C169 Empress Dowager of the East and the West

The Zhong Miao Yi didn't know what Prince Xiang's residence had been like in the past. From the moment she could remember, Yun Mengqi had already been raised in the empress dowager's palace.

Yun Mengqi had said that her mother's home was Prince Xiang's manor, but it seemed like she still did not feel safe after so many years.

Even if the empress dowager doted on her so much, even if Yun Mengqi relied on her so much.

However, in Yun Mengqi's heart, there was always a place left for Prince Xiang's Mansion.

Zhong Miao Yi did not speak anymore. She felt that the atmosphere was a little awkward, but she did not have any intentions of resolving this issue. She just stared straight at Yun Mengqi.

After they looked at each other for a long time, Yun Mengqi finally withdrew her gaze. "Forget it, it's getting late. Let's go pay respects at the empress dowager's palace."

Speaking of this, Zhong Miao Yi was actually a little doubtful. Logically speaking, when Su Zeyi ascended the throne, he should have respected his mother, Old Madam Su, as the empress dowager.

But why was the empress dowager still the empress dowager? Where was Old Madam Su?

Zhong Miao Yi did not ask Yun Mengqi. After she left the Legitimate Wife, she then asked Ban Qiu with suspicion, "Old Madam Su. Where is it now? "

Ban Qiu was a little surprised: "You don't know?"

Zhong Miao Yi laughed bitterly: "I don't know anything."

Ban Qiu looked around, and then lowered her voice: "This place is not easy to talk about, let's walk forward, and find a place with no people, I'll tell you about it."

The Zhong Miao Yi nodded, then followed Ban Qiu and quickly left.

There were many secluded corners in the side of the palace. Ban Qiu randomly picked one, and after stopping, habitually observed left and right.

After confirming that there was no one else present, he let out a heavy sigh. "Xiao Yi, you know that the empress dowager wouldn't agree to help Su Zeyi for no reason. On this matter, the empress dowager has put forward many requests.

Zhong Miao Yi did not have any reaction. She did not want to know what Su Zeyi had lost or what he had paid for.

Without receiving any response from the Zhong Miao Yi, Ban Qiu embarrassedly touched her nose and coughed, "This matter is actually not that complicated. In other words, there are two emperors in the palace right now. Do you understand? "

Zhong Miao Yi was stunned. Two empress dowager? In other words, aside from the previous empress dowager, Old Madam Su was also the empress now?

Wouldn't that be a mess?

"How can there be two emperors?" Zhong Miao Yi took a deep breath, feeling suffocated, "Isn't this a mess?"

Two empress dowager, two in power, when it comes to disagreement, who would listen to it?!

Ban Qiu sighed, signalling to her not to be excited, she still had something to say.

The Zhong Miao Yi remained silent, motioning for Ban Qiu to continue.

"This matter sounds incredible, but it goes like this. The first request the empress dowager brought up was to keep her position as empress dowager, and the power of the imperial harem lies in her hands. While the empress has her own way, she has to listen to what she has to say." Ban Qiu frowned. The empress dowager was a strong woman, and the Yun Mengqi she taught was similar to her in style.

"And then?" Zhong Miao Yi listened for a long time but still couldn't hear what she wanted to hear. However, it wasn't good to urge him too much.

"The empress dowager's second request is for the entire Zhou family to enter the capital, for men to enter the imperial court, and for women to enter the palace."

"I already know that." Yun Mengqi had already mentioned this earlier, so the Zhong Miao Yi interrupted Ban Qiu, gesturing for him not to talk about this anymore, "What happened next?"

Ban Qiu was startled, she muttered to herself for a while before continuing, "Finally, the empress dowager said that Su Zeyi could take Old Madam Su as his empress dowager, or that Old Madam Su could stay in the main east palace, but … Old Madam Su cannot have actual power. "

To live or die, this was to let the people outside see, to block the mouth of the leisurely masses.

Old Mistress Su did not have to fight for someone who would fight to the death. As a mother, for the sake of her son, she could give up everything, not to mention something like fame and fortune.

The Zhong Miao Yi finally understood that the two empress dowager lived in the East Palace and the West Palace respectively. In the past, the empress dowager held all the rights that belonged to her, while Old Madam Su was the East Empress Dowager. In order to stop the mouths of the people of the world, she had to live and die.

Zhong Miao Yi had only read about this kind of thing in the books. Now that it had suddenly happened by her side, there was still one thing she hadn't realized yet.

Ban Qiu saw that she was lost in thought, and did not make any sound to disturb him. Su Zeyi had indeed taken a huge step back when it came to this matter, but Ban Qiu did not believe that Su Zeyi would truly compromise.

This was just a stopgap measure before the court rules became unstable. Everyone was well aware of it, and Empress Dowager Xi was naturally well aware of it as well.

Both of them had their own ulterior motives, each taking what they needed. When they had no choice but to fall out, perhaps it would be another male deer fight.

"Then, should we first go to the main east palace or the west palace?" Zhong Miao Yi thought for a long time and felt that she should still ask this question.

However, Ban Qiu was clearly relieved, and laughed: "You don't have to worry about this right now, today I'm warning you. The two empress dowager are in the main hall, you can directly go and kowtow."

When Ban Qiu said this, Zhong Miao Yi heaved a sigh of relief, but then, there was another unease.

She. Actually, her heart ached for Old Madam Su. For some reason, she was held in the empress dowager's hands again. And this time, her son was also in this cage-like palace. If she wanted to hide away, there was nothing she could do.

Who would have thought that today's situation would be so different? If Old Madam Su knew of Su Zeyi's true ambitions earlier, would she have supported Su Zeyi? Zhong Miao Yi did not know that in this world, there were not many possibilities. Because if one did not truly reach that step, no one would know what kind of choice they would make.

Ban Qiu was still leading the way ahead. These past few days, he was already very familiar with the path of the palace, to the point where it seemed like he was the one who had lived in the palace for a year.

Ah Jiu had been paying attention to the changes in Zhong Miao Yi's face. After tormenting herself for an entire day, she was truly afraid that Zhong Miao Yi would not be able to hold on.

However, she was in a good mental state today. She felt uncomfortable kneeling down there, so it seemed that she was fine after resting for a while.

It was not far from the Legitimate Wife to the Mentor's Palace, but to bypass two long corridors, those two long corridors were not too wide. They could not walk past two carriages side by side and appeared to be mentally ill at ease.

Zhong Miao Yi knew that the palace of respect and benevolence was right in front of them, so she suddenly grabbed onto Ah Jiu's hand nervously.