The legitimate daughter brings disaster to the concubine! Seize the imperial power and the throne

On the way back to the East Palace, the prince met Liao Han, who was standing under a paulownia tree. She was wearing coarse cloth clothes and a white veil on her face, revealing only a pair of beautiful almond eyes.

"His Royal Highness."

Liao Han stepped forward and saluted.

The prince stopped and looked at her, his eyes moved down, and glanced at her belly with a strange expression. After a long while, he asked, "Is this child well-behaved?"

Liao Han shook her head, frowned and said in a tender voice: "It was very noisy. I couldn't eat or sleep well all day, and there was always a bitter taste in my mouth."

The prince looked guilty: "Doctor Li, do you have any good ideas?"

"Doctor Li said it will be fine when the pregnancy is a little later." Liao Han took a step forward and looked at the many palace servants surrounding the prince. He felt a little timid. The prince waved his hand and asked the people behind him to leave. Liao Han then stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, please accept my condolences."

The prince smiled bitterly and walked two steps forward to the rockery pond, staring at the fish swimming freely in the water: "Birth, aging, sickness and death will always come one day, not to mention that the late emperor's health has been deteriorating over the years, it's only a matter of time."

He became indifferent.

Looking at the thin and gaunt man in front of her, Liao Han pursed her lips and asked, "What plans does Your Highness have for the future?"

The prince turned around and looked at Liao Han: "Do you also want me to fight for the throne?"

Liao Han mustered up his courage and said, "That position originally belonged to you. Why should we fight for it? I believe you will be a good emperor who loves the country and the people."

Although Lu Jingning has always been gentle and polite in front of her, there are too many rumors about Lu Jingning in the outside world.

To sum it up, he is heartless and kills people without any hesitation.

Once such a person sits in that position, will he really be responsible to the people?

The prince did not respond.

"Your Highness, I... I'm worried about the safety of the baby in my belly." Liao Han's voice trembled.

She was very afraid that if Lu Jingning took that position, he would do something to her. She had no ability to resist and could only be slaughtered.

"Aning's character is not bad."

"But no one who offends the big bastard has a good ending. If I had known this ending, I would rather hide in the mountains for the rest of my life and hide from the world."

Liao Han had not had a good rest these days. They were like birds with broken wings, trapped in the square East Palace, without even the right to ask for help.

"Don't worry, Aning won't."

The prince curled his fist to his lips and coughed softly. Liao Han felt distressed when he saw this, and immediately reached out to support the prince: "Your Highness, it's windy here, you should go back quickly."

But the prince gently brushed her away and distanced herself from him. The prince looked at Liao Han seriously and asked, "Have you ever thought about leaving the East Palace and regaining your freedom?"

Liao Han's eyelids twitched, and she subconsciously covered her stomach: "This child is hard-earned, I can't lose him."

The prince frowned: "I am not in good health and cannot protect him."

"As long as Your Highness is willing, Your Highness can protect it."

"I don't want to." The prince said firmly. There was no admiration in his eyes when he looked at Liao Han, only a trace of guilt and helplessness: "This child is destined to carry a lot when he is born."

Liao Han cried, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the prince: "Your Highness, I can't live without this child."

"What about your mother and sister?"

Liao Hanyu choked.

She is now in this position and is caught in a dilemma. She has thought about leaving the Eastern Palace, but she knows that the price of leaving the Eastern Palace is losing her child.

There is absolutely no threat to Lu Jingning anymore.

But the child is innocent and she can't bear to let him go.

"Your Highness, have you ever thought that my presence has offended people, and my only outcome is death. Now the only way out is to fight."

Liao Han thought of the rumors about Lu Jingning. In just a few months, so many people died in her hands, including the Duke of Suguo Mansion, the Shangguan Mansion, the Prince of Shen, the Prince of Ning, the Concubine De, the Imperial Concubine, the Fourth Princess, the Concubine Wan, and Lu Jinglang...

Too many to count.

She also didn't believe that Mr. Liao's death had nothing to do with Lu Jingning, and the injury on her face was definitely not an accident.

"As long as Your Highness speaks up, the Great Emperor will not compete with you for land. You are the legitimate prince and the father of the Great Emperor. All officials have respected you for decades and you will not be easily rejected by the Great Emperor." Liao Han did not understand the twists and turns in the struggle. He only knew that the prince should succeed to the throne. This was a matter of course throughout the ages.

"Your Highness, even if you succeed to the throne, you can still pass the position to the Queen after a few decades, right?"

The prince ignored Liao Han's words, glanced at the treetops swaying in the wind, raised his hand to gather his cloak, his face calm and unperturbed.

"It's windy. You should go back and rest early."

"Your Highness!"

The prince did not stop and went straight back to the bedroom, and ordered the guards: "Don't let Concubine Han come over to pay her respects."

The guard agreed.

Liao Han did come to see the prince without giving up, but was stopped at the door by the guards. She sniffed aggrievedly.

"Why is Concubine Han crying?"

Lu Jingning's voice came from behind, and Liao Han shivered with fear. She quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe the corners of her eyes.

, forcing a smile: "My eyes got squinted by the wind and sand, but it's okay."

Lu Jingning did not expose her, but reached out to gather Liao Han's hair and said, "We have been busy with the late emperor's funeral these days. You must take good care of yourself."

Liao Han raised her head and faced the bottomless darkness. She swallowed nervously and said, "I..."

She let go of his hand and continued walking inside.

Liao Han grabbed Lu Jingning's sleeve, turned her head and raised her eyebrows: "Hmm?"

"Your Highness, what are your plans for the future?" she asked boldly.

Lu Jingning took a look at Liao Han's belly and said, "I heard from Imperial Doctor Li that Concubine Han is giving birth to a daughter. I think she will be as pretty, well-behaved and sensible as Concubine Han."

daughter?

Liao Han didn't believe it. It was obviously a son. Lu Jingning must be deceiving her.

"Someone, send Concubine Han back."

Liao Han was half-pushed and half-taken away, and Lu Jingning finally had some peace and quiet. He knocked on the door to see the prince, but the prince stayed indoors and refused to come out.

The prince did not show up for three whole days, and no matter who knocked on the door, he would not come. Shangguan came every day and sat at the door for a while before leaving, just waiting silently.

Lu Jingning was also busy sending people to investigate all the details of Princess Linghe's wedding day, and he also interrogated the word "Northern Qi" from the remaining assassins.

The civil and military officials of the previous dynasty were urging them to move, the soldiers at the border were also eager to move, and the morale of the army was unstable. This news reached the ears of the prince.

The prince went into the Council Hall with a sword in hand, threatening to commit suicide and refusing to inherit the throne.

Finally, the civil and military officials were helpless and could only compromise, obeying the late emperor's will and begging Lu Jingning to abdicate as soon as possible.

The Imperial Astronomical Observatory calculated that the next day would be a good day.