Chapter 55: Honey Trap
Mrs. Xie looked at her two children with anticipation, her fists clenched tightly with nervousness, and she didn't even feel the pain when her nails dug into her flesh.
When she became pregnant with twins, the fetuses were unstable and she had to stay in bed for more than half a year before she was three months pregnant.
After finally waiting for the day of delivery, she was in pain for two whole days and two nights before labor began.
She suffered so much and endured so much pain that she didn't even have the chance to take a look at her two children when they were born and she almost died from a hemorrhage.
For the sake of her two children, she ignored the various provocative plots of the concubines in the mansion, closed the courtyard door, and focused on recuperating.
Just so that he can personally raise the two children well in the future.
But before she even finished her confinement, she heard that her mother-in-law, the Imperial Concubine, had actually brought two children into the palace to raise in order to win favor?!
She begged her husband, her parents, to find a way to help her bring her child back.
But they all felt that she was being unreasonable and ungrateful...
In this way, she was separated from her children for many years and never lived together!
She hated Yun Yi and Concubine Xiao so much, and she hated her cold-blooded and heartless parents even more!
If it weren't for her two children, Xie Yuanshuang would definitely break off ties with her natal family and divorce Yun Yi!
Even if she died, she didn't want to be buried with this selfish mother and son!
"Shu'er, Zhang'er, mother misses you so much, will you come back home with mother?"
"Wait... wait until Zhang'er's hand heals. Mother will personally send you to the palace and you can continue to accompany Grandmother, okay?"
Xie's eyes were filled with tears, and she wished she could pick up her two children and leave immediately!
But I heard...
Yun Hanzhang snorted coldly.
"I love Grandma, the Imperial Palace is my home. Mother, please go. I will not go back with you!"
What good would it be to go back to the prince's mansion? The moment his mother saw him, she would tell him he was fat, nagging him about what he shouldn't eat and what he shouldn't touch. She even said it was time for him to go to school.
He doesn't want to go back!
"?!" Xie's heart skipped a beat and tears streamed down her face.
She couldn't continue to persuade her in front of Concubine Xiao, so she had to turn around with difficulty and look at her daughter Yun Shuer with expectation.
Concubine Xiao favors boys over girls, and she resents Shu'er for causing Zhang'er to suffer in the womb. She has always been mean to her. She must... she should go with her, right?
Look how thin she is. When she returns to the Prince's Mansion, she will first ask the imperial physician to take care of her body, then quietly transfer the shop and land under her name to Shu'er, and then, she will hire a few of the best female teachers to teach her well...
"Mother, calm down! Shu'er loves her grandmother and doesn't want to leave Qixiang Palace. I hope you will agree!"
Yun Shuer looked directly into Xie's eyes, speaking every word clearly without any hesitation.
Xie's ears buzzed, and her mind went blank. "But your grandmother treated you..."
"Mother, be careful with your words!" Yun Shu'er quickly interrupted her, "Grandmother treats Shu'er very well and has asked Mammy to teach Shu'er well. I hope mother doesn't worry."
She looked down on Xie, her mother who was always crying.
She felt that Xie was cowardly and incompetent, and that her grandmother was right. Although her grandmother was too strict with her, she would definitely provide her with a good future.
Her grandmother, Concubine Xiao, is her only support and the only one she deserves to rely on.
"..." Xie collapsed on the ground, her eyes full of disbelief.
"ah--!!"
“Ahhhh…Ahhhhhhhhh…”
It was the first time she cried so miserably in front of others. Concubine Xiao touched her ears impatiently. Several maids immediately covered Xie's mouth and dragged her out of the palace.
Yun Shuer retreated to the door obediently, lowered her eyes and peeled the walnuts that Yun Hanzhang was supposed to eat today.
The huge front hall was silent, as if nothing had happened.
Yun Hanzhang sat on Concubine Xiao's lap, looking up at his loving grandmother with great anticipation.
"Grandmother, has Grandfather said what to do with Yuntang? He hurt Zhang'er so badly, Grandfather will definitely not let her go, right?"
"..." Concubine Xiao's expression turned cold. "My dear, she is just a lowly and wild girl, and she is not even your grandfather's granddaughter. Why are you wasting your time and energy on her?"
Yun Hanzhang frowned slightly and turned to look at his twin sister. Yun Shuer looked up slowly.
"But Shu'er heard that the Empress Dowager likes her very much and has asked her to stay in Shoukang Palace for a while... Grandmother, Zhang'er has never entered Shoukang Palace!"
"Shut up!" Concubine Xiao's face was as dark as ink, and she glared at Yun Shu'er fiercely, "Stop instigating your brother all day long!"
After she finished speaking, she lowered her eyes and looked tenderly at Yun Hanzhang in her arms, "So what if Yuntang is favored by the Queen Mother? Since she dared to hurt my precious grandson, Grandmother will never forgive her!"
She put the little grandson on the ground and pinched his chubby face.
"Zhang'er, be good and go back to your room to rest, okay? Grandma will help you deal with that little bitch sooner or later!"
Yun Hanzhang: “…”
After a moment of silence, he frowned and looked at Concubine Xiao: "Grandmother, you must keep your word!"
After saying that, he left angrily. Yun Shuer stole a glance at Concubine Xiao's expression and hurriedly followed him out.
If she wasn't wearing gorgeous clothes and had a valuable pearl hairpin on her head, someone who didn't know would have thought she was Yun Hanzhang's personal maid!
The moment the palace door closed, Concubine Xiao suddenly threw the cup in her hand to the ground.
If it were any other time, it would be fine, but Zhang'er was injured, and the emperor refused to see her because of the culprit, Princess Zhaoning?!
She worked hard for many years before she gained a foothold in the harem, and because her grandson was favored by the emperor, she was able to jointly manage the harem with the empress and held the same position as the vice-empress.
Empress Cao has children but no grandchildren. Now her family is about to fall, and she has no more obstacles. She will never allow anyone to hinder her from seizing the throne of empress!
Isn’t it just waiting?
Which woman who can survive in the harem is not good at lying in wait?
She believed that the emperor would come to Qixiang Palace tonight to comfort them!
There is an unwritten rule in Daliang that any prince is only eligible to compete for the throne if he is crowned as a king!
This time, she not only wanted to use Zhang'er's injury as an excuse to ask for the imperial edict to seal the throne for her son Yun Yi.
She also wanted to drive that Princess Zhaoning out of Xijing City, so that the emperor wouldn't neglect his own grandson and give him to someone else for nothing!
Thinking about the old empress dowager's treasures and the one hundred taels of gold given by the emperor, she felt distressed. Those should have belonged to her grandson!
After dinner, Concubine Xiao personally fed the little grandson some calming soup, then hurriedly took a bath, changed into cool pajamas, and sat down by the window.
Her shoulders were half exposed, she was half lying on the chaise longue, her fingers fidgeting with the ends of her hair...
She has been using the beauty trap for half her life, and she decided to just sit here and wait for Emperor Liang!
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