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Chapter 186 - Contradictory Mother and Son

"Do you know what you're talking about?" After Nangong Lingwei heard his words, she suddenly raised her tone, "Emperor, the one who's being poisoned is your mother, do you still want to side with the person who poisoned Wailing Home? Or do you think that Wailing Home is lying? "

"Imperial Mother, you know very well whether you are lying or not!" Baili Yi Chen's tone also became a bit higher. After he finished speaking, he gritted his teeth and turned around, not looking at her. However, the veins on his hands on his back showed that he was extremely angry.

Nangong Lingwei paused for a moment and knew that Baili Yi Chen was truly angry this time. The reason he dismissed the servants was to take care of her dignity as the empress dowager.

After thinking about it, he finally came to a compromise. "That's right, it was done by the Wailing Home!"

"Why?" Baili Yi Chen turned his head to look at Nangong Lingwei, his handsome face carrying a trace of anger.

Nangong Lingwei slowly sat up and retorted while looking at Baili Yi Chen with a cold voice, "Why? For the honor of our Nangong Family! Chen'er, do you think that Wailing Home doesn't know your plans? It's true that beheading the others first before acting is enough to catch everyone off guard, but have you considered the consequences of doing so!? "

"Muhou!" Baili Yi Chen was getting more and more agitated.

He had clearly tried his best to suppress the matter of the imperial edict, but the empress dowager still found out. Queen Mother, we are the emperors, it is our business if we want to bestow the title of empress upon anyone, Hong Zhong is my royal father's direct imperial concubine, why not! "

Nangong Lingwei glared fiercely at Baili Yi Chen, "Yes, you are the emperor. Since you know you are the emperor, then you should know that as the emperor, you have your own responsibilities! Emperor Xian did issue an imperial decree conferring her the title of imperial concubine, but he didn't say that she had to be the Empress! "

"If you had only bestowed her the status of an ordinary concubine, the Wailing Home wouldn't have cared. But you wanted to bestow her the title of Empress! Let me tell you, as long as Wailing Home lives, he must protect the honor of the Nan Gong Family. The Queen of Southern Qi, can only be Nangong Yimeng! "

"Muhou!"

Seeing that Baili Yi Chen was about to speak, Nangong Lingwei coldly cut him off: "Stop talking. If you don't change the decree, then the crime of Hong Zhong murdering the empress dowager will be committed!"

Baili Yi Chen looked at the resolute expression on Nangong Lingwei's face, her eyes filled with disappointment. He had never imagined that the mother would frame Hong Zhong because of the imperial edict! Imperial Mother, why are you forcing me? "

He was an emperor, and all he wanted was to marry a woman he liked. Why did he have to suffer such obstacles?

"It's not Wailing Home forcing you, it's you forcing Wailing Home!" Nangong Lingwei said with a determined tone. Although she knew that doing this would greatly harm her son, if she didn't, how could she let Baili Yi Chen voluntarily modify the imperial edict? How could she protect the honor of the Nangong Family?

The entire room was cold and still, the scene shockingly quiet!

Seeing Baili Yi Chen remain silent, Nangong Lingwei lost all patience and directly said in a cold voice, "Emperor, the life and death of Hong Zhong is in your hands. Either you expel Hong Zhong from Shengjing City and marry Meng'er, or the Wailing Home can only grant her death!"

The two of them stood there in silence. Never in his wildest dreams would he imagine that his mother would use such a method to force him to do something he did not want to do.

A faint watery light appeared in Baili Yi Chen's eyes. Disappointment, pain, unwillingness … Everything!

After a long while, Baili Yi Chen took a deep breath, calmed the complicated feelings in his heart, and said in a cold voice, "Xiao Shunzi, make an edict. Following the will of the heavens, the emperor decreed that the direct daughter of the Nangong Family, Nangong Yimeng, would be a good and gentle woman, would be wise and wise in the middle of the world, would be cautious and simple in her ways. She would be a good servant of the Empress Dowager and would be bestowed the title of Empress. "Recall and record, ceremony and gathering …"

With every word he spoke, Baili Yi Chen's heart sank.

After she finished speaking, she turned around to look at Nangong Lingwei with an ice-cold gaze. "Empress Dowager, are you satisfied?" This time, the way he addressed her mother changed from 'mother' to 'empress dowager', which showed how disappointed he was.

Nangong Lingwei was also deeply stung by Baili Yi Chen's words of "the empress dowager" and his disappointed eyes. He hardened his heart and turned his head away from the emperor, "The Wailing Home will naturally let her off, and the day of the emperor's wedding with Meng'er will be the day Hong Zhong will be released from prison!"

