Dethroned the Crown Princess? Then she became your mother

"You must take good care of yourself. Your body is equally important and it does not belong to you alone. If something happens to you again, your parents will be extremely worried, and so will your grandmother. None of us can bear such a blow, and we must not neglect you because of your eldest sister's affairs." Yuan said with concern.

"I understand, Grandmother. I've certainly gone through a lot of heart-wrenching things for my elder sister, and I'll be more careful in the future. But you might still be worried if I'm focusing all my attention on her. Actually, I've let go of that a lot."

Zhang Tianci smiled slightly, mentioned the physical and mental torment he had experienced because of Zhang Tianai, and continued: "As for my eldest sister, I will still go to visit her.

"You may go if you wish, but please keep it secret and wait until you are fully recovered. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not seem to wish you to meet with my elder sister."

There was a hint of obstruction in Yuan's words.

"Brother Prince..."

Zhang Tianci's expression darkened instantly when he heard the name of the Crown Prince. "The Crown Prince said he hadn't expected my elder sister to become a concubine. When he learned the news, my elder sister had already become my father's woman. He—it was equally difficult to accept. No one could accept it. Of those who could accept it, I never thought you, Grandmother, could accept it. It's all because you love my elder sister. The Crown Prince has been in a very low mood recently."

Upon hearing this, Yuan immediately understood and expressed her understanding.

"The Crown Prince did have feelings for my elder sister. After all, they were once husband and wife. But..."

Zhang Tianci spoke again, with a hint of emotion in his tone.

"Grandmother, you understand." Yuan could only respond in this way. She knew the prince's feelings very well.

"My eldest sister didn't consider me, my brother the Crown Prince, my grandmother, and everyone else when she made that decision. Perhaps if she had thought about it, this wouldn't have happened."

Zhang Tianci's words were full of reproach.

“But there is nothing we can do about it.”

Yuan still said so.

"Grandma always says that, there's nothing I can do about it." Zhang Tianci continued unhappily, "And Grandma said not to let anyone know about this, how is that even possible? Maybe it would be better to just bring it up directly. I'll go straight to my eldest sister and see if she still has the dignity to continue being the Consort in the palace and be with Father again."

"Ci'er!"

Yuan was shocked when she heard this.

Yuan felt her scalp tingling at the thought that Zhang Tianci might run to Furong Palace and directly expose their identities, disrupting the emperor's arrangement and letting everyone know that Zhang Tianai had become Concubine Liang.

What should I do if this girl really did this?

She couldn't let Zhang Tianci do this.

"Grandma is worried?" Zhang Tianci asked.

"Ci'er..." Yuan called again.

"Grandma, please don't worry. I'm just cutting the Gordian knot. It's a good thing and the most effective way."

Seeing her grandmother so anxious, Zhang Tianci secretly rejoiced in her heart, because she knew that her grandmother was really worried.

Let’s see what other tricks that big sister woman has up her sleeve!

"Ci'er, if you do this, it will only make everyone more embarrassed."

Yuan said hurriedly.

"Grandma also knows that it will be embarrassing?" Zhang Tianci asked back.

Yuan said, "Of course I know, but if you do that, it won't do you any good."

How can there be no benefits?

Zhang Tianci didn't think anyone would blame her. After all, she was the one who sacrificed her relatives for the sake of justice, and she was the most innocent person, always being implicated. Thinking back to the Empress Dowager Qianqiu Palace Banquet, Zhang Tianai had defeated her, making her lose face.

This time she wanted to impress everyone and make them admit defeat with conviction. Zhang Tianai had this ability before, but she had always kept it hidden.

This time, she was completely humiliated, everyone looked at her in such a way, and even the Crown Prince knelt down. Zhang Tianci thought to himself, "Although I stole the position of Crown Princess from my elder sister, I don't want to see her fall into this state. I want..."

"Ci'er, the emperor will be unhappy if you do this."

Yuan thought of the emperor.

Hasn't this girl ever thought about what the emperor would think?

"Father can't make the same mistake over and over again. I'm helping him. What can he do to me? I'm right. Besides, if my grandmother were to tell me this, if my elder sister saw me and knew I was coming, she wouldn't have come to me without saying anything. My elder sister has changed."

Zhang Tianci said seriously, bringing up the topic again.

