The Empress Dowager's face was ashen when Li Junwang said that, she was trembling with fear and could hardly sit still.
She was really afraid of death.
The Duke of Li Jun and the Marquis of Qingyang came into the palace today, as if they had suddenly changed people, and they were no longer as respectful to her as they used to be. Li Jun Wang did this, but the queen mother was angry, but she was not so sad. She blamed herself for not knowing people well, and mistakenly regarded the thief with ulterior motives as a good person.
But the Marquis of Qingyang is her younger brother, and now at this juncture, her own younger brother refuses to help, and the queen mother can't stand it anymore.
Tears poured down, and the queen mother grabbed her chest and choked out with grief, like a child who couldn't find his way home.
"How could you be so down on yourself, how could you treat Ai's family like this! Treat the emperor like this! He's not mean to you. When such a big thing happened, you are all relatives, but you refused to help. Not only did you not help, but you even killed him. What good is it for you if he is dead! Are you worthy of your ancestors for doing this!"
Hearing the heart-wrenching cry of the Queen Mother, King Li Jun couldn't help laughing.
"It seems that you are protecting the Holy General very well. It made you think so." King Li took a few steps, leaned closer, and his eyes were gentle: "What caused you to have such a misunderstanding, Think that as long as you are relatives, you can do whatever you want, come and go
"You put me in this position, and you said that you wanted me to supervise the country, but what you fancy is that I am gentle and good-natured, and you can instruct me at will without saying a word
"But I was forced to stand in this position, and many servants below me called me the regent. When the sage came back, with his temperament, would he be able to easily let me go? Forget it, that's still someone who can't shake his throne at all. I've been discussed as a regent, what else can I do
"So, everything I do now is actually the same as you, for self-protection."
"You, you think too much. The Sage is not that kind of person and won't hurt you." The empress dowager was full of tears, and anxiously pulled the sleeve of King Li Jun, comforting and begging, "The Sage is not like that. He and Pang Zhixi are not brothers, but you are different, you are his cousin."
"Why is it different? In order to stabilize his position, not to mention his cousin, he would arrest and kill anyone."
Prince Li's smile became more and more gentle, like a demon who seduced people into depravity, and his voice was full of consolation.
"Don't worry, Empress Dowager. What I want to do is only for the saint, to save my life. It has nothing to do with you, a woman in the deep palace. You just live in this palace, and this king and the Marquis of Qingyang, They will respect you and filial piety as before, and your life will not change in the slightest. Isn’t that bad?”
The Queen Mother looked at King Li Jun's face and realized that what she said might be useless.
After all, it wasn't the flesh that fell from her body, and she was not related by blood. Not only could she not count on it, but it was good that King Li did not directly take his life.
The queen mother looked at Qingyang Hou again: "Dayong, what about you? Do you want to treat me like this? I am your sister, I have always treated you well, and I have tried my best to treat our Zhou family. , even you do the same, won't you let your nephew go!"
The Duke of Qingyang spread his hands helplessly, and said with a hilarious smile: "Sister said of course makes sense, but you should think about it for me anyway, you know the character of the son you gave birth to, and if you let him come back and continue to sit When I get to this position, I don’t need to say anything else when I look back, I have to first punish me for the crime of seizing the military power of the tiger and Ben army, where can I justify it when I get there?”
"No, no!" When the queen mother heard that Qingyang Hou was afraid of this, she rushed up to grab his hand, "He won't hurt you, you are his uncle, I can guarantee that, He will never disobey me! I will protect you!"
"Come on, sister. Don't deceive yourself." The Hou Qingyang backhanded the Queen Mother and sat back in her seat, looking down at her from a high position, "As Li Jun said, he can't even tolerate Pang Zhixi, who is fighting with him. , not to mention me."
"I will tell the emperor that I gave you the military power of the Hu Ben army, and I don't blame you!" The queen mother raised her head anxiously, her face flushed, and the veins on her forehead burst.
The Marquis of Qingyang said: "Can he believe it? Even if he believes it, he can't do anything to accuse me casually. When the time comes, he will yank my head off, what should I do? At that time, will my sister die with me, or can I die instead of me?"
The queen mother slumped and leaned back, slumped on the seat. The two people in front of them had already made up their minds, and they felt that it was useless to say anything. She is a useless mother, unable to rush out to save her son.
Now she can only pin her hopes on Pang Xiao and Ji Zeyu. Since they can quietly send people to the palace without the knowledge of the soldiers of the five cities, they should also try their best to protect the life of the saint, right
The queen mother thought so, and suddenly thought of herself.
King Li Jun and Marquis Qingyang clearly have the intention of not being ministers and want to usurp power! She knew such a big secret, wouldn't she be silenced in the blink of an eye!
The empress dowager widened her eyes in horror, her whole body trembled violently again, and she wanted to run away in horror, but the two in front of her couldn't let him escape, and she was frightened with a pale face, trembling as if she was about to fall to the top of a tree in a gust of wind. of dead leaves.
Seeing that the Queen Mother's face suddenly changed, Qingyang Hou already understood what she was thinking, and said helplessly: "Sister, you don't have to be too afraid. After all, we are also a family, as long as you are obedient and don't talk nonsense, If the younger brother is not a tiger and a wolf, why would he not care about your life. Besides, even if King Li Jun ascends the throne in the future, and King Li Jun's biological mother is gone, you can still continue to be the Queen Mother."
The empress dowager trembled even more, tears kept pouring out, and she looked at King Li Jun in horror.
Li Jun Wang smiled, patted the queen mother on the shoulder, and said, "The queen mother really need not be afraid, and this king is not a man-eating demon. When he ascends the throne in the future, this king will also be filial to you."
Having said that, King Li's posture was too frivolous, and the Queen Mother was still shocked and didn't know what to do.
King Li Jun and the Marquis of Qingyang set up a chair, sat opposite the Queen Mother, and chatted with him closely. Although the two chatted happily and often laughed, the Queen Mother sat in the same position and fell terrified. Tears, the more they laughed, the more fiercely her tears fell.
At the same time, Qin Yining and his party of three who walked out of the Ci'an Palace slowly on the way out of the palace met Li Helan and his party who were coming with a palace maid.