After the heroine was robbed, save the paranoid villain

Ten days later, news finally arrived from the north.

The prince led 30,000 soldiers and drove the emperor of Cang Kingdom to the west of Minshan Mountain. He defeated the enemy with a smaller force and forced them to retreat.

Quanfu knelt in front of Yan Yu and whispered the news from the palace: "The emperor wants to kill the seventh prince, but the empress dowager is still trying to stop him. She threatened to die to stop the emperor from killing him."

Yan Yu was still doing needlework.

Spring is coming, and she is making spring clothes for the young master.

By summer, the little prince should be learning to walk slowly.

Emperor Jianxing came to the throne largely because he had a biological mother with a powerful background.

The reason why he is being controlled everywhere now is not because of his mother's powerful background, but because it is impossible for Emperor Jianxing to ignore the life and death of his biological mother.

Wanli muttered, "As the Queen Mother, she actually had someone inform the enemy of her country's affairs. If the Emperor doesn't punish her for colluding with the enemy, that may not happen when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince takes the throne in the future."

Yan Yu felt uneasy.

The emperor could not give up his family affection and was indecisive.

The Crown Prince is about to return to the capital after winning the battle. The Queen Mother sees that the situation is hopeless. Will she become desperate and do something desperate?

As long as the Seventh Prince is alive, he will always be a hidden danger.

Yan Yu was outside the palace, and whenever he thought about these things, he was always afraid that something might happen.

That night, Yan Yu had just fallen asleep when Quanfu suddenly asked Ningxia to wake her up.

"Your Majesty, something bad has happened." Quanfu said, "During dinner, the Queen Mother sent for the imperial physician to come. Less than a quarter of an hour later, the Queen Mother prepared some soup and personally delivered it to the Emperor's residence."

Yan Yu's eyelids twitched slightly.

These days she had people keep an eye on the Empress Dowager's palace, fearing that something like this might happen.

The emperor, as a son, couldn't bear to punish his mother, for he was afraid that she would kill him for her own benefit.

In the palace.

The emperor has not been feeling well lately and is always coughing.

This son has always been a worry.

When I was young, I was so obedient. I always called my mother and did whatever she told me to do.

Later, I grew up and became rebellious, and every step I took was not where I wanted.

Queen Mother Zheng looked depressed and couldn't help but sigh.

"The Zheng family has three dukes in four generations. For so many years, they have always been on par with the Xiao family." Queen Mother Zheng whispered, "Watching my family gradually decline, I always feel that everything is my fault."

The emperor coughed and patted Queen Mother Zheng's hand: "Mother, you have done enough for them."

Queen Mother Zheng sighed heavily: "After you leave, the prince will take the throne, and the Zheng family will be exterminated."

By that time, who knows who will be the one that will rise to prominence.

"I remember that when you were little, you loved the Tremella and Lotus Seed Soup in my palace the most." Queen Mother Zheng opened the food box and picked up the jade bowl with her old fingers. "I don't know why I remembered it today."

Emperor Jianxing took the bowl from her hand, but after a long while, he did not drink it.

Queen Mother Zheng narrowed her eyes: "What?"

Emperor Jianxing said: "I suddenly transferred Ma Xiao back to take charge of the infantry battalion because I was afraid of such a day."

Queen Mother Zheng sneered: "So?"

"Even if I die, you and Old Seven forged the imperial edict, and Old Seven will not be able to take the throne." Emperor Jianxing said, "The palace soldiers under the Crown Princess and the infantry under Ma Xiao can control the entire capital."

Empress Dowager Zheng snatched the jade bowl from Emperor Jianxing's hand and drank it down in front of his shocked gaze.

Then the jade bowl fell to the ground and broke into two pieces with a "pop".

After so many years, Queen Mother Zheng finally felt deeply frustrated.

The son she helped to ascend the throne, the son she gave birth to after ten months of pregnancy.

She watched with her own eyes the child grow from the size of half a vase into a man of his ability, and witnessed the child's childhood, adolescence, middle age and now old age.

So much time has passed, and the mother and son have been connected for many years. No matter how unreasonable the demands made by her as a mother were, even if it meant killing his beloved woman, he just endured it and never thought of killing her.

But one day, the child actually felt that his mother would hit him.

Even if the mother really has such thoughts, under normal circumstances, the son will not have any doubts.

She was a complete failure as a mother.

In a daze, Queen Dowager Zheng remembered that she was not only the mother of the emperor, but also the mother of the country.

As the mother of the nation, she must have been a failure, right? For so many years, she had been selfishly concerned about her family and had never considered the lives of the people in the world.

"I just remembered a lot of things about your childhood, and I feel that you are not as obedient now as you were when you were young." Queen Mother Zheng's eyes were cloudy, and her silver hair was a little gray under the lamp. "You should have a good rest, maybe the prince will be back soon."

Palace servants in two rows were holding lanterns. The moon in the sky illuminated the ground brightly. The only sounds that could be heard in the cold night were the wind and the footsteps of people.

So many past events flooded into the mind of the elderly empress dowager. She looked at the bright moon in the sky, as if scenes from the past were reflected in it.

Sure enough, news came from the palace in the middle of the night, but it was not a coup.

But it was the news of the Queen Mother's death.

Yan Yu hadn't changed his clothes yet, so Wanli quickly took a cloak and put it on Yan Yu.

A thin layer of spring snow fell tonight. Yan Yu remembered that it also snowed this thinly the night Xiao Chengji left.

I don’t know if Xiao Chengji is preparing to come back.

The young master was changed into new clothes and now lies obediently in Ningxia's arms.

This child has been well-behaved since he was young, has a very calm temperament and never cries.

Speaking of which, the Queen Mother has never met the young master even once.

The old man only wanted the child to die and never wanted the child to live.

The emperor knew what the empress dowager was thinking, and Xiao Chengji and Yan Yu also knew what the empress dowager was thinking, so they never allowed the child to be brought into the palace to see the empress dowager.

Now that the old man has passed away, this is the first time that the young master has entered the palace.

Yan Yu took the crown and put it on the little prince. According to the rules, such a young boy should be dressed neatly.

When I entered the palace, I met Xia, Prince Jin Xiao Jingshuo, and the ninth prince, the tenth prince, the twelfth prince and other younger ones.

These people just cried, but there was no sadness on their faces.

Yan Yu secretly thought, if the Queen Mother saw this scene, she might be sad again, sad that there was no younger generation here who was truly filial to her.

The empress dowager had indeed passed away, and her lips were dark blue, as if they were covered with a layer of dark purple ointment.

The imperial doctors looked at the emperor's complexion and said that it was because the weather had been too cold recently and the empress dowager was frozen like this.

When she came back, the empress dowager did not keep warm enough and caught a cold in the sedan chair. The old lady was in poor health and she died soon after.

The emperor believed this statement without a doubt and cried until his eyes turned bloodshot.

That night, the eunuchs and palace maids who followed the empress dowager were dragged away and executed because they failed to serve her well and caused her to catch a cold.