Baili Yi Chen gritted his teeth and laughed coldly, then continued, "Xiao Shunzi, pass down the order. Xi Xiang Xue and Bei Chenyue, gentle and virtuous, with soft and gentle appearance, deeply impressed my heart, have specially bestowed the two of them the title of first rank Consort. Shang Shu Manor's Li Chong Er has been conferred with the rank of True Second Stage Shuyi, the Guard Army's leader, the Chu Family's direct daughter, Chu Qin … "

In one breath, Baili Yi Chen had consecutively sealed a dozen or so imperial concubines. This directly caused Nangong Lingwei's face to turn pale, but it was hard for him to open her mouth to say anything. She knew that Baili Yi Chen was truly angered by what had happened today.

This action was likely to completely sever the mother and son relationship between her and Baili Yi Chen!

However, so what? In the end, Yi Chen was still too young. She believed that in the near future, he would understand her painstaking efforts today!

After he finished speaking, Baili Yi Chen looked coldly at Nangong Lingwei, and then turned and left without looking back.

However, she did not regret it at all. After all, if this were to happen, not only would she be able to get rid of Hong Zhong, she could also deal with someone else. It was too worth it!

As he thought about it, he coughed a few more times, "Cough cough … "Bamboo Village, Bamboo Village …"

By the time Hong Zhong touched the Phoenix-Resting Palace, Baili Yi Chen had already left. He happened to hear Nangong Lingwei coughing, and Xiao Gongnv ran over in a hurry.

With a cold laugh, he quickly took action and knocked the little girl unconscious with a single palm. He tossed her into a dark corner, then turned around and quickly walked into the empress dowager's chamber. "What orders do you have, Esteemed Empress Dowager?"

Hearing Hong Zhong's voice, Nangong Lingwei immediately sat up, her eyes filled with an unbelievable light, her weak voice trembling: "Hong Zhong, why are you here? How dare you! You actually broke out of the prison! "

Hong Zhong laughed coldly, "Hong Zhong even dared to poison the empress dowager, so what's a mere prison break out for?"

In the end, Nangong Lingwei was someone who was used to seeing big waves. She quickly calmed down, and her noble and dignified face had an expression that couldn't be seen. She coldly spoke while looking at Hong Zhong: "What are you doing here? are you trying to poison Wailing Home again? "

"What's' again '? This time, Esteemed Empress Dowager was poisoned, and whether the culprit was Hong Zhong or not, is Esteemed Empress Dowager not clear in his heart? " As Hong Zhong spoke, he walked to the chair and sat down, "We are all smart people, there is no need for Esteemed Empress Dowager to beat around the bush with Hong Zhong, right? Today, the matter of the empress dowager framing Hong Zhong for poisoning him, can be considered as proof of his guilt, Hong Zhong's death does not have anything to do with it, but Hong Zhong still has a few questions, I do not know if Esteemed Empress Dowager can dispel Hong Zhong's doubts."

Hearing that, Nangong Yimeng did not comment, and only coldly looked at her.

Hong Zhong then continued: "Other than today's incident, the matter of National Temple's framing was actually secretly instigated by the Esteemed Empress Dowager right? However, Hong Zhong was curious, logically speaking, my Red House has done a lot for Southern Qi, why would Esteemed Empress Dowager kill Hong Zhong time and time again? "

"Hong Zhong, you can only blame yourself for everything, you can't blame Wailing Home." Nangong Lingwei suddenly opened her mouth and looked at Hong Zhong with eyes filled with hatred. "Who told you Red House s to not know what's good for you?!"

A Hong Tian, no matter how great the temptation, was unable to bribe him; a Hong Li, who dared to refuse to marry the Grand Princess, who was even more so, who didn't know if she was dead or alive!

"So you wanted to get rid of me from the beginning? The assassin I met on the night I returned to the capital was also arranged by the empress dowager, wasn't he? " Hong Zhong turned his head and asked.

Hearing that, Nangong Lingwei laughed: "Hong Zhong, you don't have to play tricks with Wailing Home here, trying to trick her is simply a dream. Wailing Home won't say anything!"

Hong Zhong's face was cold, this Nangong Lingwei was indeed harder to deal with than others, but after thinking about it, "Since Esteemed Empress Dowager does not want to say anything, then Hong Zhong will not force me, but, if Esteemed Empress Dowager wants to put Hong Zhong to death, then have forgotten, Hong Zhong has her own Gold Medal for Free from Death, even if Esteemed Empress Dowager you use poison to frame me, I will not die!"

"Yes, you won't die." Of course, she also knew that Hong Zhong had a piece of Gold Medal for Free from Death, so she wouldn't die!

