Queen, what's wrong?" The palace people who were guarding the door hurriedly came in when they heard the sound.

"It's okay, you don't have to come in." Queen Ma said in a deep voice: "There was a mosquito biting Lao Ba just now, and the palace has been killed."

At this time, the palace people had already rushed to the door, and saw His Royal Highness King Tan covering his cheeks, his face full of panic and fear.

"Yes." Only then did they relax. When he retreated, he couldn't help but glance at the eighth child secretly, and said in his heart, why did this slap go down, and the eighth prince seemed to be half of his illness?

But they couldn't see the unconcealable disgust on the face of Queen Ma, who was facing away from them.

Queen Ma has never shown such an expression to her children. Even for others, she hasn't been so disgusted for years. The last one who made her react like this was Guo Tianxu, who wanted to forcibly occupy her.

Because this time, it's too outrageous.

To be honest, Queen Ma has been in charge of the harem for so many years, and her tolerance is already very high. If the person who has an affair with the eighth child is just an ordinary palace maid or female official, she can still be accommodating, and let the eighth child accept her. Because at least before Boss Zhu touched them, they weren't the emperor's women.

But Cui Meiren and Weng Meiren are different. You must know that beauty in the palace is not a generic name like 'handsome guy' and 'beauty', but an official title.

According to the regulations of the Ming harem, the queen is a concubine, a concubine, a concubine, a Zhaoyi, a Jieyu, a beauty, a talent, a nobleman, a waiter, and a lady.

It can be seen that the two beauties even belong to middle-level concubines. And whether it is junior or intermediate, she is a concubine who has been officially canonized, and she is Boss Zhu's woman, which is indisputable.

This guy is already a prince who lives outside the palace, what kind of woman do you want, you have to have an affair with your aunt?!

Queen Ma trembled angrily, and sighed for a long time, "This kind of thing, how can I intercede with you?"

"That's why Erchen has to pretend to be stupid, mother! Erchen has long figured it out, once this kind of thing leaks out, Erchen will be completely finished. Even my mother won't forgive me, and it's impossible for me to intercede with my father, so that's why I made this decision." Lao Ba said with tears streaming down his face.

"Now you know you're scared?" Queen Ma sneered and asked again, "How did the seventh know about this?"

"It's all to blame Erchen, when we were drinking, we leaked our mouths." The eighth man couldn't regret it and said, "This person can't have secrets in his heart, and he can't help but want to talk to someone after holding it for a long time. Normally, it's fine, but when I'm drunk, I don't have a door."

"You're not only ridiculous, you're stupid!" Queen Ma said indignantly, "This is called self-inflicted iniquity and cannot live!"

"Mother, you must save me." The eighth child rolled from the bed to the ground, knelt at the feet of Queen Ma and begged bitterly, "Only the queen mother can save her son in this world."

"You've done such a good thing, how can I save you? How can I tell your father? Let him know that you have done such a beastly thing, how can he spare you? He's going to clean you up, and I can't stop you!" Queen Ma said angrily.

"No, the queen mother can save her son. Erchen has thought about it, and when things get to this point, Lao Qi shouldn't mention this matter again. As long as you silence everyone around you who knows, it can become a secret forever." The eighth child was hopeful.

"How can you guarantee that their mouths will shut up when their mouths grow on others?" Queen Ma shook her head.

"The queen mother is right, even if they promise, it's useless, Jinyiwei has a way to pry their mouths open. So......" The old man continued to sell miserably and continued, "I have to shut them up forever......

"You mean killing people?" Queen Ma looked at Lao Ba expressionlessly, the last bit of light in her eyes was gone, and there was only endless disappointment.

I don't know if it's because the lights are too dim or because I'm too emotional, but the eighth didn't notice the change in Queen Ma's expression, and was still there and said to himself:

"The palace people around Erchen who know about it, Erchen can deal with it himself

。 The people of Changyang Palace, my mother and concubine, can handle it. But Cui Mei and Weng Meiren, we can't do anything......

"But this matter is as easy as a matter for the queen mother!" Saying that, he kowtowed to Queen Ma and said, "Please ask the queen mother to save the son, help me - the son doesn't want to die, and he doesn't want to pretend to be crazy and stupid. It's better to live than die after just pretending to be for half a day, and if it's like this for the next few decades, it's better to die."

Queen Ma couldn't believe her ears, and her whole body was blindfolded. It took a while for him to come back and ask, "You want me to help you kill people?" How dare you think that?"

"Didn't the queen mother say that no matter what crime my son committed, I am your son?" The eighth child desperately pretended to be pitiful and said, "Queen Mother, protect your sons again, your sons will never dare again."

"Yes, I said that you are still my son if you have sinned, and I will not deny it to the day. However, those palace people are also people, and there are two concubines - in order to help you cover up your crimes, you have to kill so many people?" Queen Ma flatly refused, "Mother really can't do it."

"What can't be done, what is their identity, what is the identity of the son?!" The eighth child said as a matter of course: "They are not as important as the lives of the sons alone!"

When Queen Ma heard this, she looked at this extremely strange son, and was stunned for a long time before she sighed and said, "But my mother doesn't think so, my mother can't do it."

"If it is replaced by the eldest brother, second brother, and third brother, will my mother still be able to do it?" The eighth child was anxious, and said without choosing his words: "My mother said that if you treat everyone equally, you have to treat everyone equally!"

"Of course my mother treats everyone equally." Queen Ma said categorically: "Even if it is your eldest brother, second brother and third brother, the queen mother will never kill people in order to cover up their crimes!"

"Mother, what should I do there?" The eighth child was completely panicked.

"......" Queen Ma closed her eyes in pain, this matter is too terrible, if you don't do it, there will be a river of blood in the palace. Not to mention Zhu Yuanzhang, if you are any emperor, you will definitely have to kill on a large scale. So it's not a matter of the old individual, it's about the lives of hundreds of people.

After struggling in pain for a long time, Queen Ma sighed and said, "That mother has no other way......

As she spoke, she raised her voice and said, "Come, wait for His Highness to go to bed!"

"Yes, Queen." Outside, the answering voice of the palace people sounded, and then the movement of pouring water and serving dishes.

The palace people would come in at any time, and Zhu Zi knew that this was what Queen Ma meant by ending the conversation. He was stunned, and hurriedly begged in a low voice: "Queen Mother, please, my son doesn't want to pretend to be stupid all his life, it's better to die than to live."

"Then you will confess to your father yourself." Queen Ma whispered.

"Then what, my father will kill me." Zhu Zi said urgently.

"Mother try to save your life......

"Even if I wasn't killed, I would definitely be deposed as a concubine and sent to Fengyang to be imprisoned for the rest of my life." The eighth still shook his head: "It's better to pretend to be stupid, at least the treatment is still there."

"Then you can keep pretending. It's a great blessing to be able to pretend to be stupid all your life." Queen Ma said in a deep voice.

At this time, the bead curtain was lifted, and the palace people rushed in. Seeing this, the grief on his face disappeared in an instant, and he regained his sluggish expression.

(End of chapter)

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