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Chapter 772 - 771: This Day is About to Change! _1

Chapter 772: Chapter 771: This Day is About to Change! _1

"You’re already aware of everything that happened after that..."

Qin Feimo kept his head down, as if he had done something wrong.

He cautiously glanced at Su Pan’er, noticing that her gaze was fixated on him, he no longer dared to meet her eyes.

His usual majestic demeanor as an emperor sitting in the Hall of Golden Chariots was nowhere to be seen.

Seeing this made Su Pan’er both annoyed and amused.

She was afraid that if she rebuked him, his already fragile spine might give out for good. She held her anger back, making herself flush immensely in the process!

"Haven’t you considered that there’s an issue in all of this?"

"Issue, what issue?"

Qin Feimo looked utterly bewildered.

"Is this how you face your courtiers when you sit in the Hall of Golden Chariots on ordinary days? Failing to consider all the possible consequences when faced with a situation?"

"I naturally.... would..."

"Then didn’t you notice the many holes in this whole affair?"

Unable to contain her anxiety, Su Pan’er’s words began bristling with frustration.

"What do you mean...?"

Looking at Qin Feimo, whose face clearly showed that he was scared beyond his wits, Su Pan’er managed to reign in her anger.

She gave him a soft glance, unaware that her face had turned icy cold, distorting her gentle demeanor, making Qin Feimo even more nervous.

"Yangxin Palace, where the Empress Dowager temporarily resides, is always full of palace maids in usual days, am I right? So, why on that day when you went, there were only two eunuchs guarding the entrance, and not a single palace maid in sight?"

"Well, they asked everyone to withdraw..."

"Good! Even if they asked everyone to withdraw, why didn’t you have your reliable people guarding the outside? I remember, Nanny Shen has always been devotedly loyal to the Empress Dowager."

Nanny Shen always protected the Empress Dowager, she maintained hostility towards everyone.

Even if others were not present, given Nanny Shen’s overprotective personality, Su Pan’er could guess that Nanny Shen would never leave the side of the Empress Dowager, even though she hadn’t witnessed it personally.

"That is..."

Qin Feimo struggled to answer.

Still pressing him, Su Pan’er said: "You allowed the superficial situation to blind you! Did you not think to consider the problem backwards? All this commotion has made everyone in court aware of the scandal between the Empress Dowager and the Prince Regent. Enemies who wanted to use this issue against you must’ve seized this opportunity. How could they let it go?"

"I, I instructed the palace maids, no one is allowed to leak this matter. Those that disobey shall be beheaded!"

Qin Feimo’s reply lacked conviction.

"Heh heh! Well then, may I ask, Your Majesty, how did I come to know of this matter?"

Su Pan’er, was almost driven to tears by his stupidity!

Even she as a woman could see through the tricks at hand, but he, this ruler, remained oblivious! She couldn’t decide whether his vision had been clouded by hate, or if he was naturally incompetent for ruling!

"It was I who... "

Qin Feimo once again bowed his head deeply.

With a feeling of suffocation in her chest, Su Pan’er took a few deep breaths, forcing her face to soften.

"Fei Mo, you must know, ever since we first met, Pan’er has always taken care of you as though you were a little brother close to my heart."

"I know! Sister Pan’er, I know everything!"

Finally raising his head, Qin Feimo buried his face in her bosom: "I’ve always treated Sister Pan’er as my own sister!"

"Alright then, today, Sister Pan’er will explain everything to you in detail."

Su Pan’er gently stroked his head.

If he still fails to understand even after this...

"I will listen, I will listen to everything Sister Pan’er says, everything!"

Like a baby chicken pecking at the ground, he nodded within her embrace.

"Alright, listen to me."

After thinking for a moment, Su Pan’er said: "With the unfolding of these events, the courtiers will surely force the Prince Regent to surrender his power. I fear many old ministers might even come up with other schemes, their next move should be to force you to abdicate. If the Empress Dowager manages to recover, there will be someone to maintain the overall situation for you. However, if someone takes advantage of the situation and the Empress Dowager comes to any harm, not only will it confirm that you, the Emperor drowned your own mother in the lake out of ruthless heartlessness, even I, famous for ’the world’s top needle’, who personally treated the Empress Dowager, fear that disaster is imminent..."

"That’s not possible, how could it be? She just had a fever, how could..."

Shaking his head incessantly, Qin Feimo began to retreat slowly.

"Why isn’t it possible? Anything could happen! Think about it, if anything happens to your mother, not only would it create an insurmountable rift between you and the Prince Regent, but your reputation would also be destroyed overnight. The courtiers would seize the opportunity to pressure you. They would arrest me, the doctor who treated the Empress Dowager, as a way to satisfy the courtiers and pacify public anger."

Once she was arrested, would Qin Yi just sit back and watch?

With all of Qin Feimo’s trusted allies disarmed, even with the support from Wang Family and Hua Family, he would be helpless.

It was likely that trouble had already occurred in both Wang Family and Hua Family!

Although this was just her conjecture...

Unable to bear it anymore, Qin Feimo’s face turned red: "I would never do that to you!"

"Is that so! I’m afraid by the time that happens, it will no longer be your decision!"

The corners of Su Pan’er’s mouth lifted to form the first smile since she entered the palace today: "Your Majesty, why are you still concerned with such trivial things at this time? Don’t you think there’s something more important you should be doing right now?"

Qin Feimo had a puzzled look on his face: "What, what is it?"

Su Pan’er felt a lump forming in her throat. Did it mean all she said was in vain?

Just as she was about to explain, frantic footsteps approached from outside, growing louder as they raced towards them.

Su Pan’er took a step back.

It was too late, she didn’t have enough time!

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! Your Majesty..."

A young eunuch rushed in from outside and upon seeing Qin Feimo, he fell to his knees, his face streaked with tears: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager... she has died!"

Thud!

Qin Feimo fell to the ground, his vision spinning!

Su Pan’er’s teeth were chattering involuntarily. These people acted faster than she could respond! It was too late for anything now!

Looking back at Qin Feimo’s pale face, Su Pan’er was at a loss. She didn’t know what she should say or if there was any point in saying anything at all.

"Aren’t you going to leave?"

"Huh? Oh..."

It seemed as though Qin Feimo had returned to his senses. He dashed out of the side palace hall, dropping one of his dragon boots in his haste but didn’t stop to pick it up.

"Mother! Mother..."

He rushed into the Yangxin Palace. It was only then that he truly realized, to hell with the idle talks! To hell with people’s opinions! As long as his mother would be alright, he wouldn’t care about anything else!

Stepping out of the side palace hall, Su Pan’er looked up at the sky.

The sky was filled with dark heavy clouds, a sign that a storm was brewing. Indeed, the weather was about to change!