Chapter 105 The Queen Mother is testing Xie Jingmo’s feelings.
Yun Zhao had no hope at all.
Xie Jingmo did not disappoint Yun Zhao.
"Is that so? If the Queen Mother thinks it is, then it is. If it is not, then it is not. Why bother asking me?"
The Queen Mother smiled gently, "We are just chatting as mother and son, why are you so angry?"
The Queen Mother took a sip of tea.
Then, he asked Yun Zhao a few more questions.
Where do you live?
How many people are there in your family?
Are your parents okay?
When you joined the army, your family was reluctant to let you go?
The Queen Mother asked one last question, smiling broadly, "When Chen Tingting went to the frontier, you didn't get angry or get into a fight, did you? Was her death an accident?"
The Queen Mother didn't seem to be asking a question.
She was very confident and just picked out topics to talk about casually.
Like all the questions, she already had the answers.
She was like a monkey trainer in the market, holding food and making people run around in circles.
Yun Zhao sighed and turned his head to look at Xie Jingmo.
Xie Jingmo was full of vigor. "Have you finished your questions, Queen Mother? If you have, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
After saying that, he stood up.
As she was about to take a step forward, she angrily shouted at Yun Zhao, "Why are you still staying here? Are you trying to offend the Empress Dowager? Are you worthy enough?!"
Yun Zhao was about to stand up.
The Queen Mother smiled. "Why are you in such a hurry? Go on your way. I like Yun Zhao, so I'll keep her for dinner in the palace. The Emperor will be coming to pay his respects later, so I can ask him to check if Yun Zhao is the person in the painting. Otherwise, it will save Li Minghai a lot of trouble."
The Queen Mother smiled from beginning to end.
Xie Jingmo closed his eyes and stood in the hall.
Yun Zhao thought he would leave, but Xie Jingmo turned around instead.
"What is the Queen Mother testing me on?"
"Is there?"
"If I want to marry someone, you can't stop me. Lin Ruyu, I'm determined to marry her!"
The Queen Mother smiled. "I have no objection. It's just that I have a great liking for Yun Zhao, and I can't bear to see her seven years of hard work go to waste. So I asked her to ask you for a marriage status. If you're stingy, then I'll let the Emperor marry her. After all, she's still part of my royal family. Isn't that nice?"
Yun Zhao stood on the stage, like a fish on the chopping board.
From beginning to end, she had no say.
She could only stand here and listen to the mother and daughter's intrigues. She had no choice, and no one asked her for her choice.
Xie Jingmo was furious, and veins on his body were bulging.
Yun Zhao looked at him and also felt that the Queen Mother was being too demanding.
The woman I have waited so many years to marry is now right in front of me, but he is so disgusting that he has to insert a substitute in her place.
It disgusted Xie Jingmo and Lin Ruyu.
The seven years that Yun Zhao had been so devoted to him had now become a weapon of deception and intrigue in the hall.
She felt ridiculous and helpless.
Yun Zhao sighed, and in Xie Jingmo's silence, he leaned forward and knelt down.
"Empress Dowager, can I choose for myself?" If she had to choose, she hoped to choose for herself.
When I think about it later, I can give an explanation to myself.
The Queen Mother did not expect Yun Zhao to speak, and she looked displeased.
"What are you going to say?"
"Queen Dowager, if I could really choose, I would like to enter the palace as a concubine."
As soon as these words were spoken.
The Queen Mother frowned!
Xie Jingmo's face was as cold as ice.
Queen Mother, "Do you know what you are saying?!"
Yun Zhao knelt on the ground and calmly repeated what he had just said.
"If I could choose, I would like to enter the palace."
The emperor has many beloved ones, and if she doesn't fight for them in the future, she can live a peaceful life.
She had experienced Xie Jingmo's coldness enough. If she had to spend the rest of her life watching him and Lin Ruyu making love, it would be better for her to enter the deep palace.
Of course.
Yun Zhao had another plan.
She had followed Xie Jingmo and she was also gambling.
The Queen Mother didn't want her to follow her elder brother first and then sleep with her younger brother.
If the Queen Mother had such awareness, then she would still have a way out.
Doesn’t the Queen Mother like to disgust people?
She can too.
However, since she was a poor person, the cost of resisting was a bit high.
The Queen Mother was so angry that she laughed, "I didn't realize that you, a woman, are so bold."
Yun Zhao knelt on the ground and said, "Thank you, Queen Mother, for your compliments."
For a moment, the hall fell into silence.
Just as the Queen Mother was about to ask Yun Zhao to leave, she heard a voice from outside, "The Emperor has arrived!"
It threw everyone off balance.
Including the Queen Mother.
Yun Zhao was completely stunned. She stood in the hall until a hand pulled her.
Before the emperor entered the palace, he angrily shouted, "You dog slave! Get out of here!"
Yun Zhao immediately lowered his head and stepped back.
When she passed by the emperor, he turned his head and glanced at her casually, without taking it to heart.
However, after Yun Zhao left, the emperor frowned and started to leave. "Hey—was that a palace maid just now? Why does she look familiar to me? Where is she?"
As he said this, he was about to walk out.
The Queen Mother: "Emperor!"
The Emperor turned around and came back to his senses. "Is the Empress Dowager safe? Who just left?"
The Queen Mother paused subtly and glanced at Xie Jingmo.
The emperor was puzzled and looked at Xie Jingmo, "What do you mean?"
The Queen Mother smiled and said, "General Xie, please tell me, who was that person who just walked out?"
Xie Jingmo's face was so gloomy that it was unbearable to look at.
The Queen Mother was still smiling. She turned to the Emperor and asked, "I heard you were looking for the woman in the painting. How is your search going?"
The Emperor shook his head upon hearing this. "I don't know how Li Minghai works. He hasn't found her for a long time. But I heard there's some clues. The woman is staying at the Yuefu Inn. It's just that when Li Minghai went looking for her, she happened to be out. They're waiting inside and will bring her into the palace when the time comes."
The Queen Mother nodded graciously upon hearing this. "I've never seen my son so infatuated with any other woman. Does he really like her?"
The emperor smiled and said, "Really? I always feel that she is different from the other women in the palace. If she enters the palace, I will definitely pamper and love her well."
The Queen Mother raised an eyebrow. "Is that so? Your Majesty likes that girl so much, but has he ever thought about what would happen if she was already married?"
The emperor frowned when he heard this.
But it soon loosened.
"Looking at the portrait, I see she doesn't want to marry anyone, but if she does, I don't mind. As long as she's willing to enter the palace, everything will be fine."
When the Queen Mother heard this, her gaze fell on Xie Jingmo.
"Jing Mo, I heard that Lin Ruyu's husband left and she even got the divorce papers. I just wanted to ask you what your plans are for the future. Are you going to make arrangements for Lin Ruyu?"
This is a question.
It is also a threat.
If Xie Jingmo dared to say "yes", she would immediately tell the emperor that the woman who had just walked out was the woman in the painting.
The Queen Mother was testing Xie Jingmo's feelings.
Yun Zhao stood in a side corner and felt that the Queen Mother thought too highly of him.
Exchanging her for Lin Ruyu is simply a pipe dream.
Yun Zhao looked around and glanced at the lotus pond in the distance.
When the inner hall fell silent for a moment, he pinched his throat and shouted, "Oh no! Concubine Yi has fallen into the water!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a splash sound of something heavy falling into the water.
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