frightfiction Chapter 930: The Ungrateful Son 6
Chapter 930: The Ungrateful Son 6
"What you mean is..." The emperor naturally understood what Concubine Chen meant, but after all, the Second Prince was his own flesh and blood. No matter how cruel the emperor was, he could not bring himself to harm his own flesh and blood!
"Your Majesty," Concubine Chen said coquettishly, "For the sake of our Ming'er, please bear with the Second Prince. Besides, it's just a minor illness for the Second Prince, not his life. Why would Your Majesty be reluctant to do that?"
"Hmph!" Concubine Chen pretended to be angry and turned to the side. "The emperor always said that he only loves Ming'er. In your heart, only Ming'er can be considered your son, but what happened? Now the second prince just got a minor illness, but the emperor can't bear to let him go."
"But it is also true. After all, the Second Prince is the legitimate son. The meaning of a legitimate son is different. Even if the Emperor loves Ming'er very much, he can't let Ming'er surpass the legitimate son. Saying that he will pass the princehood to Ming in the future is just fooling me."
She must take this opportunity to destroy the Second Prince. That doesn't mean she has to take his life, but at most she will destroy his body and make him a sickly person.
Although the emperor repeatedly said that he would pass the throne to Ming'er, no one could predict what would happen in the future. Therefore, Concubine Chen would naturally not let the second prince go, and she would not even let other princes go.
Concubine Chen is indeed a vicious woman, but she is not very smart. She uses all her intelligence on the Emperor, which makes the Emperor always dote on her. Otherwise, she would not have been so arrogant this morning and was not worried at all about whether she would anger the Empress Dowager.
Or perhaps, because of the emperor's favor, Concubine Chen did not take the empress dowager seriously.
"Okay, okay, I'll do whatever you say. Isn't that enough?" The emperor pulled Concubine Chen closer and hugged her in his arms, saying helplessly, "I really can't do anything with you. I didn't say I disagree, but you're just being so petty."
"Humph! That's more like it," Concubine Chen said arrogantly, "Your Majesty, I heard that the Queen handed over the power of the palace to the Queen Mother, and has already sent the account books of the six palaces to the Queen Mother."
"Your Majesty," Concubine Chen started to act coquettishly again, "This is not the late emperor's harem, but your harem, so there is no reason for the Queen Mother to be in charge of the palace. If the Queen does not want to be in charge of the palace and is afraid of being tired, then you can hand it over to me, the concubine!"
"Your Majesty, you must know that the Queen Mother has more than one son. Mothers are partial to their youngest sons. Most importantly, I have heard that the Queen Mother often tells the servants below that Prince Rui is the only one who is truly filial to her."
"So, with the power of the palace handed over to the Queen Mother, who knows what ambitions she will develop, such as using her power to amass wealth and giving the palace's real money to Prince Rui."
The emperor's face instantly turned ugly. The emperor had never liked the empress dowager as his mother. He thought she was incompetent and that was why his son had to go through such a difficult time in the prince's quarters.
After all, if the mother was favored, would the servants of the prince dare to look down on him? In the final analysis, it was because the mother was useless that her son was implicated.
In addition, with the existence of Prince Rui, the emperor was naturally even more reluctant to let the queen mother take power, for fear that the queen mother would develop ambitions and want Prince Rui to replace him on the throne.
Although the emperor did not think that the empress dowager had the brains to do so, after all, a woman who had given birth to two sons in the harem of the late queen and could only be a small noble lady, what kind of brains could such a woman have?
But sometimes stupid people do bad things that are hard to guard against. We are not afraid of bad people having smart minds, but we are afraid of bad people having stupid minds, that is what does bad things.
But the Queen Mother happened to be his biological mother. Under the pressure of filial piety, the Emperor could not do anything to her except to be on guard against her.
Originally, I wanted to let the Queen to restrain the Queen Mother, but who would have thought that the Queen would hand over the power of the palace to the Queen Mother.
"Of course, I can't give the power of the palace to the Queen Mother," the emperor frowned, "but I can't let you take charge of the palace, otherwise the Queen Mother will definitely not let you go. Even if I protect you, under the suppression of filial piety, the Queen Mother wants to make things difficult for you, and there are many reasons for me to be helpless."
"Humph!" Concubine Chen was unhappy again, "After all, Your Majesty thinks that I am incapable and can only be a dodder for you to protect."
Concubine Chen was spoiled by the Emperor, or rather, her self-confidence was inflated by the Emperor's pampering, and she did not think that the Empress Dowager could make things difficult for her.
After all, she didn't take the Queen Mother seriously at all, so how could she be afraid of her troubles?
"Look at you, why are you so petty again?" The emperor said helplessly. "I really did it for your own good, so I didn't let you take charge of the palace. I originally wanted to let the queen confront the queen mother. With the queen as a target, all the queen mother's malice will only be directed at the queen, and naturally she won't think of making things difficult for you."
"But who would have thought that the Queen would go crazy and actually hand over the power of the palace to the Queen Mother." At this point, it was impossible for the Emperor to say that he had no resentment in his heart.
If Concubine Chen hadn't provoked the Queen like that, would the Queen have gone crazy?
But Concubine Chen was the apple of the emperor's eye, so the emperor naturally couldn't bear to blame Concubine Chen for anything. Although he felt a little resentful, it only passed through his mind and then disappeared. All his dissatisfaction was directed at the queen.
"In the final analysis, the emperor still doesn't believe in my ability," Concubine Chen became even more unhappy, "and thinks that I am just a dodder flower that needs your protection. Without your protection, I will be bullied by others."
"Your Majesty," Concubine Chen's voice became coquettish again, "You dote on me so much, so I naturally want to help you share the burden. I don't want to be a dodder that can only rely on your protection. After all, in my heart, we are husband and wife, and I am your wife."
"Husband and wife are one. I want to be the woman who can fight alongside you and be behind you, rather than just being the dodder that you protect."
"Anyway, I don't care! If the Queen doesn't want to fulfill her duties as a wife, then let me do it. I want the power of the six palaces. No matter what you say, you must take the power from the Queen Mother and let me take charge of it."
"Okay, okay, I'll do whatever you say. I'll do whatever you say." The emperor had never been able to do anything with Concubine Chen, and he was deeply moved by Concubine Chen's words, so there was naturally no reason for him to refuse.
Logically speaking, the emperor cannot stay overnight in the harem as it is still the mourning period. However, since the death of the late emperor, Concubine Chen has not been intimate with the emperor for a long time, so naturally she is unwilling to let the emperor leave.
The Emperor has never been able to resist Concubine Chen. Once she acts coquettishly and seduces him, his legs will become unable to move.
What the emperor didn't know was that his conversation with Concubine Chen had already reached the Empress Dowager's palace.