Dressed as a concubine instead of a concubine

Chapter 132 A Candidate Everyone Is Satisfied With

King Liang looked at the irrefutable evidence and knew that there was no way to refute it.

The imperial concubine did indeed do all these things.

"Father, Mother... She made a mistake. Father wants to punish her. I will not stop her. It's just that she is my mother and gave birth to me."

Prince Liang said with a heartbroken look on his face, "It is too cruel to banish my mother to the cold palace. I am willing to take the punishment for my mother and let my father punish me. I only hope that my father will be lenient with my mother."

Xie Junyi watched the mother and son acting out with cold eyes. He had to admit that there was a reason why they had been favored for so many years.

At least they have mastered how to appease the emperor.

Moreover, Prince Liang also realized that the emperor was testing him to see whether he was involved in what the imperial concubine did.

He was willing to take the punishment for his mother. This action not only dispelled the emperor's doubts, but also made the emperor feel some pity for him.

Sure enough, the emperor saw this and quickly helped him up. "Everyone has his own responsibility. These are the mistakes made by your mother. She should be punished."

"This matter has nothing to do with you. You are getting married soon, so prepare for your wedding well."

"Father, my mother really knows she is wrong. I hope you can show mercy."

The emperor waved his hand and said, "It is settled now. Take the imperial concubine away."

The emperor was also afraid that he would be soft-hearted, so he was already merciful enough by not taking the imperial concubine's life.

If the punishment is any lighter, I am afraid that both the former court and the harem will have no peace.

"Your Majesty, An'er..."

The imperial concubine struggled and was taken away.

Watching her retreating figure, the Queen's expression darkened. The two of them had been fighting for more than twenty years, and today it finally came to an end.

But she didn't feel any pleasure at all, she just felt pathetic and ridiculous.

At least the imperial concubine received the emperor's sincere love, but as for myself, I have been in this position for so many years, working hard, and got nothing in return.

"An'er, prepare for your wedding and don't worry about your mother's affairs."

At this time, the emperor's first thought was still to appease King Liang.

Sure enough, favoritism cannot be changed, or in other words, Prince Liang has already occupied an important position in the emperor's heart.

"Okay, I will obey your order."

After saying that, Prince Liang looked at Wang Ruixuan and said, "Father, this must be my fourth brother, right?"

"Yes, he is your Fourth Emperor, his name is Xie Ruixuan, and he is ten years old this year."

Seeing Wang Ruixuan, the emperor's heart was finally relieved a little. The happiest thing today was probably that he had a new son.

"Father, it is because of Mother's fault that Fourth Brother has suffered so much. I feel ashamed of Fourth Brother."

Prince Liang said guiltily, "In order to make up for my fourth brother, I ask you to let my fourth brother live with Concubine Wan, so that he can have a gentle and virtuous mother."

Wanpin was praised by everyone for being gentle and virtuous, but she was the Imperial Concubine's person, so how could she really treat Wang Ruixuan well?

"Father, I don't want to go anywhere. I just want to stay by your side."

Wang Ruixuan hugged the emperor tightly, showing his inner fear and dependence on the emperor.

The emperor patted his head with pity, "Xuan'er, you are not yet old enough to leave the palace and build a residence. It would be best if you stay in the palace and live under the care of a concubine. Someone can take care of you."

"Then Wanpin will definitely treat you well."

"No." Wang Ruixuan shook his head fearfully, "I don't know her and don't want to call her mother."

"If your Majesty insists on finding a mother for your son, then let your son go to the Empress."

"what?"

Not only the Emperor and Prince Liang were surprised, even the Queen couldn't believe it.

You have to know that she is different from other concubines. She is the queen, so her child is the legitimate son.

She already has a legitimate son, Xie Junyi, so why would she need to foster another one?

The emperor didn't care. After all, all his sons were his. Besides, he felt indebted to Wang Ruixuan, so he would be willing to give him a higher status.

However, he couldn't force the queen to raise her.

Looking up and seeing the Queen's embarrassed expression, the Emperor turned his gaze to Xie Junyi.

"Prince Qi, you have spent the longest time with Xuan'er, what do you think?"

"Xuan'er is a smart and good child. I like this fourth prince very much, and I believe that the queen mother will like him too."

What he said meant that he was willing to let Wang Ruixuan be raised by the Queen.

The emperor was delighted, "I feel the same way. I feel relieved to keep him by the queen's side."

This was the first time that the emperor was kind to the queen and looked at her with expectation.

The queen was somewhat reluctant in her heart, as she did not want other princes to occupy the status of the legitimate son.

But since Xie Junyi and the emperor had both said so, it would be inappropriate for her to refuse.

"I also pity this child for having suffered so much. Since he is destined to be with me, I will raise him under my wing."

"Call me mother now."

The emperor said quickly that he felt that the queen was not so annoying anymore.

"Mother."

Wang Ruixuan quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times.

"Get up."

The queen sighed, there was another child out of nowhere.

Prince Liang looked at all this and was somewhat confused about the purpose of Xie Junyi's actions. Even if he wanted to win over Prince Wang Ruixuan, there was no need to give him the status of a legitimate son.

Doing so is not a wise move. If Wang Ruixuan grows up and becomes ambitious, Xie Junyi will have given himself a strong rival.

Prince Liang had this idea, and the Queen had the same idea after returning to her own bedroom.

She couldn't help but ask, "What are you thinking? You can find a concubine from our camp to raise the child. How can you raise him under my command?"

Xie Junyi replied, "I have already said that he is a good child and the Queen Mother will like him."

"But no matter how good he is, he can't take the title of the second son. Besides, your father likes him. We can't defeat the King of Liang and then another one."

They had themselves created this enemy.

"He will not be our enemy."

"He's not now, who can tell what he will be like in the future."

Prince Liang might not have had that idea at first, but being so doted on by the emperor, the desire in his heart would always grow.

"Don't you think, mother, that he will be the most powerful rival of Prince Liang? Father is still young, and he is not in a hurry to appoint a crown prince."

Xie Junyi said calmly, "The reason why I supported Prince Liang so much in the past was, on the one hand, because I doted on the Imperial Concubine, but more importantly, I didn't want my son, a prince with the blood of the Song family, to ascend the throne."

"Even if he doesn't want it, we still have to fight for it. This is originally yours."

The queen said bitterly.

Xie Junyi looked at his mother and said seriously.

"But why can't we support a candidate for the crown prince that both we and our father are satisfied with?"