He conspired against her in his previous life, and he flirted with her on their wedding night again

Queen Song was pregnant. The Queen Mother didn't know how she and King Cheng conspired, but she could guess.

From the time when Prince Cheng wanted to marry Concubine Chen to the time when Concubine Chen married the Emperor, whether the Empress Dowager was willing to see it or not, there had already been a rift between Prince Cheng and the Emperor.

In order to avoid any rift between Prince Cheng and the Emperor and to make Prince Cheng give up, the Queen Mother selected Princess Cheng from among the noble ladies in Kyoto, who was gentle, virtuous and talented. She put pressure on Prince Cheng to marry her, hoping that the two would fall in love with each other and that Prince Cheng would give up his thoughts about Concubine Chen.

But the Queen Mother never dreamed that both of her sons were love-struck.

One of them set up six fictitious palaces for the Concubine Chen and doted on her utmost.

One who treats Princess Cheng as a decoration.

The Emperor was kept in the dark and could pamper the Concubine however he wanted, but the Empress Dowager was caught between her two sons and she must have had countless gray hairs from worry.

If Prince Cheng had not been born prematurely and was weak and unable to leave the capital, the Queen Mother would have had Prince Cheng move to his fiefdom so that she could out of sight and out of mind.

Thinking about the past, the Queen Mother still doesn't know what she did wrong.

She doesn't want her two sons to fall out with each other because of a woman. Is she wrong?

But no matter how hard she tried, King Cheng and the Emperor still ended up at this point.

The Queen Mother felt a sore nose and her eyes were blurred with tears.

The emperor stood there, feeling cold all over.

He had no idea of ​​Prince Cheng's feelings for Concubine Chen, and he had no idea that the person who pushed Queen Wei to his side and almost caused him to lose Concubine Chen was his own brother. The Queen Mother knew all this but chose to hide it and did not reveal a single word to him.

The emperor seemed to have lost all his strength. "The accident that happened to Concubine Chen in Yan's residence was also the work of Prince Cheng. Did the Queen Mother also know about it?"

His voice was hoarse and his eyes were filled with despair.

The Queen Mother said, "It was not King Cheng who harmed Concubine Chen."

The Queen Mother was too protective of Prince Cheng. The Emperor didn't believe what she said. "If it wasn't Prince Cheng, why did the Queen Mother go to the cold palace to see Concubine Chen and help Concubine Chen preserve the bloodline of the Yan family?!"

The Emperor must know who the Empress Dowager is.

After what happened that year, it was already beyond the emperor's expectation that the empress dowager did not add insult to injury, let alone helping the concubine. The excuses in the imperial edict sounded reasonable, but the emperor did not believe a word of it.

The Queen Mother knew that the Emperor didn't believe her, but what she said was the truth. "When the Concubine Chen was in trouble, did the Emperor ever doubt Prince Cheng? Don't say he wanted to harm the Concubine Chen. He just wanted to kill you. Can the Emperor prevent it?"

Eunuch Yuan stood three steps behind the emperor. When he regretted not driving the palace maid out, he drove himself out as well and heard so many things that he shouldn't have known.

In the palace, the more you know, the faster you die.

However, what the Queen Mother said was not wrong. It was only after Prince Ling had shown some leniency in front of the Emperor that the Emperor began to be a little suspicious of Prince Cheng. Even though he knew that there was an iron mine in Prince Cheng's fiefdom, Wangzhou, and that Prince Cheng had been mining privately for two years, the Emperor still suppressed it. Given the Emperor's trust in Prince Cheng, if Prince Cheng was determined to harm the Emperor, the Emperor would certainly not be able to prevent it.

The emperor clenched his fists tightly, his anger not diminished by the queen mother's words, "Is the person that the concubine refused to give up back then the king?!"

"Yes."

Just one word.

But to the emperor, it was like a knife cutting into his bones.

When Xie Jingyan showed him the imperial edict, he had guessed about 70% of it.

But when the emperor heard the queen mother admit it, he still couldn't accept it. He staggered back two steps and looked at the queen mother, "You knew that the concubine was innocent, but you concealed it because you were afraid that I would vent my anger on the king. You watched me execute the entire Yan family and demoted Yan'er to guard the imperial mausoleum?!"

