She always plays cards out of the ordinary

Yinzhen thought to himself, he really can't wait. He had only sat down for a while.

"Please come in, Madam Empress."

The Queen Mother walked in supported by Zhu Xi, followed by palace maids carrying food boxes.

"My son, please see the Emperor's mother."

"Hurry up and get up. I saw that you only drank alcohol tonight and didn't eat much. I thought of bringing you some food."

The Queen Mother asked the eunuch to open the food box and said, "This is the porridge I ordered the kitchen to make. Have some to fill your stomach."

"Thank you, Empress Dowager, but I just had some snacks and I'm not hungry right now. Let's put this porridge aside for now."

After investigating the entire harem, Yinzhen has been wary of his mother, the Empress Dowager. The Fourteenth Prince is still guarding the Imperial Mausoleum, Longkodo has resigned from the post of the Nine Gates Governor, and the Empress has been seized by him tonight. Many of the things he did were contrary to the Empress Dowager, which made Yinzhen have to be vigilant.

When the empress dowager heard that the emperor had already eaten, she did not force him to eat. After all, the porridge was just an excuse for him to come.

"Your Majesty, just make your own plans. Your health concerns the people of the world, so you can't be careless."

The Queen Mother paused here, thought of the Queen, and finally spoke.

"I know that the Queen's words tonight were a little inappropriate, but Your Majesty should still be considerate of the Queen. You suddenly asked Jingpin, Zhaopin and others to share the Queen's harem power tonight. It is inevitable that the Queen was in a hurry."

Yinzhen touched the ring on his hand, which was the movement he made when he was thinking or upset. Although he already knew the Queen Mother's purpose, he still felt disappointed when he heard her words.

"Didn't Concubine Hua help manage the six palaces in the past? I was concerned about her headache and sent someone to help her. Is it my fault?"

"It's good that the Emperor cares about the Empress, but the Empress has been handling palace affairs for many years, so I think she has already mastered these things. Besides, Zhaopin is pregnant now, so taking care of the heir is her most important task. Other things can be put aside. As for Jingpin and Shen Guiren..."

The emperor was really fed up with this roundabout way of speaking, so he directly pointed out the queen's weak point.

"Since Empress Dowager knows that the heir in Concubine Zhao's belly is important, don't you understand what I mean?"

The Queen Mother was shocked, not knowing how much the Emperor knew, but she still pretended to be confused and said, "The Emperor blames the Queen for not taking good care of Concubine Zhao? Concubine Zhao was willing to come to the New Year's Eve dinner, so how could the Queen easily stop her?"

"The Emperor's Mother!!!"

Yinzhen saw that even at this time, the Queen Mother was still trying to find excuses for the Queen and pretending to be ignorant, so he felt that he didn't need to save any face for the Queen Mother.

"I am 46 years old this year, but I only have three adult princes. What do you think is going on? When I was in the palace, there were miscarriages every year. After I ascended the throne, Concubine Xin and Concubine Fang were pregnant with children. Is it really that I am not destined to have children? Su Peisheng!"

"The slave is here."

"Bring the contents of the third drawer on the right side of the A-shaped box to the Queen Mother, so that she can see the good work of my good Queen."

Su Peisheng gently placed a stack of papers on the empress dowager's desk, then quietly stepped back and closed the door.

The Queen Mother already had a premonition at this time. She picked up the stack of papers and read them one by one. Although she knew that the Queen had done many evil things, these evidences still made the Queen Mother feel cold in her heart.

The Queen Mother knew that since the Emperor had produced all the evidence, the matter had already been settled. The only thing to do now was to keep the Queen's position.

"Your Majesty, you know how the Queen feels about you. She could have been the legitimate wife, but Rouze suddenly showed up and took away the position. How could she not hate you?"

Yinzhen picked up the evidence that Yixiu had murdered Empress Chunyuan, "So she killed my legitimate wife and my legitimate son? If it weren't for the Empress's mother's efforts in front of my father, how could she have become my legitimate wife? Moreover, how many of my children have been harmed by this vicious woman? I wish I could chop her into pieces."

The Queen Mother saw that the Emperor had already started to kill the Queen, and she felt something was wrong. "Your Majesty, do you still remember what Rouze said before she died? She asked you to take good care of her sister. Is the Emperor going to break his promise now?"

"Empress Chunyuan did not let her harm anyone. I originally thought that as long as she behaved herself, I would not mind her occupying the position of Empress, but Ulanara Yixiu refused."

When the Queen Mother heard this, her eyes sparkled, "Your Majesty, the Ulanara family cannot have a deposed queen!"

Yinzhen picked up the teacup in front of him and took a sip of the cold tea. After just a small sip, the bitter taste spread in his mouth and went all the way to his internal organs.

"My Queen Mother, you are supporting the Ulanara family like this, have you ever thought about what the Uya family will think? Have you ever thought about what I will think?"

Yinzhen no longer wanted to argue with the empress dowager about who was more important, himself, his fourteenth brother, or Ulanara, so he stood up.

"It's getting late, Madam Empress, you should go back and rest early."

Before the empress dowager could recover from Yinzhen's question, Yinzhen had already sent the guests away. She thought that she had not yet told him about the palace maid leaving the palace, but it was no longer appropriate to do so.

That night, the three most distinguished people in the Forbidden City stayed awake all night.

***

After the New Year's Eve dinner, Nian Shilan returned to Yiku Palace and stayed there until the time came. However, her coming out this time was still useful, at least it showed the people in the palace that she was still in favor.

Seeing this, Concubine Li also perked up. Because Nian Shilan had told her something the night before, she went to find Cao Qinmo the next day.

When they arrived at Chuxiu Palace, Cao Qinmo was just about to take Wen Yi out to bask in the sun. It was a rare sunny day today, and she also wanted Wen Yi to take a stroll in the Imperial Garden.

Seeing Lipin coming over, Cao Qinmo's curved lips stiffened, and then she sent her personal maid Yinxiu away, "Take the maids and take good care of the princess, I will come later."

"Yes."

Lipin looked at Wen Yi and was thinking about giving her a hug and teasing her, but when she saw Wen Yi being carried away, she gave up.

She sat down on the couch and said, "Noble Lady Cao is living a carefree life. You didn't seem to be worried when the queen was imprisoned. Instead, you took advantage of the queen's absence to curry favor with Concubine Zhao. What would you do if I told the queen about this?"

Concubine Cao was also speechless about Concubine Li. Concubine Nian did attend the dinner last night, but everyone was sitting in the hall throughout the entire banquet. Who would tell her?

And last night, first Zhaopin received several favors from the emperor, and then Wanchang danced beautifully. Given Nian Shilan's personality, she must have been so jealous that she almost couldn't handle it. If the stupid Lipin had the courage to run into Nian Shilan's trap, her name, Cao Qinmo, would be written backwards.