vstars Chapter 218 Mother and son meet
Chapter 218 Mother and son meet
Empress Dowager Li turned around in disbelief: "Huai'er? Is it Huai'er?"
Empress Dowager Li looked at Prince Shen, who was dressed in eunuch's clothes and said, "Why are you wearing this? No, how did you get in? You are not..."
"I'm being hunted by Zhou Xuheng, right? Mother, can you really bear to let him kill your son?"
Empress Dowager Li regained consciousness. "The Emperor may not kill you. After all, you are his biological brother and a prince of the royal family. But Huai'er, are you really the one who did all those things that are being spread out there? If that's true, the Emperor will be in a very difficult position!"
Prince Shen's eyes darkened. He slowly knelt on the ground and kowtowed several times. "Mother, would you rather believe the Seventh Prince than your son? Your son was forced by Zhou Xuheng! He is now the emperor and the ruler of the world. How can your son defeat him? Mother, he will really kill your son! You must save your son! Your son has missed you all the time these years. Everything your son has done is to be able to reunite with you as soon as possible and never endure the pain of separation from you again, mother!"
Prince Shen knelt before Empress Dowager Li while crying.
Empress Dowager Li was moved to tears by Prince Shen's words. The mother and son hugged each other and couldn't help crying.
After a while, Empress Dowager Li calmed down a little. She helped Zhou Qihuai up, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said, "Huai'er, I will go find your uncle and ask him to send you out of the palace. I will find a place for you and ensure that you will live a life of wealth and safety."
Prince Shen shook his head slightly. "Mother, at this moment, my son is almost certain to die. The Seventh Prince will be back soon. He has laid a net of heaven and earth. My son cannot escape. He will definitely not let me go!"
Empress Dowager Li was also flustered by what Prince Shen said. "What should we do? If all else fails, I'll go and beg him, or the royal family. I won't stand by and watch you get into trouble!"
Prince Shen's voice was filled with temptation: "If Queen Mother wants to save her son's life, then she has no choice but to give up Zhou Xuheng! She can only save one of Zhou Xuheng and her son!"
Empress Dowager Li was stunned for a moment: "What do you mean?"
Prince Shen held Empress Dowager Li's hand tightly, a tear still hanging from the corner of his eye. His voice was gentle yet cruel: "Mother, I want to stay by your side forever. I don't want to be separated from you anymore. As long as you do one thing, I can be with you forever. From now on - mother is loving and son is filial, and we can share the happiness of family!"
Empress Dowager Li seemed touched. She asked hesitantly, "What is it?"
Prince Shen pulled out a packet of medicinal powder from his sleeve and said, "Seventh Prince will definitely not be on guard against Mother. As long as Mother puts this in the tea he drinks, your son will be able to stay by your side forever."
Prince Shen stuffed the powder into Empress Dowager Li's hand. It took Empress Dowager Li a long time to realize what the powder was. She stared at Prince Shen in disbelief with her eyes wide open. Her hand shook involuntarily and the powder fell to the ground.
"You...how could you do this? He's your biological brother! Huai'er...this won't do! This is absolutely not possible!"
Prince Shen's face darkened. "Mother, why not? Is it that Zhou Xuheng is allowed to utterly murder me, and I'm not allowed to fight back? Is it just because he's the emperor? Back then, just because he was chosen by our father as the crown prince, I was banished to the remote southwestern mountains, becoming a mere prince who can't even meet the rank of a third-rank official! Mother, I've had enough! My father favors Zhou Xuheng, so does that mean even you, Queen Mother, don't want me anymore?"
Prince Shen held Empress Dowager Li's hand and knelt on the ground again: "Mother, please help your son! Only in this way can your son stay by your side, can your son get back what originally belonged to him, and can your son survive! Mother - you must help your son! Please help your son!"
The cries of Prince Shen's pleas hammered at Empress Dowager Li's heart. She was in a trance, not understanding how things had come to this point! What should she do? She couldn't watch Prince Shen get into trouble, but she couldn't send her other son to his death with her own hands!
Empress Dowager Li asked herself if she was a very smart person. The late emperor had a love in his heart, but that person had passed away long ago. She knew that she could never compete with a dead person, and she was already the empress, so she did not fight or compete, because she knew that the late emperor must have the Da Sheng Dynasty and the people of the world in his heart. In this case, the late emperor would not treat her, the empress, badly. As long as she did her duties as the empress well, she would be invincible!
In fact, Empress Dowager Li did a generally good job. Even though the late emperor later favored Concubine An, he never surpassed her as the queen, nor did he ever neglect her as the queen! The late emperor was not a confused and paranoid person. The candidates for the crown prince were always the legitimate sons of the main wife. She was the woman who gave birth to the most princes and princesses in the harem at that time.
Especially in the last few years of the late emperor's life, because he had designated his youngest son as the crown prince, he gradually became cold towards Concubine An and only favored Empress Li of that time!
Even now, Empress Dowager Li is filled with sadness whenever she thinks of the late emperor. Truly, the late emperor treated her well. If the late emperor knew the plight of his two sons, he wouldn't know what he would do...
By the way, if the late emperor were still alive, what would he do? Empress Dowager Li suddenly tilted her head to look at a calligraphy and painting hanging in the hall. It was a painting of Dasheng Rivers and Mountains that the late emperor had personally painted and written.
The Da Sheng River and Mountain Painting is majestic and magnificent, which is incompatible with the style of Empress Dowager Li's bedroom. It is written on it: The thousands of miles of rivers and mountains are crisscrossed in my mind, and the ten thousand years of sun and moon are invincible in my heart.
Empress Dowager Li woke up with a start. The words the late emperor had spoken to her before he died flashed through her mind. "I know you favor the Fifth Prince and have never seen Heng'er in your eyes. But the Fifth Prince, Zhou Xuhuai, has always been tyrannical and unjust, treating human life as worthless. He has no mercy on even his Third and Sixth Brothers, and kills them at will! If he ascends the throne, the entire Zhou family will probably be slaughtered by him! The people of the world will also be plunged into displacement and hardship! That is definitely not a blessing for our Dasheng Dynasty! You are not only his mother, but also Heng'er's mother, and in the future you will be the Empress Dowager of the world. I only hope that in the future, no matter when and where, you will not do anything that goes against the rules, and just be the well-behaved Empress and Empress Dowager of the Dasheng Dynasty!"
Empress Dowager Li slowly withdrew her hand. After thinking for a long time, she said, "Huai'er, I can't do this! Heng'er is also my son, your biological brother. He is now the foundation of the Dasheng Dynasty. Nothing can happen to him. If something happens to the emperor, it will be like the sky falling and the earth collapsing! Who knows how many people will suffer. Huai'er, don't worry, I will keep you safe. I will contact your uncle now, and I will definitely not let anything happen to you!"