Yi Mu coaxed the child to sleep, put him in his crib, and then went to the outer room to sit down opposite the Queen.
There were only the Empress and him in the room at the moment. Yi Mu had just ordered all the servants to leave.
He gave the Empress enough face, and no matter what reason she gave, Yi Mu had no intention of pursuing it.
He didn't love the Empress, and neither did the original owner of this body.
But this woman was not wrong. She was born into a wealthy family and had no choice in the moment she was sent there by her family.
Imur is willing to raise the child and allow the Queen to remain in her position, but he needs to know why.
Why did the empress have a child with another man? What was her purpose?
The Queen poured Yi Mu a cup of tea, which contained calming herbs and had a slightly bitter taste.
Yi Mu scrutinized the Empress's face, which was no different from half a year ago, except that her eyes seemed to have aged and held something else.
"Why?" Yimu asked.
His tone wasn't harsh; it was gentle and mild, without a trace of anger at being betrayed.
The empress paused as she poured tea for him, then filled the teacup and put down the teapot.
Yi Mu waited for her answer, but did not urge her.
How strange! His wife had an affair with another man and gave birth to an illegitimate child, yet the husband didn't show any sign of being furious or enraged.
Instead, he sat opposite his wife, calmly drinking tea.
The Empress harbored resentment.
She resented that Beimen Mu had never looked at her properly since she entered the house, resented that he gave all his affection to that woman of low status, and resented that he finally saw the light and treated her well, but not in the right way.
From birth, they are taught to be well-behaved, gentle, and virtuous, and to be good wives and mothers.
She was confined by rules and regulations, unable to break free, unable to go astray, and unable to be willful.
The Empress thought that as long as her husband loved and respected her, that was enough.
Everyone envied her for marrying the emperor, the most honorable man in the world.
But only he knew how suffocating it was to live in this vast, cold palace.
The emperor fell seriously ill, and when he woke up again, he was like a completely different person.
Everyone was happy, including the Empress.
She never looked at her husband directly, but one day he showed concern for her and privately instructed the palace servants not to embezzle any of the Empress's provisions.
The empress thought that spring had arrived in her life, and that the cold palace would soon be filled with a little bit of life.
She watched as Ye Yunxiang fell out of favor and was dismissed from the harem, and the emperor would visit her in her palace whenever he had free time.
Even if they just sat and chatted and never stayed overnight, the Empress didn't think much of it.
Everyone says that the Empress has finally made it.
The empress thought so too, but she discovered that her husband did not love her, only had an indescribable respect for her.
The Empress was only in her early twenties. She wasn't the kind of old woman who had lost her beauty and only wanted to hold onto power and wealth. She was still young and longed for her husband's love.
But Beimen Mu just wouldn't give it to her!
He didn't give her his love, but easily gave it to another man.
Women are sensitive.
Eyes don't lie. The Empress discovered that only when Bei Menlin was around did the one-sided smile on his face become genuine.
Once the seed of doubt is planted, the more you think about it, the more suspicious it becomes.
On the night Beimen Mu was forced to abdicate, only Beimen Lin entered the palace.
All night long, no one knew what had happened between them.
The very next day, Beimen Lin left the emperor's palace and immediately dispatched troops to pacify the Yuezhi Kingdom.
What exactly made Beimen Lin, who was only one step away from ascending the throne, change his mind?
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