Chapter 468

Chen Ning left the temple and headed straight for Empress Dowager Zhou's room.

As she expected, Empress Dowager Zhou had not gone to bed yet. The maid responsible for cleaning was kneeling in front of Empress Dowager Zhou. Seeing her come in, she was so scared that her body trembled and she lowered her head.

Empress Dowager Zhou looked at her with an expressionless face and waved her hand.

"You can all leave."

The eunuchs and maids all quietly left. Empress Dowager Zhou even sent Su Jin away. In this large room, there was only the two of them left.

A strange and awkward atmosphere filled the air.

Empress Dowager Zhou stared at Chen Ning, not saying a word. It was impossible to tell if she was happy or angry.

Chen Ning allowed her to look at her. She silently stood there and bit her lower lip, with a calm expression on her face.

Empress Dowager Zhou's heart kept churning. She had a hundred reasons to cut off the head of this girl in front of her.

But she also had a hundred reasons to forgive her.

To kill or not to kill, her heart was in a mess, making her unable to make a decision.

In all fairness, she did not hate Chen Ning and even had a faint appreciation and fondness for her.

If this girl's status was not the Ding Yuan Princess or if she was a girl from a common family, Empress Dowager Zhou would not feel this awkward.

She would not hesitate to marry her son to her.

But she was a girl her son couldn't even touch!

This was the first time Empress Dowager Zhou had encountered such a headache.

She rubbed her forehead and felt her head begin to ache again.

Although Chen Ning's medicine had cured her insomnia, her sleep was becoming more and more restless. She was always on edge, worried that something would happen between her son and this girl in front of her. If something really happened in front of her, she did not know how to clean up this mess.

The best solution was to send this girl away before anything happened!

Send her back to where she came from, completely cutting off the emperor's thoughts.

But thinking of her saving his life, Empress Dowager Zhou found it hard to say. She was even more worried that if the emperor knew that she was the one who sent her away, it would be hard to protect the mother and son relationship.

So she hesitated several times.

Chen Ning suddenly took a step forward and kneeled down in front of her.

"Empress Dowager, this minister's daughter has a request."

"Oh? Let's hear it. "Empress Dowager Zhou declined to comment.

"This subject's daughter wants to leave this place." She raised her head and met Empress Dowager Zhou's suspicious gaze.

"Leave this place? Where are you going?"

"This minister's daughter is now the King Ding Yuan Princess, so naturally I have to return to the King Ding Yuan Palace. This minister's daughter wants the Empress Dowager's permission to let this minister's daughter return."

"What? You want to go? "

Chen Ning's words shocked Empress Dowager Zhou.

She stared at Chen Ning without blinking, wanting to see if she was being sincere or not.

The emperor's feelings for her, she was clearer than anyone else. How could she suddenly let go and voluntarily return to Chu Shao Yang's side? Especially after what Chu Shao Yang had done to her?

Could it be that this lass was taking a step back in order to advance and was trying to probe him?

There was Dowager!!! Ning! Yang said, King Chen Ning Dowager Chang,

In this world, which girl didn't want to climb up the social ladder? Which girl didn't want to be the Emperor's woman?

Chen Ning shook her head, "Empress Dowager, I have never thought of becoming the emperor's woman. I ….. Before entering the palace, I didn't know he was the emperor."