The queen is crazy and spoiled, and the tyrant bows to her

When talking about the death of Empress Dowager Wende, Concubine Yu's eyes were filled with pain and sorrow. Jiang Wantang couldn't help but be deeply moved. She accompanied and listened silently.

She said: "I called him a beast, called him a man who disregarded human ethics, called him a man who forced the Empress Dowager to death..."

"That was the first time since I entered the palace that I recklessly questioned and scolded him. After all, my child was gone, and the Empress Dowager was gone too. I had nothing to worry about. The worst that could happen was that I could just go down with them."

"And the consequences of angering him were indeed the same. That night, I almost died in Jinxiu Palace, almost died at his hands..."

"The frantic Ji Huaijin smashed everything he could in Jinxiu Palace. The ground was covered in debris. I lay in a pool of blood, barely breathing..."

"He was standing in front of me, looking down at me with bloodthirsty eyes and a cruel smile. He said he would not let me die."

"He said, if he's not having a good time, then I can't have a good time either."

"I know he's jealous of me, he hates me. He's jealous that the Queen Mother always cares about me. He hates me for stealing the care that should have belonged to him. He hates me even more for ruining his plans."

"Because the Queen Mother would rather die than let me be her substitute..."

"After that day, everyone who was still breathing in Jinxiu Palace except me was executed."

"There's no one left in Jinxiu Palace. The entire palace is like a lifeless cage."

"After the Empress Dowager passed away, Ji Huaijin erased all traces of her and never set foot in the harem again."

"Half a year later, Ji Huaijin issued an edict to confer the title of Crown Prince on the prince born to Qi Yilan, and she was naturally crowned as Empress. The palace only held a grand ceremony to confer the title of Crown Prince, but no ceremony to confer the title of Empress..."

"At first, I didn't understand why he suddenly named Qi Yilan the queen, nor did I understand why the queen mother treated Ji Huaijin so cruelly and resolutely."

"Until one winter day two years later, I saw the prince born to Qi Yilan in the Imperial Garden. He was adorable as ice, with peach blossom eyes, and he actually looked 50% like the Empress Dowager..."

"I was completely shocked. An incredible thought suddenly flashed through my mind. I quickly walked towards the child, but just as I got close to him, my foot slipped and we both fell into the frozen lake. The freezing water instantly submerged us..."

"Although I tried my best to lift the little prince and send him to shore, he was still very young and soon lost his breath. I almost froze to death in the lake."

"After the young prince died, Ji Huaijin flew into a rage and ordered the execution of all the palace servants in the imperial garden and around the young prince. Even Qi Yilan was punished with caning and was nearly beaten to death."

"He held the little prince's small, cold body, his eyes bloodshot, crying and laughing at the same time, looking like a madman, mumbling to himself, saying things like retribution."

"I guessed something, but I didn't dare to think about it."

"I know that Ji Huaijin didn't kill me because the Empress Dowager instructed me to do so in her last words. That's why he spared my life."

"Even so, Qi Yilan didn't intend to let me go. After she was able to get out of bed, she came to me immediately and said a lot of provocative things to me."

"Just as I guessed, the little prince is the child of the Empress Dowager. Ji Huaijin imprisoned her and used all means to force her to get pregnant. He thought that as long as he had a child, he would be able to keep her in the palace for the rest of her life..."

"Ji Huaijin had been giving her some hallucinogenic drugs in an attempt to change her past memories so that she would slowly accept herself. He just didn't expect her to wake up so suddenly."

"Just on the day I was due to give birth, the Empress Dowager escaped from the palace, became miscarriage-stricken, and gave birth to this child prematurely..."

"I suddenly realized something was wrong. If that's the case, then the three of us gave birth on the same day. Why isn't Qi Yilan's child here?"

"So, I asked her this question right away, and she suddenly became very emotional, with cruelty and hatred in her eyes..."

"But seeing that I was worse off than her, she seemed to be in a good mood and talked to me a lot..."

“But the more I listened, the more frightened I became.”

"Qi Yilan said that when she first took the drug and climbed onto the emperor's bed, Ji Huaijin ordered someone to give her a sterilizing decoction, so she would never have children in her lifetime."

Jiang Wantang was so shocked after hearing this that she was speechless.

The absurdity and madness of this late emperor are simply astonishing.

Concubine Yu smiled bitterly: "So, Qi Yilan's 'pregnancy' was deliberately arranged by Ji Huaijin, and it was also for the Empress Dowager's sake."

"If I am a substitute, then Qi Yilan is a shield..."

"I asked her why she fell in love with Ji Huaijin?"

"At that time, Qi Yilan looked at me with a mocking look as if I were a fool. She laughed so loudly that tears came out of her eyes."

"She said, love? How can there be love in the harem? The daughters of noble families don't come to the palace to talk about love."

"Qi Yilan said that to Ji Huaijin, she was just a knife in her hand, and Ji Huaijin was just a stepping stone to stabilize the family."

"She said only a fool like me would believe in such ridiculous things as imperial love."

"At the time, I didn't agree with her because, in my opinion, Ji Huaijin really loved the Queen Mother terribly. He was willing to do anything for her and loved her like crazy."

"After the young prince died, Ji Huaijin was completely devastated."

"He spent his days drinking to numb himself. He ignored the mountain of memorials that piled up at court, and the palace servants often couldn't find him."

"He had been hiding in the Empress Dowager's palace, embracing her belongings and living a life of drunkenness and debauchery, his eyes red with tears and laughter, filled with both hatred and love, filled with extreme paranoia and madness..."

"He was immersed in pain and suffering, and coupled with his day and night drinking, his health gradually broke down."

"Fortunately, Ji Huaijin wasn't too foolish. Before his body completely collapsed, he finally entered the harem and favored the remaining beauties, leaving behind a bloodline for the royal family."

"Because of my guilt towards the Empress Dowager and the death of the young prince, I lived in pain and regret all day long. I was tortured and began to go mad."

"Later, Qi Yilan had someone poison my daily medicine, and I became completely insane."

"After Ji Huaijin fell into decline, Qi Yilan began to secretly support the Qi family and cultivate her own influence in the court. She imitated the Empress Dowager back then and began to gradually control the government..."

"It's a pity that Qi Yilan is quite powerful on the couch, but she is far inferior to the Empress Dowager in the court. Otherwise, the world would have belonged to the Qi family long ago."