After the failed attempt to pretend to be dead, the sickly child was favored by the treacherous mini

The spring green gradually appeared, but the late spring chill was still there. The courtiers and common people inside and outside the palace had not yet changed out of their thick clothes. Only Xia Hong, like Shen Jinmo, had changed into light clothes under his cloak.

The night was quite cold. While Zhong Yuanyuan still needed to sleep under a thick quilt, Xia Hong's bedding had already been changed to a thin quilt.

All this was thanks to Doctor Shu who took advantage of Xia Hong's originally weak and hot constitution and used pills and incense to make Xia Hong look radiant and younger day by day.

These variables also invisibly prove that Xia Hong's mountains and rivers seem to be able to sit on them for thousands of years.

Zhong Yuanyuan's health was not as good as before. She forced herself to sleep on the same bed with Xia Hong for two days, but because she was afraid of passing her cold to Xia Hong, she went to a side hall to recuperate.

This went on for nearly a month. Xia Hong couldn't bear to see Zhong Yuanyuan sick, so he slept in a separate bed from her.

Zhong Yuanyuan now stays by Xia Hong's side during the day, and will return to her own bedroom only after he falls asleep.

Before dawn the next day, she would have breakfast with Xia Hong again.

It looks almost the same as before they separated into different rooms.

Today, while the sun was shining brightly, Xia Hong took Zhong Yuanyuan out of the palace to walk in the snow and enjoy the spring day to the fullest. When they returned to the palace, Xia Hong, exhausted, fell into a deep sleep.

Nanny Xi handed the wet handkerchief to Zhong Yuanyuan. Zhong Yuanyuan slowly wiped every exposed inch of her skin, turned around, changed her clothes, and headed towards Xianyun Palace.

With the help of a little light from the stars and the moon, and through a few sparse shadows of trees, Zhong Yuanyuan's attention was caught by the sound of an angry tiger's roar.

At this moment, the extremely strong tiger was hitting the iron bars of the cage again and again, and it looked so ferocious that it seemed as if it was about to break out of the cage at any time.

Looking in the direction of the tiger's attack, it was Eunuch Lin who was holding a bamboo pole with a piece of meat wrapped in yellow cloth on it, luring the tiger towards him.

Even though this place is sparsely populated, the roar of a tiger will always attract the attention of those who are interested.

Zhong Yuanyuan looked at Nanny Xi for a while, and Nanny Xi nodded slightly. The master and servant walked towards Xianyun Palace as if they had seen nothing.

Pushing open the wooden door that had quickly fallen into disrepair due to being uninhabited for so long, Zhong Yuanyuan saw Zhong Luoyue sitting under the candlelight, dressed luxuriously.

Letting Nanny Xi guard the gate of the courtyard, Zhong Yuanyuan walked into the house and sat opposite Zhong Luoyue, waiting for the meeting that Zhong Luoyue had threatened to give her life to.

Zhong Yuanyuan didn't care about Zhong Luoyue's life or death, but she was indeed somewhat interested in the reason why Zhong Luoyue resorted to such means.

Looking around, her eyes, which were 50% similar to Zhong Yuanyuan's, smiled softly: "I never thought that my elder sister could live in a place like this for nearly ten years."

She wore the attire of the Four Concubines and called herself the Queen. She was stubborn and refused to perform the ceremony of a concubine to Zhong Yuanyuan, just as she would never admit that she had never won against Zhong Yuanyuan.

However, this time, Zhong Luoyue felt that if she was unlucky, she would end up in a tie with Zhong Yuanyuan. If she was lucky, she would completely defeat Zhong Yuanyuan.

"Back then, I insisted on marrying a poor boy like Brother Qi whose family could barely afford to eat. My parents didn't give me any help for three whole years. At that time, the house leaked in the winter and in the summer. It was incomparable to this Xianyun Palace."

The situation did not improve until Xia Xin was born.

The so-called improvement did not mean that the Zhong family started to provide assistance for the sake of the child, but that Xia Qi, who worked hard but had extremely bad luck, broke free from the situation where the harder he worked, the less he achieved.

