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"Imperial mother! Imperial mother! Imperial mother——"
"Imperial mother, I know I was wrong—— give me another chance!"
"Give me another chance... Imperial mother——"
Aijia has given you a chance. Since the day you returned, Aijia knew you were not Ning"an.
Aijia also knows that my Ning"an is unlikely to return.
That tear of Aijia was shed for Ning"an.
That night, you went to the temple.
Aijia thought you were there to remember your own mother, she was your flesh and blood after all, so it was understandable for you to remember her. Aijia had no objection.
You once gave warmth to Aijia on the days when she needed it most. Aijia thought, as long as you didn"t kill Ning"an, as long as you sincerely came back to be an imperial princess, then Aijia could accept you.
But why... Why did you harm my JiaoJiao? Why did you conspire with people from the State of Yan? Why did you hurt Liulang? Why did you commit so many unforgivable acts?
Empress Dowager Zhuang got on the carriage back.
Eunuch Qin originally sat outside, but seeing that Empress Dowager Zhuang"s mood wasn’t so good, he thought about it and boldly sat inside.
Eunuch Qin looked at Empress Dowager Zhuang, "Your Majesty."
Empress Dowager Zhuang pinched her sore brow and said, "What do you want to say?"
"Nothing." Eunuch Qin instinctively denied. Honestly, he was still digesting it.
Those letters were sent back to the capital by Gu Changqing through urgent delivery over eight hundred li, bearing an official seal. They just arrived this morning, and he hadn"t read them. It was Empress Dowager Zhuang who sorted them out herself.
So just now, he actually heard the shocking truth for the first time.
"That... This servant feels like my brain is a little inadequate." Eunuch Qin said awkwardly.
Empress Dowager Zhuang said lightly, "If you want to ask something, just ask, don"t beat around the bush."
"Yes." Eunuch Qin chuckled nervously, "Princess Ning"an used to be afraid of the dark one moment and unafraid the next. Could it be that there were actually two people all along?"
Empress Dowager Zhuang lightly closed her eyes, "Mm."
Eunuch Qin weakly took in a breath of cold air, "Then, she"s already left the palace, how did she manage to come back in?”
Empress Dowager Zhuang said calmly, "Her mother is an imperial concubine, is it so difficult to bring a child in? She doesn"t live in the palace all year round, just occasionally comes over to reunite with her mother."
"That makes sense." Eunuch Qin suddenly understood, "Does Princess Ning"an know about this?"
Empress Dowager Zhuang pondered for a moment, then shook her head, "She probably doesn"t."
With Ning"an"s temperament, she couldn"t keep it a secret, at least not from her and the Emperor.
What was the child thinking at the time?
Seeing the luxurious life of Ning"an, she probably felt envious, asking Imperial Concubine Dowager Jing, "Mother, I want to be a princess too."
Hence, Imperial Concubine Dowager Jing dressed her in Ning"an"s clothes, made her look like Ning"an, and let her be a princess for a day, half a day, or an hour.
After that, she returned to her own place.
Eunuch Qin sighed, "Thinking about it, she"s quite pitiful too. Just because she was born hours later than her sister, the difference in their lives is like heaven and earth. This servant isn"t a death warrior and doesn"t understand what life they live, but it must be far from the luxury of being an imperial princess."
Empress Dowager Zhuang said, "Compared to an imperial princess? Even compared to commoners, it"s far worse." The suffering of death warriors wasn’t something ordinary people could endure.
"That"s even more tragic." Eunuch Qin sighed again, "Was the one married off to the borderlands the real Princess Ning"an?"
Empress Dowager Zhuang said with a sigh, "Yes, it was her."
Perhaps from that time, they began planning to have her sister replace Ning"an.
As for whether Imperial Concubine Dowager Jing truly had feelings for Ning"an, it was hard to say. Perhaps she did, but her selfishness overpowered it.
The carriage started moving slowly.
Empress Dowager Zhuang leaned against the carriage wall, and Eunuch Qin quickly placed a cushion for her. Empress Dowager Zhuang reminisced, "After Imperial Concubine Dowager Jing died, Aijia once questioned Grannie Cai. She told Aijia something."
Eunuch Qin asked, "What did she say?"
