In a place like the imperial palace, one less person or one more person never attracts too much attention. The disappearance of Aunt Cheng was not discovered until a few days later. The queen mother learned that Aunt Cheng who had been with her for many years fell into a well Falling to her death, she was only dazed for a moment, and it didn't make her feel more sad.
Eunuch Fu is gone. Aunt Cheng inquired for him in the Palace of Mercy Ning. She wanted to find the little maid who was placed there before, but she couldn't ask anything at all. He knows the maids around the Queen Mother best, but no matter which palace it is No one can make the empress dowager's temperament become like this.
He told the emperor about the situation of the Ci Ning Palace.
Mo Rongzhan pondered for a moment, the Compassionate Ning Palace has now turned into an iron wall
"It doesn't have to be someone close to the Empress Dowager. If it was someone who served by her side before, Aunt Cheng must have noticed the clue. This person is hiding very deeply. The Empress Dowager may still be covering this person. Continue to investigate." Murong Zhan said coldly. say.
Mr. Fu promised.
Not long after, Eunuch Fu hurriedly came to tell Mo Rongzhan again, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager sent someone to invite Lord Ye into the Palace of Compassion."
Mo Rongzhan nodded lightly, "I know, don't worry."
The Empress Dowager will not be Ye Yiqing's opponent, maybe Ye Yiqing can also see who has a problem in the Palace of Mercy Ning.
Rather than saying that the Queen Mother wants to see Ye Yiqing, it is better to say that Ye Yiqing wants to see her.
In the Palace of Mercy Ning, the Empress Dowager is treating her seriously. She used to think that Ye Yiqing was a cowardly and incompetent scholar, but now she thinks so. What kind of cowardly scholar can become the prime minister of a country? He was able to find someone to send a message to see her, so it was not that simple.
"Empress Dowager, Lord Ye is asking to see you outside." A court lady came in and said to the Empress Dowager in a low voice.
"Let him come in." The queen mother said lightly, as if a layer of frost had formed between her brows and eyes.
Ye Yiqing walked in slowly from the outside. Today he was wearing a moon-white embroidered gold silk hang silk round-breasted dress, which set off his face even more like a crown jade, giving him an air of nobility.
It is inappropriate to describe Ye Yiqing with a face like a crown of jade, but he does look very young and handsome, which surprised the Queen Mother. The Ye Yiqing in front of her was completely different from what she had imagined.
"Your official has seen the Queen Mother." Ye Yiqing slightly lowered his head and saluted, his eyes were light and did not reveal any other emotions.
The queen mother did not speak, but just looked at Ye Yiqing expressionlessly, and asked after a while, "Master Ye, you are a little different than Aijia imagined."
Ye Yiqing smiled and said, "There is always a gap between imagination and reality."
"You came here for your daughter?" the Queen Mother asked, Ye Yiqing didn't think that she would forgive Lu Yaoyao's rudeness after coming to her to intercede a few words, right
"Yes, and no." Ye Yiqing raised his eyes and looked at the queen mother with a smile. Looking at her like this, he really didn't notice any abnormality, "Ye has never thanked the queen mother for her help back then, and today he came here specially to thank her."
The queen mother raised her eyebrows and smiled, "You don't need to thank me, it was also for accumulating blessings."
Ye Yiqing nodded with a smile, "The empress dowager has a kind heart."
"Lord Ye, I think you know the decree Ai's family gave to Yaoyao a few days ago, what do you think? Do you think it's against the rules? Or do you think your Ye family has no crimes?" Queen Mother asked aggressively.
If it wasn't for his good upbringing, Ye Yiqing would really want to make the Queen Mother an old woman.
Her knot with Yaoyao is probably very deep.
"Back to the queen mother, your decree is the decree, there are no rules, your words are the rules." Ye Yiqing said with a smile, seeing the satisfied smile on the queen mother's face, he continued, "It's just like some inexplicable psychosis. People find it ridiculous."
The Queen Mother's face turned green all of a sudden, "What did you say?"
Ye Yiqing was taken aback, "Don't you understand, Empress Dowager? Then I'll make it clearer. Although there are no rules about your edict, Empress Dowager, the whole nonsense makes people think that your brain may be flooded or you have not woken up to come up with such a thing." Fortunately, the other ministers in the court did not know about the matter, otherwise... the empress dowager will not be ashamed, but the emperor."
"You are presumptuous!" The Queen Mother was so angry that her heart ached, she wished she could beat Ye Yiqing out, "How dare you humiliate Aijia!"
Ye Yiqing smiled lightly, with a noble and gentle smile, "Queen Mother, I have given myself some shame."
"Ye Yiqing, even if you are the prime minister of the Dongqing Kingdom, don't forget that you are still from the Jin Kingdom. If you disrespect the queen mother, you are not afraid of beheading?" Yao Ye, who was standing beside the queen mother, snapped.
"Who is not afraid of death? Of course I am." Ye Yiqing said with a smile, he looked up at the queen mother, today he entered the palace, not only wanted to know whether the queen mother had been hypnotized, but also wanted to test the queen mother's attitude towards Yaoyao. Generally speaking, people who are hypnotized will look dull, but the queen mother can't tell that she is hypnotized at all, and she seems to have reached an uncoordinated disgust for Yaoyao.
"It's just..." Ye Yiqing spoke again before the Queen Mother could speak, "Your Queen Mother, if you want me to die, I'm afraid it won't be so easy."
The queen mother looked at him coldly, "It seems that you are planning to vent your anger on your daughter today, it is really good, the daughter-in-law of the Ai family has not yet entered the door, she is already so powerful, not only can the emperor come to question her Aijia, and the Prime Minister of Dongqing Kingdom will come to Aijia to vent his anger, it seems that he will really not be offended in the future."
It seems that Murong Zhan's attitude and position are also very obvious, otherwise the Queen Mother would not be so angry all of a sudden.
Ye Yiqing smiled lightly, "The queen mother misunderstood Ye Mou, today I am not here to vent my anger on my daughter, I just want to let the queen mother understand that the minister's daughter is not a helpless person, what excuse does the queen mother want to humiliate and suppress her, the best It's better to think twice, if you feel uncomfortable when you reach menopause, and there are palace people around you, just a few of them can't make you vent your anger?"
His purpose today is also very clear, Ye Zhen will definitely marry Mo Rongzhan, it would be best if the queen mother can get along with her well, if not, the queen mother may not be able to get a good deal.
Ye Yiqing didn't have any past friendship with the queen mother, and the help back then was not enough for him to watch his daughter being bullied and not stand up. Yaoyao still thinks about the mother-daughter relationship with the Queen Mother, she will definitely tolerate it when she enters the palace in the future, but he won't.
Standing beside the queen mother, Yao Ye looked at Ye Yiqing with a livid face. She never thought that Ye Yiqing could be so strong in front of the queen mother. She had underestimated Prime Minister Ye before.
"You... someone, drive him out!" The queen mother yelled angrily, she really regretted meeting Ye Yiqing today! He thought he was here to confess his mistake for Lu Yaoyao, but he was actually here to threaten her!