The air is a bit dull today and it looks like it's going to rain.
The wind blowing in from the window carries the unique heat of summer.
The Queen's expression paused slightly, as if she didn't hear the Queen Mother's words clearly, and asked uncertainly: "What did the Queen Mother say?"
The Queen Mother twisted the beads and calmly repeated: "Rong Cang cannot be the prince."
The Queen's eyes changed little by little. She stared at the Queen Mother's kind yet majestic face, straightened her back and asked, "Why?"
"There is no reason." The Queen Mother said, "This is the condition of the Ai family."
The queen shook her head: "The emperor's decree has been made. Rong Cang is the prince now, and no one has the right to change it."
Establishing a prince is a solemn and serious matter. It is related to the state and cannot be changed overnight.
Emperor Mu has not appointed a crown prince for so many years, but now he has finally decided on a candidate for crown prince, and the decree has been issued. There is only one registration ceremony left before he can take over the East Palace.
At this juncture, not to mention that the emperor would not take back his order, even if he really had the idea of changing his will, the civil and military officials of the court would not agree.
She, the queen, would not agree even more.
"Queen, you should thank the Ai family." The Queen Mother looked at her expressionlessly, with a bit of dissatisfaction in her eyes. "If there was no Ai family back then, you would have been separated from your son. How would he have the chance to become the prince now?"
The queen clenched the handkerchief in her hand: "So the queen mother admits that Rong Cang is my concubine's son?"
"So what?" The Queen Mother looked coldly, "If the Ai family doesn't admit it, he will never be your biological son."
The Queen stood up and solemnly knelt down and saluted: "Rong Cang's survival to this day is indeed due to the Queen Mother. I am deeply grateful. I only wish the Queen Mother to be safe and healthy for the rest of her life."
Regardless of the reason why the Queen Mother reached out to save him, Rong Cang survived, and she should be grateful for this.
But she couldn't agree to the others.
After the ceremony, the queen stood up and took a seat, narrowed her eyes and said, "I want to know the truth back then."
"The truth is very simple." The Queen Mother did not sell it to him. "Concubine Gu bribed one of the stable women in advance. After delivering the baby, she secretly covered the child's mouth and used some fake death medicine to create the illusion that the Queen's legitimate son was stillborn. In fact, Concubine Gu She wants to bribe people and exchange the child into her own palace by cheating."
The queen had a sullen face and tightened her grip on the veil little by little.
A newborn child can do nothing but cry, and is still ignorant of the world. They should remove the cruel and fake death drug from the market... How dare they?
"Po Wen took the child to the Aijia Palace. The Aijia saw that the situation was not good, so she ordered an experienced nanny to rub his back and slap his buttocks. It took a long time before she heard him cry out. At that moment, everyone breathed a sigh of relief."
When the queen heard these words, her heart tightened unconsciously, and she could almost imagine the critical scene at that time.
Her child really experienced life and death as soon as he was born.
The Queen Mother sighed softly: "The Ai family was worried, so she took care of him all night and fed him milk. Concubine Gu only said that the child had an accident. She was frightened and angry, scolded everyone, and Order them to quickly find a way to get a child into the palace."
"The next day, taking advantage of the fact that Concubine Gu was going crazy with anxiety, the Ai family asked someone they trusted to send the child to her. That person was apparently a confidant of Concubine Gu, so she believed it was Concubine Gu without any doubts. The child the Prime Minister found for her."
The queen could not hide her resentment: "Why didn't the Queen Mother directly return the child to the concubine at that time, but gave it to Gu Guifei? That is my concubine's child, isn't it?"
The Queen Mother did not hide anything: "Firstly, it is to eliminate the murderous intention of the imperial concubine. After all, as long as your son lives for one day, the imperial concubine will not let him go; secondly, the Ai family does not want your son to be the prince. He became Concubine Gu’s second son, Concubine Gu will never make plans for him, so there is no guarantee that anything will go wrong.”
The queen smiled sarcastically: "My concubine's son is the legitimate prince, why can't he be the prince?"
The Queen Mother said: "There is no reason for things in this world. How can there be so many reasons?"
The queen was startled, then laughed at herself.
Yes, the intrigues in the palace are all for profit. How can there be so many reasons?
The queen closed her eyes gently and her expression quickly calmed down: "Is it really so easy to implement such a plan that hides everything from the outside world?"
"It's easy to think." After all, the Queen Mother came from the intrigues in the palace, and her mentality was stable. "More than twenty years ago, the Gu family and the Xie family were both powerful, but the Ai family stayed in the harem longer than you. A few more decades will not be in vain.”
The queen was silent for a moment, unable to refute.
When the incident happened, she and Concubine Gu were indeed still young. In terms of city government, scheming, methods and connections in the palace, they were naturally not as good as the Queen Mother.
"When the child was delivered to the Ai family, his face was blue and swollen. He finally woke up, but his crying voice was very small, like a kitten. He had no strength at all. He ate some milk and slept soundly. After I went to bed, my face looked much better the next day and changed a lot. Even if you were there at the time, you might not be able to recognize that it was your son at a glance."
As for whether Gu Guifei will become suspicious.
Then there is no need to worry. Even if her pregnancy is fake, it seems real to others, so she has to confine herself.
The harem was not allowed to see foreign men easily. As long as the Queen Mother sent someone to watch Zhaochen Palace, she would have no chance to confirm the truth of the matter face to face with her brother.
By the time Concubine Gu was out of confinement, Prime Minister Gu had already died of illness, and there was no evidence of her death.
The queen looked sarcastic: "With just a few tricks, I was separated from my own flesh and blood for more than 20 years. It is certainly not a pity to die for Concubine Gu, but how can the Queen Mother be innocent?"
The Queen Mother did not defend herself, but said: "At least the Aijia allowed him to survive."
The queen didn't know what she was feeling at this time.
Reason told her that she shouldn't resent the Queen Mother, but in fact, the Queen Mother personally sent her child to Concubine Gu's palace, where she was abused by Concubine Gu for so many years.
Over the years, the Queen Mother used to hide from the world, but in fact she was indifferent to everything Rong Cang suffered and never stopped her.
And what about yourself?
The Queen thought with some self-blame, in fact, why not herself?
Although she didn't know that Rong Cang was her biological son at the time, as the Queen of the Middle Palace, did she really have no ability to make that child's life better?
She just didn't want to have anything to do with Concubine Gu, so she always had the attitude of not disturbing the river...
But they have never been related to well water and river water, but are mortal enemies who will never stop fighting.
The queen took a deep breath, adjusted her emotions, and quickly returned to the topic: "Since the queen mother knows that Rong Cang is the biological son of the concubine and the only legitimate son of the emperor, why do you think he cannot be the prince?"
After a slight pause in her tone, the Queen stared at the Queen Mother's obviously old face: "Perhaps I should ask, who is the most suitable candidate for the crown prince in the Queen Mother's mind?"
