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The Queen Mother glanced at her when she heard this. The smile on her face faded a little, and her eyes revealed a bit of scrutiny.

"What do you think."

Her voice was calm and without any ripples, and it was impossible to tell what emotion she was expressing.

Xiyu stood up from the stool, bent his knees, knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and spoke in a trembling voice.

"I dare to ask what happened between the Fourth Master and Mother that would cause Mother to treat her own son so coldly?"

After saying this, she remained kneeling with her head pressed against the ground, as if she did not have the courage to raise her head.

[Ding! The Queen Mother's favorability has dropped to 48%.]

The system's prompt made Xiyu's heart tremble slightly, but fortunately the task was completed successfully, so she was not afraid that the system would take back the reward.

The empress dowager, who was sitting at the top, hadn't said a word. Without orders, Xiyu didn't dare to stand up.

"Except Fang Lan and the Fourth Lady, all of you go down."

These words were spoken to the other servants in the room, and they all left in a hurry after hearing this.

There were only three people in the room, and Xiyu swallowed nervously.

"Why are you asking that?"

The Queen Mother's voice was cold and majestic, and the room was filled with a tense atmosphere.

Xiyu's heart tightened. This was the first time she heard the Queen Mother speak in such a serious tone.

She slowly raised her head and looked at the Queen Mother with a firm gaze. Her lips trembled slightly but her voice was unusually clear: "Since the wedding in October, my granddaughter-in-law has accompanied the Fourth Master to the Yonghe Palace to pay respects many times, but Mother always treated me coldly."

She knelt and moved forward a few steps, her eyes red and filled with tears.

"At first, my granddaughter-in-law thought that Mother was acting this way because she didn't like Xiyu, but later on, I discovered that Mother was even more like this towards the Fourth Master."

"Not to mention asking about my well-being, even being polite is rare. I once saw Little Fourteen and Mother getting along, which was completely different from what I saw with Fourth Master. I even saw hatred in Mother's eyes."

Xiyu lowered her eyes slightly and lowered her voice a little. Her beautiful, bright little deer eyes were soaked with tears, and the tears slowly slid down her delicate cheeks like a kite with a broken string.

She sobbed, calmed herself down and continued:

"Although the Fourth Master acted as if nothing had happened, he would lock himself in the study room after returning. My granddaughter-in-law thought that he must be in great pain. I felt sorry for my husband and my mother.

How can this happen between mother and son?

The grandson's wife had no other intentions, she just wanted to find the cause and a solution."

"I hope the Royal Madam will help me!"

After Xiyu said this, she gritted her teeth and looked at the Queen Mother with a firm gaze, then she knocked her head to the ground without hesitation, making a "dong" sound.

This sound seemed to prove her determination to others.

Xiyu's forehead hit the ground and instantly became red and swollen, but she didn't feel the pain at all. She just lay on the ground silently, motionless.

[Ding! The Queen Mother's favorability rises to 60%]

The bet was right!

Even though he has lived in the palace for many years, his sincere words when talking about his feelings would surely make the empress dowager feel sympathetic.

"Fourth daughter-in-law, you should get up first."

The Queen Mother sighed, her voice revealing a hint of helplessness.

Upon hearing this, Fang Lan stepped forward to help. Xiyu raised her head, put her hand on Aunt Fang Lan's wrist and stood up.

Suddenly, she felt dizzy and her body was about to fall.

Seeing that she was about to lose her balance and fall to the ground, Fang Lan hurriedly reached out to support Xiyu and helped her sit on the stool.

"Go call the doctor."

"Madam Royal, my granddaughter-in-law is fine. She just got up a little anxiously."

Xiyu shook her head, indicating that she was fine.

"You are such a simple-minded kid. Why are you bowing when you are speaking?"

The Queen Mother waved to Xiyu, pulled her to her side and looked at her delicate face carefully, her delicate gray eyebrows tightly furrowed.

"Look at your forehead, it's red and swollen, don't you feel any pain?"

Xiyu giggled, and her dimples soon sank into her cheeks.

Looking at her innocent eyes, the empress dowager couldn't bear to say anything to her and had to tell her the whole story.

"The story of Concubine De and the Fourth Prince started twelve years ago. Concubine Tong Jia had just passed away, and Yinzhen returned to Concubine De. But at that time, Concubine De was already with Yinzuo. That year, Yinzhen was seven years old and Yinzuo was five years old.

One day, Yinzhen took several children younger than him to play in the imperial garden, including Yinzuo. When the time came, the other children returned to their mothers, but Yinzhen and Yinzuo were still not back.

"Everyone sent people to look for him everywhere. When they arrived at Chengqian Palace where Yinzhen's adoptive mother lived, they found Yinzhen but did not see Yinzuo. When Yinzhen heard about this, he joined the search.

It was a coincidence that Yinzuo was found behind a narrow rockery, drowned in that pond, and the first person to find him was Yinzhen.

At this point, the Queen Mother's eyes revealed a trace of pain that could not be concealed.

"Children in the palace always encounter various misfortunes, and accidents are common. In order to prevent Concubine De from having any doubts, the Emperor sent people to check again and again, and finally confirmed that this was an accident.

Everything seemed to be over, but then a rumor came out of nowhere, saying that Yinzhen pushed his brother into the water because he was jealous of him, and pretended to be the first person to find him. The emperor lost one son and didn't want to lose another, so he lied and said it was an accident.

The rumor was so convincing that Concubine De believed it without even checking, and refused to listen to anything Yinzhen said.

At that time, the emperor was busy with court affairs and had no time to care about the disturbances in the harem. By the time he remembered to execute those who spread the rumors, the mother and son were no longer the same as before.

Although they have been able to get along well on the surface these years, they still have a big knot in their hearts.”

The Queen Mother placed the cup on the table. The tea in it had already cooled.

"This matter has been going on for a long time and is deeply rooted in Concubine De's mind. Even if the evidence is placed in front of her, she will not believe it."

Not expecting this to be the reason, Xiyu stood there in a daze, her lips trembling slightly. She wanted to say something but didn't know where to start.

"Mother, did you just believe it? Why didn't you choose to believe your own son?"

Xiyu couldn't believe that Concubine De would convict a seven-year-old child like this.

"At that time, Yinzhen had just returned to Defei's side, and the mother-son relationship was not deep. Defei still had a grudge against him, so it was inevitable that she would neglect him."

The Queen Mother sighed and answered Xi Yu's question, "Perhaps Concubine De already had this idea in her mind, so she believed it once someone said it, and would not listen to anything else."

As they talked about heavy past events, the atmosphere in the room gradually became depressed.

Suddenly, the system issued a series of voice prompts, as if there was a malfunction.