Now that I think about it, in his previous life, maybe the prince was unhappy with Fanghua being with Queen Jiang, even though Fanghua was still a child at that time.
"After hearing what Jiang said to the emperor, Fanghua became even more aggressive, especially when there were many people around, which made Jiang lose face." Song Chengze suddenly stopped talking here. He looked up at Meng Qi and asked, "Do you know how Jiang went there?"
"I heard that she has been in poor health, and she's been overly worried. Also, during the battle for the throne, the Jiang family didn't fully support the Emperor, which made the Emperor very dissatisfied with her. If she wasn't the principal wife and had a legitimate son, I'm afraid the Emperor would have had other plans when it came time to appoint her as the Empress."
Song Chengze nodded. "That's right. The Gao family made great contributions during my father's seizure of the throne, supporting him with all their might, and even lost three legitimate sons. So, after my father took the throne, he directly made Gao, then a concubine, a noble concubine. As a noble concubine, Gao changed her humble ways in the palace and began to compete with Jiang in every way, often challenging her in words and actions. But the reason you just mentioned for Jiang's departure is only one aspect."
Meng Qi said, "Is there something else going on?"
Song Chengze hummed, "No one knows the specific reason. Even my mother, who has been in the palace for so many years, only heard rumors. It seems that Jiang did something to displease the late Empress Dowager."
"The late Empress Dowager? Is she the late Emperor's concubine who registered the Emperor under her own name?"
"Yes, the Emperor had great respect for the late Empress Dowager. If it weren't for the late Empress Dowager, it's uncertain whether my father would have been able to grow up safely. Therefore, Empress Jiang offended the late Empress Dowager, and the Emperor was naturally displeased. For various reasons, she passed away early."
Meng Qi knew the late Empress Dowager's position in the Emperor's heart, especially since Jiang had passed away less than a year earlier. Rumors of this had spread throughout the market, angering the Emperor. An investigation revealed a bloodbath.
"We've strayed off topic. I wanted to tell you why Fanghua and I have a better relationship than other siblings. From my perspective, it's two things. One is Fanghua's last year with Jiang. At that time, Jiang's health was already failing. Although the emperor was angry, she was the queen after all, so he made every effort to treat her. I don't know if it was an accident or someone did it on purpose, but that day, after Jiang drank the medicine, she vomited blood. The prince happened to be visiting her and immediately summoned the imperial physician. The imperial physician examined her and said that there was a problem with the medicine. After checking the residue, he found an extra medicine. And that medicine happened to be in the honey pills that Fanghua had specially prescribed by the imperial hospital for her cough.
Fanghua had been coughing for a long time and refused to take Chinese medicine. The Imperial Hospital was helpless, so they had to find a way to make honey pills for her to take. But even then, she wouldn't take them properly, always vomiting elsewhere when no one was paying attention, sometimes even into Jiang's tea. So, naturally, everyone thought Fanghua must have vomited into the medicine. After all, the place where Jiang's medicine was boiled was heavily guarded and inaccessible to ordinary people. But Fanghua was used to being domineering in Kunning Palace, and a child of four or five years old was not on guard.
"Looking at the prince's vicious look, Fanghua felt fear for the first time and was terrified. I didn't know what I was thinking at the time, but I just thought it couldn't be Fanghua. How could such a young child lift the jar and spit out the medicine? However, I couldn't defend her. I came up with an idea and quickly ran to Fanghua's room. I took a pill that she usually took and secretly put it under a pot of flowers. Taking the opportunity to help Fanghua up, I pointed to her.
"At this time, the Emperor also arrived. He was shocked to hear what the Crown Prince said. He even began to believe what the Crown Prince said, saying that Fanghua must have done it unintentionally. But the Crown Prince insisted that Fanghua did it intentionally because she usually showed no respect to Jiang.
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