The Royal Highness - C40
Xiang Ye was even more shocked. Why did Qiu Miner appear here, why didn’t Shen Zhe take her away?
Since the empress dowager had brought Qiu Miner here, the emperor decided to go with the flow and let the empress “die of illness” in this quiet and few Qinzhou. The only price that Qiu Miner had to pay was that she would not appear in front of others for a long period of time, but after a few years, he would still be free to go.
The empress dowager knew what her son had done to the empress, and was afraid that he would be blinded by lard and attack her again. If such a thing had happened in the past, she would have been rude to her son long ago. But now that her son was emperor, Her Majesty knew that she had many things to lose.
Qing Ya fell to her knees in panic. Her hand had accidentally propped up the broken porcelain piece, causing blood to flow from her body.
The empress dowager let go of her son and rushed into her room. The bed was indeed empty, and some medicine was placed on the table by the side, but no one took it. It was only to give a scent to the people outside, and not to mention the imperial physicians, there was not even a Maid Eunuch.
Xiang Ye walked in with a cold face, while the other remained calm and collected. The empress dowager looked at one thing and then the other, and said angrily, “Alright, since none of you are talking, I’ll ask for myself.”
After all, the empress dowager was the empress dowager. No matter how good-natured she was, she was still the ruler of the household for dozens of years. She snapped, “Someone, drag Qingya out and beat her until she tells the truth.”
The Maid Lin did not dare hesitate and immediately ordered the eunuchs to drag Gonggong away. Gonggong was already scared speechless, she did not dare to ask for help from the Emperor nor did he have the face to ask for help from the Queen. Only the heavens knew what happened to her.
“Imperial Mother, this has nothing to do with elegance.” “It was His Majesty who forced Qing Ya to do this. The emperor wanted to give chenqie to General Shen as a wife so that chenqie would ‘faked her death’ and deceive everyone in the world. It was the General Shen who sent chenqie back to the palace while he was still outside. If Imperial Mother doesn’t believe me, I can summon … ”
“Qiu Miner, shut up!” Xiang Ye lost his composure, he glared at Xiao Qian’er, “Step down immediately!”
She raised her head to look at him, but her gaze was filled with the pride of looking down on a selfish and muddled person.
She smiled at the Emperor. It was the first time she had ever smiled at the Emperor, but the contempt in that smile for the Emperor was nothing more than a waste of time. It was her courage to live and die fearlessly.
She no longer wanted to be afraid of this man. She no longer wanted to be afraid of him. Since he despised her life and dignity, why should she care about his dignity as a king?
“Ye’er… Is what the empress said true? ” The empress dowager’s eyes stared blankly at her son, until her face turned blue. Her hand pointing towards Xiang Ye trembled as she said, “You want to give Xiao Budian to your brother? Do you know what you’re doing, you bastard, do you? ”
The empress dowager was so anxious that she didn’t manage to catch up to her in one breath. Her face turned pale as she collapsed to the ground.
The emperor was shocked and rushed forward to hug his mother. He was shocked as well. Seeing the empress dowager in this state caused him to regret his decision. Perhaps he should think of a more amicable way to tell her the truth, but she was also mad.
“If you leave, I won’t be able to see you. I still have a few more years to live.” The Empress Dowager was helped to the bed of her son. She pushed her son aside and told him to come forward, but when he reached the bed, her mother-in-law grabbed her hand and winked at her. Then she tilted her head and “fainted” again.
Yu’er was surprised. So the empress dowager was faking it? In desperation, the empress dowager could only pretend to be anxious. “Imperial Mother, please wake up …”
Xiang Ye shouted angrily from behind: “Imperial Physician Xuan, what are you all doing?”