In the years of famine, I was well versed in history and pampered the Northern Army

Chapter 174: Changing Life

Xu Qingyin, who had just felt desperate and even suffocated, suddenly became clear-headed when she heard what the Empress Dowager said.

Because she really wanted to save the lives of these babies, when the Queen Mother said this just now, she even felt like thanking him for his great kindness.

The moment he came to his senses, the smile on his face was bitter.

"Your Majesty, thank you for your kindness."

After Lu Yan left, every moment Xu Qingyin stayed by the Queen Mother's side was extremely disgusting to her.

But she couldn't let go easily. If the Empress Dowager didn't rely on her, and she didn't inherit the transferred rights, she didn't dare to think...

If the Empress Dowager trusts the most those incompetent, mediocre and even flattering ministers, what kind of cruel things can they do in order to please the Empress Dowager and gain more power and money?

Not only is she aiding and abetting the evil, she is even more cruel than the Queen Mother. How will Yunjin be in such a mess?

When Xu Qingyin thought of this, tears couldn't help but slide down the corners of her eyes.

This time she brought skin care products bought from modern times, as well as many things that could please the Empress Dowager.

The once arrogant empress dowager has managed to live a comfortable and open life since she obtained these rights.

That was naturally comforting... Her own son was so obedient, and all the potential competitors to him were dead.

She had personally killed the late Queen Mother, and her only legitimate son, Lu Yan, was now in a state of uncertainty, almost as if he were dead.

Not to mention the Western Regions. Although Yunjin has become a mess and even its border defense is very weak, at the command of the Queen Mother, even the cavalry can easily flatten their magnificent ancient city that they built with great effort.

But no matter what, the land is vast and the resources are abundant.

Now that she controls the Yunjin area by herself, won't the people in the Western Regions be able to get whatever they want just to please her?

Now she lives her life so well that no one in the whole world could be happier than her.

What about the real mother of the nation?

The former Empress was now trapped in a small mansion. Although she was indeed the Queen Mother on paper, she was already depressed just because she was worried about Lu Yan.

The Queen Mother grew up with a silver spoon in her mouth, but since she entered the palace, she found it as difficult as entering a deep sea. From then on, she no longer had a simple and happy life, but was instead filled with intrigues within the harem.

What's more, there was such a concubine with a poisonous insect coming from the Western Regions, not to mention her status.

At that time, Lu Yan was her only favorite, but he was sent to the north to die. She worried about her son day and night, and her health had already deteriorated.

But now, during the seven months that Lu Yan has been lying in bed with her life or death uncertain, the Queen Mother even occasionally comes to provoke her. The Queen Mother originally thought that she would die of the illness, but she did not expect that she would hold on until now.

All of this was the result of Xu Qingyin's efforts. Since the Queen Mother knew that Xu Qingyin was very close to the people on the Queen's side, she was particularly wary of Xu Qingyin's meeting with the Queen.

But Xu Qingyin always tried her best to please her, and made these requests when she was very happy, which finally enabled her to meet the Queen.

When they met, she knew that time was tight and the task was very heavy, and her heart was trembling as soon as she saw the Queen's appearance.

Unexpectedly, although the Empress Dowager’s say in the harem was almost equal to that of the Imperial Concubine, she still had the demeanor of a queen mother and almost never showed her embarrassing side to others.

Now she was trapped alone in her original palace, as if imprisoned. She had lost all her vitality and even looked like she wanted to commit suicide.

Xu Qingyin certainly understood that life was paramount, but she would never condemn the Queen for not cherishing her own life enough.

If you put yourself in her shoes, you will realize that she cannot bear the life the Queen is living now.

So she tried her best to tell him in the simplest way possible, using words that would most likely convince her, that Lu Yan would wake up one day and everything would be fine.

That day, although there were no other palace servants monitoring her, she only met with the Queen for half an hour. She tried her best to hint to the Queen that Xu Luohan was fine.

Then, Lu Yan will be fine too.

The Queen had actually heard about the deeds between the witches, so she trusted her words especially, but there was still a trace of doubt in her heart.

She was really too worried. She was too worried that Xu Qingyin said these words just to make her happy, and not just to let her live two more days.

"Qingyin, I know you're doing this for my own good. But if everything you said is false, I simply can't imagine how his life will go on... Living like this is worse than being dead... If I wasn't waiting for the day I could be reunited with my son, why would I exist in this world like a walking corpse?"

When the late queen said this, there was no pearl hairpin in her hair, and she was only wearing a snow-white dress. She was as beautiful as an elf in this world, but tears rolled down from the corners of her eyes, like snow-white pearls.

Xu Qingyin hurriedly comforted her:

"Qingyin swears on her life that His Royal Highness Prince Jing will come back one day. Please protect your own life. If he comes back and doesn't see you, how sad he will be."

Hearing this, the Queen couldn't help but murmur:

"Yes, yes. For my son's sake, I absolutely cannot let him come here only to find out that he has no one in this world... If only those evil people are left, how sad he would be all alone? Just to wait for my son, I absolutely cannot give up."

It was precisely because Xu Qingyin had given her that reassurance that no matter how the empress dowager touched her now, she still had this hope in her heart.

She no longer wanted to talk about how much suffering Xu Qingyin had endured in order to meet the Queen.

Being able to protect the Queen is the best gift Xu Qingyin can leave for Lu Yan.

As soon as she left the palace gate, people from the Imperial Hospital swarmed over and surrounded Xu Qingyin:

"Master Imperial Preceptor, Master Imperial Preceptor, how is the Empress Dowager doing today? Has her illness been cured?"

Xu Qingyin sneered, looking at them like the god of death who was about to judge them:

"Did you give him the idea? To let her use the child's heart blood to make medicine?"