The emperor always establishes a prince.
The princes are all vying for this position. It's either this prince or that prince. In short, it can't be an outsider.
Therefore, the Queen Mother must have a prince in her heart that she is eager to support.
Who could it be?
"The Ai family won't tell you why, but you must agree to the Ai family's condition." The Queen Mother said in a strong tone, "Otherwise Rong Cang will not be the legitimate son, but just an adopted son without royal blood."
"Although I don't know what the Queen Mother is thinking, and I don't know whether the Queen Mother has really retreated from the world to recite Buddha's name in the past 20 years or is thinking about some plan, I must tell the Queen Mother." The Queen stood up and looked calmly. Quietly, but with unquestionable determination, "No one can shake Rong Cang's position as the crown prince, not even you, the Queen Mother."
After saying this, she bent her knees slightly: "I, my concubine, leave."
"Queen." The Queen Mother called her, her voice so calm that it was unsettling, "If the Ai family suddenly dies suddenly, do you think the Emperor will suspect you?"
The queen's expression changed and she turned to look at her.
"The Ai family is the biological mother of the emperor. If the Ai family dies suddenly, will the emperor suspect you?" The Queen Mother threatened coldly, "If the people in the Ai family insist that you were the poisoner, what will you do? Justify yourself?”
The Queen frowned: "Does the Queen Mother really want to be like this?"
The Queen Mother remained silent.
"If this is really going to be the case, I can only find a way to prove my innocence." The queen said calmly, "With the emperor's trust in me, I don't think he will listen to the words of a few palace officials."
After speaking, she raised her eyebrows slightly: "What's more, the Queen Mother has endured for so many years, is it just to die suddenly today to achieve the purpose of plotting against the concubine?"
After not seeing anyone for more than 20 years, she is finally willing to show up today. The Queen Mother does not even dare to tell her purpose. How willing is the Queen Mother to go to see the King of Hell so soon?
Even if it's to plot against her, it's obviously not worth it.
The queen didn't believe she would be willing to give it up.
However, in order to avoid another accident, after the queen returned to Shuhuang Palace, she immediately ordered Mrs. Xie to enter the palace: "No matter what the reason, I must see her immediately."
"yes."
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At this moment, the eldest princess was sitting in the pavilion in the garden of Jinlin Courtyard, drinking tea and answering Chu Yunfei's questions.
"I remember that the late Concubine Hui was the niece of the Queen Mother." The eldest princess fell into memories. "I was still young at that time, and I didn't see the Queen Mother very often. I only occasionally heard my mother mention that Concubine Hui was the Queen Mother. Niece at home, please let us children be careful and don’t collide with Concubine Hui.”
Chu Yunfei frowned slightly: "Concubine Hui is the biological mother of King Jin'an?"
Rong Lianyue nodded: "There are so many concubines in the harem, and it is said that my father's favorite was Concubine Hui."
It's a pity that the beauty died.
Concubine Hui's appearance was the most beautiful among all the concubines in the harem. She was favored by the emperor and protected by the queen mother. At that time, the queen had not yet entered the palace. Everyone thought that Concubine Hui would be named the queen because her mother was more valuable than her son. Sooner or later.
Her son is the eldest son of the royal family, and he is protected by the Queen Mother. Who in the harem can compete with her? Once you are named a queen, you will be the true eldest son of the royal family, with dignity above all princes.
But things are unpredictable.
Because the emperor was overly pampered, Concubine Hui ate well and ate a lot during pregnancy, which resulted in the child being slightly larger. Concubine Hui suffered a lot during the birth, which was already a bit difficult to give birth. After the birth, Concubine Hui was even more weak and out of control.
All the precious medicinal materials available in the Tai Hospital were given to her, but in the end they still failed to prevent her body from deteriorating day by day.
Later, the Queen, Concubine Xiao and Concubine Gu entered the palace one after another. With more concubines in the harem, the emperor, who was already busy with government affairs, was even more distracted and could only occasionally go to Concubine Hui's place to sit.
