The gate of Shou'an Palace opened.
The Queen Mother, who had secluded herself from the world and had been eating fast and chanting Buddha's name for more than 20 years, actually took the initiative to summon the Queen.
This sudden development surprised Chu Yunfei and caught him off guard.
She always thought that the Queen Mother really didn't care about worldly affairs, but...
Chu Yunfei spent the shortest time thinking about the Queen Mother's purpose, and then immediately ordered Mo Xue: "Go and call Grandma Xiong over."
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Chu Yunfei sat down in front of the railing, secretly guessing what the Queen Mother would say to the Queen. It might be the truth about that year, or it might have other purposes.
The Queen Mother and Mrs. Xie have the same surname, Chen. What does this mean?
Where does Mrs. Xie's heart turn?
Does she want to strengthen the Chen family, or is she dedicated to the Xie family?
She originally thought that the truth back then was actually very simple. It was just that Concubine Gu had ulterior motives but was self-defeating, causing flaws in the plan. But now she felt that there must be other reasons...
"Princess." Aunt Xiong walked along the verandah, bowed and saluted, "Are you looking for a slave?"
Chu Yunfei turned his eyes slightly and looked at the old grandma in front of him who had been protecting him: "Sit down, grandma, I want to talk to you."
Grandma Xiong seemed to have a premonition of something and shook her head slowly: "I don't dare. If the Crown Princess has anything she wants to ask, I will tell you everything."
Tell everything you know?
Chu Yunfei's heart moved slightly: "Mom, if the Queen Mother and the Prince are in a hostile position, whose side will you side with?"
Grandma Xiong's face changed slightly, and she knelt down directly on the ground: "This old slave has a low status and is not qualified to stand on anyone's side. I beg the Crown Princess to understand."
"I want to ask you, are you an insider of what Concubine Gu did back then?"
Grandma Xiong was silent for a moment and nodded slowly: "Yes."
There was no expression on Chu Yunfei's face, as if she had expected it. She sighed softly: "Is the Queen Mother the one who protected Rong Cang?"
Grandma Xiong nodded: "Yes."
Chu Yunfei asked: "You have been in the palace for a long time, why have you never mentioned this matter?"
Mother Xiong lowered her head: "The Queen Mother does not allow slaves to mention it, and she does not even want the Prince's life experience to be known."
"Why?"
Grandma Xiong seemed a little embarrassed, but she finally answered: "The Queen Mother is not evil-hearted. She wanted to protect His Highness the Crown Prince, so she saved the Crown Prince in time when he almost died, and then used a trick to place him next to Concubine Gu. The purpose was to do well for the Crown Prince. Alive, because she knows that if the prince continues to stay under the queen's knees, with the methods used by Concubine Gu and the Gu family back then, they will never give up until the prince dies."
"The Queen Mother is not evil-hearted?" Chu Yunfei heard some excuses in these words, just as she had guessed, "But now that Rong Cang has grown up, why is the Queen Mother still unwilling to let you say it?" His life experience?"
Grandma Xiong lowered her head and remained silent.
"If grandma doesn't want to say it, I won't force her." Chu Yunfei stood up and helped her up with his own hands, "Since grandma arrived at Prince Zhan's Mansion, she has been loyal to the prince and me, and even loved us like her elders. Before. Mammy also said that Rong Cang had a difficult life growing up. This sentence proves that mama actually feels sorry for him, right?"
Mother Xiong's face changed, and a look of pain appeared in her eyes: "Old slave...Old slave, I do feel sorry for the prince, but...but..."
Chu Yunfei said calmly: "The prince's life experience is related to the safety of the country. Once someone tries to use his life experience to falsify, no matter whether his position as prince can be saved or not, there will be people who take the opportunity to cause chaos on the grounds that the prince confuses the royal bloodline. Chu State's society will It will fall into turmoil in an instant, and there will be rivers of blood and countless casualties. Would you like to see such a scene?"
A look of difficulty and hesitation appeared on Mother Xiong's face. After being silent for a long time, she finally spoke: "The Queen Mother just wants to save the prince's life, but she does not want him to become the emperor."
Chu Yunfei's face was condensed: "So when the Queen Mother put Rong Cang under Gu Guifei's knees by default, in addition to protecting him, she also had a purpose of preventing Rong Cang from becoming the prince forever?"
Grandma Xiong nodded slightly.
"I see." Chu Yunfei finally understood, "Since the Queen Mother does not want Rong Cang to be the crown prince, then who is her favorite candidate for the crown prince?"
Mother Xiong shook her head: "The Queen Mother didn't say it, I don't know."
…
Has the truth come out?
In the Shou'an Palace, which had been silent for more than twenty years, the queen was also thinking about this issue.
After not seeing each other for more than 20 years, the Queen Mother's black hair has turned a bit white, but she seems to be in good spirits. Sitting on the phoenix chair, she still has the aura of a high-ranking person who is not angry but powerful.
"I originally wanted to wait for the crown prince's enthronement ceremony to come over to greet the Queen Mother, but I didn't expect that the Queen Mother summoned me first." The Queen sat under the Queen Mother, pretending to look at the Queen Mother's palace to eliminate the worries that filled her heart. She felt very uncomfortable, "The Queen Mother has been hiding from the world for so many years, is it because of Rong Cang?"
The Queen Mother was dressed in a dark purple silk and satin palace dress, with precious small-leaf red sandalwood beads wrapped around her wrists. There was a majestic air of compassion for all living beings in her brows.
But the queen knew this was an illusion.
If the Queen Mother truly sympathized with all living beings, she would not have escaped for more than twenty years, nor would she have suddenly summoned her here before the Crown Prince's inauguration ceremony, at a time that no one had expected.
The Queen Mother is clearly unfinished and has very selfish motives.
"The Queen adopted Rong Cang as her legitimate son, why?" The Queen Mother twirled her Buddhist beads, her tone was neither sad nor happy, but she clearly showed some dissatisfaction, "Because Rong Cang fell in love with you, or because he is the son of Concubine Gu?"
The Queen looked directly at the Queen Mother and said straight to the point: "I would like to ask the Queen Mother, was it because of the Queen Mother's protection that Rong Cang was able to survive Concubine Gu's murder?"
The Queen Mother's cheek twitched rapidly: "What are you talking about? The Yi family can't understand."
"If the Queen Mother is unwilling to tell the truth to the concubine, there is no need for me to explain so much to the Queen Mother." The Queen said, "It is my concubine's business to adopt Rong Cang. The Emperor agrees, Rong Cang agrees, and others have no right to interfere."
The Queen Mother looked at her expressionlessly: "The Ai family has been neglecting things for so many years. You, the Queen, are no better than you were then."
The queen said: "No matter how stupid and ignorant a person is, they will become cruel after experiencing a blow."
The Queen Mother said coldly: "If you want to know the truth, the Ai family can tell you, but there is one condition."
"What conditions?"
The Queen Mother held the prayer beads and spoke forcefully: "Rong Cang cannot be the crown prince."
