She had no idea what happened to Zhan Meixiang during this period, and she even almost died. Her temperament had already become different from before.
Dongfang Che shook his head and expressed that he could not accept the Queen Mother's words.
"What, the Queen doesn't forgive you?" Looking at the Emperor's expression, the Queen Mother finally knew that the root cause of the Emperor's depression these days was all on Queen Zhan Meixiang.
"How can a queen be so ignorant? The Ai family must talk about the queen properly. Nanny, go to Yonghe Palace and call the queen over. Just tell her that if the Ai family has something to do, come to her." The Queen Mother's voice was a little angry.
When I was the queen, I didn't even show my face to the late emperor. A queen should know how to be tolerant and understand the general situation.
She thought that Zhan Meixiang might be acting like a child with the emperor.
However, the emperor stopped Zhan Meixiang who was planning to go to Yonghe Palace: "Don't go. Xiang'er has probably fallen asleep. Don't disturb her."
The Queen Mother snorted coldly: "The Emperor feels sorry for the Queen because she is afraid of being disturbed. Doesn't the Emperor feel that the Queen's rest is being disturbed?"
"Queen Mother~" Dongfang Che's low voice was begging, helpless, and sad. The Queen Mother's heart trembled when she heard it. It had been a long time since she had seen the emperor looking so lonely.
I remember that the first time I saw him was when the woman died five years ago. The emperor was so disappointed, but now it was because of Zhan Meixiang.
The Queen Mother knew that the Emperor had completely come out of the emotions he had five years ago, but now... he was trapped in another emotional whirlpool.
"That's it~ Mammy, please step aside!" The Queen Mother finally waved her hand and sent the maids away. Such an emperor is fragile, and she doesn't want others to see the joke.
The maids all withdrew, leaving only Dongfang Che and the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother came and sat down next to Dongfang Che. At this moment, they were no longer the Emperor and the Queen Mother, but a conversation between a mother and her child.
"Che'er, tell me, what happened between you and Xiang'er?"
Che'er was Dongfang Che's former nickname. The Queen Mother had never called him Che'er since Dongfang Che ascended the throne. She knew that from the moment Dongfang Che ascended the throne, he shouldered the heavy responsibility of the entire country and could no longer treat him as a little child.
The child watched it.
Dongfang Che had a faint alcohol smell when he got close to him because he drank at the banquet, and his eyes were a little bloodshot.
"The baby in Xiang'er's belly is gone, and it has less than two months to live..." Dongfang Che said, burying his face deeply into his broad palms, which made people feel heartbroken just looking at him.
The Queen Mother patted Dongfang Che on the back, hoping to give him silent comfort.
She understands Dongfang Che's feelings, no, she understands Zhan Meixiang's feelings.
Before Dongfang Che was born, he had a stillborn child. At that time, the harem was much more cruel than it is now. He had just married the emperor, and his natal family was not as powerful as it was later. Because of his gullibility.
Others, the child just lost its life in the belly, and the imperial doctor also told her that she would never get pregnant again in her life.
Thinking about it now, she was thinking that if it weren't for the emperor's comfort and company, she wouldn't have known how she would have gone through that most difficult time.
Dongfang Che calmed down and continued to speak: "I misunderstood Xiang'er's affairs with other men outside the palace."