C117 (1/2)
Chu Lingyun smiled sweetly, ”mother didn't think of me?”
”You …” The light in Empress Chen's eyes returned to normal. ”That's right, although the crown prince has left, I still have a daughter like you. I must pull myself together and help the both of us earn the Heaven and Earth in the palace.”
Chu Lingyun's throat tightened as she said hesitatingly: ”mother, I mean …”
The Empress Chen suddenly interrupted her, ”If the Consort Hua gives birth to a prince, we will bring the prince into the palace,” she said as the corners of his mouth twitched, ”No matter whose child is in the harem, they will all belong to me.”
Chu Lingyun was silent for a moment, then said hoarsely, ”mother, the other concubines' children are someone else's after all. Even if mother sees him as his own, it is not a guarantee that he will be able to see through it in the future and not forget his benefactor and attack us from the opposite direction.”
The Empress Chen was puzzled as he said, ”Since he is being raised as his own child, even if he finds out about some things in the future, we can easily hide it from him. Why are you worried about that?”
”What if we don't continue hiding it, then he will treat the mother as his enemy,” Chu Lingyun swallowed her breath, and continued speaking without giving up, ”mother, even if he doesn't know about this, aren't you afraid of she passing on some of the problems in the Consort Hua?”
Empress Chen thought for a moment, then laughed: ”No, I will definitely teach him how to grow up.”
Chu Lingyun looked at mother's gentle smile. She was obviously thinking of taking in another prince to replace the one who had passed away, ”... If mother is determined to adopt Consort Hua's children, then we have to prepare for it now. ”
”Go find the royal physician, and let him take a good look at my body. I need to recover before the Consort Hua comes to a close.”
”The Emperor just accepted a new consort …” The palace maid tremblingly knelt on the ground and said with a trembling voice.
Xue Liuhua's eyes widened, and the teacup slammed onto the table heavily, ”The crown prince just passed away, and I was still pregnant with a prince, why did he accept the new consort, which slut is so insensible?”
The palace maid was given a fright as she bit her lips and replied, ”It's the princess' servant girl.”
Xue Liuhua laughed with contempt, ”A servant? What kind of Heavenly Immortal do I think I am? The Emperor's current taste is even more strange.
”That palace maid looks very similar to Empress Chen and the princess,” the palace maid said in a low voice.
”A mere palace maid can even be called a genius,” Xue Liuhua said as she pounded the table gloomily. ”Where does she have such talent?
The palace maid hurriedly supported her hand. ”Empress, don't be angry. She's just a small palace maid, how can she compare to the Empress? She still has the Emperor's emperor’s kid in her womb.”
Xue Liuhua sighed dejectedly, ”It has been many days since the emperor came to the Yongle Palace. I thought that he had come because of the crown prince's matter, but who would have thought that there would be someone who could seduce his soul and even the palace maids beside the princess. No wonder Ru Yan didn't know what was good for him.”
The palace maid was afraid that her anger would shift to her head, so she consoled her with a soft voice: ”Calm down, Empress. Ru Yan is just a servant girl, and does not have much looks, how can the Emperor put her in his eyes?
Xue Liuhua was flustered and exasperated, she could only hatefully ask: ”Then what should I call him?”
”This servant doesn't know. I only know that she is called Liu Cai Ren.”
Xue Liuhua narrowed her beautiful eyes and asked: ”Whose palace does she live in now?”
”She still lives in the palace of the princess. The Emperor wants her to serve the princess the same as before.”
”Oh,” Xue Liuhua dragged out her words, ”I even thought that from today onwards, she will be Master. It turns out that she is still a palace maid.
The palace maid immediately guessed where she was going and tried to console her. ”Empress, Princess Poyang is the most beloved child of the Emperor. You can't go there.”
Xue Liuhua rolled her eyes in disapproval, ”No matter what, I am still the princess' concubine, and in my stomach, I am still the princess' royal brother.
The palace maid carefully replied, ”Empress, I don't know what the emperor means, but I've never had a concubine be able to go to the princess's place.”
”Princess has been away from the Great Qin Empire for three years, and if you want to go, you can't even go with your concubine,” Xue Liuhua said in a furious manner, ”I can't even meet the princess?”
”Empress Dowager isn't going to see the princess, she's going to cause trouble for Liu Zai, right?” The palace maid wailed as she kneeled down. ”Empress Dowager, there's going to be another month's time. You can't let anything go wrong at this time.”
Xue Liuhua smirked, ”Why are you in such a hurry? Even teaching Liu Cai the principle of becoming his concubine is something I should do. Would she still cause any problems for me in front of the princess?”
The palace maid saw that Xue Liuhua was not listening to her advice, and added, ”With the cold wind blowing these few days, the Empress will come out of the sun in a few days.”
”I feel uncomfortable basking in the sunlight,” Xue Liuhua said as she gave a sinister smile, ”I'll go tomorrow.”
Chu Lingyun lifted Xianghe's chin and looked left and right for a while, then said with a smile: ”I heard from mother that you have become a married woman for the first time, your face will become a lot rounder, why have you become thinner instead?”
Xianghe's face flushed red, she lowered her head and laughed, ”Your Majesty … I didn't do anything to this servant. ”
”Huh?” Chu Lingyun's eyes widened, her fingers suddenly tightened, ”Your Majesty, he … Then why did the emperor confer you on to be a genius? ”