Chapter 224: Embattled
She hurried over to look.
A lock can't help her, Nan Qingxue probably doesn't know that her special physique will not be infected by any poison. What really surprised Nanyue was Empress Xuan's next move.
The queen mother, whose face was stiff, suddenly stood up from the couch, and Ruhua beside her helped her up nimbly.
The original sluggish painting is alive.
"Queen Mother?" Nan Yue looked at Queen Xuan's master and servant in surprise, and now she was almost sure that the two of them were in good health without any signs of poisoning.
"They are all daughters of the Nan family, why is your sister so far behind you. The Queen Mother sneered contemptuously.
"The ancestors of the mourning family started by selling incense. β
The Queen Mother said slowly, took another sip of Wumeng tea on the table, and mocked: "This kind of amount is not enough to kill chickens." β
"However, Nan Xiang has made some moves recently, so he will reach out to the mourning family so quickly. β
"Queen Mother, you ...... What the hell is going on with these. β
"Yue'er!" the Queen Mother stood up from the phoenix couch, her voice suddenly raised.
Nanyue had never seen such a serious look on the face of the Queen Mother. Although she knew that this beautiful woman's heart was far from being as kind and peaceful as it seemed on the outside. She is Wan Yanmin's mother-in-law, and the mother and son are good at slowly serving and cultivating many cloud peaks and waves in their hearts under their calm appearance.
"Do you remember that you swore a poisonous oath in front of the mourners? The Queen Mother walked around to her and asked in a condescending and stern tone.
This is not a reminder, it is a warning. She had to remember if she didn't remember.
"I ...... Remember. Nanyue replied humbly, even though she didn't know what she was going to face next.
"Between the emperor and your father, you don't have a choice. Empress Xuan smiled unkindly and movingly, "Because the mourning family has already chosen for you." β
"The mourners have always believed that you are a smart child. But I don't believe in the human heart. The human heart is the most easily vacillating thing, and even the most casual breeze can stir the human heart and change the direction it originally wanted to follow. So the mourning family is ready to take away one of your most important things to ensure the safety of Min'er and the royal family. β
"What is the Queen Mother saying. β
Nanyue raised her head, fear and doubt gathered in her bright eyes.
She suddenly felt that the Queen Mother was drifting like a devil.
Xuan Hou turned around, her meticulous bun was dignified and gorgeous on her head, and the hem of her clothes hung down behind her, this middle-aged woman in her forties was like a proud bird at the moment. Nanyue could see from the breath around her and the light in her eyes that she was about to fly.
Empress Xuan has never looked so free.
"The mourning family has already told Min'er that I will not help him anymore, and I will not save him again. Beiming and himself have to look at the creation of heaven and earth. β
"After staying in this palace for a long time, the whole person is like dead ashes, not rotting, but rotting. The mourning family wanted to see the sunshine outside the palace. Empress Xuan took a deep breath, as if the deep winter breeze coming in through the window had the factor of sunlight she was looking for.
"The queen mother is going to leave the palace, now?!" Nanyue's mood can no longer be described as surprised.
She originally thought that besides herself, the most uninhibited and disdainful woman in this palace was Bai Tingying. But Concubine Bai still has to be Yan Min's caged finch in order to keep the safety of her mother's family. And the queen mother can let go of her biological son and the country that she has guarded for most of her life with her youth anytime and anywhere, and the reason is just to see the sunshine outside the palace?
Many years later, after Nanyue knew the real reason for Empress Xuan's exit from the palace, she realized that Empress Dowager Zhong was the little girl who kept her innocence the most intact and the most free and untamed Kunpeng in the entire palace.
"The mourning family has been thinking about it for more than ten years. β
"Who?" Nan Yue asked in horror, never expecting that there was an even more incredible reason behind it.
"You know you Yue'er. I've been speculating, waking and dreaming about the possibility of something happening. But I never dared to confirm it. I wanted to drop everything to complete the impulses that a forty-year-old woman shouldn't have, until I boiled myself into a yellowed old woman. β
"But things can never be done. I guarded this palace, guarding what I thought I should be guarding, but forgetting why I was guarding it. The mourning family actually doesn't care about this palace, who is the surname of this country. The mourning family made too big a detour in order to get close to something, and in the end they found that it was better to look for the thing itself. β
"The mourners already have gray hair, and gray hair is something that makes people feel sorry. β
"Until the mourners see you, there is fire in your eyes. β
"So I rekindled the fireworks in the queen mother's heart?" Nanyue's eyes were shining, like jewels washed in a drizzle.
"Yue'er, remember what you said. Ah Xing's mother likes the child very much and wants to take it with her for a few years. β
"If the country and the people are peaceful, the queen mother will let you meet again. β
"Queen Mother, you say...... What the. Nanyue suddenly felt a splitting headache, and all the memories and waking consciousness in her mind shook the ground. Empress Xuan just waved her sleeves, and she didn't know what trick she was doing, and Nanyue's eyes suddenly blurred, and the figurative and clear furnishings and figures were all distorted and molded into flowing colors that were stirred into a pot of porridge.
The large area of orange-yellow-orange-green color sucked away her vision like a vortex.
Nanyue remembered what she had said when she knelt in front of Empress Xuan on that dark rumbling night before she lost consciousness completely.
One day on the queen's throne, she will definitely assist the emperor to complete Yan Min and sit firmly in the country.
Assist the young emperor to grow up and ensure that the North Stygian Jiangshan will always be surnamed Wanyan.
Do not fall into the hands of relatives.
β¦β¦
She remembered. But when the memory was awakened, the pain ensued.
"Butβ"
She made a final retort between sobriety and chaos, and her body collapsed on the cold floor, her fingers pointing in the direction of the Queen Mother's departure.
"I'm not a queen anymore. β
This is the last sentence that Nanyue's only remaining consciousness can support. Then a deep, permanent sleepiness struck.
Queen Xuan hadn't actually moved yet, she and Ruhua had been standing quietly beside her, watching Nanyue fall without accident.
"Girl, this child may have to suffer a little. Ruhua looked at Nanyue's frowning brows when she was asleep, and said movingly but unmovingly.
"She's still naΓ―ve," the Queen Mother sighed, "and when the mourning family asked her to make that vow, they didn't care if she was the queen or not. My old woman can't find a second candidate for this matter. β
"When she understands, she won't complain about the Queen Mother. Ruhua comforted.
"The mourning family would rather she resents me and hates me. I owe nothing to anyone in my life, but I owe it to a little girl. β
"The Queen Mother will win the bet. Ruhua said firmly.
"Let's go. Empress Xuan took one last look at Nanyue.