bestfiction Chapter 264 The Domineering Princess 17
Chapter 264 The Domineering Princess 17
"Humph, this is naturally your fault. It's you who spoiled my son like this."
Emperor Lingyue spoke in a cold tone, his eyes full of contempt.
"As expected of someone from a humble family, I really regret having made you the queen."
Queen Zheng's face instantly turned extremely ugly and pale as paper. She had no choice but to lower her head and remain silent.
Yun Ling watched Queen Zheng being humiliated by Emperor Lingyue, and was extremely anxious.
He stood up and shouted to Emperor Lingyue, "Father, this matter has nothing to do with the Queen Mother. She works tirelessly every day to teach you to be filial to you. The Queen Mother is absolutely not at fault."
Yun Ling's words did not arouse the slightest sympathy from Emperor Lingyue, but instead earned him an even more disgusted look.
"You are indeed the crown prince appointed by me personally, but why did I appoint you as the crown prince? Don't you really understand deep in your heart?"
Emperor Lingyue questioned in a stern tone.
Yun Ling's face turned pale instantly and his body began to tremble uncontrollably.
He stammered, "Your son...Your son doesn't know."
Emperor Lingyue sneered and continued to mock, "Is it because you have some earth-shattering ability? Or have you made some outstanding contribution to the country?"
"Yun Ling, you are not even as good as Yu'er. At least Yu'er was born with auspicious signs."
"You can become the crown prince because you are a prince, and because you are the son of the late queen."
When Ah Zhi, who was standing by, heard this, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly, feeling a little surprised.
She didn't expect that Emperor Lingyue would tell the truth so ruthlessly.
You have to know that although the previous Emperor Lingyue was partial to Yun Ling, he still had some concerns and was unwilling to completely hurt Yun Ling's heart.
Presumably, Yun Ling's actions today had made him unable to bear it any longer and extremely angry.
Emperor Lingyue raised his chin slightly, his eyes revealing a hint of coldness and determination.
His voice seemed to come from the cold winter and was full of coldness.
"I am still in my prime, full of energy and not yet old. However, the Queen is already eager to make you the heir."
"Her thoughts are undoubtedly a betrayal and treason against me, and she is trying to usurp my throne. This behavior is simply unforgivable."
Yun Ling's eyes widened, his face full of astonishment.
He quickly said to Emperor Lingyue, "No! No! I have never had such an idea!"
"His Majesty!"
Queen Zheng opened her eyes wide in horror and knelt down in a hurry with a trembling voice, as if she was about to cry at the next moment.
"I have absolutely no intention of being disloyal. In my heart, only Your Majesty is the worthy ruler of the world. Your Majesty, please understand clearly."
If Queen Zheng was found to have treasonous intentions, then the entire Zheng family would face the fate of being liquidated.
Originally, Queen Zheng lacked confidence because she had no biological children, but she was able to secure her position as queen thanks to the support and promotion of Emperor Lingyue.
Now she was trembling like a frightened quail, which made Emperor Lingyue reveal a hint of disgust in his eyes.
Seeing that the play had come to an end, Ah Zhi, who was standing by, immediately stepped forward and bowed to Emperor Lingyue.
"Father, the Empress raised my brother after all. Even if there is no credit for this, it is still hard work. Father, please give the Empress another chance."
Queen Zheng's mind was full of attempts to exonerate herself and ask Emperor Lingyue to spare her.
She had no doubt about the reason why Azhi pleaded for her, and she just followed Azhi's lead and begged Emperor Lingyue.
"Yes, Your Majesty, please give me another chance, and I will never be confused again."
On weekdays, Queen Zheng always complained that she was the Queen of Emperor Lingyue, but she got little respect from Emperor Lingyue.
Looking at Queen Zheng lying on the ground crying bitterly, no man would feel the slightest bit of pity for her.
Her scheming was all over her face, and Emperor Lingyue didn't like Queen Zheng in the first place.
Empress Zheng was quite pretty when she was young, but now that she is older, Emperor Lingyue dislikes her more.
Emperor Lingyue chose Zheng as the empress because she was on good terms with the late empress. Only such a person would be able to treat the twins as his own.
In order to make Queen Zheng devote herself wholeheartedly to her two children, Emperor Lingyue even used some unspeakable means.
This matter was discovered by Azhi in the original body's memory. The original body was still young at that time, and the memory was a bit vague, but Azhi still found clues in it.
Queen Zheng was in her prime at the time, so how could she be unable to give birth?
Who could have thought that it was Emperor Lingyue who had tampered with this?
Ah Zhi lowered her eyes to hide the gleam in them.
Men are sometimes more calculating than women.
