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

It is not difficult to imagine what kind of rage would burn in the Queen Mother's heart when she heard Xie Yaoqing's words. If she had objects to throw at this time, she would probably hit Xie Yaoqing without hesitation, just like she hit Xiao Chengxu.

The Queen Mother was furious and shouted in a stern voice, "Shut up! Shut up! If the Qi family isn't it, then could it be the Xie family? Queen, you think too highly of yourself!"

However, facing the Queen Mother's angry rebuke, Xie Yaoqing acted unconcerned, just shook his head slightly, still with a nonchalant smile on his face, and said softly: "I, your son, naturally know myself and have never had any unreasonable thoughts."

Even if the sky really fell, the Yongchang Marquis Mansion could never be Xiao Chengxu's clan, it would only be her clan. She would not be as confused as the empress dowager.

Only the Empress Dowager would regard the Qi clan as the emperor's clan, and she kept repeating this. Not to mention that their surnames were different, from this point of view alone, the Empress Dowager's statement made no sense at all.

Xie Yaoqing couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the Queen Mother was really getting old and a little confused.

When the Queen Mother heard Xie Yaoqing claiming to be self-aware, she felt that she was finding ways to mock her for having no self-awareness. She was so angry that she trembled all over and could not even utter a complete sentence.

After a while, the Queen Mother pointed at Xiao Chengxu and started to scold him again: "Your Majesty, how ridiculous! You are so ridiculous! For the sake of Xie, you have caused unrest in the whole country. Do you want to destroy the country? The late emperor taught you to study and learn the ways of sages and the art of governing a country, but now you have thrown it all out of your mind, haven't you?"

"If you still recognize me as your mother, then listen to my advice and get rid of Concubine Xie as soon as possible. Otherwise, this woman who brings disaster to the country and the people will definitely bring disaster to the dynasty in the future, and even the foundation left by our ancestors and this beautiful land will be destroyed!"

The Queen Mother became more and more excited and her voice became more and more severe.

When Xie Yaoqing heard this, his heart was moved.

Bring disaster to the country and the people?

Is it her?

Could it be that she has the potential to become a femme fatale?

The Queen Mother thinks too highly of her.

The empress dowager turned her attention to Xie Yaoqing, and stopped calling her "Empress". She just kept calling her "Mrs. Xie". Her eyes and eyebrows were full of dissatisfaction and accusations towards Xie Yaoqing.

"Ms. Xie, I really don't know what kind of magic potion you have given to the emperor to make him obey you so much. As the queen, not only did you not dissuade the emperor from doing a wise thing, but you instigated him to do such a ridiculous thing. The reputation of the Yongchang Marquisate is about to be ruined by you. If it were you, I would not even fulfill the most basic duty of persuading him. I should have been ashamed and ended my life long ago."

Hearing the Queen Mother's words, Xie Yaoqing slowly raised her eyes, which had been drooping, and stared at the Queen Mother with a sharp gaze. The corners of her mouth slightly raised, outlining a mocking smile.

"Self-commit? Oh, how about you go first, mother? Qi Zhiyan attempted to kill the emperor, this is an irrefutable fact, according to the law, the family should be implicated, but mother, you are bent on protecting the Qi family and exonerating them, even at the cost of letting the emperor bear the stigma of being unfilial and being despised by the world. How can a person like you who can't distinguish right from wrong, good from evil, have the face to live in the world? The one who really committed suicide should be you."

Unable to find a suitable tool for a moment, Xie Yaoqing frowned slightly, and simply raised his hand to quickly pull out an exquisite phoenix hairpin from her bun and threw it towards the empress dowager.

"Mother, we have to make do with the emergency. You should make do with it for now. It is better to set off as soon as possible. The late emperor is waiting for you in the underworld. Although the end-of-year funeral may disturb the mood of the festival, it would be a good thing if you can reunite with the late emperor. As a junior, I can understand and sympathize with you. It has been nearly six years since the late emperor passed away. I am sure he must miss you very much."

Let her end her life?

Does the Queen Mother think she is a fool?

She was alive and well, why was she trying to commit suicide?

The old woman, the Queen Mother, should die. She is over fifty years old and has lived long enough. It doesn't matter if she dies. On the road to the underworld, she can accompany her niece. In this way, the aunt and niece will not be too lonely.

The more Xie Yaoqing thought about it, the more it made sense. The Queen Mother had always valued her maternal clan. If he died with her clansmen, wouldn't that be exactly what she wanted?

The phoenix hairpin flew straight towards the Queen Mother, almost hitting her face and even blinding her eyes. If the Queen Mother hadn't reacted quickly and dodged in time, she would have been in danger of being disfigured.

There was a crisp sound of "click", and the hairpin fell to the ground, and turned around. The Queen Mother was so frightened that her face turned pale. She stroked her chest with her hands, her eyes wide open, staring at Xie Yaoqing, and said angrily: "Well, this is outrageous. Xie, you dare to hit your mother-in-law. This is disrespectful and unfilial. I must let the emperor divorce you."

Facing the Queen Mother's rebuke, Xie Yaoqing acted very calm, and said nonchalantly: "So what if I am unfilial? If you really have the ability to make the Emperor divorce his wife, I will prepare a generous gift to thank you. But are you sure you can influence the Emperor's mind? At present, it seems that the Emperor doesn't care about you."

The Queen Mother was so angry that she was shaking all over and yelling at Xiao Chengxu: "Rebellious son, are you dead? Or are you deaf or blind? Look carefully at the queen you married. She has no respect or filial piety towards me. It is said that you should marry a virtuous wife, but what kind of asshole did you marry? I am almost mad at her."

"If I had known that you would become such a disobedient and unfilial person, I should have strangled you to death with my own hands back then, so that I would not have to endure this humiliation today."

Facing the Queen Mother's scolding, Xiao Chengxu remained unusually calm, as if he was not affected at all. However, at this moment, he suddenly seemed to be touched by something, his face became ferocious and fierce, and he approached the Queen Mother step by step with a cold gaze.

"It's a pity that there is no if. It's too late to regret. If I were not a prince, I could help you gain the favor of the emperor and be of some use to you. Otherwise, if I were just a princess, I would have been killed by a woman as vicious as you, just like the poor person who gave birth to me. Over the years, have you ever seen the sister of the same clan who died on the delivery bed in your dreams at midnight? Have you ever talked about the deep sisterly love?"

At this moment, Xiao Chengxu's eyes were filled with endless hatred, as if he wanted to devour everything in front of him. He was filled with anger and resentment towards the Queen Mother.

The so-called grace of giving birth and raising is a joke to the empress dowager. Xiao Chengxu's biological mother is someone else and has nothing to do with the empress dowager. And the so-called grace of raising him is not necessarily that much. The empress dowager herself knows it very well, and Xiao Chengxu can also feel it deeply.

Once, when he didn't know his own life experience, Xiao Chengxu still had some mother-son affection for the Queen Mother. However, when he learned that the Queen Mother had killed his biological mother herself, and that she had not fulfilled her due responsibility of raising him for so many years, but instead used him, plotted against him, and even reached out to Xie Yaoqing in an attempt to destroy the relationship between them, Xiao Chengxu's last bit of affection for the Queen Mother was gone, leaving only deep hatred.

The Qi family was raided in order to avenge the Empress Dowager.