In the Youlian Palace, the Queen Mother sat on the phoenix chair with a dull look in her eyes.

On that day, King Rui died in front of her, and she sat there from the time it happened until the Emperor's men came and carried her away.

She didn't say a word, and she couldn't say a word.

Cheng Qing told her that for the rest of her life, she was only allowed to live in the Youlian Palace, and she was never allowed to leave the palace again.

He didn't kill her.

He said she was plotting against the enemy, he said she was plotting rebellion, and he said she was treason and collaborating with the enemy.

But he just wouldn't kill her. Any one of her crimes was enough to warrant a death sentence, but he wouldn't let her die.

The last time he entered this Youlian Palace, he told her that in this life and this life, she should not think about it, and in this life and this life, she would be in guilt and unable to get out. He wanted her to know that life was better than death.

She silently accepted it all. Because she saw Cheng Qing the tears overflowing from the corners of her eyes the moment she saw King Rui's corpse.

She thought that this man was ruthless and unrighteous, but she seemed to be wrong.

Those heartless, ruthless and unrighteous, all of them are what she thinks. It's all her speculation. He even valued King Rui more than she did.

During these days in the Lotus Palace, she reflected and recalled every day.

She remembered the past, there were not so many evil thoughts, not so many desires, not so many power struggles. She followed the life of Taifu in peace. She and him even thought about living a life as a man and a weaver, giving birth to a pair of children, being able to provide for them in old age, and living a stable life in this world.

Although none of this could be realized, although she and Taifu met again in the palace by accident. However, she pushed him to the worst end.

He used his death to prevent all tragedies from happening. He seems to have foreseen all the misfortunes that would happen in the early days, and tried to prevent them by all means.

It's just a pity that at that time, she couldn't turn back. She can't stop.

In the end, she used her own way to force a man she loved the most in her life to death.

She recalls her past, and everything in the past seems to be a memoir that makes her extremely regretful.

From the fact that she successfully entered the palace with her talent and beauty, or won the favor of the first emperor, and gave birth to her first and only child, in the eyes of others, her life is perfect enough.

But it wasn't enough, she was too greedy.

She wants both love and status. What she wants more is rights.

She likes Taifu, but she is married to the first emperor. She is a concubine, but she wants to sit on the phoenix seat. Everything is the result of desire.

When she knew that she was just a replacement for Cheng Hua, she completely collapsed. The face similar to her, the face that made the first emperor swoon. She's not her after all.

After the first emperor was abolished, he sealed the throne permanently. Because in his opinion, in this world, there is only one person who can sit on the phoenix throne, and that woman is not her.

She regarded Cheng Hua as her lifelong enemy, and she went to see the child she gave birth to, but for the first time she felt sympathy for this child.

Obviously, no. She can't do that.

Perhaps, some things are doomed from the beginning, she is destined to live an unsatisfactory life, and she is destined to live in the shadow of Cheng Hua for this life. She deserved it, and now she's alone.

After all, it was herself, with her own hands, who forced her child to death.

"It's my fault....it's all my fault....."

When she was young, she thought that the person she loved the most was her son.

But she slowly discovered that the person she loved the most was always herself.

She doesn't love her children at all.

Because this is the child of her and the first emperor, because this is not the child of her and the Taifu.

So, even later, this poor child was nothing more than a pawn for her, a pawn for her to satisfy all her desires for power.

Even though she was locked up in the Lotus Hall by Cheng Qing, her desire still did not stop, and her desire even became bigger and bigger.

She wants to be the empress, and she wants the world to look up to her.

Because she had been oppressed for too long, her heart was eager for it.

Hungry for rights.

"I'm coming now, will I disturb you?"

An old male voice rang out in the doorway, along with the sound of a cane touching the ground.

The Queen Mother raised her head with difficulty, and there was a slight light in the gloomy Lotus Hall, and the bright light came from the door, where the gate was opened by a crack.

"How can the prime minister have time to come to me...... Now, I'm the female devil that everyone shouts and beats......."

"No one knows about your rebellion. ”

"What did you say?"

"You united with the Moon Kingdom, and the matter of collaborating with the enemy and treason, Cheng Qing pressed in the palace and did not spread it. You are still the queen mother who prays for the blessing of the country, or the queen mother, full of compassion and full of people. ”

"What are you talking about......"

The Queen Mother's voice couldn't help but begin to tremble. She wanted to ask something, but she couldn't.

"King Rui said to the outside world that he suddenly contracted a sudden illness and died violently. No one knows this, and these dirty things will become one by one, and they will stay in this filthy palace forever......."

"What are you here for? ”

The Queen Mother looked at the prime minister's appearance, and she really didn't look like a person who was doing well.

He was hunched over his back and on crutches, and even just standing there, she could tell how bad his physical condition was.

"I'm here to see you. Then, we may not see each other again. At least, we won't see each other again in this life......."

"Could it be that Cheng Qing let me go, and I don't want to let go of you, an old courtier who has made contributions to the country......."

"He let me go, but I can't let myself go. I have done too many bad things in my life, I have harmed too many people, and in the end, it is my fault that I did not save the child I trust and cherish the most. It's my problem....."

The prime minister sighed, and there was not much expression on his old face.

He is still, and he can't escape the hurdle in his heart.

"Then are you planning to never step into this officialdom again?"

"In this life, it won't be. This place is no longer suitable for me to stay. If you stay any longer, it's just boring....... I'm not here to tell you this. ”

"What do you want to say?"

The Queen Mother's eyes darkened, and she had no look.

"Cheng Hua is dead. ”

"What do you say..... you say it again, who died?"

"Cheng Hua. Your old rival, Cheng Hua, she's dead. ”

"How could it be, how could it be ..... that woman, how could she die so easily! she wouldn't! This woman ......"

In the end, she still loves her children. After all, this child is still her child......."

"What are you talking about...... She sacrificed herself to save Cheng Qing?"

"Yes, that's right, she chose the child at the last moment. ”

"...... the end, I still haven't defeated her......."