Want to win the palace fight? Better to be crazy than to be idiotic!

"Mother, what do you mean?" Qin Feng'an's expression also became serious.

The Queen Mother seemed to have something to hide, but the words seemed to weigh a thousand pounds. She opened her mouth, but remained silent and looked out the window.

The wind blew the curtains slightly, as if whispering for the person by the window who was unable to speak.

Qin Feng'an didn't know what the Queen Mother was worried about, but from her expression he knew that what she was going to say was extraordinary.

The palace was luxuriously decorated, with a mahogany carved screen in the middle, and the queen mother's phoenix couch could be vaguely seen behind the screen. The bright red curtains were hanging down, and the phoenix embroidered with gold thread spread its wings and was about to fly, auspicious and gorgeous. A hollow red copper incense burner was lit in the palace, and the palace was filled with the heavy and lingering aroma of agarwood, but Qin Feng'an felt that there was an imperceptible chill mixed in the aroma.

The hottest days have passed. Although the first autumn rain has not yet arrived, a cool breeze has already passed through the two-sided transparent hall. The Queen Mother is noble, and the subordinates should pay more attention to the temperature and humidity in the hall. Now all the ice jars in the hall have been removed to prevent the Queen Mother from getting sick from greedy coolness. When Qin Fengan came in just now, he felt that the room was just warm enough. Now he felt cold and gloomy, which could only be attributed to his changed mood.

"Be careful with your words..." The Queen Mother said with some fear, "Don't blame me for interfering in state affairs."

Qin Fengan's brows were instantly furrowed, and the coldness around him became even more intense.

"Mother, please speak first."

The Queen Mother also frowned and said in a shocking voice: "Zhenjun General Zhang Xiangyang, Shangshu Ling Qian Shucong, Yushi Zhongcheng Chen Xuanbao, as well as a number of officials such as Taizhong Dafu, Yunhui General, and Six Departments Assistant Ministers, are all overly close to the Grand Commandant."

Qin Feng'an's eyes suddenly widened in disbelief, and he froze in his seat as if struck by lightning. He tightly grasped the armrest, his fingertips trembling slightly, and he almost lost his strength.

"Are you joking, Queen Mother?" Qin Fengjing was silent for a long time and asked in a deep voice.

As Qin Feng'an spoke, the Queen Mother felt a sudden chill, as if even the air had become stagnant.

"I am telling you this because of Dagu Chao of the Qin family." The Queen Mother stroked the celadon tea set on the table to calm herself down.

"The ones that your mother has listed are all my important officials. They are all my close colleagues. The exchanges between colleagues... will also help our officials to unite as one, give me advice, and govern the ancient times together."

Although Qin Feng'an said this, it seemed more like he was comforting himself. His brows were furrowed, and veins on his forehead were faintly exposed. He didn't look like he wasn't worried at all.

The Queen Mother scolded anxiously: "Be careful with your words. Now is not the time to be angry! If your master heard you say such childish words, he would be so angry that he would die!"

"Then what does mother want me to do?" Qin Feng'an laughed in anger, "Do I have to dismiss the court officials just because of what mother said? Or does mother want me to sentence them to death? Mother made me suspicious of my trusted ministers, but she didn't even tell me how she got the information! If mother deceives me and uses me, I am willing to treat her with filial piety. I, the emperor, am just an ant played by mother!"

"Be careful with your words! Even if you are the emperor, you are still my son!"

The Queen Mother defended herself sternly,

"I was only thinking about the overall situation. I thought you could understand my painstaking efforts, but who would have thought that you would use the emperor's suspicion on me! I really raised you for nothing!"

Qin Feng'an's eyes flashed with sadness. "In the back garden, Concubine Xian and the Imperial Concubine have always had a grudge against each other. The concubines looked up to the two of them, which led to frequent grudges. I didn't expect that my mother would also be involved. Taiwei Wu Daoyong is the Imperial Concubine's biological father. My mother wants me to be suspicious of him. Doesn't that mean I will also be suspicious of the Imperial Concubine? Could it be that my mother still can't stand the Imperial Concubine's performance yesterday and wants to make something up?"

