She reached out to hold Mo Chuan's hand, but Mo Chuan took a step back, avoided her, lowered his eyes, and stood with his hands solemnly in hand.
The look in Queen Mother Zhou's eyes suddenly turned gloomy, and she smiled bitterly and said, "Why, are you not willing to let Queen Mother touch you now?"
Mo Chuan didn't answer, but after a while he said: "Su Jin said that the queen mother was infected with wind and cold, but has she been informed by the imperial doctor?"
Queen Mother Zhou nodded and said, "I've seen it and taken the medicine, but it didn't work very well."
"Mother, please sit down." Mo Chuan moved a chair and asked the Queen Mother Zhou to sit down. He paused and then said: "Mother is not feeling well and should rest in Shoukang Palace. You insist on seeing me, but I don't know what you want. thing?"
Queen Mother Zhou couldn't tell how she felt when she saw that although he asked about her condition, her expression was no longer as close as before, and everything she said and did was as if it was routine.
She was full of anger and wanted to find out what was going on with her son, and forced him to depose her as a queen.
But as soon as she saw her son's haggard appearance and gloomy expression, her heart suddenly softened, and she couldn't say anything when it came to her lips.
"Chuan'er, the Ai family just misses you and wants to see you." She said softly, with unconcealable love on her face.
No matter how angry she is, her son is still the flesh that has fallen off her body. If others don't feel sorry for him, she feels sorry for him.
"My son is fine. I've seen my mother. If there's nothing else, I still have many memorials to approve. I can't stay with my mother anymore. My mother should go back to the palace to rest."
Mo Chuan's tone was respectful and polite as usual, but the words he spoke made Queen Mother Zhou's heart hurt so hard, as if she had been stabbed by a knife.
"Chuan'er, what did your mother do to make you resent your mother so much? There are no outsiders here, there are only two of us, mother and son. If you have anything to say, you can just say it to your mother! Why do you have to say such things to hurt your mother's heart? Cough cough , cough cough cough!”
Queen Mother Zhou was so excited that she couldn't help coughing again.
Now, no matter how resentful Mo Chuan was, he couldn't help but feel moved.
He stepped forward to support Queen Mother Zhou and patted her back gently, but said nothing.
Empress Dowager Zhou coughed for a while, then turned around and grabbed Mo Chuan's hand that was supporting her. Mo Chuan wanted to retract, but Empress Dowager Zhou held on tightly.
"Chuan'er, the Ai family only wants to ask you one thing. Tell Queen Mother clearly that Girl Shen... did she... have an accident and can't come back?"
She asked straight to the point, her eyes staring at Mo Chuan for a moment.
Mo Chuan stared back at Queen Mother Zhou steadily, her eyes filled with deep heaviness and pain. When she saw his eyes, Queen Mother Zhou's heart skipped a beat.
"Mother, if she really can't come back, what do you want?" Mo Chuan took a breath and said hoarsely.
Queen Mother Zhou was startled. She had been wholeheartedly looking forward to the good news of Shen Ning's death, but seeing her son's appearance, her heart became extremely sour, and she suddenly remembered Shen Ning's many benefits.
If she was dissatisfied with her, apart from the fact that she used to be Chu Shaoyang's princess, she really couldn't fault her.
Everything she had been unhappy with before was all due to her identity.
Looking back now, this girl is actually filial to herself and has contributed to the country. She is smart and clever. Although she cannot be said to be well-educated, she acts calmly and generously, quite like a queen of a country.