freenovelworld Chapter 589: Palace Fights Are All Scheming
Chapter 589: Palace Fights Are All Scheming
On the third day, news came that her son had drowned. It was said that he had accidentally fallen into the lotus pond on his way to see her, and because there were no eunuchs or palace maids with him, he drowned in it.
The original body fainted and rushed out after waking up. She wanted to ask the Queen Mother for an explanation. How could a child under three years old run away on his own? He might not even be able to cross the threshold. This is fooling a fool!
The Queen Mother must have not taken her child seriously and didn't assign anyone to look after it, giving the bad guys an opportunity to harm her child...
But as soon as she ran out of her palace, she was stopped by the guards. No matter how she shouted or threatened, it was of no use.
Soon after, a eunuch arrived to deliver the Empress Dowager's decree, stating that she was an unlucky person. Not only had she brought disaster to her family members, but she was also not allowed to see her child because they were worried she would bring disaster to the child as well. She had been diligently copying scriptures and praying for blessings, and nothing had happened to her, but she insisted on secretly seeing the child. Now, the child had also been brought to death...
The original body collapsed upon hearing this. Thinking about the death of his mother's family and children, he even thought it was his fault and went crazy.
From then on, this palace became a cold palace. Except for the eunuchs who came to deliver food and drink regularly, no one else set foot here. Within half a year, the original owner died in the winter, frozen to death.
After her original body died, she regained consciousness. Her soul did not leave the palace, but wandered around the palace. She then overheard the conversations between Emperor Yongkang, the Empress Dowager, the Empress, and their confidants. Only then did she realize that she had been plotted against since she married the Crown Prince...
Because the princes below became more and more outstanding as they grew up, especially the third prince. He was the son of the late emperor's favorite concubine. When he grew up, he had outstanding martial arts and was deeply trusted by the late emperor. At the age of sixteen, he was named King Pingxi and led an army of 300,000 to attack the Western Hu Kingdom. He directly defeated the Western Hu and made it the territory of the Qi Kingdom.
Although the late emperor later gave Xihu as a fiefdom to the third prince and withdrew 200,000 troops, leaving only 100,000 to continue guarding there, he still had the military power in his hands.
The second prince's maternal family is a powerful general who also holds military power. Although the fourth prince's maternal family is not prominent, he is good at socializing and has a handsome appearance. It is said that his biological mother, Concubine Hui, is planning to marry him to the youngest daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo, who is originally his own daughter, as his principal wife.
Although he was the crown prince, he was only the legitimate son of the Empress and had no outstanding qualities. When he grew up, he often heard his father praise his younger brothers, but never him.
In addition, my maternal family has declined. Since the death of my maternal grandfather who was once the Grand Tutor, no outstanding person has emerged. He only left the title of Duke Cheng'en, but without any real power.
At this time, the prince knew that if he did not increase his bargaining chips, his position would most likely be lost.
But his position as Crown Princess had already been decided long ago, and she was the daughter of the Prime Minister of the dynasty, so it was impossible to change her at will. Besides, he loved this wife who had been chosen for him since childhood very much. Although he had never thought of being together for the rest of his life, he was determined to treat her well.
So he began to set up a scheme, secretly spreading rumors about his brothers' excellence and outstanding abilities, and saying that the Crown Prince was mediocre. This really made his father aware of the crisis. In order to avoid disrupting the balance, he gave the daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo to him as a concubine...
He had long seen through his father's character. For the sake of balance, he would not allow any family to dominate. Although it seemed that the head of the civil officials and the military commander, the Duke of Zhenguo, had become his in-laws, the girl from the Xiao family was only a concubine. The Duke's Mansion might not help him wholeheartedly, after all, it would be easy to make wedding dresses for others.
The prince had thought of these things, and the emperor had also thought of them, but he did not expect that he would die in an assassination so soon.
His death immediately allowed the crown prince to take the throne, and all the previous efforts were in vain.
Of course, Xiao Yun was skeptical about this coincidental assassination. Even though the three people didn't say anything, she felt that they must have been involved.
Because of the death of the previous emperor, the plans made before were no longer useful. The third prince who was far away in Xihu could not come back, and the second and fourth princes could not do anything. The prince ascended the throne smoothly.
The reason why the prince's attitude towards the original body changed so quickly was because he didn't like the original body in the first place and thought that marrying the original body was a temporary measure.
He only had his Crown Princess in his heart. He felt that his previous hypocrisy with the original body had been unfair to his lover. The original body gave birth to a son and took away the position of the eldest son of his beloved's child.
Not to mention that the late emperor actually held a grand banquet for the son of a concubine, but ignored his legitimate daughter. He felt even more guilty about mistreating his beloved and his daughter.
The previous emperor died at the full moon banquet. He was secretly delighted because he could ascend the throne directly and no longer had to worry about being deprived of his throne. He even felt that this was God's revenge for him and his lover.
Later, he used this as an excuse not to give the original person a high position and to ignore her. In fact, he just didn't want to pretend anymore.
The original body thought that Qiao Wan, who was gentle and generous, was not a simple person. She appeared to be kind and non-competitive, but in fact, many things were done by her guiding others.
In Emperor Yongkang's heart, Qiao Wan is the epitome of kindness and beauty, but he doesn't know that he has been manipulated by others and is being led by the nose without realizing it. He thinks that all these are things he arranged for others to do.
Although the original body's son died in an accident, it was a man-made accident.
Qiao Wan often told the child good things about her original body and how happy the child was with her mother, so that the child would always want to return to her mother. The child would inevitably cry and make a fuss in front of the Queen Mother. Over time, the Queen Mother would definitely not like him and might even dislike him.
Then pretend to be kind and bring the child to meet the original body. The child already longs for his mother, and this meeting will only strengthen the child's feelings for his mother.
The Queen Mother had originally been somewhat displeased with this child because of the late Emperor's death at his full moon banquet. It wasn't because of the late Emperor, but because she felt that he, like his mother, was unlucky and unlucky.
In addition, he was very annoying because of his crying every day, so he was taken to live in a remote courtyard of Ci'an Palace. As a result, the child stumbled out and wanted to find his mother by himself, but he didn't expect to fall into the lotus pond as soon as he came out.
The death of the Duke of Zhenguo and his son was also related to Qiao Wan, because as long as the Duke of Zhenguo was alive and his original body had a son, there might be a chance for him to turn things around. If she herself could not give birth to a legitimate son, and Emperor Yongkang died early like the previous emperor, wouldn't that be a blessing for them, mother and son?