Tai Shuyi stood calmly behind the little emperor, walked to Xie Wanyu's side, and held his hands towards the Queen Mother who was standing above him.
He tilted his head slightly, "Are you okay?"
Xie Wanyu was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that he would ask herself at this time. She stiffened for a moment and then said, "It's okay."
The Queen Mother's eyes were always on Tai Shuqi, and she said with a tight face, "Get up."
"Thank you, Queen Mother." The little emperor straightened up and then said to everyone, "Stay flat."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Everyone cheered and stood up.
Logically speaking, the emperor should not have come to a banquet like this with only female family members, and Tai Shuqi should not have been there, but they came, so they probably had something important to do.
"The King of Qin is here, do you have important matters?" The Queen Mother rarely looked at her son, almost all of them fell on Tai Shuqi.
Tai Shuqi nodded slightly, "I was just chatting with the Emperor and came here unknowingly. I happened to hear that the Queen Mother wanted to deal with the wife of the hero, so I came here to have a look."
His eyes were cold and his voice had no warmth at all.
The Queen Mother seemed to be burned. She covered her chest and leaned slightly on the back of the chair. "The King of Qin is just for a woman, and he doesn't even care about etiquette?"
What she said was too ambiguous.
Let everyone's eyes look back and forth on the faces of Xie Wanyu and Tai Shuqi.
"Empress Dowager, this is the wife of a hero who guarded Northern Xinjiang. If she hadn't been suffering at the border, why would you, Queen Mother, sit in a high position and enjoy the glory?" Tai Shuzhen's eyes were aggressive, "So, you are still here scolding the family members of the hero, What does this mean?"
He rebuked the Queen Mother with almost every word.
The Queen Mother had never experienced such humiliation, and it came from this man. She bit her lip and trembled slightly, "Prince Qin, are you questioning the Ai family?"
When the little emperor saw his mother acting like this, he immediately said, "Uncle, I was negligent. Madam Hou, I apologize to you on behalf of my mother." After saying this, he bowed.
How could Xie Wanyu dare to accept such a courtesy? She hurriedly knelt down and said, "The Emperor is serious. The Queen Mother is just joking with my wife."
Tai Shuqi acted like this, as if he was deliberately bullying their orphans and widowed mothers. Xie Wanyu naturally had to turn a big deal into a trivial matter, otherwise Tai Shuqi didn't know what the world would say.
The Queen Mother sat there, miserable, unable to say a word, but looking extremely pitiful.
Seeing Xie Wanyu say this, the little emperor's face softened a little, "In that case, everyone should go to the front hall."
"Yes." Although everyone wanted to watch the excitement, the emperor said so and could only retreat.
"You stay." Tai Shuqi grabbed Xie Wanyu's arm.
Xie Wanyu hurriedly broke away from him and stood aside. His action just now was too excessive. If the Queen Mother saw it, she might go crazy again.
After everyone left, there were only four of them left in the hall.
The Queen Mother leaned on the chair and said, "Tai Shuqi, you are so capable."
"I said that if you touch her, I won't be polite. You forgot so quickly?" There was no one else, so these two people didn't care about what they said.
The little emperor stood there with a pale face, like an innocent child. He did not dare to rebuke his mother, let alone offend Tai Shuyi, who held military power.
These two people could still regard him as an emperor in front of outsiders, but now, they obviously did not take him seriously.
He stood there with great difficulty, his face full of helplessness.
The Queen Mother sat upright slightly and said, "This woman is not a dignified person to begin with. Why don't I punish her on behalf of the Xiao family?"
"Who are you punishing for?" Tai Shuqi's mood did not fluctuate as much as the Queen Mother's, and was always cold.
"This is my business. What does it have to do with you? Why do you speak for a married woman again and again?" The Queen Mother held her fingers tightly.
Tai Shuyi looked at her and said, "Empress Dowager, how many lives have been lost, do you still remember it? Do you have to tell me one by one?"
There was no surprise in the little emperor's eyes, obviously he knew everything.
The Queen Mother stood up, with obvious panic in her eyes, "What nonsense are you talking about!"
"Are you talking nonsense? Do you want me to dig all the wells in the palace?" Tai Shuqi saw that the Queen Mother turned pale and said, "Now that Xie Wanyu is here, the throne will be with her."
Xie Wanyu shuddered slightly. What he said was too obvious. If she was gone, it would seem that the throne no longer belonged to the little emperor.
She never thought that she could be involved in the throne.
Moreover, she never expected that Tai Shuqi would threaten the Queen Mother for her own sake.
The Queen Mother's face turned even paler and her figure swayed, "Tai Shuyi!"
"Guo Wan'er!" Tai Shuqi also yelled angrily.
The Queen Mother's body went limp and she slumped on the ground, her eyes sad, "How dare you treat me like this for this woman? Our friendship for so many years is not worth it to a married woman."
Tai Shuyi looked at Xie Wanyu and said, "Remember, you don't have to be afraid of anything in the future, because as long as you receive a little harm, I will ask someone to repay you tenfold."
Although his words were a bit treacherous, Xie Wanyu didn't know why, but she felt particularly at ease.
Especially when she saw his handsome face that was filled with anger, her face turned red inexplicably, and she even felt palpitating for a moment.
"Queen Mother." The little emperor knelt down and snuggled up to the Queen Mother.
No matter how you look at it, these two look like victims.
"What you are doing will not be tolerated by the world." The Queen Mother said with a trembling voice.
This sentence seemed to use all the strength of the whole body.
Tai Shuzhen tightened his hands slightly and said calmly, "I don't know what the Queen Mother is talking about. I'm just warning you that the Sun family's affairs have been suppressed. If something happens again, I won't be able to protect you."
Xie Wanyu glanced at him and shook her head.
How could she have such wild thoughts and still think that he was helping her? Thinking about it carefully, their childhood friendship was incomparable to someone she had known for several months.
Besides, since ancient times, no harmonious woman can have a good death.
They are all unacceptable to the world and the family.
After calming down, Xie Wanyu bent her knees slightly and said, "I will take my leave first." After saying that, she turned around and left indifferently, without even looking at Taishu Ai.
The queen mother and the little emperor were cuddling together, how could they care about her.
She just walked out of the Queen Mother's palace and saw Qian standing in the courtyard with her pregnant belly supported by two maids.
"Wanyu." Seeing Xie Wanyu coming out, she hurriedly took a few steps forward, her eyes full of worry, "Are you okay?"
"Sister-in-law is in such a difficult situation now, but she still takes care of me." Xie Wanyu said movedly.
Qian Shi smiled slightly, "Looking at you, you should be fine, then I can rest assured. We are a family." She grabbed Xie Wanyu's hand, "You'd better find an excuse to go home. The Queen Mother doesn't seem to like it. you."
Xie Wanyu nodded, "Then send my sister-in-law home first. The Queen Mother can't care about these people now."
Qian was originally thinking about telling the Queen Mother, but after hearing what Xie Wanyu said, she nodded, "That's fine."
