Rong Fei is not honored

"He means Naren and Qiqige."

"Could it be that His Majesty is willing to..."

"That's right. Qiqige never moved out of Ningshou Palace until her death and remained a concubine. And now Naren... perhaps the emperor had this idea since Naren was granted the title of concubine."

"So, Your Majesty is suppressing Naren Gege, worried that she will take advantage of your influence and become too arrogant after officially becoming a concubine."

"Hmph!" The Empress Dowager snorted coldly, as if she was still very dissatisfied with her good grandson, but all her anger had dissipated.

"The status of a concubine is based on precedent. Moving to Chengqian Palace and living with Tong Jia is both an honor and a check and balance. So what about this official decree to confer the title?

The emperor is willing to touch Naren, but that doesn't mean he is willing to let her give birth to the royal heir. If that's the case, what's wrong with her being a concubine or even a noble concubine, let alone the head of the seven concubines?

As a result, I, a noble lady from Khorchin, only got the lowest rank of concubine. Now, anyone can surpass Borjigit?"

Especially one of them, he was a bondservant under the Empress Dowager. Isn't this a slap in her face?

The Empress Dowager and Su Malagu both turned their eyes to the box. Su Malagu opened it herself and after checking that there was nothing wrong, she handed the contents to the Empress Dowager.

"boom!"

The Empress Dowager slammed the table with an ugly look on her face.

Su Malagu took the paper from the Empress Dowager's hand, quickly read through it, and then her expression changed.

"This! How could this happen!"

The contents of the box are evidence.

What evidence was this? It was evidence that the Empress Dowager had attacked the Zhongcui Palace and, by the way, had placed the blame on the Tonggiya clan.

No wonder, no wonder the Emperor was willing to give Borjigitnaren the last rank of Shenpin, and it was because of the influence of the Cining Palace that the Empress Dowager could accept this.

"It's Tong Jia," the Empress Dowager said firmly. It was Tong Jia who presented the evidence, so in the end, the Khorchin princess was only a lowly Shenpin, but Tong Jia became a noble concubine.

"No wonder. Logically speaking, based on what Tong Jia had done before, even if His Majesty let her go for the sake of Empress Dowager Cihe, he would definitely feel resentful. At most, she could only be a concubine, but she became a noble concubine. I'm afraid..."

"I'm afraid we'll use this opportunity to successfully arouse the emperor's suspicion and make him think that all the mistakes Tong Jia made before were made on us!"

"Tong Jia, do you really have this ability?"

It’s not that Su Malagu looked down on Tong Jia, but Tong Jia had just entered the palace not long ago. How powerful could the power she had built up in such a short period of time be?

Even if she accepted the manpower left behind by Empress Dowager Cihe, Empress Dowager Cihe herself was just a nobody during the reign of the previous emperor. How much effect could the manpower she left behind have?

"Of course not. Have you forgotten that there's a Tong family outside the palace? Wasn't it them who revealed the cause of Tong Jia's (Empress Xiaokangzhang's) death? They were able to fabricate evidence even when there wasn't any. The Tong family is quite capable."

"So, His Majesty doesn't really believe the evidence presented by Tong Jia?"

"I'm half-believing it."

"Gege, this is a good thing.

Even if he was half-believing and half-doubting, His Majesty was suspicious of our Cining Palace, not Naren Gege herself. Otherwise, I'm afraid there wouldn't even be the current Concubine Shen.

Although Naren Gege seems weak now, she is much more innocent than Tong Jia Shi, and in His Majesty's heart, the difference between them is obvious."

"You're right. The ones favored in the palace now are all bondservants. As long as the emperor is willing to take this step and truly understand the pearl of the grassland, I don't believe he will dislike Naren."

Many times, if there is one, there will be a second. Even if the emperor has made up his mind now, he may change it in the future.

"Liang Jiugong said that His Majesty actually wanted to be close to you. I think he knew that the Tong family had fabricated evidence, but he couldn't completely eliminate his suspicion. Plus, you kept making small moves, so...

