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Chapter 157 The Queen Mother's Persistence
Shangguan Yunting stepped into the Empress Dowager's palace, which was decorated with gold and jade, showing the royal majesty and the Empress Dowager's noble status.
When the nanny saw Shangguan Yunting, a delighted smile appeared on her face. She quickly bowed and saluted, "This old servant pays homage to His Royal Highness Prince Mu."
"Excuse me, Madam. Where is the Queen Mother?"
"The Empress Dowager is resting in the warm room. I heard that you were so happy to be back in Beijing last night that you didn't sleep a wink. You are resting in the warm room now."
"I will wait here for my mother to wake up."
"Prince Mu, I will go in and report to the Queen Mother!"
"Need not."
Shangguan Yunting sat in the main hall and waited for two cups of tea before the nanny came to report: Prince Mu, the Queen Mother has woken up and is calling you in.
Shangguan Yunting entered the warm room with firm and powerful steps, knelt down and saluted, saying: "Your son pays homage to the Queen Mother. May the Queen Mother be well."
The Queen Mother said excitedly: "Old Nine, you are finally back. I miss you so much. How have you been in the military camp for the past two years?"
"Thank you for your concern, mother. I am doing well, but I miss you day and night."
The Queen Mother smiled after hearing Shangguan Yunting's words.
Shangguan Yunting pulled out a pair of jade bracelets from his bosom and handed them to the Queen Mother. "Mother, this is a gift I carefully selected for you. I hope you like it."
The Queen Mother was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling when she saw the jade bracelet with its delicate texture, crystal clearness, luster and beauty.
"Mammy, please help me put them on quickly. This pair of jade bracelets is the best gift I have ever received."
"As long as the Queen Mother likes it."
"I like it, Old Nine, you are so thoughtful. Even when you are fighting in the military camp, you still think of mother. Mother is very happy."
"You are my biological mother, and I worry about you day and night. If I cannot serve you, I would be unfilial."
"Your mother will be satisfied with your kindness."
The nanny brought three plates of cakes and placed them on the table. "Your Highness Prince Mu, the Queen Mother knew you were coming to the palace today, so she specially ordered this servant to make your favorite sweet-scented osmanthus cake, water chestnut cake, and chestnut cake."
"Thank you, mother, for your concern."
Shangguan Yunting took the cake and ate it, praising it as he ate: "The cakes made by Nanny are still delicious. You can never get such a taste outside."
"Thank you for your praise, Your Highness Prince Mu. The Queen Mother taught me how to do this."
"Ninth Brother, you and the Emperor have loved eating the cakes made by our mother since you were little. Unfortunately, our mother is old and might pass away one day. You brothers will not be able to eat the cakes made by our mother, so we passed on the cake-making skills to our mother, hoping that she will give you some remembrance."
"Mother, you will surely live a long life."
"Old Nine, don't comfort the Queen Mother. She's old and her health is not as good as before."
She sighed deeply again and said to Shangguan Yunting, "It's a pity that my mother still has unfulfilled wishes."
"Mother, please tell me what you wish for, and I will do my best to satisfy you."
"My mother's greatest wish is for you to find a happy marriage. While you are in the capital, I will select several candidates for your principal wife. Tomorrow, you can meet them one by one. If you are attracted to each other, you can get married directly. Then my great concern will be resolved."
Shangguan Yunting knelt on the ground with a plop, his eyes firm as he said, "Mother, I already have a girl I like. I have used my military merits to ask the Emperor to grant me marriage. The Emperor has already issued the imperial decree. I have come here to pay my respects and to express my feelings to you, Your Majesty. Please grant your blessing."
When the Empress Dowager heard that Shangguan Yunting had a favorite girl and had asked the Emperor to grant him a marriage, her face suddenly changed drastically. She shouted, "Old Nine, do you still have eyes for me, your biological mother? You really don't take me seriously. You actually took the initiative to ask the Emperor to grant you a marriage. How unfilial."
"I worked so hard to raise you and the Emperor, and this is how you brothers repay me? The Emperor decisively dealt with my family without ever considering my feelings. Everyone in the capital laughs at me for not even being able to protect my family."
"How could you possibly hide such a significant matter as marriage from me, and secretly request the Emperor to grant me a marriage? Are you trying to piss me off to death?"
Her voice was sharp and raspy, filled with anger and desperation.
She angrily took off the jade bracelet on her wrist and threw it to the ground, smashing it to pieces.
