TV Series: When the Villain Chooses to Stand by

Chapter 227 Yixiu 96

The emperor recalled all the suspicious things and felt more and more disappointed.

Under his questioning, the Queen Mother finally revealed her true colors, "They are still alive? How could you establish a princess?"

Looking at the empress dowager's incredulous expression, the emperor finally realized that his mother wanted him to have no heir.

"I'm afraid I'll disappoint you. Putting aside the fact that Hongshi and the others are safe and sound, even if I didn't have a son, the throne would definitely not belong to the Fourteenth Prince."

"you……"

The Queen Mother pointed at the Emperor's hand and trembled. After a long while, she could only utter one sentence, "If I had known you were such a cruel person, I should not have given birth to you."

"It was me who carried you for ten months and gave birth to you. You were just raised by someone else for a few days. Have you forgotten whose blood is in your body?"

"Enough!"

The emperor clenched his palms tightly with his hands behind his back. He could no longer bear it and interrupted the empress dowager.

"Empress Dowager, didn't you give birth to me to consolidate your position? Before I was born, I wonder how many times you begged for a prince?"

The empress dowager was frightened by the sarcastic smile on the emperor's face.

"In the harem, a son's status is determined by his mother. If it weren't for me, when the fourteenth child was born, you would probably still be just a concubine, right?"

The late emperor's high-ranking concubines either had outstanding family backgrounds or had made great contributions to childbearing. The emperor's words hit the empress dowager hard.

Her family background at that time was not very prominent in the palace, otherwise she would not be unqualified to raise her own children.

After all, the older brothers still have some advantages.

This was something the empress dowager could not avoid. If it weren't for this older brother, the empress dowager, who had only a young son at the time, would indeed not have been able to sit on the throne of consort.

"You...I am your mother, the one who gave birth to you and raised you. How can you say that?"

The empress dowager almost suffocated and looked at the emperor with a hurt look in her eyes.

But this little bit of sadness could no longer move the emperor. He had once tried hard to win his mother's love, but what was the result?

As mother and son, they know each other's pain points best and attack without mercy.

"Don't forget, your status as Empress Dowager depends on me, not on my fourteenth brother who is far away in the imperial mausoleum."

"You unfilial son! I wish you had died out there. If only the imperial physician hadn't saved you in the enclosure."

The emperor was stunned at first, then quickly started laughing.

"Su Peisheng!"

"The slave is here."

Hearing the emperor's angry voice, Su Peisheng, who was guarding outside the hall, hurried in. He felt uneasy and felt that the atmosphere in the hall was weird and scary.

"Immediately issue an order that Yunzhen insult the Crown Princess in the Imperial Mausoleum, disrespect the late Emperor, and disrespect the Crown Prince. This is a crime of grave disrespect. Effective immediately, he will be stripped of his yellow sash and forbidden from leaving the Imperial Mausoleum for the rest of his life."

"No~ You can't do this to him, he's your brother."

"Come back, you are not allowed to go."

Su Peisheng suppressed the shock in his heart and walked out quickly, ignoring the empress dowager's shouting.

He knew that this imperial edict would definitely be delivered.

The Queen Mother stretched out her hand and watched the door close. The last ray of light disappeared from her sight. She turned her head and stared at the Emperor with bloodshot eyes.

"how dare you!"

"In the heart of the Empress Dowager, this son of mine will never be as important as my fourteenth brother, right?"

Seeing the empress dowager's grief-stricken expression, the emperor felt happy. Since he wanted his youngest son to succeed to the throne, he would personally cut off his qualifications.

"Yes, you are not even as good as a hair of his."

“It will never compare!!!”

As the Queen Mother's sharp voice fell, a mouthful of blood spurted out.

Warm blood flowed down the emperor's cheeks to the hem of his clothes.

He stared blankly at the bright red on his hand, and the pleasure he had just felt disappeared in an instant.

"Someone, go and call the imperial physician! Go quickly!"

Zhuxi was frightened by the noise and screamed, and immediately pounced over.

When the imperial physician arrived, the empress dowager had already passed away. Looking at her eyes that refused to close, the emperor seemed to realize that his mother had passed away.

His eyes rolled back and he fainted, and the scene was in chaos.

After waking up in the Yangxin Palace, the emperor struggled to get up and go to keep vigil for the empress dowager.

No matter how sad he was, he definitely couldn't bear the accusation of angering his biological mother to death.

She turned around and put the blame on Yunli, claiming that the Queen Mother was so angry when she heard about his outrageous behavior that she couldn't save him.

Hongshi hurried to the capital after receiving the news. When he learned that Wen Yi had become the Crown Princess, he began to prepare to return to the capital with gifts. Encountering such a thing made him speed up even more.

The brother and sister hadn't seen each other for a long time and were both shocked by each other's changes.

"I have met His Highness!"

"Third brother, there's no need to be so polite. Please stand up." Wen Yi was a little hesitant to recognize the mature and steady Hongshi. Years of traveling had transformed him completely.

The two of them kept in touch through correspondence, but they met only a few times.

Hongshi had already made it clear that he was not interested in the throne, so the two did not feel awkward when they met.

He believed that a princess who could make the emperor surrender would definitely not be incompetent.

"Third brother, you've been traveling all the way and have worked hard. Go back and see Empress Qi as soon as possible. We can talk again after the Queen Mother's funeral. You've been working hard these days, Third brother."

Hongshi was no longer the person who would be happy for a long time when praised by the emperor. He had received too much recognition from people outside.

"Don't worry, Your Highness. Just tell me what you want. Even if I can't handle big things, small things are no problem."

Hongli was too far away to return in time, but he managed to come back at the last moment.

Seeing the Fourth Prince and Wen Yi, who had not appeared for a long time, kneeling side by side, the ministers' eyes were full of doubts, and something happened before they could say anything.

The emperor fainted four or five times during the empress dowager's funeral and his health condition took a turn for the worse.

After the funeral ceremony, he fainted for the last time and fell into a coma. The imperial doctors examined him for a long time but were helpless. They tried every possible means but could only make the emperor wake up for a short while every day.

The emperor was very excited when he learned that Hongli had established the country, and repeatedly asked Su Peisheng to call Hongli over.

He couldn't just go down to see his ancestors like this. Hongli was his last hope.

Listening to his presumptuous fantasies, Hongli couldn't help but twitch his lips. Even in this situation, he still couldn't see the current situation clearly.

"Just take care of yourself and recuperate. I'm doing well outside. I'm already the emperor. Why would I turn against my sister? She's doing great. Can't you see?"

"Oh, that's right. As long as it doesn't catch your eye, you won't notice it no matter how well you do it."

The emperor raised his head and closed his eyes to suppress his emotions. Having seen the empress dowager being angered to death, he dared not get angry no matter how unhappy he was.

Thinking of the information Su Peisheng had heard, he couldn't help but give a few instructions.

"I heard from Fucha's maid that she, the queen, actually has the same power as you, and you even allow her to mobilize the army? How can this be justified?"

The emperor felt uncomfortable when he thought about having to share the kingdom built by his son with others.

It's all his fault for not teaching them this earlier.

Now one of the sons has grown into a decent person but is unwilling to fight, while the other one is capable but is controlled by a woman.