patted the Queen Mother's hand and said, "Go to sleep, Queen Mother. You have started talking in your sleep."

But the Queen Mother shook her head repeatedly. Huo Jinchi moved her hand away with force, stood up, and said to Aunt Sun beside her: "Aunt Sun, take good care of the Queen Mother."

"Hey, hey." Grandma Sun nodded repeatedly, glanced at the Queen Mother on the bed, and couldn't help wiping her eyes. "Actually, the Queen Mother hasn't been doing well recently. She's been dreaming all night long and hasn't had a good night's sleep for a long time."

Huo Jinchi lowered his eyes slightly, responded calmly, gave another instruction to President Jiang, and left Ci'an Hall.

He walked out of the gate, but ignored the imperial carriage parked at the door and walked straight past.

Xu An didn't dare to say anything. He followed behind him and waved his hand for the carriage to follow.

There was no expression on Hawking Chi's face, nor was there any confusion in his eyes, but he clearly had no goal in mind, as he just kept walking slowly along the cobblestone road.

As for what he was thinking, he had no idea. He just felt a chill and pain in his heart, with no way to vent or resolve it. He did not dare to think too deeply about it.

He walked aimlessly for a long time, and when he came to his senses, Hawking Chi had already reached the lake. The vastness of the lake made him slowly stop.

Seeing that he finally stopped, Xu An stepped forward and whispered, "Your Majesty, it's hot. If you want to see the scenery, let's go to the pavilion next to it."

When he lowered his head, he saw bloodstains on the back of the emperor's hands, with blood oozing out from many places.

"Your Majesty, what happened to your hand?" Xu An screamed in surprise and shouted to Xiao Dezi behind him, "Quick, go call Doctor Yu."

Just as Xiao Dezi was about to leave, Huo Jinchi stopped him, "No need, it's not a big deal!"

Seeing that he looked impatient, Xu An winked at Xiao Dezi and asked him to come back.

"Your Majesty, please find a place so that I can apply medicine to you?" he asked again in a low voice.

Hawking Chi nodded indifferently, but still stood by the lake, staring at the calm lake surface reflected by the afterglow in a trance.

Xu An sighed in his heart, and slowly took a step back, not daring to make any more noise to disturb them.

But just when he thought the emperor was going to watch the sunset here, he suddenly said, "Go to Anlan Pavilion."

Xu An immediately perked up, replied yes, and then shouted: "Drive Anlan Pavilion!"