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

The news of the overturning of the Concubine Chen's case spread quickly throughout Kyoto, and people in the streets and teahouses and taverns were discussing it.

Everyone sighed and sympathized.

The Concubine Chen has been the only one favored by the Emperor since she entered the palace. This incident happened when she was in great favor. She fell from the clouds to the quagmire, and the whole Yan family was implicated. At that time, many people said behind the back that the Concubine Chen betrayed the Emperor because she was spoiled by him and that people were greedy. Now they know that she was plotted against, and they think that the Concubine Chen is extremely unlucky.

But what he didn't expect was that there were still people alive in the Yan family, and it was saved by the Queen Mother.

Some people think that the Queen Mother is kind, while others think that she is threatened...

Various speculations came one after another.

The Prince of Yanping and his entourage went to the City Patrol Office to report in and prepare for patrolling the city as usual, when the news of Concubine Chen's reversal of the case reached the office.

Several people were happy for Xie Jingyan.

Lu Cheng sighed, "I didn't expect that Miss Wang is actually Brother Jing Yan's cousin."

The Prince of Yanping looked at Du Cheng'an and said with a smile, "So this is the reason why the Wang family and the Minister of Justice refused to approve the marriage. Now that the girl of the Wang family has returned to her ancestral home, you can come and propose marriage again, and it will definitely be successful."

Du Cheng'an was a little scared after two failed proposals.

Tang Ze patted Du Cheng'an on the shoulder and said, "It seems that you have more than just Xu Ji as your cousin-in-law. You also have Prince Ling, who is also your cousin-in-law."

Du Chengan, "..."

These are not two cousins, they are clearly two huge mountains.

For some reason, the image of Xu Chuan wearing a mask flashed through Du Chengan's mind...

He shuddered.

There should be no relationship between Xu Chuan and Yan Mansion, right?

Here, the Prince of Yanping and his men were chatting and laughing, while over there, after the morning court session, Duke Mao and the eldest prince went to Shoukang Palace to find the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother fell ill again.

I leaned on the big pillow, feeling dizzy and unable to muster any energy.

The Imperial Hospital sent the medicine, but the Queen Mother refused to drink it. Nanny Zhao advised, "Queen Mother, you should drink the medicine..."

Normally, if the empress dowager refused to take the medicine, she could report it to the emperor, but now, Nanny Zhao didn't even dare to report it to the emperor.

The Queen Mother protected Prince Cheng. Even though she knew that Concubine Chen was being plotted against, she still concealed it from the Emperor. The Emperor didn't say anything, but how could he not hate the Queen Mother in his heart?

Previously, Prince Cheng and Queen Song had an affair, and the Queen Mother had been ill for so many days, but the Emperor had never come to Shoukang Palace to see her, let alone now that it concerns Concubine Chen.

The Queen Mother was afraid that the Emperor and Prince Cheng would fall out with each other, so she deceived Prince Cheng and covered up for him. In the end, not only did she fail to stop the conflict, but the Emperor also came to hate her.

The Queen Mother refused to take the medicine, so Nanny Zhao could only persuade her again and again. The palace maid came in and said, "Queen Mother, the eldest prince and Duke Mao are here."

Nanny Zhao frowned and guessed why the eldest prince and Duke Mao came. The empress dowager was already in a bad mood, and she was afraid that she would be even worse after seeing them.

The Queen Mother also knew why they came. She thought about not meeting them, but if she couldn’t meet them today, she would have to meet them tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

That's it.

"Let them in."

Nanny Zhao placed the medicine bowl on the small table beside the bed.

The palace maid left, and soon the eldest prince and Duke Mao came in.

Nanny Zhao waved her hand and asked all the palace maids serving in the bedroom to leave.

The Queen Mother had barely slept all night and looked haggard. The eldest prince saw her and asked, "The Queen Mother looked much better the other day. Why do you look so bad? What did the imperial physician say?"

The eldest prince looked at Nanny Zhao.

Madam Zhao said, "I have seen the imperial physician. He said that the queen mother needs to rest and avoid worrying."

But how easy is it to make the Queen Mother not worry?

King Cheng is the flesh that fell from the Queen Mother's body.

A mother worries when her son travels a thousand miles away, let alone King Cheng who fled because he was afraid of being punished.

Nanny Zhao has served the Empress Dowager for decades and knows her temperament very well. She is afraid that the Empress Dowager's illness cannot be cured.

Lord Mao said, "The Queen Mother must take good care of herself."

After a pause, Duke Mao said, "At the morning court session, the Emperor has rehabilitated Concubine Chen and returned the Yan Mansion to the Yan family..."

