Tyrant Reborn

Looking at the two kneeling on the ground, I paused, then passed them and continued to move forward. The people around were busy saluting to me, but I ignored them. Empress, what's the matter, who made you angry again."

The queen mother didn't look at me, but instead asked Xue Ruyu who was beside her to get up.

Zhuo Wenjing and Shen Yun still knelt on the ground without moving. This is the difference between being favored and not being favored.

Because it was the queen mother's decision, I couldn't speak for a while, so I had to lift up the hem of my clothes and sit beside the queen mother with a smile and apologized: "My queen, is it because the slaves in Fengyi Palace are not good enough to make you angry? Order to go down and replace all the servants in this palace."

After listening to my words, the queen mother suddenly showed a touch of displeasure on her exquisite face, and then she left.She glanced at me, as if she didn't quite understand why I didn't follow her wishes like before, making things difficult for Zhuo Wenjing who was kneeling on the ground.

I sighed in my heart, knowing that my mother's dislike was mostly due to the influence of my father's doting on the male concubine Liu Shuyun. Liu Shuyun also gave birth to a son, who is my third brother Shen Jingyu, who is always threatening her status...

And the father probably liked Liu Shuyun deeply in his heart, so he ignored the three thousand beauties in the harem, and even slept with Liu Shuyun after death, and was buried together in the imperial mausoleum. This has always been a heart problem for the mother.

Her most beautiful years were spent in this imperial palace. Fortunately, I won the Nine Dragons Contest and ascended to this great position. Her life was not like that of other concubines, but that being said, How could the queen mother not have any resentment in her heart... But no matter how much she resents her, it is still her father, and she cannot criticize it at will.

I don't dare to criticize my father, the resentment in my heart will always be vented. Over the years, because Zhuo Wenjing is a man and my father ordered me to marry him, she doesn't like to see her very much, and she is also afraid that I will follow my father's path , so for a long time in front of me to tell me to stay away from Zhuo Wenjing, and even to make things difficult for Zhuo Wenjing...

The reason for today's incident is probably the incident of last night. It is not easy to trouble Zhuo Wenjing. The elders trouble the younger generation, and others dare to say anything, not to mention that she is the Queen Mother, the most honorable woman in the world. This is why I came here in a hurry The reason here... was a little afraid that she would vent her anger on Zhuo Wenjing too much.

In the past, I naturally supported her, or even helped her, but now I just pretended not to know what she meant, and looked at her with a smile.

The queen mother glanced at me, then casually stretched out her hand to caress the white jade teacup on the sandalwood beside her and said in a low voice: "The emperor is filial, the Ai family knows it, and everyone in the world knows it. The old lady put on a look."

Hearing her self-deprecating words, I was slightly taken aback. When I was about to say something, my eyes moved slightly and I saw that her fair hands were a little red, as if she had been scalded. When I looked down, I saw the hem of her clothes and the There were water stains on the ground, and then I thought of Zhuo Wenjing and Shen Yun kneeling on the ground. I vaguely guessed why, probably because Shen Yun didn't know what to say to the queen mother, accidentally knocked over the tea cup, and burned the queen mother's hand. The queen mother therefore took the opportunity to anger Zhuo Wenjing...

To be honest, when I saw my mother was injured, I was naturally very annoyed. I am the parent who suffers physically, hair and skin, so I can't hurt at will.But my mother burned her hand so easily while sitting in the most noble palace in the whole world. Didn't the servants in this palace have eyesight?If it gets out, others will think that I am not filial, and I don't know how I will be ridiculed for the affairs of the palace.

This thought made me want to vent my anger unconsciously. The moment my eyes touched everyone, I saw Xue Ruyu, who was docile and low-browed beside the queen mother, and I happened to see the faint smile on the corner of her mouth. In this complex dissatisfaction, I said to her in a cold voice: "Aifei, you are served by the empress, and you are the closest to the empress. How did the empress hurt her hand? How do you take care of it? You are blind What about the imperial doctor? If the queen mother doesn’t speak, you don’t know how to invite an imperial doctor to show the queen mother? Are they all dead?”

After hearing my question, Xue Ruyu raised her head suddenly, was stunned in disbelief at first, then knelt on the ground and hurriedly said: "This concubine deserves death..."

