After reading my mind, Daddy, why don't you smile?

Emperor Jianxi was like he had found a panacea, and asked Zhao Ying to go back and get him a hundred pills to take. He wanted to be as thin as he was when he was young and handsome.

Zhao Ying really regretted taking out the medicine after hearing this. Other emperors took immortality pills in their old age, and the worst ones were to replenish their essence and energy. But her father took diet pills...

Zhao Ying nodded silently, which was considered as her agreement.

Emperor Jianxi was satisfied with this and continued to eat his diet meal.

Zhao Ying looked at Emperor Jianxi with both heartache and sadness. In the past, her father was unwilling to favor her mother alone, and she had complained about it. Now she was left with pity. Her father had never favored his concubines since her mother disappeared. She must have felt lonely every day, either attending court or reviewing memorials...

Thinking about this, Zhao Ying felt that she was an incompetent daughter. She only thought about maintaining the status of the Eastern Palace, but always put her father in an opposing position. In fact, her father was their greatest reliance.

Last night, she tossed and turned in bed, and suddenly thought of something.

Shangguan Shu knew everything about the Wei family, so how could her father not know?

The head of the Imperial City Department is her father...

Her father had always been kind to her, but he was the winner of the succession war after all, how could it be that simple? Perhaps she had underestimated her father.

She felt that her father knew everything, but he just kept it hidden.

How can the emperor allow others to guess his mind?

In this regard, she needs to learn from her father and try to control her emotions.

If it was true as she guessed, who was responsible for Si De's death, I'm afraid her father could also guess it.

My father would rather bear the curse in the eyes of the empress dowager and the ministers than say it... Zhao Ying felt more and more guilty and could not help but pick up his chopsticks and serve some more dishes to Emperor Jianxi.

Emperor Jianxi accepted all of them.

After eating, Emperor Jianxi drank tea and told Zhao Ying, "I know you and Runzhi have divorced, but that day, I saw that you were not completely heartless towards Runzhi... I just want to tell you that if you want something, just follow your heart. Don't worry too much. I am not dead yet, and I can still protect my daughter!"

"My son, I know!"

Emperor Jianxi nodded with satisfaction and asked, "The Queen Mother still won't let you in?"

Zhao Ying shook his head. "But it doesn't matter. I will take the children for a stroll in front of the Cining Palace every day. It will save the Queen Mother and me, and prevent the officials and history from blaming us."

Emperor Jianxi nodded slightly, as an affirmation to Zhao Ying, but his brows were indeed furrowed. Zhao Ying knew that Emperor Jianxi was dissatisfied with the Queen Mother.

Good things don't go out, bad things pass thousands of miles.

In the past, no matter how good Emperor Jianxi was to the Empress Dowager, no one paid attention to it. Only when the Empress Dowager spread some bad news, such as the suspicion that Princess Side was killed by Emperor Jianxi, did they need to be confirmed. Those unofficial history, miscellaneous gossips and folk legends would flock to it.

What’s even more infuriating is that there’s still no explanation, and the more it’s smeared, the worse it gets, and it’s also increasing its exposure. Not many people knew about this matter to begin with, and once it’s explained, it’s spread even more widely.

Zhao Ying felt that the Queen Mother's move might have had this intention.

Compared to the insidiousness of Prince Shou, the Queen Mother's affairs are even more difficult and cruel.

If Emperor Jianxi died, he would be infamous for "killing his brothers". Zhao Ying didn't dare to think about such a scene again!

I'm sure my father also knew about it, so he kept doing nothing, showed enough patience and tolerance, and dealt with the situation coldly without any explanation or response.

She also has to endure it. For the sake of her father, she can't cause any more trouble for the time being. She has to help her father find a way to get through this!

Emperor Jianxi said calmly: "It is good that you can endure it, but you can endure it for a while, not forever. Your mother will also come back. In the past, your mother also endured it with me. Now that she is back, I don't want her to endure it anymore."

"Father...what do you mean?"

Emperor Jianxi put his fat hand on Zhao Ying's and patted it. "We are a family of one blood. I can't trust anyone else in this matter. I know that my Cheng Qian is the smartest and most shrewd person. We, father and daughter, must clean up all the dirt before your mother returns to the palace."

Zhao Ying nodded.

"Father, please tell me! I will weigh the matter carefully when I return."

Emperor Jianxi had a satisfied look in his eyes. "I heard that the Queen Mother worries too much and has a poor diet. I will go to the Cining Palace tomorrow to ask the Queen Mother to take care of her health. By the way, I will also ask the Queen Mother to let you in to see you..."

"Before that, you should go to your aunt Side's house and take care of her. I am afraid that the prince consort is incompetent and the funeral is not well organized, and Side is treated harshly. If the news gets to the Queen Mother's ears, she will be sad again."

"Yes, my father, I obey your orders."

Zhao Ying immediately understood what Emperor Jianxi meant.

He dealt with the Queen Mother, and she cleaned up Princess Side's mess.

The father and daughter stopped at the point and there was no need for further discussion.

Zhao Ying took his leave and left the Yangxin Palace.

Coincidentally, he met Prince Shou face to face.

The two of them exchanged greetings as if nothing had happened.

After Zhao Ying left, Prince Shou looked back at her back, with a strange light in his eyes.

He was curious, he was really curious, what tricks his niece would use against him!

Interesting! It's getting more and more interesting!

In the Yangxin Palace, as soon as Zhao Ying left, Emperor Jianxi summoned Wu Yonggui, "Have you found the person?"

"Your Majesty, the people are ready."

Emperor Jianxi nodded faintly, then went to review the memorials with an expressionless face.

After only two hours of approval, Emperor Jianxi prepared to go to bed.

Wu Yonggui didn't think much about it and served as usual. However, the next morning, before dawn, Emperor Jianxi got up, summoned a group of people, and walked towards the Cining Palace in a mighty manner.

Cining Palace.

The Queen Mother was sleeping soundly and snoring.

Crying is exhausting, scolding is exhausting, not to mention having to watch the shaman dance three times a day. Even the empress dowager, with her strong body, could not endure it and she even snored at night.

Suddenly, a powerful voice cut through the long night and soared into the sky. It was like a thunderclap, a purple gold hammer that could cause the sky to collapse and the earth to sink... The queen mother was so frightened that she suddenly jumped up from the bed.

"Who? What's that noise?"

The night maid was also startled and said blankly, "I don't know either..."

The master and servant were confused, and the next second...

outside the palace.

Emperor Jianxi: "Your son pays respects to your mother!"

The palace maids said: "Your servants pay their respects to the Queen Mother. May the Queen Mother live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years!!"

Greetings?

The Queen Mother's eyes almost popped out of her head and she subconsciously asked the maid, "What time is it now?"

"To your Majesty, it is... three quarters past three in the morning..."

When the Queen Mother heard this, she took a deep breath from the soles of her feet to the top of her head, and it took her a long time to recover.

At the hour of Yin... At the hour of Yin, the Emperor came to pay her respects...

He did it on purpose!