Perhaps due to some sentimentality, Concubine Hui did not last long and died after her son's seventh birthday.
It was also that year that something unexpected happened when the queen gave birth to a child.
From then on, the Queen Mother took refuge in Shouan Palace and stopped asking questions.
Rong Lianyue held the teacup: "It's been so long since things happened in the palace that I can't remember them clearly. Besides, I was young at that time and didn't know many things in detail."
"So Concubine Hui's son is the Queen Mother's favorite?" Chu Yunfei frowned, "After Concubine Hui passed away, the Queen Mother never thought of bringing the eldest prince to raise her?"
The eldest princess shook her head: "It must be that the father did not agree. According to the rules, after Concubine Hui's death, her son was not yet an adult and could be raised by the queen. However, the queen happened to be pregnant at the time, and something went wrong later during the birth of the child. I was so sad. When you are so desperate, how can you have the energy to raise other people’s children?”
Although the queen is the emperor's only official wife, and all princes and princesses must call the queen mother and queen, how do other children compare with their biological children?
What's more, the queen's child didn't come easily.
"I don't know if the father has the idea of letting the queen raise the eldest brother, but in the end the eldest brother grew up in front of Concubine Xiao." Rong Lianyue frowned, "But it didn't grow for a few years. When he was fourteen, In 2008, Shou'an Palace opened its doors once, and the Queen Mother suggested that the Emperor give the eldest prince a fiefdom so that he could leave the imperial city's place of dispute."
When Chu Yunfei heard this, she couldn't help but mentally calculate the age and time of the eldest prince. She guessed that the queen mother was worried that the imperial concubine would attack the eldest prince, so she suggested to the emperor to let him go early.
Although the royal family stipulates that a prince with a fiefdom cannot become a prince again, but the rules are dead. How can things like ambition be restricted by the rules?
If the Queen Mother's favorite prince is the eldest prince who left the fiefdom early, then many things can be explained more clearly. She closed the palace that year, perhaps not only because of Rong Cang's incident, but also to protect the eldest prince.
Because if she continued to favor the eldest prince, she would inevitably arouse the murderous intention of Concubine Gu. Rong Cang's incident made the Queen Mother see clearly the concubine's ruthlessness. It was difficult to guard against thieves for a thousand days, so she simply handed over the eldest prince to the powerless Concubine Xiao. It is safer to raise them.
But as long as she stayed in the imperial city for one day, her safety would only be temporary, so the Queen Mother had early asked the emperor to arrange for the eldest prince to go to the fiefdom. Only by staying away from the whirlpool of power struggle could Concubine Gu take her eyes away from him.
Rong Lianyue lowered her head: "In the years after the Queen Mother closed the palace, the imperial concubine was the most popular. No one dared to provoke her. We princesses did not dare to speak out when we were wronged, for fear of being targeted by her."
Chu Yunfei rubbed the tea cup and said with emotion: "It seems that the harem when my father was young was much more dangerous than it is today."
Rong Lianyue nodded: "Yes."
Chu Yunfei was not born more than twenty years ago, and her father had not even entered the court yet, so she had not personally experienced the dangers at that time, but the eldest princess had grown up in the palace, so she naturally had a deep understanding of it.
Although they are both sons and daughters of their father, their mother's low status directly caused them to live a life of trepidation and walking on thin ice. Even when they were bullied after leaving the cabinet, they did not dare to open their mouths to complain easily.
Chu Yunfei was thinking about the queen in the palace and wondered what the queen mother had said to her.
She wasn't too worried about the queen being threatened.
After all, after cheering up, the Queen has not flinched from anything yet.
As the daughter of the Xie family, she has always been confident. The Queen Mother has been in seclusion for more than 20 years, and has long lost her original intimidation. The queen is no longer the girl from the Xie family who first entered the palace, so she has nothing to worry about.
