Luo Huaizhou's voice was extremely hoarse, and his clenched hands turned green and white, as if he was trying his best to suppress his emotions, but the rise and fall of his chest silently told his anger and disappointment at the moment.
As Luo Huaizhou spoke every word, the Queen Mother's originally flushed face turned blue and white. The corners of her lips trembled slightly, and she glared angrily at Luo Huaizhou. Those eyes that had given him encouragement and warmth, This moment is filled with anger and disappointment.
"You..." The Queen Mother said one word with a trembling voice, then bit her lip tightly and secretly swallowed back the choking sound behind her.
She looked at the son in front of her and couldn't help but think of her contribution to him over the past twenty years. She poured all her love and care into him, but now he tells himself that all these are shackles imposed on him!
There was an unspeakable pain in the Queen Mother's heart. Her internal organs seemed to be squeezed into a ball, and her whole body felt like being cut with knives. This pain continued to intensify and became clearer, making it almost unbearable for her. But she was unwilling to show weakness. Her self-esteem and majesty would never be allowed to be trampled by anyone, even her favorite son!
The Queen Mother stared at Emperor Dehui and Luo Huaizhou with cold eyes, her eyes were like the shadow of a sword, with indescribable sharpness.
Seeing that the two sons were almost out of her control, a surge of anxiety and resentment suddenly rose in her heart, making her even more uneasy. She couldn't help but refute: "You are the flesh and blood that fell from the Ai family. The Ai family How can we not care about your feelings? If you are willing to always listen to the Aijia, why would the Aijia do this? Everything the Aijia does is for the good of your brothers, but I can’t believe that you would do it for some unfair reasons. Related outsiders share the same hatred for their mother, and they ignore the love between mother and child and speak ill of the Ai family. Such disobedience and unfilial piety really chills the Ai family to the extreme!"
When the Queen Mother spoke to the end, she spoke almost every word very hard, with unconcealable hatred and a bit of unspeakable sadness in her voice.
"For our own good?" Emperor Dehui lowered his eyes. He didn't know when he picked up the blood jade ring and played with it in his hand. When the Queen Mother said this, he seemed to have heard a big joke and couldn't help but laugh. As he spoke, a sarcastic look flashed across his eyes.
"You keep saying that you are thinking of us and doing our best, but in fact you are pressing harder and putting us in a painful whirlpool. Is this what you call 'mother-child love'?"
His eyes slowly fell on the Queen Mother's face, his brows suddenly tightened, and the anger that could break out at any time was suppressed in his cold eyes, "What you said is actually just an excuse to satisfy your own selfish desires! If you are really good for us, you should know what kind of harm your actions have caused to us. You should feel guilty and find ways to make up for it instead of acting recklessly under the guise of doing good for us. Otherwise, your Mother’s love is just arsenic wrapped in sugar!”
Emperor Dehui's words were like a sharp sword, stabbing straight at the Queen Mother, leaving no room for her, and stabbing her to pieces.
The Queen Mother's face turned livid instantly, and her chest heaved violently. She immediately pointed at Emperor Dehui and shouted angrily: "You, you! The traitor... the traitor!"
The Queen Mother's eyes suddenly filled with mist, and unprecedented grief and anger hit her heart. She felt as if a hole had been stabbed in her heart. In an instant, sadness, grief, and despair slowly spread, penetrating through the bone marrow, and painful. Open your heart.
However, before she could calm down, she heard Luo Huaizhou say again: "Ever since I can remember, you have used the banner of 'It's all for your own good and thinking about you' to let me treat you. If things are left to chance, if there is even the slightest resistance, you will suppress your son as an elder, or you will tell him how difficult it is for you to protect your son when he grows up, and force him to accept your arrangements."
Luo Huaizhou looked at the empress dowager with a sad and angry expression. The strong anger in his heart gradually extinguished, and even his respect and love for the empress dowager turned into embers, leaving only disappointment in his heart.
He lowered his eyes sadly, took a deep breath, and said with sobs: "My son, I care about the relationship between mother and son, so I have repeatedly given in. Even if I am reluctant, I have to force myself to accept your arrangement, just to prevent you from letting it go." disappointment."
At this point, Luo Huaizhou loosened his clenched hands and slowly relaxed his shoulders until the emotions in his eyes settled down, then he raised his eyes again and continued: "But you, have you ever cared about this relationship between mother and son? Qing, have you ever truly understood what my son wants? You always think arrogantly that what you give is the best, but you have never asked your son whether this is what he wants. . Sometimes I even wonder, Queen Mother, do you want a son, or a puppet like those ministers who can be manipulated at your will?"
As soon as Luo Huaizhou said these words, there was silence in the palace for a moment, but then there was a trembling sound of the table and the furious voice of the Queen Mother.
"You're such a traitor! You're such a traitor!" The Queen Mother slapped the table hard, trembling with anger. Anger and disappointment swept through her heart like a flood, completely submerging her heart.
Luo Huaizhou looked directly into the empress dowager's eyes burning with red flames, neither shying away nor feeling ashamed. He just looked at the Queen Mother quietly, as if waiting for a storm to come.
The Queen Mother stared at Luo Huaizhou with a pair of red eyes, trying to find a hint of guilt and retreat in his eyes. However, what she saw was just Luo Huaizhou's extremely determined eyes. In a daze, she seemed to see the shadow of her own youth in him. It was not until this moment that she realized that her son had become so resolute and decisive without even knowing it.
Sometimes the relationship between people is like this, just like a piece of ice that has been trampled on for many years. No matter how thick the ice is, it cannot withstand being trampled day after day. From the moment the cracks first appear, It is destined to collapse.
Looking at the two sons who were completely out of her control, the Queen Mother felt a chill in her heart. It was as if an unprecedented cold current suddenly surged out from the bottom of her heart and ran rampant in her body, making her shiver involuntarily.
The corners of the Queen Mother's lips trembled for a moment, and then she clutched her chest tightly. This heart-rending grief mixed with boundless despair made her unable to believe what was happening in front of her, and she fell heavily on the couch in a daze. .
"I didn't expect that you two brothers would treat your mother like this..." The Queen Mother closed her eyes in pain, with an indescribable sense of loss in her tone.
She worked hard to protect her two sons as they grew up, thinking that they could understand her difficulties, understand her painstaking efforts, and be her support. But in the end, they stood resolutely on the opposite side of her and accused her with heart-breaking words. Hers wasn't.
At this moment, the Queen Mother's heart was filled with pain and despair, loneliness and helplessness, just like when she stood in the empty palace protecting Emperor Dehui. She could only silently lick her wounds and swallow all the sadness and bitterness alone. , after the wounds scabbed over, they had to face all the storms again.
