"Your Majesty, you will comfort me. I know this is my worry. But I am really scared. What if Shen'er becomes like our old self..."

Xi Fei stopped talking, but tears welled up in her eyes, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

"Don't worry, my beloved concubine. I promise that such a thing will never happen again."

King Wei was too excited and started coughing.

"My king, you must take good care of yourself. You are the last hope for us mother and son. If you pass away one day, our Shen'er is so young, then..."

Most kings are afraid of others talking about death. But when Xi Fei said it with tears in her eyes, King Wei was not annoyed, but felt pain in his heart. He certainly knew what his beloved concubine feared the most. Everyone in the harem knew that the prince and Xi Fei and her son were at odds with each other. If one day, he passed away. How would the young and strong Chen Bei prince treat Xi Fei and his weak brother who had a grudge against him when he ascended the throne?

This is also the biggest worry of King Wei over the years. In the past few years, as he got older day by day, he has been thinking about finding a good way to ease the tension between Prince Chenbei and Prince Shen. He only has these two princes before him. He doesn't want to see brothers killing each other after his death.

"My lady, the young master's fever has subsided."

The wet nurse came in with the news.

"My beloved, Shen'er's fever has subsided, so you can rest assured. I still have official business to attend to, so I will come to see Shen'er tomorrow morning."

Prince Wei was thinking about his own affairs, and gave Concubine Xi some cloth and other valuables before returning to his bedroom.

After respectfully seeing off Prince Wei, Concubine Xi stood on the railing of the West Palace, looking at the night scene in the palace city, a sneer appeared on her lips.

Although it had been nearly ten years since she had a fierce battle with the queen, it was the pain of her life. At that time, the King of Wei was only in his forties, in his prime, and he and the queen had a deep love. All the affairs of the harem were managed by the queen. In order to overthrow the queen and become the master of this palace, she was willing to sacrifice the life of her two-year-old eldest son in that conspiracy. The queen fell, but she did not become the new queen. The struggle in the harem was so cruel and fierce. She came step by step, and ruined the life of her second son. Only then did she step on the blood of those women in the harem and ascend to the position of the Western Concubine in the harem, second only to the emperor and above everyone else.

In just ten years, the king has become an old and sick man. And what about her? The position of queen she wanted the most was always just one step away. Although the king named her the concubine and ordered her to be in charge of the harem, he never named her the queen. She knew better than anyone that this was the king's heartache. Although he resented the queen's betrayal and refused to see the prince in the harem, he always kept the position of queen for that woman.

After the death of her two sons, God began to punish her. For many years, she had not given birth to any more children. She knew this was the biggest obstacle to her becoming queen.

How can a childless woman become a queen?

Therefore, she had been plotting for these years to have another son, until the appearance of Prince Shen. She had the bargaining chip to compete for the queen again. Just like today, the maid she placed beside the king informed her that the king urgently summoned the prince late at night, and she immediately sang the play that Prince Shen was sick in the middle of the night. From the fact that the king left Prince Chenbei outside the palace gate and hurried to see Prince Shen, it can be seen that in the king's heart, he has already leaned towards them mother and son emotionally.

"My lady, the dew is heavy."

The palace maid reminded her, and Concubine Xi smiled.

"Go back to the palace."

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