freenovelworld Chapter 314 I Did Blame You
Chapter 314 I Did Blame You
The Queen Mother put the Jianzhi in her hand aside and stood up gracefully from the mat.
She turned around and looked at the emperor with deep eyes, as if trying to read something from his eyes.
"Your Majesty, why is he condescending to come here instead of feasting with his ministers?"
There was obvious wariness in the Queen Mother's voice, and it was clear that she did not welcome the Emperor's arrival.
"Empress Dowager, today is New Year's Eve, and I have come to pay my respects to you. But judging from your appearance, it seems you are not very welcoming to me."
The emperor explained his purpose in a self-deprecating manner.
Originally, he came out of Jiaotai Hall just to pay his respects.
It was just that the Empress Dowager had just said that she would pray for the Fourteenth Prince, which made him more certain of the authenticity of the news from Jingren Palace.
Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother's tone suddenly became more intense.
"Your Majesty, you are too overbearing! You didn't allow me to see your fourteenth brother, and now you're interfering with my prayers for him?"
"Little Fourteen is your brother from the same mother. How could you bear to leave him alone in the imperial mausoleum?"
"Empress Dowager, the Emperor loved Fourteenth Prince the most during his lifetime. I asked him to guard the Imperial Mausoleum to fulfill his father-son love for the late Emperor."
The empress dowager listened to the emperor's twisted logic and always felt that his words sounded very familiar.
Maybe she was not feeling well and she couldn't remember it for a while.
However, this did not stop her from attacking her eldest son without thinking.
"You...you rebellious son! If I had known that you would betray your father, oppress your mother, and bully your brothers, I should have done that when you were born..."
"Queen Mother, you are reluctant to give up the wealth and glory that is so easily within your reach."
The emperor retorted harshly with his fists clenched.
"The Uya clan and Longkodo behind you will not allow anything to go wrong with your dragon fetus."
The emperor had heard the nanny beside Tong E'niang mention that the empress dowager was a decisive person. As soon as the child was born, she ordered someone to bring the child to the master who was guarding the outer room to see.
She was indeed a person of her word. As her younger brothers and sisters were born one after another, they really never looked at her again.
"you you......"
The Empress Dowager was furious and her hand trembled as she pointed at the Emperor.
"Your Majesty, the imperial physician said that anger is very harmful to your health. You are already weak, so it is better to remain calm."
"Your Majesty, if you have anything to say, please come to the main hall and speak. Don't disturb the Buddha's peace."
The Queen Mother went out first.
There are things in the small Buddhist temple that the emperor cannot see. If he stays there for too long, there will be a risk of being exposed.
The emperor followed him out without saying a word. He made a strange gesture to the guards at the door with his hands behind his back.
The most noble mother and son in the world sat on the couches on either side of the small table, and no one spoke.
As soon as the Queen Mother went out, she found that the maids guarding outside the small Buddhist temple were nowhere to be seen. She had a bad premonition at that time.
She kept turning the Buddhist beads in her hand, trying to calm her mind.
This string of Buddhist beads was specially brought back for her from the ancient temple by Xiao Shisi when she was away from home.
Whenever the empress dowager missed her son, she would take it out and look at it.
New Year's Eve is a day for family reunion. The Queen Mother, who missed Little Fourteen very much, brought the gift he sent into the small Buddhist temple.
There was a "click" sound, and the Buddhist beads in his hand fell to the ground.
The Queen Mother looked directly at the Emperor with a cold gaze and spoke with certainty.
"Your Majesty, has something happened to my little Fourteen?"
"Your Majesty, I have something to report!"
Su Peisheng's loud shout outside the hall interrupted the emperor's words.
He didn't even look at the empress dowager, but just moved his hand to signal Su Peisheng to come in.
"What do you have to report?"
"Your Majesty, the guards found a little man pricked with a needle in the small Buddhist temple. On top... on top..."
Su Peisheng didn't dare to say anything outrageous. He lifted the red cloth on the tray, and a little man with needles all over his body appeared on it.
Su Peisheng poked it lightly, and the side with the birth date appeared in front of the emperor.
Although he didn't know the emperor's birth date, based on the empress dowager's past behavior, he could tell that the person she hated the most was definitely her master.
The emperor stared at the birth chart for a long time, then turned to the empress dowager.
"What do you think?"
"I was just wondering why you came to the small Buddhist temple at this hour. It turns out you were waiting for me here!"
The Queen Mother didn't care about the Buddhist beads that fell to the ground, and slapped the small table hard.
"Everyone outside the Buddhist temple is yours, and even the entire Shoukang Palace is under your control. I have nothing to say."
"What exactly do you want to do? Just tell me the truth."
"Yinzhen, you..."
The emperor interrupted her in a low voice.
"Queen Dowager, are you really looking forward to me meeting our ancestors soon?"
"If I'm not mistaken, you've been asking me to release the Fourteenth Brother because you want the younger brother to succeed the older brother, right?"
The empress dowager felt nervous when her thoughts were guessed, but she refuted it.
"Your Majesty, why do you say that? Is someone trying to sow discord between us mother and son?"
The Empress Dowager knew very well that the Emperor was not very magnanimous and was afraid that he would do something to the Fourteenth Young Master, so she hurried to make amends.
The emperor laughed sarcastically.
"Does the relationship between us mother and son need to be sown apart?"
"The evidence I've found shows that you were behind all the children who died in Prince Yong's mansion over the years."
"I won't mention what happened in the palace for now."
"Your Majesty, what nonsense are you talking about? I have always hoped that you would have many children. I have never had any bad intentions."
The Queen Mother flatly denied it, saying that plotting to murder the heir to the throne would undermine the foundation of the country, a grave crime.
There can't be any stain on her little Fourteen!
"I admit that when Xiaoliu left, I did blame you..."
"Queen Dowager, you finally admitted it yourself. You always believed that I was the one who killed Sixth Brother, but I was also poisoned in that accident."
"The plate of dim sum that our brothers shared came from the small kitchen of Yonghe Palace."
When the emperor thought of his sixth brother, who only had eyes for him as his elder brother, his heart ached.
The child who followed him obediently and called him "Fourth Brother" died in the conspiracy of the harem.
"Do you really believe what that bitch Tong Jia said?"
The Queen Mother looked at the Emperor with a sad face and questioned with trembling lips.
"I trust the Emperor! After my sixth brother passed away, the Emperor didn't set foot in Yonghe Palace for half a year. This is enough to explain a lot of problems."
The late emperor's control over power was far beyond his reach, and the emperor had reason to believe in the late emperor's judgment.
"You originally wanted to use a plate of dim sum to bring down Tong E'niang, but you didn't care enough about me and sent me dim sum that I don't like."
"Sixth brother was afraid you would blame me, so he ate up all the remaining snacks."
He should have thought of it earlier.
"Empress Dowager, when my sixth brother collapsed beside me, I was afraid you would blame him for being greedy."
"Old Fourteen looks very similar to Sixth Brother. You are so kind to him, probably out of guilt."
As time passed, the Queen Mother gave all her love to the Fourteenth Prince, but blamed him for the death of her Sixth Brother.