Shen Ning left the Buddhist hall and went straight to the Queen Mother Zhou's residence.
As she expected, Queen Mother Zhou did not go to bed. The maid in charge of cleaning was kneeling in front of Queen Mother Zhou. When she saw her coming in, she trembled with fear and lowered her head.
Queen Mother Zhou glanced at her expressionlessly and waved her hand.
"You all get down."
The eunuchs and maids all left quietly, and Queen Mother Zhou even dismissed Su Jin. They were the only two in the huge dormitory.
A strange and awkward atmosphere spread.
Queen Mother Zhou stared at Shen Ning without saying a word, her face showing no emotion or anger.
Shen Ning let her examine herself. She stood quietly, biting her lower lip with her teeth, her face calm.
Queen Mother Zhou's heart was churning. She had a hundred fair and just reasons to chop off the head of the girl in front of her.
But she also has a hundred reasons to forgive her.
To kill or not to kill was entangled in her heart, making her unable to make up her mind.
To be fair, she didn't hate Shen Ning, she even had a slight appreciation and affection for him.
If this girl's identity was not Princess Dingyuan, or if she was a girl from a commoner family, Queen Mother Zhou would not feel so embarrassed.
She would not hesitate to propose marriage to her son.
But she happens to be a girl that his son cannot touch!
This was the first time that Queen Mother Zhou encountered such a headache.
She pressed her forehead and felt her head begin to hurt again.
Although a dose of Shen Ning's medicinal decoction cured her insomnia, she was sleeping more and more unsteadily now. She was always worried that something would happen between her son and the girl in front of her. What happened under her nose, she didn't know how to clean up the mess.
The best solution is to send this girl away before anything happens!
Where did it come from and where did it go? The emperor's thoughts were completely cut off.
But thinking of her life-saving grace, Empress Dowager Zhou found it difficult to talk about it. She was even more worried that if the emperor knew that she was the one who sent her away, the relationship between mother and son would not be preserved.
So she hesitated to speak several times.
Shen Ning suddenly took a step forward and knelt down in front of her.
"The Queen Mother, I have a favor to ask of you."
"Oh? Tell me." Queen Mother Zhou was noncommittal.
"My daughter wants to leave here." She raised her head and met the suspicious gaze of Queen Mother Zhou.
"Leave here, where are you going?"
"My current identity is Princess Dingyuan, so I naturally want to return to the Dingyuan Palace. Therefore, I would like to ask the Queen Mother for permission to allow my daughter to return."
"What? You want to go back?"
Queen Mother Zhou was surprised by Shen Ning's words.
She stared at Shen Ning intently, trying to see whether she was sincere or fake.
She knew the emperor's thoughts about her better than anyone else. How could she suddenly let go and return to Chu Shaoyang voluntarily? Especially after what Chu Shaoyang did to her
Isn't this girl trying to test herself by retreating
"Are you really willing to leave the emperor?" Empress Dowager Zhou narrowed her eyes and said calmly.
In this world, which girl doesn’t want to be the emperor’s wife? No one will be an exception!
Shen Ning shook her head: "Empress Dowager, I never thought of becoming the emperor's woman. I... I didn't know he was the emperor before I entered the palace."
If she had a choice, she would rather never know the assassin named Xiao Hei.