Chapter 179: Alone and Wimpy
Emperor Qianyuan frowned and said in a cold voice: "You are patient? As a prince, don't I have to be humble in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion? What do you have to be wronged about? If I didn't have you in my heart, how could I go against the public opinion and let you, the daughter of a wet nurse, become my queen? So what if you suffer a little injustice? Haven't I compensated you? Is your sincerity valuable? I made you the prince's concubine, let you enjoy all the glory and wealth, and let your entire Jiang family change the lintel! Is this not enough to repay your sincerity? I just gave you too much, making you more and more greedy!"
Concubine Lan was shocked and looked at him in disbelief.
There was the purest love between them, and she truly loved him. But this love gradually faded in the face of power.
Concubine Lan cried and laughed at the same time, her eyes full of absurdity. "We have been together for a lifetime, and you actually think of me like this?"
Emperor Qianyuan looked at her calmly: "We have been together all our lives, and I never thought that you would want me dead!"
"I told you it wasn't me!" Imperial Concubine Lan shouted, "You just won't believe me? You'd rather doubt me than your own son?!"
Emperor Qianyuan shook his head, looking at her with a hint of sympathy. He almost sighed and said, "Don't you understand? If it was Li Yi who did it, he wouldn't have made such a fuss. I would have been fed the bowl of medicine long ago."
Concubine Lan's face showed a bit of confusion, she didn't quite understand what Emperor Qianyuan meant.
The disappointment on Emperor Qianyuan's face deepened. "When you brought the medicine, he had already taken control of everyone in the Imperial Hospital and the Imperial Kitchen. He even brought the military guards to stop you." He lowered his head and looked her in the eye. "What do you think is the reason?"
Concubine Lan was suddenly shocked, and the details she had overlooked gradually became clear.
It wasn't surprising that the Second Prince could enter the palace, but he was able to quietly approach Emperor Qianyuan's bedroom with his palace guards. He also quickly apprehended the people from the Imperial Kitchen and the Imperial Hospital, bringing them over when the two men confronted each other.
This shows that he had been prepared for a long time, had known that she would drug her, and had known that she would shift the blame onto those people!
The drugging was a spur-of-the-moment decision on her part, and she hadn't told anyone. So how could the Second Prince have appeared so promptly? There was only one possibility: the Second Prince had someone watching her, and her every move was under his surveillance!
Thinking of the comb that suddenly appeared, Concubine Lan shuddered. She was still careless!
Concubine Lan licked her lips. Over the years, the Second Prince had been keeping a low profile, even the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion had become low-key. She thought they were afraid, and she thought she had the upper hand.
Over ten years later, she became the queen, and she and her son enjoyed immense glory. However, Yan Ning, who had once dominated her, was dead, and Yan Ning's son was suppressed everywhere.
Days like this went on for too long, and she began to feel complacent and thought they were no longer a threat to her.
Emperor Qianyuan looked at him with compassion and said, "We all underestimated him. It's not your fault, it's also my fault." In addition to sighing, there was also a hint of pride in his tone, because that was his son.
Concubine Lan suddenly didn't want to try to figure things out anymore. She said in a hoarse voice, "Since Your Majesty already has the answer, why did you come to see me? Are you here to kill me?"
Emperor Qianyuan's eyes were deep, "I want to know what made you suddenly want to take the risk of poisoning me."
Concubine Lan was stunned for a moment. She pursed her lips, anger welling up in her heart: "Your Majesty asks me? Doesn't Your Majesty know? It was you who promised me, you promised to make Cheng'er the crown prince! And what happened? In the end, you still made that woman's son the crown prince! You were the first to break your promise, you were the first to let me down!"
The fourth prince's name was Li Cheng, which means "inheritance". When he was born, Emperor Qianyuan probably sincerely wanted him to be his heir.
Emperor Qianyuan shook his head calmly, "No, it's not just that. Li Yi wouldn't be staring at you for no reason. He seems to have known for a long time that you were going to poison me. What did he do to you that made you feel you couldn't wait any longer and decided to take this risk? What else are you hiding from me?"
Emperor Qianyuan was not stupid. He was able to plan step by step from being an unpopular prince to successfully succeeding to the throne, so he could not be stupid.
But his brain was completely focused on fighting for power and profit, and he didn't have much talent in governing the country. What he lacked most was love for the people.
In his eyes, everyone is exploitable, regardless of their value to him. As for the common people, they are nothing more than ants. This is a problem that many people of noble birth have. This habit also exists in Shen Shiqian, Cui Yong, and the King of Nanyang.
But they were only in a position to harm one side, while Emperor Qianyuan was the ruler of an entire country, and what he harmed was the entire country. This was a very scary thing. He was only concerned with weighing the pros and cons, finding the mean, and consolidating his regime, but he never thought of lowering his head to feel the suffering of the people.
Concubine Lan's eyes flashed. She must not tell anyone about the eldest prince. For the first time, she felt the torment of fire.
Concubine Lan said coldly, "Why don't you go ask your good son? Oh, you can't ask, because you don't want to bow to the son you have always looked down upon!"
Emperor Qianyuan said angrily: "You'd better tell the truth. Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about Cheng'er!"
Concubine Lan was not afraid. "Cheng'er is leading the troops outside now and has the military power in his hands. Why would you embarrass him at this time? Haven't you always valued the art of balancing power? You still need Cheng'er to help you share the power of the crown prince. Otherwise, what you will get now is the imperial decree to depose the queen."
Emperor Qianyuan frowned and his expression turned cold.
Concubine Lan started laughing, and then tears fell from her eyes: "As expected, no one can be relied upon. Only what is in your own hands is the most reliable. You have no right to blame me!"
Emperor Qianyuan looked coldly at the woman he had loved all his life. They met when they were young, accompanied each other for their entire lives, but in the end they became strangers.
But she was right, he really wouldn't touch her now.
Emperor Qianyuan left Kunning Palace and issued an edict to close it. She was still the most noble woman in the Great Gan Dynasty. From the daughter of a wet nurse to today, she would stay in this luxurious palace for the rest of her life.
Emperor Qianyuan heard her laughter: "There is no winner. None of us are winners. Yan Ning died early, and I didn't win in the end, but you are still alone in the end!"
Yan Ning supported a man, but in the end, she lost her eldest son and even her own life. She was left with only a young son, trembling in fear, and even had to sacrifice her own family to save the second prince's life. If she knew this in the afterlife, I wonder if she would regret it.
Concubine Lan did not win in the end. She did become the empress, but that was the end of fate's favor for her. She would probably never achieve the position she had been aiming for.
And then there's Emperor Qianyuan, who rose from an unloved prince to the throne. He married useful women in his youth and later made his beloved empress. But in the end, his first wife died young, his most outstanding son left him, and the woman he loved most wanted him dead.
In the end, he was still alone and only fought for imperial power.
When Emperor Qianyuan returned to his bedroom, the sound of Concubine Lan's crazy screams still echoed in his ears.
The second prince soon found out what happened in the palace.
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