Dressed as a concubine instead of a concubine

The queen looked at him in shock, "What do you mean, do you want to give up the position of crown prince to someone else?"

"The world is now in the hands of my father. He has the right to decide who the heir is. I am not the crown prince yet, and I may never be one. How can I say that I am handing it over to someone else?"

If he insisted on fighting, there was a high probability that he would succeed, but he didn't want to fight anymore.

"Mother, you have taught me since I was young to work hard and make progress. Even if my father doesn't like it, I have to fight for myself and the Song family. I think I have always done well."

"Yes, you have always been the pride of my mother."

The queen said that if it weren’t for her son Xie Junyi, she really didn’t know how she would survive in this deep palace.

Xie Junyi lowered his eyes to hide the pain in his eyes, "But mother, this has always been what you wanted, not what I, your son, wanted."

"Yier? What is not what you want? You are the legitimate prince, born in a legitimate family, and you have the support of many noble families. You are destined to be in that position. Anyone else who wants to do so is a traitor."

The queen said sternly that all of this was originally Xie Junyi's fault, and it was only because the emperor was partial to him that he had been suppressed.

Now that the imperial concubine has fallen and they are about to succeed, how can they give up at this time?

"Have you, mother, forgotten that father was also born a concubine's son?"

Xie Junyi said coldly that although the legitimate heir to the throne has always been the legitimate heir, he may not be the final winner.

"My mother always uses my status as a legitimate son to pressure my father, and that's what makes him disgusted."

The queen's face turned pale. How could she not know this? However, Xie Junyi's greatest support was his legitimate birth, and those aristocratic families supported him for this reason.

"What exactly do you want to say?"

The queen looked at her son in front of her. She had raised him, but she felt like she didn't understand him at all.

You can never see through it.

"I have already said that we must train a candidate for the crown prince that everyone will be satisfied with."

"Are you talking about Ruixuan's kid?"

The queen was not stupid. She guessed it the moment he said this. She also asked her to adopt Xie Ruixuan and gave him the status of a legitimate child.

"That's right. Although Ruixuan didn't grow up in the palace, Wang taught him very well. Father will definitely be satisfied. And he was raised in front of mother, and mother will also be satisfied."

Xie Ruixuan is a smart boy and is good at studying. As long as he studies hard, he will soon become a qualified heir.

"I am not satisfied. You are my biological son. How can I support an adopted son?"

The Queen thought he was really crazy. They had worked hard for so long, but in the end he told her to change people. She would never accept it.

"Whether or not, Queen Mother accepts it, I have already made my decision."

Xie Junyi sighed, and for the first time in front of the Queen, his eyes were red. "Mother, I have always listened to you since I was a child. Please let me be willful this time."

"If it continues like before, I won't be able to hold on any longer."

Hearing this, the queen's body trembled and she looked at her son in disbelief.

Xie Junyi had never said such a weak word in front of her since he was a child.

He seemed to be able to solve any problem, and gradually she forgot that her son also needed love.

"But mother, there is no other way. We are in this position. If we don't go in, we will die."

This is her own son and the apple of her eye. How could she bear to force him to death?

She had no choice. It was the emperor and the Song family who forced her to this point.

There were many days and nights when she felt she couldn't hold on any longer, but she didn't even have the courage to end her life.

She has never been herself. She is a virtuous and kind queen and the legitimate daughter of the Song family. All she has to do is to be a good queen and support her son to ascend to that high position.

She cannot be willful or do whatever she wants, and she has never known what it feels like to be herself.

It seemed that she had to hide all her joys, sorrows, anger and happiness.

The emperor was not satisfied with her as the queen and did not want to marry her, but she never wanted this position.

But no one has ever cared about her feelings. After a long time, she felt that none of this mattered and rights were the most important.

Therefore, this is how she taught Xie Junyi.

In her heart, as the legitimate son and the future emperor, Xie Junyi cannot have any emotions, cannot be weak, and cannot give up.

But when he said that he couldn't hold on any longer, she wasn't angry, she just felt heartbroken.

"It was the Queen Mother who was useless and failed to protect you."

"I know that mother has no choice." Xie Junyi sighed.

"But mother, father's worries are not without reason. We can't always be held hostage by those aristocratic families. If this continues, they will only become more and more aggressive."

This is also the reason why the emperor hates those aristocratic families so much. They are almost unable to tell who is the master of this country.

Especially his uncle, the head of the Song family. If Song Zhiyan had not been obsessed with music theory and unwilling to participate in state affairs, it is unknown to what extent his ambition would have expanded.

"We are supported by those aristocratic families, but we are also checked by them. Mother, I am grateful to them, but if I ever ascend to that position, I will also check and balance them."

No one in a higher position can allow others to ride on his head.

"It's better to give them some warnings now so that they know their place."

"What if we anger them and they no longer support us?"

This is also the reason why the queen has always gone along with them. No matter what their requests are, the queen will try her best to satisfy them. She has become the spokesperson for the aristocratic families.

“Who else can they support besides us?”

Xie Junyi sneered. They had no choice, so how could those aristocratic families have any choice?

Could it be possible that they could still support King Liang? In that case, no matter they succeed or not, their fate would only be more miserable.

"To check and balance those aristocratic families, not only will they not abandon us, but they will also try to please us even more for fear of being abandoned."

This was something Xie Junyi had wanted to do for a long time, but he had never done it because he was angry with the emperor.

"Doing so will not only check and balance those aristocratic families, but will also change my father's opinion of my mother."

"Xuan'er is the child that the emperor loves. If the queen mother supports him, the emperor will not object. He will even be more inclined to our side because he loves Xuan'er more."

Compared to himself, the emperor was more satisfied with Xie Ruixuan becoming the heir, and Xie Ruixuan was also more suitable than Prince Liang.

Although the emperor is not wise, he is not stupid. How could he not know who is the right candidate?