However, besides forcing Baili Yi Chen to do so, there was also another person …

If it wasn't for him, perhaps she wouldn't have reached this step!

After getting his answer, Hong Zhong laughed: "Since that is the case, Hong Zhong understands, and will take his leave!" After Hong Zhong finished, he turned and prepared to leave.

The moment he turned around, he saw a few cold-faced men standing behind him. All of them had malicious expressions on their faces.

Hong Zhong paused for a moment, before Nangong Lingwei's voice sounded from behind him, "Hong Zhong, do you think you can leave this place alive after coming to the Phoenix-Resting Palace tonight?"

Hong Zhong sneered, turned around and looked at Nangong Lingwei: "What if Hong Zhong really wants to leave here alive?" Although there was a calm expression on her face, she was actually very nervous.

Originally, she wanted to trick Nangong Lingwei into telling the truth while Hua Yurong went to look for Baili Yi Chen. However, Nangong Lingwei had seen a big wave before, she didn't have any intention of falling for it.

However, this time, it seemed like he was the one who had brought himself here to be killed.

What a blunder!

Nangong Lingwei's phoenix eyes were filled with killing intent, "Then we'll have to see if you have the ability to do so!" As soon as she finished speaking, the few big sized men moved together and attacked Hong Zhong.

Hong Zhong retreated a few steps back, trying to dodge the attacks of the few big men.

Although Hong Zhong knew martial arts, but with several people attacking together, she was not a match for them. She was defeated in just a few moves and was caught by a few people.

Nangong Lingwei stood up from the soft couch and walked over step by step. That gaze of her made him want to skin Hong Zhong whole, "Hong Zhong, do you know, because of you, the emperor and his son had a falling out. Tell me, what kind of bewitching soup did you give the emperor?

Hong Zhong struggled for a few moments, but she was unable to free herself.

It was also at this time that An Xiaohai ran over from outside the door. "Esteemed Empress Dowager, the Regent has arrived."

Nangong Lingwei paused for a moment, and the corner of her mouth raised a little. She looked at the few big sized men, and they then escorted Hong Zhong into the secret room at the back of the room.

After that, Hong Zhong was escorted into a secret room. Only Nangong Lingwei's voice could be heard: "Let the Regent come in."

Hong Zhong thought that if she did not notify Baili Mingyue now to save him, she would very likely be dead!

Thus, he struggled even harder.

However, the next second, she felt like she was hit on the back of the head. Her vision turned dark. Before she fainted, she could only complain, [What the f * ck! What the f * ck!]

… ….

A white figure stepped on the moon and entered like an immortal. After entering, there wasn't the slightest bit of emotion in her eyes that were as beautiful as moonlight. Her clear and cold voice slowly sounded out: "Huang Sao."

"What does the Regent want by visiting late at night?" Nangong Lingwei forcefully pulled out a faint smile.

"Huang Sao should be very clear about why this king has come here for, right?" It was impossible for Hong Zhong to be the culprit behind the poison incident today, and there was no need for the servants to have the guts. According to his understanding of Nangong Lingwei, there was only one possibility for this matter!

Nangong Lingwei's face stiffened for a moment. "Wailing Home doesn't understand what the Regent King means." She could confess to her son, but that didn't mean she liked to share her intentions with everyone.

When Baili Mingyue saw Nangong Lingwei fighting with him against Tai Ji, she did not mind at all. She only spoke out coldly, her clear and cold voice carried a chilling intent, without even the slightest room for discussion: "If anything happens to Hong Zhong, Southern Qi's Jiang Shan, switch to another person!"

Nangong Lingwei was startled by these words. Her face turned pale white for some unknown reason, and after staring blankly for a while, she slowly spoke, "Before the late emperor passed away, she placed Chen'er and this Southern Qi in the hands of the Regent King. Chen'er has always trusted you greatly too, so for the Regent King to do this, he has to face the late emperor.

"Huang Sao should know that this duke has never done things that are unworthy of anyone. This time, it is Huang Sao who has misjudged herself, so this duke hopes that Huang Sao will carefully consider which is more important between Hong Zhong and the mountains and rivers of the Southern Qi."

Nangong Lingwei paused for a moment, then looked fixedly at Baili Mingyue, and slowly spoke out her long-planned plan: "Then, the Regent should also know, that as long as Hong Zhong is alive, she will be the late emperor's personal imperial concubine. Unless the two of you are willing to live under the infamy of" Luan Lun ", otherwise, you will never be able to be righteously together with her."

"So what?" Compared to losing her, carrying infamy was nothing!