The Queen Mother obviously only brought a green willow into the hall, but she was full of majestic aura, just like the majesty she had when she held a spear and stood arrogantly.
Emperor Ming was stunned and immediately stood up: "Queen Mother, why are you here?"
The Queen Mother had not come to his Qinzheng Palace for many years, and her sudden visit today made Emperor Ming feel mixed.
But the queen mother didn't pay attention to his greetings, but just found a seat to sit down.
"If the Ai family hadn't come, I wouldn't know that you are worthy of being the emperor now, and you are not as enlightened as you were when you were a young boy."
"Mother..."
"Aijia, let me ask you, do you have any prejudice against the women in the backyard?"
Emperor Ming quickly explained: "I don't dare."
The Queen Mother snorted coldly, not caring whether he, the emperor, needed her to protect his face.
"Don't you dare? Does that mean that what the Ai family heard before they came in was an illusion?"
Emperor Ming's old face looked very uncomfortable.
But the more uncomfortable he felt, the more comfortable Su Qingyu felt.
Otherwise, what can I say, ginger is still spicy when it comes to old age.
Just now, the three of them could not make Emperor Ming change his mind at all. Now the Queen Mother only opened her mouth and said a few innocuous words, and Emperor Ming was as frustrated as a grandson.
By now, Su Qingyu was really more and more curious about what happened between Emperor Ming and the Queen Mother.
Of course, judging from the way the mother and son get along now, if there is anyone at fault, it must be Emperor Ming.
"Back then, when the Ai family went to the battlefield with spears, why didn't I hear you say that the women in the backyard were not qualified to get involved in these things?"
"When foreign invaders invaded, and no one in the civil and military dynasties dared to stand up to fight, when Changyue held a long sword and was willing to defend Daxia with her life, why didn't I hear you men say that women in the backyard are not allowed to interfere with this? "
"Your Majesty, do you want Aijia to continue to give examples?"
Emperor Ming pursed his lips, with an expression that was inconsistent with his age.
It seems, aggrieved.
Su Qingyu couldn't help but shudder when she saw Emperor Ming like this.
"Mother, I didn't mean that..."
The Queen Mother nodded: "The Ai family knows that until we are needed, we women in the backyard will always be the most useless and the most able to block the wise actions of your decision-makers, right?"
There was something in the Queen Mother's words, and Emperor Ming's expression was visibly anxious.
"Mother, we agreed not to mention these old things again, how come you..."
Seeing that the Queen Mother was unmoved, he could only clenched his fists and gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! I just promise Princess Ling!"
With the Queen Mother present, Emperor Ming seemed to have no chance to defend himself, so he could only reluctantly agree to Su Qingyu's proposal in front of the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother sneered and said, "Wouldn't it be enough to do this earlier?"
"But the Ai family can tell you, if you dare to violate the law..."
Emperor Ming finally couldn't help it anymore: "Mother, in front of the children, please save some face for me..."
"I am the emperor, and I have a golden tongue! Now that I have promised you, how can I regret it?"
"Daughter-in-law, thank you Your Majesty!"
Su Qingyu knelt down at the right moment, feeling happy in her heart.
With this opportunity to investigate the case, she had a reason to go to Prince Qi's Mansion openly.
When the time comes, even if the opponent is a bull-headed horse-faced person, she will definitely find him out.
As soon as the matter was over, Emperor Ming's mood relaxed.
It was rare for the Queen Mother to take the initiative to come to him, even if it was a bad thing, Emperor Ming was happy in his heart.
So they ordered Su Qingyu and others to be expelled.
"Ugly girl, wait a moment."
King An was very sensible and was the first to run out of the Qinzheng Palace. Su Qingyu and Lu Yuncheng followed closely, but they were stopped by the Queen Mother.
"You go and wait outside. Yi Jia and Yun Cheng still have something they want to talk to His Majesty."
It turned out that he wanted Lu Yuncheng to stay.
Su Qingyu quietly looked over the three of them with her eyes, secretly guessing whether they were going to settle old scores or something.
"Okay, then grandson-in-law, let's go to the Royal Garden and wait."
Although Su Qingyu wanted to know their secrets, she could tell just by looking at Emperor Ming's eyes. The more she knew, the faster she would die.
After Su Qingyu left, the door of the hall was immediately closed.
Su Qingyu looked at the closed door and the close associates guarding Emperor Ming at the door, and suddenly understood why King An ran so fast.
She shook her head and took this opportunity to go to the Queen's Weiyang Palace.
I don’t know if the queen would agree if she asked the palace maid to pass it back last time.
Su Qingyu never thought that the Queen Mother sent her out not to settle old scores with Emperor Ming, but to get an antidote for her.
"Now, do you feel that the Ai family's existence is a nuisance to you?"
Emperor Ming quickly got down from his position and came to stand beside the Queen Mother: "Why did the Queen Mother say this?"
"If you don't think the Ai family is an eyesore, then this guy Yun Cheng is an eyesore to you?"
Emperor Ming was stunned for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses: "Mother, I have just given Princess Ling full authority to investigate the case according to your wishes. Where did you start with this?"
The Queen Mother gave Emperor Ming a roll of her eyes: "Emperor, Ai Jia is old, not stupid."
"Although the Ai family has promised you that they will not interfere with any of your decisions in court, you still have the right to say a few words about these grandchildren of the Ai family, right?"
Looking back over the years, the Queen Mother has indeed kept her word. Except for protecting Lu Yuncheng five years ago, she has never done anything to interfere with the court.
Seeing Emperor Ming's guilty conscience, the Queen Mother became even more angry.
"The Aijia asked you, why did you give that girl Qingyu such harmful poison as February flowers?"
After the Queen Mother finished speaking, Emperor Ming immediately turned to look at Lu Yuncheng behind him.
Before he could open his mouth, Lu Yuncheng preemptively lifted his robe and knelt down.
"I beg your father to give me the antidote to flowers born in February."
"If my father feels that I have done something wrong in any way, I will let my father punish me and I will never say a word. But Qingyu is innocent, and she should not suffer for me!"
"you......"
"Father! Please forgive Qingyu for her small contribution to the 'plague' years ago."
Although Lu Yuncheng was kneeling, his back was straight. So even though he said soft words, Emperor Ming knew in his heart that Lu Yuncheng was still the same Lu Yuncheng as before, and he would never bow his head to anyone easily.
It was for Su Qingyu that he was kneeling like this today.
If he was the one who won the February flower, Emperor Ming even thought that he would rather die than bow his head.
"Get up!"
"Please give me the antidote, Father!"
Emperor Ming was very annoyed by Lu Yuncheng's refusal to accept both hard and soft words.
If the Queen Mother had not been present, he would not have easily let this ignorant boy go.
"What are you doing standing still? Give me the antidote?"
The Queen Mother slammed the table, frightening Emperor Ming.
"Mother, there is another secret behind this matter. I have a reason for doing this. Don't worry, I will not let Princess Ling die for this. I just..."
"No matter what your reasons are, Aijia, if you don't give the antidote to the February flowers to Aijia today, Aijia will hang him with Yun Cheng at the door of your Qinzheng Hall!"
Lu Yuncheng looked at the Queen Mother in disbelief.
If he remembered correctly, the imperial grandmother told him earlier that to get the antidote, he had to outsmart her, right?
Is this her way to outsmart her?