"That's enough." I opened my mouth to interrupt her: "You deserve ten thousand deaths, you deserve ten thousand deaths. If you hurt your mother, whoever will give you ten thousand deaths, one death is enough." I knew I was venting anger, but when I said Letting her die, I felt that my voice was very cold. Seeing Xue Ruyu trembling, I suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. When I was about to open my mouth to blame, the queen mother slowly said from the side: "Emperor, what happened to you today, if Yu'er No mistake, how could the Ai family allow her to serve by her side, so naturally she will be punished by kneeling below." After speaking, he looked at Zhuo Wenjing and Shen Yun who were kneeling on the ground with a cold smile.

Now that the queen mother has spoken like this, I naturally can't say anything unpleasant to Xue Ruyu, and now is not the time to tear myself apart, so I slowed down my voice and looked at Xue Ruyu and said slowly: "My concubine, get up, I want to see When the mother got hurt, I was anxious, and I blamed the concubine Ai."

"It's also because the concubine didn't serve her well, which made the emperor worry. The concubine thanked the emperor for his forgiveness." Xue Ruyu lowered her eyes and said in a low voice, with an indescribable grievance in her voice.

The queen mother was naturally distressed when she heard this, and hurriedly took her hand and said: "My dear boy, get up quickly, kneel on the ground and be careful not to catch a cold, the emperor will be the one who will feel distressed at that time."

I also pursed my lips and said with a smile: "Get up, don't let mother feel bad again."

Only then did Xue Ruyu stand up slowly, and stood aside as a pillar, the smile on the corner of her mouth disappeared, and she seemed to have restrained herself a bit.

The queen mother glanced at me at this moment, her expression calm, and I hurriedly said, "Queen mother, has Imperial Physician Xuan come to see?"

"I'm an old woman. I don't want to see an imperial doctor, and I don't have any serious illness to accompany the late emperor. The emperor took time out of his busy schedule to come and visit, which has already moved the Ai family." The queen mother said calmly, withdrawing her gaze.

I know she said that because I wanted to make this a big deal, and I was dissatisfied with the small thing.

I glanced at Zhuo Wenjing calmly, and I smiled at my mother, "Queen mother, what you said is a shame." I'm afraid I will wrong Zhuo Wenjing again this time.

Turning his head to look at the person kneeling on the ground, he asked indifferently, "Yuqing, what's going on? How did the queen mother hurt her hand?"

"It's my fault, I deserve to die the most, please forgive me, the queen mother and the emperor." Zhuo Wenjing bowed her head and knelt on the ground and said softly.

Shen Yun held his sleeves tightly with his hands, looked up at us tremblingly, followed Zhuo Wenjing and kowtowed, not daring to say a word.

I watched Shen Yun's movements from the side, and felt uncomfortable.No matter what, this child is not from an ordinary family. Why is he so timid that he can't even say a word.

When I was so old, I already dared to beat my father's favorite third brother until his nose bleeds. Although I was scolded by my father afterwards, I didn't rub the sand in my eyes, especially the sand who came to bully me because of my father's favor. , Later, it turned out that I was right. After all, the father passed the throne to me, and only conferred a prince from a remote place to the third brother.

Seeing Shen Yun being so cowardly at this moment, I naturally don't like it very much.

She pursed her lips and looked at the queen mother and said, "Queen mother, let the imperial doctor come and have a look at your hands first, it's a big deal. For the rest, I will do what he said in the future."

The queen mother glanced at me, with an indescribable emotion in her phoenix eyes, she said with a smile that was not a smile: "The emperor knows what Aijia is thinking, don't worry, Aijia won't touch your heart and soul."

"Queen." I smiled dryly and said, "You are making fun of my son."

The queen mother chuckled, looked slowly at Zhuo Wenjing and said, "Queen, the emperor has been apologizing for you today. The emperor loves you, so you should get up. You are the master of the harem. Your father Zhuo Lun is the current prime minister. , although the younger brother Zhuoran did not enter the dynasty, but the Ai family has heard that he is an all-rounder in civil and military affairs. You Zhuo family are the pillars and pillars of this country. The Ai family can't say much without looking at the monk's face and the Buddha's face. Get up .”

"I'm terrified." Zhuo Wenjing lowered her head and said, I sighed inwardly, the queen mother's words were sarcasm, it seemed that she was extremely dissatisfied with me.

At this moment, I can no longer speak for Zhuo Wenjing. Talking more now is undoubtedly to kill Zhuo Wenjing and add fuel to the fire.

