The Third Prince conveyed the Emperor's intentions to Consort Tian, already prepared for her opposition, so he first adopted an attitude that left no room for refusal.
Consort Tian looked at the Third Prince with disbelief, seemingly not having heard him clearly, and repeated blankly, "Your Highness, what did you say? Do you know what it means to send your daughters into the palace?"
The Third Prince roared, "Of course it's to bring glory to the country! The Emperor has already personally promised to accept my daughter as a princess! What a status a princess has! To marry in the name of a Qing princess is an honor for the Prince's mansion..."
Consort Tian shook her head and suddenly knelt before the Third Prince. The Third Prince asked with difficulty, "What are you doing?"
Consort Tian pleaded, "Your Highness, I beg you, please, for the sake of our past relationship, do not send our daughters into the palace... They are all Your Highness's own flesh and blood, can Your Highness just stand by and watch them marry into a desolate land and live a life of darkness and despair?"
The Third Prince disdainfully shoved Consort Tian aside, concealing his guilt, and angrily said, "It is precisely because they are my daughters that they have an even greater duty to protect them! I am a prince of the Great Qing, and it is my responsibility to safeguard the Great Qing Empire. It is their good fortune that the Emperor values them. You should stop talking now... Get ready..."
Consort Tian was immediately distraught and burst into tears: "Your Highness, you can't be so heartless! You promised me that you would treat my children as your own daughters. How can you be so cruel as to push them into the fire..."
The Third Prince glanced at Consort Tian, his heart softening, but then he remembered the Emperor's suspicion of him, and gritted his teeth, saying, "I have made up my mind. I will send them to the palace tomorrow. You are their mother. If there is anything you need to tell them, you can prepare it yourself..."
After saying this, the Third Prince was about to leave when Consort Tian knelt on the ground and grabbed his leg, pleading, "Your Highness, I beg you, I'll do anything, please don't invite my daughter into the palace... Your Highness, you must have a way, right..."
The Third Prince couldn't move his feet. Seeing Consort Tian crying so heartbrokenly, he was afraid he would soften his heart and scolded, "Let go of me! I've been patient enough with you. The imperial decree has been issued. Do you want me to disobey it? Do you know what kind of crime that is? The entire Third Prince's mansion will be buried with you..."
Consort Tian was no longer listening to anything. She kept crying and pleading frantically, "Your Highness, please don't... Your Highness... I can't lose them, they are my life..."
The Third Prince flew into a rage, kicked Consort Tian aside, ordered her to be locked up, and left in a huff.
Before long, the maidservant told the Third Princess Consort everything that had happened at the concubine's place.
The Third Princess Consort was overjoyed and said happily, "Finally, I've gotten my revenge..."
The maidservant exclaimed happily, "The prince didn't listen to a word of advice from his concubine and kicked her away! He even had her locked up..."
The Third Princess Consort breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and asked, "Where is the Prince now?"
The maidservant avoided eye contact, not daring to speak. The Third Princess Consort said calmly, "Speak..."
The maidservant had no choice but to say, "After the prince left, he went directly to the concubine he had recently taken..."
The Third Princess Consort was momentarily distracted, a flash of fierceness crossing her eyes before quickly turning into calmness. She murmured, "So be it...so be it..."
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