Extra: Imperial Etiquette 5

No, no, no, I'm never going to live like this again.

Once this dangerous thought erupted in the bottom of her heart, it was like a volcanic eruption, unstoppable, surging, and soon her heart would burn.

Even his breath became short, and his pale face turned a terrible red.

At that time, no one noticed her expression, everyone was attracted by His Majesty's plan, the prince candidate, and everyone here is really closely related, and the direction of the future is the general trend, glory and disgrace, in one move.

"On the way back, I have gathered my ministers to deliberate, and I have made a decision on the new crown prince, and I now announce that the second son of Gao Meiren will be the crown prince."

There was a moment of silence in the main hall.

In fact, this description is inaccurate, the hall was originally very quiet, but the sound of breathing between the concubines was heard. It's just that as soon as His Majesty's words came out, the sound of the concubines' breathing disappeared, and everyone's eyes widened, as if digesting the meaning of His Majesty's words.

The second son of Gao Meiren.

That is the flesh and blood of the late beauty, the brother of the abolished prince.

All of you here thought about 10,000 possibilities, and ruled out the possibility of the crown princess being killed again—now, if you really rule out this danger, but who would have thought that Your Majesty would actually say this candidate?

Gao Meiren was favored for a while and gave birth to two or three children in a row, but in the end, she couldn't escape death because of "setting up a son and killing his mother". Now it's better to continue to establish her son, and sure enough, there is no one worthy of going to death.

It's just that everyone never imagined that this would be the result - since Gao Meiren's death and the deposition of the former prince, Gao Meiren's youngest son has completely fallen out of favor. His Majesty didn't have enough to do with the crown prince back then, let alone other sons, and after a few years, almost no one saw His Majesty care about that child, and many people suspected that he had forgotten this son at all, or rather, because of his disappointment in the abolished prince, he was completely disappointed in Gao Meiren's flesh and blood.

Even when he met the little princes before, he didn't show any extra enthusiasm for the child, just like ordinary children, casually asked about homework, asked about riding and shooting, and then there was nothing. At this time, everyone recalled that they didn't notice anything unusual about him at that time.

Unexpectedly, today, he actually announced that he would continue to let Gao Meiren's son be the crown prince.

In the hearts of everyone, they don't know whether they are happy or lost.

Especially some concubines who have sons, since they witnessed the former prince not fighting, they have secretly made efforts to cultivate their sons with all kinds of thoughts, hoping that one day their sons can stand out.

However, His Majesty only said a word, and the efforts of these people became soap bubbles.

Because the atmosphere was too weird, everyone didn't even dare to have expressions of exchanging opinions, just looked at the boxes of gifts, and said in their hearts, is this a reward from His Majesty for the new crown prince to everyone?

However, for such a big thing, why doesn't there be the queen's share?

It stands to reason that at this time, shouldn't the reward for the queen be the greatest?

Feng Miaolian sat quietly on top, also stunned by this remark. However, her expression looked very, very flat, as if this was the result she had foreseen, so that the concubines were suddenly relieved: the legend says that His Majesty and the Empress have no secrets, and the Empress must know about this. Perhaps, it was the queen who instigated him to do this - she has no son, the new prince has no mother, it is better to establish a prince without a mother, and she has one less enemy - but she doesn't know that there are legends throughout the palace that she killed Gao Meiren back then.

Now that the new prince is young and ignorant, when he learns the truth as an adult, who will guarantee that he will not reopen old scores?

Feng Miaolian ignored the various expressions of the concubines, didn't ask or listen, but the erupting volcano in her heart became even more intense: he didn't tell me, he never discussed it with me!

That's how he decided on the new platform!

Because he knew that I couldn't have children—I was already a useless woman!

The lingering joy of that night, when I think of it, was like a joke, a deal - he rushed back all the way, had a good night, and then, like that, he punched her hard!

Comfort her first, and then give her a knife.

The saddest thing is that she doesn't have any power to resist at all, and she never has any chance of making a comeback - whether it is to win favor or make a comeback - a woman can't have children, where does she still have a foothold in the palace?

Three thousand favors are like Yang Guifei, if she gave birth to a son and a half daughter, how dare the soldiers coerce Xuanzong to execute her in Maweipo?

The favored enchantress in history, starting from Su Daji, to Zhao Feiyan and Yang Guifei, none of them have children. On the contrary, even if they are bad for roles like Lu Pheasant and Empress Dowager Cixi, they have sons, so they are invincible in the court all year round until they die of old age.

Feng Miaolian's heart turned back and forth, her face was as gray as ashes, and she didn't move.

She actually understands His Majesty: he is tired, he is too tired, and he doesn't want to quarrel with the ministers because of the new round of "erecting a son to kill his mother", and he doesn't want to really die, so he chose the most convenient and easiest way: choose the son of a dead woman to be the crown prince.

And so on, once and for all.

It's just that what he chooses is the son of her biggest enemy in the world-in fact, no matter who he chooses, in the end, they will become her Feng Miaolian's enemies.

This is a paradox that can never be changed - it's just weird, she, Feng Miaolian, is not angry.

A woman with a bad belly, Da Luo Immortal can't help you.

It was as if she saw her terrible end.

The hand was retracted, placed in the wide sleeve of the flowing clouds, and crumpled tightly: she saw her poor child again—she was so infinitely close to hope, but, at the slightest hint of bad luck, it all vanished.

Even the two fire-lacquered letters she saw in the secret room.

Her heart almost burst.

All the tenderness no longer exists.

However, no one noticed her face, and every concubine had a little Jiujiu in her heart, and all eyes looked at Concubine Li in the corner: the new prince was raised by her and another old concubine.

Gao Mei lost power, the former prince was deposed, and everyone saw that the Gao Mei faction had completely fallen, so no one was interested in her youngest son. Especially when they heard the news of the death of the former prince, everyone hid from that kid far away, for fear of getting into their bad luck and getting into trouble.

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