"Your Highness, why did Prince Xin do this?" Biyu couldn't help but ask.
She is Shen Xihe's person, so naturally she is on Shen Xihe's side. She thinks it is unreasonable for Xiao Changqing to frame her biological mother for Shen Xihe, and she is worried that this is a disaster that Xiao Changqing has secretly planted for Shen Xihe.
Even though Xiao Changqing and Shen Xihe are cooperating now, with the Tian family joining forces, facing the interests of the emperor, how can they not be more cautious.
Shen Xihe smiled at Biyu and said, "Prince Xin did this not because of me."
Xiao Changqing had no feelings for her, but at the moment there was no conflict between the two of them, and they were even hostile to each other, so they temporarily joined forces.
He did this because he was tired of His Majesty using his biological mother to restrain him. Previously, he had clearly used Shen Xihe to launch an attack and demoted Concubine Rong, but later His Majesty promoted Concubine Rong on the grounds of his meritorious service as a warning to him.
His Majesty is seeing his time on the decline, and at such a critical moment, he doesn't want his mother to hold him back.
Using the incident of the fragrant ink, His Majesty found out that the fragrant ink came into the palace when Concubine Rong was in charge. Although Concubine Rong was unaware of it, she still could not escape the crime of negligence. His Majesty suffered a great crime because of this, and he had no time left to recover. He was so depressed that he probably didn't want to see Concubine Rong again.
It is impossible to sentence them to death. Shen Xihe is pregnant, and Concubine Rong has two sons and a daughter. Moreover, the crime of negligence does not deserve death.
However, Shen Xihe did not expect that a few days later, Emperor Youning actually ordered Xiao Changqing to take Concubine Rong out of the palace and bring her to Prince Xin's Mansion for support.
There was a rule in this dynasty that when the emperor passed away, if he had sons, his concubines would be taken to the royal residence by his sons for care. If he had no sons, they would be sent to a temple to practice Buddhism. However, there was no rule that the emperor would send his concubines to his son's residence to be taken care of while he was still alive.
This is a great humiliation to Concubine Rong.
"Your Majesty, are you not planning to pass the throne to Prince Xin?" This was Pearl's first reaction.
After all, only princes and emperors have concubines, so it doesn't make sense for the emperor and his biological mother to live outside.
"I'm afraid you're not the only one who thinks so." Shen Xihe was sewing small clothes for the children.
"Isn't it?" Pearl asked.
Shen Xihe paused, thinking carefully, but did not give a definite answer: "I don't know your majesty's intention. Do you want to use this to confuse everyone and finally pass the throne to Prince Xin? Or do you want to use this to test me and Prince Yan and see if we can take action."
His Majesty has not appointed a crown prince, nor will he do so. Shen Xihe couldn't guess whether he would pass the throne to Xiao Changqing, Xiao Changying, Xiao Changgeng, or even Xiao Changhong. In any case, it would not be the child in her belly.
Now the outcome of the game is in her hands, so she is not in a hurry. It doesn't matter to whom His Majesty decides to pass the throne, nor does she care whether Xiao Changqing and Xiao Changgeng will really waver in the end. She is now staying indoors, waiting for the birth of the child.
Inside Hanzhang Palace, Concubine Rong, who received the news, looked like she had lost her soul. She swept down everything on the dressing table with a flick of her sleeves. She was still not satisfied and smashed everything she saw.
"He is my good son, he is my son!"
The emperor was naturally very clear about wanting to punish Concubine Rong. She didn't believe it was her negligence, and didn't believe that the strange scented ink had flowed into the palace when he was in charge. Although she didn't do everything herself, she trusted the female officials who were around her at the time.