"You bastard, I am the prince's biological mother and the future empress dowager, why don't you open the door for me?" Concubine Dong shouted hysterically in the palace.
She didn't expect that at this point, she wouldn't be able to leave the Qingliang Palace.
"Ms. Dong, let alone the crown prince, even if the emperor issues an order, you cannot leave the Qingliang Palace. This is the rule set by the late emperor." The eunuch guarding the gate spoke in a stern manner, without any flattery because Ms. Dong's son became the crown prince.
"Do you believe that I will let the prince kill you? You are a bunch of dogs and slaves. You actually want to trap me in this Qingliang Palace. You are really ignorant." Concubine Dong shouted angrily. She could not help but want to open the door of Qingliang Palace, but she could not move the heavy door no matter how hard she tried.
"Ms. Dong, even if the prince kills us, you still can't get out of Qingliang Palace. After you go in, the door will be locked."
"Don't worry, without you, I will have this door demolished."
"You may give it a try." The young eunuch remained unmoved, as if he didn't even care about his own life or death.
Concubine Dong was so angry at their attitude that she could no longer speak. After a long while, she said to Eunuch Wan, "Go and call the prince to me."
"Mother, I'm here." Murong Jie's voice suddenly came, as if he had been waiting not far away.
When Concubine Dong heard Murong Jie's voice, she was furious and accused loudly: "Murong Jie, you are the crown prince of a country, and you just watch the little eunuch bully your mother, right?"
"Mother, I am here to ask about your father's imperial decree to appoint a crown prince." Murong Jie asked anxiously, as if he did not sense Concubine Dong's anger.
"Murong Jie, why are you asking those questions? The imperial edict was written by your father. You will be the most honorable prince of our Great Zhou in the future." Murong Jie's attitude, without any joy, made Concubine Dong even more panicked. She spoke anxiously, but the answer was not what Murong Jie wanted.
"Mother, you tricked my father into writing the imperial edict, didn't you?"
"Murong Jie, what nonsense are you talking about? That is the imperial decree to establish the crown prince. Your father is wise and powerful. Would he be influenced by a woman like me on such an important matter?"
Concubine Dong shouted at the top of her lungs, as if only a loud voice could prove that there was nothing wrong with the imperial edict.
"Mother, two years ago, my father talked to me. He said he hoped that I could be a comfortable prince."
Murong Jie's voice was calm, but it sounded like thunder in Concubine Dong's ears.
"What did you say?" Concubine Dong knew that Murong Zheng did not want to give the throne to her son, but she did not expect that he had actually talked to Murong Jie and had already planned Murong Jie's future direction.
Therefore, when she said over the years that she wanted Murong Jie to be the crown prince and inherit the throne in the future, the smile in Murong Zheng's eyes was not indulgence, but deception.
Therefore, he never thought of asking Murong Jie to be the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He had always been perfunctory to himself. He...
The disappointment in his heart was overwhelming, but what followed was relief. He was relieved that he had taken one step earlier and poisoned Murong Zheng, giving his son the possibility to ascend the throne.
"Mother, I told my eldest brother that I would give up the throne to ensure you a life without worries, but he refused." Murong Jie seemed not to hear Concubine Dong's question and just spoke softly. However, he didn't expect that his words would make Concubine Dong furious again.
But before Concubine Dong could speak, Murong Jie slowly gave the eldest prince's answer.
The eldest prince's answer successfully froze Concubine Dong's anger. She stood there for a long time before asking, "Why? Doesn't he even want the position of crown prince?"
Concubine Dong didn't realize at all that this shouldn't be the issue she was struggling with. Shouldn't she care about why Murong Jie gave up the position of crown prince
(End of this chapter)