AGMATSWHLMAR Chapter 49

The Empress, holding Ruan Tang’s hand, spoke kindly for a long while before letting him leave.

As soon as Ruan Tang left, the Empress immediately dropped her benevolent expression and asked her personal maid with a cold face, “Is it really true that our Duke’s wife’s mother was poisoned into idiocy?”

“I am not sure about that.” The maid immediately reported all the information she knew to the Empress: “But recently, His Highness the First Prince has indeed been seeking out famous doctors on Imperial Star to treat his wife’s mother, brother, and sister. I heard that the doctor who treated the Duke’s wife’s mother started researching methods to eliminate an obscure toxin that causes idiocy after returning…”

The Empress’s chief maid was both her secretary and her eyes and ears.

The Empress sighed softly, “This Ruan Ming is ruthless enough. However, karma is a cycle, and heaven punishes him by giving him a good son. This time, their father and son are about to fight, and who will ultimately win is still unknown.”

Ruan Ming, no matter how powerful, is old.

But Ruan Tang is still a rising sun…

“So, if His Majesty wants this wife to seize the Ruan Family, should we help him?” The maid knew that it was Ruan Tang’s statement that Ruan Ming could betray them at any time, and that Ruan Tang, as long as he had a child, would be completely tied to the Empress, at her disposal, that had struck the Empress’s heart, that’s why the Empress had agreed to give him this opportunity.

Therefore, the maid was very curious about the Empress’s intentions, whether she would help Ruan Tang seize the position of head of the Ruan Family, so that the Ruan Family’s power would be completely at her disposal.

“Help him? Help him do what?” The Empress listlessly trimmed the flowers in her hand, “Since he wants the position of head of the Ruan Family, he must prove to me that he has the ability to sit in that position, otherwise, his virtue will not match his position, and what use will I have for him?”

She was willing to give Ruan Tang this opportunity, giving him the capital to compete with his father and brothers, but she would not help him, let alone place her bet on Ruan Tang.

In other words, if Ruan Tang won, she would be happy to see it happen; if Ruan Tang failed, she would not suffer any losses and would not have any pity for him.

Ruan Tang could only prove to her that he had the ability, then he would be qualified to join her camp and become her confidant, otherwise, he would only be worthy of being a breeding tool…

“Yes, Your Majesty.” The maid immediately nodded in response, suddenly thinking of something and asking again, “By the way, Your Majesty, do we need to hide from His Highness the First Prince about the Duke’s wife and you having a long talk?”

The mother-son relationship between the Empress and Auston had long been strained, and although Ruan Tang was now favored by Auston, if Auston knew that Ruan Tang was close to the Empress and wanted to become the Empress’s man, Auston would probably be furious, and even his favor for Ruan Tang might no longer exist.

The maid did not care about Ruan Tang, but she clearly remembered that Ruan Tang’s first priority as the Duke’s wife was to give birth to an imperial heir. If Auston became disgusted, how could he give birth to an imperial heir?

“There is nothing to hide. Since he asked me to give him this opportunity… Auston will know sooner or later that his good wife has defected to us.” The Empress gently inserted the trimmed flower branch into the vase, “Such a young omega, if he can’t even handle his own alpha, then why is he so presumptuous?”

She was somewhat optimistic about the ambition and ruthlessness in Ruan Tang’s eyes, wanting to cultivate him into her confidant.

And her way of cultivating confidants was like raising poison…

If the raising of poison failed, and the promising seedling died halfway, she would not feel much heartache or care about his life or death.

After all, he was just a tool. If this one died, she could replace him with the next one.

…

Ruan Tang, full of exhaustion, took the hovercar and left the Imperial Palace. The first thing he did when he returned to the Auston Duke’s manor was to visit his mother, brother, and sister at their residence.

He knew that once he entered the game, there was no turning back. He had to be tense at all times, considering every detail carefully and meticulously, without the slightest slackness.

And the force that kept him alert at all times, pushing him to keep moving forward, was his family in the residence and Auston…

“Madam, you’ve come.” As soon as she saw Ruan Tang, the maid who was in charge of taking care of Tang Yun and her two children respectfully greeted Ruan Tang.

Ruan Tang nodded lightly at her, “Yes.”

Tang Yun and Ruan Yang were still the same as before, one lying on the bed motionless, and the other holding his pillow, babbling and immersed in his own world.

Ruan Yue, however, looked very different from usual. Not only had she carefully cleaned herself up, put on a new dress that she usually refused to wear no matter how much she was persuaded, but she also sprayed perfume on herself in front of the mirror, put on a light makeup, and a faint light burned in her dim and blurred eyes, looking left and right in the mirror with infinite hope…

Although she was weathered, it suddenly made people recall her former beauty that was breathtaking.

“What’s wrong with elder sister today? Why is she so happy?” Ruan Tang almost couldn’t recognize her. He immediately stepped forward, took the comb from her hand, and combed her hair.

