Ji Mosheng followed the Empress Dowager to another side hall. Ji Mosheng asked with some doubt, "Mother, what brings you to my court?"
The Empress Dowager turned around and looked seriously at her son. Since his birth, he had been named the Crown Prince. Sheng'er was also intelligent from a young age, with literary and martial talents, and was proficient in poetry and songs. Not only was his father, the Emperor, extremely satisfied with him, but the ministers were also willing to follow him. It can be said that her Sheng'er was a prodigy from a young age.
Every time she saw other children playing outside, Sheng'er would be reading, practicing martial arts and archery. Other children could rest when they were tired, but her Sheng'er could not rest because he was the crown prince. He was expected to become a wise ruler and learn to be a qualified emperor.
But she was Sheng'er's mother. Every time she saw Sheng'er envying other princesses or princes playing outside, she would silently wipe away her tears. Watching her lively and adorable child grow into a mature and steady person, her heart ached.
She was a mother, and she didn't want her child to suffer so much. She only hoped that Sheng'er could be happy. But she knew that this was just wishful thinking. Born into the royal family, no one had a choice.
The Empress Dowager lovingly reached out and touched Ji Mosheng's face, saying, "Sheng'er, do you want to be the emperor?"
Ji Mosheng looked at his mother, whose attitude had changed, with a puzzled expression. He shook his head and replied earnestly, "Mother, my elder brother is more suited for that position than I am. I am very satisfied with this arrangement."
The Empress Dowager sighed and said, "Good child, you have been the Crown Prince since you were a child. I always thought you would become the Emperor. I never expected that my son would live a different life. I am happy for you." Well, since it is what the child desires, she will respect his choice.
Ji Mosheng stepped forward and hugged the Empress Dowager, whispering, "Thank you, Mother." He thought that his mother would tell him to compete with his elder brother for the throne for the sake of his maternal family, fame and fortune, and the supreme position. Unexpectedly, his mother let him choose. He knew that his mother's question must be the intention of his maternal family.
"Good child, good child." The Empress Dowager repeated twice. In the past, she was so concerned for the Ye family that she had to push her children to become more outstanding and more pleasing to others.
However, she overlooked her child's thoughts and the disappointed look in his eyes every time she rejected him. By the time she realized this and wanted to make amends, her child had grown up, become more mature, and better fit the image of a qualified monarch in her mind, which also made the distance between her and her son grow further and further apart.
This time, she stopped pressuring Sheng'er. Consider it making up for her mistakes over the past twenty years.
When she learned that the throne would not be for Sheng'er, she silently breathed a sigh of relief, but she was also somewhat unwilling, unwilling that all her years of planning and investment had come to nothing. At the same time, she was also very glad that her Sheng'er would no longer have to work so hard.
On the other side, Yan Wan and Ji Mohan had arrived at the foot of the mountain where the palace was located. They looked at each other and saw the heaviness in each other's eyes. Something was definitely wrong with the palace.
Ji Mohan sensed the killing intent. His senses had never been wrong; in fact, he had escaped death several times on the battlefield by relying on his intuition.
Yan Wan's expression turned somber because the system had spoken a sentence in her mind, causing her heart to tighten once again.
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