The villain actually held great power when the protagonist ascended the throne. His father was the head of the civil officials, his cousin who was like a younger brother to him, and a general who commanded a large army. If the villain had even the slightest thought of rebellion, the protagonist would have been out of the picture.
Unfortunately, the villains had no intention of rebelling. The loyal villains ultimately became stepping stones for the protagonist, and all their power was taken away. The father retired to his hometown, and the protagonist couldn't even gain a foothold in the court. As for his cousin, the general, his fate was even worse. The emperor feared his military power and ultimately executed the entire family on charges of treason.
The male protagonist eventually became someone who held real power and no one dared to act recklessly anymore.
Wan Ge discovers that the original owner of this body and the villain were two sides of the same coin. One created the female lead, enabling her to eventually become the empress. The other created the emperor, turning him from a puppet ruler into a man who ultimately controlled the entire world.
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The next morning, after one night, the news that the Queen was pregnant spread like wildfire.
The original owner's personal maid, upon hearing the news of the Empress's pregnancy, looked down at the bowl Wan Ge was holding, then glanced at Wan Ge's belly, and immediately tried to snatch the bowl from Wan Ge's hands: "Your Majesty! You are pregnant, how can you eat barley porridge? Do the people in the Imperial Kitchen want to lose their heads? How dare they give it to Your Majesty to eat."
Wan Ge opened her mouth, but in the end, she watched as the maid took the bowl from her hand.
Xiao Su, the maid, had been with Wan Ge the longest, and as her personal maid, she should have known everything.
However, in order to save Xiao Su's life, the original owner did not tell her many things and did not want her to know.
Only by knowing nothing can Xiao Su have a better chance of survival. So even now, Xiao Su still doesn't know that the person the emperor touched wasn't their concubine.
Even the Empress's maids didn't know that their mistress was not favored, so how could others know? So it's no wonder that others thought the original owner was the only one favored in the harem.
The food was quickly replaced with a fresh serving. The concubines, who had originally planned to check on the situation, were suddenly informed that they were not feeling well due to their recent pregnancies and therefore did not need to pay their respects.
Half an hour later, Xiao Su told her that the imperial chef who prepared breakfast for her and the palace maid who delivered it had all been given fifty lashes.
Wan Ge listened to everything silently without saying anything.
Around noon, Xiao Su rushed in from outside. Seeing the Empress resting on the couch with her eyes closed, she said with reddened eyes, "Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! The young general is in trouble!"
The young general Xiao Su mentioned is General Ji, the original owner's older brother. He is now accused of treason, which led to the deaths of ten thousand elite soldiers on the battlefield.
But Wan Ge knew that all of this was just the male lead's scheme, and that more than half of the so-called 10,000 elite soldiers were not loyal to the male lead.
The emperor orchestrated this move for two reasons: firstly, to gradually eliminate the Ji family; and secondly, to turn the original owner of the body into a puppet empress, who would eventually be relegated to the cold palace and abandoned.
The disappearance of the Ji family was the first step in the original owner becoming an abandoned empress.
Wan Ge slightly curved her lips and said to Xiao Su beside her, "Xiao Su, help me change my clothes. I'm going to see His Majesty."
Xiao Su was slightly taken aback. Usually, when such a problem arose, didn't the Empress wait until His Majesty came over in the evening to talk to him about it?
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