Chapter 158: Confinement of the Queen Mother
The Queen Mother glanced at him unhappily. They were all so disobedient. Children were born as a debt.
"What is it?"
Chi Ming's eyes were sharp, like a sharp arrow that had just been shot and fell on the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother was instinctively a little frightened. This youngest son was good in every way except that he was too violent. She should not have been allowed to go to the battlefield.
"Why did you make Princess Rong'an kneel on the official road for two hours?"
He asked this not only because Bai Qinghuan was the girl he liked, but also because she was a meritorious official.
Whether it is the frostbite ointment, the advice for Fuzhou, or the sweet potato seedlings he saw last night, they are all great things that benefit the country and the people.
We must not discourage those who have made great contributions.
"Princess Rong'an?"
The empress dowager took a long time to react, and it was only when the nanny reminded her that she realized that the Princess Rong'an that Chi Ming mentioned was Bai Qinghuan.
"Why do you mention her? She's just a vulgar person who doesn't know etiquette."
"Mother, do you know what the consequences of doing this are?"
The Queen Mother suddenly stood up and threw the teacup at Chi Ming's feet. The scalding hot tea splashed onto his boots and disappeared.
Chi Ming felt the heat on his toes, but fortunately it was not hot, so he didn't care too much.
"Chi Ming, as the Queen Mother, why can't I punish a little bitch who doesn't know the rules and offends me?"
"I'm here to tell you why not!"
His Majesty strode over, his face looking extremely gloomy.
He did not answer the Queen Mother's words immediately, but came to Chi Ming's side, saw his already wet boots, and ordered Desheng: "Bring new boots to the Regent."
"How are you? Are you not hurt?"
"Have you eaten yet? I have asked someone to place lunch in the imperial study. Come eat with me later."
This was originally his job, and he felt so distressed to see his youngest brother working so hard.
He looked so concerned about me that if you didn't know him, you would think he was Chi Ming's father.
Chi Ming felt warmer in his heart. He had relatives and was brought up by his elder brother. An elder brother is like a father. He hadn’t seen the emperor for more than half a month and looked at him twice more.
Somehow, I always feel that he looks much better than before.
"Thank you for your concern, my brother. I am fine. Everything is going well in Fuzhou."
"That's good. Go back home and have a good rest. Come back tomorrow night and we brothers will stay up together to celebrate the New Year."
After Desheng came back with the boots, he helped Chi Ming put them on.
The empress dowager looked embarrassed and a little guilty. The emperor's actions were in stark contrast to her.
She also wanted to care about him, but Yuyan was still injured.
Especially the look in that dog slave Desheng's eyes, was he questioning her?
He glared at Desheng, then became tough again.
"I did nothing wrong. It's just Bai Qinghuan who keeps contradicting me."
His Majesty didn't care at all about the presence of palace maids and eunuchs.
"Mother, do you know how much contribution Princess Rong'an made to Dongxi? Let alone other things, just the frostbite ointment can save countless soldiers and civilians from suffering from frostbite. She is a great contributor to Dongxi."
"I've also heard about what happened today. It was Yun Yuyan who provoked first. How did Bai Qinghuan do anything wrong?"
"Your Majesty, aren't you afraid of chilling the hearts of thousands of soldiers by doing this?"
For the sake of the Yun family, the Queen Mother really did not care about the reputation of the royal family.
What's more, Bai Qinghuan also treated him and prescribed medicine for him.
After eating it for a few days, he felt a lot more relaxed.
The Queen Mother was so angry that she fell backwards: "Emperor, you dare to question me for a little bitch? What's so good about her? Isn't she just frostbite cream? The imperial doctors in the Imperial Hospital can make it."
"Or have you been bewitched by her? Are you always on her side?"
"I tell you, as long as I am alive, you cannot take her into the palace."
Chi Ming suddenly looked at the emperor: Do you want to take Bai Qinghuan as your concubine?
The emperor waved his hand: That’s not the case!
Chi Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The Queen Mother saw the quarrel between the two brothers and pointed at Chi Ming: "And you, you are also on her side. You are all deceived by her. She is the reincarnation of a witch."
"What good can there be for a woman whose engagement was broken off by Zhuo Xu? You are all blind."
"I have such a miserable life. After ten months of pregnancy, I gave birth to a son whose elbow is bent outward. How unfilial of me."
The emperor and Chi Ming looked at each other and could see the helplessness in each other's eyes.
When she can't win an argument, she throws a tantrum. This is their queen mother.
What is this witch's reincarnation? Can you just say that?
It’s all because of the woman from the Yun family.
They brothers also have a miserable life, being born in the belly of such a woman.
Oh, and the eldest princess, they are from the same mother.
But Chi Ming didn't want to indulge her this time. If she continued like this, her mother would cause an even bigger mess.
"Bai Qinghuan is well-informed. She also gave advice to the people of Fuzhou, helping them find food in the mountains and learning how to build snow houses."
"Now, in the eyes of the northern soldiers and the common people, Bai Qinghuan is their savior. Queen Mother punished her without any reason. Have you ever thought about the chilling feelings of the people in the world?"
In fact, he was talking nonsense, because in Fuzhou, he didn't reveal a single thing about Bai Qinghuan. At that time, she had just been named a county lord, and she didn't want to attract too much attention, so she didn't allow him to say anything.
"You are not representing yourself, but the face and attitude of the royal family."
"If they find out that we treat people who have made contributions like this, what will they do? The private soldiers in Mengbai Mountain almost took my son's life. If the soldiers cannot unite with the Chi family and are caught by the rebels and use this as an excuse, then Dongxi will be overthrown and destroyed."
"The Queen Mother doesn't care about her son's life. Have you had enough of being the Queen Mother? Do you want to be a prisoner?"
The Queen Mother was so frightened that she stopped crying: "What did you say? Isn't she just a little bitch? Why is it so serious?"
Her voice was shrill and she was almost voiceless. She was the most honorable empress dowager in Dongxi, a high and mighty woman, and she had not had enough of that.
Prisoner, impossible.
Her eyes quickly moved between the two of them, and suddenly she understood.
The two sons colluded with each other and joined hands to deceive her.
"You dare to threaten me?"
The way she shouted the accusations was as if she was facing an enemy instead of her son.
"Have you all gone crazy for Bai Qinghuan?"
Then he ordered fiercely:
"Come here, pass on my imperial decree to kill Bai Qinghuan on the spot."
Seeing that she really wanted to kill him, Chi Ming shouted, "Let's see who dares!"
However, both the palace maids and eunuchs in the Cining Palace and the guards outside the gate were silent.
They wouldn't dare to do so without the orders of His Majesty and the Regent.
"You...you are all rebelling!"
In a rage, he smashed all the ornaments on the display cabinet to the ground, but he still didn't feel satisfied.
"You don't want to marry Yuyan, is it because of that bitch Bai Qinghuan? Huh?"
"I don't agree, absolutely not!"
"Unless I die, she won't be able to enter the royal family."
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