Be good, call me uncle

Chapter 821 Disappointing
Emperor Yuanwu fiercely grabbed a memorial, and the irritable and violent nature that he had suppressed was clearly revealed by this plate of poisonous cakes.

His red eyes were ferocious, and his vicious expression made people shudder.

Blame him!

It was he who was careless!
He always had several poison-testing chamberlains personally test his food before eating it in his mouth, but in order to cover up Zhizhi's whereabouts, he actually skipped this important step.

As a result, his little mouse almost lost his life.

Emperor Yuanwu suddenly thought of the way the Queen Mother looked at the cake when she left, and also thought of the Queen Mother's meeting with Duke Qi outside the Chengming Hall, and a terrible thought suddenly arose——

Has the Queen Mother already known about Zhizhi’s existence?The queen mother wanted to intervene in the matter of writing the order, but she was blocked by his words and had no chance to speak.

So the queen mother became so angry that she asked her grandfather to poison the cakes. The purpose was to teach herself a lesson through Zhi Zhi, so that she would be scared and submissive?
With this thought, he could no longer suppress the anger in his chest. He ordered the Qilin Guards to guard the back of Chengming Palace, and then ordered Eunuch Lu to carry the poisonous cakes and angrily go to Qingning Palace.

Not long after the Queen Mother sat down, she saw the emperor coming over in a hurry. She thought her son was here to ask for peace, and she couldn't help but feel happy.

"Son, please give your regards to the Queen Mother." Emperor Yuanwu bowed on one knee and sat next to the Queen Mother, without even waiting for the Queen Mother to wake him up.

The Queen Mother was startled by such a rigid attitude.

The Queen Mother looked at her son who was full of anger, but she felt at ease in her heart. This son who had no scruples in showing his bloody nature, and who showed no restraint or restraint, was the person she knew well.

Emperor Yuanwu made a gesture, and Eunuch Lu carefully placed the cakes on the table.

Looking at the smashed cake, the Queen Mother frowned: "Emperor, what's going on?"

Emperor Yuanwu smiled and said, "Aunt Chunxi, this pastry is good. I'd like you to try it. Come and eat it."

Aunt Chunxi looked at the Queen Mother, but did not reach out to take it for a while.

The Queen Mother felt that something was abnormal and was about to persuade: "Emperor..."

Emperor Yuanwu slapped his palm on the table and shouted angrily: "I tell you to eat/you can eat it! Can't I still order you?!"

Everyone was shocked. Aunt Chunxi quickly picked up the cake and ate it. Because she ate too quickly, she choked and coughed violently, and tears flowed down her face.

The Queen Mother was confused: "Emperor, you are so good, what is going on?"

Seeing the Queen Mother's confusion and blame, Emperor Yuanwu's anger subsided a lot, but he did not speak and looked at Aunt Chunxi with a solemn gaze.

Until Aunt Chunxi suddenly fell to the ground, convulsed all over and foamed at the mouth.

This frightened the Queen Mother. She quickly ordered the palace people to ask for the imperial doctor, but Emperor Yuanwu stopped him: "No one is allowed to ask for the imperial doctor! Everyone else should go down! If anyone dares to say a word, I will expose him!" "

When only the Queen Mother and Eunuch Lu were left in the inner hall, as well as Aunt Chunxi who was lying on the ground as if she was having an epileptic fit, Emperor Yuanwu spoke with a slightly desolate voice: "Did you see it? Does the Queen Mother look like she is having an epileptic fit?" attack?"

The Queen Mother felt a thump in her heart. She had indeed noticed that the emperor had been passing around cakes quite frequently recently, and even investigated that there might be someone else eating the cakes.She also thought about tampering with this pastry.

But she didn't know who was ahead of her. She met Emperor Yuanwu's unwavering gaze and said softly: "Emperor, if you have anything to say, just tell me!"

Emperor Yuanwu's lips curved sharply: "This is the poison that my good grandfather put in my cakes. Queen mother, what do you think will happen if I eat it?"

The Queen Mother was shocked: "How is this possible..."

Emperor Yuanwu interrupted her: "If I eat the cake, I will be like Aunt Chunxi, like a sheep having epilepsy!"

Emperor Yuanwu became angrier as he spoke, with grief and indignation surging in his eyes. He pointed at Aunt Chunxi and said in a voice like ice on the lake: "The majestic emperor, the king of a country, if epilepsy attacks, what will the courtiers think of me? What will the people of the world think of me?" How will they miss me? What will the clan think of me?"

"Mother, you only gave birth to me and my sister. Are the Xiao family eager to oust me before I can secure my throne? If I really can't become the emperor, who do the Xiao family want to support? Yes. Sister, it’s better for the Xiao family to do it themselves!”

The Queen Mother naturally knew the seriousness of the matter. While she was shocked, strong fear emerged from the bottom of her heart. She blinked and tears rolled down her eyes. She looked at her son as if she had been greatly wronged.

"Emperor, is there any misunderstanding here?"

Emperor Yuanwu sneered: "Mother, I thought you would first care about your son who was almost poisoned. I didn't expect that your first sentence would be to defend the Xiao family."

The Queen Mother felt aggrieved: "Emperor, aren't you okay? This matter must be investigated clearly to avoid falling into the villain's tricks. That is your own grandfather, how could he poison you? There must be a misunderstanding."

"Misunderstanding?" Emperor Yuanwu smiled instead of being angry, "If my grandfather was not stupid enough to dare to poison in broad daylight, then I also believe it is a misunderstanding. But my grandfather dared to do this in public without any scruples. I don't know. Are you so arrogant that you don’t take me seriously anymore?”

The Queen Mother is still struggling: "Seeing is not necessarily believing."

Emperor Yuanwu was extremely disappointed with this mother.

As a concubine in the harem, she was smart and resourceful. There had been many beauties around the late emperor over the years, but her status remained stable.

As a mother, she was very competent. It was not easy to raise a prince in a deep palace. She had to fight with countless people to raise her son safely.

But as a queen mother of a country, she is simply ignorant and incompetent. As a queen mother, she must not only have the magnanimity of a mother to honor the world, but also have a broad mind and structure.

However, despite her high position, she is still just a narrow-minded harem woman. She cannot see the major events in the world, only the immediate interests, and only the interests of her family!
Emperor Yuanwu couldn't calm down at this moment. His heart was filled with gratitude for his mother's kindness in raising him for more than ten years, and disappointment with what the Xiao family had done.

His wise and martial grandfather died young, and his father never had to care about these things because his grandmother understood righteousness. No one told him, what should he do at this moment?
He, who had always been diligent in his work, couldn't help but feel confused at this moment.

In the end, the responsibility of being an emperor defeated the changed family affection. As his eyes that were burning with emotion calmed down, he stood up and said word by word: "Mother, since you married into the Tian family, you are no longer a member of the Xiao family. .”

"You are the mainstay of the harem. You should consider the world in everything. You should not just focus on the rise and fall of the Xiao family! You should look at the overall situation. I govern the world, not the Xiao family."

"Mother, this is the last warning I give to the Xiao family. If you want to step on me again, I will never let you go easily!"

(End of this chapter)