Meanwhile, Consort De also received the news, and when she first heard it, she simply didn't believe it.
The main reason was that she had already decided that Zhan Beiting would definitely not have children, so she felt at ease letting her son Cheng'er take good care of his health.
But to her utter surprise, news came from Zhan Beiting's side that the Emperor had even named Zhan Beiting as Crown Prince, which she simply couldn't accept.
"Go quickly and fetch the princess. Bring her into the palace and tell her that I have something to discuss with her."
There was no need for Consort De's people to search; Zhan Chengde had already received the news while he was outside the palace.
Upon receiving the news, he immediately went to the palace.
When the Empress's people went to find him, they happened to run into him.
"Your Highness Prince Cheng, Consort De has something to discuss with you and requests that Your Highness come to the palace."
When Prince Cheng entered the palace, he saw that Consort De's eyes were red from crying. The moment she saw him, her eyes lit up.
"Cheng'er, have you heard about what happened? The Emperor has already issued an edict declaring Zhan Beiting the Crown Prince. What should we do next?"
Consort De was very anxious and immediately reached out and grabbed Zhan Chengde.
Zhan Chengde knew his mother was anxious, so even though he was being pulled very hard, he didn't utter a sound.
"Mother, don't worry. We need to think about this carefully. Things have developed in ways we never imagined, so our most important task now is to stop them from going any further."
Consort De certainly understood this principle, but she had no idea how to do it.
"Cheng'er, what should we do?"
Zhan Chengde paused for a moment before speaking to Consort De.
"Mother, now we have no choice but to take action and force the emperor to abdicate!"
"Let Father Emperor abdicate the throne to me, then Zhan Beiting will have no chance. If we succeed, this throne will be ours."
Consort De was frightened when she heard this. She didn't know if this matter could succeed. If it failed, then they would only have one way out: death.
"Cheng'er, are you sure you want to do this? What if it fails, we..."
Before Consort De could finish speaking, Zhan Chengde interrupted her.
"Mother, don't overthink it. We can only succeed in this matter; failure is not an option."
And you must have confidence that as long as we prepare everything, this matter will definitely succeed.
Since Zhan Chengde had said so, Consort De felt that since they had already reached this point, they might as well go all out.
At least this way, they still have hope.
"Alright, then this matter is up to you, Cheng'er. You can make the arrangements. If there's anything your mother needs, just let her know."
Upon returning, Zhan Chengde immediately brought his men out.
All the instructions have been given, now we just wait for the results.
He now hopes that what he wants to do will succeed.
Zhao Jiaorou also received the news, and when she learned that Jiang Jingyue had become the Crown Princess, she was extremely excited.
The position of Crown Princess should belong to her; it has nothing to do with Jiang Jingyue.
So at this moment, she was very anxious. She immediately went to find Zhan Chengde to see what he had to say.
When she arrived at the study, looking at Zhan Chengde's expression, she didn't know whether she should go in or not.
However, after thinking of the Crown Princess's room, Zhao Jiaorou gritted her teeth and went inside.
The moment Zhan Chengde saw Zhao Jiaorou, he was filled with rage.
"What are you doing here? You useless woman, do you even know that your sister is pregnant? Because of this, I can't become the crown prince. It's all your fault."
When Zhao Jiaorou heard Zhan Chengde say that, she immediately became unhappy.
Why is everything her fault? This time, it wasn't her fault at all; she didn't do anything wrong.
So she immediately looked at Zhan Chengde and retorted.
"Your Highness, why is it Jiao Jiao's fault in this matter? Isn't it your fault that we don't have a child? Since we got married, it seems that Your Highness has never touched Jiao Jiao even once!"
"How can Jiao Jiao get pregnant if you act like this? What if Your Highness hadn't touched Jiao Jiao, but she still got pregnant? What would Your Highness think?"
Zhao Jiaorou was very agitated when she said this, feeling that this matter could not be blamed on her at all.
She did not do anything wrong in this matter.
"Your Highness, think about it yourself, is this really Yueyue's fault?"
Zhan Chengde would never admit that this was his fault.
So he wanted to pin the whole thing on Zhao Jiaorou.
So at this moment, seeing Zhao Jiaorou's unwillingness to admit it, he was really furious.
He already had a bad temper, so when he saw Zhao Jiaorou like this, he got angry and hit her.
"Say it again, say it one more time and see."
After saying this, Zhan Chengde slapped Zhao Jiaorou across the face.
That slap turned Zhao Jiaorou's face crooked.
Zhao Jiaorou covered her face and looked at Zhan Chengde with disbelief in her eyes.
She never imagined that Zhan Chengde would lay a hand on her.
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