Watching Princess Zhao calmly raise a glass and drink tea, Concubine Liu felt as if she had just entered the palace and faced Empress Yang.
No, we can't be so passive. She thought to herself, with a sad expression on her face: "Sister Dong, do you also believe what Xi'er said?"
Princess Zhao clasped her hands around the tea cup and replied calmly: "Why don't I believe it?"
Concubine Liu trembled and her face turned a little paler.
She had a feeling that things were slipping into an uncontrollable direction. The Princess Zhao in front of her was very different from the one she had been getting along with during this period.
"Sister Dong, Xi'er are all talking nonsense. I do have a gap in my heart, and I will lament my unlucky fate, but I just talk and don't do it. You know, Acheng is my nephew, how could I scheme?
Him?" Concubine Liu cried, with such sorrow in her expression and sincerity in her tone that anyone who saw her would believe her.
Princess Zhao was indifferent, but a little funny: "Wu Niang, am I too kind to you, do you think I am a fool?"
Concubine Liu was startled for a moment, and then she saw Concubine Zhao suddenly raise her hand, and the tea cup flew out and fell heavily at her feet.
Concubine Liu was startled: "Sister Dong..."
"I have been eating sand in the northwest for more than 20 years. Do you think my temper has not changed at all?"
Seeing Concubine Liu's face, Concubine Zhao nodded: "It seems so. I was kind to you before because I was grateful for your sister's kindness. When I see you, I feel like I have seen my old self, so in front of you
, I am still the aunt of the Dong family."
Only then did Concubine Liu realize that she had misjudged. Concubine Zhao's past twenty years had certainly not been easy. She married to Tongyang at the most difficult time for the Yan family. The emperor's distrust, the Zhenbei Protectorate's
The suppression made it difficult for Duke Zhao, who had just inherited the title, to move forward.
While he worked hard to run the business and train soldiers, she helped him manage his interpersonal relationships and win over the wealthy families. When he went out to fight, she also helped him keep the family. This is how the couple shared the joys and sorrows and pulled up the Yan family.
Until it is unbreakable.
Although the harem is scary every step of the way, how can the canary in the palace imagine this kind of day when assassins attack from time to time?
"Don't worry, you won't die." Princess Zhao said calmly, "For the sake of the late emperor and Acheng, I will spare your life. But don't go out of Taiyuan Palace.
, I will invite a few masters to come later, and you can eat here, pray for the late emperor, chant Buddha's name, and pray for the late emperor!"
After saying that, Princess Zhao stood up and was about to go out.
Concubine Liu was very anxious. What was the difference between this and sending her to a temple? Even food and clothing depended on the person's face!
In panic, she shouted to Princess Zhao: "You can't do this! Acheng will not agree!"
Princess Zhao turned around and looked at her with a frown: "Did you tell Acheng?"
Under her intense gaze, Concubine Liu couldn't help but lower her eyes and replied: "No..."
She couldn't admit it. If she did, the relationship between mother and son would decline, and Yan Cheng's status would still be unstable... If something happened to Yan Cheng, then she would have no hope at all.
Princess Zhao calmed down a little and said, "Why can't I do this? I have already treated you with all my kindness and righteousness."
Concubine Liu searched her guts and defended herself: "Because you owe my sister! If my sister hadn't given it to you, you wouldn't have been able to marry into the Yan family, and you wouldn't be where you are today."
Princess Zhao couldn't help but laugh: "My marriage to Ashu was ordered by my parents and a matchmaker. It is pitiful for your sister to enter the palace, but I don't owe her anything."
Having reached this point, Concubine Liu no longer had any scruples and laughed miserably: "Listen, people are useless after death. You were grateful to my sister at the beginning, and now you say such things! How can I believe it?
Will you be kind to Ah Cheng?"
She pointed at Princess Zhao and simply poured out what was in her heart: "Sister Dong, do you know that you are too fake? You think you are good to me, but when I see you like that, I feel scared. Others don't know
, but you and I know in our hearts that Acheng is not your child, how could you be willing to let him become your heir? This is not a title or a little family wealth, but the whole world!"
Tears filled her eyes: "Do you know how scared I am when I look at Acheng? Do you think I am doing it for myself? If I don't do this, who knows when Acheng will be destroyed by you!"
Princess Zhao couldn't help but laugh and nodded: "You are right, if I were asked to choose now, I might not be willing. But, I am different from you. I will repay my kindness and I will do what I say. Sister Liu saved me
One life, so when this child was sent to Tongyang, I gave him the status of a direct descendant, worked hard to raise him, and repaid Sister Liu for her kindness."
She sighed and continued: "I didn't expect this day to come. It's just a title and wealth. My children can earn it by themselves if they have the ability. There is no need to guard it if they don't. Today, it is Acheng's.
I couldn't predict my fate at the time, and I can't regret it today."
Concubine Liu shook her head: "Do I really believe what you say?"
"Do you believe it or not? What does it have to do with me?" Princess Zhao looked outside, "I raised Acheng with my own hands. When he first came, he was like a kitten. He seemed to stop breathing the next moment. I didn't dare to sleep at night.
I’m so familiar with him, I’m afraid that something happened to him and I didn’t find out. I spent more effort on him than Aling. Watching him grow up little by little, he is my child.”
Concubine Liu didn't believe it: "You just talk nice."
Princess Zhao didn't want to tell her any more, she would only believe the facts she believed.
"The matter is over, don't make any more trouble. For the sake of Acheng, don't say a word about this matter. If I find you talking nonsense, then don't worship the Buddha and go accompany the late emperor!"
"You..." Mrs. Liu was shocked, "You dare to kill me? Have you forgotten my sister's kindness?"
"Yes, this is your sister's kindness. What does it have to do with you?" Princess Zhao said coldly, "My affection for Sister Liu will naturally be repaid to Acheng, and I don't need you to interfere."
After saying this, Princess Zhao walked out. Concubine Liu shouted from behind, but she did not look back.
When she left the hall, Xu Yin and Yan Cheng, who were not far away, both turned their heads and looked at her with concern.
"Mother?" Yan Cheng stepped forward quickly and looked at her expression, "Are you okay?"
Princess Zhao laughed: "What can happen to me?"
This made Yan Cheng breathe a sigh of relief and cast his gaze back into the palace: "Then the concubine..."
"She admitted it." Princess Zhao said lightly, "Let's change the palace servants here. Call the eunuchs to come and turn Taiyuan Palace into a Buddhist hall."
Yan Cheng was stunned for a moment: "Mother, do you mean that the concubine will worship Buddha here from now on?"
"Well. The Daguangming Temple is a bit far away after all. The concubine wants to pray for the late emperor."
Yan Cheng understood, this was already the best result.
"Go back!" Princess Zhao sighed. Although she was not very happy when she came, she didn't expect that she would be even less happy when she left.
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I think there are still two plots left after this chapter is finished. I don’t know if I can finish it next month.