The smile on the eldest prince's face froze the moment he saw Concubine Kang:
"When did you come? Did you hear everything we said?"
Concubine Kang tearfully advised, "Your Highness, come with me to report to the Empress Dowager. Okay?"
"Mother, my father has allowed me to be adopted under your name. If I ascend the throne, you will be the empress dowager..." the eldest prince said softly.
He was afraid that Concubine Kang would tell on him, so he used the position of Queen Dowager to keep her in check.
Ever since the two of them were confined in the palace, the eldest prince never called her mother again.
The long-lost mother made Concubine Kang's eyes red:
"Mother does not ask for the title of Queen Mother, but only hopes that you can grow up safely. Don't be deceived by Prince Yihe! Let's go to see the Queen Mother together. Mother knows that you have always wanted to leave the palace. With this contribution, we can also ask the Queen Mother for a favor..."
Emperor Liang was unaware of the Empress Dowager's methods, so he sent Prince Yihe to take charge.
But Concubine Kang knew it too well.
How terrifying that impeccable person is! Prince Yihe's plan will never come true.
She has to stop the eldest prince from dying!
"His plan will never succeed. Please trust me once, Xiu'er. Please trust me once..."
Kang Taipin's eyes were filled with earnest pleading.
She did not report to Ning Wanyin directly in order to remove the eldest prince from the matter.
Only if the two of them go to report together, what the eldest prince just said to him can be said as a rhetoric to stabilize Prince Yihe, without any fault but merit.
Otherwise, once Prince Yihe's plan was exposed and the eldest prince was implicated, he would surely die.
She had to save the child she had raised for many years.
"Mother, I understand." The eldest prince looked at her expression and knew that she was a stubborn person.
With such a good opportunity, she didn't want to become the queen mother, but instead asked him to inform on her.
The eldest prince immediately changed the subject: "In fact, I also think that Prince Yihe wants to use me. Mother is right. With this merit, perhaps we can leave the palace..."
Concubine Kang thought they would argue for a while, but she didn't expect him to change his mind so quickly.
It was so fast that she felt it was a little fake.
But at this moment, she wished so much that she could save him.
"Mother, let's go. We'll go find the eunuch in charge and inform the Queen Mother." The eldest prince took the initiative to hold Concubine Kang's hand, with a gentle smile on his face.
Kang Taipin had not seen such a smile for a long time.
The mother and son came out of the palace and walked outside.
There is a clear pond outside the study.
The palace is named after the Qingchi Lake, and the lake view is excellent all year round. It snowed heavily last night, and a thin layer of ice formed in the Qingchi Lake. The branches around it were covered with frost, and the lake was covered with silver.
The sky and the earth were all white, absolutely beautiful and quiet.
There was no one around, only the mother and son, walking by the clear water.
Kang Taipin was in a heavy mood. She had a bad premonition, but she could only hope that her premonition was false.
"Mother—" The eldest prince suddenly slipped deliberately and shouted in panic.
Without time to think, Concubine Kang quickly stood up to help him. The next moment, there was a crash and she was pushed directly into the pool...
“Plop——”
The thin ice on the lake surface shattered into pieces in an instant, and Concubine Kang fell heavily into the clear pond.
The eldest prince shouted in panic, "Mother, what's wrong with you? Wait, I'll go call someone..."
He got up and ran outside.
But Concubine Kang in the Qingchi knew that the eldest prince deliberately pushed her into the water, so no one would come.
The eldest prince's attitude changed too quickly, and she felt something was wrong just now.
but……
How could she choose?
For Concubine Kang, Xiu'er has been her son since the moment the late emperor handed him to her.
All her motherly love was poured into him.
Over the years, she did not fight for favor or palace power. Her only thought was about her son.
Should we let her go alone to tell the truth and send her own son away with her own hands?
She couldn't do it. She could only try her best, risking her life, to help him one last time.
Leave the final choice to the eldest prince.
If he could understand, both mother and child could survive.
If he persists in his mistake, this is where he will end up.
Concubine Kang's thoughts gradually faded. She recalled the first time she met the eldest prince a long time ago.
Before that, her life was dull.
The palace has always been bustling, but her life is as boring as a pool of stagnant water day after day.
I will probably live like this for the rest of my life.
Concubine Kang was a contented person. She was originally a girl from a small family and she never had any great ambitions or ideals. She was content to live a simple life like this.
But this little figure broke into her world.
The first time she coaxed the child to sleep, she was flustered. The eldest prince refused to sleep at night and cried for Concubine Shu. She told him stories from storytellers she had heard when she was a child, which diverted his attention. Only then did he close his eyes and sleep well, holding her hand tightly.
The first time she made snacks for the child, she burned her hands, and the eldest prince blew on them distressedly. Maybe he had already started to pretend at that time, but in Concubine Kang's eyes, the life of raising this child was like an ink painting that was suddenly dyed with colorful and brilliant colors.
All her joys, sorrows, anger and happiness fell on him.
The time that mother and son spent together did not last long, but for Concubine Kang, it was a precious memory.
The person she was most reluctant to part with and could not let go of was Xiu'er.
She could never bear to give up on Xiu'er. She only blamed herself for not being able to teach him well in the end...
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