"Greetings, Consort Hui." Mu Junyao gave Consort Hui a listless bow.
"What's wrong with the Crown Prince? He looks unwell." Consort Hui asked, noticing the tear stains at the corners of his eyes.
"Thank you for your concern, Consort Hui." Mu Junyao raised his hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes. "Your subject is fine."
"Is the Crown Prince still troubled by the matter of changing his governess?" Consort Hui asked with concern.
Mu Junyao was startled: "Even Consort Hui knows about this?"
Consort Hui smiled slightly: "This is no secret. Everyone in the palace knows that Consort Shu dotes on her son. She just lifted his confinement and immediately changed the Fifth Prince's governess."
Mu Junyao didn't speak, but his expression turned even more unpleasant.
“She’s just a governess. If Consort Shu doesn’t like her, she can just replace her. Why does she have to send her to the First Prince?” Consort Hui sighed deeply after saying this. “Don’t even mention that the First Prince is wronged. Even I, an observer, can’t stand it anymore.”
Mu Junyao cried all night, but the Empress did not say a word in his defense.
At this moment, he seemed to have found a confidant: "It is Consort Hui who understands my grievances."
"Sigh." Consort Hui sighed again: "Actually, when the Emperor brought it up, the Empress should have just refused. After all, the First Prince had his own governess before, and she had served him for so many years."
"That's right!" Mu Junyao became more and more excited as he listened, and a glint of light flashed in his eyes in the dark night: "Your subject really doesn't understand why Your Majesty doesn't help your subject refuse."
"Isn't it all just to curry favor with the Emperor..."
Consort Hui covered her mouth with her hand in a panic: "Your Highness, it's getting late. Please go back to your residence to rest. His Majesty is still waiting for me in the Imperial Study."
After Consort Hui finished speaking, she left in a hurry before Mu Junyao could speak.
Mu Junyao stared at her departing figure, his hands clenched into fists at his sides.
He was too foolish.
He was ultimately not the Empress's biological son.
How could he possibly treat him as his own son?
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After Mu Junyao left.
Yikun Palace returned to its former tranquility.
The Empress sat in front of her dressing table, one hand supporting her forehead.
"Your Majesty, the eldest prince is still young. He will surely understand your good intentions in the future," Wen Hui comforted her while massaging her temples.
"Young?" The Empress sneered, "I doubt even in ten years he'll understand the intricacies of this. It's infuriating! He actually thinks..."
"Your Majesty, instead of getting angry with the First Prince here, you should think about how to deal with that person in Qiluan Garden," Wen Hui reminded her.
The Empress paused in combing her hair: "What do you mean?"
"Now that she's out of confinement and about to regain favor, if a new concubine comes to the palace at this time, who do you think will be more upset?" Wen Hui thought to herself.
The Empress slowly sat up straight, her eyes brightening: "A newcomer?"
“I heard from Xiao Dezi the other day that Lord Su of the Censorate made a great contribution in handling the case of the Prefect of Shuntian Prefecture and Consort Zhuang. Lord Su’s eldest daughter, Su Xinyue, is beautiful and refined, and is nineteen years old. She is still unmarried because she is too beautiful.” Wen Hui responded.
"Oh~" the Empress said in a drawn-out tone, instantly perking up.
late at night.
A sudden gust of wind arose, accompanied by lightning and thunder.
The windows of Consort Shu's palace creaked in the wind.
Bin'er hurriedly got up to close the window, and a bird, soaked to the bone, flew into the room: "Someone come quick and chase this bird out!"
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