At this time, Queen Zheng was still begging Emperor Lingyue. She was really frightened by Emperor Lingyue, but Emperor Lingyue was high above her and had a clear vision, and he turned a blind eye to Queen Zheng's unbearable behavior.
"Zheng, I can give you another chance, but you have to remember that Yun Ling is the son of the late queen, and you are just his adoptive mother. Don't even think about getting ahead of the late queen in everything."
Queen Zheng raised her head with red eyes, feeling very hurt. She didn't expect that she had treated her son like her own for more than ten years.
How could Queen Zheng be willing to accept the fact that she only received a warning when she appeared in front of Emperor Lingyue?
But she had to lower her head and said in a weak voice, "I understand."
Azhi couldn't help but look at Yun Ling lying on the bed. He was defending Queen Zheng just now.
Now, seeing that Queen Zheng was almost charged with treason, he immediately became mute.
To put it bluntly, what is the deep love between mother and child?
It was just Queen Zheng's wishful thinking.
To the selfish Yun Ling, she was indeed like his biological mother in his heart.
But when disaster strikes, Yun Ling can ruthlessly abandon Queen Zheng to save himself.
Such a mother-child relationship is really ridiculous and fragile.
Emperor Lingyue gave a few instructions to the maids and eunuchs of the East Palace, then turned to look at Ah Zhi and asked, "Yu'er, I'm leaving now. Do you want to leave with me?"
Perhaps thinking of the fact that Azhi and Yun Ling had always been at odds, Emperor Lingyue asked this question without hesitation.
Azhi smiled at Emperor Lingyue with pursed lips and shook her head slightly.
"I want to stay in the East Palace to talk with my brother. It would be better if you leave first."
Yun Ling did not make any sarcastic remarks this time, but Emperor Lingyue looked at him and warned him, "Crown Prince, Yu'er is your biological sister. There is no one in the palace who is closer to you than her. You must get along well with Yu'er. Yu'er came to visit you with good intentions today. As the crown prince, you must not hurt Yu'er's feelings."
These words were not only said to Yun Ling, but also a warning to Queen Zheng.
Yun Ling shook his body gently and his eyes were listless. He was obviously injured and bedridden, but he didn't expect that Emperor Lingyue was thinking about Azhi all the time.
Yun Ling's face looked even paler, and Azhi was really afraid that he would vomit blood in the next second.
If he works harder, Yun Ling will be able to reincarnate sooner.
Yun Ling lowered his head unwillingly and said, "Yes, I understand."
Seeing that Yun Ling had listened, Emperor Lingyue left with peace of mind.
Ah Zhi stood up and looked at Yun Ling and Queen Zheng, her beautiful, bright eyes filled with pride.
The obedient demeanor she had shown in front of Emperor Lingyue just now disappeared, replaced by arrogance and arrogance.
She stepped forward and smiled seductively.
"The Queen and my brother are so naive. Do they think they can just send someone to file a complaint in advance?"
She clapped her hands at the ugly looks of Queen Zheng and Yun Ling, and two eunuchs dragged a palace maid in and threw her in.
This palace maid was sent by Empress Zheng to invite Emperor Lingyue. Empress Zheng and Aunt Liu had already told the palace maid in advance how to file a complaint.
Their purpose was to discredit Azhi in front of Emperor Lingyue, and they wanted to take the opportunity to turn the tables.
However, Azhi acted faster than any of them. He had already inquired about Emperor Lingyue's situation in advance and successfully captured the palace maid, without giving Queen Zheng any chance to complain.
Queen Zheng gritted her teeth but could not utter a word. The embarrassing scene just now lingered in her mind.
Azhi stepped forward and pulled off Queen Zheng's phoenix hairpin, then played with it in her hand while she stared in disbelief.
Queen Zheng subconsciously touched her hair bun, the expression on her face couldn't be any darker.
It was such a great humiliation for a queen of a country to have her phoenix hairpin pulled out by a princess.
"Princess Yu!" Aunt Liu said hurriedly, "How can you be so bold? The phoenix hairpin on your head was given by His Majesty himself. How can you take it off casually?"
Ah Zhi was still smiling as she twisted the phoenix hairpin, but she turned around and slapped Aunt Liu in the face.
"Snapped."
"Do I have to report everything I do to you? Do you really think that just because you've become the queen's dog, you can bark in front of me?"
After scolding Aunt Liu, she continued to look at Queen Zheng and approached, "This princess just noticed that the phoenix hairpin on the Queen's head was crooked, so she took it off and prepared to put it on the Queen again."
As soon as he finished speaking, he put the phoenix hairpin on Queen Zheng.
