Concubine Lu was not surprised that Feng Guang said this. She wanted to use Feng Guang, so naturally she would not be stingy with some benefits.
Concubine Lu gave Feng Guang a lot of silver and money, which Feng Guang took home and gave to his wife, Li.
He said to Li, "Take this money and hide with the children for now. I will come find you when the time is right."
Murdering the queen is too dangerous. If it happens, the whole family will be executed.
He was willing to take a gamble, but he didn't dare to gamble with the lives of his own bloodline.
Li didn't know what was going on. Hearing him say that, she was very scared. She couldn't help but ask the reason and where the money came from.
Feng Guang was annoyed by the questions and directly scolded Li: "These are none of your business. Just take the child and hide well."
Li didn't dare to say anything else.
After sending Li and the children away, Feng Guang came before the empress dowager.
Concubine Lu sent someone to call Jiang Yi in the name of the empress dowager. Jiang Yi had no good feelings towards the empress dowager. When she suddenly heard that the empress dowager asked her to come over, her intuition told her that there must be a conspiracy.
She is pregnant now and cannot take any risks.
But she was genuinely curious about what the Queen Mother intended to do, so after a brief moment of thought, she told the palace attendant who had come to deliver the message, "I'm pregnant recently. The imperial physician says the pregnancy is unstable and I need to rest in bed. It's best not to move. So, if the Queen Mother has anything particularly important to say, please come in person."
The palace maid said, "I'm afraid it's not good. The Queen Mother has been recuperating from illness recently..."
To put it nicely, she is recuperating; to put it bluntly, the empress dowager is under house arrest and cannot leave.
Jiang Yi naturally understood the meaning of the lady's words. She said, "It's okay. I'll tell the emperor."
The palace maid relayed Jiang Yi's intentions to the Empress Dowager, who slammed the table and exclaimed, "This is truly outrageous! The Emperor's disrespect for me is one thing, but the Empress actually dares to disregard me and ask me to personally address her? Does she think she's pregnant with a golden egg?"
The Queen Mother paced back and forth in the room, as she was determined not to fail to see Jiang Yi on this matter.
In the end, she had no choice but to condescend and take Feng Guang to meet Jiang Yi.
Jiang Yi was lying on the chaise longue. When she saw the Queen Mother come in, she immediately greeted her warmly.
"Mother," she called affectionately, "I have always wanted to pay my respects to you since I entered the palace, but the Emperor said you were ill and needed to rest, so I didn't want to bother you."
Jiang Yi helped the empress dowager to the main seat, and she sat aside.
Queen Dowager Zhao was surprised. After all, because of what Jiang Yi had just said, she thought Jiang Yi thought the emperor did not value her and did not take her seriously.
I didn't expect it to be like this.
The Queen Mother took another look at Jiang Yi's belly. Although she had been pregnant for a short time, Jiang Yi's belly was already very big.
The Queen Mother thought that Jiang Yi was really not feeling well. Thinking of this, her unhappiness dissipated a little. She still wanted Jiang Yi to mediate and let the emperor release her grandsons back to their fiefdoms, so the Queen Mother's face was also tinged with smiles.
"Actually, I'm not seriously ill. It's just that there are some misunderstandings between me and the Emperor. You've only been in the palace for a short time, so you might not be aware..."
Jiang Yi did not respond to the Queen Mother's words. She looked at Feng Guang behind the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother did not receive a response for a long time. Then she looked at where Jiang Yi was looking and suddenly understood something.
"Does the Queen find this person familiar?"
Jiang Yi looked a little puzzled. She naturally recognized Feng Guang. After she learned about her life experience, she once secretly went to see Feng Guang. At that time, Feng Guang was already lonely, but he still had a wife and children, and their family lived in harmony.
At that time, Jiang Yi knew that his relationship with his nominal father was very shallow.
The Queen Mother has gone to great lengths to find this person, so I'm afraid he's no simple person.
Jiang Yi pretended not to know: "I've never seen it before."
The Queen Mother said, "This is your biological father."
Jiang Yi said, "Your Majesty, you must be joking. My father has passed away. He died in a fire. You should know this, right?"
Seeing that Jiang Yi didn't respond at all, the Queen Mother became anxious. "That's your adoptive father. I'm talking about your biological father. You don't know that you are not the daughter of the Marquis of Quling."
The Queen Mother anxiously told Jiang Yi everything she had learned from Concubine Lu.
Jiang Yi was surprised and said: "Is that so? But..."
Seeing the Queen Mother's nervous look, Jiang Yi finally accepted the challenge. She said, "I once heard the servants of the Marquis of Quling say this. I ran to ask my mother, but she didn't say anything and even made me kneel as punishment. Could it be that what she said is true?"
Only after she accepted the move could she understand the Queen Mother's intention. Jiang Yi acted as if she was still in shock. When she looked at Feng Guang, her eyes were red. "Father, are you really my father?"
Because Feng Guang had heard what Concubine Lu said before, he had a preconceived notion that Jiang Yi would dislike him. He did not expect Jiang Yi to react like this, and was stunned for a moment.
Feng Guang quickly said, "Yes, I am your father, my poor daughter. We have been separated for so many years. I have always missed you very much. Back then..."
He struggled to find the right words, "Back then, it was all Qu Linghou's fault. He used his power to separate your mother and me. I only recently learned that he wasn't kind to you or your mother at all."
Jiang Yi tried her best to cooperate with Feng Guang in acting, and the two of them were like a very close father and daughter.
The Queen Mother was very happy to see this. The more Jiang Yi cared about his father, the more moved she would be.
But the Queen Mother was not out of her mind. She said, "In this matter, you should thank Concubine Lu the most."
Concubine Lu thought that Queen Mother Zhao would not tell her because she was greedy for the credit, but Queen Mother Zhao was more afraid of the risk.
She thought Jiang Yi seemed kind and soft-hearted, and that she could buy him off with some small favors, so she didn't care too much about it.
Queen Mother Zhao continued, "Yes, it was Concubine Lu. She cared deeply about you. It was because of her that I learned some of your past. I never thought you had suffered so much. Your Majesty loves you from the bottom of your heart."
"When I see you, I can't help but think of Prince Xiang."
Queen Mother Zhao tried to steer the conversation towards what she wanted to say.
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