Women dressed as men: powerful officials

The palace was quiet. Su Xiang was holding a wooden spoon and making a wish with her knees half bent, maintaining a bowing posture.

Xu Yuan could clearly feel the Queen Mother's sharp gaze, and could also feel that his legs were slowly going numb.

After all, he is not the kind of person who performs formalities often.

For a moment, Xu Yuan was somewhat thankful that he did not bring Huamei into the palace today.

The difficult one is not the Queen, but the Queen Mother.

Xu Yuan calmed himself down and raised his head and asked, "The Queen Mother summoned me today. Are you here to discuss this with Xu Yuan, or are you going to issue an order directly?"

Xu Yuan guessed that the Queen Mother would not issue an edict, otherwise she would not have summoned her.

The empress dowager could indeed force the emperor to change the imperial edict, but now that the imperial edict had been issued, if the empress dowager interfered, it would only make the people of the world and the civil and military officials feel that the emperor had no prestige.

Likewise, the Queen Mother herself is at risk.

Therefore, the Queen Mother wanted her to break off the engagement, so that she could live in seclusion behind the scenes.

The Queen Mother did not answer, but continued to ask: "What do you think?"

"In my opinion, the Queen Mother cannot interfere with the Emperor, nor can she persuade His Royal Highness the Prince, so she can only put this idea on me."

Xu Yuan raised his head and looked at the Queen Mother, saying neither humbly nor arrogantly, "But I will not regret the engagement. If the Queen Mother is angry, you can charge me with impoliteness or stealing things from Ci'an Palace, and detain me in the palace, or even execute me directly. But no matter what, I will not regret the engagement."

"I never realized before that you have a stubborn temper." The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes slightly.

"Yes, I didn't realize that the Empress Dowager, who used to be so kind and saved my life, is now like this." Xu Yuan met the Empress Dowager's gaze without any fear.

On the side, Su Xiang scolded: "How dare you contradict the Queen Mother! Why don't you kneel down?!"

After Su Xiang finished speaking, she winked at Xu Yuan desperately.

The Queen Mother was just so angry that Bei Yao did not ask her for a marriage, but went to the Emperor for one instead.

What Xu Yuan said was true. The empress dowager could not interfere with the emperor's edict, nor could she convince Bei Yao. She had a son and a grandson, so she could only vent her anger on Xu Yuan.

The Queen Mother had no intention of asking Xu Yuan to cancel the engagement, but if Xu Yuan continued to talk like this, she was afraid that the Queen Mother would really get angry.

Xuyuan hadn't made any move yet, and Suxiang was a little anxious, so she didn't wait for her to speak.

The Queen Mother smiled: "Very good."

Xu Yuan lowered his eyes and did not respond.

The Queen Mother continued, "Do you have any resentment towards me? But I feel that I have done my best for your Xu family."

Su Xiang wanted to speak again, but the Queen Mother turned around, glanced at her and said, "Su Xiang, go out first."

"Yes." Su Xiang knelt down, looked at Xu Yuan worriedly, and then walked out slowly.

When she walked to Xu Yuan's side, she also whispered a reminder: "Don't talk back to the Queen Mother."

It’s not easy to make a wish for this child.

The only bad thing is that he didn't know how to submit. If he had submitted earlier and said he would obey the empress dowager, why would the empress do this?

Thinking of this, Su Xiang sighed again.

After Su Xiang left, the Queen Mother sat back in her chair and said, "Get up and tell me what hatred or resentment you have against me. If you don't explain clearly, I'm afraid you will never be able to enter the palace again in the future."

Xu Yuan did not answer, but said: "There is someone from His Royal Highness Prince Cheng with me. In a while, if I don't leave Ci'an Palace, she will go and tell Prince Cheng."

"So? You expect Yao'er to come and save you? I am his royal grandmother. Why do you think he would contradict me for you?"

The Queen Mother looked at Xu Yuan with dissatisfaction in her eyes.

Initially, she didn't hate making wishes, she just felt that making wishes was a little ignorant.

But after all, he is Xu Ze's child, and she wants to protect him.

But today, it was completely different. She only saw arrogance due to being spoiled.

"Your Majesty can try."

Xu Yuan smiled and without waiting for the Queen Mother to speak, he slowly stood up and gently patted his numb calves.

"Have you been allowed to get up?"

"No." Xu Yuan shook his head, and then told the truth: "But I don't want to salute."

"How dare you!" The Queen Mother slammed the table with her palm, angry without even showing her authority.

"The elders are immoral, so why should the younger generation be polite? The Queen Mother asked me what hatred or grudge I have. Xu Yuan has none, but the Xu family does."

The Queen Mother's eyes paused slightly.

"The Queen Mother was the Queen back then, how could she not know the late Emperor's intention to seize the throne? If she knew, why did she allow him to marry my aunt with conspiracy and then watched my aunt die tragically?"

"The Queen Mother owes the Shen family a debt. Does that mean she needs to use my marriage to make up for it? Have you asked Shen Yichuan for his consent?"

"When the Bei royal family needs the Xu family, they will go to the battlefield to fight and serve in the officialdom. When they are not needed, they will kill all the people and exterminate all the nine clans. In order to make up for the guilt in their hearts, they will leave one life. Queen Mother, is the child you left behind my aunt's child or your grandson?"

"you……"

The Queen Mother was furious. She pointed at Xuyuan but was so angry that she couldn't say a word.

"Why is the Queen Mother angry?" Xu Yuan tilted his head slightly.

"Your so-called pity is just pointing a path for me in the palace. For so many years, you have been offering tablets to the Xu family. Isn't it because of a guilty conscience?"

"Make a wish." The Queen Mother was furious. She stared at the person in front of her, her voice trembling, "Without me, the grass on your grave would have grown taller than a person. Instead of being grateful, you kept talking back. Do you really think I dare not punish you?"

"The Queen Mother is wrong. I know she dares to do that. After all, from the beginning, she never thought of saving me. It's just that she feels guilty, isn't it?"

Xu Yuan stared at the Queen Mother with a cold look: "Just like all these years, the Queen Mother has always known the real culprit behind the scenes and the injustice of the Xu family, but she still did not care about it. She felt that she had done her best to save a child of the Xu family, and even thought that she was a living Bodhisattva, didn't she?"

Xu Yuan walked forward slowly, approaching the Queen Mother step by step, "So, Queen Mother, do you understand why my father did not want an official position? Why did he not come to the palace to see you? That's because my father and I will never understand you, including Shen Yichuan. No one can be grateful to the murderer!"

"Make a wish, you are really going against the will of heaven!"

The Queen Mother looked at Xu Yuan who was getting closer and closer, slammed the table and said, "Someone come!"

He must be punished. The Queen Mother had no other thoughts in her mind.

Such ignorant people should be severely punished.

But there was no movement in the palace.

Xu Yuan looked back and looked towards the door with a calm gaze.

The door was pushed open, and the person who came in was not Suxiang, but Beiyao.

He was dressed in a black gown, and when he saw the Queen Mother, he bowed and said, "Grandson greets the Imperial Grandmother."

Beiyao arrived. The Queen Mother was relieved, but when she thought about why Beiyao came, she became angry again. She asked, "What are you doing here?"

"I thought that the Royal Grandmother and Xu Yuan had been talking for so long that she must be tired, so I came to take Xu Yuan away so as not to disturb the Royal Grandmother's rest."

Bei Yao finished speaking, and gently held Xu Yuan's hand, and brought her behind him, his tone still gentle: "Xu Yuan is ignorant, if he offended the Royal Grandmother, please consider that she is your grandson's wife-to-be, and don't get angry."