"Your elder sister has her own difficulties." Yuan wanted to explain and said a few words, "If you go, your elder sister will not admit it, no matter how much you say it, it will be useless. If you do this, His Royal Highness will also be in a difficult position. No one knows about this matter yet, you don't want to embarrass the Crown Prince, right? You don't want to cause any rift between the Emperor and the Crown Prince, right?"

She didn't know if Zhang Tianci would change his mind if she mentioned the prince again, but she still said it.

"As long as Big Sister isn't here."

Zhang Tianci believes.

"No, trust grandma." Yuan felt that she should be trusted.

Zhang Tianci suddenly said, "If Grandma really doesn't want me to go, then I won't go unless you go and persuade my eldest sister first."

Of course, she didn't really want to make a big deal out of it, but she wanted her grandmother to go there first.

Given the close relationship between Grandmother and Zhang Tianai, if Grandmother persuaded the eldest sister not to become a concubine, and according to her words, she told the eldest sister, how would she feel? Would she feel betrayed again?

Hadn't she already said that she and her mother had betrayed her?

What about Grandma? Would she be in agony? She'd make life miserable for Big Sister too!

"Ci'er."

Yuan will not go.

She would not let her son be sad, embarrassed or sacrificed. Now, they should each take care of their own things.

"Grandma, please think about this carefully."

Zhang Tianci didn't know what his grandmother was thinking and wanted to continue persuading her.

"It's really not easy for your elder sister to be where she is today," said Yuan.

"But that's immoral!"

Zhang Tianci said firmly.

Yuan said: "You don't have to go, you also..."

"Unless grandma tells me what you said when you went to see my eldest sister, why did my eldest sister summon you, and what did you say to each other? My eldest sister is really something. She has become a daughter of the Lin family, and she still summoned my grandmother. But my eldest sister is really cruel. She was not like this before. Now she has abandoned everything, even my grandmother!"

This is also one of Zhang Tianci's purposes.

She proposed this condition, but there was something else hidden in her words.

"You, your eldest sister has mentioned it before. She doesn't want this to happen either, but..." Seeing that Ci'er really didn't understand the truth at all, Yuan said slowly, "When you know it, you will understand."

"Then tell me, Grandmother. Otherwise, I will understand it this way: Why does my elder sister want to see you? In my eyes, it is my elder sister who has abandoned everything. As for how close the relationship with the Lin family will be in the future, Zhang Tianci had no idea in his mind. He responded to the other party's doubts lightly, but he did not notice the complex and subtle background of the Lin family.

"We, we actually..." Yuan hesitated, trying to clarify, "Your eldest sister never had such intentions. She would never take the initiative to get close to the Lin family. The Lin family is just a cover. We never really discussed anything, nothing. She came to see me simply because she missed me and wanted to see me."

Aside from the good news of her pregnancy, Yuan received no further information from her son, which she briefly mentioned.

"Really? Grandma never mentioned it either." Zhang Tianci thought to himself. Grandma was still hiding something, and it was obvious that Zhang Tianai was wary of him. "She also gave you a hair drying cap?"

"That's true." Yuan was eager to prove what she said, but couldn't find a suitable way.

"Also, your eldest cousin said that she had looked for you many times..." Yuan spoke again, mentioning this sensitive topic.

Zhang Tianci knew immediately that his eldest cousin must have gone to find his grandmother. How cunning! "I thought my eldest cousin was dead."

As soon as the words fell, Yuan was speechless.

She once again reminded Zhang Tianci not to look for Ai'er and not to disturb her in Furong Palace.

Zhang Tianci remained silent. After a moment, he suddenly felt uncomfortable in his stomach.

Seeing this, Yuan's face instantly turned gloomy and she called out to Ci'er anxiously.

After leaving the palace, Yuan was still in a heavy mood.

Before leaving, Zhang Tianci emphasized again that elder sister cannot do this!

Yuan was in a bad mood. When she returned to the mansion, she found a group of people waiting for her.

The eldest son, his wife, the second son's wife, the third son's wife, the second and third sons were all there. She looked at them with mixed feelings. When she left the palace, she heard that the Lin family members who had been summoned to the palace had also left, and the emperor had summoned the Lin family men.

Weiyuan Hou was the first to speak: "Mother, how is your entry into the palace?"

The eldest son's wife, the second and third sons' wife, and the second son's wife all cast inquiring glances.

"It's just a casual chat, what else can it be?" Yuan replied perfunctorily.

"Where is Ci'er?" Zhao asked with concern.