The emperor looked at everyone, waved his hand with a somewhat dark look in his eyes,
"You go back first, everyone leave."
There was something unfathomable about his eyes.
Luo Lan bowed, turned around and walked out. Lord Yu and others also walked out.
After everyone left, the emperor said to Eunuch Liu, "Go to Dening Palace."
Eunuch Liu knew what the emperor was thinking, so he didn't dare to say anything. He shouted at the top of his voice:
"The Emperor is arriving at Dening Palace."
As soon as the emperor finished speaking, everyone followed him and hurried to Dening State.
The emperor was in a hurry all the way with a dark look on his face. Eunuch Liu who was following him did not dare to ask any more questions.
Concubine Chang was a little surprised to hear that the emperor was coming. It was neither early nor late, so why was the emperor coming?
However, she still quickly went to the gate of Dening Palace to welcome the emperor.
"Your Majesty, how come you have time to come to my place?"
The emperor ignored her words and waved his hand to the servants behind him with a serious expression.
"Get out of here!"
Anyone could tell from the emperor's tone that he was angry, very angry.
Upon hearing this, the servants retreated one after another. Concubine Chang looked at him with some confusion and asked timidly:
"Your Majesty, what are you angry about?"
The emperor looked up at her and slowly approached her. Before she could react, he raised his hand and slapped her in the face. The slap made Concubine Chang's eyes sparkle and she staggered back a few steps.
She covered her face, which was red from being beaten by the emperor, bit her lip, and asked with tears in her eyes:
"Your Majesty, why did you hit me?"
"Why did you hit me?"
The emperor stared at her with a distorted face, stepped closer, and asked harshly,
"What happened to Yu'er's leg where someone hammered a nail into it?"
Hearing this, Concubine Chang looked up at him in astonishment, with a look of fear in her eyes.
"Your Majesty, this..."
It seemed that Shui Luolan had told the emperor about this matter, and she felt even more disgusted with Shui Luolan.
The emperor suddenly grabbed her collar with his hands, glared at her and gritted his teeth, saying:
"You knew about this a long time ago, didn't you? Who did it?"
"emperor……"
Concubine Chang squeezed out a word from her throat, looking at him with horror, "Your Majesty, spare my life."
The emperor gritted his teeth and shouted sternly:
"Didn't I tell you that Prince Yu's Mansion's salary had been cut off, and that I, the Emperor, couldn't intervene, so I asked you to privately support Prince Yu's Mansion and look after him in the name of your mother? What did you do? How did you look after Prince Yu's Mansion?"
His hands were pinching tighter and tighter, and Concubine Chang's face had turned ashen. She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but couldn't.
The emperor approached her again, saying bitterly:
"Tell me, have you never treated Yu'er as your own son? Yu'er has never seen his biological mother, and he has always thought that you are his biological mother. I have repeatedly warned you to treat Yu'er as your own son. Have you done so?"
Concubine Chang looked at the emperor in horror, with a hint of fear in her eyes.
How could she possibly treat him like her own son? His biological mother was the emperor's favorite woman. They had entered the palace together, so why did the emperor favor her alone? If that woman hadn't died prematurely, bleeding during childbirth, how could she have had the chance to sit in the position she had today?
She only felt hatred for that woman.
"emperor……"
When Concubine Chang saw that the emperor's grip loosened a little, she begged:
"Your Majesty, I have always treated Yu'er as my own child. If I have done anything wrong, please punish me."
The emperor looked at her and thought of Ming'er, who was just over ten years old, and his hand naturally relaxed.
Concubine Chang covered her neck with her hands, coughed hard a few times, then knelt before the emperor and cried bitterly.
"Your Majesty, I truly treat Yu'er as my own child. I often provide financial support to Prince Yu's Mansion. For Yu'er's sake, I was worried that he wouldn't be able to enter the ancestral mausoleum after his death, so I spent a lot of money to find him a funeral princess. After Princess Yu entered the mansion, I repeatedly sent her rewards. Doesn't Your Majesty see all this? Why does Your Majesty doubt my feelings for Yu'er?"
Hearing her say this, the emperor's expression eased a little. He stood with his hands behind his back and continued questioning.
"How come someone drove nails into his legs, leaving him paralyzed? Didn't you tell me he was paralyzed by self-harm?"
Hearing this, Concubine Chang became a little nervous. She pursed her lips, rolled her eyes, and thought carefully. The Emperor must not know the whole story if he asked this. So she lowered her head and said:
"Your Majesty, I only learned about this afterward. I investigated and found that it was Yu'er who forced the servants to do this. He hated himself for doing such a ridiculous thing and was afraid that he would not be able to obey Your Majesty's order and be confined to his house, and make an irreparable mistake."
Hearing this, the corners of the emperor's mouth twitched. He knew Yu'er's temper. He was a stubborn person. He had always been like this. If he made a mistake, he would punish himself even if his father did not pursue it.
He sighed, frowned, and said slowly:
"Yu'er treats you as his own mother after all. I don't want him to know that his mother is dead. You must also pay attention to his affairs in the future. The princess you found for him is good. She is skilled in medicine and will surely take good care of him. But these stupid imperial doctors in the palace have come back to tell me that he will not live long. They are simply a bunch of quacks."
When Concubine Chang saw that the emperor's expression had finally eased a little, she said softly:
"Your Majesty, I know that I have always treated Yu'er as my own son, no matter before or since. When I heard the news that he was dying some time ago, I also found it difficult to accept it for a while. However, I went to Prince Yu'er's Mansion many times, but Yu'er still refused to see me. I don't blame him. He did something wrong and was only confined by Your Majesty. Your Majesty is already forgiving him. He may be blaming me for not pleading for him after the incident, so he self-harmed and gave up on himself, which led to his depression. Otherwise, the imperial physician would not have said that he would not live long."
"Stop talking."
The emperor raised his hand to stop her from continuing. He didn't want to mention what happened in the past. What Yu'er did in the past has always been a knot in his heart, a knot that he felt could not be untied.
He didn't even look at her, nor did he stay for long, he just walked away.
Concubine Chang sat down on the ground dejectedly, still feeling frightened as she thought about the emperor's actions just now.
The emperor looked so scary just now. She didn't expect that Leng Yu wanted to kill him, the emperor, but he still cared about him now.
It seems that his deceased mother still has a place in the emperor's heart. He is still thinking about that dead person. Thinking of this, she bit her lips tightly, her face turned pale, and she sneered.
"hehe!"
Nanny Yu hurried over to help her up, "My Lady, the ground is cold, please get up quickly!"
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