Even though she knew that this choice would only push her further away from Zhou Qingyun, there was nothing she could do. Whether it was Concubine Chen or Concubine Lan, the forces behind them were not something she could afford to offend, so she had to rely on the An family. Only the An family could allow her to sit firmly on the throne of the empress.
The female official frowned, feeling unhappy. The main reason was that her queen had suffered so many grievances, but the emperor was getting more and more distant from her master. In the past, he would even rest with the queen for most of the month, but as time went by, the emperor became less and less willing to come to the palace, which really made some people start to take advantage of him.
"The Emperor shouldn't treat the Queen like this. You are his first wife, the one with whom he will walk hand in hand in the future. If you don't have a legitimate son, then..."
Empress An, on the other hand, was very open-minded. As for the emperor, she could not expect the emperor's favor. Even when she reached out to Jizhou City, she knew that there was no turning back. The main reason was that she misunderstood at the beginning that Zhou Qingyun had someone in his heart, and it was even possible that that person had a seductive and ambiguous connection with Zhou Qingyun, just to keep Zhou Qingyun hanging.
As a result, after she arranged for people to take action, she found out that the couple was in perfect harmony and were even childhood sweethearts. In their eyes, Zhou Qingyun was at best a friend who had been staying with them for more than a year.
She couldn't explain the twists and turns here, but it didn't matter, her own father was definitely behind it, just to make her his pawn.
"Maybe I did something wrong. I really regret what I did before, but even if I regret it, there's nothing I can do. I don't even have the chance to regret it anymore. I guess it's too much to hope that the emperor can be more kind to me in the future."
She admitted what she had done, so she had been waiting for the emperor to hold her accountable these days. Ever since she found out that Yu Xiuming was the one who caused both the emperor and the regent to suffer, she knew that the matter would eventually be investigated and brought to her attention.
Even everything was part of her father's plan. Even if she wanted to resist, she had no chance, and she had to endure it and not reveal any other circumstances.
The female official was a little confused, but the matter was not handled by the female official. Instead, the Duke of Anguo directly used the spy planted by the Regent. The spy was instigated to rebel, so everything was transferred to the Regent, and he could even contact Zhou Qingyun.
This is not just for Yu Xiuming to break away from these two and cooperate with himself. He even wants to directly rob the robbers. The things in Yu Xiuming's hands are too tempting. Even people like Duke Anguo are envious.
However, with the emperor and the regent directly protecting him, he had no choice but to come up with this method of sowing discord. After all, what Yu Xiuming cared about most was Wang Shiyu's life. In fact, the plan of the Duke of Anguo was to kill Wang Shiyu directly.
In this way, he would slowly plan and transfer everything to the emperor and Zhou Qingyun. In this way, Yu Xiuming would lose his beloved wife and unborn child, and then he would directly hate Zhou Qingyun and the regent. Then Yu Xiuming would use everything in his hands to fight to the death with them. This was his original plan. It was a pity that Wang Shiyu had the spiritual spring in her hand, so she bought herself a glimmer of hope.
All his plans were disrupted. He couldn't even get Queen An out, and she was found directly by Yu Xiuming. After unraveling the mystery, he was brought to the forefront, and all his plans were aborted.
Although he knew that Zhou Qingyun had no way to deal with him, this matter would eventually become a handle. He originally wanted to end it quickly, but he was still a step too late, and Zhou Qingyun already knew the truth of the matter. Even if Zhou Qingyun originally just wanted to use Queen An's hand to abort the pregnancy of the wife of the right prime minister's eldest son, he could also put the blame on the regent, so that he could reap the benefits.
In the end, everyone wanted to be the one who benefited, and Wang Shiyu had to bear everything. But Wang Shiyu was not a good-tempered person. She had someone to rely on, and that was her husband. Her husband could get the upper hand over Zhou Qingyun and the Regent, but it was not so easy to get the upper hand over the highest authority.
As a result, there are still people who are blinded by greed and want to bring others down. It is really wishful thinking. Now they are directly hit back. It depends on what they want to do.
Zhou Qingyun, who was standing outside the bedroom, didn't want to go in at this time. After all, no one could escape this matter. Even if Yu Xiuming couldn't do anything to him, Queen An and Duke An Guo behind her would definitely not be able to escape, and would even pay a heavy price. Although it was different from what he had imagined, he finally achieved his goal. He didn't want the civil officials and military officials in the court to have close contacts, or even a hostile relationship.
Now half of his goal has been achieved, which is good enough. As for what happens next, he can focus on dealing with the forces behind Concubine Lan.
But the words in the palace were still being spread out, and even involved the emperor's secrets. However, Zhou Qingyun did not stop them, but continued to listen.
"The Emperor is still young, and he wouldn't be in a hurry even if he wanted a child. Now, if anyone in the harem gets pregnant, she'll be a sitting duck. Who wouldn't want to try their best to give birth to a firstborn son? Even if he's not a legitimate son, he's still a concubine's son. As long as I, the Empress, don't have any children, the firstborn son can inherit the throne.
I, the queen, am destined to be childless throughout my life. Even if I am lucky enough to have a child, he or she will not live long. I have been poisoned by my own biological father, so even if I have a child, he or she will not live long. After all, I am only the only daughter in name only. In fact, he loves the child born to his concubine the most.
But it doesn't matter. I was poisoned, and so was the concubine's child. No one can expect anything good."
Didn’t Queen An hate it? No, she hated it, very much.
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