A concubine? You're more like a joke. I'd rather send you to your death.

Gu Yanchi stood up and slowly walked over.

"Father-in-law, rest assured, Luo'er and I have a very good relationship. She went to find herbs with the Imperial Advisor."

"It's good that she's safe. The Crown Prince's trip to the palace tomorrow is fraught with danger."

He didn't want Gu Yanchi to go to his death, but the Emperor's life had to be saved.

"Father-in-law, rest assured. If I do not return, please tell Luo'er that marrying her is the happiest thing in my life. Take good care of yourself in the future and don't be sad for me. Leave here and go back home to live a good life."

As he said this, Gu Yanchi's eyes reddened slightly.

"Okay." Bai Hao turned around and took a step. "She loves you very much, so that Luo'er can live on."

royal palace.

The emperor was imprisoned in his own palace, lying on the dragon bed, unable to move, and looked much older.

"You unfilial son, you harbor such wolfish ambitions! I shouldn't have been so soft-hearted as to spare your life back then."

Gu Yanche stood at the edge of the bed, a mocking smile on his lips.

"Father is old and his mind isn't working properly anymore. What's the use of wailing like this every day?"

Your good son and daughter-in-law are coming to save you soon. I will skin that bastard Gu Yanchi alive, slice by slice, right before your eyes, and then take your good daughter-in-law for myself.

This throne, this empire, will all be mine. Then I will send you to the underworld to reunite with Consort Yun.

"You crazy person."

The emperor roared in anger, regretting that he should not have let this rebellious son go in the first place.

Now that I'm dead, that's fine. Gu Yanchi and Bai Luoluo are innocent; they deserve a better life.

Looking at the emperor's sullen face, Gu Yanche was full of disdain.

"Don't even think about dying, or no one in this palace will survive, including the eldest prince."

"You unfilial son."

The emperor was furious and cursed.

"Your Majesty, please do not be angry. Your concubine will feed you some nourishing soup."

At this moment, the Empress entered carrying a bowl of soup, her eyes filled with a smug smile.

She finally got to take control of her life.

"I will not drink."

"Your Majesty is in poor health. I am only doing this for your own good. After all, I will be the Empress Dowager in the future. Perhaps if you behave well, I will let you die a quick death out of consideration for our past relationship."

The Queen is now radiant; her good days are just around the corner.

"You wicked woman, do you think this unfilial son will spare your life in the future? How naive."

"Stop trying to sow discord. Che'er has already recognized me as his mother, and we have a deep bond as mother and son."

"What a loving mother-son relationship! You are utterly wicked. The Third Prince's fate is unknown, and you have actually recognized someone else as your son. How ironic."

“Jin’er’s fate in this life is already determined. Being born into the royal family and failing in the struggle only shows his incompetence. But Che’er is different. He is intelligent, deep-thinking, and his strategies are amazing. Only a prince like him is worthy to be my son.”

"You're all crazy...you're all crazy."

Seeing the Empress's true colors, even the Emperor was horrified; he had been married to such a viper for many years.

"Even if she went mad, it was because the Emperor forced her to. Consort Yun certainly deserved to die, but the one who deserved to die the most was the Emperor."

"Shut up, you are not worthy to mention Yue'er."

The emperor coughed violently in anger, and the empress reached out to help him by supporting his chest.

Why is the Emperor so angry?

You are the least worthy to mention Consort Yun. If the Emperor hadn't feigned affection and refused to consummate the marriage with me, the seeds of hatred wouldn't have been sown.

If it weren't for His Majesty's desire to make that bastard Gu Yanchi the Crown Prince, I wouldn't have harbored such murderous intent.

It's all the Emperor's fault. As an emperor, you shouldn't have had feelings, and even more so, your feelings weren't deep enough, favoring one woman after another.

The fact that you can't be devoted to only one person, yet you pretend to be deeply in love, is what makes you so despicable.

If you don't want to marry, you don't have to. Wouldn't it be better to lose the throne and be with the one you love?

You insist on marrying me as your principal wife, and now that you've married me, you want to remain chaste, causing me to lose all face.

All these tragedies were caused by the emperor.

I forgot to tell the Emperor that the Empress Dowager was also involved in Consort Yun's death.

She tacitly approved of my killing of Consort Yun; in her view, all the unrest in the harem was due to Consort Yun alone.

The more the Empress spoke, the more relieved she felt. These days she had been wasting away in the cold palace, and she remembered how she had once happily married someone.

Unexpectedly, she was humiliated beyond recognition on her wedding night. She was also the legitimate daughter of a marquis's family, of noble status, and showered with love and affection. He married her for the throne, so they had to keep up the act and give each other face.

Ironically, she was left alone in the bridal chamber by her new husband, listening to the maids' whispers, making her the laughingstock of Xiling. How could she not hate such humiliation?

If you love Yun Xinyue, then love her wholeheartedly. Just give up the throne and all rights.

Why did you have to come and harm her?

He also favored the concubine and even had a child with her, so why should she be humiliated and have her marriage delayed?

For so many years, she lived alone in her empty room every day. If it weren't for the Empress Dowager's coercion, she might have remained a virgin for the rest of her life.

One night, she became pregnant. After ten months of pregnancy, she gave birth to a legitimate son. She thought that the emperor would be different after having a child, but who would have thought that after that bitch Yun Xinyue entered the palace, the emperor's mind was on her and he didn't even come to see his legitimate son.

She endured everything until Yun Xinyue became pregnant, which made the Emperor overjoyed.

She was waiting for everything, waiting for the right moment, waiting for the emperor to relax his guard.

After all, Yun Xinyue had just entered the palace, and the emperor had sent many people to protect her, so she had no way to make a move.

As the empress, she had to pretend to be magnanimous, visiting Yun Xinyue every day to chat and befriend her. The emperor's attitude towards her improved somewhat, but that was all.

Yun Xinyue was very lucky; she gave birth to the fifth prince, and the emperor was so pleased that he wanted to make him the crown prince.

If it weren't for the Empress Dowager's intervention, a newborn child would have become the Crown Prince.

She was the Empress, and her son was of noble birth, being the legitimate heir.

At that moment, she made up her mind to kill Yun Xinyue, but killing her directly would not be enough to vent her anger, which led to the affair.

The Emperor looked on in disbelief; he couldn't believe the Empress Dowager was an accomplice.

He shouldn't have let Yun Xinyue enter the palace in the first place. Since he had already given up some important people and things for that position, he shouldn't have been so greedy as to think that he could have both power and the person he loved.

They also underestimated the jealousy of the women in the harem. It was a marriage of convenience, so there was no real affection involved.

"You wicked woman, don't wrong the Empress Dowager."

"At this point, what good would it do to lie to the Emperor?" The Empress straightened her clothes and smiled sarcastically. "The Empress Dowager is now just like the Emperor, lying on her bed. She actually regrets how she treated Consort Yun, which is why she has been eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist prayers all these years. But no, none of the women in the harem have clean hands. Perhaps she has killed many innocent people."

The empress was completely different from before; her behavior could be described as madness and somewhat abnormal.