She also recalled how Nan Wanchen had tried every means to get Wange out of her confinement, and later learned that Nan Wanchen had not initially wanted Wange to come here, but rather to get the ministers' approval.
Therefore, Feng Su eventually harbored no hostility towards Nan Wanchen. He couldn't say he liked her, but he certainly didn't dislike her.
…
Nan Wanchen stayed one night and left the next day after packing up. After observing, he found that Feng Su was very considerate towards Wan Ge, and perhaps Feng Su was not really the person he had imagined.
At first, Nan Wanchen still had doubts, until not long after he returned to the capital, all the forces that originally belonged to Feng Su swore allegiance to him.
Generals who held military power were also stripped of it. The meaning was clear: Feng Su would no longer harbor any thoughts of rebellion.
However, he himself may not have felt that he was rebelling, but rather that he was reclaiming what his elder sister deserved.
The retired emperor had just received the news and hadn't even discussed it with his sons when he learned that they had all submitted.
When he heard Nan Wanchen say that Wan Ge was pregnant with Feng Su's child, he was stunned for a moment. However, without Nan Wanchen's explanation, the Emperor Emeritus realized that Feng Su must not have actually become a eunuch.
…
Knowing that the Empress Dowager had always been somewhat dissatisfied with some of Wan Ge's actions, Nan Wan Chen couldn't say anything about Wan Ge's current pregnancy, so it was the Emperor Emeritus who spoke to the Empress Dowager.
Hearing her husband's words, the Empress Dowager simply nodded slightly, her thoughts seemingly already drifting far away.
Having said what he needed to say, the Emperor Emeritus immediately turned around, and the Empress Dowager stood up abruptly: "Your Majesty!"
The Empress Dowager opened her mouth, but in the end, she said nothing.
The retired emperor glanced at it, then turned and left.
Ever since the Emperor Emeritus discovered that the Empress Dowager harbored intentions to harm Wan Ge, their relationship had remained ambiguous.
When her husband first discovered this, the Empress Dowager was more nervous and afraid. She breathed a sigh of relief when she realized he didn't punish her.
But gradually, the Empress Dowager realized that without her lover's love, her life seemed completely different from before.
Even though she used the best things in the palace, to outsiders, the emperor still loved her the most. But seeing the man who once doted on her so much keeping his distance from her without making a sound, her heart felt like it was being ripped out.
The emperor's expression didn't change much after leaving the Empress Dowager's palace. It would be a lie to say he felt nothing at all, but he was much more at peace than he had been back then.
Even though he could occasionally sense his wife's regret, he no longer knew whether it was regret for losing his love or something else... but he didn't care anymore.
…
More than nine months later, the court officials learned that the former crown prince, now a prince, had an illegitimate son. This illegitimate son is now about to become a young prince.
No one in the court dared to object. On the one hand, Nan Wanchen now held great power, and on the other hand, since it was confirmed that the bloodline was royal, they could not deny it.
However, Wan Ge and Feng Su in Yunxiang City didn't care at all whether they admitted it or not. It didn't affect them anyway.
At first, Feng Su was indeed quite dissatisfied, but later he felt that Yunxiang City was really good. Moreover, because Wan Ge was here, Nan Wan Chen had been supporting this place in private, unlike before.
More importantly, it was far away from the annoying things in the capital, so Feng Su gradually grew to like this place.
Of course, the most important thing is that I can stay here with Wan Ge all the time.
In the end, Wan Ge's true identity as a woman was never revealed, but it didn't matter anyway.
——
①You protected me, and I want to protect you too, until the end of my life.
②No one can take your things away; I will take back everything that belongs to you.
③As long as you can be with me, I don't care where we go. So that's what you've always thought.
——Feng Su
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