However, Queen Zheng's eyes were red and her lips moved slightly, and her face looked as if she had suffered great humiliation, which made people feel really sad.
She stared at Ah Zhi and said word by word, "I really thank the princess for her kindness."
Ah Zhi leaned close to Queen Zheng and whispered in her ear, "You will never be as good as my mother. Even though you have become the queen, you will always live under my mother's glory."
Queen Zheng was trembling all over and her tears were piling up.
Ahzhi smiled carefreely and took the round fan handed to her by Jiangzhu. She pushed Aunt Liu away, twisted her waist and left arrogantly.
As she watched Azhi's graceful figure disappear, Queen Zheng's tears welled up in her eyes.
Aunt Liu at the side hurriedly supported Queen Zheng and asked, "My queen, what's wrong with you?"
Queen Zheng trembled all over, covered her forehead and spoke with difficulty.
"Help me return to the palace quickly and choose a royal physician. My headache is coming back again."
This time, Lian Yunling was not taken care of. Queen Zheng and Aunt Liu left in a hurry.
As soon as Azhi returned to Mingzhu Palace and rested, she heard about what happened in Kunning Palace.
Queen Zheng is really fragile. She can get angry over the slightest thing.
Ah Zhi waved her round fan and asked Jiang Zhu, "How has Wei Yuanxi been doing these days? How has his health recovered?"
Jiangzhu brought Ahzhi a cup of tea and replied, "I went to see him myself. Prince Wei is much better now. He is in good spirits now. But he always asks about the princess, especially about her jade pendant."
"Jade pendant?"
Ah Zhi lowered his eyes and looked at the jade pendant on his waist. Even though the jade pendant was broken into pieces, the original owner still found a skilled craftsman to piece it back together, and even used gold as embellishment.
This jade pendant is made of rare red jade in the world. Emperor Lingyue had specially selected the finest red jade for the late queen in order to please her.
The color of this red jade is particularly authentic, and the whole jade pendant looks like the sunset glow.
The late queen loved the beauty of sunset glow, so Emperor Lingyue found some sunset glow for her and carried it with her every day.
She treated it as a treasure and wore it every day. Originally, the jade pendant was to be buried with the late queen, but before her death, the late queen instructed Emperor Lingyue to leave the jade pendant to her children, which is why Emperor Lingyue kept the jade pendant.
Azhi took off the jade pendant and held it in his palm to examine it carefully. No one knew the true purpose of this jade pendant. If it were not for the memory of the original body, Azhi would have thought that this jade pendant had no other use except for being precious.
I saw Azhi pick up the knife from the fruit plate.
"Princess?"
Jiangzhu didn't react at all. She didn't expect that Azhi actually cut her hand.
Azhi dripped the blood on his hand onto the jade pendant, and the jade pendant actually emitted a faint red light.
At the same time, two lines of words appeared on the jade pendant: "Seeing the jade is like seeing me, holding the jade to mobilize the Yuan soldiers." No one expected that there were words on the jade pendant.
Jiangzhu looked at the jade pendant with shock on her face.
"Princess, why are there words on this jade?"
Ahzhi held the jade pendant tightly and two lines of tears fell. This was the emotional fluctuation of her original body.
This jade pendant is a talisman left by the late queen to her two children.
The late queen’s surname was Yuan. Her ancestors were not originally from Lingyue, but were descendants of the royal family of Huai’an.
This jade pendant can be used to dispatch the secret guards left behind by the late queen. Don't underestimate these secret guards, they come and go without a trace.
The Yun Ling in the memory accidentally discovered the function of the jade pendant. In exchange for helping the original body pursue Zhou Linxi, he deliberately tricked the original body into giving him the jade pendant.
As for what he did with the jade pendant, it was not mentioned in the original body's memory, but his path to ascending the throne and unifying the world was smooth.
Ah Zhi said softly to Jiang Zhu, "Go and bring in a basin of clean water."
"Yes."
Although Jiangzhu didn't know what Azhi was going to do, she still dismissed everyone else and personally fetched a basin of water.
Azhi washed the jade pendant with clean water, and the words on it disappeared as it was washed.
Ah Zhi then explained to Jiang Zhu, "This jade pendant is a backup plan left by our mother to me and my brother. As long as the jade pendant is in our hands, even if our father really falls in love with someone else, we still have a trump card to save our lives."
Looking at the luxurious golden and red jade pendant in Azhi's hand.
Jiangzhu sighed, "The Queen is really prepared for a rainy day."
Ah Zhi tied the jade pendant around her waist again with a sad voice.
"It is often said that parents who love their children will plan for them in the long run. Before my mother died, she was still thinking about me and my brother. But my brother really disappointed my mother. He actually treated Zheng as his biological mother."