Chapter 897 This matter is already in preparation
Chapter 897 This matter is already in preparation
Empress Dowager Liu did not answer Nanny Yuan directly. Instead, she looked at her and said, "You have served me for most of my life. You should know what I value most."
Of course Nanny Yuan knew.
To the Empress Dowager, the glory and future of the Duke Dingguo's Mansion are more important than her life!
Empress Dowager Liu's eyes became vague, and she said slowly: "When Qingqing was still alive, I always felt that the emperor was somewhat sincere towards her. Perhaps because of this sincerity, the Dingguo Mansion will never follow the Zhenguo Mansion's footsteps no matter what."
"However, I didn't expect that the emperor was even more ruthless than I imagined!"
"He even sentenced Qingqing, who had served him for many years, gave birth to his eldest princess, and was deeply in love with him, to death. How could he show mercy to the Duke Dingguo Mansion?"
"Besides, my body is already like this now, and no one knows how much time I have left... How can I just watch the number of princes in the harem increase and the Imperial Concubine Chen firmly take the position of Imperial Concubine?!"
"I must clear the obstacles for the Third Prince in my limited life!"
Nanny Yuan's eyes turned red as she listened.
In the final analysis, the Queen Mother had been cautious for most of her life, but recently she was so eager for quick success and instant benefits, all because she felt that she didn't have much time left...
The Empress Dowager has spent her entire life planning for the Duke Dingguo's Mansion!
Nanny Yuan was unable to persuade Empress Dowager Liu, so she could only firmly say, "No matter what the Empress Dowager does, I will always follow you!"
"It's just... I didn't expect that His Majesty values Concubine Chen much more than we thought. Even the strange phenomena from the sky and the rumors that the evil concubine was a disaster for the country did not hurt her at all."
Hearing this, Empress Dowager Liu's fear became more obvious: "It is precisely because of this that I cannot let her sit firmly on the position of Imperial Concubine! Otherwise, with the Emperor's love for her, he would have made her the Imperial Concubine sooner or later."
"If the Fourth Prince becomes the Empress's legitimate son, what chance does the Third Prince have of winning?!"
But this time... despite all Empress Dowager Liu's schemes, she still failed in the end...
This is why everyone in the palace is vying for favor.
Because no one knows better than Empress Dowager Liu that even though they are both framed, the favored concubine and the unfavored concubine will end up with two different outcomes.
Seeing the murderous intent in Empress Dowager Liu's eyes, Nanny Yuan advised: "Empress Dowager, Concubine Chen is cunning. If this plan fails, we can think of another way. Please don't get yourself hurt by getting angry."
Queen Mother Liu took a deep breath to calm her emotions, then asked, "How's the cleaning going?"
Nanny Yuan lowered her voice and said, "Please rest assured, Queen Mother, the Duke has already taken care of everything. No one will ever find out about the relationship between the second son of the Zhang family and the Duke Ding's Mansion!"
Empress Dowager Liu slowly closed her eyes and said "hmm".
She knew that the emperor, whom she had raised, was a smart man and might have doubts about her.
But the Great Zhou ruled the world with filial piety.
As long as there is no solid evidence, the emperor would not dare to do anything to his mother, otherwise the spit of people all over the world would drown him.
No matter how much the emperor went to war for Concubine Chen, would he dare to kill his mother?
Nanny Yuan's eyes darkened. "During the selection two years ago, if the Empress Dowager hadn't seen Consort Chen's potential and wanted to use her for Consort Liu, how could she have had the opportunity to grow when she first entered the palace without any foundation?"
"I never thought that she was such an ungrateful and ungrateful person, and she wanted to replace Concubine Liu from the very beginning!"
"How can such a corrupt woman be worthy of being the mother of the country? Everything you have done, Queen Mother, is for the good of His Majesty. I hope that even if His Majesty knows the truth, he can understand your painstaking efforts..."
As the master and servant were talking, a palace maid came in with the boiled medicine and said respectfully, "Empress Dowager, it's time to take the medicine."
Since she became paralyzed, the imperial physician has been prescribing medicine for Empress Dowager Liu every day to treat, recuperate and nourish her body.
Nanny Yuan helped Empress Dowager Liu up, leaned her against the pillow, then took the medicine brought by the palace maid and fed it to her spoonful by spoonful.
Although the Empress Dowager had been paralyzed for more than half a year, Nanny Yuan still felt sad every time she saw her like this.
The Empress Dowager had been in power in the harem for most of her life, but she never imagined that in the end she would fall into trouble and be murdered by the damned Commoner Xiao!
Otherwise, how could the Queen Mother fall into such a passive situation?
Finally, the bowl of medicine was finished.
As soon as Nanny Yuan handed the medicine bowl to the maid to take away, another maid came in and reported, "Her Majesty the Queen Mother, Concubine Wang wants to see you!"
It was not uncommon for Concubine Wang to come to the Cining Palace often to pay her respects to Empress Dowager Liu.
Empress Dowager Liu leaned back on the soft pillow and said slowly, "Let her come in."
"Yes!"
The princess was wearing a goose yellow palace dress today. She looked pretty, charming, dignified and elegant, the type that the elders would like.
After entering the inner room, she bowed respectfully to Empress Dowager Liu and said, "I pay my respects to the Empress Dowager!"
Empress Dowager Liu said calmly, "No need to be polite."
"sit down."
Wang Concubine replied "Yes", and sat down on the chair beside Empress Dowager Liu's bed. She asked with concern: "I haven't come to see the Empress Dowager for a few days. Are you in good health?"
Queen Dowager Liu looked at Concubine Wang with a gentle look in her eyes: "It's rare that you have such filial piety. My health has always been like this."
Wangpin smiled and said, "Next time, I will bring the Third Prince over to pay my respects to the Queen Mother together. Seeing her grandson will make the Queen Mother feel better and her body will be healthier."
Queen Mother Liu had no feelings for Nangong Xuanyu, whom she raised with her own hands, let alone the Third Prince who she regarded as a tool?
But the Third Prince is now the only hope of the Duke Dingguo Mansion, so Empress Dowager Liu is naturally willing to get close to him: "Okay."
"Come to think of it, I haven't seen the Third Prince for a while. I miss him so much."
Wangpin smiled gently, and then talked about the main purpose of coming here today: "Last time, I asked Ziyuan to ask the Queen Mother for permission to invite a doctor from outside the palace to check on the third prince. But Ziyuan said that the Queen Mother has not found a suitable opportunity yet, so I have to come here in person today to ask."
Speaking of this matter, Empress Dowager Liu was also worried.
So many people in the palace noticed that the Third Prince was abnormal, of course she would know it.
Although for the Duke Dingguo Mansion, a puppet emperor does not need to be too smart. If the third prince is really trained to be like Nangong Xuanyu, it will be detrimental to their plan.
But if the Third Prince wants to seize the throne, his qualifications cannot be too bad.
So Empress Dowager Liu started arranging this matter a long time ago.
She looked at Wang Fei and said slowly, "I was just about to send someone to tell you that this matter is already being prepared."
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