Although Xie Rong still had some hope just now, looking at the hatred in the queen's eyes, Xie Rong believed that the queen really wanted to kill him.

The Queen's eyes were bloodshot as she spoke word by word, "Xie Rong, what I regret most in this life is entering the palace, believing your lies, giving birth to Yongle, and letting Yongle become your weapon to threaten me."

Back then, she was just the daughter of a small seventh-rank official.

After the mourning period for the late queen, she entered the palace to participate in the selection.

There are countless beautiful women in the world, and even more in the palace. She thought that with her family background, she could just enter the palace and go home to get married, but she didn't expect to stay in this deep palace forever.

At that time, the previous queen had passed away for two years. Concubine Zhou's family was in power, and they had suppressed the other concubines so much that they could not breathe. They had long regarded the position of queen as their own.

Not only that, Concubine Zhou was not only jealous and wanted to monopolize the emperor's favor, but she was also cruel. During those two years, there were concubines in the harem who became pregnant, but they all ended up having "accidental" miscarriages.

As a concubine, she met Concubine Zhou in the imperial garden. Concubine Zhou took the opportunity to slap her twenty times and made her kneel for three hours.

She was timid by nature at that time, and she was in the palace. Even when she was slapped and punished to kneel, she only dared to shed tears secretly and did not dare to cry out loud, for fear of being discovered by Concubine Zhou and losing her life.

She will never forget that day when the rain was drizzling and her wet clothes stuck to her body, causing her face to hurt terribly.

The soft stone beneath her was brightly colored yet extremely hard, poking at her knees, and her legs had long since lost all feeling.

She felt extremely aggrieved, but she still knelt straight, not daring to slack off.

I just lowered my head and shed tears secretly.

Suddenly, a piece of clothing appeared in her sight, and a gentle voice came from above, "Why are you crying so aggrievedly?"

She looked up, and the man's handsome face came into her sight.

He helped her up, wiped her face with the handkerchief he had with him, left her his umbrella, and later helped her call a doctor.

Then, it disappeared.

From then on, she asked about him everywhere. She wanted to thank him, and she also had a little secret that was unknown to others and only known to herself.

Xie Rong was wearing casual clothes that day, and she always thought he was a guard or a young and promising minister.

Unfortunately, she didn't find him until the palace examination, and she still felt regretful about it.

After all, if you can't find her in the palace, then once you leave the palace, the world is even bigger and you won't be able to find her anywhere.

However, when she arrived at the palace examination and saw the man sitting on the dragon throne looking at her with a smile, she realized that the person who comforted her and invited the imperial physician for her that day was none other than the current emperor.

That day, he personally helped her up and crowned her as queen.

She felt like she was in a dream. Overnight, she was in the position that every woman in the world wanted to sit in the most.

She jumped from being the daughter of a small seventh-rank civil servant to becoming the queen.

She crushed Concubine Zhou, who once treated her as an ant.

Not only is it crushed in terms of status, but also in terms of grace.

Since she moved into Fengyi Palace, she took away Xie Rong's favor, and Concubine Zhou's dominance in the harem began to decline.

Not only did she hold the position of empress, but she was also favored by Xie Rong.

At first, she was terrified. She was a timid person and not good at planning, let alone dealing with the bloodless and hidden plots in the harem.

But Xie Rong was too good to her and doted on her too much. He stayed in Fengyi Palace for almost half of a month, and all kinds of precious treasures and jewelry were sent to Fengyi Palace like water.

He even taught her step by step, telling her that she should not be too kind, otherwise if one day he was not by her side, she would not even be able to protect herself.

Gradually, she became bolder and bolder, and even dared to use small tricks to fight back against Concubine Zhou's schemes and frame-ups.

The turning point of the matter started when she had a miscarriage.

It was a six-month-old boy. She could clearly feel the baby kicking her in her belly. Suddenly, she miscarried, and the imperial physician could not find any cause.

But she was certain that it was Concubine Zhou who did it, but she was unable to produce any evidence.

From then on, she and Concubine Zhou were at war to the death, fighting fiercely in the harem.

Yongle was born at this time.

She became a mother.

