After reading my mind, Daddy, why don't you smile?

Chapter 454: Peacock Appreciation at Xuanyang Palace

After Concubine Gang left, the surroundings fell into complete silence.

Zhao Ying said coldly, "Anyone who dares to spread a single word of what Concubine Qi just said will be killed without mercy!"

"Yes!" the palace servants and the imperial guards said in unison.

Upon hearing this, the Queen looked at Zhao Ying in surprise. Ying'er knew everything?

Zhao Ying brought several children into Kunning Palace. After Concubine Gang made such a fuss, the palace gate was opened and the imperial guards were unable to stop them from entering.

Zhao Ying asked the children to walk around outside while she went in to talk to the queen.

In the inner palace, the queen dismissed the palace maids and looked at Zhao Ying deeply, "Ying'er, do you know everything?"

Zhao Ying nodded slightly.

The Queen picked up the teacup, took a sip of herbal tea, frowned and sighed, "It's not that I want to hide this from you, it's just that... in order to make your life better, I have to..."

The queen's eyes were filled with worry. "I am indeed not the original Wei Zhen. I came from a time travel. Do you understand time travel? It doesn't matter if you don't understand. It's just that it would be better if the original owner didn't come back. She is back! I know your father's feelings for her best. He has coveted her since he was a child. For her, he risked the confiscation of the family and the extermination of the clan to seize the throne!"

The queen rubbed her temples and muttered, "Really... it's better for me to stay in the primeval forest. Why come back? I'm too old to be able to handle the car."

Zhao Ying was silent for a moment, then asked in surprise, "Mother, I don't quite understand what you mean? Do you think father loves the original Wei Zhen?"

"What else?" The Queen widened her eyes and said as a matter of course, "Look, as soon as she came back, your father put me under house arrest!!"

"Father... do you know your true identity?"

"I know. I hinted to him."

"and then?"

"Then your father slept with Concubine Shu in revenge for me stealing his body! What else can I say? Woo woo..." The queen only dared to show her vulnerable emotions in front of her own daughter. She grabbed Zhao Ying's arm and said, "Ying'er, your father will not chop off my head for deceiving the emperor, right?"

She then frowned and said, "It doesn't matter if you kill me. I've lived enough anyway. Just don't implicate you and your sister!"

Zhao Ying scratched the back of his neck. Is it that serious?

Suddenly, the queen looked at her, with a dangerous light in her eyes.

She glanced around, making sure there was no ear behind the wall, and whispered, "Ying'er, why don't you ask your brother to rebel?" Her eyes became brighter, "Do you remember the story of Wei Zifu that your mother told you?"

"Let Shangguan Shu support Xi'er to ascend to the throne directly. If that doesn't work, call Fu'er back as well and rebel against Zhao Rui, the tyrant emperor! If your father wants to do anything to us by then, we will... well!"

Zhao Ying suddenly stepped forward and covered the queen's mouth, saying in a hoarse voice, "Mother, what are you saying?"

She was still immersed in the deep love between her parents, but her mother was about to fight with her father?

When people reach middle age, their families will break up?

The queen calmed down a little, "I'm not kidding. If that day really comes, are we, mother and son, going to sit and wait for death?! It's better to die gloriously than live in cowardice!"

"Mother, I think you are right, but... is the matter really that serious? And..." Zhao Ying's face looked a little ugly.

The Queen saw it and asked, "And what?"

"And... you forgot that Wei Zhen was offered by my brother. He probably already knew the identity of Concubine Qi. He must have known the inside story and felt that Wei Zhen was the most important to our father. He has already abandoned us to protect Wei Zhen."

As soon as she finished speaking, the queen covered her chest and fell into a chair with a grim look on her face, "Rebellious son! Giving birth to him is worse than giving birth to a barbecued pork!"

"Sure enough, sons can't empathize with their mothers..."

The queen covered her face and sobbed, but no tears fell.

Seeing this, Zhao Ying stepped forward and patted the queen's shoulder. At this point, she had to make it clear, "Mother, I don't think my brother is targeting you."

Zhao Ying told the Queen everything about Qi Dongqiang, including her confrontation with Zhao Xi and what Zhao Xi said to her.

The queen was silent for a moment, and her anger towards her own son subsided. This is how a mother should be. Others would think that a prince was so love-brained that he was so open-hearted to such a woman.

