Remarrying Chun Yuan

Chapter 435 For Her

"Thinking about these things is useless. After all, it's not twenty years ago. Besides, if you had stopped it twenty years ago, you might have incurred the Empress Dowager's wrath, and who knows what might have happened afterward."

Granny Chang was an old servant in the palace, so she naturally knew many inside stories that were not told to outsiders.

"At that time, I did not know why the Empress Dowager resented her so much, even to the point of wanting to kill her. She only said that she was a spy from the State of Chu and that her life must be taken..."

The Empress dared not recall the events of that time; they were too horrific to bear. "So her return this time is more about revenge."

"She will use her past grievances and resentments to force His Majesty to make concessions, and His Majesty has not forgotten her all these years, so he will probably agree, right?"

The Empress knew Emperor Qi Xiao too well; his love for this woman was unforgettable.

"Many things are just wishful thinking. Once they actually meet and talk about the conflict between the two countries, there may not be any more of the past affections between them." Granny Chang was exceptionally calm and saw things very clearly.

The Empress pondered for a moment, then pulled Granny Chang to sit on the edge of the bed. “Granny is right. I was narrow-minded. His Majesty is, after all, His Majesty.”

"Your Majesty might consider whether you should lend her a hand..." Granny Chang deliberately lowered her voice and whispered to the Empress.

The Empress's eyes narrowed. "What does the old nanny mean?"

“Her sudden arrival in Daqi was certainly not for His Majesty, but for her only son,” said Granny Chang. “This old servant has heard that the prince was adopted by her and is not her biological son.”

The Empress was also aware of this matter. "His Majesty also has this concern, but it seems that Yuan Cuo has no intention of going to the State of Chu."

“But if he doesn’t leave, the throne of Daqi will sooner or later…” Granny Chang said with particular sarcasm and truth, “Our prince will probably not be able to ascend the throne again. Although the palace maids in the harem are pregnant, the grandson born will need many years of upbringing. There are too many variables in the future.”

Therefore, sending Yuan Cuo to the State of Chu was the best choice.

Only if Yuan Cuo leaves can Emperor Qi Xiao focus his attention on his unborn grandson.

"But I'm afraid, after all, there's still Qin Muyan. Has the old nanny forgotten about him?" The Empress and Consort Yu had fought each other their whole lives, so naturally she wouldn't forget the person the Crown Prince feared most.

Granny Chang was momentarily speechless; she hadn't really considered Qin Muyan.

"The reason I treat Yuan Cuo and Liu Yuechu well is that I hope they can restrain Qin Muyan and Consort Yu and completely dismantle their power."

The Empress, filled with bitterness and resentment, revealed her inner schemes and purposes to an outsider for the first time: "As long as they can tolerate the Crown Prince having an heir, I will be satisfied and will not have any disputes or conflicts with them."

Granny Chang quietly looked at the Empress, a woman who was once stunningly beautiful, but now had deep wrinkles at the corners of her eyes and looked a bit older.

"You've really suffered," said Granny Chang, feeling very sorry for you.

"With you all by my side, it's not so bad. As long as there's a glimmer of hope, I'll keep going." The Empress held Chang's hand. "However, what you just said reminded me that while I don't want to drive Yuan Cuo and Liu Yuechu away, it's not that others don't have the same idea."

The Empress did not mention Consort Yu.

But Granny Chang understood immediately.

"Do you need it or not..."

"We can try to probe."

The Empress also mentioned Wei Gongming, saying, "I heard that after he divorced Li Shilang's daughter, he went directly to Qin Muyan. This man is eager for quick success and instant benefits, so he could actually be put to use."

Her biggest worry was Qin Muyan. If she could take this opportunity to completely destroy Qin Muyan, it would fulfill a wish in her heart and remove the deepest nail from her future path.

Granny Chang understood and immediately got up to do it.

The Empress adjusted the wick of the bedside oil lamp to make the room brighter. "It's a pity I'm not her, but I admire and respect her."

No one heard the Empress's words, and no one knew who she was actually envying.

At this moment, Lady Ru, who was far away in the Chu Kingdom's palace, had just finished reviewing the last memorial.

She glanced at the document and tossed it aside.

A dark figure suddenly appeared and handed over today's report.

"No need to look, I know what it means." Her narrow, upturned eyes narrowed slightly, a faint smile playing on her lips. "Don't believe me? Dare to make a bet with me?"

"Your Majesty would not dare to be wrong. He is always accurate and can predict the future." The shadowy figure spoke with a tone that was both teasing and respectful, something he had always been curious about.

In truth, he couldn't understand why she could guess what had happened between the princes and their ministers, yet still required him to submit secret reports to her every day and keep a record of them.

Madam Ru was quite helpless and found it even more boring. "All these years, you have never been willing to gamble with me. Are you so afraid of losing?"

"Because His Majesty has never made a mistake." The shadowy figure shrugged helplessly. "Why bet on a game that's bound to be lost?"

"Then guess what I'm going to Daqi for this time?" Lady Ru was still in a playful mood and didn't want to be too bored.

The shadowy figure paused for a moment, as if pondering carefully. "Are you sure it's for people?" He had always thought it was for the mines in Huaizhou and for revenge.

Unfortunately, there are too many enemies, and it's impossible to single one out.

“It’s one person,” Madam Ru reiterated.

The shadowy figure pondered for a moment, “I always thought Your Majesty was after Yuan Cuo, but since Your Majesty used him as a wager, I felt it was too easy to guess, so I could only exclude him… But then I felt it wasn’t for Emperor Qi Xiao.” He was indeed somewhat hesitant.

Madam Ru chuckled. "So? Which one are you guessing?"

At fifty years old, she rarely showed such playfulness. Her half-closed eyes and languid elegance made the shadowy figure dare not look directly at her. Even if he were a man and she were a woman, he would willingly bow down at her feet and become her devoted subject.

"I suspect Your Majesty is after Yuan Cuo's children." The shadowy figure, breaking free of conventional thinking, immediately set his sights on Yuan Cuo's twins.

They already knew Yuan Cuo's attitude perfectly well: he would never acknowledge the State of Chu, and was even unwilling to recognize the Chu Emperor as his birth mother.

If the Chu emperor wanted to inherit the throne of Chu through his own bloodline, he could have bypassed Yuan Cuo and directly targeted his child.

And it doesn't have to be the boy; it could be the girl.

Since the State of Chu has already accepted the Empress, it doesn't care if the next Empress is also an Empress...

Mrs. Ru laughed heartily, "You've finally become a little smarter."

"Could it be that I guessed correctly?" The shadowy figure revealed a hint of excitement.

“I was wrong,” said Lady Ru. “I was thinking about Yuan Cuo’s woman, that woman named Liu Yuechu.”

"Such an arrogant and eccentric genius, who would rather set up a street stall to treat patients and make money than become a prince of the Great Qi, can be subdued by such a woman, and become obedient and submissive. What can't she do?"

The Chu Emperor's answer left the shadowy figure speechless.

"So you mean to have my men kidnap her and take her directly to the State of Chu?"