She didn't know what Mrs. Zhang had gone through before she ended up in the Cai family. It was indeed inappropriate to tell Concubine Li about her, but what if the emperor really needed Mrs. Zhang?
On the way back, she was thinking that once the matter was settled, she would not interfere if Mrs. Zhang entered the palace.
Mrs. Zhang did not speak, her folded hands were tightly clasped together to cover up her uneasiness.
For more than ten years, whenever I close my eyes, my mind is full of images of my empress being killed.
Everything seemed to have happened yesterday, and she remembered it very clearly.
Could it be that the queen knew that she was still alive, so she told the emperor, and the emperor looked for her?
Over the years, she has always wanted to return to the palace and tell the emperor the truth about that year, but she was afraid.
She was not worried about her life, but knew that the poisonous woman had already taken the position of queen. She was afraid that the emperor would hand her over to the poisonous woman because of her words.
She was even more afraid that she would not be able to fulfill her mother's last wish before she died and tell the prince her true identity so that he could know what kind of person his biological mother was.
"Mr. Zhang," Li Qian called her softly when she didn't speak for a long time, with worry on her face, "It doesn't matter if you don't want to go. I can refuse Concubine Li."
Mrs. Zhang slowly let go of the clasped hands and walked to the window. Her voice was a little hoarse, "Do you know what kind of person Li Fei is?"
When she left the palace, Concubine Li must not have been in the same position as she is now. There were many concubines in the harem. If Concubine Li was the wife of that poisonous woman, wouldn't she have fallen into a trap when she left?
"Concubine Li is a very good woman, very generous and gentle, and she is being pampered now."
Kind and gentle?
Mrs. Zhang didn't take it seriously. Didn't that poisonous woman deceive the emperor in the same way and let the empress die innocently?
"Then what's her relationship with the current queen?"
Li Qian didn't understand why Mrs. Zhang asked like this, but she didn't hesitate and told her everything she knew from her father.
"The two are not close. The queen was banned precisely because she murdered the little princess and Concubine Li."
"What did you say?" Mrs. Zhang turned around excitedly, "You said the queen was grounded?"
Li Qian nodded, "Yes, I heard what dad said."
Mrs. Zhang's face was full of excitement. She stepped forward and took Li Qian's hand, "Miss Li, please help me prepare a carriage. I will enter the palace now."
While this poisonous woman is grounded, she can strike first.
Because she was so excited, Li Qian felt that her hands were scratched and hurt.
Noticing her frown, Mrs. Zhang smiled and let go of her hand, "I'm sorry."
Li Qian turned around and went out to ask someone to prepare the carriage. Thinking that she could not bring Mrs. Zhang into the palace, she planned to go find her father.
Before she even stepped out, she saw Prime Minister Li walking towards her.
"Dad, my daughter just wants to see you for something!"
Prime Minister Li smiled and said: "What a coincidence, dad also has something to ask you for. Have you told me what Concubine Li told you? Will she be willing to enter the palace?"
He had just received a message from the palace that the emperor asked him to bring his daughter's mother-in-law into the palace.
I don’t know who this woman is, but the emperor wants to see her in person.
"Yes," Li Qian seemed to remember something, "Isn't this why father came to see his daughter? The daughter is looking for someone to bring her mother-in-law into the palace!"
...
Mrs. Zhang and the Prime Minister were sitting on the carriage going to the palace, feeling nervous and excited.
I don’t know what His Highness the Crown Prince looks like now.
Prime Minister Li looked at Mrs. Zhang without any trace, but didn't see any difference.
The emperor only asked someone to deliver the message, but he didn't tell him what it was about.
The two of them had different thoughts, and neither of them spoke. They listened to the sound of the wheels turning in silence all the way to the palace gate.
Standing at the entrance of the palace, looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar palace, Mrs. Zhang's eyes were red, and she felt sad and sighing in her heart.
"Mr. Zhang, let's go!"
After making their way to the royal study room, Prime Minister Li discovered that this woman was more familiar with the palace than he was, and she knew exactly when to turn.
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, the Emperor said that you should go in directly when you arrive."
Prime Minister Li nodded and took Mrs. Zhang into the imperial study room.
There was silence in the imperial study room. The emperor held the little princess in one hand while carefully correcting the memorial.
Eunuch Cao stood behind him and reminded him softly when he saw the prime minister coming in.
"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister is here."
He put down his pen, closed the memorial and looked at Mrs. Zhang.
"Aunt Chang, I've been waiting for you."
"I see you, Your Majesty."
"Slave, please see your Majesty."
Grandma Chang felt tears almost bursting from her eyes.
"Get up, I've wronged you all these years."
[Mother Chang is finally here. It is really unexpected that she can enter the palace so quickly. After all, she does not trust the tyrant. 】
The emperor, who was stabbed by Zakko, glanced at his daughter with big round eyes in his arms.
Listen to the little guy continue.
[The tyrant did not treat the queen like this before. Aunt Renchang was worried that she would be handed over to the queen when she entered the palace, so she turned around and was dealt with directly. 】
If he didn't know that the queen was so vicious, the emperor would indeed do this.
"For the sake of the empress and the prince, I will not be wronged."
Aunt Chang's voice was choked with sobs, "Did the Emperor find out about the old slave and let him enter the palace because he suspected that there was something fishy about the death of the empress?"
Prime Minister Li was stunned for a moment as he listened. He felt that the conversation between the emperor and the mother-in-law, who had changed her identity from mother-in-law to a nanny, was understandable separately, but not together.
Isn't this woman from the Cai family? Why is she talking about the Crown Prince and the Empress? He was confused by this.
...
The emperor only allowed Nanny Chang to enter the palace, and the prince received the news.
The prince changed his clothes and took Lin Qi to the imperial study.
The guard went in and reported back, then let the two of them in.
[Great, the Crown Prince can finally know that he is Empress Lu’s child. 】
When Grandma Chang heard the prince's request to see him, she stared straight at the door.
The prince walking in front was dressed in a moon-white gold-woven python robe, with a tall and straight figure, a jade crown on his hair, and a faint smile on his handsome brows. From a distance, he looked modest and gentle, like a orchid and jade tree.
Is this His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?
The temperament around him is very similar to that of the empress. If the empress is still alive, she will be very happy.
"My son, I will meet my father."
"Get up, I originally planned to have someone call you over to listen together."
Prime Minister Li felt that he was a little redundant, but the emperor had no intention of rejecting him, so he could only stand in front of a wooden stake.
"Thank you, Father," the prince looked at Aunt Chang and asked in confusion, "I wonder who she is?"
Could this be what Luo'er said, the person who knows the truth?
"Your Highness, this old slave is Empress Lu, the nun who serves your mother."
As soon as these words came out, except for the two insiders, the prince and the emperor, the redundant Prime Minister Li and Eunuch Cao were shocked.
"Mother Chang, tell me everything you know. If it is true, I will definitely give Queen Lu justice."
Grandma Chang knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily.
"Everything the old slave said is true."
