Jade Without Fragrance

   Chapter 331 Mother and Son

   Emperor Tai'an calmed down and walked in with his feet raised.

  It was quiet at night, and the Queen Mother should have gone to bed long ago. At this time, the palace lights in the Cining Palace were still bright, and the Queen Mother was sitting upright on the couch, looking at Emperor Tai'an who came in.

   The mother and son looked at each other, but no one spoke for a while.

   After a long time, the palace lantern exploded a candle, breaking the silence of the room.

  The queen mother spoke first, her voice as old as a candle that was about to burn out: "Shiro is here, sit down."

The name    made Tai'an's eyes sore.

  Yes, he is Shiro of the mother.

   But his mother is not the only one Shiro...

   After a long silence, Emperor Tai'an asked abruptly, "Empress mother, is bloodline so important?"

   is so important that he would rather drive him off the dragon chair and kill him.

   After a longer silence, the Queen Mother asked, "Isn't it important?"

   Emperor Tai'an moved his lips, obviously everything had been dealt with long ago, but at the moment when all the warm faces were torn apart, he still felt heartache.

"Back then, when you led troops into Beijing and took your eldest brother's throne, doesn't Aijia have any mother-son affection for your eldest brother? But Aijia still came forward to help you stabilize the situation, because you are also Aijia's son. Aijia is the only one. Son disappeared in that chaos, can't lose another son..."

  The Queen Mother's tone was not excited, but she could see the restrained depression beneath the calm surface.

   "It turns out that my mother has been complaining about me."

The empress dowager looked at Emperor Tai'an deeply, and her emotions were turbulent: "Ai's family has resented you, but Ai's family also hopes that you will be well, healthy and long-lived, wise and wise, and pass down the country that your father and emperor laid down from generation to generation. "

   "Son... haven't you been doing this all the time?"

   "Who are you going to pass the throne to?" The Empress Dowager Dingding looked at him, "King Ning's son, King Jing's son, or King Ding's son?"

   "King Ning, King Jing, and King Ding are all sons of the father, my brothers—"

  The Queen Mother stood up suddenly, and the emotions she had been suppressing finally burst out: "But they are not the sons of the Aijia, and their descendants have nothing to do with the Aijia!"

   She defeated the noble concubine, defeated the German concubine, defeated everyone who wanted to fight with her, and let the eldest son sit on the dragon chair smoothly.

  The younger son has ambitions and stole something from his brother. Although she is angry, it’s okay to be angry. The palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh, and she even loves the younger son more in her heart.

   But now, the younger son is going to visit the grandson of Concubine Ji, the grandson of Concubine De, the grandson of Concubine Li...

  Everything she worked so hard to defend ended up costing others. She thought she had the last laugh, but it turned out that she was the big joke.

   "Queen Mother--" Emperor Tai'an's face was pale, and he completely understood the Queen Mother's thoughts.

   But precisely this point is unsolvable.

   It is impossible for him to restore the eldest son to harm the country. The birth of the youngest son has put an end to his thoughts of rebirth. As for the elder brother's son, if he really adopts it, he will undoubtedly die in the future.

  The Queen Mother looked at her son who couldn't hide her sickness and said softly, "Also, you are sick."

   is not young anymore, he has already owned everything he should have, the eldest son has several sons, why not choose the most suitable one?

   Emperor Tai'an felt a pain in his heart, and his haggard state became more and more obvious.

  The mother and son seem to have nothing to say when it comes to this.

   He was silent, but the Queen Mother asked, "When did you notice?"

   For a long time, it was clear that the mother was kind and filial to the son, and she was happy. She made a move for the eldest son, and he was prepared for the plan. Think about it, hasn't it always been like this in the palace, because she is old and loses.

   Emperor Tai'an's throat got itchy, but he resisted and didn't cough it out.

   Not to mention, it is true that he is sick.

   "You went to see me that day, and I slept for a long time. The next day you came again, and I slept longer. I felt something was wrong, so I called the national teacher and the imperial physician to check..."

   Emperor Tai'an didn't say what was found, the mother and son looked at each other and knew it well.

   Isn't this time?

  The Queen Mother wanted to ask.

  If you have always trusted her wholeheartedly, why would you be suspicious because you slept longer?

  The Queen Mother did not ask in the end.

   Isn't that the case for her? After her son gave Yian's consort directly to Princess Yuliu without consulting her, she was dissatisfied.

  The parents and brothers of the Tian family are not allowed to have quarrels and will inevitably have quarrels, and most of them will end in tragedy.

  The Queen Mother was silent.

   Emperor Tai'an sat quietly for a while, then stood up: "It's time for my son to go back, there are still many things to deal with."

  The Queen Mother gave Emperor Tai'an a deep look, her voice was old and peaceful, and the confrontation between mother and son just now seemed to have never happened: "Go, don't be too tired."

  Emperor Tai'an walked slowly, walked to the door step by step, suddenly turned around and gave the queen mother a kowtow: "Mother, the son is gone."

  The Queen Mother's eyelids trembled, and she silently accepted the ceremony of Emperor Tai'an.

  The familiar figure disappeared at the door, the familiar footsteps gradually faded away, and the queen mother remained motionless like a clay sculpture.

   The confidant knelt at the Queen Mother's feet, her voice choked: "Queen Mother, the emperor is still filial to you, as long as you speak—"

   "What's the point?" The Empress Dowager interrupted the grandmother lightly, "Ai's family is honored for a lifetime, and what they want is never just to live."

   She shed a few tears, and she could indeed continue to live in fine clothes and food, but she was no longer the empress dowager who was deeply respected by the emperor, but a prisoner in the palace.

   She couldn't bear such a day for a moment.

   That night, the candles in the Cining Palace never went out, and when dawn came, there were countless suppressed cries.

At dawn, King Ping and Zhang Ze, the commander of the forbidden army, colluded with the imperial court to break into the Qianqing Palace at night, which shocked the court and the public. Soon after, the news that the Queen Mother was shocked and died in the palace chaos made Baiguan Xungui's frightened heart tremble again. .

  Zhang Ze is the distant nephew of the Queen Mother. Upon closer examination, it is unclear whether the Queen Mother died of shock or whether the palace change failed and committed suicide.

  In any case, the Empress Dowager must have been frightened and died on the bright side, and the emperor would not allow other rumors to arise.

   Each mansion once again told the juniors to be honest and honest recently, such as King Jing, to catch the younger son and scold him at the first time, and Quan should shock himself.

   Rebellion is a big crime, and all the elders of King Ping’s family have given them Bai Ling, except Qi Ming.

   Emperor Tai'an summoned Qi Ming in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

  Qi Ming didn't say anything when he saw Emperor Tai'an, he just bowed silently.

   Emperor Tai'an gave him a look, and his heart was complicated: "I heard that you were tied to the bedpost, why didn't you go with your father?"

Qi Ming didn't have time to change his clothes, but his embarrassment could not hide his moon-like temperament. Hearing this, he raised his lips and smiled: "It doesn't really matter to you whether we were together at that time. Fourth uncle, Bai Ling is worthless, just reward your nephew with one."

   Emperor Tai'an looked at this nephew who was begging for death lightly, and shook his head: "I have always been clear about rewards and punishments. Since he said you were not his son, you shouldn't be implicated now. The garden is quiet and quiet, just right for you, go back."

  Qi Ming smiled: "Since I'm not his son, how can I live in Qingyuan?"

   "Then what are you going to do?"

   (end of this chapter)