"Father, he... doesn't want to make you sad." Wu Zechen lowered his eyes slightly and suppressed the sadness in his eyes.
"So he chose to suffer silently, and you made the same choice. You two, father and son, are really..."
The Queen Mother's eyes were slightly red. How could she not know why the father and son were hiding this from her?
The two of them were actually brothers, but they wielded a butcher's knife against their own brother. The most sad thing among them was the biological parents.
Wu Zechen said nothing. If it were not for the purpose of punishing the real culprit, and for the truth of Prince Lao An's death to be revealed to the world one day, he might have kept this matter hidden for the sake of the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother calmed down, thinking about what happened to her youngest son's family, but she still couldn't help but speak again.
"The sudden destruction of your mother-in-law and the Dou family back then was also his fault, right?" The queen mother suddenly looked at Wu Zechen, with an unquestionable look in her eyes, obviously asking Wu Zechen to tell the truth.
Wu Zechen was ready to tell the Queen Mother everything today. He only paused and finally nodded.
The Queen Mother's expression became increasingly ugly, and there was even a hint of coldness in her voice. She asked again: "Back then, you were suddenly poisoned by a strange poison and had to be sent to Baihua Valley. Was he also the one who administered the poison?"
Wu Zechen knew that the Queen Mother was referring to the poison of passing time. At this time, he no longer struggled and nodded directly, confirming the Queen Mother's guess.
The Queen Mother's face turned pale, and her hands were trembling slightly.
"He is going to destroy his full brother's family!"
"Can't he even tolerate his own younger brother? Why doesn't he want to think that his ability to secure the throne was partly due to his younger brother's bravery in killing the enemy?"
The Queen Mother, who had always shown herself to be extremely powerful, could not help but shed tears at this moment, which made Luo Tong beside her feel sad and her eyes became red.
"Is he so intolerant of us blood relatives? When did he become like this?"
"He listens to others, but is suspicious and cruel to those closest to him! We personally sent him to the throne and let him sit firmly in the supreme position. Haven't we done enough for him?"
The Queen Mother murmured softly, but no one could answer her question.
Tears fell uncontrollably. This was probably the second time since she entered the palace that she had shown such emotions, and the second time she had shown her fragile side...
And that first time was when the late emperor passed away.
Wu Zechen and Luo Tong stayed with the Queen Mother in Cining Palace. They did not leave the palace until the Queen Mother was tired from crying and fell into a deep sleep.
Luo Tong knew that when the Queen Mother woke up again, she would be the most noble and powerful woman in the Great Zhou Dynasty, shouldering the heavy responsibility entrusted to her by the late emperor to protect the country of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Along the way, Luo Tong and Wu Zechen were in a low mood. The destruction of the Xu family was a foregone conclusion, but they couldn't be happy.
Because the Xu family is just a knife, but they still can't move the person holding the knife.
It was late at night when they returned to Prince An's Mansion, and Mu Dai and Kong Yimeng were still waiting for their return in the main room.
As soon as they sat down, Kong Yimeng and Mu Dai took turns stepping forward to check Luo Tong's pulse. After making sure that she was fine, they felt relieved.
"Your identity has been exposed as of today, so I have just sent a message back to the valley. After they receive the information, they will announce the news of your succession as deputy valley master."
This was something agreed upon earlier, so Luo Tong had no objection and just nodded to express his understanding.
There were quite a few people at today's harvest banquet, and they all already knew the news that she was the deputy owner of Baihua Valley. I think it had already spread by now, and I'm afraid it would be known to everyone in the capital tomorrow, and there would be no need to hide it anymore. .
However, Luo Tong glanced at the hall and asked with some confusion: "Where is Jin Yu? Why isn't he here?"
Mu Jinyu just returned to the capital today, and such a big event happened again. Logically speaking, he would definitely be waiting here with Mu Dai for the couple to return, but now Mu Jinyu was nowhere to be seen. It's a little strange.
Seeing Luo Tong ask, Kong Yimeng and Mu Dai looked at each other and suddenly laughed.
"What's wrong?" Luo Tong looked confused.
"Jin Yu is at General Dingnan's Mansion. He probably won't be back tonight." Mu Dai said cheerfully.
"General Dingnan's residence? Menghan's family?" Luo Tong was even more confused when he heard this!
"Why did he go to someone else's house? Why did he want to spend the night there? Menghan and his family haven't arrived in Beijing yet, right? Didn't they say they are still on the way and need two more days?"
The population of General Dingnan's Mansion is simple, with only their family of four, and except for Mrs. Xi, the other three have military positions.
In this operation to suppress the holy religion in southern Xinjiang, all three generals of the Xi family went to the southwest, and even Mrs. Xi also followed.
According to the Xi family's custom, if General Xi goes on an expedition, Mrs. Xi will definitely follow him. Therefore, this time it can be said that the whole family is out in General Dingnan's Mansion, so naturally there will be no master left in the mansion.
Since there is no one in General Dingnan's residence at the moment, why is Mu Jinyu running there? Still staying overnight?
No matter how familiar I am with Xi Menghan, is this inappropriate?
Looking at Luo Tong's dazed look, Wu Zechen suddenly felt very cute, and carefully held her in his arms, finally there was a smile in his tone.
"Miss Xi left the army and returned to Beijing early with Jin Yu. Master and Mistress also came back with them."
"Menghan returned to Beijing early?! What's going on? Is she injured?!" Luo Tong was shocked and immediately wanted to get up and go to General Dingnan's Mansion.
Wu Zechen quickly hugged her, stopped her movements, and kept explaining: "Don't worry, she is not injured."
"Not injured? Then how could she leave the army?" Luo Tong knew that in their situation, neither generals nor soldiers could leave the army early at will.
Just when Luo Tong was worried and waiting for Wu Zechen to answer him, Wu Zechen suddenly stopped talking and just looked at him with a slight smile on his lips.
Realizing that the man next to him was deliberately teasing him, Luo Tong was so angry that he raised his fist and punched him in the chest. Only then did Kong Yimeng speak.
"Menghan's situation is a bit special..."
Luo Tong was stunned and keenly noticed that Kong Yimeng had changed her title. She originally called Xi Menghan "Miss Xi".
But when she heard Kong Yimeng's next words, she was completely shocked. How could she remember the change of title? !
"She is pregnant."
"What?!"
Luo Tong's eyes widened in disbelief, and he exclaimed in shock: "Senior sister, what did you say? Who is pregnant?!"
Looking at Luo Tong's wide eyes, Kong Yimeng couldn't help but said with a smile: "Menghan, she is pregnant, less than two months old."
