Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

Whether to believe what he had seen in his daily life or what Yin Yin said, Old Master Qi did not mention.

However, after some time, when someone from the Empress's family came to visit again, wanting to bring up Yin Yin's marriage, Old Master Qi and his wife always avoided getting to the point, which could be considered as an indication of their attitude.

If the Crown Prince is indeed limited in ability and relies entirely on the Empress's advice, then it is entirely foreseeable that the Emperor will become dissatisfied with the Crown Prince in the future.

Should they now seek the position of Crown Princess and tie their family to the Eastern Palace, or wait and observe more before making a decision? Of course, Old Master Qi would choose the latter.

Based on the emperor's remembrance of Yin Yin's father, Yin Yin, or rather the Qi family, definitely has the means to wait.

The Qi family played it safe, and the Empress's family and the Crown Prince's family were dissatisfied with their attitude, so they naturally became indifferent as well.

When the Empress found out, she did try to persuade the Crown Prince a few times, but the Crown Prince had been the heir apparent for many years and was always fawned over by others. There were no others who didn't know what was good for them and didn't obey him.

The Crown Prince outwardly agreed to the Empress's instructions, but then immediately forgot about them.

The Empress was ill on and off, and her energy was low. She never expected that her son would be outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant.

The empress discovered this by chance.

At that time, she was in fairly good spirits and planned to check on the Crown Prince's situation in the palace, so she deliberately didn't have anyone announce her arrival. Unexpectedly, she had only just reached the Crown Prince's palace when she heard a young eunuch talking.

"I don't know what's so arrogant about that Miss Qi. His Highness even went out of the palace to see her, and not only is she not grateful, she even dares to ignore His Highness. No wonder His Highness gets angry whenever he mentions her."

"That's right. I don't know why Her Majesty the Empress chose her as her daughter-in-law. She's a jinx who lost her father and mother. How could she be worthy of being the Crown Princess?"

"In my opinion, Miss Sun is quite good. She is gentle and easy-going, and she is His Highness's own cousin. His Highness likes her very much. Wouldn't it be wonderful if they could become even closer relatives?"

The Empress frowned, and was about to order her men to go in and arrest the two gossipy eunuchs who dared to talk behind her back, when she heard them continue.

"What do you think His Highness is thinking? Why not just tell the Empress that he doesn't like Miss Qi? Why does he have to prepare a gift for the Empress himself in Miss Qi's name? Isn't that redundant?"

The Queen's mind went blank, and she couldn't hear what they were saying afterward.

"Miss!"

The head maidservant beside the empress was the first to notice her abnormality. She exclaimed in surprise and quickly helped the staggering empress up.

The two eunuchs inside who were talking over the sound were so frightened that they dropped what they were holding to the ground without even daring to care. They immediately knelt down on the spot, and no one dared to go out and take a look.

The head palace maid hurriedly tried to send someone to fetch the imperial physician, but the empress stopped her.

"Back to the Empress's Palace," the Empress said, her vision blurring. "We can't call the imperial physician from the Crown Prince's residence."

The head palace maid was extremely anxious and quickly ordered someone to bring a tightly sealed sedan chair. She helped the Empress inside, and the group hurriedly returned to the Jiaofang Palace.

Seeing that the person had left, the two eunuchs felt a sense of relief, exchanged a glance, and hurried to find the crown prince for help.

The Crown Prince was not in the palace because he had gone to the back storeroom to pick out two suitable gifts. When he saw the two men tumbling in, he knew that the Empress had almost fainted after hearing what they said. He was both anxious and angry, so he kicked each of them and ordered them to be taken away and locked up. He then hurried to the Jiaofang Palace.

When the Crown Prince arrived at the Jiaofang Palace, the Empress had already recovered, but looking at her son in front of her, she felt rather disheartened.

The crown prince noticed his mother's attitude and quickly knelt down, saying, "Mother, I was wrong. I will definitely be obedient from now on and I will be able to win Qi Yinyin's favor. Please don't be angry, okay?"

Seeing the Crown Prince's cautious appearance, the Empress felt sorry for him and helped him up, saying, "Good child, doesn't your mother know that you don't like Yin Yin? It's just that His Majesty likes Yin Yin. If she becomes your Crown Princess, you will have many benefits in the future."

"No matter how many benefits she could bring, I don't want her," the Crown Prince said, leaning against the Empress. "Mother, I only hope that you can live to be a hundred years old and stay by my side forever."

The Empress's eyes welled up with tears. She embraced the Crown Prince and remained speechless for a long time.

After a while, the Empress composed herself and said, "Mother, don't you also want to be with my son as he grows up and watch you have children?"

"Your mother knows her own body best, so Crown Prince, you must listen to your mother on this matter. Consider it fulfilling your mother's wish, okay?"

"Your mother always hopes that your future will be more secure," the Empress paused, "After the Empress Dowager passed away, Your Majesty went through everything in the palace, and your mother would not want you to go through it all again."

Upon hearing this, the Crown Prince said, "Mother, Father is not my grandfather. He would not be bewitched by a treacherous concubine and want to depose the Crown Prince."

“Who can say for sure?” The shadow of the bed curtains fell on the Queen, shrouding her almost entirely in shadow. “These things are not to be taken lightly.”

After the Empress finished speaking, she looked intently at the Crown Prince: "You don't need to worry about what happens next. Your mother will take care of it. I will tell you what to do later."

"Mother?" The Crown Prince had a vague sense of foreboding. "What do you plan to do?"

The Empress did not explain to him: "Go back to the East Palace and get some rest. As for those two talkative eunuchs, there's no need to keep them. Don't give them another chance to speak."

The Crown Prince nodded and went back. Following the Empress's instructions, he dealt with the two eunuchs who were originally quite useful and also completely stopped his actions against the Qi family.

When the Crown Prince stopped his methods, the first person to discover it was not Old Master Qi, but Young Marquis Qi.

He specifically told Yin Yin about this, and added, "Something is definitely not normal. If nothing major happens these days, it's best to stay home."

Yinyin nodded: "Uncle, don't worry, I won't go anywhere these next few days."

That's what they said, but not long after, news suddenly spread from the palace that Consort Shu was ill.

When Madam Qi found out, she specially sent a token to the palace to visit her daughter, and also brought Yin Yin, who hadn't been to the palace for quite some time.

When they arrived at Yaoguang Palace, seeing that Consort Shu was in relatively good spirits, Old Madam Qi breathed a sigh of relief.

"I am relieved to see that Your Majesty is alright. In this hot weather, you must not indulge in too much coolness."

Consort Shu blushed slightly: "In previous years, His Majesty would have summoned us to the summer palace to escape the heat at this time. This year, because the Empress has been unwell, we couldn't go. So I'm finding it hard to bear the heat."

"I already know I was wrong, Mother, please don't scold me."

Consort Shu said a few coquettish words, and also had some private things she wanted to say to her mother, so she spoke to Yin Yin.

“Yinyin, you haven’t been to the palace for a while, and Xiao Liu keeps talking about it. It’s a good coincidence that you’re here today. Pick him up from school for me. He’ll be happy to see you.”

Yinyin agreed and led two palace maids from Yaoguang Palace out.

As soon as she made a move, the people who had been tiptoeing outside the Yaoguang Palace also began to act.

Yinyin glanced over there subtly, then naturally looked away.