Resisting the Wind and Splendor

"With the Qin family behind her, Consort Yu may seem indifferent to worldly affairs, but once she decides to compete, her strength is unmatched in the entire harem."

The darkness in Consort Rui's eyes became even more unfathomable: "As for the Empress, do you really think she is so simple-minded? When the eldest prince died, she cried for a while and then became depressed and listless. Everyone thought she had given up her ambition for power, but look at her attitude towards the fourteenth prince."

"How is she treating the Fourteenth Prince?" Lu Fengjin hadn't really paid attention to this point. Wasn't the Empress treating the Fourteenth Prince well?

"So strict, so strict that it's almost unbearable!"

Consort Rui narrowed her eyes and said coldly, "What kind of heartless mother could throw her child into a pond in the dead of winter when he was only three years old, and let him soak in the almost frozen lake water for more than an hour every day?"

"Three years old?" Lu Fengjin truly knew nothing about this. A three-year-old child! Has the Empress gone mad? Isn't she afraid that her fourteenth brother will suffer the same fate as her eldest brother?

"That's right, three years old! She dug a lake in Qiankun Palace specifically to train the Fourteenth Prince!"

Consort Rui truly both hated and feared the Empress!

That's right, it's fear!

She was so ruthless that even she knew she could never do it.

For someone to do that, their heart must be incredibly strong.

"The eldest prince died of illness. Whether it was because he was truly poisoned or because he was weak, it was ultimately due to his poor health. Therefore, in order to prevent the fourteenth prince from following in his footsteps, the empress has subjected the fourteenth prince to various forms of physical torture since he was a child."

“However, the fourteenth prince has been frail and sickly since childhood…” Lu Fengjin knew about this.

"That's all an illusion created by the Empress. In fact, the Fourteenth Prince is incredibly healthy; he's just too young to do anything! Some time ago, Madam Qing from the Duke's Mansion often went to Qiankun Palace to teach the Fourteenth Prince riding and archery. I once sent someone to inquire about it."

"What did Mother Consort's people see?" Lu Fengjin's curiosity was immediately piqued by her.

Consort Rui snorted coldly, her face full of displeasure: "They didn't have a chance to get in at all. The eunuchs from the Imperial Kitchen who were delivering pastries were stopped in the front yard, and they couldn't even get close to the back yard."

Lu Fengjin remained silent, his eyes darkening as he fell into deep thought.

It's just learning horsemanship and archery; there's no need to make it so mysterious. Why is the Empress guarding Qiankun Palace so tightly? What is there to hide?

"Didn't Father Emperor go there too?" he asked.

Consort Rui sneered: "That old bastard of your father's..."

“Mother!” Lu Fengjin’s face darkened. He knew that his mother had never been respectful to his father, but if she only thought about it in her heart, he couldn’t stop her.

But if she said it out loud, that would be far too rebellious!

Consort Rui glared at him.

This son is blindly loyal! His father has more than just him in his heart, but in his heart, there is only his father. His mother, who loves him wholeheartedly, is never as important as a single finger of his father.

However, Consort Rui did not want to be angry at this moment.

My son is about to go to war; getting angry won't do any good.

Although Consort Rui was indeed so angry she felt like vomiting blood, she thought that it wasn't such a bad thing that her son was on that old man's side.

That old man was clear-headed. If something really happened to Lu Beimo, Prince Jin, who was capable and loyal to him, would definitely be his only choice.