Actually, Prince Jing already had a feeling when he saw the young eunuch, but hearing him say it out loud still made him feel a little overwhelmed.
Jiang Jiuniang's medicine never needs to be questioned, so the person who has been harming Mei Lanyi all along is really her own mother!
Prince Jing didn't understand why.
When he went to his mother for help, she was very happy and said she would ask the emperor to grant him a marriage. She even held a banquet to help him...
No, that little eunuch just said that the banquet was also a scheme by his mother. When he wasn't around, his mother publicly humiliated Mei Lanyi. No wonder she was so aggressive when she saw him later.
Why did Mother do this?
He gritted his teeth, almost losing control of his emotions.
He could have tried to win her over by following Jiang Jiuniang's advice, hoping to change her opinion of him and create a sliver of possibility between them.
But now, with her mother's meddling, she loathed herself to the extreme, even feeling that he had orchestrated everything that happened today.
However, even if it wasn't him, it was still his mother, so what difference does it make?
Prince Jing squatted on the ground, somewhat dejected. He didn't want to listen anymore, but the little eunuch, under the influence of the drug, still honestly said, "Her Majesty believes that Mei Lanyi is a femme fatale who will ruin Your Highness's future, so Your Highness cannot be with her."
"Enough! Shut up!"
Prince Jing roared in fury and smashed everything he could find nearby.
The young eunuch fainted, and Prince Jing stormed into the palace to personally ask his mother what she meant.
Consort Zhao was eating and preparing to take a walk in the garden when she saw Prince Jing storming towards her with a sullen face. Before she could even ask him anything, Prince Jing threw the token from the eunuch on the ground.
"Mother, I want an explanation."
Consort Zhao was taken aback, not expecting the little eunuch to fall into his hands. She cursed him under her breath for being useless, then forced a smile and asked, "What are you saying? I can't hear you clearly, Mother?"
"With witnesses and physical evidence, why does Mother still refuse to admit it? Why did Mother lie to me? Why did she target Mei Lanyi and even send people to ruin her reputation!"
Such despicable methods were so extreme that even Prince Jing couldn't believe his own mother could do such a thing.
Seeing that he knew everything, Consort Zhao decided to stop pretending and said calmly, "Your mother did the right thing, but it was all for your own good! You are a prince, what kind of woman can't you have? How could you fall for a vixen?"
“You have a bright future ahead of you, so you must not let this vixen hold you back. You didn’t listen to your mother when you went to the border, and your mother won’t hold it against you, but on this matter, you must listen to your mother’s arrangements.”
She figured that since her son was so angry and agitated, that slut must have already been defiled. So no matter how angry her son was, he would never marry a used woman. Therefore, she spoke more recklessly.
Prince Jing had never imagined that his mother had this side to her. In his memory, his mother had always been kind and gentle, always smiling, and patient in answering any questions he asked. She would also help him when he encountered difficulties.
The current mother seems like a completely different person.
But he knew clearly that this was truly his mother, and many details were impossible for others to imitate.
But it was precisely because of this that he was even more heartbroken. His mother had always had two faces, one in front of him and one in front of others, and he only realized it now.
"The current emperor is alive and well, and he has princes. What does the 'boundless future' that my mother is talking about mean? From childhood to adulthood, my mother has made her son fight and grab. Even though he doesn't like it, he still has to do what his mother wants. When he finally has his own choice, his mother doesn't support it and has been holding a grudge ever since."
"In the past, the women that Mother arranged for her son were only those that her son didn't like. If her son even glanced at them, they wouldn't be chosen. Does Mother really think her son doesn't know anything?"
“There are many things that I can overlook, but this time, Mother, you have gone too far. If this really happens, how will she live for the next few decades?”
When Prince Jing said this, he couldn't help but clench his fist. If it were anyone else, that big fist would have been thrown long ago.
Consort Zhao knew that Prince Jing wouldn't lay a hand on her, so she smirked and said, "I never intended for her to live. How dare she treat my son like that? There's only one fate for her: death!"
"But does Mother know that it was her son who provoked her first? It was her son who liked her and wanted to marry her as his princess. He deliberately fell into the water and even asked her to come to the mansion to take care of him when he was ill. After that, he shamelessly pestered her. It was all her doing. She kept rejecting her son and never gave him any hope. She just didn't like him. What did she do wrong?"
"Does Mother think that everyone who dislikes her son deserves to die?"
Prince Jing couldn't hold back his emotions and roared, his eyes filled with resentment towards Consort Zhao.
The girl he tried so hard to get close to was pushed further and further away by her mother, and now there is no possibility between them.
This rare moment of infatuation in his life has ended just like that; how could he not hate it?
Furthermore, it was one thing for his mother to prevent them from being together, but to resort to such despicable means to ruin a girl, he decided he no longer recognized his mother.
Consort Zhao was startled by his attitude and asked incredulously, "Are you blaming your mother? But your mother is only doing this for your own good! If you become obsessed with women, won't your life be ruined?"
"Would Mother be happy if Father didn't become obsessed with women?"
Prince Jing retorted with a cold laugh, which completely enraged Consort Zhao.
"I think you're becoming more and more lawless!"
"So what if it is?"
Prince Jing was not polite at all; that was just his temperament, and when he went crazy, he didn't care who was who.
"Mother, let that little eunuch bear the blame. From now on, Mother, please don't interfere in anything concerning your son. Soon, your son will be going to the border again. Mother, please bear with it even if you are unhappy. Your son will rarely come back in the future."
Indeed, there was nothing in this place worth staying for. He had originally thought that if he could really be with Mei Lanyi, he would ask the emperor for permission to stay in the capital, or take her to live in his own territory. If his mother was willing, she could take her with her; if not, she could stay in the palace and live with his father.
He had thought of everything that would happen next, but he never expected to be defeated by his mother.
He thought he was indeed a failure; even with so many capable friends around him helping him, he still couldn't carve out his own niche.
At this age, if you're still living under your mother's control, what's the point of getting married?
He just wanted to find a woman to suffer with him.
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