Chapter 453: 12.61

"SHE DARES TO MESS WITH MY WIFE! I WILL KILL THAT OLD WITCH!"

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Meanwhile, in the Palace of White Swan, Empress Dowager Aixi was anxious. She kept pacing back and forth in her room. Because she just heard from his spy in Palace of Serene Harmony that Bai Yunyu had a miscarriage and lost his fertility in an instant after consuming tea.

Of course, Empress Dowager loved that news. Because that was what she intended in the first place, to kill that baby inside that deformed bitch's stomach, and also to make him infertile. But she didn't expect the effect would be this fatal.

'I already told that old maid to make it gradual. Poison Yunyu slowly, until it looked like Bai Yunyu got natural miscarriage, maybe due to stress or a weak body.

She also wanted to gradually poison Yunyu until he lost his fertility, so that deformed bitch had no worth for Huang Shu.

Who would've thought the effect would be instant? Something like this was too obvious. It made everything looked like an open book, and Empress Dowager had a suspicion in her heart.

'Don't tell me that old maid wants to make this plan too obvious, so she could pull me down?' Empress Dowager Aixi considered the possibility, and she thought it might be the most logical answer.

That old maid might have intentionally put many Buyun leaves in Bai Yunyu's tea to stage everything, so it would be so obvious and glaring that Huang Shu would notice it immediately.

'No way, that means she is setting for her own death!' Empress Dowager's face paled after guessing the possibility. 

'Is this her way for revenge? She wants to avenge her daughter by trapping me, making my son realize my scheme?!'

Empress Dowager Aixi gritted her teeth, "Fine, if that's her way, then I will kill her daughter!"

Empress Dowager yelled at the eunuch that guarded her room outside. 

"LI BAI, GO FETCH THAT GIRL, I WILL—"

Before Empress Dowager Aixi could complete her sentence, the door was slid open, and a tall man with a wide shoulder blocked the door. With his dark gaze and grim smile, he asked,

"Fetch which girl, Mother Empress?"

Empress Dowager almost got a heart attack when her son, Huang Shu, suddenly stood at the door, still wearing his dragon robe. He stared at her as if staring at a corpse.

Empress Dowager Aixi took few steps back subconsciously because she never saw her son with this expression.

"M—My son, why are you here? Do you want to visit your old Mother?" 

"Oh, I want to visit my old mother because I want to know something," Huang Shu grinned. He went in and closed the door behind him. 

Empress Dowager Aixi tried to act oblivious, hoping that her biggest fear was proven untrue. Maybe there was another problem that made her son looked so grim.

"Aiya, what do you want to know? Your Mother hasn't been in good health nowadays. It's good that you pay me a visit, my son," Empress Dowager said, but she still distanced herself from her son.

Huang Shu had a thin but scary smile on his face. He approached his Mother and then pulled her. She sat on the chair roughly and then sat at the opposite side of the table.

"Mother, do you know what I just found today?" Huang Shu asked.

"W—What? Son, are you alright? I known that the court is very busy nowadays, but try taking care of yourself, okay? Your Mother is worried about you."

"Stop your pretense, Mother. You know why am I here, aren't you?" Huang Shu took out something from inside his pocket, a box of tea leaves. He put it on the table and then pushed it towards his Mother's side. 

Empress Dowager Aixi gulped when she saw this, "W—What is this, my son?"

"You said that you're feeling unwell these days. That is my remedy for you, Mother Empress. It's herbal leaves, good for your health."

"What's inside the box?"

"I think you already know what's inside. It is what you give to that old maid, so you can kill my baby and ruin my wife's life," Huang Shu said calmly, but the calm tone made it ten times worse for Empress Dowager. 

Empress Dowager took a deep breath, "My son, how do you know that came from me? That old maid is slandering me!"

"She has given up her life. She is ready for her death, Mother Empress. There's no reason for her to lie, especially since you threaten her daughter."

Huang Shu stared at his Mother. His heart was hurting, really. As much as he was so furious at his Mother for killing his baby and ruining his wife's life forever, he still had a trace of filial piety towards his Mother.

He could just kill his Mother right here, right now. Although the court would be in peril, it was for the greater good, especially for Yunyu.

But still, he had no heart to kill his mother with his own hands, at least not with a barbaric method.

'Judging on this, Mother Empress must've been the one who poisoned Yunyu in the last timeline too. But I was too blinded by filial piety, thinking that Mother Empress knew best for me, and ignored Yunyu even though he was suffering.'

"Just answer me, mother, are you that malicious to hurt my wife and kill my baby, just because Yunyu doesn't have good backing for his support and is a ger man?"

"Huang Shu, my son… you know that Mother is just trying to give you the best. I don't have any malicious intention to you," Empress Dowager Aixi. "Isn't it better to have a stable country? You know he is just trying to get into your head, so you will abandon your duty as the Emperor and become a dumb Emperor that doesn't know how to differentiate between good and bad!" 

"Do you think, by getting rid of my beloved Bai Yunyu will make me a good Emperor?" 

Huang Shu recalled how he turned mad after Yunyu's death. Even before Yunyu's demise, Huang Shu realized that he was like an empty shell. He did rule the nation, also as one of the greatest conquerors and Golden Emperor. But he wasn't happy.

He was never happy when Yunyu wasn't around.

Huang Shu took a deep breath, and then he got up, "Mother Empress, I want you to feel the same pain that my beloved wife had felt back then. I will move you to the small palace at the back of the forbidden city, put you under official house arrest, you're not allowed to go out, and all your food will be rationed. You will only be accompanied by one servant and one guard."

"What?!" Empress Dowager was shocked. She didn't expect her son to do this to her. This was basically throwing her into the Cold Palace. 

"Huang Shu, you're my son! And you will throw your Mother to the Cold Palace?!

"Yes, I was crazy and cruel enough to throw my beloved wife to the cold Palace. There is no difference in you, Mother. You deserve to bear the same hell that you created for my wife."