Chapter 207: Total Despair
Yan Qing sat aside, relaxed and leaned against him: "The Queen Mother always says this, can't you come up with something new?"
The Queen Mother breathed quickly, her face pale and blue.
"I am a vengeful person. I remember everything the Queen Mother did and said to me in the past, and I have never forgotten it for a moment." Yan Qing was melancholy, "But ascending the throne is a happy event, and I don't want to kill people on a happy day, so the Queen Mother stays here quietly and enjoys the quietness. Try not to leave Ren'an Palace if you have nothing to do. I may let the Queen Mother live to the end of her life."
The Queen Mother gritted her teeth: "Yan Qing, you are trying to usurp the throne!"
The palace people knelt down together, their faces turned pale with fear, and they prostrated themselves on the ground and dared not speak.
"The Queen Mother is wrong." Yan Qing smiled calmly, her eyebrows and eyes were beautiful and charming, "Yan Chen personally wrote a letter of abdication, willingly giving up the throne to me. The commander of the Imperial Guard Ji Lin and the chief steward Wei Changhai can testify that I did not usurp the throne to seek power."
The Queen Mother's face was gloomy.
Even though she had expected such a result, she was still disappointed for her son after hearing what Yan Qing said in person.
Extremely disappointed!
At that moment, the Queen Mother felt hopeless and hopeless. She was silent for a long time, then she said dejectedly: "When will you give me the antidote?"
"What antidote?"
The Queen Mother's pupils shrank suddenly: "What antidote are you talking about? You are still playing dumb with me! Yan Qing, if you dare to go back on your word, I will never let you go! You can't sit on that chair safely!"
"The Queen Mother still hasn't seen the situation clearly." Yan Qing sighed with pity, "It's not up to you whether I can become the emperor. Do you think I want that position? If it wasn't for the pain of you and your son, I might not be willing to take over the Great Yong Kingdom if it was given to me."
The Queen Mother was so angry that she almost bit her teeth off.
"Ji Lin." Yan Qing stood up and ordered indifferently, "Start sealing off Ren'an Palace today. If there is nothing special, the Queen Mother does not need to go out."
Outside the palace gate, a person was hiding in the dark. He was tall and straight, and dressed in the uniform of the commander of the Imperial Guards. He was calm and steady: "Yes."
The Queen Mother's face suddenly changed: "Yan Qing, do you dare?"
"I dare to seize the throne, what else can I not do?" Yan Qing raised the corners of his mouth slightly, but the smile did not reach his eyes, "The Queen Mother, enjoy your old age. The poison attacks once a month is the price you should pay for those cruel behaviors in the past."
She is not a soft-hearted person and cannot make a decision to forgive the future.
The Queen Mother who has done evil things should spend the rest of her life in repentance and pain.
Yan Qing stepped out of the palace door, ignoring the angry and uncontrolled shouting behind him: "Yan Qing! Yan Qing! You will be struck by lightning if you treat your mother like this! Yan Qing!"
Struck by lightning?
If there is a thunderbolt, the first person to be struck will be the inhumane empress dowager.
Yan Qing left Ren'an Palace without looking back.
"Ji Lin."
"I am here."
"Starting tonight, the guards outside Ren'an Palace will be strengthened. The empress dowager is not feeling well and needs to rest."
"Yes."
"Wen Jin."
"Your Highness."
"Let's go back to the princess's mansion first." Yan Qing said indifferently, "I am tired. I will go back to take a bath, change clothes, and have a good sleep. I will go to the palace early tomorrow morning."
"Yes."
Yan Qing and Wen Jin left the palace and took the carriage back to the princess.
The princess's mansion is still the same as before. Except for the different flowers blooming in the mansion due to different seasons, everything else is almost the same as when I left.
The princess's servants are still the same servants as before, no one is missing or added.
The layout of the princess's bedroom is still the same as before, and the golden cage is still there, and no one has moved it.
The maids started to get busy, some preparing hot water, some preparing dinner, some making beds, everyone started to work in an orderly manner.
Yan Qing stood in front of the cage and looked at it for a while, then said calmly: "Stay in there tonight?"
Wen Jin pursed his lips: "You can keep it as a souvenir."
Yan Qing frowned: "I like to see you living in a cage."
Wen Jin began to bargain: "How about half an hour?"
"Promising."
Wen Jin's voice was soft, and it sounded like the whispers of lovers at night: "I want to sleep with Your Highness, but I can't even hold Your Highness' hand because of the cage."
"Living in a cage, you still want to hold my hand?" Yan Qing tilted his head, "Don't you know your identity?"
"I know." Wen Jin lowered his eyebrows and eyes, his voice was gentle, "Your Highness promised me that after tomorrow, Your Highness will be the king of a country. The emperor should keep his word and cannot go back on his words."
"I have said too many things. If every word is true, which one should I abide by?" Yan Qing said lazily, "I also said that I want you to be the chief steward. Do you think I should keep my promise?"