But as a mother, she would think that her Xier had been extremely humble because of the tragic experiences he had experienced since childhood, so he would regard even the slightest kindness and beauty as honey.

It's like a very hungry person eating a rotten steamed bun. He doesn't mind the rottenness of it, he just knows that it is a delicacy that can save his life.

Zhao Ying was still talking, very angry. "I think he is crazy. He actually wants me to kill Wei Shu. What crime did Wei Shu commit? Is it just because she married Brother Cong? And last time, I gave him a purse that I embroidered myself. Not only did he not say thank you, but he also asked me in a sarcastic tone, 'Is your purse just for me, or does it belong to other brothers?'"

"Of course I told the truth. I told Brother Cong and Shangguan Shu, as well as Father. Guess what he said?"

Zhao Ying imitated Zhao Xi's tone, "Humph! I said, if others don't pick out the leftovers, they won't give them to me!"

"Humph! It's good enough to give it to him!"

She originally wanted to give it to Shangguan Shu, but she was afraid that it would be too obvious and make Shangguan Shu show off, so she gave it to someone else as well.

The queen smiled upon hearing this, "Your brother is jealous. There is no way that brothers and sisters can get along..."

The queen's voice became smaller and smaller, and at the same time, her heart trembled suddenly.

The Queen's mind was filled with Zhao Ying's voice complaining about Zhao Xi, and her expression became more and more weird.

Why did she feel that Xi'er didn't hate Ying'er for killing Qi Dongqiang, but hated Ying'er for being biased?

Would a normal brother be so possessive of his own sister?

No, no, it must be her heart.

The queen kept praying in her heart, hoping that the Buddha would forgive her evil heart. Suddenly, the clock hanging on the wall of the hall rang the time.

It's noon.

It's time to go to that damn bird-watching banquet at Xuanyang Palace.

Zhao Ying took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and did not forget to comfort the queen, "Mother, don't worry, I will take care of everything. I will definitely protect you."

The queen looked at Zhao Ying with emotion. She was still her little cotton-padded jacket!

"The Queen Mother knows."

After the mother and daughter were dressed up, they were about to set off for Xuanyang Palace. Zhao Ying asked someone to call a few children, but the palace servants came back and said, "The young masters said that you and the Queen should go first, and they will go by themselves later!"

Zhao Ying nodded, and the mother and daughter went to Xuanyang Palace.

When I arrived, I found that there were not only concubines from the inner palace, but also several old and important ministers, such as the old Duke, Shangguan Shu, Zhao Xi, Prince Liang and more than a dozen other men, and of course Emperor Jianxi, but he had not arrived yet.

When everyone saw them coming, they paid their respects to them.

In front of everyone, even if Concubine Gang was unwilling, she had to show her respect to Queen Jinzhong.

The two top positions were originally occupied by Concubine Qie and Emperor Jianxi respectively, but because Concubine Qie insisted on inviting the Queen, she had to give up her position.

A fierce light flashed in Concubine Gang's eyes, and then she had a chair placed on the other side of Emperor Jianxi, as if there was one emperor and two queens.

Everyone saw it and felt emotional, but they didn't show it at all. They were all respectable people who were high up in society, so how could they do such petty and shameless things in public?

In order to vent the Queen's anger, Concubine Rong brought a group of concubines to surround the Queen and show her care and concern. Concubine Ge was so angry that she immediately called the Duke of Zhenguo and his son.

Thanks to Concubine Ge, many people close to the emperor knew the inside story.

Not to mention the old Duke and Shangguan Shu.

"Shifan, long time no see."

"When we parted, you were still unmarried. I never thought that your eldest son would be this big now."

Concubine Gang had a young face and looked at Shangguan Shu with loving eyes. Her tone was old-fashioned and she tried to be close to him.

When Concubine Rong heard the voice, her back stiffened. Was she an old acquaintance of her brother?

The old Duke appeared calm on the surface, but he was laughing in his heart. Hahahahaha what the hell is this? Wei Zhen is still alive and keeps saying that the emperor loves her the most?

Doesn’t he know how the emperor treats her?

“This old minister never thought that I could see the young lady in my lifetime. The emperor’s love for her is worthy of it…” The old duke wiped his eyes with his sleeve in a pretentious manner.

Zhao Ying almost choked on her tea. What...what does this mean?

She began to doubt her own judgment.

Across from her, Shangguan Shu, who had never taken his eyes off her, shook his head imperceptibly at her.