Empress Dowager Zhuang replied, "After the Emperor and Imperial Concubine Dowager Jing fell out, Imperial Concubine Dowager Jing planned to use an imperial decree to end her life with me. Grannie Cai pleaded with her not to act rashly and reminded her to think about Ning"an. She said she not only had His Majesty but also Ning"an. Her expression at the time was off, and her words were strange. She answered Grannie Cai, "Ning"an will never come back in this lifetime... never...""
"Like Grannie Cai, I only thought that when Imperial Concubine Dowager Jing said Ning"an wouldn"t come back, it was because of what I had said to Ning"an in anger. I said, "Ning"an, if you dare to marry off to the borderlands, you"re not allowed to come back for the rest of your life.""
Eunuch Qin nodded frantically, "This servant remembers Your Majesty indeed said that! This servant even advised Your Majesty back then!"
Empress Dowager Zhuang sighed again, "That’s why, Aijia didn"t suspect at the time, and Grannie Cai had never had contact with that child, so naturally, she didn"t suspect either."
Eunuch Qin clicked his tongue, "No one would have suspected! Who would have thought that Imperial Concubine Dowager Jing gave birth to one Ning"an and concealed another Ning"an! Even a tiger wouldn"t devour its own cub. How could she bear to send her own flesh and blood to be a death warrior?"
Empress Dowager Zhuang said in a cold voice, "There are all kinds of people in this world."
Eunuch Qin nodded, "Indeed."
Empress Dowager Zhuang lamented, "That child didn"t appear in the palace very often. After she turned ten, she never appeared in front of Aijia again. If she had appeared more often, perhaps Aijia would have noticed something."
……
Huaqing Palace.
The Emperor, who had been knocked unconscious by Princess Xinyang with a pillow, finally woke up again.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Princess Xinyang standing by the bed. His first reaction was to instinctively cover his head with his hands!
Princess Xinyang: "..."
Princess Xinyang knocked the Emperor unconscious, and there was no escape for her. Unless she killed the Emperor, she would definitely be held accountable for her actions.
But killing him would be very troublesome. First, it was hard to dispose of the body. Second, she was currently serving as regent. If the Emperor died and the Crown Prince ascended to the throne, she worried she would have to continue serving as regent.
This was very annoying.
The Emperor looked at Princess Xinyang with a conflicted expression. Why did he suddenly feel uneasy?
"Ahem!"
The Emperor cleared his throat and calmly lowered his hands, pretending that the scene of his timid self just now had never happened.
Princess Xinyang stood up.
The Emperor immediately covered his head again!
Princess Xinyang: Fine, I"ll kneel and admit my mistake to you.
After the Emperor realized his reaction, he became furious and sternly ordered, "Sit down! Don"t move!"
Sit, then sit.
It was him who wouldn’t let her kneel.
Princess Xinyang sat down on the stool.
Princess Xinyang didn’t have martial arts skills, but being with Long Yi for so long, to be honest, she exuded a murderous aura. Not to mention, she naturally had the air of an imperial princess. That pillow knocked directly into the Emperor"s heart, leaving a deep shadow.
Yu Jin had been dismissed this time.
The Emperor composed himself, sat up straight, and sternly said, "Wei Quan! Come in!"
"Yes!" Eunuch Wei hurriedly walked in.
"What happened to your face?" The Emperor looked at the bruised and swollen Eunuch Wei strangely.
Eunuch Wei lowered his head, "This servant, this servant fell."
He got beaten up by Yu Jin.
When the Emperor was unconscious, he came in once, glanced at Princess Xinyang"s throat, hands, and that area, and then he was beaten up by Yu Jin for being a pervert when he went out.
"Xinyang is guilty. Please punish me, Your Majesty," Princess Xinyang admitted her mistake proactively.
"You have a lot of nerve!" The Emperor slapped the pillow, and his whole hand went numb...
"I’m at Your Majesty’s disposal."
Please immediately relieve me of my duties as regent.
The emperor said impatiently, "Zhen hasn"t decided how to deal with you yet, so just leave it!"
"Oh." Princess Xinyang looked disappointed.
The Emperor: "..."Raz P."s Thoughts
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