My stepmother is here, all the rebellious sons and evildoers should kneel down!

The Empress Dowager's face darkened and she looked at the Emperor. She couldn't help but say sarcastically, "Speak of the devil. It seems that my Cining Palace will have to be managed by an outsider."

"My son doesn't understand what the Empress Dowager means by this!"

The emperor narrowed his slender eyes slightly and looked at his biological mother with a hint of danger.

When their eyes met, the Empress Dowager's heart skipped a beat.

For the first time in all these years, she sensed a strong sense of danger in the emperor's eyes.

However, after all, he is his own son.

Even though I had no intention of supporting the emperor when he ascended the throne, I also did not show any love for him when he was young.

But no one can change the mother-son relationship between the Empress Dowager and the Emperor.

She will always be the most honorable empress dowager who gave life to the emperor!

Thinking of this, the Queen Mother calmed down and calmly sat looking at the door.

She knew that Wen Qiqi was already waiting outside the door...

"How could His Majesty not understand what I mean? This Cining Palace is my bedroom, but I am being framed by others! Now His Majesty only believes what others say. I am really not worthy of being the head of this Cining Palace!"

The emperor was so angry that he almost fumed.

"Empress Dowager, no one wants to frame you. No one has disrespected you in the Cining Palace. But Empress Dowager... you should also think carefully about which one you want to believe between Lan Baoer and Wen Qiqi?"

The Queen Mother smiled coldly and deliberately raised her voice and said, "I only believe that the Thirteenth Brother is innocent. Someone wants to plot against him, what is their intention? I also feel that Lan Bao'er is loyal to me and will definitely not deceive me."

The emperor closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

All in all, it turned out that the Empress Dowager treated the Wen family and Wen Qiqi so indiscriminately all because of the Thirteenth Prince.

The Queen Mother's meaning was obvious.

The emperor and the Thirteenth Prince are biological children, so they must not listen to the instigation of outsiders. The brothers turned against each other and gave outsiders the opportunity to collude with the outside party.

That day, the Empress Dowager sent a letter to the Thirteenth Prince, and the Thirteenth Prince did not return to the capital. Instead, he went straight to the outskirts of Kyoto and traveled to the East City overnight.

As a result, the Emperor was unable to obtain any evidence of the Thirteenth Prince's rebellion!

Now, the Queen Mother is taking the blame for the Thirteenth Prince, and the Emperor still cannot produce strong evidence to fight back...

"Empress Dowager, Qiqi is in such a hurry to see you, it must be something important."

The emperor frowned when he saw that the empress dowager was deliberately ignoring Wen Qiqi, and said, "If the queen mother is tired, I will go back to the Yangxin Palace with Qiqi to talk."

After saying this, the emperor stood up and walked out without saying a word.

Before the Empress Dowager could come to her senses, the Emperor had already pushed the door open, and the aunt from the Cining Palace outside the door trembled with fear.

The Emperor had always been respectful and filial to the Empress Dowager. Every time he came to the Cining Palace, he would remind the Empress Dowager to take care of her health. He always looked happy when he was leaving. But today, his face was ashen and his brows were frowned. It was obvious that he was angry.

"Wen Qiqi, follow me back to the Yangxin Palace!"

The emperor didn't say a word. As soon as he landed, he took Qiqi with him and left under the nose of the empress dowager.

The Queen Mother gasped with anger, and my aunt hurried over to comfort her.

"Please don't be angry, Queen Mother. The Emperor is grateful for the Wen family's loyalty, so he has shown more love to Wen Qiqi. He definitely didn't mean to make the Queen Mother angry!"

My aunt knew that the Empress Dowager had never really liked the Emperor. Fortunately, after the Emperor ascended the throne, he was very filial to the Empress Dowager, and the harem tried its best to obey the Empress Dowager in everything.

The Empress Dowager was extremely cold towards the Emperor. She didn't ask about the affairs of the previous dynasty and didn't even care about the Emperor's health.

The relationship between mother and son is very shallow.

But the Empress Dowager did treat the Thirteenth Prince very differently, and she kept it in her mind all the time.

Others didn’t know about the Empress Dowager, but the aunt beside her knew it very well.

Last time there was an epidemic in Kyoto, everyone in the palace was worried that the emperor would be infected with the epidemic, which would have been a huge disaster.

The Empress Dowager was worried about the Thirteenth Prince. She repeatedly told those around her that if the Thirteenth Prince had any trouble, they must report to her at the Cining Palace as soon as possible.

Every time the Thirteenth Prince came to the palace to visit the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother would chat with him for a long time. As someone close to the Queen Mother, it was natural to see that the Queen Mother really loved the Thirteenth Prince.

After the Thirteenth Prince left, the Empress Dowager would send someone to invite the Emperor to the Cining Palace and personally and repeatedly urge the Emperor to take good care of her younger brother.

The aunts in the Cining Palace all saw the disappointment on the emperor's face, but they dared not say a word.

To be honest, my aunt feels a little sorry for the emperor. No one is perfect. Who can be heartless? Who can be without pain?

Even though he is the emperor, he still feels lonely and helpless in front of his mother.

Fortunately, the emperor had a very good relationship with the Thirteenth Prince and the Fourteenth Prince in the past. When the emperor had nothing to do, he would invite the Thirteenth Prince and the Fourteenth Prince to the palace to accompany him on horseback hunting, playing chess and chatting.

In the eyes of everyone, the emperor treated the prince like a brother.

But even so, the Queen Mother was still not satisfied.

Even the aunt in the Cining Palace was worried that the Empress Dowager was too willful and would really hurt the Emperor's feelings.

Besides, the emperor took Wen Qiqi straight to the Yangxin Palace.

Along the way, the emperor looked extremely unhappy and didn't say a word.

Wen Qiqi followed behind the emperor, and seeing that Xiao Shunzi also looked nervous, she knew that the emperor had just been angry in the Cining Palace.

Wen Qiqi could only vaguely hear what the Empress Dowager and the Emperor said inside, but she heard only one sentence clearly.

"I just believe that Old Thirteen was wrongly accused. Someone is plotting against him..."

Entering the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Xiao Shunzi quickly poured the emperor some hot tea of ​​just the right temperature, and ordered people to light up the heater in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Although it was not yet a cold winter, it was still a little colder than in previous years, so the Hall of Mental Cultivation started lighting the heater a few days ago.

"Every time I meet the Empress Dowager, our conversation is... not like a normal mother-son conversation."

The emperor finally couldn't hold it in anymore and complained to Wen Qiqi.

"My thirteenth brother and I are both the biological sons of the Empress Dowager. I really can't understand why the Empress Dowager only has my thirteenth brother in her heart from beginning to end. I am also her child, but in her eyes... I am just her son's elder brother!"

The royal family is ruthless, so the love between mother and child is extremely precious.

Qiqi is twenty years younger than the emperor, and the emperor doesn't understand why he can't control his emotions in front of her.

Wen Qiqi looked at the emperor and did not rush to say nice words to comfort his heart like others did.

She was silent for a long time before she spoke: "Your Majesty, Qiqi is already a mother. When I was in East City, I could never remember everything on my way home at night. But I saw the past with him in Xiao Yeye's eyes."

The emperor looked at Wen Qiqi in confusion.