"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother said that she is ill and is afraid that she will not see you again after she has passed away."
Fu Zhi, who was a personal servant, came out to deliver the message, lowering his head and not daring to look Ning Chen in the eye.
In fact, these were not the Queen Mother's original words. The Queen Mother's original words were, "How dare I trouble the Emperor to take care of me when he is sick? I am afraid it will shorten my life. I don't have many years left to live, and I don't want to die early!"
Ning Chen frowned, "I am a son. My mother is ill, how can I not serve her by her bedside? I'd better go in and see her."
After saying this, he raised his leg and was about to go into the house.
"Your Majesty!" Fuzhi knelt down with a plop, prostrated on the ground, and said in a trembling voice, "Please be considerate of me and the others. The Empress Dowager... really doesn't want to see you."
The Empress Dowager has said that she will never see the Emperor today. Anyone who lets him in will be beaten to death with sticks regardless of any ties of friendship.
Ning Chen's phoenix eyes were as dark as iron, his hands behind his back were clenched into fists, and his knuckles were frighteningly pale.
At that time, the queen had just come from Fengqi Palace, wearing plain clothes. She was there to take care of the sick.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you." The queen bowed and glanced at the servants kneeling on the ground around her, her face becoming nervous.
"No thanks." Ning Chen's voice was cold, staring at the closed main hall door of Cining Palace. "It's almost the end of the year, and the harem is busy with affairs. The Queen is too busy to take care of the Queen Mother. I'm afraid she can't take good care of the Queen Mother. Chen Wanrong has always been the Queen Mother's favorite. She will temporarily live in Cining Palace and take care of the Queen Mother for me. If Chen made mistakes before, she should have been demoted long ago without the Queen Mother's plea. If she can't make up for her mistakes, she doesn't have to sit in Wanrong's position anymore."
The queen was startled, a trace of disbelief flashed in her eyes, and she quickly lowered her head, her heart was in turmoil.
This is... ...are we really going to fight to the end with the Queen Mother
"Your Majesty!" Fuzhi's eyes widened. He didn't expect this result.
Ning Chen narrowed his eyes, feeling extremely cold in his heart. Looking at Fuzhi's reaction, it turned out that it was the Queen Mother who gave the order.
What do you want to force him to do
"I have important matters to attend to. Since my mother sympathizes with me and is worried that I might have a bad illness, I will not stay any longer. Yuan Jiu, go to Yaoguangxuan and personally escort Chen Wanrong to Cining Palace."
After he finished speaking, he lifted up his robe and strode away, with hidden anger visible from his back.
The queen glanced at Fuzhi lying on the ground, then looked at the main hall of the Cining Palace, and felt pleased.
Since she no longer had to take care of the patient, she turned around and returned to Fengqi Palace.
Later, Fuzhi collapsed to the ground with weak legs and feet, and a young palace maid came over and helped her up.
After a while, Fuzhi entered the inner room of the main hall. Looking at the empress dowager lying on the couch, he didn't know how to start the conversation.
After thinking it over again and again, he conveyed Ning Chen's words in a gentler way.
"He dares to threaten me!"
The empress dowager was so angry that she tore off the headband on her head. She was so angry that she started coughing violently again, and her face turned as red as pig liver.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. Your health is the most important thing!" Fuzhi hurriedly brought some warm water to her and helped her drink two sips, then patted her back gently.
The Queen Mother softened and leaned against the pillow. "I carried him for ten months and gave birth to him, but he is so cruel. He can't bear to see me and the Chen family doing well? That's his maternal family!"
Fuzhi sighed, "Your Majesty, the Emperor is your son, but he is also the ruler of the world. Which emperor would tolerate his subjects being too powerful?"
"But he is his own uncle, how could he have second thoughts?" The Queen Mother frowned and retorted, "Chen'er is so young and his foundation is not stable. Without his uncle's support, how can he sit firmly on the throne? But he just refuses to do good for the Chen family. Who can work for him like this?"
Fuzhi said nothing. She knew that the Queen Mother was just being stubborn and could not be persuaded.
The empress dowager only wanted to protect the prosperity and wealth of her natal family, and believed that it would be a win-win situation if the Chen family gained power. However, how many of those who held great power would be fully loyal to the emperor
But she didn't want to say these words anymore, because the Queen Mother wouldn't listen.
Judging from today, the Emperor has already lost his heart. If the Empress Dowager still doesn't know her fault in the future, I'm afraid there will be more trouble.
In the end, Chen Wanrong was sent to the Cining Palace.
The emperor said that he could leave when the empress dowager recovered.
In Yuxiu Pavilion, Ye Jun was lying on the couch with her legs massaged by the maids.
After kneeling for a while early in the morning, I felt a little cold, so I took a hot bath as soon as I came back.
She felt sleepy after washing and wanted to sleep for a while while lying on the couch. However, Huiyue was worried about her knees, so she asked Shen Pingzhi for some ointment and insisted on applying and rubbing it before letting her sleep.
Bai Zhu was a eunuch, so Ye Jun felt somewhat cautious and asked him to answer through the screen.
"Chen Wanrong has received the emperor's oral order and has moved to the Cining Palace to take care of the patient."
"Oh? I think with her own niece serving her around, the Empress Dowager will recover faster." Ye Jun chuckled.
Nan Zhi and Hui Yue went to Jiuchen Palace, so they naturally knew what happened in the morning.
The emperor listened to his own beauty.
However, at this moment, footsteps were suddenly heard outside.
Before Bai Zhu finished saying "Your Highness", Ning Chen had already entered the inner room.
"Everyone, step back." Ning Chen's face was cold and hard.
Nan Zhi and Hui Yue looked at Ye Jun with concern. They had no choice but to leave even though they were reluctant.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you... Um..."
Ye Jun calmly lowered her skirt to cover her exposed calves and knees, and got out of bed, but was pushed back by Ning Chen.
Their lips pressed together, Ning Chen was like an angry beast, biting and sucking without any scruples, making Ye Jun cry in pain.
Ye Jun felt pain and was angry, so she bit Ning Chen's shoulder without any hesitation, leaving teeth marks and some places were bleeding.
"Hiss—" Ning Chen took a breath, grabbed her arm and pulled it above her head, "Ye, are you born in the year of the dog?"
Ye Jun's eyes were red and there were some tears on her face.
It really hurts.
Ning Chen looked at her like this, his expression relaxed, and he leaned down and kissed her forehead.
However, Ye Jun stretched out her legs and hooked Ning Chen's waist, turned over and took the initiative.
Ning Chen, who had just calmed down, could not stand her teasing. With bloodshot eyes, he pulled the quilt over and covered the two of them.
Ye Jun was completely exhausted. She curled up in Ning Chen's arms, her forehead resting on the man's chest.
"After all, I am not as thorough as you." Ning Chen chuckled and said suddenly.
"The emperor is just confused by the situation." Ye Jun moved his body, changed into a comfortable position, and lay with his back to him.
Ning Chen didn't care and held the person in his arms. He felt that all the things that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time seemed to be released at this moment.