"I want proof that Junli is not your child."
The Queen Mother was stunned when these words came out. After a while, she suddenly laughed out loud, and tears welled up in the corners of her wrinkled eyes. "I was wondering, why are you going to such great lengths to waste time with me here? It turns out it's because of Junli. You like her."
Jun Shihuai could not deny it, and the Queen Mother asked again, "When did you know about this?"
He didn't understand what the Queen Mother meant at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized the ambiguity of what she said. However, he did not express his doubts. Instead, he answered meaningfully, "A long time ago."
As expected, the Queen Mother had no suspicions. She simply sighed and said, "Back then, the late Emperor and I were deeply in love. He abandoned all the concubines in the harem for me. I thought that if I could give birth to a prince, perhaps I could make up for it. Who knew that I was born infertile? As time went on, I panicked, afraid that this would be known to others. Later, word came from my mother's family that a woman from a collateral branch was pregnant. So I planned to take the child and lie that it was my own."
Hearing this, Jun Shihuai's pupils shrank slightly.
A wish that he wanted very badly to come true seemed to be coming true.
The Queen Mother coughed twice. "That child is Junli. Junli is adorable. The late emperor thought she was his and mine, and doted on her. But I couldn't bear to see the late emperor favoring another child so much. She has taken all of the late emperor's attention away. I only feel disgust when I see that child..."
She was a little hysterical, reaching out and tearing down all the curtains, looking like a madman.
Jun Shihuai knew that Jun Li couldn't get over that hurdle, and she was afraid of being criticized by the world, so he resorted to this desperate measure. He didn't expect that she was not of royal blood. Does this mean that God is helping him?
He suppressed his inner joy and waited until the Queen Mother calmed down before saying, "I promise you, when you pass away, I will bury you next to the late emperor."
The Queen Mother looked tired, and finally took out a pen and paper and wrote a note.
Before leaving, Jun Shihuai asked her, "Have you really never had even a little love for her?"
She didn't know whether it had happened or not, and she didn't want to think about it anymore. Probably not. If it had happened, she wouldn't have just treated Jun Li as a tool to save face, and she wouldn't have criticized her so harshly. After all, she was not her daughter.
Jun Shihuai waited for a while, but didn't hear her answer. However, he knew the answer in his heart. He curled the corners of his lips and walked out of the palace.
From now on, all she needed was his love.
The news that Junli was not the real princess spread quickly. Whether in the palace or among the people, everyone had heard of this princess. After all, every year on her birthday, the emperor would prepare the most precious gifts for her. After this news came out, everyone sighed endlessly. On the one hand, they lamented that the emperor did not know until his death that his beloved daughter was not his biological child.
Secondly, she sympathized with Jun Li. When the new emperor ascended the throne, she was originally the new emperor's sister and could naturally become the eldest princess and still be noble. But now that this incident happened, the new emperor was afraid that he would not tolerate her.
After all, the royal bloodline cannot be confused.
The palace maids' gossip soon reached Jun Li's ears. She began to admire Jun Shihuai's efficiency. He really understood the meaning of her words and handled the matter very successfully.
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