Chapter 525 Let Me Change the Entire Great Xia
Consort Liu cried for a long time. Qin Mo, who was outside the courtyard, was initially a little reluctant to see her suffer, but later became somewhat irritated.
"Qin Mo, why haven't they come out yet? Are they testing their bloodlines? It shouldn't take that long!"
"Hmm? Maybe they're discussing countermeasures!"
"Countermeasures? What countermeasures?"
"A strategy to deal with me!"
"Then why are you still standing here? Why don't you go in and stop them?" Qin Yumu was immediately anxious. People from the Yan Prince, Chang Le Prince, and Xiao Xinyan factions were all inside, yet Qin Mo didn't go in to show her presence. She was really too inexperienced!
Qin Mo smiled calmly and said, "Stop them? If they're not going to discuss it here, they'll go somewhere else. Besides, if we're going to stop them, this isn't the way to do it!"
Wang Yushi had discussed various possible scenarios with Qin Mo, and this was one of them. However, at the time, they imagined that the two imperial concubines would give birth to princesses, not deformed children.
A full hour passed before the Prince of Yan and his entourage emerged from the courtyard. Several princes cast look at Qin Mo with the impression that said, "Little brat, you're still too young."
"The situation surrounding Consort Liu's child is quite suspicious. Why doesn't Prince Heng go in and take a look?" Qin Mu's expression was rather unpleasant. Seeing Qin Mo's indifferent attitude, he hesitated for a moment before inviting Qin Mo to go in and take a look.
"I could tell from the crying, why rub salt into their wounds?" Qin Mo waved her hand, indicating that she wouldn't go in.
"No, you should still go in and take a look!" Qin Mu's tone became firm.
Qin Mo frowned, but still went into Consort Liu's courtyard, where she saw the poor child.
The baby was very small, weighing less than three pounds, with his eyes half-closed, fast asleep in his swaddling clothes.
"Don't touch my child, don't touch my child..."
Qin Mu reached out to untie the swaddling cloth, but Consort Liu cried out to stop him, only to be forcefully blocked by Qin Mu.
The swaddling clothes were removed, revealing the child's thin, bony body and limbs of varying lengths.
"This child... lacks the ability to perpetuate the bloodline!"
Qin Mu pointed to the child's spot and said indifferently to Qin Mo, "The Consort Liu next to me has already fainted from crying. Just now, a group of people surrounded the child, pointing and whispering. Their strange looks made this woman feel extremely helpless."
"Does he have imperial blood?"
"Yes, but it's very diluted!"
"Then they should enjoy the sustenance provided by the deceased concubine and the prince!"
"...Of course, they, mother and son, will never have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of their lives! You are kind-hearted."
Qin Mu glanced at Qin Mo, feeling a pang of regret: "This boy is kind-hearted, it's a pity..."
After so many people saw the child, some were secretly pleased, some sighed, and some regretted, but no one ever considered how the mother and child would survive. Once they had no more use for the child, they were no longer relevant to them.
"Kind-hearted? Not necessarily. I'm ruthless when it comes to killing!" Qin Mo rolled her eyes. Kindness in a leader is not necessarily a good thing; it may mean weakness and vulnerability.
"Let's go outside and talk!" Qin Mu took the lead and walked out of the room. Qin Mo carefully wrapped the baby up and followed him out.
"You know that the late emperor had health problems!"
"You mean... the late emperor's sudden death wasn't due to excessive indulgence, but rather because he had inherent problems?" Qin Mo asked, feigning surprise. His acting wasn't great, but he didn't care. "This is better than a blank expression, isn't it?"
Qin Mu stared sternly into Qin Mo's eyes for a long time before finally saying, "When the late emperor passed away, I discovered that he had too many secret medicines in his body, and the women who served him in bed also admitted that the late emperor often took some forbidden drugs."
"Banned drugs? What banned drugs? What are their effects?"
"The specific uses of the secret medicine from Chengtian Pavilion are unknown, but after seeing Consort Liu's child just now, we have finally confirmed that the late Emperor's body... is no longer capable of giving birth to a child of normal bloodline!"
Qin Mo narrowed her eyes and asked coldly, "So? What do you want to tell me?"
Qin Mu looked at Qin Mo meaningfully and said, "The late emperor had health problems, and the two imperial concubines were both mortals. Even so, the children they gave birth to were deformed. Given the late emperor's health... I'm afraid the empress's offspring will also be somewhat suspicious!"
"What a joke! Just because Consort Liu's child is no good doesn't mean Consort Han's is no good. Even if Consort Han's child is no good, it doesn't prove that the Empress's child is no good! What are their cultivation levels, and what realm is the Empress at? How can the bloodlines they produce be the same?"
"Qin Mo, as you and I both know, it is extremely difficult for someone of the Empress's status to conceive. After examining the Empress's pulse, the imperial physician determined that she was three months pregnant. This time... is not recorded in the late Emperor's daily records!"
"Your Highness, is this something you should be saying? Do you dare come with me to speak to the Empress?"
"Qin Mo, I and Lord Xiao have reached a consensus: we will no longer choose the late emperor's orphan as the new ruler, but instead select a new ruler from a collateral branch of the imperial family!"
Qin Mu ignored the angry Qin Mo and instead told her the result of their discussion. This result weighed the needs of all parties and involved a lot of power exchanges. Qin Mo, who was outside the courtyard at the time, was completely unaware of this and naturally gained nothing.
"What if I don't agree?" Qin Mo stated her stance seriously for the first time.
"Qin Mo, you can't fight against all of us alone. Yuan Ze is your brother. If you fully support his ascension to the throne, your Hengwang lineage will be in danger in the future..."
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