Chapter 1028 Dragon Seed (6)
Just by listening, Shen Miao could already guess the heart-wrenching pain. In her previous life in the Ming Qi harem, concubines fought each other for the emperor's favor. The harem was a battlefield for women, and when women were ruthless, they were sometimes even more terrifying than men. Many concubines' children became victims in such situations, and no matter how vicious and evil the concubines were, they would cry out in despair at the moment of losing their children. Had the calm and gentle Empress Xian De also experienced such despair? Scars take a long time to heal, and the pain of scars is only known to oneself.
The most abominable thing is that I can't even take revenge on my child. Why is that?
"Don't blame Your Majesty, and don't think I'm pitiful. Although I'm indeed pitiful, I'm also a bad person." Empress Xian De said, "After that miscarriage, I can no longer have children. I can never have my own children in this life. So the Emperor prohibited all women in the harem from giving birth to his heirs. If I'm not good, no one else will be good."
Shen Miao was stunned.
Because Empress Xian De was unable to have children, did Emperor Yongle prohibit all women in the palace from having children?
The Yongle Emperor must have loved Empress Xian De very much. But if he really loved her, why did he let her suffer such a great injustice? Even if Empress Xian De didn't say anything, the Yongle Emperor would have wanted to kill the culprit who killed his son. How could he have made her his favorite concubine?
Shen Miao felt that the secrets of the Huang royal family of Daliang were no less than those of Mingqi.
Seeing her stunned look, Empress Xian De suddenly laughed: "You really believe it. How could His Majesty give up all the concubines' offspring just because of me? Jingxing was able to do it because of his good luck, but the emperor was unlucky. He is the emperor."
There was much more to this statement than what was meant, and Shen Miao didn’t know how to respond for a moment.
"But you're right. We should naturally make plans for the future. Lu Jing's arrival was a fortunate opportunity. Because of her, her life was temporarily saved. However, the Lu family is not so lucky." Empress Xian De smiled slightly, but her smile suddenly became sharper. ...
"The child cannot stay." In the imperial study, Xie Jingxing said to the emperor in front of him with a cold look in his eyes.
"I know I can't keep her. If possible, I would like to give her a bowl of medicine now." Emperor Yongle spoke coldly, as if the person who was about to be fed a bowl of medicine was not his son, but someone else.
"Why didn't you drink it just now?" Xie Jingxing asked sharply.
"Qingzhen won't give in." Emperor Yongle said.
Qingzhen was Empress Xian De's maiden name, and this name had not been spoken by Emperor Yongle for a long time.
After a long while, Xie Jingxing finally sneered, "The Emperor's sister-in-law has always been soft-hearted. Perhaps it's because she feels pity for her own dead flesh and blood."
"Xie Yuan!" These words seemed to have touched Emperor Yongle's sore spot, and he glared at the other party.
But what he got in return was a nonchalant smile from Xie Jingxing. He said, "So what should we do now? I don't care what happens to Lu Jing, and I don't want to bother with that child either. The Lu family comes and goes, and they must think that the child in Lu Jing's belly is a talisman. How can we give them such a big gift?"
The emperor, who had no children, suddenly had a single child. This child became his lifeline. Whether Emperor Yongle was willing or not, the throne of the crown prince would fall on the child in Concubine Jing's belly. So when the people from the Lu family came today and saw that Concubine Jing was pregnant, they didn't make a fuss or argue, but left quickly. Perhaps in their eyes, Empress Xian De's position as empress would soon be gone, so they didn't have time to show mercy, let alone be persistent. They just regarded it as their kindness, a good deed.
It seems so worry-free, but what is the reality?
There has been a saying since ancient times: the world is unpredictable.
"The Lu family always forgets one thing. You and I both have the surname Xie, and we carry Xie blood in our veins." Emperor Yongle said indifferently, "And the Xie family is all ruthless."
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