"Is it really the bloodline of the Yan family that the Queen Mother asked the Minister of Justice to protect?"

In fact, Duke Mao already had an idea in his mind, after all, it was his people who burned down the study of the Minister of Justice.

The Empress Dowager asked him to go to the Minister of Justice's Mansion to get an imperial edict, but she didn't tell him what was written on the edict. Duke Mao didn't ask much either. As long as he got the edict, he would know the answer at a glance.

Later, the study of the Minister of Justice was burned down. Duke Mao wanted to inquire about it, but the Queen Mother was very dissatisfied with his people's poor performance. Duke Mao wanted to ask but did not dare to.

But even though he already knew it in his heart, he still didn't dare to believe it unless he heard the Queen Mother admit it in person.

The Queen Mother said, "I asked the Minister of Justice to save him."

"Why?!" Duke Mao's voice suddenly rose.

The Queen Mother glanced at him coldly, "How dare you ask?"

"Isn't it you two siblings who caused this mess?!"

"When you did something behind my back, why didn't you ask me first if I agreed?!"

The Queen Mother's chest was heaving with anger, but she dared not curse loudly for fear of being heard. But the more she did this, the more angry she became, and her eyes ached.

Duke Mao was scolded so much that he didn't dare to say a word.

He clearly came to question the Queen Mother, but ended up being scolded by her instead.

However, this was not the first time that he had been scolded by the Queen Mother, and Duke Mao was used to it. He said, "Prince Ling's power in the court was not inferior to that of the eldest prince. Now that the Concubine Chen has overturned the case, the position of the crown prince..."

The Queen Mother's face was full of fatigue.

Even now he is still thinking about the position of crown prince.

We should be thankful that the case of Concubine Chen does not involve the Mansion of Duke Mao.

The emperor already liked Prince Ling, and coupled with his guilt towards Concubine Chen and the Yan family, from the moment Concubine Chen overturned the case, the position of crown prince had no chance for any other prince.

The Queen Mother looked at the eldest prince and said, "I know you are unwilling to give up. If it weren't for Prince Cheng's plot, the position of Queen would have been Princess Chen's. Prince Ling would have been the Crown Prince since he was born, and he saved your life. Don't follow in Prince Jin's footsteps."

The eldest prince looked ashen.

Duke Mao was unwilling to accept the result, "The Emperor hasn't issued an order to appoint a crown prince yet, and the Queen Mother wants the eldest prince to admit defeat?"

The Queen Mother was furious and said, "Tell me, how confident are you that you can help the eldest prince get to that position?!"

This one sentence made Duke Mao speechless.

The Queen Mother lowered her eyes and said, "I know you are unwilling. How can I be willing, but Prince Ling is different from Prince Jin. The eldest prince and Prince Ling have never been at loggerheads. Prince Ling even saved the eldest prince's life. When he succeeds to the throne in the future, he will most likely not mistreat the eldest prince."

Duke Mao couldn't help but retort, "What if it doesn't happen?"

The Queen Mother said, "Then let's eliminate this possibility for me!"

"You and the eldest prince should take the lead in asking the emperor to appoint Prince Ling as the crown prince. If Prince Ling treats the eldest prince badly in the future, he will also be concerned about the public opinion."

The eldest prince's face was already bad, and now it was even more pale.

Not to mention competing with Prince Ling for the position of crown prince, the Queen Mother asked him to give it up on his own initiative.

Duke Mao couldn't believe that this was what the Queen Mother would say. He looked at Aunt Zhao and asked, "Is the Queen Mother sick and confused?"

Nanny Zhao sighed inwardly.

Duke Mao has been supporting the eldest prince for so long, and now that Prince Jin has been kicked out, the position of crown prince is about to be obtained. At this juncture, Concubine Chen overturns the verdict. How can Duke Mao be willing to accept this?

But what's the use of being unwilling?

During the four years that Prince Ling was punished to go to the imperial mausoleum and the two years that he was in a wheelchair, the eldest prince was still unable to surpass Prince Jin and be named the crown prince by the emperor. At that time, the empress dowager was still the empress dowager respected by the emperor. Now that the empress dowager and the emperor are estranged from each other, what can the empress dowager use to support the eldest prince in his fight with Prince Ling?

I’m afraid that the more the Queen Mother protects the eldest prince, the more the Emperor will dislike her.

How could the Queen Mother dare to give the eldest prince hope when she knew it was like hitting a rock with an egg?

Is it really necessary to sacrifice the eldest prince's life for the position of crown prince?