Upon hearing this, Consort Rong's expression twisted for a moment, and she felt waves of pain in her abdomen.
[Oh dear, why is Consort Rong clutching her stomach? Is she trying to frame me?]
Jiang Yu's eyes widened as she saw Consort Rong's resentful expression. "Does Your Majesty the Empress really want to watch the Emperor be taken away by someone else?"
[Does the Imperial Medical Academy have any physicians who specialize in treating brain disorders? If so, I think Consort Rong needs one to take a look.]
Since she cares about Gu Heng, shouldn't she try to get him back to Lingxi Palace? What's the point of her persuading Gu Heng to favor a new concubine? Jiang Yu said she didn't understand, and Gu Heng's affairs had nothing to do with her.
"As the Empress, as long as the concubines in the harem can satisfy the Emperor and bear him children, I have fulfilled my responsibilities."
Seeing that Jiang Yu was unmoved by her words, Consort Rong had no choice but to return to Lingxi Palace in a huff.
It has been more than a month since Zhaoning Palace sent meals to Gu Qingyao. During this time, Gu Qingyao has not wanted to see anyone. The palace servants who deliver the meals leave the food at the door of the room, and Gu Qingyao will put the empty food box out after she finishes eating.
Even when Gu Qingling and Gu Qingfeng knocked on the door several times, Gu Qingyao did not come out.
Gu Qingyao smashed all the bronze mirrors in the room and became determined to lose weight.
Finally, Gu Qingyao reached out and touched her face. The fat that used to be there had vanished. Then, Gu Qingyao called out to the doorway, "Call my elder brother over for me."
She's lost weight now, and her elder brother would be genuinely happy for her, wouldn't he? Perhaps her mother would love her even more, or perhaps her mother would treat her as she always had.
Gu Qingyao was happily thinking about it when she heard a noise outside a quarter of an hour later. She immediately got up and showed a sweet smile, "Big brother!"
"Yao... Yao'er?"
Gu Qingling looked at Gu Qingyao in front of her, but her face showed none of the surprise Gu Qingyao had expected. Gu Qingling gripped Gu Qingyao's shoulders tightly with some excitement, "You..."
After Yao'er lost weight, why does she look exactly like Consort Rong?
"Big brother, I've persisted for so long just to tell everyone that I, Gu Qingyao, can also lose weight. I can wear all kinds of beautiful clothes in the future, and I won't be afraid of people saying I'm fat anymore."
Gu Qingling's hands were trembling. She looked around abruptly, but there was no one else in the room, nor was there a bronze mirror.
Gu Qingling's mind was in turmoil, and her only rational thought was that Gu Qingyao should not be seen in this state by anyone.
With a swift chop, Gu Qingyao lost consciousness.
"Guard this door well. No one is allowed to step inside without my order."
......
Gu Qingling wandered around the palace like a headless fly, and inexplicably, she found herself at the entrance of Zhaoning Palace.
Gu Qingling, who used to dare to push open the palace gates, was now filled with panic. He was made crown prince at the age of one and had experienced all kinds of dirty schemes over the years. Looking at Gu Qingyao's face, Gu Qingling could think of countless possibilities.
Rong's mother refused to let Gu Qingyao lose weight because if Gu Qingyao lost weight, her identity would be exposed.
A flicker of panic crossed Gu Qingling's eyes. Then, who were his and Feng'er's children?
He had previously vowed to Jiang Yu that he was willing to become Rong's mother's child, all because he was certain that Jiang Yu would not be willing to part with him.
Gu Qingling cannot lose his status as the eldest son of the Empress.
Gu Qingling ran quickly towards the Hall of Supreme Harmony. He wanted to tell his father about Gu Qingyao, as his father surely knew the inside story.
As for what Gu Qingyao would encounter, Gu Qingling had no interest in thinking about it at all.
"Father."
Standing in front of Gu Heng, Gu Qingling's eyes welled up with tears of grievance. "Whose child is this?"
"Who taught you such nonsense!"
Gu Heng almost jumped up from the dragon throne, glaring angrily at Gu Qingling.
"Yao'er lost weight in just over a month. I went to her room just now and saw that she looks exactly like Consort Rong."
Gu Heng's pupils dilated in shock, and Cen Hai, who was serving him, immediately knelt down, pressing his head firmly to the ground. Were those old stories finally going to be brought up again?
The long silence was so profound that a layer of cold sweat broke out on Gu Qingling's back.
Just when Gu Qingling was about to give up, Gu Heng finally spoke, "Yao'er is my child with Consort Rong, but you and Feng'er are the Empress's child."
In an instant, Gu Qingling breathed a huge sigh of relief. Thank goodness, thank goodness it ended like this.
"At that time, when Consort Rong and I saw that Yao'er was a princess, there was a huge difference between the status of a legitimate princess and a princess born out of wedlock. Consort Rong couldn't bear to see Yao'er suffer, so she registered Yao'er under the Empress's name."
"Now that Yao'er has lost weight, anyone who sees her will definitely know that she is Consort Rong's child."
Gu Qingling was a little anxious. He couldn't let anyone else see Gu Qingyao. If it were leaked, his and Feng'er's identities would be questioned, and he couldn't accept that situation.
“Ling’er is right. In that case, we’ll eliminate any possibility of anyone else seeing Yao’er.”
The father and son both had a similar ruthlessness in their eyes; even tigers don't eat their cubs.
......
"Where is this princess?"
Gu Qingyao woke up in a daze, only to find herself locked in a dark, airtight room.
"Help! Help!"
No matter how much Gu Qingyao cried and screamed, no one came to rescue her. The dark room contained only a bed and a table, but no bronze mirror.
For a full two hours, a hidden compartment was opened in the roof of the room, and light shone down, causing Gu Qingyao to cover her eyes in discomfort.
A thin rope was tied to a food box. "Princess, you should eat well. When you regain your weight, you will be able to return to the Dragon and Phoenix Palace."
The food box contained all the meals that Gu Qingyao used to enjoy in Lingxi Palace.
Looking at the food box and the food inside, Gu Qingyao suddenly took a few steps back. So, it turned out that Consort Rong... Consort Rong didn't want her to lose weight?
"Mother, Mother, please save your daughter! I know I was wrong, and I will never listen to Consort Rong again!" Gu Qingyao cried, curled up in the corner. She was so foolish; only now did she realize who was good to her and who was not.
But the person I saw was clearly my older brother...
Realizing what had happened, Gu Qingyao's tears flowed even more profusely. Her elder brother was in cahoots with Consort Rong, deceiving her and locking her up in this dark and hopeless place.
"Mother, save me..."
While Gu Qingyao was calling out to Jiang Yu with a heart full of despair, Wanji, who was delivering meals to Gu Qingyao at the Dragon and Phoenix Palace on time, also realized that something was wrong.
"Your Highness, the princess seems a little off today."
Jiang Yu stopped what she was doing. "Something's not right?"
"The voice sounds a little strange than usual." Wanji thought carefully for a moment, his expression becoming more and more certain. "It is my duty to serve the princess, and the princess does not need to thank me."
That "thank you, sir" made Wanji realize something was wrong.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com