The empress dowager knew the embarrassment and shame the emperor felt at the moment, so she smiled and waved her hand.

Otherwise he would go and cause trouble for Lu Xinran and motioned him to sit next to him.

"Why are you here so early? Come and sit down. I'm afraid the kitchen may not be ready yet since you came here so suddenly."

The empress dowager had only said this casually, but the emperor felt uncomfortable again when he thought of what he had just heard.

Was he under a spell before?

Otherwise, why would he agree to Concubine Chen and change the time of coming to Ronghui Garden on the day of his mother's birthday, just to go back early to make love with her?

When did he become so foolish that he even disrespects his mother?

The emperor was confused for a moment, but the words that fell on his lips became: "I have been busy with the flood in the south of the Yangtze River recently, and I haven't been to Yongshou Palace to accompany you for a long time. Today is your birthday, and your son should spend more time with you."

The Queen Mother smiled and nodded, speaking lovingly as if she had never heard the previous voice in her heart.

"Mother is fine. You are a good emperor and you should be busy with the affairs of the court. There is a flood in the south of the Yangtze River. I don't know how many people will have to flee and starve. You must pay attention to this matter and handle it well."

The empress dowager gave the emperor a way out, and the emperor finally got rid of his previous embarrassment.

When his eyes fell on Concubine Chen, there was hesitation mixed with doubt.

When Concubine Chen had a miscarriage before, all the evidence pointed to the Queen.

Because he was suspicious of the queen, he did not investigate carefully and directly concluded that it was the queen's doing, and even scolded her.

If he really has nothing to do with the Queen... then has he caused the Queen to suffer a lot of injustices like this over the years?

[What's with that look in the emperor's eyes? With so many people here, is he not going to save even a little bit of dignity for the queen?]

[The queen is such a glorious person, and she has been wrongly scolded by him for many years, but she has not become mentally twisted and resentful. What else does he want? ]

[Ah, the queen is so pitiful. Why couldn't she think straight back then? If she had married General Qi, she would still be riding a horse in the desert now. How free she would be.]

Why should I be a resentful woman in this deep palace?

[Alas, the emperor is not worthy of her courage and love that made her give up everything. ]

[Men are all pigs. Anyone who takes them seriously is a fool. ]

emperor:"……"

He squinted at Lu Xinran who was hiding behind her family. The little girl still looked honest and obedient.

The Queen Mother was not at all unhappy when people talked about her son. She even felt particularly happy.

Ever since his son became emperor, he has become an unfaithful man. His behavior has become more and more absurd as he has been walking around the harem over the years.

It would be great if this girl could really scold him awake.

The queen felt a little dazed since she heard Lu Xinran talk about his past when he was young.

She had buried all the things from her youth deep in her heart and had long dared not touch them.

She almost forgot that she once had fine clothes and a horse.

If I had married Qi Yu back then...

Misty eyes appeared, but she bit her tongue and endured it.

Concubine Chen always felt that the atmosphere in the water pavilion was a little weird. She pouted her lips slightly, blinked her big eyes, and timidly stood up to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager.

"I have seen you, mother. May you live long and bless me."

"Queen mother?"

The Queen Mother gave her a disgusted look, thinking it was unlucky to see her acting so pretentiously on her birthday.

"You are not yet worthy enough to call me mother, so you should just call me Empress Dowager. When the emperor makes you the queen, you can call me mother."

The Concubine Chen was humiliated by her bluntness. She swayed and looked at the Emperor with grievance.

The Queen Mother frowned even more deeply: "Alright, do you think I've bullied you? The Emperor dotes on you so much, maybe it won't be long before the position of Queen will be yours. Then I'll go to the Imperial Mausoleum with the Queen."

"You back off!"

The emperor shouted at her, then stood up and knelt before the empress dowager nervously: "Mother, why do you say that? You are embarrassing your son."

The Queen Mother looked at him with a complicated expression, intending to give her a way out, but she couldn't help feeling distressed when she saw the empress in a trance out of the corner of her eye.

In the end, he couldn't help it and spoke up to support the Queen.

"Emperor, you know clearly who has been guarding me all these years. I cannot live without her."

The royal family could not divorce, and the queen could only be a member of the Song family from the day she married into the Song family.

She knew that the emperor had been obsessed with Concubine Chen for many years, and she could not do anything about it. She could only try her best to maintain the last bit of dignity for the queen.

At least all the ministers present today should know that even if the Queen does not please the Emperor, she is still there.

The disappointment in the empress dowager's eyes and the queen's desperate attempt to avoid crying made the emperor feel extremely uncomfortable.

Is he really that bad and a heartless person in their eyes?

[The Emperor is still...feeling wronged? ]

[He promised the queen that he would truly love her for the rest of his life, but a few years after they got married, he managed to seize the military power from her father and brother. After that, he was still worried about her and secretly gave her medicine every time he went to the queen's palace, fearing that the queen was pregnant.]

[Isn't it because of him that Concubine Chen dared to plot against the Queen? 】

[Even the Queen Mother could see that he was intent on deposing her...Alas, those who are loyal are usually butchers, and those who are unfaithful are usually scholars.]

"enough!"

The emperor roared and looked straight in the direction of the Lu family.

"Somebody come!"

"emperor!"

The Queen Mother also stood up angrily, "Do you remember that this is my birthday party! Do you remember that I am your mother?

"You came here early just to be able to go back and accompany Concubine Chen early. This is ridiculous. In your heart, I am not even as good as a concubine.

"What do you want to do now? You want me to guard the imperial mausoleum before the queen, right? You are so powerful, there is no need to hold this birthday banquet today!"

The Queen Mother was so angry that she swept the tea bowls on the table, and the porcelain fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

The emperor closed his eyes and said, "Mother, are you going to force your son?"

Threatening and forcing your own son for a demon who can read people's hearts?

"Forced?" The Queen Mother laughed in anger: "Look at what you look like now! You have been seduced by a woman and have lost your soul. If you are so distressed, why did you come here today!"

A wonderful birthday party was completely ruined by this unlucky and disgusting thing.

The Empress Dowager glanced at Concubine Chen with disgust. Concubine Chen was timid and didn't know what was going on. She just hunched her shoulders and tried to hide behind the Emperor.

Seeing him do this, the emperor subconsciously turned sideways and blocked the person behind him.

[Tsk, at such an old age, he's still playing pure love, and he doesn't even care that my mother is about to faint from anger. He's really a filial son. ]

[Unfortunately, the little white rabbit's goal is very clear, that is, to become the queen, and then support her family, and then persuade her childhood sweetheart to become a high-ranking official, so that she can always find a chance to have a tryst with her in the harem in the future.]

[Hey, look at the concubine and then look at the queen, even breathing is wrong for the unfavored. ]

The emperor turned his head to look at the timid, sweet and soft Concubine Chen behind him, and for the first time, his heart began to waver.

The Queen Mother seemed to have aged twenty years at this moment, and she tightly grasped the arm that the old palace servant handed to her.

"Emperor, why don't we have a thorough trial of the case of Concubine Chen today? I will be the judge!"

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