Chapter 778
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Although she knew that the Empress Dowager would not want to see her, Ye Zhen came to the Palace of Compassionate and Peaceful early the next morning to pay her respects.
When the Empress Dowager learned that the Empress was already waiting for her outside, she didn't plan on getting up so early and laid back down to sleep. Two hours passed before the Empress Dowager finally couldn't lie down any longer. "Has the Empress left?"
If Lu Yaoyao were to leave, she would definitely not let her off.
"Empress Dowager, the Empress is still waiting outside." The palace maid said in a small voice. Anyone with eyes could see that the Empress Dowager purposefully did not want to see the Empress. Although they did not understand why the Empress Dowager who had treated the Empress like a daughter suddenly became like this, as servants, they could not say anything.
"You're still waiting outside?" The empress dowager frowned. She hadn't expected Lu Yaoyao to be so persistent.
The palace maid answered in a low voice, "Empress Dowager, do you want to eat first?"
The Empress Dowager adjusted her hair bun. "Let's eat first."
"Yes." The palace maid wanted to ask if they should invite the Empress over first. The Empress had come so early and should not have eaten breakfast. After waiting for so long, she must be tired and hungry. However, looking at the Empress Dowager's expression, she thought it was better not to say anything.
After breakfast, the Empress Dowager let the Empress in.
Ye Zhen, who had been waiting in the side hall, was actually tired and hungry. She came here early this morning and didn't even have a sip of water. She thought that even if the Empress Dowager didn't want to see her, she would send her back. She didn't expect that the Empress Dowager would neither send her nor see her.
"Your Highness, why don't you come back tomorrow?" Hong Ling looked at Ye Zhen distressed and complained in her heart that the Empress Dowager really didn't care about her old feelings at all and treated the Empress like this.
Ye Zhen shook her head gently. "Since you are here, just wait."
This bit of suffering was not enough to harm her.
After waiting for a long time, the Empress Dowager was finally willing to see her. Ye Zhen smiled faintly. She thought she would have to wait for a day. It was good that the Empress Dowager was willing to see her.
Ye Zhen smiled faintly at Hong Ling, "Don't talk nonsense in front of the empress dowager."
"I understand." Hong Ling nodded lightly.
The Empress Dowager saw Ye Zhen in her bedroom. She leaned lazily against the big cushion and watched Ye Zhen walk in from the outside with indifferent eyes.
"This concubine greets the Empress Mother and greets the Empress Mother." Ye Zhen saluted in a well-behaved manner, her eyes drooping in a submissive manner.
"The Empress did a good job." The Empress Dowager looked at Ye Zhen coldly and did not hide her disgust.
Ye Zhen still maintained her kneeling posture. She looked at the empress dowager with a smile. "This concubine does not understand what mother means."
The Empress Dowager sneered. "Get up. You don't have to come and pay your respects in the future. I don't want to see you, and I believe you don't want to see me either."
"How can this concubine not want to see mother? If mother is willing, this concubine will come to accompany you every day." Ye Zhen stood up and said to the Empress Dowager with a smile.
"You can only use this move on His Majesty. Aijia has long seen what kind of person you are." The Empress Dowager coldly said.
Ye Zhen smiled bitterly in her heart. What kind of person was she in the Empress Dowager's mind? "Mother, what kind of person am I in your mind?"
"Hypocritical, cunning, and full of schemes. His Majesty has been deceived by you. I have long seen through you," the Empress Dowager said coldly.
The Empress Dowager's words were like thousands of needles stabbing her heart. Ye Zhen smiled bitterly. "Mother, did this concubine do something wrong?"
"You didn't do anything wrong. You schemed to get close to His Majesty and put on an act in front of Ai Jia. Didn't you get what you wanted? Ai Jia wants to see when His Majesty will see your true colors." The Empress Dowager thought that she had been deceived by Lu Yaoyao before. She even granted her the title of Princess and agreed to the Emperor's title of Empress.
"Mother!" Ye Zhen did not expect that the Empress Dowager's resentment towards her was so deep. "This concubine has never deliberately approached the Emperor. Whether it was before or now, this concubine is sincere to you."
The Empress Dowager sneered. "Lu Yaoyao, do you remember what Aijia asked you before?"
Ye Zhen looked at the Empress Dowager doubtfully.
"When Lu Wushuang was still in the palace, I once asked you if you wanted to enter the palace. What was your answer at that time?" The Empress Dowager's eyes were full of ridicule. She had been deceived like this at that time.
Ye Zhen froze for a moment. At that time, she really did not want to enter the palace. Seeing Mo Rongzhan was like seeing a poisonous snake. When the Empress Dowager asked her such a question, of course, she replied that she did not want to enter the palace. Who would have thought that she would fall in love with Mo Rongzhan one day and finally become his Empress?
"Mother, this concubine did think that way at that time." Ye Zhen whispered.
The Empress Dowager smiled. "No matter what you thought at that time, Aijia was deceived by you. Forget it, there is nothing to say anyway. Now that you have achieved your wish, as the Lord of the Six Palaces, as long as you know how to think for the Emperor, Aijia will naturally not care about the past."
Ye Zhen listened with a wry smile. "Yes, Mother."
"Do you understand what Aijia means?" The Empress Dowager looked at Ye Zhen and asked.
"Mother, if you have any orders, please tell this concubine." Ye Zhen didn't understand what the Empress Dowager meant at all.
The Empress Dowager snorted coldly. "The Emperor has not entered the palace for two years. Now that there is an Empress, it is still up to you to do the selection. Choose a considerate person for the Emperor. You, as an Empress, will also be praised by the world. There are so many things in the palace, you will not neglect the Emperor."
Ye Zhen's face was a little pale. She knew that the Empress Dowager's return to the palace would not be a good thing, but she did not expect that the Empress Dowager would choose another woman for the Emperor so soon.
"What's wrong? Don't you want to?" The Empress Dowager asked coldly.
"No, no." Ye Zhen lowered her head. "This concubine will ask the Emperor about this matter. After all, the selection is a big event."
The Empress Dowager said, "The selection is an annual rule. Do you want to ask the Emperor about everything? What's the use of having you as an Empress?"
Ye Zhen smiled faintly. "This concubine is the first time to be an Empress. There are many things I don't understand."
"Then Aijia will teach you now that monopolizing the Emperor's favor is not what a Empress should do. Find more concubines for the Emperor and spread more branches and leaves for the Emperor. No matter how beautiful you are, there will be more beautiful and younger people than you in the future. Serving people with beauty will not last long." The Empress Dowager looked at Ye Zhen and said in a deep voice.
"This concubine understands." Ye Zhen smiled and looked up at the Empress Dowager. "So this concubine will always be beautiful."
The Empress Dowager's face was gloomy. "It seems that you didn't listen to Aijia's words."
Ye Zhen smiled. She listened, but she did not intend to compromise. Why should she push Mo Rongzhan to another woman? It was not easy for her to be with him.
"This concubine understands your instructions." Ye Zhen said with a smile.
(Nine-headed Bird Academy)
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