"If these three children are mixed together, how can others believe that it is such a coincidence that the daughter is born to you and Concubine Yu, while the son is born to Widow Zhang? They will not believe this so-called coincidence, and they will probably think that this is a conspiracy by my Zhu family!"
"Even if you say that Concubine Yu also saw it, and that the baby boy was indeed born by Widow Zhang, and not your or her son, you also said that she was almost fainted at the time. So what if she said she didn't remember it? She is the emperor's favorite concubine. How can we know that she won't have other thoughts in the future because she has no children?"
"There are already two older princes in the palace, and there is resentment between the emperor and the empress. If the situation is like the previous dynasty, where the fight for the throne ends with the invasion of foreign vassals, then there will be no cure for our dynasty's reincarnation! Widow Zhang's son must be sent away and cannot be allowed to stay in the capital! Even if she did help you and Concubine Yu in times of crisis, I can repay her son in other ways!"
Thinking of Zhu Jing's immediate reaction, Jiu Niang's lips curled up slightly, and then she sneered: "For you, preparing for a rainy day and preventing chaos in the palace is more important than an innocent orphan, more important than repaying a favor. I'm afraid that when you told me that you arranged the marriage between Yingying and Shou in order to repay a favor, you felt that you had done your best for Sister Zhang, right?"
"Jiu Niang..." Zhu Jing only had time to say these two words before he was interrupted by his wife.
"Yes, you also invited an imperial teacher like Master Ge to teach a child in a rural area. You really did your best. But I asked Mrs. Wu. When Ah Shou was weak in the countryside, you helped to invite a doctor, but it was not a famous doctor with good skills, because you were afraid that it would leak out and attract other people's attention!"
Jiu Niang knew that Hua Qi, who had not been home for a long time, must be waiting outside the door, and those maids must have hidden far away out of fear. Therefore, she naturally spoke out without restraint what she had been holding in her heart for a long time.
"Of course, it's true that Wu was ignorant and worried about someone plotting against Shou. It's also true that she chased away the first teacher you hired for Shou, just because the child fell ill as soon as he went to school. It's also true that she kept Shou locked up at home, fearing that he would fall and get hurt outside, or even have a relapse of his old illness, so she missed Ge Yong. It's all true."
"But all of these cannot cover up one thing. After all, it was you who placed them in the countryside where it was inconvenient to take care of them. It was because of you that Ah Shou became sickly and weak in his early years and almost missed the best time in his life when he should have studied and practiced martial arts. It can be said that Ah Shou was able to grow up to be such a pillar of society today in such a countryside, and that was God's blessing on him!"
Zhu Jing knew that his wife had always been stubborn. Now when he heard her talking, he realized that it was still because of the past. He felt bitter and could only endure it silently. However, what Jiu Niang said next made his face change drastically.
"Aren't you just trying to prevent trouble from happening in the palace? Do you think that without A Shou, the two princes can get along? When you were in the capital, the eldest prince and the second prince were fighting each other. After you led the army to the battle, they became even more aggressive. You schemed against me, and I schemed against you. The queen even lost her dignity as the head of a palace and sent her personal attendants to scare A Shou..."