Under the bright candlelight, Queen Mother Yu's old and tired face suddenly turned as cold as ice. Her eyes staring at Xie Mingxi also became cold and sharp.
Under the strong pressure and intimidating gaze of Queen Mother Yu, Xie Mingxi's expression remained as usual, as if what she just said was just a trivial matter.
Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were silently confronting each other.
Although no one spoke, the atmosphere was extremely tense and suffocating.
Zhilan and Yuqiao, who were standing by and waiting, were also frightened and quickly lowered their heads.
In the palace, everyone was respectful to Empress Dowager Yu. Even Empress Xiao never dared to offend her with words. Princess Shu was really bold and showed no fear towards Empress Dowager Yu. At this time of confrontation, her momentum was not at all inferior...
"You guys step back." As the two of them were thinking, Princess Shu opened her mouth again: "The queen mother and I want to talk alone."
Zhilan Yuqiao was startled again and looked at Queen Mother Yu reflexively.
Queen Mother Yu glanced at her and signaled the two of them to retreat. Then they retreated and stood guard outside the door. At this time, their palms were covered in cold sweat.
"Zhi Lan," Yu Qiao lowered her voice very low: "My heart is beating so fast."
It was frightened.
In this palace, knowing too much is not a good thing. You might die quietly on your bed at any time.
After all, they are all Empress Dowager Yu's confidants, and they always know more than others about what they should know and what they shouldn't know.
Zhi Lan was a little calmer than Yu Qiao and said in a low voice: "Don't panic! As long as the Queen Mother is here, the sky will not fall."
This is not necessarily the case. Emperor Jian'an and his entourage fell into the hands of the traitors and were trapped in the imperial mausoleum. Wasn't the Queen Mother also at a loss what to do, so she still had to summon the King of Shu and his wife back to the capital?
Yu Qiao secretly murmured in her heart, not daring to say more. She nodded briefly and then said nothing.
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There was still silence in the inner room.
Compared with patience, Xie Mingxi never loses to anyone.
She just sat there, looking at Queen Mother Yu.
Queen Mother Yu opened her mouth coldly and said: "Ms. Xie! How brave you are! How dare you talk to the Ai family like this!"
Xie Mingxi twitched the corners of her lips, and a hint of confusion flashed in her eyes: "There are only two of us here, my mother and I. We might as well open the skylight and speak frankly, why bother beating around the bush."
"I think my mother already knows the origin of this group of traitors."
"The one who hates the emperor to the core is the King of Ningxia who has been under house arrest in the imperial mausoleum. However, the King of Ningxia alone is not so capable. Add the King of Lu and the King of Min, and it's different."
"How did the three of them conspire? We are far away in Shu, out of reach, so we can only make guesses. The queen is in the capital, and all the vassal kings have her internal agents beside them. How can we not notice it at all?"
"The queen mother has always pretended not to know, and even secretly contributed to the trouble. The emperor's father's mausoleum collapsed, and the queen mother angrily scolded the emperor. An unfilial hat weighed down like a heavy weight. The emperor had to go to the emperor's mausoleum in person. He fell into the conspiracy of the vassals."
"After that, the queen mother pretended to be helpless, anxious and worried, keeping everyone in the dark. How could it be that she had no plan to bring our husband and wife back to the capital?"
Queen Mother Yu was told her thoughts one after another, and she could no longer maintain her condensed expression. Suspense, wariness, and deep fear flashed across her eyes.
Among all the concubines, Sheng Hong has the best skills. In terms of ambition and scheming, he may not be the most outstanding.
Among the daughters-in-law, Xie Mingxi is undoubtedly the best.
Compared with her, Zhao Changqing, who is sleek and smart, is outsmarted. Xiao Yuhan, who is smart and honest, is less ruthless and ruthless than her. Li Xiangru's tricks as a housewife are not worth mentioning in front of her. Yin, who is slightly impulsive and reckless
Xiaoxiao is as blank as a piece of paper in front of her.
This Xie Mingxi has been keeping a low profile since she married Sheng Hong.
At this moment, Xie Mingxi tore off Yanxiao Yanyan's mask of gentleness, and her sharp words were as heart-stopping as a sharp blade.
"What on earth is the Queen Mother going to do?" Xie Mingxi looked at the Queen Mother Yu intently, her voice was slow but shocking: "Could it be that she wants to follow the example of the Queen Mother who went before her and listened to the government personally?"
Empress Dowager Yu finally changed her expression.
The shock and panic at this moment was completely different from the half-acting look before. In an instant, all her disguises were torn off, revealing her true appearance of embarrassment.
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Xie Mingxi's heart also sank.
Along the way, she had been thinking and speculating about the purpose of what Empress Dowager Yu thought and did. The conclusion she came to was chilling.
After meeting Queen Mother Yu, Xie Mingxi became more confident.
Empress Dowager Yu never had any deep maternal affection for her concubines. Several vassal princes were trapped in the imperial mausoleum with Emperor Jian'an, which did not make Empress Dowager Yu panic to such an extent. Most of Empress Dowager Yu's helplessness was caused by
Pretended.
The real purpose of Queen Mother Yu is to use this matter to bring the couple back to the capital together. Let Sheng Hong do his best to save Emperor Jian'an and let their brothers fight each other. Anyway, no matter who loses or wins, Queen Mother Yu is the winner...
It would be best if they all died cleanly. Then they would support the young emperor's grandson to succeed to the throne, and the empress dowager herself would be the regent, and all the power in the palace and court would be in her hands.
Oh!
She is too lazy to care about scheming against others. If the scheming falls on their husband and wife, then don't blame her for being ruthless.
Queen Mother Yu took a few quick breaths, suppressed the surging emotions in her heart, and stared at Xie Mingxi with a fierce light in her eyes: "You can eat randomly, but you can't talk nonsense. Xie Mingxi! It's only up to you.
With those words just now, Aijia will be able to punish you!"
A battle of words is also a battle of scheming.
Whoever loses his composure in a hurry will lose first!
Xie Mingxi's lips curled up with a sarcastic smile and she said, "What I told is the truth, so why am I guilty?"
"The palace belongs to the queen, and I don't know how many masters are ambushing me in the Jiaofang Palace. It is not difficult for the queen to kill me and silence me. However, I would like to advise the queen to think twice before doing anything."
"I dare to enter the palace and stay with His Highness because we have been on guard for a long time. If something unexpected happens to me in Jiaofang Palace, Your Highness will immediately lead the troops to rush into Jiaofang Palace."
"No matter how powerful the mother is, she is only limited to the harem. She cannot command the imperial army, and the number of people at her disposal is limited. If you want to be the queen mother regent, you must not be notorious for killing your daughter-in-law or son. Otherwise, the people of the world will reviled, Lu Ge Lao Li
The elders and other important ministers will never tolerate it. The queen mother's ambition to become the regent queen mother will be completely shattered."
"Mother, it would be better if you put away your face of wanting to kill me."
Queen Mother Yu: "..."
Most of the grievances and humiliations that Empress Dowager Yu suffered in her life were due to Empress Dowager Li making things difficult. They were nothing more than the harem's way of rubbing people off. Now, Empress Dowager Li lies on the bed all day long, and she is the only one who makes people angry inside and outside the palace.
share.
She never expected that she would suffer such humiliation today under the harsh words of her daughter-in-law Xie Mingxi!