"Queen, since this is the case, Aijia has a few words to make clear to you in front of the emperor today." At this time, the queen mother said lightly: "The emperor's home is not the home of ordinary people. Under the nose, you are the queen, and you should be the mother of the world. Aijia also knows that the queen is not a lady who is familiar with etiquette. It's just that you have been in the palace for so long, and you should let go of those battlefield spirits. As a royal, there is no Family, you should know this. Shen Yun is still young now, and he doesn’t understand or know many rules in the palace. It’s just that this child is by your side now, so you should teach him well. It is also the flesh and blood of the emperor, the eldest prince in this world, today he is rude at Aijia, if he leaves the palace and has his own mansion in the future, he will still be so reckless when he meets outsiders, obviously those people will not open his mouth , I don’t know how to arrange it secretly. You don’t know how to teach children, and you will lose the face of the royal family. Of course, if you think you can’t teach this child well, it’s okay for Aijia to help you find someone to teach.” If that’s the case, I’m afraid People all over the world should laugh at Zhuo Wenjing's incompetence, I lowered my eyes and thought to myself.

"I know I was wrong, and I would like to obey my mother's order. After I return to the palace, I must teach this child well. I ask my mother to forgive me for today's matter." Zhuo Wenjing knelt on the ground and said, her voice did not fluctuate, and she could not hear joy. angry.

The queen mother didn't speak, but took a sip of the white jade teacup, I sighed and pretended to be indifferent: "It's good to know that I'm wrong, let's take Shen Yun down, don't let the queen mother worry about such small things in the future , you are my queen."

"Wei Chen obeys the order." Zhuo Wenjing said, and then got up, probably kneeling for a long time, the moment he got up, his legs gave way, and he almost fell, but fortunately he stood still calmly, otherwise I'm afraid The queen mother would say something nasty, but I felt very guilty when I saw him being wronged.

After Zhuo Wenjing left, the queen mother was lazily lying on the imperial concubine chair, and Xue Ruyu helped her knead it. The queen mother patted her white and tender hands and said, "You are still caring in this harem, and you should pay more attention to it in the future." In the emperor, there is no shortage of people around the emperor, but there is a lack of confidantes."

"Mother, the concubine knows." Xue Ruyu said meekly.

The queen mother nodded and said with a smile: "I have been beaten by Ai's family for several hours, and I am tired. Go back and rest. Ai's family will talk to the emperor, and I will let the emperor go to your palace to accompany you. Today he is I have wronged you, the Ai family will see it."

Xue Ruyu glanced at me with a complicated look on her face, but she didn't move.

The queen mother saw it and said with a smile: "Don't worry, although the Ai family is old, their hearts are like mirrors, and their eyes are easy to use. My son's heart is still in you, so I won't spend a night somewhere else. You were left behind."

Xue Ruyu hurriedly lowered her head, her fair face was rosy, she was very beautiful with shyness and anger, then she bowed and said: "Queen Mother, this is not what I mean by this concubine, this concubine knows that the emperor loves his concubine, and it is right to be wronged occasionally , the concubine will not disturb the queen mother and the emperor, and the concubine will resign."

Because I couldn't do too much at once, I nodded slowly at this moment.

After she left, the empress mother waved her hand to get everyone in the hall to leave, then sat up and looked at me frowning, and said solemnly: "Emperor, Aijia heard that you told the respect room about going to the empress last night." Write it down." The queen mother is naturally concerned about the matter of children and heirs, but I feel a little unhappy that everyone is watching everything.

Although I thought so, I still nodded, took out the speech I had prepared and said with a smile: "Mother, when I came back from Xishan this time, I figured out one thing. After all, Zhuo Wenjing is mine. Empress, he has been in the palace for five years, and his ministers only stayed in his palace on the night of their wedding. Not to mention the loyalty of the Zhuo family, the Zhuo family has never said a single wrong word in these years. If people know about this, they may be unfair to Erchen for doing so. Besides, we did not do anything else last night. Even if we did, it is not easy for a man to conceive. Mother, please rest assured, Erchen knows how to measure of."

After hearing this, the queen mother's complexion eased, and she leaned on the chaise longue chair, with the cigarette smoke curling up from the incense burner beside her, making her delicate face a bit blurred.

I lowered my eyes and didn't talk, believe it or not, I had to go to Zhuo Wenjing's place.

"Emperor, what you said is not bad." After a long silence, the queen mother said softly: "The Ai family also has something to say to you, this is a heartwarming word, and only the queen mother can say it to you in this world."

"Queen mother, tell me, son, listen up."

