Father can be an enemy to the country

"Queen, what happened?" The palace attendant guarding the door quickly came in after hearing the sound.

"It's okay, you don't need to come in." Empress Ma said solemnly: "There was a mosquito that bit Lao Ba just now, and I have killed him."

At this time, the palace people had already rushed to the door and saw His Royal Highness Prince Tan holding his cheek, his face full of panic and fear.

"Yes." They were relieved. When he left in response, he couldn't help but secretly glance at Lao Ba, thinking to himself: Why did the Eighth Prince seem to be mostly recovered from his illness with just one slap?

But they couldn't see the disgust that could not be hidden on the face of Queen Ma, who had her back turned to them.

Queen Ma has never shown such an expression to her children. Even for others, she has never been so disgusted with others in many years. The last person who made her react like this was her sworn brother Guo Tianxu who wanted to take her by force.

Because this time, Lao Ba was really outrageous.

To be honest, Queen Ma has been in charge of the harem for so many years, and her tolerance level is already very high. If the person who had an affair with Lao Ba was just an ordinary palace maid or female official, she could still be accommodating and let Lao Ba accept her. Because at least until Boss Zhu touches them, they are not considered the emperor's women.

But Mei Cui and Mei Weng are different. You know, beauty in the palace is not a general term like 'handsome guy' or 'beautiful lady', but a formal title.

According to the regulations of the Ming dynasty's harem, the queens and below are concubines, concubines, Zhaoyi, Jieyu, beauties, talents, nobles, and selected attendants and ladies.

It can be seen that the two beauties are even mid-level concubines. And no matter whether she is a junior or intermediate, she is a concubine who has been officially canonized. She is Boss Zhu's woman, there is no dispute.

This guy is already a prince who has left the palace. What kind of woman does he want, but he has to have an affair with his aunt? !

Queen Ma was so angry that she trembled all over, and sighed for a long time: "How can I plead with you for this kind of thing?"

"That's why I have to pretend to be stupid, mother! I have already figured it out. Once this kind of thing is leaked, I will be completely ruined. Even my mother will not forgive me, let alone plead with my father. That's why I made this bad move." Lao Ba said with tears streaming down his face.

"Now you know you are afraid?" Empress Ma sneered and asked, "How did the seventh child know about this?"

"It's all my fault, I. It was me who let it slip when we were drinking." Lao Ba regretted and said, "This person can't have secrets in his heart. He can't help but want to tell others after holding them for a long time. Usually, he can't help but tell others. Fortunately, you can’t keep your mouth shut when you’re drunk.”

"Not only are you extremely ridiculous, you are also extremely stupid!" Empress Ma said angrily: "This is called doing your own evil!"

"Queen Mother, you must save me." Lao Ba rolled from the bed to the ground, knelt at the feet of Queen Ma and begged bitterly: "Only the Queen Mother in this world can save my son."

"You have done such a good thing, how can I save you? How can I tell your father? Let him know that you have done such a beastly thing, how can he spare you? If he wants to deal with you, I will too It can't be stopped!" Queen Ma said angrily.

"No, the Queen Mother can save Erchen. Erchen has thought about it. If the matter has reached this point, Lao Qi will probably not mention it again. As long as everyone around him who knows about it shuts up, it can become permanent. The secret." Lao Ba said with hope.

"How can you guarantee that others will shut up when they have a mouth?" Queen Ma shook her head.

"The Queen Mother is right. It's useless even if they promise. Jin Yiwei has many ways to pry their mouths open. So..." Lao Ba continued to behave pitifully while continuing: "They must be shut up forever. Mouth……"

"You mean to kill and silence?" Queen Ma looked at Lao Ba expressionlessly, the last bit of light in her eyes was gone, leaving only endless disappointment.

I don't know whether it was because the light was too dim or because he was too excited, but Lao Ba didn't notice the change in Queen Ma's expression, and was still thinking to himself:

"I can handle the palace people around me who know about it myself. My mother and concubine can handle the people in Changyang Palace. But there is nothing we can do about Cui Meiren and Weng Meiren..."

"But this matter is very easy for the Queen Mother!" As he said this, he kowtowed to Queen Ma vigorously and said, "Please Queen Mother, please save me and help me - I neither want to die nor pretend to be crazy. This After just pretending for a long time, life would be worse than death. If it continues like this for the next few decades, it would be better to die neatly."

Queen Ma couldn't believe her ears, she was completely confused. After a while, he calmed down and asked: "You want me to help you kill people and silence them? How dare you think so?"

"Didn't the Queen Mother say that no matter what crime my son commits, I am still your son?" Lao Ba tried his best to pretend to be pitiful: "Empress, please protect my son one more time, I will never dare to do it again."

"Yes, I said that you are still my son if you have committed a crime, and I will never deny it to you. However, those palace servants are also human beings, and there are two concubines - in order to help you cover up the crime, you have to kill such How many people are silenced?" Empress Ma flatly refused: "Mom, I really can't do it."

"What can't be done? What are their identities, and what is the identity of my son?!" Lao Ba said matter-of-factly: "All of them together are not as important as my life alone!"

After hearing this, Empress Ma looked at this extremely strange son and was stunned for a long time before sighing and saying, "But if I don't think so, I can't do it."

"If it were the eldest brother, second brother, or third brother, would Mom still not be able to do it?" Lao Ba became anxious and said without hesitation: "Mom said everyone should be treated equally, so we must treat everyone equally!"

"Of course I treat everyone equally." Empress Ma said categorically: "Even if it is your eldest, second, and third brother, your mother will never kill anyone to cover up their crimes!"

"Mom, what should I do?" Lao Ba was completely panicked.

"..." Queen Ma closed her eyes in pain. This thing was too terrible. Maybe the palace would become a river of blood. Let alone Zhu Yuanzhang, any emperor would definitely go on a killing spree. So this is not a problem for Lao Ba alone, but also for the lives of hundreds or thousands of people.

After struggling painfully for a long time, Empress Ma let out a long sigh and said, "Then there is no other way for me..."

After saying that, she raised her voice and said: "Come here, wait for His Highness to go to bed!"

"Yes, Queen." The palace servants responded outside, followed by the sounds of pouring water and serving plates.

The palace people would come in at any time, and Zhu Zi knew that this was Queen Ma's intention to end the conversation. He was stunned and begged in a low voice: "Mother, please, I don't want to pretend to be stupid all my life, it would be worse than death."

"Then you should confess to your father yourself." Queen Ma whispered.

"How can that be done? Father will beat me to death." Zhu Zi said anxiously.

"Mom, try your best to save your life..."

"Even if I am not beaten to death, I will definitely be deposed as a commoner and sent to Fengyang to be imprisoned for the rest of my life." Lao Ba still shook his head: "In that case, it is better to pretend to be stupid, at least the treatment will still be there."

"Then just keep pretending. Being able to pretend to be stupid all your life is indeed a great blessing." Queen Ma said solemnly.

At this time, the bead curtain was lifted, and the palace people filed in. Upon seeing this, the grief-stricken look on Lao Ba's face instantly disappeared, and his dull expression returned.