Thinking of the child who had died before, she vowed to protect her own child and love Yongle even more.

Unfortunately, the good times didn’t last long. It’s impossible to pretend to be affectionate for a lifetime.

One night half a year later, Xie Rong was sleeping soundly beside her, calling out another woman's name.

At that time, she already thought that the relationship between her and him was very deep, not to mention that there was Yongle between them. Even if he had other women, she could not accept him calling other women's names on her bed.

She wondered who this person was.

Before this, except for Concubine Zhou, she had never cared about the women in the harem.

Xie Rong's favor was all occupied by her and Concubine Zhou. The other women only got a little bit, and they might only receive the emperor's favor once a month.

She took great pains and finally found it.

She was just a small, insignificant noblewoman in the harem. It was said that she was a palace maid who served Xie Rong when he was still in the cold palace.

After Xie Rong came out of the cold palace, he took her out and kept her by his side. She had never been favored, and even in the Eastern Palace, she was just a concubine.

She was only given the title of a noble lady after entering the palace, and she might not be able to see Xie Rong for a month or two.

She didn't know what was wrong with her at that time. Perhaps she had been in the palace for too long and her heart had become cruel, so she attacked the nobleman.

Later, she was discovered by Xie Rong, and thus she fell from heaven to hell.

She still can't forget the fierce look on Xie Rong's face as he strangled her neck that night. She almost died in his hands.

It was then that she realized that the person in his heart had never been her.

She was just a chess piece in his hands, a target to divert Concubine Zhou's attention, attract the attention of the harem, and use to protect that man from disaster.

Even when Xie Rong chose her, it was because she came from a humble background, was easy to control, and had a grudge against Concubine Zhou. That was all.

How ridiculous! Xie Rong used Concubine Zhou and her son to contain the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion, but he also used her and the so-called position of Queen to contain Concubine Zhou.

What a scheming person!

But she originally thought that even if Xie Rong was insincere towards her, Yongle was his own flesh and blood, and his love for Yongle must be real.

But that night, he pinched Yongle's neck with his own hands and lifted him up high. Yongle, who was less than one year old, cried loudly in his arms.

He threatened her to keep her mouth shut and continue to restrain Concubine Zhou, otherwise he would kill Yongle.

Yongle's crying was like a knife stabbing her heart. She was terrified and begged him with tears.

He tried to show a little pity for Yongle and to awaken his fatherly love for Yongle, but unfortunately it was all in vain.

Only after she agreed and promised Xie Rong not to attack the noble lady anymore and even to protect the noble lady in the harem did Xie Rong return Yongle to her.

The neck of the plump and fair Yongle was strangled to a purple color. After that night, her dream was completely shattered.

She and Xie Rong could never go back to the way they were before. She felt depressed and in pain. She wanted to vent and take revenge on that noble man, but she didn't dare.

Because she discovered that Fengyi Palace was basically full of Xie Rong's spies, and Xie Rong also sent people to protect the noble lady's palace.

The favor she was proud of had vanished into thin air. She had no strong maternal family, so it would only take Xie Rong a word to depose her.

It doesn’t matter if she was deposed, but what about her Yongle?

Her Yongle is so young, how can he survive in this deep palace? Besides, Xie Rong may not let Yongle go.

She had no ability to seek revenge and could only choose to endure and protect herself and Yongle, but she was not as angry towards Concubine Zhou as before.

Because she knew that Concubine Zhou was just a pitiful pawn in Xie Rong's hands.

She paid more attention to the woman who looked like a dodder and came to pay her respects every day. Her appearance was not particularly outstanding in the palace, but she was the one Xie Rong cared about.

At first, she thought she must be extremely proud. She must have felt very happy hiding in the dark and watching her and Concubine Zhou fighting each other in vain like dogs.

But after a long time, she found that the woman was unaware of the situation, or perhaps she thought she was just an unfavored concubine in the harem.

This is really ridiculous. He pretends to be affectionate to a group of women he doesn't love, but is cold to the woman he likes.

She had no favor, no status, and no heir. She just endured year after year in this deep palace, enduring without hope.

For a moment, she really didn't know whether she should hate the woman or sympathize with her.

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