The Demon Queen of Divine Doctor is not to be trifled with

Chapter 657 Are You a Matchmaker?

When she mentioned this, people realized that they had indeed not seen Mrs. Li attend the palace banquet.

Normally, all the masters in the palace should be present at such a palace banquet. Even the concubines left behind by the previous emperor gathered together for two tables, but why didn’t the Empress Dowager West Palace come?

Some people also reflected that they were dazzled by the brilliance of the Emperor and the Empress today, and did not even notice the absence of the Empress Dowager. In fact, the status of the host of the banquet was too high, so the status of the Empress Dowager was not ranked here.

Ye Wenyan asked Lian Shi: "Is it that the Queen Mother of the West Palace looks down on Yanhua Palace and thinks that Yanhua Palace can't afford her?"

Lian Shi smiled and said, "It's not that she looks down on us, but that we forgot to send a note to the one in the West Palace. After all, she is not the emperor's biological mother. Although she sits on the position of empress dowager, she also relies on the remaining power of the previous emperor. To put it bluntly, she is just given a title, but who will actually take her seriously?" At this point, he turned around and asked the guests below, "Do you think this is true?"

What else could the guests say? This was the attitude of Yanhua Palace, so they naturally had to agree and say whatever they wanted to hear!

So everyone said, "Yes, what Eunuch Lian said is right. The Queen Mother of the West Palace is not the Emperor's biological mother, so how noble can she be? Calling her the Queen Mother is also for the late Emperor. If there was no late Emperor, who would know who she is!"

Lian Shi was very satisfied with this answer and nodded several times. Those people were also a little excited by his nod, and took advantage of the alcohol to say a lot of bad things about Queen Mother Li. Some even said: "In fact, she shouldn't live in such a good palace. When the emperor takes power in the future, the queen will also enter the palace. Who will serve two mothers-in-law as soon as they enter the palace? No girl would want to do this. Why not ask Queen Mother Li to move in with the concubines in the future, and call her the concubine." The regent's face was very ugly, and Quan Qingyun happened to look at him and snorted coldly.

Ye Wenyan said to Lian Shi again: "Go and invite Queen Mother Xigong over. Since we are talking about my acquaintance with Lord Emperor, she is naturally indispensable as a matchmaker. Invite her to come and sit down, listen, and share our joy."

Lian Shi was so happy when he heard it that he ran off to ask for help.

Soon, Empress Dowager Li arrived. She may have climbed the 199 steps too fast, her face was pale, she was out of breath, and she was staggering. Lian Shi was still reminding her: "Empress Dowager, please be careful, don't be disrespectful in front of the emperor. Disrespecting the emperor is a serious crime, even if you are the empress dowager, you can't afford it."

Empress Dowager Li took a deep breath, trying to make her breathing even and walk more steadily. It was not until she knelt in the middle of the hall that she felt better. Kneeling was like taking a rest, she thought.

But when she came in, the dance had not yet ended, and the leader did not lead her to the front of the dancers, but only led her to the middle of the dancers and stopped her, motioning her to kneel down. At that time, she only wanted to kneel down and rest for a while, and only after kneeling down did she realize where she was kneeling. At this moment, the dancers were still singing and dancing, and their long skirts and wide sleeves swept her from time to time, and she felt like someone was slapping her in the face, slapping, slapping again and again.

But she didn't dare to stand up, because Lian Shi said, "Your Highness, please kneel here. When the dance is over, the Emperor will be able to look at you. Then you can kowtow and greet him. It's up to the Emperor to decide when to stand up."

Empress Dowager Li recalled the time when she knelt in Yanhua Palace half a year ago. It seemed as if the same scene happened again at this moment, as if it was happening again yesterday.

But this time, the Emperor shouldn’t burn Prince Su’s Mansion again, right?

She turned her eyes to look at Quan Qingyin. The dancer was circling back and forth in front of her eyes. When she had a chance, she could see the child.

It was clearly her child, and they looked exactly the same, but when she looked at the one in front of her, she felt that he was strange and distant, and she didn't feel that he was her child at all.

She missed the child she raised very much, but until now Quan Ji refused to tell her where the child was.

Finally, the dance was over, the dancer left the stage, and there was no next round of dancers coming up for a while.

Empress Dowager Li quickly kowtowed to Shi Liyuan and said, "Long live the Emperor." Then Lian Shi said, "Empress Dowager, from now on, you can't just ask about the Emperor's long life, you also have to ask about the Emperor and Empress's long life. If you don't believe me, look up. The Emperor and Empress are sitting in the front! What is the palace banquet today celebrating? Don't say you don't know."

Empress Dowager Li shuddered, and did not dare to raise her head. She just kowtowed again and said, "May the Emperor and Empress live long."

Ye Wenyan nodded, "Stand up, and take a seat."

