"Your Majesty, rest assured, I will definitely explain this matter to the Empress Dowager."
I believe the Empress Dowager will understand the Emperor's good intentions and his true feelings.
Fucha Jinyi skillfully steered the conversation in a few words, especially since it was personally instructed by the Emperor. Therefore, she was not worried that the Empress Dowager would think she had malicious intentions and wanted to see her make a fool of herself.
Who told her to really want to watch the show? Did the Empress Dowager have caused her so much trouble for so long, and she wasn't even allowed to retaliate in kind?
Smiling, Fucha Jinyi saw Hongli off from the Prince's residence. She composed herself and led Donghan to Cining Palace.
The Empress Dowager in Cining Palace was busy urging Consort Hui and Consort Yi in Yongshou Palace and Jingren Palace to quickly prepare their bodies for pregnancy.
The Empress Dowager did not have any remedies for getting pregnant, but she was good at urging and reciting, and Niohuru, who was outside the palace, also did not give up. Consort Hui and Consort Yi, who had given birth to a concubine, were once so nagged that their heads were throbbing.
Although Consort Jin has passed away, the little princess she gave birth to is still in Consort Hui's hands.
Consort Hui, seeing the increasingly chubby little princess every day, truly had no desire to have children.
God knows how much negative impact that miscarriage had on her earlier.
Consort Hui finally transformed into a slender beauty; why make her go through the pregnancy process again? Please spare her.
"Hmph! They're truly hopeless. Look at Consort Yi's ambition, and Consort Hui... I don't even know what to say."
They have no ambition at all, and their complacent attitude of having a son is simply unbearable to look at. No matter how good the little princess is, she is still just a princess. What can she compare to?
If she had known that Consort Hui was so easily satisfied, she shouldn't have entrusted the little princess to Consort Hui in the first place; it would have been better if she had kept her in Cining Palace.
If one of the remaining two Niohuru concubines is deposed, what can Consort Yi do alone? It wouldn't be good to send another Niohuru concubine away, since the harem isn't run by Niohuru.
"Your Majesty, please calm down," the maidservant said, trying to persuade the Empress Dowager to calm down. She brought her tea and water, massaged her shoulders and neck, and after a lot of work, the Empress Dowager was finally able to let out her pent-up anger.
"I'm just not at peace with myself. I was hoping to help my children and grandchildren after I finally made it through the tough times," but who would have thought that my children and grandchildren would be so disappointing.
What a great opportunity! The Empress has no legitimate son. If Consort Hui were to become pregnant and give birth to a son, and with me encouraging her from the sidelines, she could easily secure the position of Imperial Noble Consort, if not the Empress.
The Empress Dowager was secretly delighted, her plans unfolding in a series of interconnected steps.
Unfortunately, the reality is far from the truth; basically, nothing is true except what one thinks in their mind.
The Empress Dowager constantly blamed others for their incompetence, and when she spoke to the maids around her, she mostly tried to shift the blame.
After hearing it so many times, none of us servants don't know what kind of person the Empress Dowager is.
There are many people who speak ill of the Empress Dowager behind her back, but they just can't get close to her.
"Your Majesty, the Empress has arrived," a palace maid hurried in from the doorway to report to the Empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager had just finished complaining and her mood had improved somewhat, but when she heard that the Empress was coming, her face instantly darkened.
Empress?
What is the Empress doing here? She and the Empress are about to openly break off their relationship, is there any need for them to talk?
The Empress Dowager gestured to the maid behind her not to massage her shoulders, then rose and went to the couch. "Since you're here, please invite the Empress in."
"Yes, I understand."
The palace maid nodded, and after a short while, the Empress went inside.
"The daughter-in-law greets the Empress Dowager."
"Please sit down."
The Empress Dowager raised her head and glanced at her lightly. "Empress, why have you come to my Cining Palace all of a sudden?"
The Empress Dowager wore a half-smile, seemingly unconvinced that the Empress would enjoy climbing the gates of Cining Palace for no reason.
"Your Majesty, what are you saying? It is only right for your daughter-in-law to come and pay her respects to Your Majesty."
The empress remained expressionless, spouting one platitude after another in her feigned ignorance.
The Empress Dowager didn't want to beat around the bush with the Empress, so she gave a light snort, telling the Empress to get to the point quickly, as she didn't have time to waste with her.
Empress: ...You old hag, you're getting more and more annoying.
Faced with the Empress Dowager's unbridled malice, the Empress was becoming increasingly vulnerable.
The Empress was originally able to maintain her composure, but now she is increasingly testing the limits of madness.
In other words, they can maintain their composure on the surface; otherwise, this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the harem will inevitably engage in a full-blown physical fight sooner or later.
Thinking of the purpose of her visit, Fucha Jinyi looked at the Empress Dowager with a smile, "Empress Mother, your daughter-in-law has come today to tell you some good news."
Good news?
The Empress Dowager didn't believe it. Her narrow, phoenix-shaped eyes narrowed slightly. She thought to herself that if something good came out of the Empress's mouth, it couldn't possibly be good.
"What good thing could possibly require the Empress to make such a trip? I cannot accept such an honor."
“Your Majesty, you’ll understand once you hear it,” Fucha Jinyi continued, recounting how Yonghuang was raised under the Empress Dowager’s care. Then she rose to congratulate the Empress Dowager on achieving her wish. “The Emperor’s thinking is indeed comprehensive.”
The daughter-in-law originally planned to ask her sisters in the harem for help, but the emperor felt that his mother was lonely and empty-handed, so he arranged for Yonghuang to come over.
"Your Majesty, Yonghuang is currently recuperating at the Prince's Residence. Once he recovers, he will move to the Cining Palace to keep you company more often."
How about that? Isn't it a pleasant surprise? This is great news!
Where else can you find such a good thing as getting a grandson who's practically your own son?
Empress Dowager: ...
The Empress Dowager looked up and met Fucha Jinyi's annoying smiling face with a cold gaze.
After a long pause, he gritted his teeth and said, "No wonder the Empress said it was a good thing; it really is a 'great good thing'!"
She didn't know what to say. Damn it, what's Yonghuang doing here? He's a sickly man, he has no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
The Empress Dowager despised Yonghuang to the core, and at the same time, she did not hide her feelings, showing them openly.
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