In Cining Palace, Zhang Jingshu knelt at the feet of the Queen Mother and cried until her eyes were red.
The Queen Mother slowly twisted the beads in her hand, her face calm.
Zhang Jingshu's voice was hoarse: "Empress Dowager, please save us. My mother is injured like this, my father was almost killed on the way to court, and the house is in chaos. If my grandmother knew about it, she would also be sad."
Mrs. Zhang is getting older and has been feeling uncomfortable since the beginning of spring. Zhang Yuci has been taking good care of her. It has only improved a few days ago. The Queen Mother has been thinking about this old mother.
In the past two years, the Queen Mother had completely lost her sight, and she often got confused. There were strict rules in the palace, so the Zhang family did not dare to arrange for the Queen Mother to enter the palace anymore. When the Queen Mother missed her mother, she often dreamed that Mrs. Zhang was lost in the garden.
He lost his way and looked around for them but couldn't find them. Then he lost his footing and fell out of the pavilion. Now that something happened to Zhang Yucong, Zhang Jingshu used Mrs. Zhang to stab her in the heart.
The Queen Mother frowned and looked at Zhang Jingshu: "Have you told the Queen Mother about this?"
Zhang Jingshu saw the Queen Mother's cold expression and hurriedly denied: "No...no..."
As long as no one tells the matter to Mrs. Tai, Mrs. Tai will naturally not know about it. What she just said is tantamount to a threat to Mrs. Tai's health.
She was anxious for a moment that she had made such a mistake.
The Queen Mother continued: "My wife is not in good health. You should know how to fulfill your filial piety."
"I don't dare to talk nonsense." Zhang Jingshu swallowed unconsciously. The Queen Mother has always loved and protected her. Even if she made a mistake, she would not bear to punish her. But today, her appearance has changed. Could it be that because of such a setback, her many years of hard work will be in vain?
Yet?
The sisters outside all know that she will definitely be admitted to the palace by the emperor in the future... If not, how can she have the face to see others.
"The Queen Mother." Zhang Jingshu cried even harder.
The Empress Dowager narrowed her eyes and said: "It's not that the Ai family refuses to help you, it's that your father is too wrong. The Ai family has told you a long time ago, don't rely on the emperor's relatives to act recklessly outside and cause things that violate the laws of the Zhou Dynasty.
, don’t come to beg Aijia, but you have never taken Aijia’s words to heart.”
Zhang Jingshu was scolded and was speechless for a moment to defend herself.
The Empress Dowager continued: "Your mother was seriously injured and she saw that it was not good. You didn't even want to serve her before going to bed, but you came into the palace. Do you know that Dazhou has always valued filial piety. You have been with the Ai family for so many years and you haven't learned this.
, the Ai family is extremely disappointed in you."
Zhang Jingshu opened her mouth wide, but the Queen Mother not only refused to help her, but instead pressed her down like an unfilial hat.
"Empress Dowager, I didn't. I only entered the palace for my father and mother." Zhang Jingshu looked flustered. "My father is loyal to Zhou Dynasty. There is no way he would do those things. Someone has wronged my father. Marquis Anyi has always
Regarding their father, they confuse right and wrong, especially Xu Qinghuan, who encouraged her cousin to go against her father, and for this reason she did not hesitate to meet the man in private.
Does the Queen Mother really believe that a woman can investigate the case?"
"You know a lot." The emperor's gloomy voice came from the door.
The palace servants in the room immediately bowed down and saluted.
Zhang Jingshu didn't know whether to be happy or scared. She originally entered the palace to ask for help from the emperor. Just now, the Queen Mother said that she might be kicked out of the palace before she saw the emperor. Now that the emperor is here... her heart was rekindled.
She had gained hope, but she was afraid that something might happen again. What would she do if the emperor and the queen mother were no longer willing to protect her?
"Your Majesty." Zhang Jingshu showed a sad expression and stared pitifully at the emperor, but the emperor did not look at her.
Zhang Jingshu couldn't help feeling disappointed.
