My mother always goes to bed early. It’s so late now, there’s no way she would go anywhere else!
Thinking of this, the emperor pushed Zhao Xu away.
"Your Majesty, please calm down..."
Shen Mingyue rushed over, panting.
She held the emperor's wrist tightly, fearing that the emperor would really rush into the raging fire.
"The Queen Mother is blessed by heaven, and it will be useless for you to barge in now!"
The emperor shook Shen Mingyue off and roared, "The one trapped in there is my mother!"
Shen Mingyue lost her balance for a moment and stumbled, nearly falling. Fortunately, Qiu He was quick to catch her.
"What's going on?"
At this moment, the Queen Mother came limping over, supported by Wanshuang.
It looks like his foot is injured, but it's not serious.
"M-Mother?" The Emperor stared at the Empress Dowager, feeling both happy and surprised. "You, you're not in the side hall?"
“…”
The Queen Mother looked at the Emperor speechlessly.
Shen Mingyue suddenly understood this. She finally knew why Lu Hongxuan spoke strangely sometimes. It was because of the saying "like father, like son"!
Seeing that the emperor was still stunned, Shen Mingyue quickly said, "There was a fire in the side hall of Shouning Palace. The emperor was so anxious that he almost rushed into the fire. Fortunately, the empress dowager is safe and sound."
The Queen Mother sighed softly, her expression filled with resentment. "I missed the late Emperor so much that I went to the Imperial Ancestral Temple to light two incense sticks for him. Unexpectedly, on the way back, I slipped and fell."
Hearing this, the emperor fell into deep thought.
The Queen Mother hated the Emperor Father very much. After the Emperor Father's death, the Queen Mother's life became much more comfortable. She ate two more bowls of rice every day and now she is much fatter.
So, how could it be possible that the Queen Mother missed the Emperor?
It is obvious that "missing" is just a random excuse made up by the Queen Mother.
Did she leave Shouning Palace specifically? Then this fire...
"Ah! Your Eighth Uncle and Miss Lan Xin are discussing something in the side hall! The fire is so fierce, the two of them..."
The Queen Mother seemed to realize it belatedly and covered her mouth and exclaimed in surprise.
At the same time, the emperor probably understood something in his heart.
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