diskusbooks Chapter 172: Chun Yuan steps in, high-level lies
Chapter 172: Chun Yuan steps in, high-level lies
"I had no choice. What on earth did you have to do? You are already the queen. All my children have to call you mother. How could you be so cruel?"
The emperor stared at the queen with annoyed eyes.
"Your Majesty, although I seem to have a glorious life as the Queen, in fact, my life is not that good. Instead, I worry every day whether I will lose the position of Queen left by my sister one day."
The Queen once again used Chun Yuan as a shield. She had to admit that the person she hated and envied the most was her biggest shield in front of the Emperor.
"What do you mean, do you think I will destroy you?"
The emperor stared at the queen with a bad tone, but when the queen mentioned the word "sister", he thought of Queen Chunyuan and his heart softened a little.
Thinking of the way Chun Yuan handed her sister to him before her death, he couldn't help but sigh, and his eyes became slightly moist.
Ten years of life and death are boundless, unthinkable and unforgettable.
Before I knew it, Chunyuan had been away from me for so many years.
"As a concubine, I have never been as good as my sister since I was young. After I took over the position of queen, I have always been cautious and wanted to be a qualified and competent queen."
The Queen's tone was filled with deep inferiority and helplessness, which reminded the Emperor of his childhood when his biological mother disliked him after his adoptive mother passed away. He felt uneasy like a ghost in this deep palace.
The appearance of Chun Yuan made him feel like the clouds had cleared and the moon was revealed. He had never met such a charming woman. Even though this would displease the emperor, he still forcibly married Chun Yuan.
He finally had someone who would never betray him again.
"So, what do you mean by saying these things?"
Although the emperor's tone was still questioning, his eyes were obviously much softer.
The Queen knew that her words touched the Emperor's heart.
"But when Concubine Xuan appeared, I was really scared."
"Although I am the queen, my family is not prosperous, and I have not had any children since Honghui passed away."
"Not only is Concubine Xuan from the Fucha clan, she is also very smart and beautiful. She has been favored by the emperor since she entered the palace. Not long after, she became pregnant. I am worried that if Concubine Xuan is pregnant with a prince, I will have to give up my position as queen before long."
"I was afraid that I could not keep the position of Queen that my sister left for me, so I lost my mind for a moment and took action on Concubine Xuan's belly."
"I am guilty and willing to accept any punishment."
The Queen knew very well that the Emperor was serious this time, so after seeing the evidence laid out, she did not continue to play dumb, but instead retreated to advance and caught the Emperor off guard.
Take advantage of this opportunity to bring up her sister and move the emperor. Then use her own past to arouse the emperor's empathy for his childhood. At this time, bring up Honghui again, and the emperor will surely soften his heart.
As long as the emperor is soft-hearted, today's incident can be over. After all, the emperor still cherishes the old friendship.
What's more, she didn't believe that the emperor felt no guilt about Honghui's matter.
Although she, as Honghui's mother, was unwilling to use Honghui, she had no choice but to do so at this time.
With a sense of guilt towards Honghui in her heart, she looked up at the emperor with red eyes and continued, "In fact, I knew that after doing such a thing, it was inevitable that I would be found out. I later regretted it and felt that I should not have treated Concubine Xuan and the child in her belly like this."
"But I don't know why I was so carried away at the time that I did something irreversible."
"In fact, I was delighted to see Concubine Xuan give birth to a child smoothly. This is also the emperor's child, so I really regret it now."
The emperor finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the genuine guilt in the queen's eyes. It seemed that the queen had only taken action on Concubine Xuan's fetus. As for the others, it was probably the eighth prince who did it.
Yes, if the queen really killed so many children, the queen mother would not just sit there and watch.
The Queen Mother should still have some motherly love for me.
The emperor was unwilling to admit in his heart that he was a child who was not loved by his mother, so when he found out that the empress dowager was not involved, he finally felt better.
Perhaps the Queen Mother also loved me, but since I had not grown up with the Queen Mother for many years, the Queen Mother would have a preference for the Fourteenth Prince, the child who grew up with her.
However, since the matter involved the throne, he still had to let Xia Qian investigate it thoroughly.
"So you are worried that Concubine Xuan will take away your position as Queen after she has a child?"
The emperor looked into the queen's eyes and did not allow her to dodge even a little.
"Yes, Your Majesty. I am worried that Concubine Xuan will take away the position of Queen."
This is a fact and there is nothing wrong with admitting it.
The queen looked into the emperor's eyes and nodded very naturally.
The most clever lies are often pieced together from the truth. She told the truth, but just concealed some of it.
So even if the emperor questioned her, she still didn't feel guilty at all.
She was indeed worried that Concubine Xuan would snatch the position of Queen, and she took action against the child in her belly in order to ensure that the Third Prince could succeed to the throne smoothly, and she could become the Queen Mother and rule the country from behind the curtain.
The position of queen was indeed given to her by her sister, but she thought that her sister had taken her position away first, and now it was just returning to its original owner.
Seeing Concubine Xuan giving birth to the child safely, she really felt regretful. She regretted that she didn't do it more beautifully and perfectly.
"Do you think I am a tyrant who can be blinded by beauty?"
Although the emperor could understand what the queen did, he was very dissatisfied with her behavior.
"Of course not, it's just the evil spirit in my heart."
The Queen opened her mouth and answered.
"The position of the queen involves the previous dynasty and the harem, and it cannot be easily replaced. I am not the kind of incompetent monarch who would do such a thing because of beauty."
What he meant was that the queen should rest assured that he would not change her position casually as long as she did what a queen should do.
"emperor."
The queen naturally understood what the emperor meant and looked at him excitedly.
She didn't expect that the emperor would say such words of promise to her, which immediately made her heart surge.
She knew that the emperor still had her in his heart.
"As the queen, you have committed such a serious crime. I will never forgive you easily."
(The Queen won't be offline so soon.)