Emperor Dehui's questioning made the Queen Mother's already ugly face become even paler. She held her clothes tightly with both hands, her eyes flickering, as if she was trying her best to suppress the waves in her heart.
These sharp words hit the Queen Mother's heart like a violent storm. She felt like a lonely boat in the wind and waves, drifting helplessly. This is the helplessness and pain she felt as a mother who poured love and protection into her son, but was questioned instead, as well as a sense of resentment and unwillingness.
She opened her mouth, subconsciously wanting to refute Emperor Dehui's words, but she couldn't help but think of what Luo Huaizhou had described before and what he expected to see in her, and she couldn't help but swallow the words on her lips.
Suddenly, the Queen Mother was caught in many contradictions. She wanted to be recognized by her sons, but she couldn't bear their accusations against her. She wanted them to be happy, but she didn't want them to escape her control.
For a moment, she didn't know how to feel about her son, so she could only remain speechless.
But Emperor Dehui didn't intend to let it go. After scanning the Queen Mother's face, he continued: "As for the Hua family, I know very well in my heart, but I didn't expect that the Queen Mother has such a deep prejudice against the Hua family. It is really chilling to slander such a powerful minister behind his back. Is the queen mother using all her strength to suppress the Hua family because she is afraid that powerful ministers will cause trouble in the world and sycophantic ministers will disrupt the government, or is it because she wants to sit in the morning and listen to politics behind the curtain?"
At the end of his words, Emperor Dehui's eyes flashed with a trace of cruelty, implying some danger that was not easy to detect.
Luo Huaizhou raised his eyes in astonishment, his eyes wandering back and forth between the two of them, his eyes flashing with disbelief and a touch of sadness that was difficult to conceal.
The Queen Mother was shocked when she heard this, and stared blankly at Emperor Dehui with shock and confusion in her eyes. After a long time, she asked in a trembling voice: "You...you actually think of the Aijia like this?"
Emperor Dehui didn't answer. He only glanced at her briefly and then looked away with a noncommittal attitude.
It was only at this moment that the Queen Mother suddenly realized that Luo Huaishang's son had built a line of defense against her from unknown time. No matter what she said or did, she could not touch his heart and could only watch helplessly. He is getting further and further away from himself.
The Queen Mother closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and tried to calm down her emotions.
But as soon as she closed her eyes, these sharp words of Emperor Dehui today came to her mind one by one, lingering like a spell. It seemed that she could not see through this son more and more, and sometimes she even felt that he was so strange. To my own horror. Now, not only has he become more cold and distant towards himself, he even goes so far as to say such treacherous words to himself in order to protect the Hua family. It is simply disobedient, unfilial, and disrespectful of human ethics!
The more the Queen Mother thought about it, the more depressed she became, and all kinds of complicated emotions were accumulated in her heart, which was difficult to relieve. She felt as if she was trapped in endless darkness, with no light around her. She felt cold all over. The anxiety, panic, dissatisfaction and resentment in her heart made it difficult for her to calm down.
The Queen Mother suddenly opened her eyes, and an almost piercing cold light shot out from her cold eyes, and shouted sternly: "Could it be that the Emperor has lost his mind and actually said such words!"
As she spoke, she slapped her palm on the table, gave Emperor Dehui a fierce look, and said bitterly: "Even if the emperor doesn't think about the painstaking efforts of the Aijia for you over the years, the Aijia gave birth to you." , support you, protect you, is the emperor going to ignore it for the sake of the Hua family? It seems that the emperor is sitting too comfortably on this throne, and now even the Ai family doesn't care! "
The Queen Mother's last words were quite profound and seemed to contain some warning.
Luo Huaizhou's heart tightened after hearing this, and he couldn't help but turn his eyes to look at Emperor Dehui.
Emperor Dehui half-closed his eyes and slowly turned the blood jade finger, making it difficult to see the expression in his eyes, but there was a sarcastic smile on his lips.
"What, is your mother threatening me?"
