I am favored by the tyrant, so what if I am vicious?

In the inner hall of Cining Palace, only the Empress Dowager and Zhou Shiya were left.

Zhou Shiya was still kneeling on the ground, not daring to stand up.

The Queen Mother picked up the teacup and smashed it hard in front of Zhou Shiya.

"Queen...you have truly given me a great gift."

Zhou Shiya knelt on the ground, not daring to dodge.

She let the teacup fall to the ground, the tea splashing on her dress, and the broken porcelain pieces splashing on her body, stinging the skin on the back of her hands.

Her face was pale as she lowered her head, her eyes filled with misery: "Mother...I didn't mean it...I didn't expect that Your Majesty had already fallen in love with Concubine Yu."

If Qin Feiling didn't have that feeling for Zhou Lingge, that cup of amorous wine would not be able to control his thoughts at all, causing him to sink.

At this moment, Zhou Shiya finally understood... Qin Feiling was just pretending to be confused, going with the flow, and playing along... In this way, he made Zhou Lingge his woman.

The Empress Dowager couldn't help but sneer, "Yu Guifei? How wonderful! The Emperor's wings have grown strong now. He even dares to disregard my wishes and go against my will."

This was the first time that the emperor challenged her with such a tough attitude.

He forced himself to issue the imperial decree to confer the title of imperial concubine on Zhou Lingge.

Good, this is the son she raised with great difficulty.

Now, for such a woman, he actually dared to go against her.

Zhou Shiya didn't dare to breathe, let alone respond.

She just knelt on the ground and remained silent.

The Queen Mother was very annoyed when she saw that she couldn't utter a word for a long time.

At this moment, Eunuch Liu carefully entered the inner hall, holding the bright yellow imperial edict, and knelt down. "Empress Dowager, the imperial edict has been drafted, and we are waiting for your stamp."

Since ancient times, only the empress dowager's decree to confer titles on concubines could be considered legitimate.

Qin Feiling seized the opportunity and put the empress dowager in a position just to ask for the imperial decree to make her a noble concubine. Only in this way could she appease the anger Zhou Lingge had suffered from the empress dowager.

The empress dowager laughed angrily. She tried her best to calm herself down and asked someone to bring her seal. She gritted her teeth and stamped the imperial edict.

"Madam Zhao, please send some precious nourishing herbs to Concubine Yu in person. Tell her that it's a token of my love. I misunderstood her before, and I hope she won't blame me."

Aunt Zhao agreed immediately.

Eunuch Liu thanked the emperor with trembling legs, climbed up from the ground with a sense of relief, and retreated carefully.

The Queen Mother couldn't help but laugh softly.

"This is the first time I've seen the emperor protect someone so attentively."

"Queen, you have been married to him for five years. Have you ever seen his true heart?"

Zhou Shiya's eyes were filled with gloom: "I have never done that."

The Queen Mother found a place to sit down and slowly let out a sigh of relief: "As his legitimate wife, you have been with him day and night for five years, and these five years are not even as good as one month?"

"Queen, don't you feel resentful, angry... or hateful?"

In fact, she could empathize with the Queen's current mood.

In the past, she and the late emperor also treated each other with respect. They had affection as husband and wife, but the love between men and women... was as indifferent as water.

She sat on the throne of the empress, watching the late emperor indulge in affection with those beautiful and tender women day after day, year after year... and their hearts were connected.

Haha...that heart has long been broken into pieces.

Until later, her heart was completely dead and she no longer felt pain.

Zhou Shiya's voice couldn't help but be choked with sobs.

"Perhaps this is the sorrow of being the mother of a nation. I dare not complain, I dare not be angry, and I dare not hate."

"Your Majesty is the supreme ruler, the sovereign of all the people in the world. Any woman in the world, as long as he wishes... can become his woman. He is the sovereign, and I am his subject. I can only silently assist him and help him manage his harem, but I cannot ask him to beg for his love and compassion like an ordinary couple."

The Queen Mother couldn't help but coax her gently: "He is the king and you are the subject, yes, but you are also his wife. If his heart falls on someone else, you can use your authority to snatch him away, take him away."

"Only useless people would compromise so cowardly and be helpless. Zhou Shiya... you were chosen by the late emperor as his legal wife. He valued your decisiveness and intelligence, but look at you now, you look so cowardly and useless."

"A mere concubine's daughter has forced you to this point."

Zhou Shiya's eyes were red and she looked at the Queen Mother with tears in her eyes: "But...but Your Majesty likes her, what can I do?"

"I only want to protect the baby in my belly and give birth to a legitimate son safely."

The Queen Mother then remembered that the Queen was still pregnant, and she quickly asked Madam Zhao to help Zhou Shiya up.

She saw that the queen was so cowardly, not at all like the decisive and efficient person she used to be.

She felt annoyed and immediately waved her hand: "Okay, go back and rest..."

Zhou Shiya sobbed and bowed, and then she left with a sob.

After walking out of the Cining Palace, Zhou Shiya stopped crying.

There was a hint of disdain in her eyes, and she took out a handkerchief to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes.

She couldn't help but sneer: "The Queen Mother is no more than that."

Zhou Lingge is really amazing.

Without making a sound, he gave the empress dowager a warning.

The Empress Dowager punished her by making her kneel down, so she used the Emperor's hand to fight for the position of Imperial Concubine.

Imperial Concubine, she is only one step away from becoming the queen!

A fierce look flashed in Zhou Shiya's eyes.

Zhou Lingge...her glory ended here.

-

Yuanchen Palace.

Zhou Lingge woke up slowly and opened her eyes. She saw Qin Feiling standing by her side.

Her arm moved slightly, and the man noticed it and looked at her happily.

"Ge'er, are you awake?"

Zhou Lingge's eyes were a little dazed, "Your Majesty...what's wrong with me?"

She quickly looked around.

"Why did you come back?"

Qin Feiling looked at her confused and dazed appearance, his eyes full of heartache.

He put his arm around her shoulders and whispered comfortingly, "It's okay, everything is over."

"You and your child are both healthy. I will never let anyone harm you and your child again."

Zhou Lingge looked at Qin Feiling in feigned surprise: "Mother and son?"

"Your Majesty, what do you mean by this?"

Qin Feiling looked at her confused expression and couldn't help but laugh helplessly: "Stupid, you're pregnant and you don't even realize it?"

Zhou Lingge opened her mouth in surprise and looked at Qin Feiling in disbelief.

"Pregnant?"

"Your Majesty, are you saying that I am pregnant with your child?"

Qin Feiling held her in his arms, and his broad, hot palm gently covered her flat belly.

There was tenderness in his eyes.

The feeling of joy still lingers in my heart and cannot be dissipated for a long time.

His deep eyes were filled with stars.