Consort Qi finally lost her composure and angrily cursed, "You bitch! You dare to hurt Hongshi, I won't let you get away with this!"
Madam Nian smiled slightly: "You can try to see if I dare. Even a rabbit will bite when cornered. Now that you're locked up here, I'm waiting to see how you protect your son. I will make you pay for the pain I've suffered, bit by bit."
"If you want to find someone, find me! It's me who's dealing with you, it has nothing to do with Hongshi!" Consort Qi finally panicked. Hongshi was her only child. She wasn't afraid of losing favor or dying. Her only fear was that her son would also be abandoned by the Emperor.
At this moment, Nian was no longer the weak and harmless woman she used to be. Li felt that the smiling Nian was more like a demon.
Ignoring Consort Qi's frantic cursing, Lady Nian gracefully departed.
Standing on the stone steps outside, Lady Nian looked up at the white clouds and smiled bitterly: "I can never go back to the innocent me I used to be. Green Bud, do you think this palace really changes people into different people?"
Green Bud hurriedly shook her head: "Your Majesty is wrong. In this servant's heart, Your Majesty is still that simple and kind-hearted Your Majesty. No matter how harsh you are in your words to Consort Qi, you will never be able to harden your heart."
Lady Nian was bewildered and muttered to herself, "Is that so? Maybe. In fact, how could I not know that Hongshi is innocent? I have also thought about using Hongshi to take revenge on Consort Qi and avenge my child, but when I think that Hongshi is also the Emperor's son, I can't bring myself to do it."
The Emperor has few sons to begin with, and I cannot bear him a healthy one. I cannot ruin Hongshi under any circumstances. Even though I hate Consort Qi to the core, all I can do is torture her will with these harsh words.”
When Lady Nian first entered the manor, she was innocent and carefree. Upon first meeting the Fourth Prince, she fell in love with him. From that moment on, she had no other thoughts but to win the heart of one man.
Knowing that the master had someone else in his heart, Lady Nian would be jealous, heartbroken, and hate the person who had stolen the master's heart, but she could not help but love the fourth master.
Later, she came to understand that she didn't care if the master doted on her because of her brother, nor did she care if the master had someone else in his heart. As long as the master continued to dote on her like that, she would be content.
The Fourth Prince also kept his word. Over the years, he has always favored her the most. Even though the once-favored Lady Li lost favor, the Fourth Prince never wronged her.
So much so that Nian forgot that it was all just an illusion.
If it's an illusion, Mr. Nian only wishes that this illusion would last forever.
But later, the death of her child cast a shadow over her heart. No matter how good her husband was to her, Nian Shi could never forget the child she had lost, and her health deteriorated.
She could only comfort herself that there would be more in the future.
She did indeed give birth to a second child for the master, but due to premature birth, the child was weak and sickly from a young age. Nian was afraid that this child would also die like the first child, so she lived in fear every day and took great care of the child.
The grandfather named the child Fu Hui, hoping that the child would be blessed. This was also Nian's hope, and Nian wept with joy.
It turns out that the master and she are the same, and that's enough.
But Li Shi harmed her child once again. The child was not even born yet, and had not even called out "Mother" or "Father Emperor".
She desperately hoped that she could give birth to a healthy child this time, so as not to let down her grandfather's kindness to her.
But everything was ruined, ruined by the Li family.
Lady Nian returned to Yikun Palace in a daze, but encountered the wife of Prince Yi on the way.
When Heyue saw Nian Shi, she secretly cursed her bad luck.
I had just visited the Empress Dowager and originally intended to visit Tongxuan and Tongya on the way, but unexpectedly I ran into Consort Nian.
He Yue forced herself to step forward and pay her respects: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects. May Your Majesty enjoy boundless blessings and peace."
This was the first time that Emperor Yongzheng and Lady Yue had met face-to-face since he ascended the throne. In the past, there had always been other people present, and they had never spoken much to each other.
There was already a rift between them, so there was no need to pretend to be friendly; they should just act like they weren't close.
Moreover, Heyue was the primary consort and Nianshi was the secondary consort. Heyue was of higher status than Nianshi, and when they met, Nianshi had to bow to Heyue.
But who can blame them when she's now a Noble Consort, while Heyue is just a Prince's wife?
If you can avoid encountering them, you'll naturally be happy and won't need to bow or be polite.
Unexpectedly, they still encountered each other today, and Heyue could only unluckily bow to Nian Shi.
It's true what they say, fortunes change, and Heyue felt extremely aggrieved.
But didn't Lady Nian just have a miscarriage not long ago? Why did she come from the Eastern Six Palaces?
Ms. Nian was not in a good mood at the moment. Although she did not like He Yue, she was not in the mood to make things difficult for her. She was not the type to intimidate people in public. She was thinking of just pretending not to see it and leaving.
Just as they passed Heyue, Lady Nian suddenly had a thought and ordered her men to stop. She then helped Lü Rui down from the sedan chair.
"Princess Consort Yi may dispense with the formalities."
The other person spoke softly and had a relatively gentle attitude. He Yue was secretly lamenting that she hadn't checked the almanac before leaving home when the other person suddenly stopped, and then she was suddenly stunned.
He Yue stood up as instructed: "Thank you, Your Highness."
Lady Nian gestured for Lü Rui to step back a few paces, then asked with a smile, "Did the Princess Consort of Prince Yi just come from the Empress Dowager's palace?"
He nodded in agreement: "Yes."
"I wonder how Your Majesty is doing? I have been feeling unwell these days, and I was afraid of passing on my illness to Your Majesty, so I haven't been able to pay my respects for a long time. I am truly worried about you."
"The Empress Dowager's health has improved somewhat, and the Noble Consort is very kind," Heyue replied earnestly.
"Oh, that's good." Lady Nian breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Is Princess Yi going to visit the Fourth Princess and the Princess? It's kind of you to think about the children so much from so far away. I've seen both of them, and they're both quite adorable. No wonder you can't let them go and often come to the inner palace. I imagine the Fourth Princess and the Second Princess were very happy to see you."
He Yue was completely baffled. What was she trying to say? Was she complaining that He Yue was going to the inner palace too often?
Sigh, isn't this concern a bit too far-fetched? Is it really bothering her to let Yue see her daughter?
Despite thinking this, she said aloud, "A mother worries when her son travels a thousand miles. Although Tongxuan and Tongya are doing well in the palace and are not far away, I have nothing to worry about. It's just that I miss them terribly after not seeing them for so long. I think Your Highness understands this deeply."
He Yue said this casually without thinking much about it, but when she saw the fleeting sadness in Nian Shi's eyes, she suddenly realized that she might have said the wrong thing.
It seems quite hurtful for Heyue to say such things when the other person has just lost their child.
Heyue had only been away from her child for a few days, but Consort Ren had lost her child forever.
Yue was immediately annoyed, but didn't know how to comfort him.
Since they weren't very close, offering words of comfort would seem insincere, and the other person might not appreciate it, so Heyue could only remain silent.
Originally, I thought the other party would be furious and leave, but to my surprise, not only did she not leave, but she sighed leisurely: "I understand the thoughts of the Princess Consort. It is a blessing for the children that the Princess Consort can think this way. The Princess Consort loves the children so much, so she must understand the Empress Dowager's thoughts. The Princess Consort's visit to the Empress Dowager cannot cure the Empress Dowager's illness. If the Princess Consort truly cares about the Empress Dowager, she should put her heart into it."
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