Your Majesty, the Empress Runs Again

"Your Majesty, the empress dowager has decreed that you should pay a visit to the Supreme Peace Palace." Qin Ao was immersed in his own thoughts, only returning back to reality when Eunuch Chen spoke. Hearing Eunuch Chen's words, Qin Ao did not bother to think about other things. The empress dowager had retired to the Supreme Peace Palace to honor Buddha after that incident, and had not even appeared during his wedding day.

Empress Dowager Lin was originally the Lin Family's direct daughter, and was the direct sister of Grand Commandant Lin. After the Supreme Emperor ascended to the throne, the Great Qin was exhausted, and internal and external troubles arose. The only thing he could do was to marry the direct daughter of the Lin Family. Later, when the emperor wanted to cripple Empress Lin and create a new imperial concubine, the imperial edict had already been prepared. However, later on, something happened to the imperial concubine. The Supreme Emperor no longer had a harem, so he was not crippled. But from then on until the new emperor ascended the throne as Empress Dowager, she automatically moved to the deserted Palace of Tai'an.

"The emperor has arrived!"

"Your son greets mother, and your mother is safe!" Qin Ao waved his hands left and right before entering the hall alone. There were no special decorations within the hall, it was very simple and clean. In the center of the hall, there was a praying mat with a woman in white kneeling on it. The light decorations in the hall made it seem like the woman's hair was simply held in place by an ordinary jade hairpin.

"The Emperor is coming." The woman clasped her hands and said a few words of 'Amitabha' before standing up. She turned around with a pale face. It was probably because she had been chanting for many years that she exuded a peaceful aura. When she spoke, her tone was slow and her voice was very gentle.

"I wonder why mother is looking for me?" Towards the Empress Dowager Lin, Qin Ao did not have any special feelings. had also investigated the matter of Jin Fei that year. It was indeed the result of the harem girl's jealousy, and the Empress Dowager Lin did not participate in that matter. To this kind of woman who was only his mother in name, if not for the summons from the Empress Dowager Lin, Qin Ao thought that maybe he would go to the Empress Dowager Lin Palace to die of old age, and the two would not have any interactions.

"Your Majesty, Grand Tutor Shen served the nation and people for the rest of his life." He should not be held responsible for the crimes committed by the second house of the Shen family. This Dowager has never asked you for anything, but I hope you can treat the Empress well. " Empress Dowager Lin's gaze turned distant, as if she was recalling something or lamenting over it. When she spoke of the Empress, Qin Ao was able to discern the hatred that flashed across her face.

However, she said that she would treat the empress with kindness, and it was not an act. It was as if she was truly considering for the empress's sake. Just as Qin Ao was about to investigate something, Empress Dowager Lin had already turned around and kneeled on the prayer mat again, reverently chanting a Buddhist scripture.

"Your son shall not disturb Mother's ceremony. Your son shall take his leave." Only after Qin Ao left did Empress Dowager Lin slowly open his eyes. A heavy look could be seen in his eyes as a line of hot tears slowly fell and he disappeared into the scripture.

"Go and check on the history between the empress dowager and the Shen family, especially whether there is any relationship between the empress dowager and Shen Zhui." Qin Ao went back to the Imperial Study, and after some thought, he felt that something was not right. Empress Dowager Lin was the Lin Family's direct daughter, while Lin Tai Ming and Shen Zhui were like fire and water, how could Empress Dowager Lin help an outsider? In terms of intimacy, Lin Xianfei was the niece of Empress Dowager Lin's direct kin, and was much closer than the daughter of the Shen family.

The only thing that Qin Ao could think of was the relationship between a man and a woman, but if there was any relationship between Empress Dowager Lin and Shen Zhui, even if she didn't hate or kill her love rival's daughter, she shouldn't have asked him to treat her well.