Chapter 149: The Queen Mother's Secret
Xin Mingzhe lowered his head and frowned in confusion.
I was a little confused. Why was my royal brother here with my mother, and why was he suddenly summoned into the palace? Did something big happen?
He thought that he was not needed for small matters and could not be used for big matters.
He knelt on the ground, confused and uneasy.
A pair of hands, stained red with cardamom, placed themselves on his arms and gently lifted him up from the ground.
The Queen Mother said gently, "My son, please get up quickly. There's no need to kneel."
Xin Mingzhe cautiously raised his eyes to look at his brother, and seeing that he did not react, he followed the force of his mother's hand and stood up.
He looked up and saw his brother's calm face, his mother's expression, and the strange atmosphere between them.
The doubts in his heart grew deeper, and an inexplicable and strange feeling surrounded him.
Xin Mingzhe had a bad feeling.
"Everyone, please go down. Without my order, do not disturb the three of us, mother and son."
The Queen Mother dismissed the last few palace maids who served her closely, and the nanny took them away, and the last person left the hall.
"Mother, what do you and my brother want from me?" Xin Mingzhe asked.
The Queen Mother took his hand and pushed him to sit on the chair, "Mingzhe, come and sit down first and talk slowly."
She clapped his hands, her eyes slightly shining, "I'm asking you, do you want to be emperor?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xin Mingzhe widened his eyes in horror and took a breath.
If the Queen Mother had not pulled him to sit on a chair, he would probably have been frightened to the point of his legs going weak.
"Mother, what are you talking about? Are you crazy?"
Saying such words in front of the emperor, is the Queen Mother dissatisfied with him?
Mother, this is harming him!
Xin Mingzhe shook off the Queen Mother's hand, turned around and knelt down smoothly towards Xin Hongying.
The emperor's brother had never been very close to him in the past, and he knew in his heart that it was because his mother favored him.
She doesn't like him, treats him coldly, and the relationship between them is not close.
So in Xin Mingzhe's heart, he has always been a little afraid of Xin Hongying.
"Royal brother, I have never thought of such a heinous act. I swear to heaven."
"Brother, you have to believe me."
Xin Mingzhe raised his eyes, knelt down and took a few steps, trying to see the expression on Xin Hongying's face.
But I heard the Queen Mother covering her mouth and chuckling.
"Get up! You're so scared."
Xin Mingzhe breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest, and said in a resentful tone: "Mother, are you and my brother trying to scare me?"
"Mother, don't joke about this kind of thing. I'm almost scared to death by you."
The Queen Mother patted his head lovingly and said seriously, "Silly prince, I wasn't joking just now. I was very serious."
"The late emperor gave this position to your brother, and I have never been satisfied..."
Xin Mingzhe was going crazy in his heart. Mother, it’s ok for you to just think about it in your heart, but why did you say it out loud in front of your brother?
He had no thoughts in his mind now. He rushed forward and covered the empress dowager's mouth, shaking his head slightly with a pleading look in his eyes.
"Mother, please stop talking!"
Is this something you can say in front of your royal brother?
The Queen Mother was not annoyed when her mouth was covered. Instead, she felt warm in her heart. Mingzhe acted like this because he cared about her.
She used her strength to move his hand away from her mouth without hurting it.
"Silly prince, do you think I'm really that stupid?"
The fingers stained with red cardamom gently pushed his forehead.
"You've never been able to hide things since you were little. It's time for me to tell you."
Xin Mingzhe was completely confused, and the bad premonition in his heart was magnified.
What does the Queen Mother want to tell him?
The Queen Mother spoke calmly, her fingers clenched tightly as she spoke: "The story begins from the time of the late Emperor..."
"I have someone I love, and we were in love at the time. It was the late emperor who robbed me and harassed me, refusing to let me go. He trapped me in the palace and locked me in the cellar, which is how your brother was born."
When talking about the 'cellar', the Queen Mother recalled those scenes, and a trace of pain flashed in her eyes, and there was unspeakable madness in her eyes.
Xin Hongying was not completely controlled and was still conscious. He heard everything the Queen Mother said and his breathing became irregular.
So this is why you don’t like me, mother!
Because I am your painful memory, an existence that you don’t even want to see, and I am just an eyesore.
She hates herself!
But he was wrong again!
He did nothing wrong, but he was deprived of his mother's love since he was born.
The last bit of hope for her in my heart disappeared.
The Queen Mother paused for a moment and then slowly said, "The late Emperor used your brother to threaten me, and together with my clansmen, he wanted to harm me and cut off my escape route."
"After completely trapping me in the palace, you ignored me and allowed me to be bullied..."
"I hate the late emperor, and I also hate your brother. I cannot accept your brother sitting in that position."
"The late emperor did it on purpose. He wanted me to remember your brother every time I saw him, but I refused to let him have his way."
"But I have wanted to kill your brother countless times, but I couldn't do it, so I can only do this!"
Xin Mingzhe didn't know what to say anymore. The incident had such a huge impact on him that his confused mind couldn't react.
He didn't expect that his mother and father's past was like this. In his impression, his mother and father had always been in love.
His mother's words overturned his memory of the past and shattered his impression of his father. It was like a nightmare.
The Queen Mother revealed her plan of using the soul-eating insect to change the world, which had lasted for several years.
She curled her lips into a smile, acting madly and calmly, her words filled with a confident madness.
"Now that the plan is about to be completed, it's time to change the position of emperor."
"Don't worry." The Queen Mother looked at Xin Mingzhe face to face, her smile kind and gentle: "I love you the most and will never hurt you."
"You! Are different. Everything I do is for you."
For me! ?
For the first time, Xin Mingzhe felt that the loving smile on his mother's face was a little creepy. He got goose bumps all over his body, opened his mouth blankly, and suddenly became unable to speak, and spoke stutteringly.
"Mother Queen..., why am I not different?"
Xin Mingzhe felt both relieved and puzzled.
The Queen Mother smiled slightly, and the madness in her eyes completely disappeared, as if it had never appeared.
But some things have undergone subtle changes without us realizing it.
"Now is not the time to tell you. I'm afraid you won't be able to accept it for a while." The Queen Mother was mysterious. Xin Mingzhe felt nervous and uneasy.
Xin Mingzhe's eyes moved slightly and he lowered his eyelids. He could tell him everything about his father and brother.
Why can't he be told about his affairs!
Mother, what secrets are you hiding?
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