Chapter 253 "Regret"
In preparation for the crown prince's enthronement ceremony, there was a rare festive atmosphere in Taiji Palace.
The servants in the cold palace also received red seals as rewards.
Qi was no longer surprised.
The cold palace was a dead silent place without hope.
Only when they get silver will these palace people be happy for two days.
She has been in the cold palace for ten years, but the emperor has never thought of her once.
She heard that her little girl was being doted on.
First he was given a fiefdom, then he was given real power, and his wisdom was unparalleled, known throughout the world.
Only then did Qi begin to feel regretful.
If she had not swapped the baby and had kept this daughter, she would not have become the queen, but she would have enjoyed unlimited glory.
Following the mother, the daughter is noble.
Of course, it would be better if the child replacement was successful, as she could train the "son" to be a tool to seize the throne.
It's a bit of a shame that my daughter finally came back to me, but it's better than waiting to die in the cold palace.
Her numbness continued until she heard that familiar name.
"What Princess Tianzhen? What happened to her? Did she get some new reward?"
The young maid looked at her and said, "Princess Tianzhen, oh, that's the princess you gave birth to. She was named the crown prince and moved into the East Palace."
"Oh my god, this is the first princess in history to be crowned a crown prince."
"It's amazing! I never thought that a princess could become a prince!"
She never thought about...
"impossible!"
"You lied! You lied to me!"
She grabbed the young palace maid by the collar like a madman and said viciously, "Have you been so idle in the cold palace that you have nothing to do but tease others?"
"You're trying to motivate me with lies like this."
"It's fun to watch me break down, isn't it, you jerk!"
Other palace maids came forward to pull them apart. Qi looked energetic from nowhere and didn't look like someone who had been living on coarse food for ten years.
Even though three or five people couldn't hold her down, she still lunged forward and tried to attack the palace maid.
He kept yelling, "Impossible! How can a daughter be the crown prince? She is not worthy!"
The people around her scolded her: "You are such a bold and shrewish woman, how dare you speak disrespectfully to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? Do you have the final say on whether you are worthy or not?"
Everyone told her that the daughter whom she thought was useless, whom she wanted to replace and abandon, had become the crown prince of the Yue Dynasty.
In the future he will become the king of Dai Viet.
And she, her biological mother, should have ascended the throne of empress along with her promotion, in order to give the prince the title of eldest daughter.
In the future, she will become the Queen Mother and realize the most glorious life of a woman.
Her name is recorded in history books, praising her legend.
He was buried in the imperial mausoleum and worshipped by the descendants of the Bei family for all eternity.
But because of her stupidity, now she is just a useless person in the cold palace.
Even the whole family was implicated and killed.
Qi suddenly burst into laughter. His laughter was extremely strange and sharp, as if he was possessed by some demon.
“Hahahahahahahaha!”
“Hahahahahahahahaha…”
Her laughter gradually faded from being wild at first.
"If I had known, if I had known..."
What if I had known this earlier?
Knowing that this daughter is as useful as her son and can even become a crown prince on her own, she will definitely be the most loving mother.
But how could she have imagined that a princess could become a prince?
"Oh my God! Why are you playing such a joke on me!"
She questioned Shang Cang there, but Shang Cang did not give her any response.
Qi spat out a mouthful of scarlet blood.
The palace maids nearby stayed as far away from this crazy woman as possible, for fear of being affected.
They looked at each other, but still reported the news.
After all, she is the prince's biological mother. What if their new crown prince is a foolishly filial person?
So Bei Jingchu was told by Haoyue: "Your Highness, Qi in the cold palace has gone crazy."
Bei Jingchu was stunned for a moment before she remembered this person.
She is her biological mother.
Qi was swapped at birth and was punished.
Thinking about the trajectory in the original novel, she would have a miserable life later on, and she never got to meet her biological mother.
Now that I heard that she has gone crazy, I have the idea of meeting her.
Just seeing.
When she arrived at the cold palace, Qi was holding a baby in her arms and coaxing him.
The swaddling clothes were much better than the clothes she was wearing. Although they were not embroidered, they were at least clean and soft.
However, what was wrapped in the swaddle was not a baby, but a ball of cloth.
"Be good~ Be good~"
"My daughter is so good."
"You are closest to A Niang, right? A Niang loves our daughter the most."
"So, when you grow up, you will be the most filial to your mother and treat her as the most important person, right?"
"Baby, you are the prince, you are the most promising girl!"
"Good boy~"
She held the baby in her arms with excessive tenderness, as if it were her whole world.
But Bei Jingchu did not feel the mother's love, but was full of desire.
The desire to see a girl become a phoenix.
This thick desire wrapped a lifeless swaddling cloth, and she felt suffocated.
She raised her head and saw Bei Jingchu at the door. She smiled foolishly and said, "Let me tell you, little girl. My daughter is the crown prince!"
"I am the mother of the prince. Do you know how noble I am? I am the mother of the prince!"
Bei Jingchu just stared at the woman who had been driven crazy by the stimulation.
"Do you regret switching my job?"
The crazy woman was stunned for a moment, then calmed down.
"Do you know what will happen to me after I am swapped out of the palace and thrown away?"
"The first is death. If there is no kind-hearted person to take it in, a baby will not survive the next day in the ice and snow."
She looked over blankly, not knowing what she was thinking.
"Even if I am lucky enough to be adopted, it will be hard for me to find a good family. I will either be a child bride or a slave."
"Perhaps, he will end up in a place like the Jiaofangsi. There are too many possibilities that I dare not think about."
"If I live a life of wandering, will you feel the least bit sorry for me?"
She didn't answer, so Bei Jingchu answered for her.
"You won't."
She remembered that in the original novel, she was poisoned to death by Qi.
"You only regret it because I took over the East Palace and you missed out on the glory that was within your grasp."
"Not because you feel sorry for me."
After the meeting, Bei Jingchu left as if he had understood something that had been bothering him.
She stood there blankly, shedding tears.
But no one knew whether she was crying because of the hatred for her child or because of the lost wealth.
From that day on, there was a madman in the cold palace. He held a tattered swaddling cloth all day long and said it was her daughter.
After leaving the cold palace, Haoyue stammered and tried to comfort her: "Your Highness... don't be sad."
"Qi is not worthy of being your mother. It is not worth being sad for her."
"If you are really sad, I can... I can also give you motherly love!"
She made it sound like she was volunteering and dying a heroic death.
Bei Jingchu: [...big courage! ]
Haoyue didn't understand what "show courage" meant, but she felt that the princess, no, the prince was speechless.
The little girl felt very wronged, so why was she speechless?
She clearly cares about His Highness!
The only one who was purely happy was Concubine Fang Guifei.
After receiving the news, he and Concubine Xian held a banquet in Xunfeng Palace and could not hide his joy at all.
Concubine De couldn't help but mutter, "She's neither my biological mother, nor my adoptive mother, nor my legal mother."
"You have nothing to do with the princess, so why are you acting like she's her mother?"
Concubine Xian corrected her: "You called him Concubine De wrong. Now you should call him Crown Prince."
Defei should be reluctant.
Concubine Fang Gui was not happy with what she said, but she still managed her expression and explained officially: "The establishment of a crown prince for Dai Viet is beneficial to the stability of the country and is a happy event."
"How can you say it has nothing to do with the harem?"
"We are happy for His Majesty."
The concubines were not disappointed and said auspicious words one after another.
The Sixth Prince's biological mother did not show any displeasure either, but the Third Prince's biological mother, Concubine De, was clearly showing her displeasure.
Concubine Fang rolled her eyes silently.
Humph, giving birth to a firstborn son means that she is blocking the way for her son.