The queen is sober in the world, and she is winning every step of the palace fight.

"Why would he need me to save him? Everything is within his calculations."

There was hidden anger in Fei Wan's eyes.

Ma Xiaofeng seemed to be watching the fun: "You were also tricked by him?"

"of course."

Fei Wan had long known that from the very beginning, she had been a pawn used by the emperor to appease the empress dowager.

The Empress Dowager was released from house arrest and asked her to go and receive him. After she knelt down, the Emperor allowed her to go.

The Empress Dowager wanted to take her out of the palace, and the Emperor allowed her to go.

The Empress Dowager was making moves behind the scenes, and the Emperor must have been doing so as well, but on the surface, mother and son maintained a false harmony.

She is the symbol of harmony.

Just like at the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, she was the focus of the confrontation between mother and son.

To the emperor and the empress dowager, it didn't matter whether she was good or bad, high or low, alive or dead; only their own interests and plans were important.

"Then what's the point of being a favorite concubine?" Ma Xiaofeng asked jokingly.

"Being a favorite concubine is boring. I never thought about being a favorite concubine forever."

"Oh? Are you as disillusioned with the world as an old monk? Have you long anticipated the day you'd fall from grace?"

Fei Wan looked at the soldiers fighting in the distance and the messy city gate inside and outside under the clear autumn sky, feeling very heavy.

I was not in the mood to chat with Ma Xiaofeng.

But he still replied calmly: "Being favored or not is only temporary. What I value is the long-term future."

"How about tomorrow?"

"At least, there shouldn't be any pointless fighting like today, wasting lives!"

Fei Wan stared at the battlefield and mounted his horse.

Although her body was very tired and new and old injuries were aching, she regained her spirits after a short rest.

Today’s events are far from over!

She is a chess piece, but more than just a chess piece!

……

"Emperor, please abdicate properly. I will also leave the palace and live out my days in the West Hills. We are mother and son, and it would be inappropriate for us to go to war. We are all for the sake of Daliang. It is better for us to both take a step back and choose a new emperor to rule Daliang."

In Chenqian Palace, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor were still in a standoff.

The empress dowager's suggestion made the emperor laugh.

"Today I have learned how shameless and foolish people can be."

The emperor shook his head, not wanting to argue with the empress dowager anymore, and gave direct orders to Cao Bin.

"You count down. Within three, the Queen Mother must surrender."

What if the Queen Mother disagrees?

The shiny steel fork can be used to start the attack.

The emperor was determined to kill him, and Cao Bin accepted the order with awe and dared not disobey.

He bowed to the Empress Dowager, confessed his guilt, and began to count.

"three--"

"two--"

Before the word "one" was uttered, the Queen Mother had already called for a halt.

"Don't count anymore, I'll just give the order to retreat!"

She obviously sensed the emperor's murderous intention.

And quickly assess the current situation.

If she refused to yield, the emperor might kill her immediately. By then, even if a hundred thousand soldiers overturned the Chenqian Palace and chopped the emperor into pieces, it would all be meaningless to her.

As long as the green mountains remain, there will be no shortage of firewood. Only by temporarily bowing your head in exchange for your life will you have a chance to turn things around later.

"Emperor, I still say the same thing. We are mother and son, so we should not fight each other. It is ugly. Put away that dangerous thing, and I will go out to order the troops to withdraw."

The Queen Mother discussed it in a gentle manner.

The emperor nodded and smiled. "Your words are absolutely right. We are mother and son, so why bother to start a war? Queen Mother, please write the letter. I will send someone to take the letter and the token and tell them to leave the city. As for you, please stay here and let us, mother and son, have a heart-to-heart talk. Wouldn't that be a pleasure?"

The steel forks and powerful crossbows will naturally not be put away.

Without this, he was the prey. And now, the Queen Mother was the clever old fox who fell into the hunter's trap.

Cao Bin took a pen and paper and went over.

The empress dowager had no right to dislike the ink that the emperor had just complained about, either too thick or too thin. She could only follow the emperor's request and write a letter ordering his men to withdraw.

Then he took out the Ciyu Palace token he carried with him and handed it to the emperor's guard.

The first to take off their armor were the guards around the Queen Mother.

The emperor promised them to spare their lives, so they did not resist. They laid down their swords and guns, took off their armor, moved away from the empress dowager, and knelt in two rows at the foot of the wall.

Cao Bin went up and tied all of their hands behind their backs.

The Queen Mother was left alone.

The emperor's guards took the empress dowager's letter and the token of Ciyu Palace and went straight out of the palace, ordering the rebels outside the palace to lay down their arms first.

"General Pu is dead, and his entire family will be executed! The rest of you must immediately lay down your armor and confess your crimes, and Your Majesty will spare your lives! The Queen Mother's token is here, and I order you to surrender immediately!"

The guards shouted loudly.

Suddenly, a roaring sound like a surging wave spread from far away, and the sound of horses' hooves and footsteps was orderly and shocking.

It turned out that a group of countless royal guards rushed out from the inner palace.

The troops that the Queen Mother brought into the palace only blocked a few gates of the inner palace, thinking that the people inside were all concubines and palace maids, who were not to be feared, and it would not be too late to deal with them after the matter was accomplished.

I never expected that there would be a large number of Royal Guards hiding in the inner palace.

At this time, they rushed out, sweeping inside and outside the Chenqian Palace like a tide. Those rebels who refused to surrender were killed on the spot.

The Queen Mother's body swayed, and suddenly her vision went dark.

He fell to the ground with a thud.

"Your Majesty, are you feeling unwell?"

The emperor walked forward with a smile, his voice warm and concerned.

The sound was so harsh and echoing to the Queen Mother's ears, making her head buzz.

She opened her eyes, opened them hard, but the emperor in front of her had a double image.

"I'm fine!"

She gritted her teeth and held on.

The black fog in front of me took a long time to dissipate, but there were still some golden stars lingering around.

She couldn't stand up.

"Queen Mother, what's wrong with you? Do you need a hand? The imperial maids have been frightened by the rebels and have gone into hiding. There's no one to serve you right now. I'm really sorry for this."

Cao Bin stood beside the emperor and mocked the empress dowager.

If the Queen Mother succeeded today, His Majesty would surely die, and he, the eunuch in front of the Emperor, would also have no other choice but to die. Therefore, seeing that the Queen Mother's plan had failed, he was extremely happy.

"Okay, even if you don't want to use a slave, you have to use him."

Seeing that the Queen Mother still couldn't struggle to get up, Cao Bin stretched out his arm and lifted her up.

The empress dowager helped Cao Bin stand up in a daze. She felt a tightness in her chest, a rush of blood, and a headache.

I don't have the energy to care about Cao Bin's rudeness.

"Good, very good, Emperor. I was just one step behind this time. You... are truly great!"

She gritted her teeth weakly.

The emperor smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I am indeed too kind. I am only a little more resourceful than you. But sometimes, it is this little bit that determines victory or defeat."

The Queen Mother said nothing more because she suddenly felt that she could no longer hold back the nausea in her chest.

Wow, spit it out.

He vomited filth all over the floor.

There was actually a lot of blood in the sour and smelly vomit.