"Mother, what do you mean by this?"
Mo Chuan looked at Queen Mother Zhou and could hardly believe that the Queen Mother would say such cold and heartless words.
"What the Ai family means is that if the queen doesn't show up in three months, it means that she doesn't want to be the queen at all. Such an irresponsible woman, no matter how much she has contributed to the country, cannot be worth it. For the mistakes she made, the Ai family will find a good match for you. The country cannot live without a progeny, and you, Emperor, must take care of yourself!"
Empress Dowager Zhou's eyes were filled with silence, and her tone was even more stern, not allowing for any comment.
Mo Chuan's body was shaken heavily and he raised his eyes, filled with pain and shock.
"Mother, how can you say such a thing! Ning'er's life and death are uncertain, her whereabouts are unknown, and she has made such a great contribution to the country, and you still think about destroying her? You... do you still have the heart!"
In anger, he became eloquent. This was the first time he used such a tone to contradict the Queen Mother Zhou.
There was no anger on Queen Mother Zhou's face. She looked at Mo Chuan calmly and reached out to pat the back of his hand, but Mo Chuan dodged it angrily.
"Chuan'er, my mother is doing this for the sake of the country, for you! The Ai family knows that you are devoted to the queen, but now she is neither alive nor dead. If she really falls into the hands of the enemy, they will risk her life. I'm threatening you, how do you handle it?"
Mo Chuan took a breath, gritted his teeth and said, "Mother, you are so worried. How could Ning'er fall into the hands of the South Vietnamese!"
Empress Dowager Zhou said: "Are you serious? Haven't you ever been so worried in your heart? That girl Shen is smart and clever. She can come up with clever strategies to deal with the enemy, and she will definitely have ways to protect herself. However, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. , any possibility will happen. What if she really falls into the hands of the South Vietnamese? It's okay if the other party doesn't know her identity. Once they know that she is the queen of our Western Chu Kingdom, she will be a rare commodity. What do you think? The Queen's deep love and righteousness are known to the whole world. How could the South Vietnamese people miss this opportunity? Remember when the late emperor was kidnapped by the Eastern Qin Dynasty and we paid compensation year after year. We have been unable to turn over for more than ten years and mourn our family? I’m really worried that history will repeat itself again!”
Empress Dowager Zhou's words spoke to what Mochuan was most worried about. His intuition told him that Shen Ning would never disappear for no reason. She must have been imprisoned and unable to escape. Otherwise, she knew that she was worried about her, no matter what. He would come back no matter what, but she didn't show up for a long time. An accident must have happened. In addition, the human skin mask, snow silkworm clothes and peacock tail found on the female corpse further confirmed his judgment.
She must have been arrested by someone, but Mo Chuan could never guess who it was. What he could conclude was that it was definitely not the killer from Zixiao Pavilion.
Since the other party made a fake corpse to replace the dead body, it is obvious that he wants others to think that she is dead. If it is someone from Zixiao Pavilion, they will never bother to do this. Then besides the people from Zixiao Pavilion, there will be others. who
Could it be Chu Shaoyang
That's even more impossible!
Mo Chuan remembered the intelligence he had received. Since the defeat of Yuezhou, Chu Shaoyang and the second prince Tuoba Zheng had led the remaining defeated soldiers to retreat and had returned to the South Vietnam Kingdom.
Or could it be that he did not return to his country, but secretly stayed in Xichu, tracking her whereabouts, and finally kidnapped her