On their wedding night, she burned down the Prince Regent's palace.

Chapter 243 Rights are more important than human life
Feng Yanzhi also laughed when he heard this, "Really, Queen Mother? It's rare to see you so happy. I wonder... what's going on?"

Ever since he was diagnosed with poor health and his mother and the regent seized power, it was rare to see such a heartfelt smile from his mother.

Most of the time, he always smiles but never smiles, and he never feels truly happy from the bottom of his heart.

The Queen Mother said: "My son doesn't know that Feng Wuming actually gave up most of the power of the Metropolitan Procuratorate in order to get some medicinal materials to cure Wang Xiao'e. Now all the affairs of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are in charge of Wang Changsong, and he also listens to the Ai family. The commander has called."

"Tell me, is this good news? It's great news!"

Feng Yanzhi's smile froze at the corners of his mouth little by little, and the joy that originally came from his heart was completely washed away by the news.

It was really hard for him to laugh.

In other words, when Wang Xiao'e was in danger.The queen mother exchanged her life for the power of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

But shouldn’t the Metropolitan Procuratorate be decentralized and have checks and balances?

Shouldn’t human life be more important than anything else?

Why has it become a tool for wielding power?

As if aware of Feng Yanzhi's depressed mood, the Queen Mother's smile gradually disappeared, replaced by a cold look in her eyes.

"Why, aren't you happy for your mother? After today, Feng Wuming will definitely be controlled by the Ai family. Your mother will hold this power firmly in your hands."

"Aren't you as happy as your mother?"

"I really can't be happy." Feng Yanzhi took back his hand, "I don't want to sit on a dragon chair piled with lives. The Metropolitan Procuratorate should have decentralized power and checks and balances. If one family dominates, it will lose. The original intention of the establishment of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.”

"What do you know?" The Queen Mother interrupted Feng Yanzhi, "The Ai family did all this for you, so that you can regain power in the future!"

The Queen Mother patted her chest/mouth and said, "How many people outside say that Si Chen, the hen of the Ai family, is playing tricks of power? None of these Ai families care. The only one the Ai family cares about is you."

The Queen Mother looked at Feng Yanzhi, her face full of hurt.

How did the two of them get to this point?

Feng Yanzhi smiled bitterly, "Mother, I am afraid that my body is not strong enough to support these strategies of yours. What will happen after my death? The regent has managed the political affairs well, why...?"

"enough."

The Queen Mother stopped Feng Yanzhi's next persuasion.

"Who said these words to you? You never talked back to your mother before. What a well-behaved child you are."

The Queen Mother glanced at every palace member present with wide eyes and said word by word: "Who on earth said these bastard words in front of the Emperor?!"

The Queen Mother was so angry that all the maids and eunuchs knelt on the ground, not daring to express their anger.

The Queen Mother seemed to be upset and executed several of the emperor's guards on the spot.

"Drag him down and behead him, as a warning to others! If the entire palace is allowed to hear these rumors again, no one in the Ai family will be able to escape!"

Feng Yanzhi watched helplessly as his mother went on a killing spree in his palace, feeling very complicated emotions in his heart.

The queen mother in my memory was the gentle and virtuous queen who would comfort her softly when her father blamed her for not doing her homework well.

How could it be like this now, taking other people's lives at will?

In the past, my mother was a kind-hearted person. Even if the palace maids and eunuchs made mistakes, they would rarely be punished. At most, they would be kicked out of the palace.

Why do you want to take someone's life now with just a few words?

When did it start?
It probably started when she took the position of Queen Mother and her son was frail and sick.

"Why are you doing this, Queen Mother?" Feng Yanzhi lowered his eyes and did not look at the Queen Mother who made him feel strange.His voice was very soft, as if he was speaking to the Queen Mother, but also as if he was speaking to himself.

The Queen Mother stood up and looked at Feng Yanzhi condescendingly.The carefully drawn eyebrows are sharp.

"Your Majesty, you are still young and do not understand these principles. In the future, you will be grateful to your mother."

The Queen Mother stood up and left, leaving Feng Yan sitting alone on a chair dejectedly.

When she was about to leave the palace, the Queen Mother paused and took her steps back.

She tilted her head and did not look back at her son.Instead, he said in an indifferent voice without a trace of emotion: "My son, the Ai family hopes that this is the last time I hear such depressing words from you. If not, more people around you will die."

After saying that, the Queen Mother got up from the sedan chair and left.

Hearing the sound of a teacup breaking behind her, the Queen Mother closed her eyes tiredly.

Behind him, in the palace, Feng Yanzhi shouted away all the palace people and sat alone on the threshold stone.At hand is the tonic soup that he just spilled in passion.

He didn't know that what he said made the emperor act so cowardly.No one around you can protect you.

His life is already over, so why bother?
Over the years, people around him either feared him because of his identity, or laughed at him because of his short life.

He laughed at him that although Feng Yanzhi was noble as the emperor, his life was not good enough.It was discovered early that he was a short-lived ghost, and his life was shortened every day.

Otherwise, he would be preaching like the Queen Mother, saying "I'm all for your own good" like a mountain of five fingers, making him unable to breathe.

If you think about it carefully, the happiest day since your father died was actually the day when Wang Xiao'e took him out of the palace after you found the imperial master in disguise.

That day it seemed like all the shackles were removed from him.

He is no longer a short-lived ghost emperor, and he no longer carries expectations of one kind or another.

He is just Feng Yanzhi, living only for himself.

But Wang Xiao'e, who had helped him, was now beaten to death by his own mother.She also exchanged her life for rights.

Sometimes he really wants to ask his mother, are rights so important?More important than human life?

The answer must be "Yes, it is more important than human life."

Feng Yanzhi suddenly felt out of breath and pinched his temples for a long time.

……

Feng Wuming was unaware of the fight between the emperor and the queen mother in the palace.

All I know is that early in the morning, the emperor sent a lot of precious medicinal materials to replenish qi and blood.There is also a bottle of golden sore medicine that can help with trauma recovery.

The hospital only produces ten bottles of this medicine a year, and it has a miraculous effect on healing trauma without leaving scars.

Feng Wuming had a bottle in his hand and was using it for Ye Zhiyu.

The emperor sent another bottle, which must be enough for Ye Zhiyu to use until his injury is healed.

Although he was not sure about the emperor's intention, Feng Wuming still accepted it.

Regardless of his relationship with the royal family, these things were given to Wang Xiao'e.

And the things sent have a miraculous effect on Wang Xiao'e's recovery from injuries, so there is no reason not to accept them.

After taking the things away, he also gave Ye Zhiyu the medicine to replenish qi and blood, but the effect was minimal.Ye Zhiyu still had no intention of waking up.

(End of this chapter)