Ruan Yue seemed to have encountered something particularly happy. She was very happy. As soon as she saw him, she said, “Little Tang…”

Ruan Tang didn’t expect that she could recognize him. This was a rare moment of clarity for Ruan Yue since she went crazy. His mother, Tang Yun, and his brother, Ruan Yang, both had treatment methods that gave people hope of a cure. Only Ruan Yue had really suffered too much and received too much stimulation, closing herself off in her heart and going crazy, making it impossible to find a treatment method.

Seeing her suddenly become clear-headed, Ruan Tang was immediately ecstatic, and happily asked, “Elder sister, do you recognize me?”

“Little Tang, the child who came to see me today, will he come again tomorrow? I want to see him. I don’t know why, but when I see him, I feel so happy…” Ruan Yue did not answer Ruan Tang’s words, as if she didn’t hear him, and immersed herself in her own world, telling him the reason for her happiness.

Ruan Tang was immediately disappointed, knowing that although Ruan Yue recognized him, she had not actually recovered. He immediately frowned in surprise and asked the maid who took care of them, “Child? What child? Did a child come to the manor today?”

Logically speaking, there shouldn’t be any children in the Duke’s mansion.

Could it be that Ruan Yue had changed to another way of being crazy and started to imagine that she saw a child?

“No child has come.” The maid shook her head.

Ruan Tang frowned slightly, just about to say that it was indeed the case, and planned to talk to Ruan Yue’s doctor again.

But the maid suddenly thought of something, and then added, “But today, Chief Wen came to visit the eldest young lady. The eldest young lady was very happy when she saw him.”

She heard that this Chief Wen seemed to be the eldest young lady’s…

Also, someone who could be called a child by the eldest young lady, right?

“Wen Run?” Ruan Tang was immediately stunned, not expecting that Wen Run had come.

The maid immediately responded, “Yes.”

Ruan Tang didn’t notice what she said, just staring blankly at Ruan Yue, who hadn’t been so radiant for a long time, and the whole person seemed to have come alive.

Wen Run was such a big person, and Ruan Yue could see him as a child…

They should have been strangers, but Ruan Yue, who had been crazy for so long, became much clearer and happier when she saw him. Could this be the legendary mother-child connection, blood connection?

“Little Tang, will he come again?” Seeing that Ruan Tang ignored her, Ruan Yue immediately pulled Ruan Tang’s sleeve anxiously and urged him expectantly.

Ruan Tang’s eyes immediately darkened, “He will come, he will come to see you again. As long as you want to see him, no matter what method I use, I will let him come to see you often…”

“That’s good.” Ruan Yue immediately smiled contentedly.

Ruan Tang gently held her hand, but said, “It will get better, elder sister, our family will all get better in the future.”

Looking at his family, even if he originally wanted to live in peace and quiet, he now had the courage to go through life and death…

…

After visiting his mother, brother, and sister, it was already very late.

After washing up, Ruan Tang still took the book “One Thousand and One Nights” and knocked on Auston’s door.

Even though he knew that Auston only regarded him as an extremely beloved pet and had no affection for him, Ruan Tang was still tamed by his strength.

He had developed a habit of needing to see him every day to sleep peacefully.

Auston’s room was still dimly lit, as if waiting for him.

Auston’s face was dark, and even through the mask, one could feel the gloom and intense pressure brought about by his unhappy mood.

“My lord, what story would you like to hear tonight?” Ruan Tang looked at him, took a deep breath, and inexplicably felt a little nervous.

Auston’s face was gloomy. He sneered and said coldly, “Why don’t you tell me what stories you and the Empress told today?”

Ruan Tang didn’t expect his information to be so well-informed and was immediately stunned, “My lord…”

“Who gave you the courage to even provoke the Empress? Do you think you have nine lives?” In the next second, Auston angrily overturned the tea and snacks placed on his coffee table.

Ruan Tang immediately became nervous and his palms slightly sweated, “I didn’t provoke the Empress…”

Auston deeply hated the Empress. When making this decision, Ruan Tang didn’t really know if Auston would believe or understand him, but he still wanted to tell the truth in front of Auston.

Regardless of whether Auston was willing to believe him.

“I’m a madman, it’s true, but don’t take me for a fool!” Auston’s tone was gloomy, and his azure eyes shone with terrifying ferocity through the mask, “Is what I gave you not enough? Do you need to go ask her? Do you think the Empress is a simple character? A fool like you who doesn’t understand anything and doesn’t know anything dares to negotiate terms with her and demand power. You are bewitched by her sweet words and will only be used by her, eaten until not even bones are left…”

“What do you think you are, worthy of her using you?” He was furious.

No one in the world knew that noble Empress better than her own son.

When Ruan Tang heard these fierce words, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and his whole body, which had been frozen in fear, was unsealed.

Although Auston’s expression was very awkward, he still felt that he had not misunderstood him, and had not questioned him for going to the Empress. He was worried about him, caring about him…

For some reason, Auston seemed to have a very deep filter of innocent naivety in his eyes.