The naive concubine is only interested in being a bad person. Your Majesty, please change your favor

The Queen Mother chuckled and looked at Xiahou Xuan:

"If Your Majesty had not been so wary of me, I would not have done anything to the eldest prince in public. After all, the eldest prince is my grandson in name only." The Queen Mother said in a hypocritical tone.

Before Xiahou Xuan could speak, Jiang Wange took over the conversation:

"Your Majesty is joking. Your Majesty is just worried that the eldest prince will cry and upset the Queen Mother. How can you be on guard against the Queen Mother? The Queen Mother is overly suspicious."

The Queen Mother glanced at Jiang Wange indifferently and said nothing. She didn't want to talk to Jiang Wange.

She was talking to His Majesty, so why would Jiang Wange have the right to interrupt?

It's just that she couldn't lose her temper in front of His Majesty, otherwise His Majesty would think that she was targeting her on purpose.

Seeing that she ignored him, Jiang Wange became even more excited.

"It's strange to say, ever since the sisters in the harem stopped paying respects to the empress dowager and paid respects to me, they have been getting up very early every time. They even want to stay in Fengming Palace and I have to chase them away before they leave reluctantly. Was it the same when they paid respects to the empress dowager in the past?"

Jiang Wange asked this deliberately.

The empress dowager's eyes were rolling to the sky.

"That has never happened. It seems that the concubines like Concubine Hui very much. Unlike me, I am not liked by them. I leave after paying my respects every time."

The Queen Mother sneered, knowing exactly what Jiang Wange wanted to say, and replied through gritted teeth.

"Perhaps she has more common topics with me. After all, we are of the same generation. No matter how easy it is for the Queen Mother to get along with, she is still an elder. It is inevitable that they will feel distant. Please don't blame me, Queen Mother."

Jiang Wange acted as if he was speaking well of them, which made the Queen Mother grit her teeth.

"Since your majesty is here with the eldest prince and Consort Xihui to visit the Imperial Garden, I will not disturb them."

After saying that, the Queen Mother turned around and left, not wanting to stay and put on a show with Jiang Wange any longer.

Seeing that the Queen Mother was once again angered and left by Jiang Wange, Xiahou Xuan just found it funny.

"Aci is really amazing. He drove the Queen Mother away so easily. I am ashamed of myself."

"Your Majesty, I am not ashamed of myself, but openly, the Queen Mother is your elder. Even if you don't like her, you can't openly oppose her, so it's not convenient to confront her. At this time, I have to step in to resolve the situation."

Xiahou Xuan accepted Jiang Wange's thoughtfulness with a smile.

Tuantuan rarely comes out for such a long time, so he is very curious about everything outside. He wants to reach out and grab everything he sees.

Xiahou Xuan and Jiang Wange also indulged him, letting him stay outside for more than half an hour before bringing him back into the house.

Time passed quickly, and Concubine Shu announced to the public that she had been pregnant for more than seven months.

Recently, the Empress Dowager and Xia Chonghe have been meeting more and more frequently. She would only tell the outside world that Xia Chonghe was concerned about Concubine Shu's health, so he often went to the palace to visit her.

"Is the Queen Mother sure that Huan'er is carrying a prince?"

"It's absolutely true. Concubine Shu has already asked Wen Yilan. You know Wen Yilan's medical skills. He said it's a boy, so it can't be a girl."

The Queen Mother said very confidently.

"That's good. Then we can proceed with our plan. As soon as the second prince is born, it will be the time for us to force the emperor to abdicate! This is the medicine the Queen Mother requested. You can put it into your Majesty's food. He will die suddenly within three months."

Xia Chonghe handed the empress dowager a packet of medicine powder and asked her to make her own decision.

The Queen Mother took the powder and felt reluctant, but for the sake of the big plan, she had to continue.

However, in the end, the Queen Mother secretly replaced the powder with drugs that were harmful to the body, not lethal powder.

After all, she still couldn't bear to do Xiahou Xuan. How could she be so cruel as to watch the man she loved so young die?

But Concubine Xihui and the eldest prince must not be kept! Your Majesty cannot take this medicine, so let them mother and son take it!

The Queen Mother thought that she had bribed the palace maids and eunuchs of Fengming Palace without anyone noticing and asked them to put poison in Jiang Wange's food.

In fact, as soon as they got the medicine given by the Queen Mother, they reported it to Xiahou Xuan. Xiahou Xuan took control of everything and replaced the medicine with tonic powder. He even didn't tell Jiang Wange for fear that she would be scared or worried.

As time passed, Xiahou Xuan would cough from time to time in front of the court officials, and sometimes it was so severe that he would cough up blood.

As a result, the people of the Xia family became even more convinced that Xiahou Xuan had taken poison, so they became more unscrupulous and began to recruit soldiers and horses, completely disregarding the royal family.

The Xia family’s actions were so large that even their colleagues in the same court noticed it;

However, before they realized it, someone had already informed them and told them to pretend they knew nothing, as everything was under the control of His Majesty.

But Xia Qingyuan always felt that something was wrong, everything seemed to be going too smoothly.

He also privately inquired about His Majesty's physical condition, and was relieved after learning that Xiahou Xuan was indeed coughing up blood every day.

Xiahou Xuan simply stopped attending court and rested, leaving all court affairs to Xiahou Cong. This was undoubtedly a signal to the Xia family that His Majesty was powerless and had to train the Prince of Yong'an to be the regent.

During the time when Xiahou Xuan was off duty, he stayed in the house with Jiang Wange. With Tuantuan, the family of three was so comfortable, eating and sleeping.

This was a rare moment of leisure time that Xiahou Xuan had enjoyed since he was old enough to understand things, and he wished he could pretend to be sick for a while longer.

"Your Majesty, why don't you just give them another strong dose of medicine and say that you have an incurable disease, then appoint our Tuantuan as the crown prince, and let Prince Yong'an be the regent. I guess they won't even wait for Concubine Shu to give birth, and will force the emperor to abdicate. If you want to act, make it more realistic."

Jiang Wange started to tease Xiahou Xuan again. She just said that, but Xiahou Xuan took it seriously.

"I think Ah Ci's idea is very good. I will go to court tomorrow and announce the good news to see if they have any action."

"Ah? Your Majesty, are you serious? I was just joking..."

"It doesn't matter. It's fake anyway. At worst, I can revoke Tuantuan's title of crown prince afterwards. You don't have to worry, Aci." Xiahou Xuan comforted Jiang Wange.

Hearing this, Jiang Wange felt a little relieved. As long as it wasn't a real thing, it would be fine. She didn't want Tuan Tuan to be made the crown prince, at least not now.

But Jiang Wange missed the gleam in Xiahou Xuan's eyes.

When he went to court the next day, Xiahou Xuan pretended that he didn't have much time left.

"Ahem... I believe you have all noticed that I am ill. I have already consulted the imperial physician, and he says that I have an incurable disease. Therefore, I want to appoint a crown prince as soon as possible. Currently, I only have one son, the eldest prince Xiahou Junye, whose mother is Concubine Xihui. Therefore, I want to appoint the eldest prince as the crown prince. What do you think, my dear ministers?"