Chapter 47: Emotions Confuse Wisdom (5)
Seeing that Zhang Ren and the Queen Mother both had heavy expressions, Xinxin knew that it must not be a minor illness. Zhou Cheng never missed the morning court for any reason, even when Yin Yin had gotten into trouble many times before. He was used to falling ill, but this time he refused to go to court because of illness?
"Something must have happened, right?"
Xinxin believed that she and Yinyin were like sisters. She liked Yinyin from the bottom of her heart and respected her very much. Even though she knew that her two brothers had quarreled over her affairs, it did not affect her love for Yinyin. At that time, she knew the most real Yinyin, the one who never used any means to achieve her goals. She also knew that Yinyin just hoped to find a loyal and unswerving love of her own. It was because she knew this that she could not hate Yinyin...
"I'm going to the [Prime Minister's Mansion]——"
Since neither the Queen Mother nor Zhang Ren could answer her, she had to find the answer herself .
"Xin'er, stop——"
At the Queen Mother's roar, Xinxin stopped walking with her back to the Queen Mother.
"Don't stop me, mother. I just want to know what happened."
"What can you do if you know? Let the Queen Mother go, and you stay in the palace—"
The Queen Mother's words startled Zhang Ren and Xin Xin at the same time. Xin Xin turned around and looked at the Queen Mother in astonishment.
"Is everything alright? Prime Minister Zhang?"
"Yes, it is an honor for me to have the Queen Mother visit my residence."
"Mother——"
"Okay, since we're going, let's get going now—"
The Queen Mother stood up. Xin Xin was stunned. You know, it was extremely rare for the Queen Mother to leave the palace. The number of times she had left the palace since she married into the palace could be counted on one hand. However, this time she left the palace again for Yin Yin's matter...
The Queen Mother came to the [Prime Minister's Mansion], and everyone in the mansion went out to greet her. Upon hearing that the Queen Mother was coming, even though Zhou Cheng was reluctant to leave Yin Yin's side, he still went to greet her in person. He also knew why the Queen Mother came suddenly. After seeing Zhou Cheng, the Queen Mother talked to him alone in a side hall in the [Prime Minister's Mansion]...
"How is Yinyin doing?"
"Still asleep."
"Do you know why the Queen Mother came here? "
"Um."
"Didn't you tell me that you would take care of both your children's personal affairs and national affairs? Why did you go back on your word this time?"
"I have not gone back on my word. I have only temporarily handed the morning court session over to the Prime Minister. I will still handle ."
"Do you know how important the morning court is? The civil and military officials can only see you at the morning court every day, but you don't attend the morning court? Do you know how big the impact is for those officials who are eager to report political affairs to you? It's not that the Queen Mother does not believe in the Prime Minister's ability, but there are some things that must be handled by you, the Emperor, do you understand?"
What if Zhou Cheng understood? What could be more important to him than Yin Yin's matter? So he remained silent...
"Forget about today. Can my son promise mother that you will attend the morning court even if Yinyin still doesn't wake up tomorrow?"
The Queen Mother's words left Zhou Cheng indifferent, and the Queen Mother naturally saw it...
"Are you going to give up the whole country for Yin Yin?"
If possible, Zhou Cheng is really willing to give up; if he can get Yin Yin, why not give up the position of king?
"Have you always been very rational? Is it really just because of Yin Yin that you become like this?"
The Queen Mother had never seen Zhou Cheng lose his composure because of Yin Yin's accident . Now it was even more outrageous. He even wanted to give up the throne for her? The Queen Mother could not believe this. Wasn't this saying that Yin Yin was a sinner who brought disaster to the country? If Yin Yin misled the ruler of a country and caused the government to be unable to proceed, she would undoubtedly become a sinner for all eternity. Even if it was not her original intention, at least Zhou Cheng, as the ruler of a country, became like this because of her. He ignored government affairs for love and lost his mind...
"Why don't you answer Mother?"
Zhou Cheng's repeated silence was hard for the Queen Mother to accept.
"Are you really going to lose your mind because of love? As the king of a country, can't you tell what you should do and what you shouldn't do?"
Seeing Zhou Cheng's unwavering attitude, the Queen Mother could no longer remain calm and became furious.
"Isn't it you who caused the situation between you and Yinyin today? Think about how much the Queen Mother wanted you to be together, but you threatened to die to break off the engagement with her. What about now? You ignore state affairs for her? What do you want the Queen Mother to do to make you happy?"
Thinking about the cancellation of the engagement, Zhou Cheng still finds it ridiculous, so ridiculous that he wants to die. If he hadn't been so impulsive and insisted on canceling the engagement, what would be the outcome for him and Yin Yin today?
"You didn't want her in the first place, so why are you still pestering me now? Even for yourself and Yinyin, can you let her go? You've already hurt her deeply, do you still want to hurt her to the point where she can't move?"
"I won't do that—"
"Okay, you won't, but have you ever thought about whether she is willing to keep you by her side? Have you ever thought that by doing this you are only tying her to you? Can't you see that her heart is no longer with you?"
After hearing the Queen Mother's words, Zhou Cheng clenched his fists. He knew, he knew everything. Even so, he hoped that Yin Yin could stay with him. He would keep her by his side at all costs, even if he was hated.
"Wake up, at least you can hear your mother's words now, which proves that you haven't lost your mind. Let go while you can still figure out your own position. Yinyin no longer belongs to you——"
"No, I will never give up. Yinyin belongs to me. She is mine. She was, is, and will be mine. She only belongs to me."
Zhou Cheng's words and expression made the Queen Mother unable to believe her ears and eyes. It was not that she did not like her son to fall in love with Yin Yin, but what if he fell in love? He had already missed the best opportunity. Once he lost that person's heart, could he still get it back? The Queen Mother always believed that Zhou Cheng was a very rational person, but at this moment she could not believe it at all. At this moment, Zhou Cheng's impulse was beyond reason.
