Speaking of this, her gaze became enigmatic and she added, “My son is in a difficult situation in Xiliang. The Princess of Beijiang is also afraid that the elder sister will attack my son, so she had someone send two packages of explosives to him.”
Seeing that she finally admitted the Northern Xinjiang Princess did indeed give her that kind of secret weapon, the Empress went mad again, raising her hand without hesitation and slapping her hard once more.
The Empress gritted her teeth, “If it truly exists, why wouldn’t you hand it over willingly? Are you keeping it just in case you decide to raise an army and rebel, forcing your way into the palace?”
Faced with the accusations hurled at her by the queen, Xizi Ke’er sneered inwardly, finally understanding what it meant to have someone pretending to be asleep when you desperately want them to wake up.
Over so many years, she grew up beside her mother. No one knew her disposition better than her own mother did.
Among the children born to her, no one would dare to rebel against her, not even West Daughter.
But now, Mother is trying to get something from her, and she won’t even listen to explanations. She’s just heaping blame onto her without a shred of reason.
She wasn’t even given a chance to explain.
At this moment, the last shred of hope she had left in her heart vanished completely.
My whole heart turned cold, and only icy emotion remained in my eyes.
At this moment, she slowly turned her head back, which had once again been hit askew. Her deep eyes looked at the empress kneeling before her, and her whole being seemed to have lost its vitality.
After staring at the Empress for a moment, she merely uttered in a cool tone, “Everything you are doing right now, Mother, is just to get your daughter to surrender the explosives, isn’t it?”
“But the Queen did not answer her question, only asking in return, “So you truly do not wish to give it up. You have indeed harbored thoughts you should not have?”
“Or do you think, I’m too old and it’s time for me to abdicate and let a younger ruler take the throne? Allow your Xi Tzu Ke’er to ascend that position?”
As she spoke, the Queen excitedly gestured with her finger towards the throne behind her.
Xi Zi Ke’er, however, remained completely unmoved. She didn’t even glance at the dragon throne.
From the moment she was born, though a princess, she never harbored any desire to ascend to that position.
From the moment she was born, she knew she had many outstanding older sisters, and that this position was not hers to hold.
So she always wanted to be a carefree princess, living a worry-free life.
Now that she knows the truth, knowing that Xizi Panger is ruthless and cruel, having killed those two sisters who truly cared for them all in order to take that position, she has made up her mind to seize it.
What disappointed her the most was that, all these years, Xizi and Pan’er had been doing things she knew about and could have stopped. Yet, she chose to stand by and watch, allowing her daughters to destroy each other.
As a mother, she would actually choose to sit back and watch the tigers fight.
This really baffled her; she couldn’t understand it at all.
So, even if this dragon throne wasn’t meant for her Xizi Ke’er to sit upon, she would never allow Xizi Pan’er to ascend it.
It was precisely because of this that she wanted to have more cards up her sleeve.
She had to make sure she was powerful enough to resist Xizi and her ambitions, even surpassing her strength by a little.
Only then can she be completely brought down.
She thought that since her mother had chosen to sit back and watch the fight between her and Xi Zihua, she wouldn’t interfere in their struggle.
As long as she and Xi Zi Panger either win, the winner becomes the crown prince. So ever since she started fighting back, the only person she needs to be wary of is Xi Zi Panger.
But who would have thought that her enemy today turned out to be her own mother and Xi Zi Panger.
How could she not be heartbroken?
All of them are daughters, why can the Empress mother protect Xizi Pan’er? Why does the Empress mother choose her even though she knows Xizi Pan’er killed the imperial sisters?
“You yourself, mother empress, have said that even the emperor is subject to the law. Yet you repeatedly shield those like Xi Zi and her daughter, who are cruel and merciless!”
Could it be that she has such high hopes for Xizi Pander to become the Queen of Xiliang?
<Xixi Pander is somewhat capable, but she craves male attention even more.
Just look at the group of male favorites she keeps at Xizi’s residence, and those noble young masters she brought back to be her lovers. That alone is enough to show how desirable Xizi is.
Xi Zi and Pan’er, like her, didn’t focus all their thoughts on governing the country. Such cruel and ruthless people who are also lustful for beauty simply don’t understand what aspects of them the Empress Dowager found appealing.
Why do you keep protecting her?
Now, they are willing to team up with Xizi and Pander to bring down Xizi Ke’er completely.
Now in this royal city, there are only two princesses left: her and Princess Xizi. As soon as she dies, the crown prince will have no choice but to be Princess Xizi.
Does Mother truly want Xizi to take this position? Can she really trust her with it?
She just couldn’t understand, and she couldn’t accept her mother-in-law’s actions.
So, when the North Border Princess had given her those two packages of explosives, she thought about covering it up.
If it weren’t for the fact that Mother had shown her displeasure and obstruction during this period, she would have certainly informed her about her correspondence with the Princess of Beijiang.
I will also definitely tell her that the Northern Border Princess sent her two packages of explosives, asking them to use them for self-defense during times of chaos and even to resist enemy countries.
But it was precisely because of her mother’s actions during this period that she felt repeatedly chilled and disappointed. She knew her mother couldn’t protect her.
Thus, in order to protect herself, she had to conceal her communication with the Northern Xinjiang Princess and hide the explosives that the Northern Xinjiang Princess had given her.
She finally understood now, her mother had known all along about her dealings with the Princess of Beijang.
This is what made him fear her, thinking she had developed other thoughts, so he wanted to stifle her in the cradle, wanting her to die directly.
Yesterday, without discerning right from wrong, I wanted to pin the blame on her, take back the military power in her hands, and confine her to the Princess’ Mansion.
The purpose was to take the explosives given by the Northern Border Princess from her first.
But could she just give it away like that?
Now that she has explosives, her mother can still treat her like this. Once she loses the weapon that makes her mother afraid…
Given her mother-in-law’s temperament, how could she possibly tolerate her living?
So in order for her to survive, she had to keep these two bags of explosives on hand no matter what.
Thinking about this, Xizi Ke’er’s eyes became even more determined.
She stared straight into the Queen’s eyes, without any hesitation whatsoever, and directly stated her demands:
“Mother wishes for me to hand over the explosives, that’s fine. But these explosives were given to me by the Princess of Beijang as a gift, such a valuable present, I wouldn’t be willing to just give it away. If Mother wants me to hand them over, she has to agree to my one condition.”