The words "Stand up and take a seat" made Empress Dowager Li suddenly feel like the late emperor was alive again. How long had it been since she had lived such a lowly life? She thought she could rest easy after becoming the Empress Dowager, but she didn't expect that her life would be worse than before.

A palace servant led Empress Dowager Li to a seat and sat her down. It was quite far from the Emperor and Empress Dowager, and not close to the Emperor and Empress Dowager Yu, but it was next to the concubines of the previous emperor. Those old ladies even greeted her, "Sister is here too!"

Just like they used to visit each other every morning and evening, they also politely addressed each other as sisters.

Empress Dowager Li was ashamed but she didn't dare to lose her temper, so she had to endure it, which was extremely painful.

These women left behind by the late emperor were not all old ladies. There were also young ones, some even younger than Empress Dowager Li.

Young people are always more lively and thoughtful than old people. They used to look down on the Empress, and now they look down on the Queen Mother even more. It's not easy to get this opportunity, how can I not make fun of her.

Then Empress Dowager Li heard someone ask her, "Sister, do you know why we asked you to come here today? Oh, yes, even the eunuch must have told you when he went to ask you just now. Hey, sister, you are coming here now, are you really here to share the joy with the Emperor and Empress? Do you think there is really joy to share? Don't be too happy and end up in sorrow."

Queen Mother Li was so angry that her hands were shaking. She wanted to say something back, but she was in no mood. Because she knew that the acquaintance between Emperor Zun and Ye Wenyan was directly related to the wedding on the second day of the twelfth lunar month. How could Yanhua Palace invite her here at this time to share the joy? It was clearly to settle accounts.

Sweat dripped down her forehead. At this moment, Ye Wenyan spoke again.

Then she smiled and said to the guests below: "Someone just asked how I met the Emperor. Speaking of this acquaintance, Queen Mother Li was the matchmaker between me and the Emperor. If Queen Mother Li had not resisted the imperial decree of the late emperor and urged her son, the Sixth Prince, to marry someone else, my body would not have been thrown in the snow outside the city. Yes, I met the Emperor in the snow. Speaking of this, there is actually another thing in the middle that few people know, which is... I actually died once."

She raised the corners of her lips. She was clearly smiling, but there was a chill in her smile.

"It was a real death, a knife piercing my heart, and I died. But I was lucky. After I died, I met the Emperor. He saved me, and we were destined to be together. If the Emperor had not passed by that place that day and had not met me, there would not be this engagement banquet today, and I would not be the future empress.

So this is why my mother was determined to avenge me, to fight to the death with the second branch of the Ye family, and even to the death with the Queen Mother. Because to her, her daughter is dead, and the hatred of killing a daughter is irreconcilable, and this hatred must be avenged.

"Empress Dowager!" She suddenly cue Empress Dowager Li, "Do you think this revenge should be avenged?"

Queen Mother Li shuddered, not knowing how to answer for a moment. At this time, the Regent, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "Everything in this world has a cause and an effect, and one thing leads to another. The Empress said she wanted revenge, but I think she should also thank the Empress Dowager Xigong. After all, she indirectly helped you and the Emperor to be together for a hundred years. One merit and one fault, it can be considered as a balance."

Ye Wenyan nodded, "Well, the Regent is right, it did. So I didn't make it too difficult for the Empress Dowager later. Otherwise, think about it, just because of my temper and my relationship with the Emperor, I would kill her, who can do anything to me? But she offset my karma, not my mother's karma. My gratitude to her does not affect my mother's hatred for her, and I have never been able to control my mother, so as far as this matter is concerned, let's talk about our own. I thank my mother for her kindness, and my mother avenges her, and no one will hinder anyone. Regent, do you think my idea is very clear?"

"You..." Quan Ji was almost angry to death. He couldn't figure out who in the Ye family did Ye Wenyan take this kind of mouth from? He knew so many members of the Ye family before, from General Ye to General Ye, including Ye Jingsheng, but he had never seen anyone with such a sharp tongue. Was Ye Wenyan a monster? Who did she learn these words from? Mu stared at Empress Dowager Li with hatred, and her eyes were as resentful as they could be. People found strangely that in addition to Mu, the second lady of the Ye family also looked at Empress Dowager Li with a very unfriendly look, and even more unkind than Mu.

They were really confused and were analyzing the reasons in their minds when they heard Miss Ye Er speak -

She looked at the Regent and said in a clear voice - "My sister is right! As for the matchmaker's favor, when she and the Emperor get married, she can just give Li Xiaohan some wedding candies. But for the matter of life for life, Li Xiaohan must also show some appreciation!"

The regent slammed the table fiercely - "How dare you, you commoner! How dare you address the Queen Mother by her name! What crime should you be punished for!"