After dinner, under the overcast clouds, the sky and the earth turned into a silvery white, snowflakes fell one after another, and soon it was a beautiful scenery covered in silver.

It was getting dark, and Eunuch Cui finally came back after disappearing for a long time. He entered the main hall and cleared the snow off his body. He walked up to the Queen Mother and said, "I'm reporting to the Queen Mother, I've found out everything."

In winter, the Queen Mother's finger joints would be vaguely affected by the snow. She was soaking them in potion and asked slowly: "Who went to check?"

Eunuch Cui stood behind the Queen Mother and replied: "The Imperial City Department sent people to investigate."

The Queen Mother took her hand out of the potion, her hot fingers were red, she picked up the towel on the side and wiped it, turned around and was sitting on the soft couch, and said: "Tell me and listen."

Eunuch Cui replied truthfully: "After investigation, it was confirmed that Xi concubine had contact with the regent during her confinement."

The moment this name that she had never heard of appeared, the Queen Mother's face suddenly froze. She stopped wiping her fingers with a towel and asked extremely seriously: "Is the news reliable?"

Eunuch Cui replied: "The Imperial City Department has always been rigorous in doing things. As you, Queen Mother, also know, the regent has too much power. The Imperial City Department is afraid that if we continue to investigate further, we will alert the enemy. If we find some clues, we will not dare to investigate again."

The Queen Mother immediately threw the towel aside angrily in displeasure and said angrily: "Humph! What a regent. After so many years of silence, he finally couldn't stand it any longer."

Eunuch Cui also said nervously: "Xi concubine is also very capable, she was able to hook up with the regent."

The Queen Mother immediately said disdainfully: "Only her? With such an arrogant temper as the Regent, are you willing to give her face?" Suddenly, the Queen Mother suddenly remembered something and her face darkened: "Her face has really earned her a lot of anger."

Eunuch Cui also suddenly realized: "Yes, I almost forgot about this. Queen Mother, this matter is not trivial. I'm afraid that the regent has evil intentions, so I have to be on guard! Do you want to report it to Your Majesty?"

The Queen Mother immediately raised her hand to stop: "No, we must not alert the enemy before we find out. The current situation is turbulent. If the regent is provoked to do evil again, wouldn't it cause trouble to the emperor?"

The hall fell silent in an instant, and Eunuch Cui did not dare to say anything rashly. The Queen Mother thought for a long time and did not dare not to take it seriously. She immediately narrowed her eyes and said, "The Ai family is going to Fengxiang Palace."

"Now?" Eunuch Cui was suddenly startled. He looked at the darkening sky outside and it was still snowing. He said, "It's getting late and it's still snowing. The Queen Mother can go there tomorrow."

The Queen Mother couldn't wait to stand up and said: "Such an important matter cannot be delayed. The Ai family will go to check the wind on the Queen's side first."

Eunuch Cui quickly brought the fox fur cloak and put it on the Queen Mother. He also asked someone to prepare the phoenix chariot. Then he held the Queen Mother's hand and carefully walked out of the bedroom.

When we arrived at Fengxiang Palace, it was completely dark, and the white snowflakes fell on the brown fox fur cloak, clearly visible.

The people in the palace were shocked when they saw the Queen Mother coming at night. When the Queen heard about it, she quickly came out to greet her. There were people kneeling on the ground in the courtyard.

Even the empress, who has a motherly etiquette in the world, would kneel on the ground and salute the Queen Mother when she saw her, saying: "I, my concubine, see the Queen Mother."

As the snow fell, the Queen Mother lowered her head and glanced at the Queen. She was so cold that she didn't want to reply.

The Queen asked: "I wonder why the Queen Mother came here at night?"

The Queen Mother said: "The Ai family is here to see the Third Prince, please get up and talk."

The queen stood up, holding the hand of the maid beside her, and quickly led the way: "The third prince is in the side hall. The queen mother invites my concubine to come."