The emperor bowed to the Queen Mother and then sat down. His eyebrows were relaxed at this moment, making it difficult to tell whether he was happy or angry: "You haven't finished what you just said, go on."
Zhang Jingshu bit her lip: "Marquis An Yi was accused of harboring traitor family members. This matter has not been investigated yet..."
It was another case of King Wei's rebellion. This case was like a life-saving talisman for the Zhang family. The emperor's lips showed a sneer: "I was still young when King Wei rebelled. Fortunately, the late emperor noticed it in time and turned the tide, thus ensuring the stability of the country.
After I ascended the throne, members of the Wei royal family were imprisoned every year, and even now there are officials accused of being involved in rebellion. These rebels have been lurking for more than ten years, with ulterior motives, and want to pull me down from the throne at any time.
When I saw these memorials accusing them, I wanted to kill them immediately."
There was a strong murderous aura in the room, and everyone was trembling with fear for fear of offending the emperor and getting angry.
When the emperor said this, a coldness flashed in his eyes: "I trust the Zhang family. The Zhang family is my mother's natal family, and they helped support me when I was young. Whatever the Zhang family wants, I will try my best to satisfy it.
But the Zhang family transported the firearms to the capital, and they exploded under my eyes. When I went to court, all the civil and military officials in the court witnessed this scene.
Since the founding of the dynasty, there have been constant wars in the surrounding areas, but no one has yet reached out to the capital. I want to thank the Zhang family. I think the White Dragon King is also very grateful to the Zhang family. He effortlessly shocked the entire Zhou Dynasty.
The Party of the King of Wei is abominable, but if this continues without them being used to rebel, I myself will step down from the throne."
The emperor's eyes were full of red threads, and the veins on his forehead were about to burst out. This moment was extremely frightening. Zhang Jingshu looked at the emperor shivering and shrinking his neck, like a quail in the heavy rain.
The Queen Mother sat aside and said nothing.
The emperor continued: "Who gave him the courage to do this? Could it be that he felt that because of his support back then, this country would be his?"
The emperor stood up and walked to Zhang Jingshu, bent down and reached out to pinch Zhang Jingshu's chin.
Zhang Jingshu felt that those two fingers were extremely strong, as if they were going to crush her jaw. She shed tears of pain, but did not dare to make any sound.
The emperor in front of her seemed to be a different person. He was no longer the happy person he usually was when he saw her. She was horrified and wanted to escape from here immediately.
The emperor stared at Zhang Jingshu for a long time: "So, after something like this happened, you still dared to come into the palace to plead for mercy. I felt that I would definitely give the Zhang family this face. If it were someone else, you would be so bold as to leave the palace today."
"
Could it be that the emperor had already murdered her? Thinking of this, all the strength in Zhang Jingshu's body seemed to be drained away. She was so exhausted that she could not utter a single word of pleading.
"Is it enough to be punished by the nine clans for making such a mistake?"
Hearing the emperor's words, the Queen Mother's hand twirling the beads froze, and a light flashed in her eyes. The emperor was using Zhang Jingshu to remind her. If Zhang Jingshu hadn't been here, the emperor would never have dared to criticize the Zhang family like this.
For his mistakes, he said the words to punish the Nine Clan.
"More than that," the emperor finally let go of his hand, "The case from more than ten years ago has also been uncovered. As the monarch of the Zhou Dynasty, I must give an explanation to the world, but the Zhang family is the Zhang family after all.
I still want to be open-minded to the ministers of the imperial family and the relatives of the emperor of Zhou Dynasty."
Zhang Jingshu didn't know what the emperor meant. Tears were streaming down her face. She just wanted the emperor to raise his hand and let her go. The emperor in front of her was so terrifying. She shrank back just thinking about it, but a big hand held her tightly on her shoulder.
Holding it down, she raised her head and immediately met the emperor's sinister eyes.
"Since you are here," the emperor said with squinted eyes, "there is no need to go out anymore. This is what I can do for the Zhang family."
