The emperor strode in and saw the queen kneeling on the ground, he gave Aunt Shang a hard look, stepped forward and knelt beside the queen, "Mother, my son is here."
"Don't call me mother," the queen mother, who was sitting upright, turned sideways, her chest heaving with anger, "do you think I'm your mother?"
The emperor opened his mouth, turned his head and said to the kneeling queen, "Queen, take them down first."
The queen bowed slightly, trying to get up on the ground, the emperor stretched out his hand to support her, and Aunt Shang quickly stepped forward to take it, the two of them glanced at the room, and most of them followed out.
Only a few confidantes of the Queen Mother hesitated.
The emperor raised his eyelids and glanced at them, they immediately lowered their heads as if shocked by electricity, and after taking a sneak look at the queen mother, they also bowed and retreated.
Only then did the emperor sit on the other side of the couch, and sighed: "Mother, this is a state matter, not something that I can arbitrarily judge the universe."
The Empress Dowager's face was heavy, she looked up at the emperor seriously for a while, and after a while she sneered and said, "Erlang, you really can't, or are you unwilling?"
The emperor also looked at the queen mother, and said after a while, "Queen mother, you have also heard the complaints of Bai Shan and Zhou Man today. I will always give an explanation to the people of the world, especially the people of Jiannan Road."
"But he's your brother too!"
"Yes, I didn't say he wasn't."
The Queen Mother covered her face, tears leaked from her fingertips, she choked up and said: "In the final analysis, whether state affairs or family affairs, it's up to you..."
"The incident happened suddenly. Civil and military officials of the whole dynasty, and even the suzerain of the family are all here. Do you think this son can still have the final say?" The emperor put his arms around her shoulders and said in a low voice: "Mother, said this world belongs to my Li family. The world, but it is not only the world of my Li family."
The Empress Dowager put down her hand, she closed her eyes fiercely, opened her eyes after a while, the sleeves slipped down to cover her clenched fists, she stared at the emperor and asked: "I don't ask for anything else, just one thing , will you save your brother's life?"
The Emperor bowed his head to meet her gaze.
The queen mother said sadly: "Erlang, I gave birth to four children, and now only you and the fifth child are left. In the past, the three of you brothers fought against your father, and only the fifth child was by my side..."
"Okay," the emperor said in a low voice, holding her hand, "I promise you, as long as Goro stays in the capital well, I can protect him."
The Empress Dowager looked relieved, and nodded while grabbing his hand.
The emperor wiped her tears, and asked unexpectedly: "Mother, have you heard about Wulang's stay in Yizhou City?"
The empress dowager froze, she looked at the emperor, her gaze crossed his face like a sharp knife, "Why, do you doubt me?"
"My son doesn't dare. My son just thinks that Goro is too bold and reckless. According to Bai Shan's confession, he started preparing for it more than ten years ago, and the father was still there at that time."
The queen mother couldn't help stabbing, "Not only your father is here, but your elder brother and third younger brother are also here."
The emperor's face paled.
The Queen Mother closed her eyes, waved her hand and said, "Go and rest too, I'll send some things to Lao Wu later."
"The queen mother..."
"Why, I can't even send some food and clothing to my son?"
The emperor smiled bitterly, "Mother, my son will not treat Goro badly in this regard."
"Of course I know you won't treat me badly, but what you have is yours, and what I give is my mother's heart."
The emperor responded helplessly, bowed and retreated.
After the emperor left for a long time, the Empress Dowager leaned on the couch with her forehead propped up, and said in a deep voice, "Come out."
Princess Yizhou, whose eyes were red and swollen from crying, came out from behind the screen, "Mother..."
The Queen Mother opened her eyes to look at her, and said softly, "Come forward."
Princess Yizhou stepped forward, but when she got closer, the Empress Dowager's expression changed, and she stretched out her hand to slap her hard, knocking Princess Yizhou to the ground.
Princess Yizhou fell to the ground covering her face, because she had exhausted all her strength in this slap, and her ears were still buzzing right now.
The Empress Dowager fell down on the couch, but she was still not relieved, and threw the pillow behind her on her body.
Princess Yizhou was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and shivered, "Mother, queen mother..."
The Empress Dowager pulled her over with her hand, stared into her eyes and asked, "I ask you, is what those two children said in the hall true?"
Princess Yizhou turned pale and shook her head again and again, "Mother, those are all false accusations, false accusations..."
The queen mother pushed her to the ground, lowered her voice and shouted: "You cry, you shout, no one knows how many emperors and empresses are in this palace, what are you shouting here today, turn around and they will know .”
Princess Yizhou covered her mouth and did not dare to cry out.
The Empress Dowager sat down from the couch to the ground, and happened to be face to face with Princess Yizhou. She stared at her and asked, "Master Ying, let me ask you again, is what the two children said true? Wulang is raising private soldiers in Yizhou." ?”
Princess Yizhou burst into tears and shook her head. Seeing the Queen Mother's sharp eyes for a moment, she nodded again. She let go of her hand and said in a low voice: "The queen mother, I really don't know about the concubine's status. But, the prince is very short of money, he uses my dowry to do business, and from time to time he sends his concubine back to her natal family to get the money, I know, the prince has raised a lot of followers..."
The Queen Mother was so angry that she raised her hand, and when she saw her shrink back, she put it down angrily. She stared at Ying Shi with a disappointed face: "Your grandson can run around all over the place, but you still don't know what your husband is doing outside." ,you you… "
Compared with the queen, this daughter-in-law is far worse than that.
The Queen Mother's heart ached so badly that she could hardly breathe.
She covered her chest and said nothing for a while, Yizhou Princess cried out in fear: "Mother, mother, please save the prince, he must have no intentions."
The Queen Mother closed her eyes and asked, "Where are the three of Xin'an?"
Princess Yizhou wiped her tears and said: "Xin'an and Xinping were taken away by His Majesty's people, only Xinqing and Yunfeng are still by my side."
The queen mother breathed out, "You stay in the palace honestly, don't go anywhere, send Xinqing and Yunfeng to my palace, as long as you don't run around, I can keep you."
Princess Yizhou nodded again and again, she was very obedient.
The lights in several places in the palace were turned off, but there were always a few that were always brightly lit, until a fish-white light appeared in the sky, and the lights were slowly extinguished.
In the prison, Bai Shan and Man Bao finally wrapped the man on the ground into a big white rice dumpling before the second candle was about to burn out. Except for his head, his whole body was covered with medicine.
Xiang Chaoyi, the only one who slept early tonight, woke up in pitch darkness. He was stunned for a moment before realizing that there was something on his head. He immediately reached out and took off the mask on his head. When he looked up, he happened to see the two of them. Putting down the scissors, he was stretching his waist and rubbing the back of his neck sleepily, while lying on the ground was the second young master Bai who was covered in white linen cloth except for his head.
Xiang Chao opened his mouth wide.