The Queen sealed her heart and locked up her love, and the Emperor was trapped in the crematorium

"emperor……"

Concubine Qi called out softly and affectionately, but before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Xiao Chengxu.

"Get out." Xiao Chengxu shouted angrily, his tone full of indifference and impatience.

The look he gave Concubine Qi was emotionless and extremely indifferent, even revealing a hint of murderous intent, as if he was looking at a dead person.

Concubine Qi shuddered involuntarily, a surge of fear in her heart, and she almost fell to the ground with her legs going weak. Her original joy disappeared in an instant, and she hurriedly left with the palace maids.

The Queen Mother had already noticed Xiao Chengxu's abnormality. Her face darkened slightly, and she said with a little dissatisfaction in her tone: "The Emperor is so majestic, yet he actually came to my Cining Palace to vent his anger. Doesn't he know how to write the word 'filial piety'? Do you want to piss me off to death?"

Xiao Chengxu sneered and responded, "Filial piety? Human ethics should be followed, but if parents are kind and loving, their children will naturally be filial and respectful."

When the Queen Mother heard this, she instantly became furious. She picked up the teacup beside her and threw it at Xiao Chengxu, shouting angrily, "Your Majesty, are you accusing me of not being kind enough?"

Is the emperor crazy? He is talking nonsense in broad daylight.

Even if the Queen made the Emperor angry, there was no reason for him to vent his anger on her. Could it be that the Emperor didn't even care about his own reputation? The Queen Mother pondered in her heart.

At the same time, there was a trace of guilt deep in the Queen Mother's heart that only she knew about.

The emperor's words seemed to imply something else. Could it be that he already knew something?

However, the Queen Mother then denied this speculation herself.

impossible.

Apart from her, only Nanny Lian knew about what happened back then. All the other people involved had long been cleaned out, and no one was left alive. The cleanup was so thorough that no problems could be found.

How could a baby still in swaddling clothes remember those things? If that was the case, then he must be a reincarnated evildoer? How could he have endured it for so many years?

Nanny Lian is her confidant and is very tight-lipped. She will definitely not betray her.

Thinking of this, the empress dowager immediately felt more at ease.

Over the years, she thought she had been quite nice to the current emperor. Although she was a little strict with the emperor when he was young, that was also for the emperor's own good.

The late emperor had many children. If a prince is not good enough, how can he gain the favor and attention of the late emperor?

An ordinary, mediocre prince will eventually be drowned among many princes.

In the imperial palace, the relationship between the monarch and his subjects has always come first, followed by the relationship between father and son.

Moreover, she also acquiesced in the emperor's decision seven years ago to execute first and report later, and to marry the legitimate daughter of the Yongchang Marquis's Mansion without consulting her. She also never negotiated with the empress. In terms of emotion and reason, she had done her utmost to be kind to the emperor. If this was not loving enough, how many loving mothers are there in the world?

"My mother knows whether I am kind or not. There is no need for me to say more." Xiao Chengxu said expressionlessly.

His eyes were fixed on the seemingly kind, dignified and graceful woman in front of him, and an irrepressible feeling of disgust welled up in his heart.

When he was young, no matter how hard he tried, he could not get any warmth and care from his mother. In the cold winter, his mother would ruthlessly order him to stand in the cold corridor and study poetry and books, under the pretext of tempering his will. However, only he knew that all this was just a means for his mother to win favor, just to get a compliment from his father and prove that she had taught her son well.

But what about the other princes? They all studied in warm rooms, with hot tea and snacks available at all times, and eunuchs serving them. They didn't have to endure the bitter cold, their studies weren't necessarily any worse than his, and they didn't fall ill every now and then.

The year he got smallpox, the only people who took care of him were the imperial physicians from the Imperial Hospital and the palace maids on duty. From beginning to end, his mother never showed her face. In sharp contrast, the eighth prince who lived next door and also got smallpox was taken care of by Concubine Min all the time.

They are both mothers, so why is his mother different from other people’s mothers?

There were countless things like this, and Xiao Chengxu really couldn't figure out the reason. Why in the eyes of his mother, it seemed that only his homework was important, and whether he could win the favor of his father was the top priority.

As for himself, he was always insignificant. He worked hard to learn civil and military skills, but even if he won the praise of his father, he could not get a word of care from his mother. The only thing that never changed was his mother's cold face and her endless admonitions: "Don't play around, study hard, and ride and shoot with concentration."

Many years later, Xiao Chengxu finally understood the reason and realized why the empress dowager loved everything in the world far more than her son.

It turned out that he was not the Queen Mother's biological son at all, but just an adopted son.

Since he was not her biological son, how could she have such a loving heart and love for her child? He was just used as a pawn to preserve the queen mother's wealth and glory.

Moreover, he was not only an adopted son, but his biological mother was the most hated concubine of the Empress Dowager - Wenpin, a sister of the Qi family. Wenpin entered the palace later than the Empress Dowager, but was deeply favored by the Emperor, far more than the Empress Dowager. One mistakenly thought that the sisters were deeply in love, while the other was jealous and harbored evil intentions.

If you love someone, you will love his dog too. The same is true for hatred. Since the Queen Mother had plotted against his mother, she would not let go of her plots against him.

The mystery of his life experience is not something that Xiao Chengxu, who is in the fifth year of Xihe, can solve. In his previous life, in the tenth year of Xihe, after Xie Yaoqing passed away, when Xiao Chengxu was eradicating the Qi family, he used the water torture to extract the whole story from Nanny Lian.

Before this, Xiao Chengxu had some suspicions, but he had no evidence because he had no way to investigate. After all, many years had passed and many traces had been erased.

In addition, Xiao Chengxu looked somewhat like the empress dowager, making it difficult for people to suspect a blood relationship. Originally, the purpose of torturing Nanny Lian was to extract from her how the empress dowager brainwashed Xie Yaoqing, but Nanny Lian could not bear it any longer and told everything at once, which made Xiao Chengxu accidentally know his own life experience.