So among the two children, Xia Qi likes Xia Xin more, the daughter who was raised in his palm.

"Sister Di is always the best at everything she does, even when it comes to enduring hardships."

After the self-righteous flattery, Zhong Luoyue lowered her eyebrows and changed the subject: "Has my elder sister ever blamed me in these years?"

These two killed her husband, tortured her children, and then tortured the people whom she and her husband risked their lives to protect...

Now I dare to ask her if it’s weird with the intention of asking her to express forgiveness?

By tying him up with the so-called reputation of being able to endure hardships, isn't the purpose to make Zhong Yuanyuan eat all the hardships and then say "it's okay" with a smile?

Waving the round fan gently, Zhong Yuanyuan felt that Zhong Luoyue and Xia Hong were quite a good match.

They are all equally selfish, lenient to themselves and strict with others.

Zhong Yuanyuan’s silence made Zhong Luoyue, who had been planning for several days, feel depressed.

Gnashing his teeth, Zhong Luoyue knelt in front of Zhong Yuanyuan and said, "Please, sister, save my son's life."

Zhong Yuanyuan loosened her hands that were clasped in front of her knees, and placed one hand on the armrest of the chair quite comfortably.

"Your son has already won the throne of the Eastern Palace, and your queen will be crowned soon. Why would you need me to save him?"

Thinking of Xia Ling's words when he came to her late at night to ask for her help, Zhong Luoyue kowtowed to Zhong Yuanyuan again and again.

"Han Shu is someone I have tried every means to get for Ling'er, but I have failed. Now that Han Shu has military merit, she is definitely not someone Ling'er can get."

"This position of the East Palace may look like a glittering glittering flower, but it is actually a deadly poison. I know my son well. If he gets into trouble, he might do something that will tear the country apart."

"If my elder sister doesn't help Ling'er, then Ling'er will have no choice but to die."

"I beg you, sister, for the sake of the country and the people, to ask the emperor to cancel this marriage and give Ling'er a chance to live."

Zhong Yuanyuan looked at the person kneeling at her feet, crying loudly but not looking anxious or sad, and she stood up and changed to another chair.

If Zhong Luoyue wants to act, then he will accompany Zhong Luoyue to perform the play.

"Are your ideas Xia Ling's ideas?"

Zhong Luoyue crawled to Zhong Yuanyuan on her knees and grabbed her robe: "Even if he hates me for the rest of my life, as his mother, I have to protect him."

"You and Xia Ling have tried to kill my son many times. Why do you think I would save him?"

She raised her head, her tearful eyes filled with complaints: "Sister, you were willing to endure for more than ten years, saving countless poor people in this world, why did you miss us, mother and son?"

"Did Xia Ling tell you that Zhong Luan was dead?"

"The person who killed him was Xia Ling. Your mother went crazy after she found out about this."

Zhong Yuanyuan's words were a reminder to Zhong Luoyue, but it was obvious that Zhong Luoyue didn't want to listen.

Zhong Yuanyuan was willing to make this trip today because she wanted to get only one answer.

When the surrounding vassal states came to congratulate him on his wedding day on March 19th, would Xia Ling, who had returned to the throne of the Crown Prince, really choose this day to carry out the father's death and son's succession?

However, Zhong Yuanyuan didn't believe the answer that Zhong Luoyue gave indirectly.

In order to gain Zhong Yuanyuan's mercy by pretending to be a kind mother to Zhong Luoyue, Xia Ling did not take Zhong Luoyue's life seriously.

This is the imperial palace, and none of Zhong Luoyue's actions can escape Xia Hong's eyes and ears.

Seeing Zhong Yuanyuan walking out of Xianyun Palace, Zhong Luoyue's smile turned ferocious.

Now that things have come to this, the crime of rebellion should be put on Zhong Yuanyuan and her son first, and then she and Xia Ling can take advantage of the chaos to have a chance of winning.

The road to power is full of bloodshed. Between her incompetent mother clan and Xia Ling, Zhong Luoyue knew what to choose.