allonlinenovel Chapter 232 The Queen's Despair
Chapter 232 The Queen's Despair
The words of Concubine Shun were like a thunderbolt hitting the prince's heart. He was shocked and his face turned extremely ugly. At this moment, he no longer had the mood to attack Concubine Shun.
"Mother Shun should keep Huaiyuan in good care, lest Jin'er comes back one day and finds out that her brother was taught the wrong way by Mother Shun."
"Don't worry, Your Highness. Huaiyuan is very well behaved and obedient. In fact, he is even better than Jin'er."
"Really? That would be great."
At this time, Zhao Huaiyuan, who had been standing silently behind Concubine Shun, stepped forward and answered respectfully.
""Thanks to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for his concern, Huaiyuan will definitely learn from him and become a qualified seventh prince of the Great Saint Dynasty in the future."
Zhao Huaiyuan's voice was childish but steady, and he looked calm and composed.
The prince didn't want to continue to get entangled with this mother and son, so he snorted coldly and left Yuqi Palace.
Concubine Shun scratched Zhao Huaiyuan's nose and scolded with a smile.
"Huaiyuan is such a naughty boy, aren't you afraid that your brother the Crown Prince will punish you?"
Zhao Huaiyuan curled his lips and said seriously.
"Mother, what you said is wrong. Huaiyuan's only brother is the third brother. He is the crown prince, but he is not Huaiyuan's brother."
After saying this, Zhao Huaiyuan pouted his lips and tilted his head to the side.
Concubine Shun smiled, walked up to Zhao Huaiyuan, hugged him in her arms, and kissed him gently on the forehead.
"Well done to our Huaiyuan. Your brother and sister-in-law love you so much."
On the other side, the prince, who was feeling very angry, was about to go to the imperial study but suddenly turned a corner and came to the gate of the Queen's Zhengyang Palace.
He looked up at the now dilapidated Zhengyang Palace with mixed feelings, thinking about how glorious the Zhengyang Palace was in the past.
The prince went forward and knocked on the door, and waited for a long time, but no palace servant came to open it.
The prince was a little surprised. After all, his mother was the empress and the emperor had never deposed her. Now, there was not even a servant to clean the Zhengyang Palace?
Just as the prince was lost in thought, the door opened from the inside and a nanny who was nearly fifty years old stuck her head out.
She asked in a hoarse voice, narrowing her eyes.
"Who are you looking for, sir?"
"Where is the Queen Mother? I am here to see her."
The nanny didn't react at first, but when she heard the prince's self-introduction, tears immediately welled up in her eyes and turbid old tears flowed from the corners of her eyes.
The nanny knelt on the ground with a trembling body and bowed deeply to the prince.
"Your Highness, you are here. The Queen has been thinking about him day and night and looking forward to you coming to see him."
"How is the Queen Mother?"
"Your Highness, you should go and see for yourself."
The nanny looked reluctant, as if she didn't dare to mention the queen to the prince. After she finished speaking, she stood up and respectfully pushed her aside.
The prince did not ask too many questions. He strode into Zhengyang Palace and went straight to the queen's bedroom.
"Mother, my son and I are here to see you."
It was not until he arrived at the queen's bedroom that the prince saw the haggard queen. Although he was mentally prepared, he still found it a little hard to accept seeing his own mother.
"Mother, I am unfilial and have caused you suffering."
When the queen saw the prince, her face was filled with excitement at first, then she suddenly thought of something, her eyes dimmed again, and she stepped back inconspicuously.
"How come you have time to come visit an old woman like me?"
The prince also heard that there was something wrong with the queen's tone. He thought that the queen was angry with him for being late, so he stepped forward and grabbed the queen's hands, choking with guilt on his face.
"In the past few years, I was too immature to help my mother out of her current predicament. Now that I have the power in my hands, I will take her out."
"Where are you going to take me? Zhengyang Palace is the palace of Empress Gong, so there is no need for you to worry about it."
After the queen finished speaking, she pulled her hand away and walked towards the bed with staggering steps. The prince finally realized that something was wrong with the queen's attitude. He restrained the sad expression on his face and asked carefully.
"My queen mother seems to distrust me. Did someone tell you something?"
The queen sneered, shook her head and sighed. She had known for a long time that the prince was in power. She had originally doubted Song Qingwan's words and thought that her son was incompetent and that was why he put her aside.
But if the prince really wanted to, he should have taken his mother out on the first day of her reign, or directly restored her reputation.
Judging from today's situation, he might just be acting on impulse. After all, the prince today is the same as the emperor back then.
The Lan family is gone, and she, as the queen, is no longer useful to the prince, so naturally he won't take her to heart anymore.
Even if she was taken out today, what would happen? If she, the queen, was required to make some sacrifice someday, there was no guarantee that the prince would not push her out again.
The queen's heart had become extremely cold. She would definitely not be deeply moved by the prince's words and go to Zhengyang Palace to fulfill the prince's kindness and filial piety.
Now she just wants to survive in this world and live out the rest of her life, and doesn't want to be involved in these struggles anymore.
"Please go back, Prince. There is no need for you and me to continue to play out this kind of drama of loving mother and filial son. Now that you have conquered the world of the Great Saint Dynasty and have the backing of the Zhong family, there is no need for you to come again."
After saying this, the queen struggled to get on the couch, then pulled the quilt to cover herself, closed her eyes and stopped talking.
The prince felt a pang of bitterness in his heart, which then turned into anger. He didn't understand why his mother still looked unhappy even though he had already obtained such great power?
The prince stepped forward and pulled back the queen's quilt, glaring at her with his teeth chattering.
"Do you really have to abandon my people like this? I'm already here to pick you up, why don't you leave?"
"So where are you going to take me, Prince? To your Prince's Mansion to spend my old age?"
The prince choked. He certainly would not bring such a queen to his own residence. He had originally planned to choose a luxurious palace to house the queen.
His purpose was to let people all over the world see his filial piety and let his reputation as a perfect prince be spread instead of being stabbed in the back and being branded as a man who didn't care about his biological mother.
The queen laughed at herself, then waved her hand and started to drive people away. She didn't want to say another word.
How could the prince tolerate such a psychological gap? He thought that he was the most powerful person in the world and everyone should obey his arrangements.
"So the Queen Mother has made up her mind not to give her son this honor, right?"
"Your Highness, do you still need an old woman like me to give you face? I guess there are many people who want to give you face, and I am not a big deal."
The queen turned away with her eyes closed, and naturally did not see the ruthlessness that flashed in the prince's eyes.
He sat silently in front of the queen's bed for a long time. Just when the queen thought he had left, the prince suddenly grabbed the queen's neck.
"Since the Queen Mother is so determined, then let me do one last thing for my son!"