0p0 Chapter 917 The Princess Enters the Palace!
Chapter 917 The Princess Enters the Palace!
The next day, Princess Zhaoyang went to the palace to talk with the Empress Dowager. Sure enough, before long, the topic turned to her two children.
"Mother, as you have seen, the驸马 (the驸马) is a good-for-nothing and has no future. It's not that I want to blame Father. But what do you think I have for him?"
The Empress Dowager merely raised an eyebrow at her without saying a word.
Princess Zhaoyang saw that the Empress Dowager was silent, and assumed that the Empress Dowager also felt guilty towards her daughter.
Thinking about it this way, it became much easier to say.
"Mother, you say the驸马 (the驸马) is merely useless, and that's fine. I accept that; at least he's handsome and has a good appearance, right? But since our marriage, I haven't seen him settle down. He has one mistress after another. He even caused me to lose a child. Mother, how am I supposed to live like this?"
The Empress Dowager had naturally heard about the division of the Luo family. She moved into the Princess's residence, and the Prince Consort, perhaps fed up with her cold temper, insisted on not bowing his head to her.
No wonder, what man doesn't have a temper and a fiery spirit?
If he really was such a good-for-nothing, then the emperor was truly blind back then.
Actually, Luo the Prince Consort wasn't bad. It's just that he was restricted in many ways after marrying a princess.
Most importantly, because of Consort Luo's affair, the Emperor Emeritus no longer favored the Luo family.
The main reason is that the Luo family was too ambitious before.
I've overthought both the things I should and shouldn't have thought about.
For a ruler, the most intolerable thing is someone forming cliques and eyeing their throne. Even if that person is their in-law, it's unacceptable!
Throughout history, how many emperors have even killed their own sons? How much more so would they kill an insignificant relative by marriage?
"Haven't you two been doing just fine all these years? Do you really expect to divorce your husband?"
Princess Zhaoyang was taken aback. Had she said she wanted a divorce?
no!
Even if I'm unhappy, I haven't done anything too outrageous, nor have I ever thought about keeping a few male lovers.
Deep down, she still understood that she was a woman.
"Mother, that's not what I meant. Now that concubine has also given birth to a son for the Prince Consort. If it were an ordinary family's daughter, it wouldn't matter, and I naturally wouldn't bother you, Mother. But that concubine happens to be from the General of the State's Mansion. What do you expect me to do? Are you suggesting I kill that concubine?"
At this point, the Empress Dowager was stunned.
Then he looked at Princess Zhaoyang with an expression as if she were a monster, "Are you alright? She was the consort's woman, how could you just kill her like that? As the mistress of the house, how could you be so immoral?"
"Mother, I was just saying that, and nothing happened to that vile woman, did it?"
The Empress Dowager felt somewhat uncomfortable upon hearing this.
She naturally knew something about Li Wanhe's affair.
The statement that "I don't like her, but that doesn't mean I like Princess Zhaoyang" is incorrect.
"Alright, the reason I summoned you to the palace today is simply because I missed the children. It just so happens that your children are not young anymore, so I was just thinking of asking if they have started their formal education yet?"
"After returning to the Empress Dowager, the Prince Consort did hire a tutor, and he himself often taught the children."
"Then that settles it, right? The prince consort has a child in his heart, which shows that he can still distinguish between what's important and what's not. You're a woman, so don't meddle in other people's business."
"Mother, are you saying that I was wrong in all of this?"
The old nanny standing nearby saw this and realized, "Oh no, my master's crazy side is acting up again."
You must know this isn't a prince consort, it's the Empress Dowager!
“Princess, the Empress Dowager is doing this for your own good. Think about it, the Prince Consort is a grown man, and he's bound to care about his reputation. If you give him enough face in public, he'll naturally soften his feelings for you.”
The Empress Dowager thought those words were quite plausible.
But when Princess Zhaoyang heard it, it was a completely different story.
"Hmph! Give him face? Why should he? If it weren't for me, what future would he have? Now he has a legitimate concubine, and he doesn't even go to my princess's residence anymore. He's living a carefree life."
“She’s right, Zhaoyang. You can’t always force or suppress a man; you have to find a way to coax him. Look at the Empress, and look at Madam Mu—aren’t they examples?”
Zhao Yang already looked down on Mu Xin Nuan, and now, hearing the Empress Dowager's suggestion that she should learn from Mu Xin Nuan, she felt even worse.
"Mother, you are indeed biased. I am your own daughter."
"My child, isn't this your mother teaching you a lesson? You insist on pushing your husband away, so who can stop you? If you don't come up with a solution yourself, what do you suggest?"
"Mother, look at my sister Jing'er! Chu Rong has made great military achievements over the years and dotes on her. He doesn't even have a concubine, let alone a maidservant. Why is my life so miserable!"
As soon as Princess Zhaoyang finished speaking, she began to sob.
The Empress Dowager is old and has some taboos.
Now, hearing her cry here naturally makes me a little unhappy.
"Alright, alright, stop crying. It's giving me a headache. Think it through yourself."
Although the Empress Dowager was somewhat unhappy, she was, after all, her own daughter, so how could she not feel sorry for her at all?
"You only saw the harmonious life Jing'er and Chu Rong shared, but why didn't you see what Jing'er did for Chu Rong all these years? When Chu Rong was away, Jing'er treated Madam Chu with the same filial piety as she would her own mother. Everyone has a heart, how could Chu Rong not be moved?"
Zhao Yang did not agree with this explanation.
"Mother, please don't try to excuse my husband. I accept that he's useless. But what about my children? My daughter is almost twelve, and it's time for her to get married. Mother, you wouldn't want people to say that your granddaughter doesn't please you, would you?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? If she didn't win my heart, why would I even think of summoning her to the palace to talk?"
"That's how you think. But who can know what the people outside are thinking?"
The Empress Dowager understood at this moment; she was thinking of giving her children a good future.
But now the one in charge is the Emperor.
In matters like this, it is the Emperor who makes the decision. What can the Empress Dowager promise?
At most, they would just agree to find a good marriage for their granddaughter.
"Alright, I understand your thoughts. Don't worry, how could I mistreat my own granddaughter? I will take care of her marriage."