But His Majesty can't really treat you as an enemy, so he has been feeling awkward.

"Master, since His Majesty has already taken a step back, shouldn't we also give in? Otherwise, wouldn't we be pushing people over to the Tong family and letting them reap the benefits for nothing?"

"I know what you mean, but have you ever thought about how the Emperor used to care about Concubine Rong and spent so much time and effort on her, but in the end he just abandoned her without caring about their past relationship. This shows that he is essentially a cold-blooded and heartless person.

In his eyes, I am more than just a loving mama."

"Gege, how can this be the same?

Even if Rong Fei really won the favor of the Emperor, she did that, even if, as she said, she did it to protect her children, but to the Emperor, it meant that Rong Fei was relying on his favor to become more and more rebellious.

The crime of insubordination is no less serious than murdering the heir to the throne. Therefore, Rong Fei and Hui Fei, who did something wrong, fell out of favor.

But you have done nothing wrong. His Majesty's suspicion of you now stems from the Tong family's slander. If it is slander, just clarify it."

"Su Ma, I really can't see what the emperor is trying to do." The Empress Dowager closed her eyes tiredly and murmured, "I also want to repair my relationship with my grandson, but..."

She was afraid that this was a trap set by the other party for her.

What is a grandson? In this life, except for Su Malagu, the Empress Dowager did not trust anyone, including her husband, son, aunt and sister.

Seeing that the princess rarely showed a fragile look, Su Malagu disregarded the rules and hugged her from behind.

"Princess, I will always be with you. Besides, what are you afraid of?

Your Highness is not Emperor Taizong. He grew up under your watch and learned many of his methods from you. Besides, Your Highness is still young and has experienced few storms, just like our prince.

"You are right. I am old and have become cowardly before the battle." The Empress Dowager regained her spirits and patted Su Malagu's arm to indicate that she was fine.

"Even if Naren has a chance, we can't give up Rong Fei and Saiyin Chahun."

"Yes, Concubine Rong is a blessed woman. If we keep her, we will have more choices."

"Have you checked everything in Zhongcui Palace?"

"It's impossible to be wrong. We in the Jingshifang have secretly looked at the Tongshi. During the few times His Majesty stayed at the Zhongcui Palace, he only favored Rong Fei once.

And the next day, Liang Jiugong sent incense over, and Rong Fei and several of Li Ma’s confidants looked a little strange.

"Is there something wrong with the incense?"

"Yes, I asked the imperial physician to check it out. The incense is used to avoid pregnancy."

The Empress Dowager was shocked. "Is the Emperor considering Rong Fei's health, or does he not want her to have any more blessings?"

"The key is not what His Majesty plans, but what Concubine Rong thinks in her heart." Men and women have different standpoints and think from different angles.

"Just like Hai Lanzhu and Dong Efei, when they were suffering from the pain of losing their sons, Taizong and the late emperor had thought about letting them raise a child to comfort their grief, but what was the result?"

The result was naturally that both Hai Lanzhu and Dong Efei died of depression.

“In the eyes of Emperor Taizong and the late emperor, children born to other people are also their own blood. Even if they are not as good as the biological children of their beloved ones, as long as they are raised by them and the imperial records are changed, they are their children.

But is this the case for Hai Lanzhu and Dong Efei?

Their own child died, but their husband asked them to raise someone else's child, the child of another woman. Do they really want to do that?

Would a favorite concubine, especially one who has the emperor's true love, really be willing to let someone else's child replace her own child that just died?"

There are indeed many concubines in this palace who hope to have a child of their own, even if it is not their biological child. But they need a child because they are lonely, or they want to plan for the rest of their lives, or they are ambitious and want to give it a try.

But these people are different from Hai Lanzhu and Dong Efei.

"But they can't refuse the emperor's true love." So they can only suffer in their hearts until their efforts and vitality are drained away.

"Although the cases of Concubine Rong differ from those of Concubine Hailanzhu and Concubine Dong E, they lead to the same end."