"Your Highness, what exactly do you want to do? Since Your Highness knows that the Thirteenth Prince will not appreciate Your Highness's kindness, why do you still help him? Wouldn't that be raising a thankless wretch?"
Upon hearing Liu Yiyi's words, Hua Rong propped her head up and smiled at him.
"You really are thinking of me. What, don't you want another son? Well, you're still so young, you can have one on your own."
Liu Yiyi quickly shook her head, "This concubine knows that Your Majesty means that you want this concubine to be the mother of the Thirteenth Prince. This concubine is willing, but this concubine is also considering Your Majesty's feelings."
“Today, Your Highness and I secretly observed for a long time, and it’s clear that the Thirteenth Prince already knows many things. Even though he is still young, he may still know about the relationship between Your Highness and his mother.”
"Even if it's not Your Highness's fault, she'll still blame it on you. Why keep such an ungrateful wretch! There are no children in this palace without a mother, surely there will be some? Even if there isn't one now, I can make him have one!"
As she said this, a ruthless glint flashed in Liu Yiyi's eyes.
She certainly didn't want to harm anyone, but weren't there people in this palace with blood on their hands?
Liu Yiyi has always been ruthless towards people like this.
If no one gets rid of these pests, then even more good people will suffer!
Since that's the case, she's willing to get her hands stained with blood.
Although she came from the modern era, she had no compassionate thoughts.
In the entertainment industry, how could there be any lack of darkness?
She herself is a person who is half light and half darkness.
Even if she yearns for the light, she will not reject the darkness.
Hua Rong raised her hand, stopping Liu Yiyi's idea.
"I know he might be an ingrate, but I have a way to make him remember my kindness. And he's the most suitable candidate!"
What a joke! Even if Di Bumie isn't the most suitable candidate, she'll make him the best one.
She took responsibility for the cause and effect, and reversed time, just to prevent him from going astray.
Upon hearing Hua Rong's words, Liu Yiyi knelt on the ground.
She said to Hua Rong, "This humble servant thanks Your Highness for granting my request. From now on, whatever Your Highness commands, this humble servant will do as long as it is within my power."
...
Emperor Chengqian looked at Hua Rong standing in front of him with a very complicated expression.
"Say it again?"
Emperor Chengqian still felt he had misheard; he felt as if he were meeting his bedmate for the first time.
Hua Rong said, "Your Majesty knows that because of my family background, Your Majesty will only dote on me. But Your Majesty will not allow me to have children. However, I do indeed want to be a mother."
"Who told you that!"
Emperor Chengqian said somewhat angrily.
He didn't even know why he was angry, and he also felt a bit guilty.
Because he knew that what Hua Rong said was true.
It's impossible for him to have children with Hua Rong.
He will manage this country well and hand it over to his successor.
However, we will absolutely not allow the interference of maternal relatives in politics to happen again in Dongyue.
We will not allow the harem to have any opportunity to interfere in politics!
"Your Majesty, please listen to what I have to say. I don't want to put Your Majesty in a difficult position, which is why I keep a woman in my palace. I hope Your Majesty can make Consort Liu Yiyi the foster mother of the Thirteenth Prince, and I also hope Your Majesty can make her a concubine and let her live in the Cangmei Palace."
Emperor Chengqian looked at Hua Rong for a long while before finally sitting down on the ground, looking somewhat weak.
"Mei'er, has it been that I never truly knew the real you before? I never imagined that one day you would speak to me like this."
Hua Rong's expression also calmed down, and she lowered her eyes and said, "From the day I married the Emperor, I knew that I could not be a mother. So there is no need for the Emperor to do anything in my palace. I have been using contraception all along."
"Your Majesty, please don't be angry. I only love you and don't want you to be troubled because of me. But being a mother is something every woman desires."
Hua Rong, with her dramatic flair, gave a wry smile. "And what truly constitutes a concubine? The one who loves the Emperor is real, and so is the one who lays everything bare and expresses her thoughts to the Emperor. What kind of concubine I am depends entirely on the Emperor's opinion."
Emperor Chengqian smiled, but the smile was somewhat ambiguous.
He waved his hand, "You can go back now. I'll give you an answer this afternoon."
Emperor Chengqian felt he should not agree.
Because this thirteenth prince, although seemingly Liu Yiyi's child, is actually being raised by Hua Rong.
But then he suddenly remembered the lullaby that had been playing in his ears all night.
That was Hua Rong singing. Over the years, Hua Rong had sung for him many times, allowing him to sleep peacefully all night.
My memories from before have faded somewhat, but the memories of last night are still there.
At that time, his emotions were very unstable.
But that song offered him a sliver of comfort.
Because of the warmth he felt last night, he is willing to help her give him an explanation at this time.
Since Hua Rong already understands so clearly, she knows she shouldn't have any other thoughts.
Emperor Chengqian was confident that if Hua Rong had other ideas, he would be able to completely control them.
And so, that very afternoon, the entire harem knew of the two imperial edicts.
An imperial edict was issued to promote Consort Liu, who had never served the emperor.
She jumped more than ten ranks and became Consort Liu, residing in the Hidden Plum Palace.
Another imperial edict made everyone understand why the emperor had suddenly done this.
The Emperor actually registered the thirteenth prince under Consort Liu's name.
Suddenly, no one could figure out what Hua Rong was thinking.
That's right, the women in the harem were anything but simple.
Whether it was Liu Yiyi's promotion or the matter of the thirteenth prince, it was all orchestrated by Hua Rong behind the scenes.
So the question is, why did Hua Rong have to choose a prince that the emperor didn't like?
On the other hand, why would the Emperor allow Hua Rong to do this?
The empress knelt before the Buddha statue, her face, though adorned with exquisite makeup, clearly showing signs of aging, displaying a remarkably calm expression.
She asked her maid Rulan calmly, "What do you think the Emperor is thinking?"
Rulan said, "What His Majesty is thinking? This servant naturally doesn't know. But Your Highness doesn't need to worry. First, the thirteenth prince is not favored by His Majesty. Second, there's the entanglement between Consort Xiang and Consort Mei back then. Who in the entire palace doesn't know about it? To put it bluntly, even if Consort Mei raised the thirteenth prince, she wouldn't get away with it."
The Queen gently shook her head, her gaze fixed intently on the Buddha statue before her, or perhaps on the wisps of smoke.
"No, how could Consort Mei, who has been entangled with me for so many years, be a brainless woman? There must be some intention behind her actions. Let me think about it, let me think about it."
Rulan remained silent and withdrew.
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