While speaking, Emperor Dehui raised his eyes and met the Queen Mother's sharp gaze.
The two people's eyes collided in the air, like the sound of swords clashing, stirring up the sound of gold and iron clashing. In an instant, the atmosphere in the palace was tense.
Once again witnessing the tit-for-tat confrontation between two close relatives for power, Luo Huaizhou closed his eyes sadly, with a trace of deep exhaustion between his brows. The endless despair and sadness impacted his heart, like waves hitting a rock, bearing the burden of Wave after wave of invasion made him physically and mentally exhausted, and he was unable and unwilling to persuade and mediate the conflict between the Queen Mother and Emperor Dehui.
The past is over, the estrangement has been established, no matter how much melancholy and unwillingness, pain and struggle there are in my heart, there are only words to say at this moment.
Luo Huaizhou stood up suddenly, bowed to the Queen Mother and Emperor Dehui respectively, and said: "My son is a little tired and wants to go back to his house to rest first. I hope my mother and brother will forgive me."
When the Queen Mother and Emperor Dehui heard this, their expressions softened slightly. They each looked away from the other and looked at Luo Huaizhou.
Before the two of them could speak, Luo Huaizhou bowed to them again, and then walked out of the palace without looking back, his steps hurriedly appearing very determined.
The Queen Mother moved her lips and wanted to stop him, but her heart was occupied by countless complicated emotions and her mind was confused. She knew that the moment was inappropriate, so she gave up.
Emperor Dehui frowned and looked away from Luo Huaizhou's back. Then he stood up and straightened his robes unhurriedly. He said to the Queen Mother without raising his head: "In this case, my son is not here either." I'm sorry to bother my mother, but I hope she won't work too hard and take more care of her body."
Emperor Dehui said these words carelessly, but in fact they were profound. There was obviously something behind his words, and the Queen Mother was shocked when she heard them.
The Queen Mother looked at him with a complicated expression for a long time, and then the sadness and disappointment in her eyes disappeared. A sneer appeared on her lips, which seemed to be sarcastic and disdainful. However, upon closer inspection, there was a trace of sadness and sadness hidden in the smile. Sad meaning.
"Hasn't the Emperor heard the story about how raising tigers can lead to disaster? By protecting the Hua family like this, have you ever thought that it would leave you with troubles that would cause you endless troubles one day? Furthermore, Zhou'er is not familiar with the world, so it's okay to be a little confused. , doesn’t the emperor know how evil people are in this world? The emperor has never even met these people, so how can he guarantee that these people don’t have ulterior motives in approaching Zhou’er? But the emperor not only allowed Zhou’er to associate with them, but he also did it for these When strangers join forces with Zhou'er to denounce the Aijia, is the emperor also confused?"
The Queen Mother became more and more excited as she spoke, and the emotions that she had tried to suppress surged again, making her uneasiness gradually intensify, and she couldn't help but feel a little more anxious.
"Whether those people have ulterior motives, I really don't know, but I know Huaizhou's feelings better than anyone else!" Emperor Dehui slowly raised his eyes, and a sinister look suddenly shot out of his eyes like a poisonous snake, and he tightened his gaze. He wrapped around the Queen Mother tightly, and then with a deep voice, he asked word by word: "Have you forgotten, Queen Mother?"
The Queen Mother took a deep breath, a strange color flashed across her eyes, and her face changed again and again in an instant.
For a moment, she held her trembling fingers tightly, suppressed the anxiety and uneasiness in her heart, forced herself to calm down, and spoke forcefully: "The emperor's words today really disappointed the Ai family to the extreme, and also made the Ai family quite disappointed. Surprisingly, now I can’t see through the emperor more and more.”
When Emperor Dehui heard this, he only smiled slightly and replied meaningfully: "If you can let others see through my mind easily, then you are not a qualified monarch. This is what you taught me, Queen Mother."
After saying that, he nodded briefly to the Queen Mother, and no longer looked at the expression on the Queen Mother's face, he strode out of the inner hall.
