"Your Majesty, please rest assured! I understand. When Consort Jing gives birth, I will treat the child as my own!"
Upon hearing Zhao Furong's words, the Empress Dowager nodded in satisfaction; she liked people like this who were reasonable and understanding.
She didn't like any of those that were twisted or contorted.
"Your Majesty, I suddenly remembered that there are some Guanyin statues and other items that Your Majesty bestowed upon me in the palace. I am not worthy of these things. I will go back now and have them sent to Consort Jing's palace so that she can give birth to a prince for His Majesty as soon as possible."
Zhao Furong's words made the Empress Dowager even more gratified, and she couldn't help but nod repeatedly.
"Go ahead! Don't worry, I'll have someone give you some other things later, I guarantee they'll be things you like."
Only then did Zhao Furong finally put on a happy smile. Although she had been smiling the whole time, it was all forced.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. You are so kind to me. I will take my leave now."
After Zhao Furong finished speaking, she withdrew, and the Empress Dowager kept nodding as she watched her retreating figure.
Finally, he couldn't help but say something to Granny Ming beside him.
"Haitang, look at my niece. She is very magnanimous and would not do such petty things. She said those things at the beginning because she was thinking of His Majesty."
Since the Empress Dowager thought so, Zhao Furong knew she couldn't contradict her, so she nodded without hesitation.
"Empress Dowager, what about Consort Jing...?"
Before Ming Mama could finish speaking, she saw the Empress Dowager and knew what she wanted to say.
"Let's leave Consort Jing alone for now. While the Emperor is still infatuated with her, let him try and see if she can conceive! Let's find some time to go to Tianshan Poetry School to visit Master Mingdao! I heard that Master Mingdao has already returned from his travels."
Granny Ming nodded. She had heard about it too. Master Mingdao was a highly virtuous monk, so asking him was definitely the right thing to do.
"Your Majesty, when do you plan to depart? This old servant will make arrangements for your departure."
The Empress Dowager thought for a moment before slowly speaking.
"Let's do it in the next couple of days! While the master is still here, we don't want to miss out again."
Hibiscus Palace!
After returning home, Zhao Furong began to think of a way. There were indeed many Guanyin statues in her palace that granted children. They were all given to her by the Empress Dowager when she first entered the palace, in the hope that she could give birth to a prince for the Emperor.
But if the emperor doesn't touch her, she simply can't give birth to a child on her own, and no matter how many Guanyin statues grant children, they are of no use to her.
"Your Highness, why are you taking these things out? Isn't this just bringing back painful memories?"
He Yue looked at the things she had put away, which were then taken out by Zhao Furong again, and felt somewhat puzzled.
"Ah, that's right! These things are in my palace, and seeing them always brings back painful memories for me. It makes me feel bad, and it makes others feel bad too. He Yue, take these Guanyin statues that grant children to Consort Jing's palace and let her arrange them properly so that she may give birth to a prince for the Emperor as soon as possible."
He Yue immediately understood what her Imperial Noble Consort meant, nodded, and summoned several servants to take away all the Guanyin statues and send them to Jiang Jingyue.
Looking at the Guanyin statue that had already been taken away, He Yue couldn't help but ask.
"Your Majesty, didn't you say that the Emperor has no choice... If we send these things, won't the Emperor be reminded of something he didn't mean, and then take his anger out on you?"
Zhao Furong knew what He Yue hadn't finished saying. The reason she knew that the Emperor couldn't have children was because her father had told her. Her father said that as long as the Emperor couldn't have a prince, the chances of Prince Cheng succeeding to the throne were very high. Her father was Prince Cheng's man, so of course he hoped that Prince Cheng could take the throne.
She had only one task: to keep an eye on the concubines in the palace. Only when they succeeded could she obtain what she desired.
What Zhao Furong has always wanted has only been one thing: Mo Yuhan.
That one glance she caught at the foot of the city wall changed her life forever.
Everything had been peaceful until now. Although none of the emperor's concubines had gone to the palace, Zhao Furong thought that if she held on for a while longer, the emperor would be hers alone.
But then Jiang Jingyue suddenly appeared, and she absolutely couldn't allow it.
When a large group of servants brought over the Guanyin statue of Guanyin who grants children, Jiang Jingyue was still lying lazily on the boudoir, with Qiu Hua feeding her grapes beside her.
There were two maids beside her, one massaging her shoulders and the other massaging her legs. This kind of life was something many people dreamed of.
The servants outside, seeing so many people arrive all at once, hurriedly came in to report.
When Jiang Jingyue saw the large group of people entering, each holding a Guanyin statue symbolizing fertility, she was quite shocked. There were just too many of them. Looking at all these Guanyin statues, Jiang Jingyue shook her head; she didn't need any of them.
Jiang Jingyue looked at these things and immediately spoke.
"I don't need these things. You can take them back and let your Imperial Noble Consort keep them. She should need them more than I do."
As soon as Jiang Jingyue finished speaking, the servants exchanged glances, their eyes filled with disbelief.
They probably never imagined that someone would dare to refuse a gift from the Imperial Noble Consort.
"Your Highness, this is all out of the Imperial Noble Consort's kindness. How can you refuse? If you refuse, we won't be able to explain ourselves when we get back!"
The person who spoke was probably the leader of this group. Perhaps because he felt that Jiang Jingyue's rank was not as high as their Imperial Noble Consort's, his words carried a commanding tone.
If it were another concubine, she might have happily accepted it.
But who is Jiang Jingyue? She wouldn't keep anything she didn't need to get in her way, and besides, she never cared about the Imperial Noble Consort.
"You'll have trouble explaining yourselves when you get back. What does this have to do with me? Just do what you're supposed to do. If you can't do it, just smash it. I don't need it anyway."
Jiang Jingyue's words reached Zhao Furong's ears without missing a single one.
Upon hearing Jiang Jingyue say that, Zhao Furong couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.
"Then smash them all. Remember to find an opportunity to tell the Empress Dowager about this, and then mention it briefly, because I'm so angry about this that I can't sleep."
The servants in Furong Palace were all shrewd and quick-witted. As soon as Zhao Furong said that, they immediately understood what she meant.
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