She favors the Sixth Palace again

Chapter 142
Ning Zhao's words were like a heavy hammer, each hammer hitting the Queen Mother's fragile nerves hard.

Her expression was unpredictable. Finally, Ning Zhao stood up with a sigh and said to her: "Mother, don't think too much. Thinking is harmful to your health. You'd better have a good rest."

"Zhao'er!" she suddenly called.

Since Ning Zhao ascended the throne, the Queen Mother has never called Ning Zhao that way again.

They knew each other well that after Ning Zhao ascended to the throne, they had become opposites - they were both ambitious and would never give up the power in their hands.The Queen Mother was unwilling to just become the admired statue in Cining Palace, and Ning Zhao could not become a puppet at the mercy of the Queen Mother.They are destined to be opposites.

Ning Zhao's footsteps paused.

"Mother, please, Zhao'er," she said with a hint of weakness and pleading on her face, "let Yang Hongcheng go."

"Queen Mother." Ning Zhao sighed, "You still didn't understand what I just said."

"The Ai family understands, the Ai family understands!" The Queen Mother closed her eyes, as if she had made some kind of determination. When she opened her eyes again, her weakness was gone, and all that was left was determination, "Let Yang go." Come on Hongcheng, he is not the son of King Annan."

"What did the queen say?" Ning Zhao blurted out.

He could no longer move forward, and he suddenly turned back to look at the Queen Mother, his eyes full of shock.

"He is not Yang Shengping's son," the Queen Mother's tears flowed down Duanli's face. She had not put on makeup, and the fine lines at the corners of her eyes were clearly visible. She no longer looked invulnerable, but a woman who had been forced to a corner, " He is the son of the Ai family, he is the son of your father, and he is your brother!"

Ning Zhao took a step back in shock and shook his head in disbelief: "How is that possible? Mother, you are so sick that you are confused!"

"How dare the Ai family lie to you about a major matter that confuses the royal bloodline?" The Queen Mother said with tears in her eyes, "Yang Hongcheng is my poor child. Yang Shengping stole him away, causing our mother and son to be separated for more than ten years!"

"Queen Mother..." Ning Zhao looked at the Queen Mother in disbelief, "How is this possible?"

In the 13th year of Yongyou's reign, the concubine Song Wenyi, who had been in the palace for three years - the current Queen Mother, was depressed because she had never had a child. She specifically asked for the grace of Emperor Yongyou and came to the Inspiration Temple to offer incense and pray for blessings.

Perhaps it was Jia Fei's sincerity that moved Heaven. After the Inspiration Temple, she found out she was pregnant very quickly.

Emperor Yongyou had not many heirs, but he could not be said to be rich. He would naturally be happy if a concubine in the harem, or a concubine like Jia Fei, whom he loved, was happy.

So the rewards flowed into the concubine's palace like a stream of water. The imperial doctor checked the pulse and concluded that the fetus was probably a prince.

Emperor Yongyou was even more happy, and his concubine continued to be favored.

Jia Fei gave birth in July, which is the hottest time. Emperor Yongyou took pity on her hard work in giving birth to an heir, so he took her to the Cuiwei Mountain Palace to escape the summer heat early, and stayed there for three months.

On a rainy night in mid-July, Jia Fei finally started.

Everyone was nervous, and Emperor Yongyou even chanted Buddha's name repeatedly, hoping that mother and son would be safe.

As a result, the more intense the care, the more counterproductive it is.

Cuiweishan Palace has always been maintained like an iron barrel, but that night, it encountered an assassin.Most of the guards went to protect Emperor Yongyou. Unexpectedly, an assassin touched the delivery room of Concubine Jia. As a result, Concubine Jia was frightened during the birth and almost died of bleeding. The newly born little prince was snatched away by the assassins. I don’t know life or death.

Because of this incident, Concubine Jia and Emperor Yongyou had a knot in their hearts.

Emperor Yongyou did not sleep with Concubine Jia for almost half a year, because Concubine Jia went crazy over the loss of her child and spoke unscrupulously to Emperor Yongyou - the emperor is the emperor after all, even if he felt guilty, he could not comfort Concubine Jia. Can't stand to be wasted again and again.Finally one time, after the emperor's concubine had a quarrel, Emperor Yongyou walked away, and the concubine Jia burst into tears.

Concubine Jia suffered from the root cause of her illness due to this childbirth, and she has been suffering from heart problems. Although she eventually came to her senses, she reconciled with Emperor Yongyou as before, and she was as favored as ever, but her health was still damaged and she has never been pregnant.

And because the child had never been found, Jia Fei always held on to her pathetic hope and never gave up looking for the child's whereabouts.

The search lasted for more than ten years, and the former concubine has become the current queen mother.

"How is it possible?" Ning Zhao still didn't believe it, "How could King Annan suddenly go crazy and take away the emperor's younger brother?"

"Could it be that the assassin that day was actually King Annan..." At this point, he finally fell silent - if so, it meant that King Annan had already had his objections.

"The assassin's matter has indeed nothing to do with King Annan." The Queen Mother said with tears, "Now, the Ai family no longer hides the matter. Before the Ai family entered the palace, they had a childhood friendship with King Annan."

"It's just that later, the Ai family received divine grace and entered the palace to be selected. They became the late emperor's concubines and were quite favored. When King Annan heard about this, he always held a grudge in his heart, thinking that the Ai family had ruined their promise."

"That year, when he went to the palace in Cuiwei Mountain to escape the summer heat, King Annan happened to be summoned to Beijing to report on his duties, and he was also among those who accompanied him to the palace."

"He caught up with the assassin and rescued the little prince, but because he hated the Ai family, he took the little prince away directly because he hated the Ai family. He wanted to see the Ai family's heartache."

"He did succeed. The Ai family was heartbroken and almost broke up with His Majesty at that time."

The Queen Mother's eyes were filled with tears, and there was a trace of hatred in her eyes when she mentioned King Annan: "His villainous behavior has caused our mother and son to be separated for 16 years. The child was brought to such an extent by him. It is clear that he deserves to die! If Because of him, my prince is killed again, how can I rest in peace? How will the Ai family meet the late emperor in the future? "

The Queen Mother cried so hard that her heart broke: "Zhao'er, Queen Mother, I beg you, for the sake of him being your imperial brother, you must not kill him."

"My mother has been searching for him for so many years, and we haven't even gotten to know each other yet. Do we have to send a man with white hair to a man with black hair?" Her tears were like broken beads, falling continuously. "That poor child is still alive today." Even in his weak years, Aijia hasn’t had time to hear him call Aijia ‘mother queen’!”

Ning Zhao was silent for a while.

After a long time, he finally spoke slowly: "So, that day at Inspiration Temple, the Queen Mother and King Annan met privately, was it because of this child?"

"Of course!" The Queen Mother did not wipe away her tears, letting them flow all over her face, "Prince Annan is so ambitious. He has caused me such misery, how can the Ai family still have any affection for him?!"

"He should never have touched my child!"

"Zhao'er, if you are still suspicious, you can save Yang Hongcheng's life first and then investigate secretly. You will know that the Ai family has never given up looking for his whereabouts over the years."

(End of this chapter)