frightfiction Chapter 520 Always by your side
Chapter 520 Always by your side
"So that's what it's like..."
After a brief moment of unconsciousness, the queen regained her senses.
Since Yongzheng said such words to himself and Zhen Huan in front of the Empress Dowager, in addition to praising Concubine Duan, this itself also has the meaning of a "declaration".
So, after the queen came to her senses, she suppressed all the messy thoughts in her mind and instead gave the emperor an impeccable and perfect smile.
"So, Wanpin is still disturbing the Empress Dowager at this late hour. What's wrong?"
Because Yongzheng had already stated that he learned about Zhen Huan's experience from Concubine Duan, and he had authorized Concubine Duan to "tell tales" to him.
At this moment, facing the emperor's question, Zhen Huan's eyes flashed, and she was about to answer, but the queen mother smiled and said: "I called the queen here, and from what the queen said, she intends to get to the bottom of this matter, so as to clear Wanpin's name."
As she spoke, the empress dowager ordered someone to serve tea to the emperor.
It was not until this time that Zhen Huan could finally sit down.
"Then, in your opinion, how should this matter be handled?"
Yongzheng drank the tea prepared by the Empress Dowager and cast his eyes towards the Empress as if unintentionally.
The queen, who was already feeling guilty, looked even more stiff after being looked at by the emperor.
"I think that the Ministry of Internal Affairs really needs to be reorganized!"
The queen almost gritted her teeth when she said this.
Back then, when Nian Shilan was still in power, the Ministry of Internal Affairs acted completely according to his wishes.
Even if you are the queen, it is still difficult to surpass it.
But according to what Yongzheng is conveying now, he hopes to sort out the unhealthy practices in the Imperial Household Department himself.
In this regard, the queen, who had already guessed the emperor's intention, certainly could not continue to turn a deaf ear to it.
Even though she was extremely unwilling, the queen still had to take the initiative to express her opinion.
Once these words were spoken, one can imagine the queen's inner distress.
"Ah."
Seeing that the Empress understood, Yongzheng stopped making things difficult for her. He nodded slightly and said to the Empress Dowager, "It's so late, and it's really inappropriate to trouble the Empress Dowager. Since there's nothing else to do right now, I won't bother her to rest."
"Haha, I know the emperor's intentions. These are just some trivial matters. Besides, I am old and can't sleep. It's good that the queen and Wanpin come to talk to me today."
Because of many things that happened before, there was a rift between the Empress Dowager and Yongzheng.
Therefore, the Queen Mother now wants to repair the relationship with her son.
This is also the reason why the Empress Dowager agreed so easily after receiving Yongzheng's request.
Nowadays, there are few concubines in the palace who can compete with the queen.
Even though the Queen was clever and took the opportunity to show weakness to Yongzheng under the pretext of recuperating from her injuries, and acted as if she was not attached to power, the Empress Dowager would never forget the time when she had gone against her.
After reading a hint of Yongzheng's intention, the empress dowager realized that her son wanted to warn the empress and had no intention of protecting her cousin's daughter this time.
If the Queen is not taught a lesson now and becomes arrogant, it will be even more difficult to suppress her. This is one of the reasons why the Queen Mother chose not to side with the Queen.
"haha, yes……"
How could the Queen not know the Queen Mother's intention?
Listening to the Queen Mother's words, the Queen, who was already feeling guilty, could only smile along.
"Then my son, let Wanpin come to accompany the Empress Dowager more often!"
When Yongzheng heard the Empress Dowager's words, he was also a little surprised, and then he suggested without hesitation that Zhen Huan come to Shoukang Palace more often.
He said this, on the one hand, to test the Queen Mother and see how the Empress Dowager would answer, and at the same time, to create an opportunity for Zhen Huan to get close to the Queen Dowager.
Yongzheng knew very well why he liked Zhen Huan, and the Empress Dowager also became distant from him because of this.
This is a rare opportunity to let Zhen Huan show up in front of the Empress Dowager, so Yongzheng certainly won't miss it.
"Okay!"
The Empress Dowager saw the Emperor and Empress' reactions, and she agreed with Yongzheng's words with a smile.
After these words were spoken, the queen's already ugly expression became even more unpleasant.
On the other hand, Yongzheng and Zhen Huan were one happy and the other shocked.
"I thank the Queen Mother for her grace!"
Zhen Huan felt the Queen's gaze was very complicated, and she did not dare to turn around and look at her. So she had to bow and thank the Queen Mother at Yongzheng's suggestion.
Deep down, Zhen Huan didn't actually want to come to Shoukang Palace often.
Zhen Huan was well aware that the Queen Mother disliked her.
However, in the past, the Queen Mother liked Shen Meizhuang very much, and even if she was indifferent to Zhen Huan, she would not deliberately make things difficult for her.
But now the Queen Mother has bucked her usual behavior and actually taken the initiative to show her goodwill!
In Zhen Huan's view, this is not only an abnormal behavior, but there may be other reasons behind it.
But it was the Queen Mother who took the initiative to say this, and then the Emperor took over the conversation.
As the person being mentioned, Zhen Huan had no room to refuse and could only fake a smile.
……
"Are you blaming Aijia?"
After Yongzheng took Zhen Huan away, the empress dowager put away her smile and asked the queen who had not left yet.
"Chen and concubine dare not!"
Upon hearing this, the Queen knelt down before the Queen Mother with an expressionless face.
"You may say you don't dare, but that doesn't mean what you say!"
The Queen Mother glanced at her and said, "Jiang Zhongmin, no matter how much effort you put into getting him here, you must give an explanation to the Emperor now."
The Queen Mother never mentioned Zhen Huan, obviously thinking she was insignificant.
Although the incident happened to Zhen Huan, after alarming the emperor, all the queen needed to do was to try to calm the emperor's displeasure.
With the Queen Mother's insight, she could see that her son was very dissatisfied with the current Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Rather than directly appeasing Zhen Huan through some actions, the best way for the Queen to calm the Emperor's suspicions was to quickly get rid of Jiang Zhongmin, who had a connection with her.
"Yes, I will follow the instructions of the Empress Dowager."
The Queen's tone remained as respectful as ever, but only she knew what she was thinking in her heart.
The Queen Mother had just said that the Queen always said one thing and said another, and now she was too lazy to delve into the matter further.
She has used the emperor to once again strike the queen.
If this still fails to make her restrain herself, then we can only say that the Queen herself is stubborn and refuses to change.
Although she cared about the glory of the Uya and Ulanara families, she would not help a queen who could not see the current situation clearly, let alone rescue her again and again.