The emperor spoke almost in a pleading tone at the end.
He was asking Lu Ting to be the next emperor.
Lu Ting pursed his lips tightly, and no emotion could be seen on his face.
Ying Xixi, who was standing next to him, was a little surprised.
Although the Imperial Concubine's affairs were somewhat different from what she had expected, the Emperor really let Lu Ting be the Emperor.
In addition to the fact that Lu Ting is the only prince in the royal family who can take on important responsibilities, judging from the emperor's tone, one of the reasons is that Lu Ting has a son.
After all, the royal family really has a throne to inherit, and the more offspring the better.
Ying Xixi began to understand the function of this fertility system.
Lu Ting remained silent after the emperor finished speaking.
When the emperor started coughing again, Lu Ting finally spoke.
But he did not agree to the emperor.
"Father, how do you plan to deal with the matter between the Imperial Concubine and Lu Zi?"
The emperor did not hear the answer he wanted from Lu Ting, and his eyes dimmed a little.
"Ting'er, how do you think I should deal with them?"
Lu Ting said calmly, "Father is the Emperor, and the final say on how to deal with this is up to him."
The emperor coughed a few times and gasped, "Ting'er, please think about it carefully."
After returning from Qiankun Palace, Lu Ting was in a bad mood and looked like he was worried about something.
Ying Xixi asked Naituanzi to coax his father, but it was no use.
"Lu Ting, do you know what happened tonight? Why did the imperial concubine appear in that room?"
Ying Xixi wanted to divert Lu Ting's attention, so after washing up, she sat next to him and asked this question.
When Lu Ting heard this, his eyes turned a little colder.
"Originally, I didn't intend to do anything so extreme because she gave birth to me.
But who told her to plot against you and Lu Zi, to make you give birth to Lu Zi's child in order to help Lu Zi become the crown prince?
She even ran directly to me and told me her plan in full, trying to provoke me to do something irreparable in front of my father and everyone else, so that I would lose the opportunity to compete with Lu Zi for the position of crown prince!
I can give up the throne, but I can't tolerate her bullying and plotting against you like this!
So I followed her wishes and gave her some Ecstasy Incense."
At this point, Lu Ting sneered, "Who knew that after being intoxicated by the Ecstasy Incense, she would completely disregard propriety and morality and run to that room by herself?
The choice was hers to make. I simply used the same trick she used on you to plot against her."
Ying Xixi understood after hearing this.
This matter can be regarded as the imperial concubine seeking her own death and reaping the bitter fruit of her own actions.
It has nothing to do with Lu Ting.
After saying this, Lu Ting saw that his wife didn't say anything and looked thoughtful, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
"Wife, do you think I'm too mean? She is my biological mother after all. I shouldn't do this."
The tall Lu Ting sat there with his head down, looking aggrieved, like a child who had made a mistake and was at a loss.
Ying Xixi reached out and touched Lu Ting's hair, "No, you're not a bad person, this matter has nothing to do with you, it's the Imperial Concubine's own choice.
If we hadn't been vigilant today, we might be the ones in jail now.
It was the Imperial Concubine who first disregarded the mother-son relationship between you and me, so we don't have to worry about it. Okay, let's not talk about this anymore.
Let’s talk about another thing. What do you think about what your father said to you?
Do you have any concerns?"
Lu Ting pursed his lips, stretched out his hand and held Ying Xixi in his arms, "It doesn't matter to me whether I take the throne or not. If father wants me to take the throne, that's fine.
But once you become the emperor, it means you have to continue the royal family. I don't want to let other women enter the harem. If that happens, the responsibility of giving birth will fall on you alone.
Giving birth is so hard, I don’t want you to suffer anymore.
But if I were not the emperor, but just an idle prince or a country bumpkin, it would be enough for us to have only one child..."
Lu Ting rarely spoke incessantly, and his words implied that he didn't want Ying Xixi to suffer the pain of childbirth again.
He also didn't want national affairs to delay the time he and Ying Xixi spent together.
She didn't want to be trapped in the magnificent cage of the imperial palace with Ying Xixi for the rest of her life.
"Lu Ting, I understand your thoughts. Don't worry about having children. I can give birth to as many children as you want.
Giving birth is hard, but as long as you take good care of me during pregnancy, it will be fine. If you take good care of me, I will be in a good mood and giving birth will be much smoother!
As for what you said about being afraid of being trapped by political affairs and the palace, you can recruit talents and cultivate a few confidants to help you.
When the children grow up, we can choose one of them to be the emperor. Then we can put down our burdens and travel around the world, right?
Then we can go back to live in Taohua Village."
Ying Xixi was fantasizing about the future, or perhaps she was painting a rosy picture for Lu Ting.
As Lu Ting listened to this, the scenes that Ying Xixi described seemed to appear before his eyes.
Although it is easy to say, it is difficult to do in reality.
But Lu Ting was willing to try.
"Wife, it's great to have you by my side!"
Lu Ting hugged Ying Xixi tightly, and opened his mouth excitedly, "I'm you."
"You know how good I am, so you should be nicer to me."
"Of course! I'll give you my life!"
......
Soon, the emperor's imperial edict came down to deal with the imperial concubine and Lu Zi.
The imperial concubine was given a piece of white silk and allowed to commit suicide in the prison cell.
The Fourth Prince Lu Zi was demoted to a commoner and was not allowed to enter the palace in his lifetime.
Although the palace's scandals should not be made public, the emperor still made the affair between the imperial concubine and Lu Zi public, and let everyone in the world know the consequences of their actions.
This is to intimidate ordinary people.
Everyone was shocked. They never expected that the noble concubine and her own son would...
Moreover, the Imperial Concubine was the Emperor's most favored concubine. How could she be so desperate as to do such a vile thing and ruin her own glory and wealth?!
Before her death, the imperial concubine specifically asked to see Ying Xixi, but Ying Xixi refused.
Just kidding, if she really went to see the imperial concubine at this time, who knows what nonsense the imperial concubine would say to her to sow discord between her and Lu Ting.
And if anything happens to the imperial concubine later, she will definitely be implicated.
When the imperial concubine learned that Ying Xixi refused to come to see her, the deep hatred in her eyes almost turned into reality.
She was planning to sow discord between Ying Xixi and Lu Ting, but unfortunately Ying Xixi didn't come to see her!
The imperial concubine's last plan before her death also failed, and she hanged herself with hatred.
After the death of the imperial concubine, the concubines in the harem began to tell the emperor about the bullying they had suffered from the imperial concubine over the years.
The emperor felt his scalp tingling after hearing all these things.
He immediately ordered people to investigate what the imperial concubine had done in the palace over the years.
As a result, he felt that his punishment on the imperial concubine was too lenient!
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