latelenovela Chapter 340 Becoming So Strange
Chapter 340 Becoming So Strange
In the Beauty Hall, the flickering candlelight illuminates the luxury of the room.
Concubine Yin sat on a high seat, her posture elegant but exuding a terrifying majesty.
Her eyes were like sharp blades, staring coldly at Gou Hongying below.
"Minister Gou," Concubine Yin's voice was crisp but cold, breaking the silence in the hall.
"Why haven't I seen my cousin come to the palace recently? I want to see her!" She raised her chin slightly, her eyes revealing a dominance that could not be refused.
Gou Hongying's heart tightened, and he hurriedly stepped forward, bowed respectfully, and said, "Your Highness, I haven't seen Mei'er for a long time."
He lowered his head, not daring to look directly into Concubine Yin's eyes, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
Upon hearing this, Concubine Yin's face instantly darkened and a hint of displeasure flashed in her eyes.
"No matter what, I must see her as soon as possible. Minister Gou, I'll leave this matter to you. Don't let me down." Her tone became increasingly cold, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from between her teeth.
Gou Hongying did not dare to hesitate for a moment and quickly responded, "I will do my utmost to get my daughter into the palace to meet the Empress as soon as possible."
After saying this, he bowed again and then hurried away.
After his figure disappeared outside the palace, Concubine Yin gently waved her hand and said, "Someone come!"
In an instant, a dark figure appeared in front of her, kneeling on one knee, waiting for orders.
"Meet the master!"
Concubine Yin leaned forward slightly and asked in a low voice, "How is Gui Mei doing in the Third Prince's Mansion?"
The shadowy figure raised his head slightly, his voice low and hoarse: "I was away for a few days, so I don't know much. But after returning to the palace, I haven't seen any ghostly figures coming out of the Third Prince's Mansion."
Concubine Yin frowned even more tightly, and a feeling of uneasiness welled up in her heart.
"You may leave first!" After a brief thought, she stood up and said, "Come here, prepare the sedan chair. I want to go to the Third Prince's residence."
Soon, Concubine Yin's sedan chair stopped at the door of the Third Prince's mansion.
Zhao Haoli had already been informed and hurried out to greet them. He saluted politely: "Your son greets the Queen Mother."
However, since the incident with Zhao Meir, he has become noticeably more distant from his mother, and his words have lacked the familiarity of the past.
Concubine Yin saw this and although she felt a little unhappy, she was more concerned about Zhao Meir's whereabouts at the moment.
She asked directly: "Li'er, where did Guimei go? Mother wants to see her!"
Zhao Haoli raised his head, his eyes calm but with a hint of distance: "In reply to what my mother said, the ghost left many days ago."
Concubine Yin was shocked, her eyes full of suspicion: "She left? Impossible, she was so badly injured. Don't try to deceive me, mother. How could she leave?"
"Mother also knows that she was seriously injured? Wasn't it you who beat her?" A trace of imperceptible annoyance flashed in Zhao Haoli's eyes.
But his tone remained respectful: "If you don't believe me, just send someone to search."
Although his voice was calm, the coldness in it was clearly audible.
Concubine Yin gritted her teeth and waved her hand, and the palace maids and eunuchs behind her began to search everywhere in the Third Prince's mansion.
Zhao Haoli stood quietly by, watching all this, with no expression on his face.
After a long time, the searchers came back one after another, shaking their heads, saying that they had found no trace of the ghost.
Concubine Yin's face turned very ugly. She didn't expect that she would actually come up empty-handed.
She took a deep breath and was about to leave when Zhao Haoli suddenly called her, "Mother!"
Concubine Yin stopped, slowly turned around and looked at her son.
Zhao Haoli's eyes were filled with pain and confusion: "Mother, who are you? Why do you treat my sister like this? She is also your biological daughter!"
His voice trembled slightly, suppressing the anger and sadness in his heart.
Concubine Yin's body suddenly stiffened, and a trace of panic flashed in her eyes, but she quickly regained her composure.
"Li'er, what are you talking about? Everything mother does is for your own good."
"For my own good?" Zhao Haoli sneered. "My sister is kind and gentle, yet you beat her to death. Mother, are you really the mother I know?"
Tears glistened in his eyes, the despair of being betrayed.
Concubine Yin was silent for a moment, with a complicated look in her eyes.
"Li'er, there are some things you don't understand yet. The struggles in this palace are beyond your imagination. Everything mother did was to protect you and to ensure that we could gain a foothold in this palace."
Zhao Haoli's tone was angry: "Gain a foothold?"
"Is the only way to survive is to hurt my relatives? What did my imperial sister do wrong?" He became more and more agitated and could no longer suppress the anger in his heart.
Concubine Yin stepped forward, trying to comfort him: "Li'er, calm down. When you become emperor in the future, you will understand your mother's painstaking efforts."
Zhao Haoli took a step back and dodged her hand: "Emperor? So this is your goal. You are willing to sacrifice my sister to make me emperor. Mother, you disappoint me so much."
His voice was filled with disappointment and determination.
Concubine Yin's hand stayed in mid-air for a long time.
She looked at her son with mixed feelings.
She knew that after the incident with Zhao Meir, the relationship between her and her son would probably never be the same again.
"Li'er, think about it carefully. When you figure it out, you will understand your mother." Concubine Yin looked at him deeply, turned around and left slowly.
Zhao Haoli looked at his mother's departing back, and tears finally burst out of his eyes.
The once gentle and kind mother has now become so unfamiliar in his heart.