The Queen Mother's eyes were red as she said, "How do you want me to tell you? The people who set up the trap wanted you to see Concubine Chen and the eldest young master of the Han family. Prince Cheng received the news and rushed to Yan's residence to save Concubine Chen. The eldest young master Han was afraid that Concubine Chen would hate him and bring disaster to the entire Han family, so he stabbed himself with a knife to stay awake and stay away from Concubine Chen. Finally, when he saw you, he knew that things would not end well, so he committed suicide in Yan's residence, leaving a body to prove to you that he did not touch Concubine Chen."

If it weren't for Young Master Han's decisiveness, not only would he have died, but the entire Han family would have been implicated.

If the emperor had not been sure that Young Master Han was not that person, he would not even give Lord Han the chance to resign.

As much as the Emperor loved Concubine Chen, he hated her betrayal. The son was his own, how could the Empress Dowager not know that?

The Queen Mother looked at the Emperor and said, "The Concubine Chen knows that what I fear most is that the Emperor and Prince Cheng will turn against each other because of her. She was banished to the cold palace and she tried to see me several times. Finally, she asked Eunuch Yuan to help her pass a message to me, and I was sent to the cold palace."

The emperor didn't expect that Eunuch Yuan was also involved in this matter. He glanced at Eunuch Yuan.

Eunuch Yuan was so scared that he fell to his knees. "When I saw that the Emperor was going to execute the entire Yan family, I went to persuade Concubine Chen. After Concubine Chen knew about it, she knelt down and begged me to help her pass a message to the Queen Mother. I couldn't bear it, so I helped her..."

Eunuch Yuan was afraid that the emperor would blame him, so he told the emperor everything that Eunuch Yuan had asked him to help convey.

In the eyes of Eunuch Yuan, these were just two very ordinary words.

But now Eunuch Yuan guessed that it should be related to King Cheng.

The Emperor looked at the Queen Mother and asked, "What did the Queen Mother say when she admonished Concubine Chen?"

The Queen Mother did not hide anything and said truthfully, "On the first day that Concubine Chen entered the palace, I reprimanded her. If the Emperor and Prince Cheng turn against each other because of her, I will never let them off easily."

"No matter how the emperor asked, she refused to say who it was, but asked Eunuch Yuan to help her pass this message to me. I also suspected that she wanted to destroy the King because she couldn't get him, so I went to the cold palace to see her."

"The Concubine Chen did not threaten me. She only knelt on the ground and presented me with the jade pendant that the late emperor gave to Prince Cheng. She said that she remembered my teachings and would not dare to do anything that would cause Prince Cheng and the emperor to fall out. She was plotted against and made the emperor lose face. It was not a pity that she died, but the Yan family was innocent and should not be implicated by her. She begged me to protect Prince Ling and help the Yan family preserve a bloodline because she had never disobeyed me."

The Queen Mother recognized at a glance that the jade pendant was the one Prince Cheng usually wore. If Concubine Chen were to give this jade pendant to the Emperor, the brothers would definitely become enemies.

How could the Queen Mother not be deeply moved when Concubine Chen chose to give the jade pendant to her?

The Queen Mother accepted the jade pendant and agreed to Concubine Chen's request.

This is why the Queen Mother helped preserve the Yan family's bloodline.

It was not the Queen Mother who saved the Yan family, but Concubine Chen.

Eunuch Yuan stood aside, sighing.

The Concubine Chen chose to ask the Empress Dowager for help instead of the Emperor. This was a helpless move made by a smart person.

The Concubine Chen had no way to survive at that time, and the same went for the Yan family. No matter who plotted against the Concubine Chen, it all happened in the Yan family, so the Yan family could not escape responsibility.

The one who plotted against her was not King Cheng. With the kindness of Concubine Chen, she would not do such a thing. Moreover, if she really wanted to save the Yan family and gave King Cheng's jade pendant to the emperor, not only would she fail to save the Yan family, but she would also send King Ling to his death.

What's more, the Concubine Chen was sincere to the Emperor. The Emperor was already in great pain because he thought she had betrayed him. If he knew that the man was Prince Cheng, his younger brother, he would be even more painful.

Although the Queen Mother was partial and protective, she would generally do what she promised.

If the Queen Mother had not taken Concubine Chen's kindness into consideration, many lives would have been lost during the four years that Prince Ling guarded the imperial mausoleum.