"Little Zhu, if you don't want to marry, save or save her, no one can force you to marry." She did not forget to glance at the embarrassed face of the Emperor.
"Empress Dowager, I want to return to the Prime Minister's Estate first. Ling'er still doesn't know that I've escaped danger." Seeing that the matter was almost settled, Xia Sizhu wanted to return to see Ling'er.
"Go!" The empress dowager also knew that Xia Sizhu was worried about Ling'er, so she didn't stop her.
"Ye'er, wait a moment." Her Majesty called out to Dongfang Ye, who was about to leave as well.
"Grandmother, what's the matter?" Dongfang stopped.
"Grandmother doesn't care what you think. Little Zhu is Grandmother's flesh and blood. If you don't like Little Zhu, don't provoke her. If you want Little Zhu to be sad, Grandmother will make you cry!" His sharp gaze shot towards Dongfang Ye.
"Grandmother, don't worry. Grandson won't let her down." Hearing this, Dongfang Ye smiled. He didn't even have the time to love her, how could he make her sad?
"En, you can go now!" The empress dowager's expression softened when she saw that there was no falsehood in Dongfang Ye's eyes.
"My son, come in. This one has an important matter to tell you. Su Qiu, guard the door and don't let anyone in." When Dongfang Ye left, the empress dowager said to the emperor.
As for Yan Tianhua, the Queen had caught up to Yan Tianhua and had Yan Tianhua bring Yan Aoxuan to her palace for treatment, Yan Tianhua did not refuse.
In the empress's palace, Yan Tianhua waited anxiously outside for news of the imperial physician, only to discover that the empress had a calm expression on her face.
"Empress, don't you care about Xuan'er?" Looking at the empress's expression, Yan Tianhua could only feel a chill in his heart.
"I offended the empress dowager for her sake. Isn't that enough?" The Queen said coldly to Yan Tianhua's eyes.
"But she is still yours …" Yan Tianhua was disheartened by the Queen's ruthlessness and could not help but blurt out.
"Mine what? She's the daughter of you and my sister now, so don't bother me with her. I don't want to see her. " The empress's expression changed abruptly as she interrupted her with a quick motion. Her eyes were cold and void of any resemblance to the empress who had looked upon her with tender affection.
"When she can leave, all of you can leave!" After saying that, the empress turned around mercilessly.
Seeing the cold and resolute look on the empress's face, a tear fell. He knew he was wrong, but it was already too late …
"Mother, what do you want to say?" The emperor and empress dowager sat in separate chairs in the room. The emperor looked at the empress dowager. Would the empress really be willing to explain the reason why she doted on Xia Sizhu so much?
"This Dowager knows, This Dowager has always doted too heavily on little girl Zhu. It is only right that little girl Zhu and This Dowager have a relationship, even if you have doubts." The empress dowager raised her teacup and took a sip. She looked at the unchanging expression on the emperor's face as she spoke.
"Do you remember your Aunt Yu?" The empress dowager put down the teacup. Her voice seemed to come from afar, but her eyes seemed to flicker as if she were recalling something.
"How could I not remember? If it wasn't for Aunt Yu, I might have died." The Emperor seemed to recall something and his entire body emitted a sorrowful aura.
His childhood had been very gray, because he was an illegitimate child, an illegitimate child whose father didn't even know who he was.
When mufei was still young, her innocence had been taken away one night. That person only left behind a jade pendant, but mufei didn't even see the person clearly before losing her innocence.
The matriarch's innocence had been discovered by some of the clan heads. They had kept the news completely secret, but mufei's status in the family had immediately dropped.
Not only were their days tough, but Mufei had fallen. Although the two handsome sisters didn't know why their mufei had fallen, it couldn't stop them from ridiculing and pushing aside others.
Later on, mufei found out that she was pregnant, and everyone in the family had their children destroyed by mufei. At that time, mufei's family was very influential, and without his strength, he could still find a good family to marry off mufei.
His mother didn't want him to be born, nor did she want him to marry to anyone else. She had told him that she didn't want him to bear the surname of her father, nor did she want him to deceive others. She wanted him to use his own children as his pets.
This meant that all the suffering would be borne by mufei alone. The mufei's stomach expanded day by day, and the matter could no longer be concealed.
Later on, everyone learned that mufei's sisters had started to humiliate mufei even more. There were still many who wanted to make mufei run away and watch her become a joke.
Mufei had no choice but to bring along a few loyal servants to move out of the family. Even so, there were still people who were openly and secretly causing trouble for mufei.
After that, mufei met Aunt Yu, and with her help, mufei gave birth to him. Ever since mufei met her, she had been helping her.
He had been bullied for a long time. Once, a few children older than him had stopped him, called him a bastard, hit him, and he resisted with all his might, but he could not defeat a few boys older than himself. Finally, Aunt Yu found out that she had saved him.
Aunt Yu gently treated his wounds and applied the medicine for him. She told him not to cry and to be strong for his sake.
His childhood was gray. Everyone disliked him and bullied him, but he had his mufei and his aunt Yu. They doted on him, loved him, and pampered him.
What he cared about the most in this life was mufei and Yuxiao. Although Jiu Wu Zun was noble, he couldn't compare to mufei and Aunt Yu. For mufei and Aunt Yu, he would rather give up on Jiu Wu Zun than regret.
He had once asked mufei why she'd given birth to him at that time. If she hadn't, mufei wouldn't have suffered so much, and he wouldn't have walked such a painful childhood.
Mufei just gently stroked her head with a faint smile on her face. Mufei said, the one who made the mistake was that your father wasn't you, so mommy can't deny you the right to be born because of your father's fault.
Perhaps you will hate mufei, why did you give birth to you, giving you a dark childhood, but mufei did not regret it, they do not love you, mufei loves you, they do not like you, mufei likes you, you are mufei's son, mufei everything.
Later on, the royal father found the mufei and wanted to bring her back to the palace. The secret of the royal father was not done well, and the existence of him and the mufei was discovered by the imperial father's concubine.
It was Aunt Yu who had blocked the arrow when they sent assassins to kill him and mufei. He had survived, but Aunt Yu had died saving him. No amount of remorse could save Aunt Yu's life.
After royal father brought him and mufei into the palace, and mufei gave him a son, he was both surprised and happy. In addition, he felt guilty and indebted to mufei for all these years of suffering, so he treated him and mufei even better.
He and his mufei had experienced countless set-up and pursuit, and in the end, he had successfully ascended the throne. He found the culprit that killed Aunt Yu and executed them one by one.
All these years he and mufei had changed a lot, but his relationship with mufei had deepened. As long as mufei liked it, even if he couldn't, he would have to expend a lot of effort to make himself do it.
He agreed to give the useless Xia Sizhu to the eldest because the mufei liked Xia Sizhu. No matter what Xia Sizhu did, he was willing to turn a blind eye to it and let her go.
However, he was jealous of Xia Sizhu. He was jealous of her getting his mufei's care. This time, Xia Sizhu's rejection of the marriage in front of everyone incited his jealousy, so he wanted to kill Xia Sizhu before mufei could, so mufei's gaze would then return to him.
"Don't think that I don't know what you are thinking. You are my son, how could I not know what you are thinking. Fortunately, you didn't kill the bamboo girl, otherwise I would have seen how you explained it to Aunt Yu after your death."