The two consecutive dreams made the old emperor very uneasy. He disliked both the empress dowager and the concubine, and he disliked the crown prince and Prince Heng even more.
But he only had these two sons.
The old emperor was very frightened. He began to have nightmares every night. His already gray hair turned completely white, and his whole condition was not right.
He found that he would not have nightmares only when he was with Jiang Yi, and he would feel that life was peaceful and tranquil.
The old emperor became even more fond of Jiang Yi, or rather, more dependent on her.
He can't leave Jiang Yi for a moment.
He even desperately wanted Jiang Yi to give him a son.
He planned to give Jiang Yi a surprise on her birthday.
The empress dowager repeatedly sent messages to the old emperor, expressing her repentance and asking him to let her go.
The old emperor was thinking about Jiang Yi's birthday. If the empress dowager and the concubine came to congratulate Jiang Yi, it would invisibly increase Jiang Yi's power.
So the old emperor thought about it and agreed.
The old emperor entrusted the planning of Jiang Yi's birthday to Concubine Shu. Jiang Yi did not like publicity, but Concubine Shu still invited many people in order to satisfy the old emperor.
On Jiang Yi's birthday, the Queen Mother and Consort Shu came, as did Prince Heng and the Crown Prince.
Prince Heng and the Crown Prince both came here under the pretext of paying their respects to the Queen Mother and Consort Shu, and "took advantage of the opportunity" to hear about Jiang Yi's birthday, and then came here with the Queen Mother and Consort Shu.
Prince Heng also brought Jiang Xue with him. It was Jiang Xue who begged Prince Heng to bring her into the palace. Jiang Yi's birthday was also Jiang Xue's birthday.
Jiang Xue wanted to meet Jiang Yi and ask for Jiang Yi's forgiveness.
It was just that Jiang Xue dressed up as Prince Heng's maid and did not attract attention.
At the same time, some ladies of noble birth and young ladies also entered the palace.
Jiang Yi did not recognize these people. Most of them looked down on Jiang Yi's background and Jiang Yi as a person.
Naturally, the older ladies only dared to think so in their hearts, and they did not dare to show it at all on their faces, after all, the old emperor was still beside them.
But this is not necessarily the case for some young ladies in the boudoir. They don’t come here for Jiang Yi.
No matter how favored Jiang Yi is now, the old emperor will eventually pass away. Jiang Yi has no children, and after the old emperor passes away, Jiang Yi will be nothing.
They are mainly for the Crown Prince and King Heng.
The prince went to the border in his early years and stayed there for ten years.
Five years ago, the prince was nineteen years old.
The old emperor and the empress both felt that the prince should get married at his age, but unfortunately the prince was fighting a war with the Turks at the time and was too busy to do anything else.
The old emperor still loved Li Zhao very much at that time, so he discussed with the empress dowager and chose the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's Wang family as the Crown Princess and the daughter of the Grand Tutor You family as the concubine, and sent them to the border together.
However, two months later, Crown Princess Wang and Concubine You were sent back to the capital together. They complained to the empress dowager that the crown prince ignored them completely and that the border was bitterly cold and they fell ill repeatedly.
The old emperor and the empress dowager naturally did not think that their son had done anything wrong. They just thought that the Crown Princess and Concubine You were useless, could not make their son's heart beat, and could not endure hardship, so they scolded them. Then everyone knew that the crown prince did not like the Crown Princess and Concubine You.
These unmarried girls also want to compete.
The prince doesn't like women? What's the big deal? Maybe I'm the exception?
As for Prince Heng, he had arranged a marriage for her before, but the girl died of illness before she could marry him.
Princess Heng still has no one, so there must be people eager to try.
It's rare to have the opportunity to see these two people, let alone make friends with them, and Jiang Yi's birthday is a good opportunity.
But the emperor and the empress were still here, so they had to be patient and said words of blessing to Jiang Yi one by one, but each of them looked at him with disdain.
Jiang Yi glanced at the old emperor with a look of grievance, and the old emperor said to them, "You all have your eyes raised to the sky. What's wrong? Do you have any objections to me?"
These maids were so frightened that they begged for mercy, and the elders who brought them also apologized repeatedly.
The old emperor said, "If Concubine Jiang forgives you, I will not bother with you."
The noble ladies were perplexed. Were they actually going to beg for mercy from a mere slave?
They were unwilling, but their elders forced them to kneel in front of Jiang Yi.
Jiang Yi looked at them coldly.
In her previous life, the old emperor also doted on her very much, and these noble ladies would kneel down and greet her when they saw her.
But they also looked down on her and made up stories about her behind her back.
At that time, Jiang Yi was indifferent to everything and everyone, and naturally didn't care about what people said behind her back. Even if she heard it, she just pretended not to hear it and didn't think about making things difficult for her.
But unexpectedly, these people became even more outrageous. After the old emperor died, the empress dowager and the concubine decided to have Jiang Yi buried alive with him. Then they all came to Jiang Yi and humiliated her.
The leader was Cui Nuo, a girl from the Cui family and the niece of the queen.
Cui Nuo had her hands and feet tied up and then mutilated her face with a sharp dagger.
She said, "I hate your face the most. It is your face that seduced the Crown Prince and made him obsessed with you."
Jiang Yi was stunned at the time. She had been in the palace for three months, and she had met the prince only three times in that time. One time was in the Queen's palace. She went to pay her respects to the Queen, but the Queen deliberately left her outside, and she knelt outside for two full hours.
At that time, the prince passed by her, and not long after, the queen let her in.
Once, when the late emperor died, she was guarding by his side, and the prince hurried over.
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