After hearing what the emperor said, the empress dowager couldn't help but slapped the table, which scared everyone. Then after a long while, the empress dowager came to her senses.
"Your Majesty, stay. You all go out."
The queen was stunned for a moment, then she stood up and took everyone out. Only the emperor and the queen mother were left in the hall. The emperor looked at the queen mother with some confusion.
"Mother, what happened to you? Who gossiped about you and made you so angry?"
The Queen Mother sneered: "How dare you ask who made me angry? My son, I just want to ask you one question, do you have a woman you like in your heart?"
The emperor was stunned for a moment, then admitted: "Yes, there is."
The Queen Mother saw how easy it was for the Emperor to admit it: "My son, I don't mind if you have a woman you like. As long as you like her, no matter what her status is, I will accept her."
"But Your Majesty, the Queen's position cannot be changed. I hope my first grandson will come from the Queen's belly. If it weren't for Concubine Liu's incident today."
"I didn't even know that you had never touched any woman in the harem. Emperor, you must remember that as the ruler of a country, you should not be too serious about love affairs."
"Look at your father. He loves Concubine Qing so much, but he still has other women and other children. In this respect, you are far worse than your father."
The emperor frowned when he heard this and said, "Mother, how do you think you have lived your life?"
The Queen Mother looked at the Emperor: "What do you mean?"
The emperor sighed and said, "Mother, I don't want to be like father. I like her and only want her. I really have no interest in other women."
"The Queen is a good woman, but..."
Before the emperor finished speaking, the queen mother was already furious. She looked at the emperor and said, "Shut up. Do you know what you are talking about? Do you want to be like King Xiao?"
"Find a woman to be with you for life. Do you think all the women in the world are the same as Qian Jiujiu? Can you find your Qian Jiujiu?"
"Even if you find Qian Jiujiu who belongs to you, you have seen what Mu Yexiao gave up in order to be with Qian Jiujiu for the rest of his life."
"You gave up being the master of this world, so I gave you this position. What are you going to do now? Don't you want to be the master of this world too? Then who can you pass it on to?"
"Can you guarantee that besides you, who else in this position will tolerate the existence of you and Mu Yexiao? My son, your mother doesn't want to be involved in the affairs of the harem."
"Just this point, Queen Mother will never agree to it. Either you and the Queen have a child now. Otherwise, Queen Mother will start selecting a concubine for you."
"There are so many women in the world, there will always be one who can get close to you. Don't underestimate the scheming of these women. It's normal for one or two of them to get pregnant with your child."
As soon as the empress dowager said this, the emperor's face changed completely. Looking at the empress dowager, he seemed a little powerless, unable to refute, and even unable to get angry.
Because everything the Queen Mother said made sense, he had no right to be willful. He took a deep breath, thought for a while, and looked at the Queen Mother: "Mother, I understand."
"Your son will go to Fengming Palace tonight."
The empress dowager was satisfied when she heard this. Fengming Palace was exactly the palace of Queen Lin Chuwu. Lin Chuwu was as beautiful as Qian Jiujiu and she was also very gentle.
The Queen Mother believed that she would be able to impress the Emperor sooner or later. The most important thing was that the Queen Mother chose Lin Chuwu because she shared the same fate with her.
Also, from the way Lin Chuwu looked at the emperor, it was clear that she was deeply in love with him, so a woman like this would never hurt the emperor.
"I will feel relieved now. Go and take care of your own affairs. Let the Queen stay with me for a while."
The emperor stood up and said, "I will take my leave."
He left the main hall of the Empress Dowager's palace and walked outside. Just as he reached the door, he saw the Queen standing at the entrance of the palace.
There was still worry in his eyes. Looking at the queen, the emperor frowned and looked a little unhappy: "Queen, mother asked you to go in and talk to her."
After finishing speaking, the emperor didn't even look at Lin Chuwu, and turned away. However, Lin Chuwu didn't forget to bow: "Your Highness, I respectfully send you off."
Looking at the emperor's back, Lin Chuwu glanced at the palace maid next to her: "Why do I feel that the emperor is in a bad mood?"
When the maid heard this, she didn't answer the queen at all, because she didn't know how to answer, but changed the subject; "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is waiting for you!"
The queen then remembered, turned around and walked in, bowing to the queen mother: "Mother."
The Queen Mother smiled and looked at the Queen: "Come and sit down. Everyone else please stay away. I want to have a private conversation with the Queen."
