roccoschili Chapter 241 Empress Dowager Xie comes to court and confronts Su Jixue
Chapter 241 Empress Dowager Xie comes to court and confronts Su Jixue
Inside the Golden Palace, it was so quiet that you could hear the sound of a pin drop.
Su Jixue looked at Beisu nonchalantly, with the corner of her lips raised in a provocative manner. There was still blood on her fingers, dripping down from her fingertips.
The blood stain that accidentally splashed on the cheek was at the corner of the eye, looking like a blood-red teardrop mole, seductive and charming.
But the look in his eyes made Beisu's heart shrink.
Ji Xue... This Su Jixue really looks like Ji Xue. The eyes, expression and demeanor are exactly the same, but only the face is completely different.
She won't let Zongkui go easily.
Bei Su read this message in Su Jixue's eyes.
At this time, since no one spoke, there was an extremely depressing atmosphere in the entire Golden Palace.
It's like a wrestling match, no one speaks up, and it just depends on who can't hold on first.
After all, for Dong Chu, Su Jixue had just helped Dong Chu obtain terms that he had never thought of before, but as for the Regent of Nanqing, no one knew what Su Jixue was thinking in his heart.
Moreover, Nanqing asked for so much just now, what else can it give? Now the ruler and ministers of Dongchu are not sure.
"Miss Su, are you really not afraid of angering Nan Qing and losing everything?!" Bei Su felt a little regretful at this moment. Even though Zong Kui's encirclement and suppression had failed before, he did not study Su Jixue carefully.
In fact, Beisu took into account the reaction of Dongchu and even the reaction of the main court officials, so he put forward that condition.
You have to know that Dongchu actually doesn't know the actual situation of Nanqing. In addition, Nanqing is well-known, so even Emperor Ming would not suppress it too harshly, after all, the Queen Mother is still there.
But now, the two countries are deadlocked because of Su Jixue, and Beisu feels uneasy for the first time.
Because of the look in Miss Su's eyes, Bei Su felt a sense of destiny that he could never match.
"Lord Beisu, in fact, you should think more about how you are going to hold on to this piece of fat meat, Nanqing, if you can't save your regent." Su Jixue was not afraid of the threat at all.
But just as she finished her words, a cold and powerful female voice suddenly rang out.
"I just sent people to look for her but couldn't find her. I didn't expect Miss Su to be here."
Empress Dowager Xie's voice came coldly.
Everyone turned their heads and saw Empress Dowager Xie slowly approaching in a deep purple gown. Her dress, with wide sleeves and a long skirt, was embroidered with dragons and phoenixes, highlighting her noble status.
Empress Dowager Xie climbed the stairs step by step and came to the emperor's throne. She looked into Emperor Ming's eyes and then sat down behind the pearl curtain behind the throne.
In the past, the Empress Dowager was sitting here when she ruled the country from behind the curtain.
Although Empress Dowager Xie had returned power to Emperor Ming, he never removed the pearl curtain, and no palace servants reminded him to do so, and the phoenix chair behind him remained there all the time.
The moment Empress Dowager Xie sat behind him, Emperor Ming's heart, which had been hanging in the air for all these years, finally settled down.
He knew that his mother couldn't help herself after all.
Emperor Ming took a deep breath. Now that Empress Dowager Xie had come in person to handle this thorny matter, it was definitely her responsibility. But Emperor Ming still stood up and greeted her.
Not only Emperor Ming, but all the civil and military officials in the court knelt down again and paid great respects to Empress Dowager Xie.
Prime Minister Zhuang's ugly expression finally eased. He had always been a descendant of Empress Dowager Xie. Now that Empress Dowager Xie had come in person, he only had to follow her.
Su Jian's brows unconsciously frowned slightly, but then relaxed silently. Now, it was very important to him which side he stood on.
In fact, Su Jian was closer to Emperor Ming, but now that Empress Dowager Xie had come out of retirement, as long as she sat there, it would mean that Emperor Ming might not be able to decide the outcome of the matter alone.
Now, it is also a game between the Empress Dowager's old ministers and the Ming Emperor's new ministers.
The government of Dongchu, which had been stable for several years, ceased to exist the moment Empress Dowager Xie stepped into the Golden Palace.
The sky in the capital is really going to change.
After all, Empress Dowager Xie could clearly come out from the secret passage behind the pearl curtain, just like she did when she was ruling the country from behind the curtain. But now Empress Dowager Xie made such a high-profile appearance and just now suppressed Su Jixue's originally high momentum in public.
It is obvious which side Empress Dowager Xie leans towards.
"Su Jixue, this is not a place for a rich girl to come." Empress Dowager Xie said lightly behind the pearl curtain. Just this one sentence reversed the atmosphere that Su Jixue had created before.
Beisu's morale suddenly rose. Thanks to the Queen Mother for coming, Nanqing no longer has to worry.
"Eh, isn't it?" Su Jixue raised her head and looked towards the beaded curtain across from the other officials. She casually dismissed the pressure from Empress Dowager Xie. "That's strange. Could it be that Eunuch Feng is faking the imperial edict? I clearly came here in response to the imperial edict."
With just one word, everyone in the Golden Palace held their breath again.
Even Su Jian's forehead was covered in sweat. Although Emperor Ming was in charge of the government, his personality was not revealed. However, Empress Dowager Xie was different. From the very beginning, she used an iron-blooded approach to make the previous emperor depose the empress and then exterminate the previous empress's three clans.
Even Princess Fengyi met such a tragic end.
Now that Su Jixue is acting sarcastic like this, I wonder if Empress Dowager Xie will blame him.
"Mother, the main reason is that the Prince Regent of Nanqing needs Miss Su's treatment." Emperor Ming, who had originally planned to stand by and watch, couldn't help but explain, "That's why I summoned Miss Su."
"Since you've been summoned to rescue someone, why are you still dawdling?!" Empress Dowager Xie's words were icy, no longer the gentleness she had shown when she welcomed Su Jixue into the palace. "The court is no joke, Su Jixue, you must recognize your status."
As soon as these words were spoken, some court officials showed anxious expressions.
"Empress Dowager, Miss Su was speaking for me, Dong Chu, just now."
"Yes, Your Majesty the Queen Mother, you were not here just now..."
Before the court official could finish his words, Empress Dowager Xie interrupted him coldly: "So, the harem is not allowed to interfere in government affairs, so how can women outside the harem interfere in government affairs?"
As soon as the words were spoken, everything around was quiet.
At this moment, everyone in the court understood Empress Dowager Xie's hostility towards Miss Su, and Empress Dowager Xie was releasing her attitude.
No one dared to speak again.
Everyone looked at Su Jixue, who looked up at the depth of the bead curtain with a half-smile on her face. Only then did they realize that this daughter of the prime minister had an excellent demeanor. No matter just now or now, she was still calm and composed.
He even exudes an indescribable noble aura that makes people unable to disobey.
"Empress Dowager, the harem is not allowed to interfere in government affairs. Aren't the ones we should be most wary of the Empress Dowager, the Queen and the concubines?" Su Jixue said lightly, word by word, but the shocking tone of this sentence made all the court officials present hold their breath.
All eyes turned to Su Jian.
This versatile right prime minister would never dare to say such outrageous words.
"Su Jixue!" Su Jian couldn't help but roar, his heart almost in his throat. Did Su Jixue want her entire family to be buried with her?!