"Just choose your favorite one! The rest, Grandmother will need."
"Oh dear, Your Majesty, you have so many rare treasures here, including jadeite necklaces. Even if you give all five of these necklaces to Hejing, new ones will be presented to you very soon."
Oh dear! Are you genuinely clueless, or are you just pretending not to understand?
If I remember correctly, it was less than ten days since Lin Chao-yi was arrested!
[Sister Hejing showed no sign of grief, nor did she think of observing mourning for Consort Lin; instead, she was eyeing the Empress Dowager's jade beaded necklace!]
How did Lin Zhaoyi raise you to be so cold-hearted?
No wonder the Empress Dowager doesn't like you much anymore! Who would like someone who's so cold to their own mother?
Who would like a granddaughter who has no affection for family and only cares about gold and jewels?
[You only have the right to take it if your grandmother is truly willing to give it to you. She never intended it that way in the first place, so what are you doing? What's the difference between this and outright robbery?]
[Grandmother, don't be sad. Qianqian has one hundred million taels of silver, and she will surely be able to prepare a peerless jade beaded necklace for you! Grandmother, please wait for me to grow up! Qianqian keeps her word!]
The Empress Dowager was originally heartbroken because of Hejing.
Hearing Ye Qianqian's thoughts made him feel much happier.
My two granddaughters are the same, yet the difference between them is so great.
"Grandmother, why are you not saying anything?"
"If you don't say anything, I'll take that as you agreeing to give it to me!"
The Empress Dowager remained silent.
He Jing used the trick of feigning helplessness!
She immediately switched to the "pear blossom in the rain" mode!
"Grandmother! My mother has just passed away, and my father's heart is not with me!"
"The entire harem is saying behind my back that I'm a child without a mother!"
"You're my only family now! You wouldn't stop loving me like Father did, would you?"
[What the heck! You're an adult, are you still a child?]
[You're just like that second concubine the Empress Dowager mentioned, always telling the Emperor how much her grown son has grown!]
Is this kind of moral blackmail something they learned from Lin Chao-yi? It's incredibly foolish!
[In other words, this generation of court ladies isn't as cunning as the previous one!]
[If we consider the Empress Dowager's past palace intrigues, your mother wouldn't have survived past the very beginning!]
The Empress Dowager strongly agreed with Ye Qianqian's words.
She was well aware that He Jing was using moral blackmail and feigning helplessness!
She was already quite used to this tactic during her previous palace intrigues!
If it were anyone else, she would have kicked them out long ago!
But the Empress Dowager was older, and she was reluctant to give way to her granddaughter, who was related to her by blood.
My heart is still a little soft!
He Jing was indeed full of wicked thoughts, but unlike Ye Yu, she did not think of colluding with foreign enemies to murder the emperor and seize the throne.
I gave her all the jade bead necklaces so I could have some peace and quiet.
Otherwise, Hejing would keep talking on and on.
In the end, the jade bead necklace still ended up in her hands!
The Empress Dowager then said, "Since you like them, you may take them all!"
"Wow! I'm so happy! Thank you, Grandmother!"
He Jing grabbed the jade bead necklace and ran away immediately!
[Oh dear! They're afraid the Empress Dowager will change her mind! They grabbed it and ran!]
[My poor Empress Dowager, she was tricked by her own granddaughter!]
[Grandmother, don't be sad. Qianqian will give you lots and lots of jade bead necklaces in the future!]
Ruoqiu watched Hejing leave.
He said something.
"Your Majesty, Princess Hejing is probably showing off all over the palace now!"
“Those jealous concubines would secretly say that the Empress Dowager was biased.”
The Empress Dowager sighed.
"What pains me is not this jade bead necklace! It is that Hejing has been raised to be as calculating as her mother."
"Even if I wanted to like it, I couldn't!"
[Grandmother, kiss! Grandmother, hug!]
【Qianqian will definitely take good care of her grandmother from now on!】
The Empress Dowager smiled gently.
"Ruoqiu, I am now looking forward to Qianqian's birth more and more."
Ruoqiu nodded.
“Consort Jin was originally a kind-hearted person, and the daughter she raised would certainly not be bad.”
...
When He Jing flaunted herself in the harem with five jade bead necklaces around her neck.
He was seen by everyone in the various palaces.
What a coincidence.
They encountered Consort Xu, who was taking a walk with Ye Chen in the Imperial Garden.
Upon seeing Consort Xu.
He Jing couldn't help but feel awkward.
When Consort Lin was alive, Consort Xu targeted her quite a bit.
Furthermore, she spoke up for Consort Jin during the affair scandal.
He Jing naturally couldn't like her.
However, she still understood the rules.
He symbolically paid his respects to Consort Xu.
"Hejing greets Empress Xu."
"Get up."
"Sister Hejing," Ye Chen greeted her.
He Jing glanced at Ye Chen.
She had never bothered to pay attention to her disabled younger brother who had no family background.
He said something sarcastic on purpose.
"Brother Ye Chen is truly blessed! He was abused by the former empress one day, and then he was adopted by Consort Xu the next!"
"The former empress is dead. In this harem, Consort Xu is currently enjoying great influence. It seems that the next empress's position will belong to Consort Xu!"
"Young Master Ye Chen is really blessed to have such good fortune because of his mother! So many people must be green with envy!"
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