"He is now bedridden, and I worry about him every night. You are a good child, and you will surely share my burdens, won't you?"
Xu Yunyi clenched her fingers. "Your Majesty, my daughter is too young to share your burdens."
The Empress Dowager frowned slightly, her displeasure evident.
Just as Shen Zhiyi was about to speak, the Empress stood up first. "Duchess, I've been sitting for too long and my eyes are sore and tired. Why don't you accompany me to the Imperial Garden to admire the flowers?"
As she spoke, she practically dragged Xu Yunyi away.
Once outside, the Empress dismissed the palace servants and said sternly, "Lady of the Duke, it's no use."
"Your Majesty?"
"His Majesty and the Empress Dowager have made up their minds. Even if you and the Duke are unwilling, if you can take Miss Shen out of the palace this time, the imperial edict or decree will arrive at your residence immediately."
"Unless your Shen family intends to defy the imperial decree."
"Madam Shen knows the consequences of defying the imperial decree better than I do..."
Xu Yunyi sneered: "Then this humble woman should thank Your Majesty for pulling this humble woman out?"
"The outcome is the same no matter what, so why bother to anger the Empress Dowager?"
"So, this humble woman can only watch helplessly as her daughter is pushed into the fire?"
"Don't want to? What can I do?"
The Third Prince was deposed, and the Empress came to terms with it; otherwise, she wouldn't have intervened in the matter.
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Meanwhile, inside the palace
The Empress Dowager remained kind and gentle towards Shen Zhiyi.
"Zhiyi, if it weren't for the circumstances, I wouldn't want to wrong you. If you agree to enter the Prince's Mansion, I can assure you that you will be the only mistress of the mansion, and I can grant you the position of principal wife."
These words surprised the two imperial concubines.
The second married woman becomes the main concubine?
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