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Palace of Benevolence and Peace.
The Empress Dowager was so angry that she almost spat out a mouthful of blood. Even her voice changed. "What did you say? What did Lu Yaoyao say? Say it again! "
The Empress Dowager lowered her head and replied in a low voice, "The princess said that if you point out what heinous crimes she and Lord Ye have committed, she is willing to kowtow three times and go to the Imperial Mausoleum to ask for forgiveness. She also said that this is a rule that has never been broken since ancient times. She … she doesn't want to accept this edict."
"Good! Good! " The Empress Dowager was so angry that her fingers trembled. "She really has a sharp tongue. She thinks that with the Emperor's favor, she can look down on me, right?"
The hall was silent. No one dared to say a word. Even Aunt Cheng, who was standing next to her, just lowered her head. She was no longer the person the Empress Dowager trusted the most. If she spoke up for the princess now, the Empress Dowager would definitely hate her completely.
Yao Ye walked forward to comfort her. "Empress Dowager, don't be angry. Don't hurt yourself."
The Empress Dowager shouted angrily, "How can I not be angry? Listen to what Lu Yaoyao said. She hasn't even entered the palace, but she already dares to look down on me. In the future, when she enters the palace, won't she step on me? "
"How can that be? Maybe the princess just can't understand your painstaking efforts." Yao Ye persuaded in a low voice.
Aunt Cheng looked up at the palace maid called Yao Ye. This was the commoner girl the Empress Dowager brought back from Huguo Temple. She really looked like Lady Yao. It seemed that as she guessed, Ye Yaoyao didn't die at all. Instead, she was hidden by the Empress Dowager and now she was brought into the palace.
The reason why the Empress Dowager hated the princess so much must have something to do with Ye Yaoyao. She had to find a way to tell the Emperor.
"How can she understand my painstaking efforts? The Emperor is protecting her. What is there for her to be afraid of? In the future, I will have to listen to her to survive in the palace." The Empress Dowager snorted coldly.
Aunt Cheng couldn't help but say, "Empress Dowager, you used to regard the princess as your daughter and the princess was very filial to you. People's nature won't change. How the princess treated you before will be the same in the future. Don't be angry."
Yao Ye looked up at Aunt Cheng and said with a smile, "Empress Dowager, Aunt Cheng is right. The princess will not change her filial piety to you because of anything else. Don't worry."
"She didn't know she was Ye Yiqing's daughter before, so naturally, she didn't hold any grudges. Now, who can guarantee that she isn't here for revenge?" Empress Dowager said angrily. "She didn't know she was Dowager Dowager was Yi 'of of.
The corners of Yao Ye's mouth curled up slightly. Sensing that Aunt Cheng was staring at her, she looked over and said, "Aunt Cheng, you know the princess better. Why don't you tell the princess that the Empress Dowager asked her to copy the scriptures for her own good?"
The Empress Dowager shouted, "There's no need for her to copy the scriptures. If her heart isn't sincere, it doesn't matter how many scriptures she copies."
"Empress Dowager …" Aunt Cheng looked at the angry Empress Dowager and didn't know how to persuade her.
"Don't say anything. Aijia will go find the Emperor myself. If he wants the Empress, Aijia will move to the temporary imperial residence!" the Empress Dowager said.
"Who wants to go to the temporary imperial residence?" As soon as the Empress Dowager finished speaking, a clear voice came from outside. Then, Mo Rongyi's handsome figure appeared outside the hall.
When the Empress Dowager saw her youngest son, the anger on her face gradually dissipated. "Why are you here?"
Mo Rongyi walked in with a smile. He didn't even look at the others. "Muhou, the weather is good today. Let's go fishing."
"You only know how to play. If your imperial brother knew, he would scold you again." The Empress Dowager said with a smile. She looked up and gave Yao Ye a look. "You can leave."
Since Mo Rongyi appeared, Yao Ye had kept her head down. She didn't let him see her. She caught the Empress Dowager's look and slowly left with her head down.
"Muhou, what did you say about the temporary imperial residence?" Mo Rongyi asked with a smile.
The Empress Dowager's face darkened. "If your imperial brother insists on marrying Lu Yaoyao, Aijia will move to the temporary imperial residence."
"What about Yaoyao?" Mo Rongyi frowned. Why did this matter have to do with Yaoyao?
"Hmph, she doesn't have any respect for Aijia!" The Empress Dowager said and told Mo Rongyi about the decree. "… Isn't Aijia doing this for her own good? She actually said there were no such rules. If there were really rules, could she become the Empress? "
As Mo Rongyi listened, the smile on his face faded. He looked in shock at his mother as if he was looking at a stranger. He had seen how much the Empress Dowager liked Yaoyao in the past. Why did the Empress Dowager hate Yaoyao so much after just a year?
"Muhou, what did Yaoyao do wrong?" Mo Rongyi asked in confusion. "You didn't say that about her before."
The Empress Dowager snorted. "The past is the past. Now, she is no longer the princess that Aijia likes."
"Do you have some misunderstanding about Yaoyao? Asking her to copy scriptures to wash away her sins? Such … such a ridiculous thing. If she really agreed to it, she wouldn't be the original Yaoyao. Muhou, the Ye family's wrongdoers have all been punished. This has nothing to do with Yaoyao. She didn't even know her past before. Aren't you asking too much of her? "Mo Rongyi asked.
"Even if she didn't do anything wrong, the Ye family's blood flows in her!" The Empress Dowager said through gritted teeth. "What if she wants to avenge the Ye family?"
Mo Rongyi shook his head. "Muhou, Yaoyao saved me twice. If she really wanted to take revenge, she didn't have to save me. Have you forgotten? Even your old illness was cured by Yaoyao. "
The Empress Dowager thought of the past and hesitation flashed in her eyes. However, it was quickly replaced by ferocious anger. "You and your imperial brother were both bribed by her!"
"Muhou!" Mo Rongyi was helpless against the Empress Dowager's stubbornness.
"There's no need to say anything. Aijia is tired." The Empress Dowager didn't even want to see her youngest son anymore.
Mo Rongyi helplessly looked at her, "Muhou, imperial brother has finally been able to live a little more comfortably. In the past, in order to protect us, in order to keep us alive, besides fighting, he was guarding against others trying to harm him. His entire person seemed cold and inhuman. Now, his heart has finally moved and he's starting to smile like a normal person. Even if you don't think about Yao Yao's filial piety towards you in the past, please think about imperial brother."
After hearing this, the Empress Dowager was silent, but there was a trace of emotion in her eyes.
"Son will leave first," Mo Rongyi said in a low voice.
After Mo Rongyi left, Shao Ye walked in again. "Empress Dowager, you must be tired. Let this servant read to you."
Listening to her read more would not be so easily persuaded.
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