Entering the side hall, warm clothes hit her face as she entered the door. The Queen Mother took off her fox fur cloak and walked to the third prince's cradle. The child was sleeping soundly.

The Queen Mother glanced at it, then turned to the Queen and said, "Do you know why the Ai family doesn't let Xi concubine raise the third prince?"

The queen made a rough guess, but she didn't dare to speak rashly. She shook her head pretending to be confused and said, "I don't know, I don't know."

The queen held Eunuch Cui's hand and sat down beside her. She looked at the queen and said forcefully despite her indifference: "You are a smart person, why should you pretend to be confused in front of the Ai family?"

The queen faced the Queen Mother, lowered her head slightly and said: "I am stupid, I am afraid that what I think in my heart is only a rough idea. There is no need for the Queen Mother to think deeply."

The Queen Mother snorted coldly and smiled: "The prince of the Tian family is extremely noble. He will surely prosper in the future. Don't think that your son is the prince, which means he has secured his position as the heir apparent."

This sentence was enough to shock the Queen. Under her seemingly calm face, she still swallowed uneasily.

Even such a subtle change was still noticed by the Queen Mother and she asked: "Why are you nervous? Isn't what the Ai family said wrong? Otherwise, why have the Crown Prince and the Second Prince been at odds over the years?"

Immediately, the Queen Mother glanced at the cradle of the third prince and said: "Although the third prince is still in his infancy, he is also the son of the emperor. Do you know why Xi Bi suddenly turned over?"

Every word of the Queen Mother struck the Prince directly. The Queen did not dare not to pay attention to it, so she said: "From my concubine's point of view, I cannot do it on my own."

Ai Jia smiled with satisfaction: "Ai Jia knows that you are a smart person, but do you know who is behind it?"

The queen immediately looked at the queen mother, shook her head and said, "I don't know." She guessed that the queen mother must have found something, and looked at the queen mother with expectation. She was also curious.

The Queen Mother made no secret and said: "It's the Regent."

When these three words popped out, the queen was instantly startled. She wanted to say something, but she looked at the palace servants around with vigilance and ordered: "You all should go out."

After all the palace people left, the queen took a few steps forward, got closer to the queen mother, and said: "The queen mother means that the reason why the regent is able to help Xibi is because of Concubine Shu?"

A dark and satisfied smile appeared on the corners of the Queen Mother's lips: "It's good that you know the inside story."

The queen glanced at the third prince and said seriously: "I finally understand why the queen mother doesn't let Xi concubine raise the third prince. But I don't understand why the queen mother lets me raise the third prince?"

The Queen Mother's face darkened: "At that time, the Ai family didn't know that the person behind it was the regent, so that's why the Ai family came over."

The queen looked at the third prince again and said solemnly: "Don't worry, queen mother, I will definitely regard the third prince as my own son and raise him up, and I will never let my concubine contaminate him."

The Queen Mother chuckled and said: "Parental son? Your biological son is only the prince. If you say this, the Ai family won't believe it."

The queen wanted to say something, but the queen mother was the first to say: "You should know how big a threat the regent is to the prince. Now that he has extended his hand into the harem, he is afraid that he will make some big move, so you should be more careful."

The queen knew the secret. She stood there and rolled her eyes uneasily. Too many dangerous thoughts came to her mind.

Immediately, the Queen Mother stood up and said to the empress: "Remember what the Ai family said today, if the third prince is here with you, if there is the slightest mistake, even a hair missing, the Ai family will never let you go. In the past, the Ai family could help you and wait for you.

The position of queen can also pull you down from this position of queen. With just a word from the Ai family, anyone can be the queen of this Rongguo."

The queen immediately trembled and knelt down and said: "Don't worry, Queen Mother, since she is your majesty's child, and as your legitimate mother, I will definitely have a good life and raise her."

The Queen Mother lowered her head and said coldly: "You'd better not disappoint the Ai family. Don't think that the Ai family doesn't know about the things you have done with the prince over the years."
Chapter completed!