Legend of Zhen Huan: Rebirth of Zhen Huan

"Mother, my son doesn't want to get married!"

"If my son gets married at this critical moment, wouldn't all our previous efforts and plans be wasted?"

In Ganlu Temple, under a withered oil lamp, Prince Guo knelt in front of Concubine Shu and spoke earnestly.

Concubine Shu held a Buddhist string of beads in her hand and looked at her son with a sad face, feeling extremely distressed.

But her face remained calm, and she helped Prince Guo up with a loving look:

"Yunli, you get up first. If you have anything to say, let's talk slowly behind closed doors."

Concubine Shu's words greatly comforted Prince Guo's heart.

He knew his mother, a woman of her own ideas and thoughts.

In this matter, maybe I can help him solve the current dilemma.

It was seen that Concubine Shu had been looking down and twirling the Buddhist beads in her hand, as if she was thinking.

Prince Guo hesitated for a moment and asked:

"Mother, do you have a solution?"

Concubine Shu then stopped twisting her Buddhist beads and looked at Prince Guo with a smile:

"Yunli, do you know why I, your mother, am willing to come to this place to practice hardship?"

Prince Guo followed Concubine Shu's gaze and looked around the small, claustrophobic and shabby room.

"Son knows." He looked at Concubine Shu with gratitude:

"Even though I have never mentioned this to you over the years, I know in my heart that you did all this to protect me."

"Since you know this, you should understand that the premise of everything we do is that you want to be safe."

Concubine Shu gently placed her hand on Prince Guo's shoulder, then she stood up with a lot on her mind:

"The marriage is a done deal and cannot be changed. This is the king's order and you have to obey."

"Mother, then..."

Concubine Shu turned around and interrupted Prince Guo:

"The Wanpin you mentioned, no matter how smart she is or how much the emperor likes her, it will be useless if she has no interest in you."

"Instead of that, it would be better to save some of my son's energy and focus on other things."

"But my son designed a plan to save Wanpin's daughter. My son feels that her attitude towards me is not as cold as before. Perhaps..."

"If she really had feelings for you, why would she personally tell the Emperor to arrange a marriage for you?"

Concubine Shu stroked Prince Guo's cheek with her hand and said lovingly:

"Yunli, mother knows that you are unwilling to give in, but for the sake of the greater good, you must put aside those unnecessary thoughts."

"Listen to mother and send Hongmei to the palace. This is the best plan."

"Mother, you have never seen Wanpin. If you had seen Wanpin, you wouldn't say that."

Prince Guo reached out and held Concubine Shu's hand, frowning:

"Most importantly, my son is worried that Hongmei is no match for Wanpin."

"You won't know if you are a match until you try."

There was a sense of unwillingness to admit defeat in Concubine Shu's tone.

It seems like it is talking about the contest between her and the Queen Mother.

After being in a trance for a while, she smiled and looked at Prince Guo and said:

"The most important thing is that Hongmei is infatuated with you. She is willing to give everything for your plan."

"This is the Wanpin you mentioned. There is no way she can compare to her."

"I understand everything that mother said."

Prince Guo also agreed with Concubine Shu's words, but he still wanted to win over Zhen Huan.

So, he looked at Concubine Shu seriously and said:

"There is still more than a month before my son gets married. My son wants to try again to see if Wanpin can..."

"If my son cannot change her attitude towards him during this period, it won't be too late for him to find a way to send Hongmei to the palace."

"Ah..." Concubine Shu looked at Prince Guo and sighed deeply:

"From childhood to adulthood, as long as you are determined to do something, you will stick to it to the end."

"Well, just do it if you want to."

Prince Guo was overjoyed to see that Concubine Shu had relented:

"Thank you for supporting your son."

"You are also considering the overall plan. If it succeeds, it can indeed save a lot of unnecessary trouble."

When Concubine Shu saw her son like this, she couldn't help but blame herself:

"It's all because my mother's family background is not high and she can't be your helper, otherwise you wouldn't be like this..."

"Mother, please stop talking like that." Prince Guo hurriedly stopped Concubine Shu from speaking:

"My son has grown up in the love of my mother and father, and I am very satisfied."

"It's all my fault that I'm useless and can't be a support for my mother, so I have to live in such a shabby place..."

Prince Guo looked around at Concubine Shu's residence again:

"If the Emperor were still alive, he would definitely not want to let my mother suffer this."

"Yes."

After hearing what Prince Guo said, Concubine Shu's eyes became deep and long, as if she was recalling the past:

"When the late emperor knew that I liked the Albizia Julibrissin, he ordered people to paste Albizia Julibrissin patterns all over the windows of Jiuzhou Qingyan, symbolizing happiness every year."

"I was originally the daughter of a criminal, but the emperor allowed me to enter the palace under the pretext that I was Ruan Yannian's adopted daughter."

"They repeatedly made exceptions and named me a noble concubine, which attracted the attention of the harem and caused criticism from the court and the public."

"At that time, everyone disliked me. Only Wuya Chengbi, the current queen mother, was willing to befriend me."

"She protected me everywhere and stood up for me. After a long time, I also regarded her as my true sister."

"And so, the two of us have been supporting each other in the palace for many years."

"Because of my friendship with her, I mentioned her more often in front of the emperor."

"The emperor gradually came to think that she was a good person because she stood up for me when everyone else was ostracizing me."

"So in order to protect me, the emperor gave her all the power to rule the palace that he could not give to me."

"Later, the situation of the nine princes competing for the throne became increasingly clear, and she became the empress dowager of noble status."

"I thought she would still let us live a peaceful and smooth life for the sake of our sisterly love, just like she did before."

As Concubine Shu spoke, she looked deeply at Prince Guo:

"Who would have thought that as soon as the emperor ascended the throne, she asked me to go to Ganlu Temple to practice on her behalf, under the pretext of praying for the late emperor."

"It's called cultivation, but it's just a nice excuse."

"Over the years, with the Queen Mother's secret order, I have never stepped out of the gate of Ganlu Temple."

"That's all."

As Concubine Shu spoke, she gently wiped away the tears on her face and looked at Prince Guo with a broken heart:

"What my mother could not endure the most over the years was the pain of being separated from you and me!"

As she said this, she hugged Prince Guo and cried heartbrokenly.

Prince Guo gently stroked her back and comforted her:

"Mother, don't worry, I will definitely get back everything she owes us."

Hearing Prince Guo say this, Concubine Shu quickly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.

She was worried that Prince Guo would do something irrational for him.

She raised her head and looked at Prince Guo with a worried look:

"Yunli, you have to remember that the premise of everything you do is to ensure your own safety first."

"Although you don't like Meng Jingxian, the family behind her can be a help to you."

“You must endure all things until the time is right.”

"Don't act rashly just because you feel sorry for your mother."