Princess Fuqing's face turned pale and she grabbed the queen's sleeve: "Mother, you——"

The queen felt that acting was more tiring than managing the harem, and patted Princess Fuqing's hand tiredly: "Don't worry, Ah Quan. Husbands and wives fight at the head of the bed and make up at the foot of the bed. A few words of argument are nothing."

Princess Fuqing leaned against the Queen's side and pursed her lips and said, "But my father is the ruler of a country—"

The queen gave a soothing smile: "The ruler of a country is also your father."

Thinking of her father's love for her over the years, Princess Fuqing felt relieved. She hesitated for a moment and asked, "Mother, do you really hate Fourteenth Sister?"

The Queen smiled and asked, "Where is Fuqing?"

Princess Fuqing shook her head: "I don't hate her. On the contrary, I feel that Fourteenth Sister is a bit pitiful."

"oh?"

"It is natural for a son to pay for his father's debts, but Fourteenth Prince knows nothing. Isn't there a saying that ignorance is not a crime?" Princess Fuqing pursed her lips. "Father wants Fourteenth Prince to be the legitimate princess. I don't think it's a big deal. Mother doesn't need to be unhappy with Father over this..."

The queen stroked Princess Fuqing's hair lovingly and said, "Child, you are worrying about adults' affairs. Come on, have your meal. Your mother will handle these matters properly."

After hearing what the Queen said, Princess Fuqing had no choice but to stop talking about it and started eating properly.

The queen looked at her daughter and felt relieved.

Fuqing has a good temper, which may seem like she is prone to suffer losses, but she believes that this is a blessing for her daughter.

A girl from a poor family needs to be aggressive to climb up the social ladder, but Ah Quan is already the most noble princess in the world, and no one dares to make her angry no matter how good her temper is.

With Ah Quan's personality, he will surely be able to stand on equal terms with his prince consort in the future.

Thinking of this, the queen thought of someone, with a mocking expression on her face.

But don't be like Princess Rongyang, who relied on her noble status to think she could get everything and ended up hurting others and herself.

After Princess Fuqing left, the Queen immediately ordered her trusted nanny to go to the Fourteenth Princess's residence and warned her to behave herself and not to think of any unnecessary things.

The dispute between the emperor and the empress, as well as the queen's beating of the fourteenth princess, spread like a gust of wind to every corner of the harem.

After hearing this, Concubine Xian's first reaction was envy.

See, the Queen is different from these people.

When they met the Emperor, they were all gentle and submissive, and had to endure the anger in their hearts. However, the Empress dared to quarrel with the Emperor.

The Empress is the Emperor's wife, and they are different after all.

After Concubine Xian sighed, a look of determination flashed in her eyes.

She must help the fourth brother win the throne. It doesn't matter if she can't be the empress for the time being. When the fourth brother sits on the throne and becomes the emperor, she will definitely take the position of empress dowager.

Thinking of this, Concubine Xian became extremely enthusiastic and did not take the Queen's warning to the Fourteenth Princess seriously.

The queen must have been furious. It was really ungraceful to send someone to punish a sick princess. Haha, the queen mother must have had some opinions.

When the Queen Mother heard about this, she was quite dissatisfied.

"The Queen has always been calm and composed. What happened today? Is she so angry over a small suggestion from the Emperor?"

The confidant nanny secretly laughed.

The Queen Mother felt sorry for the Emperor's opinion of the Empress. In fact, if the late Emperor wanted to give her a princess to raise as his legitimate daughter, the Queen Mother would probably turn hostile on the spot.

"Don't take it to heart. The emperor and the empress have always been in harmony. I think everything will be fine soon."

The Queen Mother was still unhappy: "I came to see the Queen because Princess Fuqing's eyesight has improved and I got carried away."

The future of a legitimate princess who is outstanding in every aspect will be completely different from that of a legitimate princess who is blind.

In the eyes of the Queen Mother, the Queen had no hope in the past as she had to take care of a blind princess, so she knew how to be content and docile. But now that she thinks her daughter has a future, she can't help but feel proud.

This won't do.

The Queen Mother frowned and said to her trusted nanny, "Tell Nanny Duo to take some supplements to the Fourteenth Princess and tell her that I am worried about her health. Tell her to take good care of herself and come to pay her respects to me when she is well again."

Unlike the straightforward and brutal fighting between the Queen Mother and the Empress in the opera, in reality, the two extremely noble women remained calm during every confrontation.

For example, if the Queen Mother is dissatisfied with the words and deeds of the Queen, she will certainly not reprimand her directly, but will send someone to visit the Fourteenth Princess.

The Queen disliked the Fourteenth Princess, but the Queen Mother showed concern for her. This was a subtle warning to the Queen, so that everyone in the harem would know that the Queen Mother was dissatisfied with the Queen.

The trusted nanny hesitated for a moment: "Should we let Nanny Duo go or wait until tomorrow?"

The Queen Mother raised her eyelids and said, "Going there sooner will let people know that although Fourteenth has lost his mother, he is not a rootless weed."

The trusted nanny agreed and turned to explain the matter to Nanny Duo.

It gets dark early in winter. The sky has already become completely dark, and strings of palace lanterns under the eaves emit a soft light.

The snow on the eaves and branches was a vast expanse of white, which was somewhat dazzling to the eyes.

Nanny Duo walked forward expressionlessly. A maidservant was holding a palace lantern in front of her to illuminate the way, and another maidservant was following closely behind her carrying a brocade box.

The wind was so cold that it bit into the neck even with thick clothes on. The three of them felt uncomfortable walking outside in such a cold night.

As servants, no matter how difficult the task assigned by the master is, they must complete it as soon as possible, so the three of them quickened their pace.

The Fourteenth Princess's residence was a bit deserted, and at this time there was only a palace maid guarding the door.

Seeing Nanny Duo and the other two approaching, the palace maid hurriedly greeted them.

"Is your highness asleep?"

The maid glanced at the door and whispered, "Your Highness should not be asleep yet. Madam, please wait a moment. I will go in and tell him."

The maid opened the door, walked a few steps inside and shouted, "Your Highness, the Queen Mother has sent Nanny Duo to see you."

Deep in the curtains, the Fourteenth Princess's soft crying suddenly stopped.

After a long while, a voice that was trying to remain calm was heard by the palace maid: "Please let Madam Duo in."

Aunt Duo took the golden box from the maid who came with her and said calmly, "You just wait here. The princess is shy and probably doesn't want to see too many people at the moment."

The two palace maids did not find anything strange, so they responded and started chatting in low voices with the palace maid guarding the door.

Aunt Duo walked in step by step carrying the brocade box.

The smell of medicine became stronger and stronger.

She soon saw a pale-faced girl sitting against the head of the bed with slightly red eyes.

"Greetings to His Highness."

The Fourteenth Princess moved slightly, her voice weak, "Madam Duo, please don't be so polite. Thank you for coming to see me so late at night."

Aunt Duo glanced at the Fourteenth Princess and asked softly, "Your Highness is crying?"

The Fourteenth Princess was stunned by Nanny Duo's question and tears flowed uncontrollably.

Aunt Duo walked over quickly and comforted her gently.

"Every time I come to see Your Highness, I feel that Your Highness is getting thinner and thinner. Your Highness, if you continue like this, the spirit of the beauty in the underworld will be heartbroken..."

The Fourteenth Princess cried more and more sadly, murmuring: "I miss my mother so much... Mammy, why did my mother suddenly pass away..."