Chapter 1 The "Virtuous" Empress
Cining Palace.
The Empress Dowager took the hand of a stunningly beautiful and dignified woman and patted it, saying, "Xi'er, I know that you have been wronged in this matter."
“Yan’er did make a mistake and should be punished.”
"But she is now pregnant with the emperor's child, and for the sake of the Prime Minister's mansion, you... you should just pretend this never happened, okay?"
Luo Xi thought to herself:
Punishment?
After framing a country, is punishment all that's left? What kind of punishment? Copying books? Demotion? She felt she should be executed.
Royal heir? So what if she's carrying the royal heir? Anyone who dares to scheme against her will have to pay the price.
Luo Xi smiled slightly, showing no displeasure on her face. She said gently, "Your Majesty, I understand. The imperial heir is of utmost importance."
Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager breathed a sigh of relief and smiled kindly, "That's good. I really don't want to see you sisters killing each other."
Luo Xi: ..........
Sisters killing each other?
Ha! They've all entered the palace, what sisters are left?
The Empress Dowager is probably senile. Has she forgotten how she survived the palace intrigues? It's laughable that she could still say something like that.
Sure enough, it doesn't hurt unless the knife is on your own body.
Luo Xi: "Mother, no, you know my temperament."
The Empress Dowager naturally knew Luo Xi's character: virtuous and unassuming.
Perhaps it was because she disliked the emperor.
Luo Xi spoke with the Empress Dowager for a while longer before leaving Cining Palace.
The Empress Dowager looked at Luo Xi's retreating figure and said, "Su Lan, don't you think the Empress is too beautiful today?"
She had been stunned by Luo Xi's beauty several times while talking to her.
Su Lan: "Empress Dowager, hasn't the Empress always been this beautiful?"
The Empress was the most beautiful person she had ever seen.
In her opinion, if the Empress had even a fraction of her heart for the Emperor, what chance would the other concubines have?
After thinking about it carefully, the Empress Dowager realized that it made sense.
She looked towards the doorway. "Tell me," she said, "is what I'm doing too unfair to the Empress?"
She had someone destroy the evidence that Luo Yan had framed Luo Xi in front of Luo Xi, and also told Luo Xi not to pursue the matter.
Luo Yan used her unborn child to frame Luo Xi.
Luo Xi directly ordered an investigation into the palace, and after much investigation, they unexpectedly found Luo Yan herself.
The emperor is not her biological son.
Luo Yan was pregnant with the emperor's child, which was very important to the Prime Minister's mansion. She had no choice but to step in and stop the Empress, and also destroyed the evidence.
She knew what Luo Yan wanted to do; she wanted Luo Xi to be accused of harming the imperial heir, preferably to be deposed as empress.
Su Lan: "Empress Dowager, you are doing this for the sake of the Prime Minister's residence, for their own good."
The Empress Dowager sighed.
"Luo Yan is really brainless. Does she think that just because she's pregnant with the emperor's child, she can become empress? Does she think that just because Luo Xi isn't empress, she, a concubine's daughter, can become empress?"
"Go and warn her, tell her there won't be a next time, otherwise, I won't protect her."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Luo Xi, supported by Zhu Zhu, walked out of Cining Palace, the coldness in her eyes unseen by anyone.
Hmph! Forgive her? No way.
Just because Luo Yan is pregnant with the emperor's child, should she be made to suffer? Don't even think about it.
Now, the Empress Dowager and the Prime Minister have placed their bets on Luo Yan.
Oh! No, they've been supporting Luo Yan from the very beginning.
As for her?
It's just a smokescreen.
They had already given up on her when they forced the emperor to make her empress.
They wanted her to occupy the position of empress and prevent other noble ladies from moving up. That was about all she was good for.
They also knew that it would be strange if the emperor liked an empress who was forced to marry him.
Moreover, the emperor is not the empress dowager's biological son.
Therefore, they had a backup plan, which was this illegitimate daughter, a pitiful illegitimate daughter.
Luo Yan was sent to the palace by the Empress Dowager under the pretext of helping her have a child.
So, Luo Yan is so pitiful. She originally had a childhood sweetheart and fiancé, but they were forced to separate. Her aunt was not valued, and they even used her aunt to threaten her, which is why she had to enter the palace.
Look! How pitiful, how heartbreaking!
Oh!
Since they care so much about the future of the Prime Minister's mansion, then she'll help them destroy it...
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