Although Qin Feng'an blamed the Queen Mother with every word, he downgraded the matter from "concubines interfering in state affairs" to "dispute in the rear garden", giving the Queen Mother a way out.

However, Qin Feng'an did not say this to reassure the Queen Mother. He would always find out what the Queen Mother said, but he always felt that the Queen Mother was not the image of a person who was wholeheartedly devoted to the Qin family. Before finding out the Queen Mother's true intentions, he would rather establish an image of a lover who was obsessed with the back garden, so that the Queen Mother and the forces behind her could be assured of a mediocre emperor like him.

The Queen Mother wanted Qin Feng'an to be careful of the courtiers, but she didn't expect Qin Feng'an to question her intentions. She was immediately furious, her brows knitted, her lips slightly pursed, her eyes as sharp as a knife, and she glared at Qin Feng'an like an enraged lioness.

"Bastard!"

The Queen Mother shouted angrily, her voice cutting through the air like a sharp blade, making Qin Feng'an's eardrums buzz. She suddenly raised her hand, and the celadon and gold-inlaid teacup she had just been playing with fell heavily on the mahogany table, making a crisp thumping sound, as if to pour out her anger.

Qin Feng'an looked at the teacup again and saw a crack running through the body of the cup.

"You were hanging out with that bitch Su Feiran, what did she teach you?"

Her voice became increasingly sharp, filled with rage like a volcanic eruption. Her anger reached its peak, and she stood up abruptly, her phoenix-embroidered cape suddenly spread out behind her, and she overturned the remaining celadon tea sets on the table one by one.

"My son would never say anything disrespectful or unfilial in the past! It must be that Su who was trying to sow discord between my son and me, which is why you distanced yourself from me! If you still insist on protecting her, I will not tolerate her!"

Qin Fengan's rebellious heart suddenly rose up like a flame. The more the queen mother insulted Su Feiran, the more his rebellious heart burned:

"Su Feiran's family has no power or influence, and she has nothing else to ask for. Mother, why does she always have to pick on a little girl and bring her up during a nice conversation? Even if you don't like it, I like it! Mother, just focus on the affairs of the previous dynasty, and I don't need to bother reading any memorials!"

After that, Qin Feng'an was so angry that he left without even saying goodbye. The Queen Mother took two steps forward anxiously, but she was still angry and let him go.

After Qin Feng'an left, the Queen Mother's anger did not subside. Instead, it was like a huge wave, one after another.

Even in her anger, she still maintained her unshakable majesty, making people dare not look directly at her. As soon as Han Shuang and the other young palace maids stepped into the main hall, they were frightened by the pressure and fell to their knees, chanting "Queen Mother, calm down."

The Queen Mother looked down at them coldly, took a deep breath, calmed her anger, and asked, "Did the Emperor tell you anything when he left?"

The little girls turned pale and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, please let me, let me..."

No one else dared to continue speaking, only Han Shuang relayed with a look of panic on her face: "The emperor asked the queen mother to behave herself and stop thinking about... nonsense."

The Queen Mother was so angry that she could hardly breathe. Her chest suddenly felt stuffy as if it were a cowhide drum, and every time her heart beat, a dull "boom" sounded.

Her lips trembled slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but her throat was blocked by anger. Her face suddenly changed, and her originally fair face was now abnormally flushed, looking even more terrifying.

"Empress Dowager! What's wrong with you?" The servants didn't care about anything else. When they saw that the Empress Dowager looked unhappy, they hurried forward to take care of her.

“My kingdom…” She gritted her teeth, her voice becoming hoarse with anger, “I can’t let it be destroyed in the hands of that woman!”

Before she could finish her words, the Queen Mother suddenly felt a sharp pain in her chest, as if a stream of hot air was rushing through her body.

She suddenly covered her chest, her face suddenly turned pale as paper, and under everyone's concerned gaze, she suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood!