Just as the mother and son were facing off in the Cining Palace, the atmosphere tense and the people below trembled with fear, lest they lose their heads—
"This servant greets Your Majesty and Your Majesty the Empress Dowager. Ye Zhi, the Empress's attendant, has brought a congratulatory gift. May it be brought in?"
It was Ye Xin, the head maid of Cining Palace. She had just seen two noble ladies off when she returned and ran into Ye Zhi, who was waiting outside.
She asked around and found out that two important figures inside were having a fight, and no one dared to disturb them.
This won't do. The Empress Dowager has only just entered the palace. How could she be at odds with the Emperor?
If the Emperor were to harbor resentment towards the Empress Dowager because of this, that would be disastrous.
So, using Ye Zhi as a convenient excuse, Ye Xin went in to inform him, which also broke the stalemate between mother and son.
Sure enough, upon hearing the word "Empress," Sheng Changling's tightly furrowed brows relaxed considerably.
He pulled himself out of his reverie, realizing that what had happened today was truly wrong, and that he should go see Xi'er.
"No need, just accept the gift and let her go back."
"yes."
My own Xi'er is still the one I like best. Even if she does nothing, just looking at her makes me happy enough.
We shouldn't waste our time here.
Sheng Changling didn't want to think about the Prince's Mansion anymore; it was all in the past. He was no longer a three-year-old baby, and his mother would have to think twice before trying to control him.
"Your Majesty, I just remembered that there are still some official matters to attend to in the palace, so I will not stay any longer to disturb your meal."
Sheng Changling stood up, his tall figure walking out against the light, but after taking only two steps, he suddenly stopped.
"Furthermore, those two women were personally appointed by your decree, so from now on they will only serve you. They don't need to come to the Hall of Mental Cultivation."
In this dynasty, a woman's first time serving the emperor always takes place in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Sheng Changling's words clearly implied—
I will never favor either of them!
Worse still, Empress Dowager Rong had already discerned another meaning: the emperor would not touch anyone she sent, and would simply let them grow old and die in the palace.
This is even more ruthless than issuing an imperial edict to dismiss the two men, because once this news gets out, no official will want to use this method to send their daughter into the palace.
It seems...
The emperor has grown distant from her.
This move was too hasty, a miscalculation, and a foolish one.
But more importantly, it's all that wretched woman Liu's fault for instigating Ling'er to drift away from her!
In the past, let alone these two women, even if she offered the emperor seventy-two concubines, Ling'er, that filial child, would have accepted them.
They would never speak rudely or slam the door and leave!
hateful!
It seems that Lady Liu cannot be allowed to stay.
In fact, Empress Dowager Rong was far more cruel and cold-blooded than Sheng Changling imagined. It could be said that she regarded human life as worthless and killed people as naturally as drinking water.
However, her position was unstable before, so she pretended to be gentle and kind in order to maintain her image in the eyes of the prince and the people.
Now that she has absolute power and has become the most honored woman in the world, why should she still pretend?
It's time to take action.
Moreover, she didn't need to lift a finger. Two new concubines had just entered the harem, and she was essentially giving them a ladder to success!
If you enter the palace on your own, then you must be prepared to be a tool for me!
The Empress Dowager's schemes had already begun, while on the other side, Sheng Changling returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
Hall of Mental Cultivation.
Side hall.
Sheng Changling entered quietly, and because he was in a bad mood, he didn't let anyone follow him.
As he approached the side hall, he heard the gentle soothing voice of a woman inside, a voice so soft it felt like a feather landing on his heart.
Afraid of waking the child, Sheng Changling stopped the eunuch guarding the gate from announcing his arrival and instead entered the room quietly.
Upon entering, the first thing that catches the eye is the woman's almost perfect profile. The soft lines perfectly outline her eyebrows and eyes, and clearly reveal the gentleness in her eyes.
The sunlight by the window was not as dazzling as that in the Cining Palace; instead, it seemed to evoke feelings of affection, draping the woman in a hazy golden veil.
The little baby in her arms seemed to be captivated by her mother's beauty, its big eyes unwilling to close, even though it was so sleepy it had already opened its mouth to yawn a few times.
"Sleep well, sleep well, Mommy's little darling~"
"Hehe, he won't be able to sleep if you keep acting like this."
Sheng Changling felt much better; no matter how angry he was, he couldn't vent it here.
He strode forward, elegant and graceful, and with gentle movements, he easily took the baby from Liu Lingxi's arms and stopped her from bowing.
"Just sit there, you're not fully recovered yet."
"Your Majesty has arrived. I thought Your Majesty was staying at Cining Palace with the Empress Dowager."
Liu Lingxi did not refuse, since she had not performed the ceremony since Sheng Changling became emperor.
She didn't use strong words, as angering the emperor wouldn't do her any good.
So they just chatted casually, like old friends, and started talking to Sheng Changling.
"Oh, the Empress Dowager has two noble ladies accompanying her, so she probably doesn't need me, her son."
Liu Lingxi carefully observed Sheng Changling's expression. Although he did not appear angry, there was a hint of melancholy between his brows, which told her that he and the Empress Dowager had probably developed some kind of rift.
Otherwise, why would she have been so excited yesterday, praising the Empress Dowager so much, only to turn on her today?
If this person is Sheng Jin, then he doesn't need to worry about anything, big or small. That man always seems to have the ease of having the world under his feet.
After she was taken away and became his concubine, she indeed had nothing to worry about and could only focus on her pregnancy.
I've hardly ever seen anything dirty or dirty.
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