The queen had a strange feeling in her heart. Why did the queen mother just finish talking to the emperor and then talk to her again? "Mother, what do you want to say to me?"
The Queen Mother couldn't help laughing when she saw the Queen was a little nervous. "Don't be nervous. This is a good thing for you. I'm going to have a grandson soon. You have to do your best."
The queen opened her mouth for a moment, and then a blush appeared on her face, because she had guessed what the queen mother and the emperor had just said.
But the queen didn't expect that the queen mother would be so kind to her. She couldn't help but feel her eyes moist: "Mother, thank you. I know what to do now."
The Queen Mother looked at the Queen with a look of relief; "It's good that you know what to do, so go and prepare now. By the way, I'm telling you a method..."
For the sake of her grandson, the empress dowager really tried her best. She even personally explained the method to the empress, and the empress blushed so much that she wanted to bury herself in the ground.
After a while, the Queen Mother finished speaking and stood up: "Go, I'm a little sleepy. I want to take a nap, you go back by yourself."
The queen stood up with a red face and looked at the queen mother: "I will take my leave."
After completing the ceremony, she stood up and left, returning to her Fengming Palace. When the Queen returned to her Fengming Palace, she felt exhausted.
Not long after she sat on the couch to rest, she saw a palace maid come in and look at the queen: "Good luck to your Majesty, there are a few maids outside, saying they are from the Queen Mother's palace."
"Come and help your majesty bathe and change clothes."
The Queen opened her mouth, then she remembered that in order to serve the Emperor in bed, she did need to bathe and change clothes a few hours in advance, so she was not so averse anymore.
Even thinking about what would happen tonight, she still had some expectations, but when she thought of the emperor's expression today, Lin Chuwu's heart was tinged with a hint of gloom.
Time passed quickly and it was night. After taking a bath and changing clothes, the queen was now wearing a long red dress. Lin Chuwu didn't know what the dress was made of.
The long skirt was very silky and felt very good against her skin. However, what Lin Chuwu was most uncomfortable with was that the skirt actually exposed some of the area below her neck.
This was a little hard to accept for Lin Chuwu, who was usually wrapped tightly, but the nanny said that she must put it on, as this was the Queen Mother's intention.
Lin Chuwu had no choice but to put it on, but the queen refused to go out to greet the emperor, so she could only hide in the bedroom.
The banquet was already set on the table in the bedroom, and a voice came from the palace gate: "The emperor has arrived."
The eunuchs and maids in the Queen's palace all knelt down and said, "Your Highness, long live the Emperor."
Looking at the people kneeling below, the emperor had no expression on his face. He was just a little confused. Why didn't he see the queen? He ignored these people.
He just walked straight in and came to the queen's bedroom. He saw a woman sitting beside the table. The woman had waist-length black hair that was very smooth.
When the queen heard the footsteps approaching, she stood up, turned around, looked at the emperor, and saluted: "Your Highness, I pay my respects to you."
After she finished speaking, her face was already flushed, and she looked charming and lovely. The emperor was stunned for a moment, under the red candlelight.
The queen in red looked very beautiful, especially the white snow-white skin on her neck, which made her even more charming. Such a beautiful scene made the emperor lose his mind for a moment.
However, the emperor quickly came to his senses. Although the woman in front of him was beautiful, she was not the one he admired. What's more, he was not willing to do it.
It was forced. Thinking of this, the emperor's mood was almost ruined, and his mouth became vicious: "Look at you, what a disgrace!"
"Do you still look like a queen, the mother of a country? I thought you were dignified and virtuous. What are you doing?"
The queen was stunned when she heard the emperor's words. This was different from what she had imagined. She thought that the emperor tonight should be gentle or masculine.
But it was not like that. When the queen scolded her, she was just stunned for a moment, then lowered her head, not daring to look directly at the emperor's expression: "I know I was wrong."
In her heart, she was thinking that the emperor was indeed unhappy and did not do this voluntarily. However, this was an opportunity she had finally obtained, and it was the Queen Mother who fought for her.
If she didn't seize this opportunity, she might never have the chance to become the emperor's woman again in her life. Thinking of this, Lin Chuwu suddenly felt a little unbearable.
Lin Chuwu was very smart and knew what the emperor was thinking. Combined with her usual performance, she knew exactly how to face the emperor.
Lin Chuwu took a deep breath and lowered her head, tears already falling one by one. She looked very aggrieved. She raised her head and glanced at the emperor cautiously.
Then she lowered her head again and said, "Your Majesty, I will go change my clothes now."