The emperor took Jiang Yi back to the palace before Zhao Yu. The first thing he did when he entered the palace was to go to the empress dowager to apologize.
"It's just because my third brother's letter came so quickly that I forgot to say hello to my mother. It's really my fault for making my mother worry about me." He knelt on his knees, looking sincere.
The Empress Dowager had always been indifferent to the Emperor, but now she was showing a bit more concern. "You knew I would be worried. Shen Congyan is so ambitious, and you actually dared to believe his words? Fortunately, nothing went wrong during this period. Otherwise, if anything happened to you, how would I live?"
As the Queen Mother spoke, two lines of tears fell.
"I raised you, and I spent so much effort on you, but you didn't even tell me a word. You could have asked your cousin to meet you there, but you went alone..."
The Emperor listened patiently to the Empress Dowager's ramblings, and finally pleaded, "It's because I didn't think that much, and it's also because I don't want to believe that my third brother is that kind of person."
"Fortunately, I was right. Third Brother was indeed poisoned, and he truly has come to his senses and turned back. This time, I have gained a lot. Mother, you should be very pleased for me, right?"
He looked up with an admiring look on his face, like a child longing for his mother's praise.
The Queen Mother couldn't tell whether he really thought so or was just pretending.
The Queen Mother said, "Compared to your safety, I feel that these are not worth mentioning."
The emperor was deeply moved and said, "Your Majesty, I know that you are the one who loves me the most in this world. In the past, you asked me to compete with my third brother, even at the cost of my own injury. It turns out that you were just being hard on the outside but soft on the inside. Now that it has come to this, you still want me to be well."
The Queen Mother was silent for a while before she said, "Fortunately, you are fine now. The only person I am worried about now is A-Yu. I wonder if he..."
The emperor said, "Before I returned to the capital, I met with Brother Huizhi. He is doing well and should be back in less than a month."
"I'm not worried about his safety, but his marriage has always been a source of worry for me." The Queen Mother sighed. "He's not as obedient as you and insists on making his own decisions about marriage. That's fine, but now he's even thinking of marrying a second-married woman as his concubine."
The emperor was surprised and asked, "Does the Queen Mother know?"
"Well, I just heard about it recently, and I'm so worried that I can't eat or sleep. I also know that the woman's previous husband was actually a prince consort, and he was also involved with Prince Su. Such a woman is a disaster. How could A Yu marry such a dirty woman?" The Queen Mother said angrily, "Such a woman should die sooner rather than later, so as not to bring disaster to more men."
The Queen Mother said quietly, "I wonder what the Emperor thinks."
"Your Majesty, you have never met Miss Jiang, let alone understood her. Such remarks are completely biased." To the Empress Dowager's surprise, the Emperor actually spoke seriously. "In my opinion, Brother Huizhi is not someone who would simply be seduced by beauty. The person he has his eyes on, Miss Jiang, must at least be a kind-hearted woman."
"Brother Huizhi's vision is never wrong."
The Queen Mother laughed in anger, "Are you saying that my vision is wrong?"
"That's not the case, it's just that the Queen Mother has never met Miss Jiang." The emperor said hurriedly.
The Queen Mother then asked, "So, according to the Emperor, you actually support Ayu marrying this Jiang girl as a concubine? After all, they are not blood brothers, so it's hard for you to truly consider Ayu."
The Queen Mother seemed disappointed.
"I don't care. No matter what, this woman cannot enter our Zhao family. I have thought about it. Ayu is stubborn. If I don't marry her, I am afraid she will not be willing to accept it. But if this person dies, it will be different. Moreover, her death will not affect the relationship between Fengyang and the prince consort. This way, we can kill two birds with one stone."
"Your Majesty, I heard that Jiang Yi is on your side, so you can do this."
"I'm afraid that won't work." The emperor said in embarrassment, "Before my third brother passed away, he entrusted Miss Jiang to me, asking me to protect and comfort her no matter what. I promised my third brother, and I don't want to break my promise."
The Queen Mother was furious and threw the fruit on the table at the Emperor. "I raised you, but you actually consider your third brother, who has been competing with you for the late Emperor's favor since childhood and is now openly plotting a rebellion, more important than me. I really raised you in vain."
The emperor was also helpless. "Third brother has already gone, and Miss Jiang is innocent. It was Brother Huizhi who wanted to marry her, not her who insisted on marrying Brother Huizhi. If this brings harm to innocent people, how will the royal family save face if the news gets out?"
"You're really good at giving me these great truths." Although the Queen Mother expected this, she still looked unhappy after being refuted again and again by the Emperor. "I don't care about all this. In short, no matter what, Jiang Yi must not have anything to do with the Zhao family or A Yu. If you can't bear to do it, then I will have someone do it."
"Or you can marry this Jiang girl."
This casual remark seemed like a rant, but it was something the Queen Mother had been planning for a long time.
The emperor is inhumane. No matter how many concubines there are in the harem, they will not threaten her niece's status.
I’m just afraid that the emperor won’t agree.
The Queen Mother looked at the Emperor steadily and said, "You come up with a solution."
The emperor thought for a long time, his brows furrowed. Finally, he said helplessly, "This is the only solution. I will immediately appoint Miss Jiang as the Consort of the Palace. This way, when Brother Huizhi returns to the capital, Miss Jiang will already be my concubine. What do you think?"
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