The beloved baby has a space

Chapter 509 The Queen
As if oblivious to his anger, Madam Qin walked past Qin Huai and found a chair to sit down.

She looked at her son, but not with the loving gaze of a mother; it was more like she was scrutinizing him.

She wanted to know if he had truly recovered, or if he had simply learned a deeper form of pretense.

Qin Huai placed his right hand on the table, his five fingers clenched into a fist.

"I'll only ask you once: did you tamper with my examination for the imperial examination? Shouldn't I have been on the list?"

Madam Qin smiled: "Does it matter whether it is or not?"

As she spoke, she took out a rolled-up piece of paper from her sleeve, which was none other than Qin Huai's final policy treatise.

"Madam, be careful!" Hua Hong suddenly appeared out of nowhere, her figure flashing as she gripped a golden dart in her hand.

A golden dart with barbs is no child's toy.

Madam Qin, however, showed no fear. Her eyebrows twitched slightly: "You want to kill me?"

Qin Huai didn't speak, but the madness in his eyes was impossible to hide, and the veins on his forehead were bulging as he suppressed his anger.

That gaze was filled with genuine hatred.

Madam Qin intercepted Qin Huai's exam paper midway through the exam, preventing it from being presented to the chief examiner, so Qin Huai naturally failed to make the list.

She didn't tell Qin Huai why, and Qin Huai didn't ask either.

Qin Huai attacked Lady Qin with a hidden weapon, and this news could not be kept from Duke Yong.

The Duke and Duchess of Yongguo rushed over, both quite frightened.

The Duchess held Qin Huai in her arms and said repeatedly, "What's wrong with you two again? Can't you talk things out? Why are you being so stubborn?"

Duke Yongguo also said to Lady Qin, "You too, you should always consult the child before doing anything. How can you make decisions on your own? Huai'er is all grown up now, he's nine years old, he can make his own decisions, why do you always make decisions for him?" "Yes, Huai'er has been preparing for the imperial examination for a whole year, eating and sleeping for only an hour a day, and going out to attend gatherings of scholars, all to make a name for himself." The Duchess sighed, "If you didn't want Huai'er to take the exam, why didn't you tell him earlier? Why did you have to wait until after the exam, when the results were about to be released, to tell him all this?"

The couple took turns offering words of comfort and reassurance.

But neither Madam Qin nor Qin Huai seemed to listen.

"Huai'er, say something too. Your mother has her reasons for doing this—"

"Difficulties? Hidden reasons? For my own good?" Qin Huai's lips twitched, it was hard to tell whether he was crying or laughing. "I am a human being, not a plaything, nor a beast!"

He looked at Madam Qin, his fists clenching tightly, and he almost squeezed out the words through clenched teeth: "I survived to be eight years old, Madam, are you very disappointed?"

"How dare you!" Madam Qin, who hadn't even been angry when Qin Huai attacked her, was furious upon hearing this. She stood up straight, raising her right hand high, but failed to bring it down.

Qin Huai looked at her and suddenly laughed: "Back then, when I wanted to investigate my own background, you stopped me. When I wanted to investigate you, you stopped me too. But when I went outside to investigate Princess Yongchang, you didn't stop me. Madam Qin, what are you afraid of?"

He didn't expect Madam Qin to answer him, but continued, "It's just that some things are none of your business, so you can come and investigate with me; while other things are of your own interest, so you won't allow it. Now, I want to take the imperial examination, and you're stopping me, which has actually made me confirm something."

“In this world, there are only four or five people who can do all these things easily. The Tian family is one, and my maternal grandfather is another.”

Duke Yong shook his head repeatedly: "I didn't—"

The Duchess stepped on his foot to stop him from continuing.

Your grandson is still alive, why narrow down the search for him?

Isn't this just exacerbating the conflict between the mother and son?

"The Prince of Xiaoyao is one, and there's another one, isn't it you?" Qin Huai said confidently, "Your Majesty the Empress."

(End of this chapter)