Chapter 4 The Eldest Daughter
Grand Tutor Luo looked at Luo Yan with an angry expression.
Luo Yan knelt on the ground, crying and explaining that she didn't mean it.
Luo Xi stood next to Luo Yan.
Seeing Luo Yan crying so pitifully, she felt a little sorry for her, but she couldn't say anything, after all, Luo Yan had killed someone.
However, Luo Xi remained completely unmoved. After all, whatever punishment Grand Tutor Luo imposed on Luo Yan would have no effect on her.
Grand Tutor Luo: "I think you... you've been spoiled rotten by your... (grandmother). Wasn't it you who pushed Wan'er when she fell into the water last time?"
Luo Yan: !!!
Upon hearing this, she widened her eyes and shook her head violently.
"Father, it wasn't me this time... this time it was me, but I didn't mean to."
"And last time... didn't Luo Wan jump into the water herself last time?"
"Father, you can't put all the blame on me!"
Grand Tutor Luo:
He was so angry that he almost forgot.
He glanced at Luo Xi, who was both beautiful and talented, standing next to Luo Yan.
Luo Xi is the future empress, and she will enter the palace in two months.
During this period, Luo Xi's reputation must not be damaged.
Therefore, this matter can only be suppressed.
Otherwise, Luo Xi having a half-sister who killed her half-sister would also damage her reputation.
In the end, Grand Tutor Luo suppressed the matter, saying that Luo Wan had accidentally fallen down the stone steps and died.
As for Luo Yan, the Grand Tutor punished her with thirty strokes of the cane.
Then, she was punished by being confined to her quarters for six months, during which time she had to copy scriptures 30 times every day.
Luo Xi was not surprised by Grand Tutor Luo's handling of the matter.
As for Luo Yan
Whether she lives or dies makes no difference to her. After all, with her grandmother dead, Luo Yan has lost her support and can only treat her with utmost respect.
The reason why Luo Yan always compared herself to her was because of their grandmother. It was she who wanted Luo Yan, the illegitimate daughter, to be superior to her, just like she had wanted to be superior to her legitimate sister before.
The distinction between嫡 (legitimate) and 庶 (illegitimate) children—did Grandmother not understand this? Or was she simply unwilling to accept it? Presumably, she was unwilling.
But what can you do if you're unwilling? A legitimate son is a legitimate son, and a son born out of wedlock is a son born out of wedlock.
Even if she marries well, she is still born out of wedlock.
Now that her grandmother is gone, Luo Yan naturally doesn't dare to confront her.
As long as Luo Yan doesn't infringe on her interests, she won't bother with her; she's not free anyway.
Two weeks later,
Luo Xi took Zhu Zhu to a teahouse to watch a play.
The second floor of the teahouse.
As Luo Xi listened to the opera and drank tea, she glanced across at the opposite side and saw Prince Chen, who was arm in arm with a friend, smiling freely and arrogantly.
The emperor ascended the throne at the age of 16 and has now been on the throne for 15 years. Unfortunately, the emperor still has no heir.
This is enough to prove that the emperor did indeed have difficulty conceiving.
Luo Xi lowered her eyes in thought.
Since the emperor cannot have children, the empire cannot fall into the hands of others, so...
Prince Chen, we're counting on him.
After all, he was the most handsome of the princes and the one who most resembled the emperor. This was because he was the emperor's younger brother, born of the same parents.
Even if her child later resembles Prince Chen, she won't be afraid. After all, the Emperor and Prince Chen look so alike; if the child looks like Prince Chen, it's the same as looking like the Emperor...
If the emperor has no more children in the next few years, he will probably get anxious and may send people to find some fertile women to enter the palace.
So she might as well find someone else to get pregnant herself; at least then the child would be hers.
If she becomes pregnant, it will also benefit the Emperor.
Firstly, the rumors that the emperor's offspring were in jeopardy would be easily dispelled.
Secondly, a prince has been chosen to inherit the throne.
Isn't this the best of both worlds?
As for the children?
She raised her eyes and glanced at Prince Chen across from her a few more times.
If once doesn't work, then try twice...
He looks quite strong; he can't possibly fail every time.
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