mtl008 Chapter 195: Dream of Wealth and Honor
Chapter 195: Dream of Wealth and Honor
His tone was both provocative and playful, making people feel disgusted and helpless.
Su Rao felt an indescribable indignation in her heart. The Shoukang Palace where she was located was originally the territory of the empress dowager. This group of people acted recklessly in such a sacred place. It was truly treasonous and ridiculous!
In this mixture of anger and anxiety, the only light in Su Rao's heart is the far-away Prince Yi. Although his return is still uncertain, like the unreachable stars in the sky, he is her only spiritual support in difficult times.
Just as her thoughts were wavering between despair and hope, there were suddenly bursts of rough banging sounds outside the door. Each impact seemed to tear the fragile door panel apart, and at the same time it also hit Su Rao's heartstrings, which were already stretched to the limit.
She used all her strength to hold up the crumbling door panel, praying silently in her heart, hoping that the Queen Mother's reinforcements would arrive in time. Her wish was like a candlelight in the wind and rain, fragile yet firm.
At this critical moment, a majestic and sharp rebuke broke through the noise: "How dare you! What are you doing?"
The sound was like thunder from the sky, deafening and shocking the entire scene.
"The Queen Mother has arrived!"
The crowd, who were originally furious, fell to their knees in panic like fallen leaves in the autumn wind the moment they heard the voice.
"How dare you cause trouble in my Shoukang Palace and even want to take my people away! Are you tired of living? Come on, take them all down!"
The Queen Mother's angry rebuke was like a cold wind blowing through the air, every word carrying a weight of weight and revealing an unchallengeable majesty.
Following the Queen Mother's order, the guards acted like wolves and tigers, subduing the unscrupulous invaders one by one in an instant.
Su Rao took advantage of the chaos to push open the door and stood face to face with the majestic empress dowager.
When the Queen Mother saw that Su Rao was safe and sound, she hurried forward, her eyes full of worry and concern, and her tone was much softer: "Are you okay? Did they hurt you?"
Su Rao shook her head gently and tried to force out a comforting smile: "Don't worry, Queen Mother, I'm fine."
After confirming Su Rao's safety, the Queen Mother felt relieved, and then she began to question the incident sternly: "Are they all the Crown Princess's people? Send the Crown Princess to see me immediately."
The Crown Princess hurried over, and when faced with the Queen Mother's questioning, she could hardly hide the panic on her face.
"Please forgive me, Queen Mother. I failed to discipline my subordinates properly, causing them to act recklessly and disturbing your peace."
The Crown Princess said, turning her gaze to Su Rao, with a fake look of concern on her face, "In fact, I did this all for my sister's good. I heard that my sister's condition has worsened, and I happen to have a miracle doctor at home, so I wanted to invite my sister to come over so that she can get the best treatment."
Her hypocrisy was so thick in the air that it was almost suffocating.
Su Rao sneered in her heart. If he really had good intentions, why did he go to such lengths and ask the doctor to come to her house instead of asking her to take the risk of entering the prince's mansion? The trick was self-evident.
In the face of the Crown Princess's sophistry, the Queen Mother sneered, and her laughter was filled with endless sarcasm and coldness.
Just when no one could react, the Queen Mother suddenly raised her hand and slapped the Crown Princess hard. The slap was so heavy that even the Crown Princess, who was good at disguising herself, was stunned in place. The severe pain in her cheek and the shock in her heart intertwined, making her face instantly as pale as paper.
"Good intentions? I think your 'good intentions' are hiding poisonous scorpions, intending to harm my Princess Yi!"
The Queen Mother's words were sharp, every word like a needle, and then there was another slap in the face. The crisp sound echoed in the hall, shaking the hearts of everyone present.
This series of actions not only humiliated the Crown Princess, but also vented her long-accumulated dissatisfaction and anger towards the Crown Prince!
The Crown Princess clenched her teeth, her face was as pale as paper, and her eyes were full of unwillingness and forbearance.
She has always been known for her forbearance. Although she has coveted the position of queen for a long time, she has never lost her composure.
At this moment, she secretly swore in her heart that when the day came when the prince ascended the throne, she would make this old woman pay a heavy price and let her experience what it meant to live a life worse than death.
"I would never dare to do anything to harm Princess Yi. This is all a misunderstanding. Please understand, Queen Mother. I am innocent."
The Crown Princess tried to gain sympathy by acting weak and frail, and her words were full of pleading, but beneath that disguise was her desire for power and her obsession with revenge.
The Queen Mother finished venting her anger, her heavy breathing gradually calmed down, and she slowly withdrew her hand. Her eyes were like thousand-year-old ice, and her voice was as cold as the winter wind that penetrated the bone marrow: "Summon the Crown Prince immediately. I want to hear with my own ears how he defends all these absurd actions."
Upon hearing the voice, the Crown Princess turned pale as paper and led a group of palace servants behind her, hurriedly leaving the Queen Mother's palace in a chaotic manner.
The air seemed to still be filled with the aftermath of the conflict just now. The atmosphere of tension and anxiety was like an invisible mist, permeating the entire space and making it difficult to breathe.
At the same time, in the quiet courtyard of the prince's mansion, the prince's anger was like a prairie fire, raging without limit.
He glared fiercely at the Crown Princess kneeling on the ground. His angry eyes seemed to be able to pierce through people. Then, a dull sound was heard along with the Crown Princess's cry of pain. The Crown Prince slapped her mercilessly, "Waste! You can't even handle such a small matter! You fail again and again. What's the point of keeping you!"
The Crown Prince's rebuke was like a sharp arrow that shot straight into the Crown Princess' heart. Her face instantly became red and swollen, and tears kept rolling in her eyes, but she stubbornly refused to let them fall.
"If you had half the wit and skill of Su Rao, how could I end up in such an embarrassing situation! I was really blind to marry a stupid woman like you!"
The prince's resentment seemed to have found an outlet, and it became more and more turbulent.
The Crown Princess collapsed on the ground powerlessly. Facing the insults that followed one after another, she could only endure them silently.
Deep down in his heart, pain and unwillingness entangled him like vines, adding to his tiredness of always being compared with Su Rao.
Although she was extremely resistant in her heart, she had to admit that Su Rao did have her strengths.
But wisdom, in this deep palace, is it the only rule of survival? She chose to stand by Zhao Tingduan, and now she is the crown princess, and in the future she will have the hope of becoming the queen who rules the country; while Su Rao, no matter how smart she is, can only be the widow of a criminal, and her future is bleak.
The Crown Princess secretly swore in her heart that as long as she could be patient, the wealth and glory that everyone dreamed of would eventually belong to her!
The prince's eyes were as dark as the night, and his tone was full of determination that could not be questioned: "In this case, it seems that only this matter can be properly resolved by me personally."