webnovelfull Chapter 288: The Secret of Cining
Chapter 288: The Secret of Cining
The Queen Mother was stunned, she felt that the Emperor was a little different today.
She hesitated for a moment before saying, "My prince, you are too kind to the people below you, and you have made them ungrateful and ignorant... I will leave sooner or later, how can I feel at ease when you are so soft-hearted?"
The emperor looked at the woman who had given birth to him and raised him. The mother who had tried her best to protect him and his brother when they were children had finally changed beyond recognition. He no longer felt disappointed, but seeing her continue to play dumb, his heart still ached. "Mother, what do you want to do by sending people to Prince Zhuo's mansion?"
The empress dowager also frowned as she looked at her youngest son. She knew, of course, that her eldest son had specially sent someone to tell her clearly yesterday that Shen Yu was the person he wanted to protect. How could she be worthy of that?
The eldest son is ruthless and heartless, and the younger son is indecisive. Both are useless! This man has been unable to kill Prince Zhuo for more than ten years, and he actually let him go? Now Shen Yu is not afraid of death and is coming to his door. How can he let him go?
She sighed, "My son, entering the city without being summoned is a grave crime that will result in the death of all nine generations of your clan. The people of Zhuocheng dared to openly disobey my order today, so I can march south tomorrow. I know you are kind-hearted. Since you can't be ruthless, even if I am despised by everyone, I cannot leave this hidden danger for Luocheng!"
"Mother, didn't my brother send someone into the palace yesterday to report that Shen Yu was left behind by him?" The emperor sighed, but still patiently communicated with her.
After hearing this, the Queen Mother's face suddenly turned ugly, and the hatred in her eyes could no longer be hidden. The righteous demeanor just now disappeared, "Don't mention that rebellious son to me, he just loves to go against me! Su Yixia has been dead for many years, and he actually told me that he wants to adopt her as his adopted daughter? Hahaha! It's ridiculous, her biological father is still alive! He likes to pick up other people's old shoes so much? Hahaha! He is really the same as his father!"
The Queen Mother suddenly burst into laughter, but the Emperor still looked at her expressionlessly, as if he had experienced this many times before.
Every time the Queen Mother mentioned her royal brother and father, her eyes would involuntarily become covered with a layer of ice, as if she was looking at an enemy. Obviously, the royal brother should be the bright moon hanging high in the sky, and he was the emperor who worked hard to govern the country and had great talent and strategy.
However, because of the ridiculous jealousy of the woman in front of him, a gifted child was ruined. Not only did she destroy her brother's ambitious heart, but she also destroyed the most likely prosperous era for Linyue Kingdom. Anyway... he asked himself if he had the ability to do so. Maintaining the normal operation of Linyue Kingdom had already consumed all his energy.
But precisely because the woman in front of them is their biological mother, and because the country cannot be without a ruler for a day, their crimes are not punished as they deserve, and their evil deeds are not punished. How ridiculous is that?
“Hahahaha…” The emperor looked at the confused empress dowager and suddenly laughed out loud, although the laughter did not reach his eyes and he did not know whether he was laughing at the person in front of him or at himself.
It was this laughter, more like the wailing of a lonely soul in the middle of the night, that penetrated the magnificent palace and echoed in the empty and cold air.
After laughing enough, the emperor slowly raised his eyelids, his eyes flashing with the pleasure of revenge, "Mother... Unfortunately, I just received good news. My good brother has recognized Shen Yu as his daughter, so she is now my father's granddaughter, and she has married to Zhuocheng. I think my father's long-cherished wish has finally been fulfilled!"
He stared at the empress dowager with an unspeakable excitement in his eyes. Time stood still at this moment as their eyes met. The emperor finally saw the whole process from shock to rage in her eyes as he wished.
"Lu! Cheng! De! How dare he! How dare he! Ah!!!!" The Queen Mother screamed out of control.
The emperor suddenly felt relieved. His brother was right. People are liberated when they die. Living a long life but failing to achieve it is the best revenge on her.
He turned and walked out, with an imperceptible sense of joy in his steps, and looked up at the bright silver disk against the night sky. Even though it was surrounded by darkness, it was still as bright and flawless, as noble as before, like a fairy who was independent of the world and not stained by the slightest dust.
When he was young, he had been jealous of his brother, but in fact, he clearly admired him more. However, because of this little bit of jealousy, he was discovered and used by his biological mother, causing his brother to break his leg and become crippled, missing out on his beloved... He owed him it, and he deserved to be trapped in the cage of the throne.
His eyes were as deep as the sea. All the past grudges, power games and family rifts suddenly turned into silent sighs at this moment. They clashed fiercely in this small space and then disappeared... Boring, really boring!
The emperor's voice was deep and magnetic, full of sarcasm, "Mother, have you ever regretted it? Have you ever thought that this day would come? Just because your brother felt sorry for the innocence of the former Princess Zhuo, you dragged the proud son of heaven into the quagmire. Have you ever thought that this day would come?"
"Mother...you are a good mother to me and my brother...just wait, your dear son, maybe she will come to see you soon with your new granddaughter, hehe..."
"roll!!!"
The Queen Mother rushed forward a few steps, "I want to see him become a useless person, just like his father the King! Get out of here!!!"
Outsiders all thought that she was the mother of a country, extremely noble, that the previous emperor had a harmonious relationship with her all his life, that she was the most favored among the six harems, that the current emperor was obedient and respectful to her, not to mention that her two sons were both crown princes, so she should have been admired by everyone, but only she herself knew that all this was fake!!!
The person the late emperor loved most was not him, and the person his son hated most was him. They even did not allow themselves to be buried with the late emperor after death. They said that it was because they wanted to follow their father's true wishes!!!
"You all deserve to die!!! Aa ...
Everyone in the Cining Palace hid in the dark and pretended to be dead. After all, the emperor liked to provoke the empress dowager from time to time, and they were used to it.
To this end, the emperor emptied out the six nearby palaces and incorporated them all into the Cining Palace. On the surface, this was a show of filial piety to the empress dowager, but only they knew that this was to prevent the empress dowager's screams from being heard... and in order to maintain her dignity, the empress dowager never mentioned a word about it.
Seeing the empress dowager stumbling back to the bedroom again, the palace maids who had retreated to the gate of the courtyard dared to peek. They stared at each other from a distance. They had kept this secret for more than ten years, and they all tacitly agreed that it must not be exposed!
The emperor returned to his bedroom in a good mood. He waved away the palace servants and even couldn't help laughing out loud, "Hahaha, it hurts!"
"Haha, you are all really sick..."
Suddenly, a female voice was heard from the back hall. The emperor seemed to have known they would come, and walked to the couch by the window to drink tea. Soon, the sound of a wheelchair rolling and the footsteps of several people approached.