Mo Chuan had to admit that he was indeed the one who made the decision in this matter. He knew that this approach was against the palace rules, but he still indulged her.
He wanted to give her a free and vast sky so that she could fly freely.
He didn't want to break her wings and confine her to him. If that were the case, then his feelings for her would not be love, but selfish possession.
Although every day when she was not by his side was so difficult, and every day made him feel like his days were like years, he held on to this promise, guarded his heart, and waited for her silently.
He believed that one day, she would come back to him.
But he knew that his mother would not understand this feeling and could not understand it.
"Why, do you have nothing to say?" Empress Dowager Zhou sneered and looked at Mo Chuan.
Mo Chuan took a breath and said firmly: "No matter when she comes back, I will wait for her."
"You mean, if she doesn't come back for a day, the queen will be retained by her for a day?"
"Exactly."
"Joke!" Empress Dowager Zhou couldn't bear it anymore and stood up with a puff of her sleeves. The teacup on the table was swept to the ground by her sleeves and broke into pieces.
"Mother, please calm down. This is your decision." Mo Chuan kept kneeling, but his back was straight and he looked at Empress Dowager Zhou firmly without shifting at all.
"It's not your turn to make a decision on this matter now." Empress Dowager Zhou said with a livid face: "Now in the harem, the Ai family still has the final say. Emperor, you only need to take care of the affairs of the previous dynasty."
"Mother, what decision do you want to make!"
Mo Chuan's heart trembled. He knew that Queen Mother Zhou was telling the truth. In this harem, Queen Mother Zhou alone had the final say. Even Queen Shen Ning had to listen to Queen Mother Zhou.
If Empress Dowager Zhou decides something, it will be a done deal and it will be difficult to reverse.
"Don't the emperor know about the decision that the Ai family wants to make?" Queen Mother Zhou asked back, sneering: "The Ai family should have made this decision a long time ago, but they have never been able to make this decision. The Ai family always wants to sympathize with you. feelings, but what about you? You were so obsessed with that girl that you didn’t even do what the emperor should do, and ran out of the palace regardless. In your heart, the things of the people in the world are not as important as this. It’s a big deal for women!”
She scolded him quickly and sternly, leaving Mo Chuan speechless.
Because Queen Mother Zhou was not wrong at all.
But Mo Chuan didn't think he had done anything wrong.
He did not ignore the livelihood of the people of the country. He found the most suitable person to take his place temporarily. As he expected, Ye Tingxuan handled the political affairs in an orderly manner during his absence, even better than him as the emperor. We must also do our best.
"What do you want to say?"
Empress Dowager Zhou glanced out of the corner of her eyes and saw Mo Chuan's lips moving slightly, but he hesitated to speak, with an unconvinced expression on his face.
"My son did not disregard the people of the world. Tingxuan did not live up to my expectations of him. He..."
"Snapped!"
Empress Dowager Zhou slapped the table hard, interrupting Mo Chuan's unfinished words.
"Shut up! You actually have the nerve to say such things! No matter how well Ye Tingxuan does, he is just a man in white! Does he dare to make decisions on real court affairs? He doesn't have the guts! If Aijia hadn't been here every day Imperial Study Room, the imperial court that you regard as a golden soup has long been shattered and disintegrated!"
"Mother, what do you mean..."
Mo Chuan was shocked and saw that Queen Zhou was sinking like water. Her words were particularly intriguing.