"It's good that the Queen Mother knows what's going on."
The emperor stood up, picked up the teapot on the table, and poured a cup of hot tea for the empress dowager.
He placed the cup of hot tea next to the Queen Mother. "Mingyue has to take care of Qiqi and educate Hongxuan. I'm afraid she won't have the time to come and pay her respects to you every day. Queen Mother has always been kind and tolerant. She will definitely not hold it against her, right?"
The Queen Mother took the cup of tea but didn't drink it. She just put it on the table.
She said earnestly, "The virtuous concubine has impure thoughts, the quiet concubine cannot win your heart, and the noble concubine is too busy. There are few people in this palace who can serve you. My son, why don't I have someone prepare the selection, and you..."
"I like quietness."
Before the empress dowager could finish her words, the emperor refused impatiently.
The Queen Mother was relentless: "If you like quiet and peaceful, then find a few more mature and steady girls. You can't leave this harem empty, right?"
"I am not interested in them. Why should we keep them trapped in the palace and ruin their lives? Instead of choosing concubines, it would be better to establish a queen."
The emperor laughed and said, "I have been on the throne for ten years, but the position of empress is vacant. The whole court, both civil and military, and even the people of the world are secretly discussing this."
The Queen Mother said, "Then I will carefully choose for you a girl who is gentle, virtuous, dignified, and clever."
The emperor said bluntly: "Mother, you don't have to play dumb."
Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother immediately frowned: "I still say the same thing, the position of Queen can be given to anyone, but not to Shen Mingyue!"
The emperor's smile faded, and his attitude became tough: "Your son still says the same thing. Your son's position as your legal wife is only for Shen Mingyue."
"you!"
The Queen Mother stood up in anger and glared at the Emperor, "Are you going to piss me off to death?"
The emperor knelt down and said: "Since it is difficult to be both loyal and filial, then I will simply be a bastard who is unfaithful to Mingyue and unfilial to you."
I feel like I've given up, I know I'm wrong but I just won't change.
The Queen Mother angrily scolded: "You are the monarch, Shen Mingyue is the minister, why do you have to be loyal to her?"
The emperor stubbornly explained: "I am not loyal to Shen Mingyue, but to my own feelings."
"Lu Liyuan!"
After a long time, the empress dowager once again called the emperor by his full name.
She said angrily, "You are no longer a teenager, why don't you understand my good intentions? Don't you have any idea how your great-grandfather ascended the throne? I am not mistreating Shen Mingyue. I am making plans for you, do you know?!"
Lu Yansong is the great-grandfather of the current emperor, the founding emperor of the Tianqi Kingdom, and a mighty and brave general of the previous dynasty.
The previous emperor was stupid and cruel, greedy for beauty and exploited the people.
There was war on the border, and General Wei Yong led his soldiers to defend their positions.
In the capital, the emperor killed the general's brother-in-law and his family, and forcibly abducted the general's sister, who had already been married, into the palace as a concubine, torturing and humiliating her every day.
The woman actually stood up and endured the humiliation, gained the emperor's trust, gave birth to a prince, and planned and schemed step by step, and finally climbed to the throne of queen.
Later, General Weiyong rebelled with the queen, the emperor was killed, and hundreds of members of the former royal family were massacred.
The country changed dynasties, the Nanfeng Kingdom became the Tianqi Kingdom, and the royal family changed its surname from Long to Lu.
It is precisely because of those past events that the Queen Mother has to be on guard.
Now that the Shen family has a large number of troops under its control, it is impossible for her to let Shen Mingyue take the throne.
not to mention……
Her only daughter even wanted to marry Shen Mingyue's brother!
If she didn't intervene, the Shen family's power and status would be too great!
"Mother, I am not the incompetent tyrant of the previous dynasty. I will not do such absurd and rebellious things. Therefore, the Shen family will not have any other intentions."
The emperor's voice was low and crisp.
The Queen Mother looked irritated, suppressing her anger. "If you really make Shen Mingyue your empress, then Hongxuan will be the crown prince. If the Shen family is impatient for you to abdicate, if the Shen family is greedy..."
"The Shen family is not that kind of people. Mother, there is no need to worry so much. Besides...
"Who wouldn't covet such great power? How can one not think too much when in a high position?"
"The Shen family has been loyal for generations..."
“That’s enough!”
The Queen Mother became more and more upset the more she listened.
She glared at the emperor kneeling before her and said sternly, "I still say the same thing. If you insist on making Shen Mingyue your empress, I will hang myself in Shouning Palace! Even if I die, I will leave a will to bury Shen Mingyue with me!"
"Then the throne will remain vacant. At worst, I'll never marry!"
The emperor was also angry. He stood up, turned around and walked out.
Suddenly thinking of something, he stopped in his tracks. "Oh, right, if your Majesty Queen wants to arrange for the selection of concubines, you don't have to ask for my opinion. I won't bother with them. At worst, I'll just flip the cards every night and have those beautiful girls sent to Shouning Palace to chant sutras and recite Buddhist scriptures with you."
After saying that, he strode out without any reluctance.
The Queen Mother was trembling with anger: "This, this rebellious son! He is simply going to piss me off to death!"
"Queen Mother, please calm down, calm down."
Wan Shuang ran in and supported the Queen Mother: "The Emperor has always been frank when talking to you, but he actually has no bad intentions, he is just angry, don't take it to heart."
The Queen Mother walked to the couch, panting, and sat down weakly.
"Every time the topic of the Queen's position is brought up, he acts like a mad dog! He won't back down until I threaten him with my life! In his heart, Shen Mingyue is probably more important than me!"
"You are the Emperor's biological mother, and the Imperial Concubine is the Emperor's beloved. You two are the most important to the Emperor."
Wanshuang brought the cup of warm tea on the table and handed it to the empress dowager.
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