Chapter 291 - Its a Love-Hate Thing (2/2)
”Yesterday?” The Empress dowager repeated blinking up at Ling mama, who nodded in confirmation as she asked, ”Your majesty....you don't remember?”
The Empress dowager frowned in thought as she rubbed her temple, trying to recall. She remembered going to the ceremony and even the Emperor and Lei Xing drinking the wine but then everything after that was a blank.
”Your majesty...should I send for an Imperial physician?” Ling mama tentatively asked as she skeptically observed the Empress dowager.
Before the Empress dowager could respond, the doors opened and Song mama came running in and then exclaimed, ”Thank heavens, you're awake your majesty...Leave us.” She dismissively said to Ling mama as she quickly walked over to the Empress dowager.
Ling mama knit her brows, annoyed at being ordered around by another maid but she disgruntedly bowed to the Empress dowager and then left the room. Song mama promptly bowed to the Empress dowager and asked, ”Your majesty, how are you feeling?”
”What happened?” The Empress dowager asked with a frown as she looked over Song mama's rattled state. Her memory loss could be dealt with later, she could tell there was something very wrong from Song mama's expression.
Song mama knit her brows and then hesitantly went, ”The Emperor...The Emperor announced that he is going to clear out the harem -”
”Going to what?!” The Empress dowager exclaimed with a disbelieving frown.
Song mama gulped and slightly moved backward worried about the Empress dowager's outburst, ”According to what I heard...he wants only the Empress, so he is sending the others away...to live outside the palace.”
The Empress dowager scoffed and rolled her eyes, ”What do I care what he does with those fools? If he wants, he can kill all of them for all I ca - Wait! What about that Zhao brat?!” the Empress dowager suddenly asked, her frown returning.
”She...” Song mama hesitated again, ”...She will be...leaving too...” She warily informed. As soon as she heard the news, she knew the Empress dowager would be angry about this and raced here to inform her.
”NO! What is the meaning of this nonsense? Why does he keep getting in my way?!” The Empress dowager barked, swiftly rising to her feet, ”Tell that stupid son of mine to come here right now!”
Song mama knit her brows and then quietly said, ”Your majesty, he has already given the order, and...the Emperor might not come -
”Then I'll go to him! Ready my clothes!” The Empress dowager barked, turning her glare on Song mama, who shrunk back and then tentatively reminded, ”Your majesty, the doors...are still - How about I send for Eunuch Li instead?” Song mama said, attempting to calm the Empress dowager down.
The Empress dowager stopped and then took a deep breath and sat back down on her bed, ”Forget it. Just kill her now...There is no way I am letting that Zhao brat leave this palace alive.”
Song mama blinked and then hesitantly, ”Your majesty, if she just dies just like...it will suspicious an-”
”Why should I care?!” The Empress dowager barked in anger, her good mood was now completely ruined by this nonsense. She did not understand why this son of hers always seemed to be against her.
{...What was the point of giving birth to him if he was to be nothing but a hindrance to me?!...}
Song mama furrowed her brows and timidly said, ”Your majesty, I know you're upset...but if the Emperor finds out...the monk...”
The Empress dowager froze, remembering that she still needed the Emperor to handle Monk Du's issue. He had already threatened to stop his search and all her visits if just because she did not want to attend this coronation ceremony. What's more, if he discovered she actually killed that useless girl.
{...Is that brat worth losing my sanity?...}
Even if she slept peacefully last night, she knew it was only temporary, she still needed to find the Voice and that Monk Du was the way. After a long while of the Empress dowager just sitting there, Song mama finally called, ”Your majesty?”
The Empress dowager let out a breath, ”Fine. Forget it for now... Get out. I'm going to sleep.” She ordered, lying on the bed and turning her back to Song mama.
{... A time will come when I will end all of them...Every single last one who had ever stepped on me will bow and then die...And that stupid monk who has reduced me to a pleading fool better be sure to make himself useful or I shall give him the worst death!...}
Those were plans for later, for now, the Empress dowager closed her eyes and hoped another dreamless peaceful slumber, hoping it would get rid of the bad taste that her son always seemed to bring to her mouth. She scoffed, ”Only the Empress...We'll see how long that'll last...”
Song mama knew those words were not meant for her, she silently let out a sigh of relief and promptly bowed and left. She had thought of not informing the Empress dowager of this new development, knowing it would only aggravate her. But then the Empress dowager was bound to eventually find out and Song mama did not want the Empress dowager finding out from someone else, namely Ling mama who obviously did not like her and would love to drag her down before the Empress dowager's eyes.
Song mama sighed, she did not want to give anyone ammunition to drive a wedge between her and the Empress dowager. Their relationship was already currently strained and she definitely did not want to bring the Empress dowager's wrath upon herself again.