vrcanaries Chapter 496 Concubine Liu was almost scared and threw the third prince out
Chapter 496 Concubine Liu was almost scared and threw the third prince out
After Concubine Liu left, Nanny Yuan helped Empress Dowager Liu walk into the inner room.
Although there was no extra expression on Empress Dowager Liu's face, Nanny Yuan had served her for most of her life, so how could she not see that she was in a bad mood.
"Empress Dowager, everything is going in a good direction now, so you should relax."
Empress Dowager Liu shook her head: "Although the imperial concubine said she had given up on the emperor after being held hostage by the Jiang family's rebels, and that she only cared about power from then on, how could I not see that, although she seemed ruthless to the emperor, she actually had feelings for him!"
"The imperial concubine hasn't done anything foolish yet, but I'm always worried that one day, she will fail because of love!"
"Her personality...is actually not suitable for survival in the deep palace."
Perhaps it was because he saw through this that the emperor refused to send the beauty into the palace, claiming that he only wanted the title of imperial concubine from the Liu family.
Nanny Yuan comforted her, "The Imperial Concubine is still young. After a few more years, her temperament will gradually calm down."
"With you behind me giving me instructions, nothing will go wrong."
Empress Dowager Liu sighed, "I hope so."
She was afraid that Concubine Liu would say one thing to her face and another behind her back. She raised the Third Prince but didn't take good care of him, which would displease the Emperor.
……
Yongshou Palace.
Whether in the palace before or in the harem now, Concubine Liu felt bad about the children that Nangong Xuanyu had with other women... Although she never thought of harming them, she really couldn't like them.
Can't blame her.
Is there any woman in the world who would truly like the offspring of her beloved man with someone else?
She is not a saint and really can't do it.
Although she had long given up on His Majesty, when she saw the Third Prince... Concubine Liu still felt a little uncomfortable.
Of course, despite her thoughts, she did not treat the Third Prince badly in any other way. She even personally supervised the palace servants and cleaned up the Third Prince's bedroom.
The happiest person was undoubtedly the eldest princess, who kept dancing around the third prince, "That's great! The third prince has come to Yongshou Palace. When he grows up, there will be one more person to play with Yun'er!"
Concubine Liu was originally a little worried that since she raised the third prince, the eldest princess would be jealous and feel that the third prince had taken away her love.
Seeing the eldest princess's reaction, Concubine Liu breathed a sigh of relief and felt a little gratified.
Her Yun'er is indeed the best child in the world!
The wet nurse and nanny who had served the Third Prince were all sent back to the Imperial Household Department by Concubine Liu. Now, the people who were taking care of him were all her own people.
The nurse brought the Third Prince to her and said with a smile, "My Lady, the Third Prince has woken up. Do you want to hold him?"
No matter what, this would be her son from now on, and Concubine Liu also wanted to cultivate a mother-son relationship with the Third Prince. She immediately reached out and took him from the wet nurse.
The third prince developed slowly, his body and limbs were much smaller than those of children of the same age, but his head was much larger. He also had huge wide eyes and a low nose bridge, which made him look weird no matter how you looked at him, and he kept drooling.
Concubine Liu looked down and saw the Third Prince staring at her blankly. At such a close distance, this scene was truly horrifying!
She was so frightened that she almost threw the third prince out of her hands!
Fortunately, the wet nurse reacted quickly and caught the Third Prince in time. She also made excuses for Concubine Liu: "This... Your Majesty hasn't held a child for a long time. It's normal that you are not used to it for a while. Once you get along with the Third Prince for a long time, it will be fine..."
Concubine Liu had been convincing herself that a man's appearance was not important. Besides, all the Duke Dingguo's Mansion needed was a puppet, and it was a good thing that the Third Prince was not smart.
But looking at the appearance of the Third Prince...she really couldn't like him!
Concubine Liu frowned and waved her hand: "Hurry up and take him down!"
"Take good care of the Third Prince, and don't come around me for no reason!"
The nurse said respectfully, "Yes!"
The eldest princess blinked her eyes, with a lot of doubts in her little head.
She heard from the ladies in the palace that her mother and Empress Liang both wanted to raise the third prince, and it was because her grandfather begged her father for a long time that her father agreed to let the third prince come to Yongshou Palace.
She had always thought that her mother liked the third prince very much. After all, her mother had often said that it would be great if she could give birth to a prince.
"Mother concubine."
The eldest princess walked up to Concubine Liu and asked in confusion, "Don't you like the third brother?"
Concubine Liu smiled awkwardly: "How could that be?"
"The Third Prince will be my biological son and your biological brother from now on. I love him so much, how could I not like him?"
Princess Yuxue frowned on her cute little face: "Mother is lying!"
"Yun'er is already four years old. She is not as easy to fool as a three-year-old."
"If you liked the Third Prince, why did you have that expression when you held him, and why did you ask the Third Prince's nurses not to bring him to see you for no reason?"
At this point, the eldest princess felt a little distressed: "Mother, the third prince was still so young, and he left his mother. Yun'er feels so pitiful for him..."
"If you don't like the third brother, then he really won't be loved by mother. Yun'er begs mother, please don't hate the third brother, okay?"
The eldest princess has a pure heart, how could Concubine Liu not be touched?
She was also worried that the eldest princess would say something nonsense in front of the emperor, which would make Nangong Xuanyu dissatisfied with her.
"Mother doesn't hate the Third Prince, it's just that people always have to go through a process of getting to know each other. Mother won't lie to you, Yun'er, don't think too much, okay?"
The eldest princess nodded and said, "Okay!"
"Yun'er is now a big sister. From now on, I will love my third brother together with my mother!"
Concubine Liu held her in her arms and patted her head: "So good!"
Just because of Yun'er's heart, if the Third Prince really inherits the throne in the future, Yun'er will never be allowed to marry!
……
Although the news that Duke Dingguo used military power in exchange for the custody of the third prince had not been spread openly, the ownership of the heavy troops had changed. How could the Zhou family not know about such a big thing?
Not only did Zhou Yuxi know about it, he was even sent out by the emperor to be in charge of the handover of this matter.
Zhao Yungui mentioned this in the letter he wrote to Shen Zhinian.
At this point, Shen Zhinian completely understood the whole story.
There was a hint of mockery in her eyes: "...It seems that in your majesty's heart, my mentor is not as important as the military power. Therefore, all the plots of Concubine Liang have come to nothing!"
"I just wonder if Concubine Liang will bring up her own father next time?"
Handan covered her mouth and smiled: "Empress Liang always uses this trick, but it doesn't seem to work."
Shen Zhinian shook his head: "It's not that it doesn't work, but the temptation thrown by Duke Dingguo's Mansion is too great."
Otherwise, this time, Concubine Liu would definitely not be able to compete with Concubine Liang.