"Emperor, you used to be young, and you focused all your attention on Yu'er, so you didn't say anything about Aijia's words. Now that you are older, you know how to measure, and today Aijia will tell you the truth." The queen mother Looking at me, he said calmly: "Who in this world does not envy the emperor's three thousand harems, but only those who have walked out of the three thousand harems know the bitterness inside. You have been with the queen mother since childhood, and you also know that the queen mother usually works hard. Love to be a high-ranking person, like to be competitive and compete with others. My mother also shed a lot of tears because of the late emperor, and hated and complained too much. Fortunately, you are up-to-date, and you are also the late emperor's pity. You ascended to the throne. It's not a good thing for you to spoil Yu'er alone after you ascend the throne. The harem is covered with rain and dew. This is the way of an emperor. You can't be like your father, obsessed with one person... This is the first, and the second is the issue of power. No matter you Whether you are relying on the Zhuo family or the Xue family now, you have to let them know that this right is given by you, you are their master, the world is yours, and only you have the right to do whatever they want Go now. You can't let them make you, you have to make them... My child, the queen mother has said so much, do you understand what the queen mother means?"

Looking at the expression of the queen mother, I nodded and said softly: "Queen mother, don't worry, I know what to do."

The former mother and the empress have never told me this, and I have never thought that she is so thoughtful.

In her previous life, she knew that I was obsessed with Xue Ruyu, and she just watched from the sidelines. Occasionally, she hesitated to speak, and in the end she wanted to say something but didn't say anything.

When I think about it now, she probably thought that I was still young. After I understood these words, she mentioned them from the side, but she didn’t think about it. I didn’t understand until a hundred years later, and she didn’t have time to say it... ...Thinking of this, my heart tightened, and I felt a sudden pain.

Of course, the reason why the mother hesitated to speak may also be because the emperor's heart is on a man, so the favor she didn't get is all on Xue Ruyu, this is a woman's heart.

Even so, I also understand that there is no mother in this world who does not think about herself, and it depends on whether her son understands or not.At this time, after hearing her words, I felt very uncomfortable in my heart, and she didn't think that I was a foolish king, a tyrant, or a defeated king.

After listening to my words, the queen mother nodded, closed her eyes and waved her hands: "Okay, after talking so much, the Ai family is tired today, so go get busy."

I collected my thoughts, stood up and saluted, and then walked out of Fengyi Palace.After going out, he told Ru Lan, the maid next to the queen mother, to ask her to invite the imperial doctor, and let the imperial doctor prepare everything she needed.

Ru Lan listened to my order, and said with a clear smile: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, the imperial doctor is already waiting in the side hall, and the slaves will go to report the good news to the emperor after the imperial doctor's diagnosis and treatment."

Hearing her say that made me feel relieved.

Leaving Fengyi Palace amidst the crowd's bowing and sending off, and sitting on the imperial chariot, I suddenly felt a little tired and at a loss.

Yuan Bao looked at me from the side and said in a low voice, "Long Live Lord, should we go back to Panlong Hall or drive to Xifeng Hall?"

Hearing what he said, I glared at him and posed in Xifeng Palace. He really could say it, and he didn't have a memory at all. Could it be that he still thought that I would still do the kind of thing that puts my hot face on other people's cold ass?

Although my mother told me to go see Xue Ruyu, so what, I don't like it, who can force me to do it?What's more, now, under the banner of harmony, I have enough reasons not to go to Xue Ruyu's place.

"Show ride to Jiaotai Palace." Too lazy to talk about him, I leaned on the imperial chariot and spoke lazily.

Yuan Bao paused, and hurriedly ordered to drive.

At the Jiaotai Hall, Yuan Bao helped me get off the chariot, and as soon as I walked in, I saw Zhuo Wenjing who heard the sound of the report, pulling Shen Yun out from the front hall.

Seeing me, he knelt down to salute. Shen Yun beside Zhuo Wenjing still had tears on his face, his face was flushed with grievance, and he was sobbing non-stop.

I took a look at Yuan Bao, he ordered everyone to go down, and then retreated himself.

After they all left, I walked over and helped Zhuo Wenjing who was on the ground up. Zhuo Wenjing looked up at me with clear eyes, like three thousand peach blossoms blooming in an instant, his eyes were shining brightly.

Looking at him who is still gentle and refined, I felt really uncomfortable. After a long time, I sighed and said: "I know, I have wronged you all these years."

Zhuo Wenjing looked at me, her eyes moved slightly, there was surprise and incomprehension in it and a trace of indescribable complexity. Just this one glance made me feel that this one glance was enough to cover the five years of blankness between each other.

He has always been wronged, but he couldn't and couldn't speak. Now that I said it, he seemed stupid.

What a fool, I stretched out my hand and stroked the strands of hair that fell beside his ears.