Shangguan Yunting said with a firm look in his eyes, "Mother, please calm down. I was wrong to keep this secret from you. Please punish me. But you can meet the girl I admire. She is kind-hearted and extremely intelligent."
"She saved my brother's life back then, and she saved my son's life again on the Youzhou battlefield. If she hadn't arrived with the soldiers, I would definitely not be able to return to see you today. Mother, will you accept her because she has saved your two sons so many times?"
"I disagree. She is of low status, yet she went to the capital to file a complaint to the emperor in order to avenge her mother. She sacrificed her own family for the sake of justice. How could such a cruel and ruthless girl be so sincere to you and eat you up without leaving even a bone? I will not allow such a cruel and ruthless woman to enter the imperial palace."
"She is not worthy of your noble status, Your Highness. I will never agree to your marriage with her. Unless I die, she will never be able to become the daughter-in-law of the royal family."
Shangguan Yunting said coldly: "Mother, I didn't tell you who she was. How could you know that she was of low status and yet she killed her relatives for the sake of justice?"
The nanny quickly explained, "Your Highness Prince Mu, the Third Prince mentioned this yesterday when he came to the palace to pay his respects to the Emperor. At that time, I was also in the main hall with the Queen Mother, so the Queen Mother guessed that Princess Furong was the girl you admired."
"Mammy, didn't the Queen Mother send people to investigate Xiaorou's identity and also send assassins to Yunzhou to assassinate Xiaorou?"
"What nonsense! How could I, a noble person, do such a thing? Besides, I don't even care about a powerless girl. Why would I send someone to assassinate her? It's simply a huge joke."
"What kind of magic potion did she instill in you that made you trust her so much more than you trust your own mother?"
"Mother, I am a man who can observe and think, and I have the ability to think. I am not someone who will just take others' words at face value."
"If I, your son, do not distinguish right from wrong and wrongly accuse you, your mother, how can I be worthy of being your son?"
The Queen Mother quickly interrupted Shangguan Yunting and said, "Even if you tell the truth, I will not allow you to marry a woman like that."
"You are the most honorable Prince Qizhu of Da Qi. How can you decide on such a matter as marriage by yourself?"
"So what if my mother is the Prince of Seven Pearls? Which noble lady in the capital doesn't come here for the title of Prince of Seven Pearls? Which girl truly loves me, your son?"
"Which other girl saved the lives of me and my brother, and was able to develop heavy weapons to counterbalance Northern Yan? Xiaorou's achievements far surpass mine. If she weren't a girl, my brother wouldn't be exaggerating to make her a marquis and a general."
"This is a remarkable woman who is as capable as any man. It is my great fortune to marry her. You despise her background, but she doesn't. I should be secretly happy."
"Mother, I have made up my mind. If you insist on separating us, I will take my brother's imperial decree granting us marriage and return to the Youzhou military camp, never to return to the capital."
After hearing what Shangguan Yunting said, the Queen Mother was so angry that she trembled all over. She pointed at Shangguan Yunting with trembling fingers, her eyes full of anger and disappointment.
"How could I have given birth to a pair of ungrateful wolves like you two brothers! Your brother treated my family members mercilessly, and you treat me the same way! What's the point of me living? I might as well go down to the underworld to see your father."
Her voice was filled with grief and despair.
Shangguan Yunting felt sorry for the Queen Mother because she was his biological mother after all. In order to marry Shen Rou, he looked at the Queen Mother expressionlessly. A compromise is a compromise forever, and he cannot be soft-hearted.
Shangguan Yunting kowtowed three times, "I may be an unfilial son, but I will never give up on Xiaorou. I beg your Majesty to grant me this."
The Queen Mother felt a pang of pain at the sight, but she still said stubbornly, "Even if you beg me, I will never agree to your relationship with that girl. If you insist on marrying her, you will no longer recognize me as your mother."
However, Shangguan Yunting did not relent. He straightened his body and looked at the Queen Mother with a firm gaze. "Since this is the case, I am willing to bear all consequences. But please remember, Queen Mother, every word I say today comes from the heart."
After saying that, Shangguan Yunting stood up, turned around and left. The empress dowager suddenly felt dizzy and fainted.
The nanny shouted: "Empress Dowager... Empress Dowager..."
Shangguan Yunting hurried over, carried the Queen Mother to the bed, and ordered: "Call the imperial physician... call the imperial physician..."
The imperial physician rushed over and began to treat the empress dowager. Shangguan Yunting stood aside, his face heavy, looking at the empress dowager with worry.
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