"Let go!" Concubine Zhao suddenly shook off Zhong Mingzheng's hand, and then continued to draw her eyebrows in front of the mirror, saying like crazy. "The emperor likes me to draw distant mountain eyebrows the most!"
"Mother!" Zhong Mingzheng was so frightened that he went up to grab the charcoal pencil from Concubine Zhao's hand and shook Concubine Zhao's shoulders vigorously. "Mother! Please look at me carefully, I am Mingzheng! I am your son!"
Concubine Zhao stared at Zhong Mingzheng, who was about to cry. For a long while, she suddenly cried out "Wow!" She suddenly covered her face with her hands and sobbed, "Mingzheng. Mingzheng, your father doesn't want me anymore! He doesn't want me anymore!"
"Mother, please don't be like this!" Zhong Mingzheng was busy taking a handkerchief to wipe Concubine Zhao's tears. He consoled her. "Mother, you are a second-rank concubine, the most honorable woman in the harem. How could the emperor not want you? Mother, please don't be sad. She is just a bitch. Why can't you deal with her? Why do you let her hurt yourself like this?"
"But the emperor has never been so attentive to any woman, and a 32-year-old woman!" Concubine Zhao wiped her tears and said fiercely, not caring that she was almost 40 years old. She gritted her teeth and said, "She is just a maid, and an old woman. Why does the emperor care so much about her? I really can't understand it!"
"My son heard that the bitch was not originally a palace maid. She used to serve the empress dowager on Mount Wutai and did not worship Buddha. Because she served well, the empress dowager was very happy. This year, the empress dowager did not return to Mount Wutai, so she sent someone to bring her to the palace. Who knew that she was favored by the emperor after only a few days in the palace. It was really a rare good fortune," Zhong Mingzheng said slowly, his tone full of sarcasm and disdain. He added, "My son also heard that the empress dowager originally absolutely refused to allow it, and the bitch was devoted to Buddhism, so she would never agree. Later, it was the emperor who forced her to do so, and the bitch had no choice but to agree. Until now, the empress dowager is still angry with the emperor."
"How can the Queen Mother be angry? If she were angry, it would only show on her face. Who knows how happy she is in her heart." Concubine Zhao said gritting her teeth.
"Mother, what you mean is that the Queen Mother took that bitch into the palace just to... share her favor?" Zhong Mingzheng frowned. Perhaps he found it unbelievable, so he nodded slowly, "I don't think so."
"Why not? The crown prince was deposed and became a half-dead paraplegic. He has no future to speak of. He has taken away the honor and favor of the Xu family. How can the queen mother not hate us? Now His Majesty has only three princes, and two of them are born by me. The queen mother can't bear to see you two princes with Zheng blood in your bodies enter the East Palace. So how could it be such a coincidence that the queen mother didn't go to Mount Wutai this year, but still took that bitch into the palace?" Concubine Zhao's eyes were bloodshot, and she said hatefully, "She is holding back to avenge the Xu family!"
"What the Queen Mother said makes sense, but I thought that even if the Queen Mother wanted to find someone to share the favor of the Concubine Mother, she would definitely not find an old woman over 30 years old, right?" Zhong Mingzheng still felt puzzled, "I think that using a 32-year-old woman to share the favor is really too unlikely, isn't it?"
"Who knows? No one can guess what the Queen Mother is thinking," Concubine Zhao snorted coldly, paused, and then said, "The Queen Mother knows His Majesty best. Maybe His Majesty likes this."
"Mother! Please stop saying those angry words," Zhong Mingzheng said with a smile, and added, "I think that father's love for Concubine Hui is just temporary and it won't last long. Don't worry. Who are you and who are she? If you get angry with her, wouldn't that be lowering your status?"
"I don't want to get angry with her, but..." Concubine Zhao bit her lip and clenched her fist, and sighed for a long time, "What if that bitch is pregnant with a dragon seed?"
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