Chapter 150: Ferocious
The Queen Mother comforted him: "Mingzhe, you just need to remember that everything I did was for you and for us!"
"So I won't harm you."
She looked at Xin Mingzhe seriously, her loving eyes looking down at him with a strong sense of aggression.
"Do you believe in the Queen Mother?"
Xin Mingzhe stopped stuttering and spoke slowly.
"I believe in my mother."
The Queen Mother smiled and reached out to touch his head. "You are truly my good son. Hurry up and get up. Look how scared you are."
Xin Mingzhe was pulled up, his legs still a little weak, so he sat on a chair to calm down.
The Queen Mother knew that he was shocked and stopped provoking him.
Xin Hongying standing aside was like a silent mountain. Xin Mingzhe looked at his sullen brother. Except for not getting angry with him, he was really no different from before.
I belatedly felt a faint sadness.
"Mother, will my brother always be like this? Is he really... still alive?"
"Silly Emperor, of course he's still alive."
The Queen Mother smiled brightly upon hearing this and pushed the fine tea towards Xin Mingzhe, "Your brother is also my child."
Xin Mingzhe breathed a sigh of relief, took the tea with both hands, and the slight sadness in his heart faded away.
The Queen Mother hid the coldness in her eyes by drinking tea.
"I just made him more obedient. Look, it's rare for the three of us, mother and son, to sit together peacefully and drink tea."
Xin Hongying also followed the Queen Mother's actions and took a sip of tea.
Xin Mingzhe was stunned by what the empress dowager said. He actually felt that what his mother said did make sense. It was rare for him to be so close to his royal brother.
The Queen Mother finally added: "I did nothing wrong..."
"Cough cough cough..." Xin Mingzhe choked on the tea and started coughing lightly.
The Queen Mother's eyelashes fluttered, she put down the teacup, restrained her outward emotions, and spoke with a serious face.
"Mingzhe, you haven't told me yet, do you really want to sit in that position?"
A confident smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she was so sure that as long as Xin Mingzhe nodded, he would be able to sit on the dragon throne above everyone else and the country would be within his grasp.
Xin Mingzhe just came back to his senses and paused for a moment: "..."
“Cough cough cough… cough…”
Then the coughing became even more severe. Xin Mingzhe felt bitter in his heart, as if he was being forced to do something, and his eyes were slightly evasive.
"Mother, I..."
As a prince, it would be a lie for him to say that he had never thought about the throne.
However, he was used to his freedom, and Concubine Yu's life and death were unknown.
The person he loves most is no longer in the palace. Even if he sits on the dragon throne, what is the point without Sister Qingya by his side?
There are many beautiful girls in the palace, but he only wants his elegant sister.
He had given up on this idea a long time ago.
It's pretty good to be a prince. Although my brother has a bad temper and doesn't like me very much, their relationship is not very good.
But his royal brother will never give him less than what he deserves.
You don't have to go to court every day. You can be free and at ease. You can fight crickets when you want, play pitching pots when you want, and even go for an outing in the countryside...
There are countless people flattering him around him, and no one dares to offend him easily, so he doesn't have to consider other people's faces.
Thinking carefully and counting slowly, Xin Mingzhe couldn't help but feel a little resentful towards the Queen Mother when he realized that being a prince had so many benefits.
He still couldn't understand the change in his mother.
The Queen Mother's eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, her eyes were half-closed, and she uttered a meaningful "hmm" with a sense of oppression.
"What do you want to say? Think about it first."
The plan is about to be accomplished, the most difficult hurdle has been passed, and all he needs is a nod, and the throne will be within his grasp.
She had been planning for him for so long, but in the end, he hesitated.
This is something that many people in the world dream of!
The Queen Mother really couldn't understand him.
"Mother, actually I..." Xin Mingzhe was frightened by her fierce eyes. He chewed the words he didn't want to say into pieces and swallowed them back into his stomach.
He moved his lips and opened them several times, but no words came out.
The Queen Mother was annoyed by his delay and became impatient, so she reached out and placed her hand on his, speaking gently.
"Just say whatever you want to say. Today is a good time to speak your mind. Mother won't blame you. Mother also wants to hear what's in your heart."
Xin Mingzhe's heart hardened, he pulled his hand away and said directly: "Mother, I don't want to be the emperor."
The air froze for a moment, and the empress dowager's sharp eyes took in the expression on Xin Mingzhe's face.
Xin Hongying heard their conversation clearly and was slightly surprised.
This younger brother, whom he had never even looked at, actually refused outright.
What surprised him even more was that his mother was really very kind to his silly brother.
She was so reluctant to let him know that she hid it from him while silently attacking him.
The Queen Mother's heart was truly biased and she was cruel only to him.
He thought he had become numb and would no longer be affected by her attitude.
However, he still underestimated himself. The pain of being betrayed by his loved ones tortured him like a knife stewing meat. The hand hidden under his sleeve slowly clenched into a fist.
The Queen Mother could tell at a glance that he was hiding something, and her eyes narrowed slightly, a little hurt.
The voice suddenly turned cold.
"I just don't believe you. I never thought that I would reveal everything today, but you wouldn't dare to tell me what's really in your heart."
"Instead, you are hiding it from me."
The Queen Mother clutched her chest in disappointment, emphasizing each word with an invisible rebuke: "You chill my heart."
Xin Mingzhe panicked and felt guilty. He had indeed concealed something.
However, he really couldn't say these words, and his face turned red.
"Mother, I didn't hide it from you on purpose, but I..."
Xin Mingzhe glanced at his brother, his face full of guilt and shame, and he didn't know how to start.
The Queen Mother slammed the table and said, "Speak!"
With a bang!
Even the teacups on the table were shaking.
Xin Mingzhe said quickly, "Mother, I did have this thought."
"This is because... I have always liked Sister Qingya and I am jealous of my brother. Why is it that she married my brother instead of me, even though we were childhood sweethearts?"
"But Sister Qingya is missing, and everyone says she's dead. It's too late now."
"Without her, what's the point of me sitting in that position."
He grabbed the Queen Mother's hand on the table, his eyes shining slightly.
"Mother, you understand your son well. I have accomplished nothing since I was a child and I know nothing."
"It's a good thing for my brother to be the emperor. Why not let him continue to be the emperor? This way, you, the queen mother, can still be the queen mother!"
The Queen Mother's eyes were filled with rage. She shook off his hand and slapped Xin Mingzhe in the face.
"impossible!"
The hand stained with red cardamom pointed at the tip of his nose, and the tone became no longer gentle. The whole person was like a clay Buddha statue washed clean by rain, gradually revealing its hideous face.
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