Everyone in my harem is talented

Chapter 31 Taimiao

Zhang Deli led Empress Dowager Lu directly to the entrance of the main hall of the Taimiao, and let her go in alone while he waited outside the hall.

Currently, the main hall of the Taimiao enshrines Emperor Qin He, the first emperor of Dayong, and the previous emperor Qin Yi.

Qin Zhi was the only one in the main hall of the Taimiao. He had his back to Empress Dowager Lu. The candlelight flickered and smoke curled in the hall. He lowered his eyes and brows, burned incense and prayed devoutly.

"Zhi'er, what do you want from me?" The Queen Mother asked hesitantly. She seldom left Ci'an Palace, let alone came to the Imperial Ancestral Temple.

Qin Zhi turned around and looked back, his steps were steady and slow, he walked slowly to the Queen Mother, stared at her with burning eyes, and greeted her: "My son greets the Queen Mother, may the Queen Mother be blessed with good health."

It was a little dark in the main hall of the Taimiao. Only one door was open. The candlelight and the faint sunlight shining through the cotton paper outside the window cast flickering shadows on the face of Qin Zhi who was approaching.

This not-so-hasty pace sounded like a death-beating drum in the empress dowager's heart. She suppressed her uneasiness and was about to speak when she was interrupted by Qin Zhi.

Qin Zhi said with a smile: "Is your mother nervous to see me? Or are you a little nervous in this Imperial Temple?"

"The Taimiao is a solemn and majestic place. My son has such questions that he must ask Zhang Deli to invite me to the Taimiao to talk?" The empress dowager suppressed her panic and pretended to be calm.

"I have some questions, and I would like to ask my mother to answer them."

His eyes were deep, and he had restrained the aura of a middle-aged monarch who held great power and was intimidating and self-centered. There was a gentleness in his brows, and he looked very much like the deceased emperor.

The Queen Mother's voice trembled slightly. She pinched her uncut nails into her flesh, and blood oozed out of her palms. The pain made her wake up. This man was not the late emperor, but her son.

"My dear, do you have any questions?"

"My Queen Mother is so scared. I suddenly don't know where to start."

"In fact, my mother secretly loves the King of Wu, and you knew that he wanted to rebel when I ascended the throne but kept silent. I have known this for a long time. I am confused. What do you think? What if the King of Wu really overthrows your son? Do you think you can still be high and mighty? Or do you not care about these things? Do you only want your beloved lover to get what he wants? Even if you lose your son? I am very sure that I am your biological child. I really don't understand. Can you explain it to me?"

Queen Mother Lu remained silent and said nothing.

"I know about Aunt Xinyun's trip to Qingzhou."

"I also know that the prince of Wu was saved by you, my mother."

"Mother, you have also kept silent about someone plotting against my kingdom. I also know about this."

"Mother, do you want to say something? Do you really love the King of Wu so much? You love your brother-in-law so much that you risked the world's disapproval to save his bloodline and support his son's rebellion?"

"Also, what did you do about Father's death?"

"I didn't, I didn't, I didn't, Zhi'er, please don't force your mother." Empress Dowager Lu's voice was shrill. She pushed Qin Zhi back helplessly, but failed. She staggered and fell to the ground.

Qin Zhi stepped forward and tried to help her up.

"Qin Yi, you old dog, get out of here and don't touch me. I can get up by myself." She waved her hands around and pushed Qin Zhi, as if she mistook her son Qin Zhi for the late emperor Qin Yi.

The Queen Mother became more and more emotional. Her golden hairpins were scattered all over the floor, her hair was messy because she had pulled it up, and her face looked hideous, no longer as graceful and elegant as before.

Qin Zhi stood aside and watched coldly as Empress Dowager Lu pretended to be crazy and stupid, and as the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard who was approaching from behind Empress Dowager Lu chopped the Empress Dowager unconscious with a knife.

"The Queen Mother is tired. Zhang Deli, please ask the carriage to take her back."

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