Quick Transmigration: Striving Every Day to Overcome Tribulation
Chapter 11: The Beloved Concubine in the Soul Swap Novel (End)
Su Su's life continued in an orderly manner.
Having been pregnant for over nine months, all eyes in the palace were fixed on Su Su.
When she was five months pregnant, Su Su had already announced her pregnancy to the world in a high-profile manner.
When Ouyang Zhao heard about this, he was completely stunned, while Gan Zhuru, fulfilling her duty as the emperor's husband, came to visit Su Su.
She glanced at Su Su's belly from time to time, her eyes filled with complex emotions.
When Su Su gently called to Gan Zhuru, asking her to touch her child, Gan Zhuru hesitated before placing her hand on the swollen belly, only to find it very soft to the touch.
The look in her eyes was inscrutable. She could barely tolerate it at first, but when Su Su chattered on and on, each sentence filled with joy as she reminded her of everything about the child, Gan Zhuru finally couldn't stand it anymore. In the end, she turned and left, feeling a surge of resentment.
She has now fallen in love with Ouyang Zhao. Because they haven't switched bodies back, they have a lot of time to spend together, and their feelings for each other are gradually blossoming.
However, Ouyang Zhao was filled with extreme anxiety. He racked his brains, trying every possible way to gather dirt on officials to blackmail them and achieve his ulterior motives.
What's infuriating is that every meticulously planned operation is inexplicably sabotaged, to the point that nowadays only a very small number of people are willing to follow his lead and be used by him.
He tried every possible method, single-mindedly trying to get rid of Su Su's child. In his view, if Su Su's child were to be born successfully, his position as emperor would be in great danger.
The palace where Su Su resided was heavily guarded, like an impregnable iron fortress. Any schemes or tricks seemed pale and powerless in the face of this impregnable defense.
Therefore, the emperor devised a plan to get the Empress Dowager, who was devoutly worshipping Buddha at Zhenguo Temple, back to the palace.
In fact, the Empress Dowager had long harbored the idea of returning to the palace. However, each time she had traveled there before, something unexpected had happened. On one occasion, the Empress Dowager even desperately wanted to enter the capital, but unfortunately, she was assassinated.
This sudden assassination attempt terrified the Empress Dowager, keeping her bedridden for several months.
Now in the guise of the emperor, Gan Zhuru personally went to bring the Empress Dowager back, taking away a large number of palace guards, making no attempt to conceal her determination to bring the Empress Dowager back.
However, the moment the Empress Dowager stepped into the capital, Su Su had already begun to launch her plan without hesitation.
Outside that magnificent palace, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor waited for three days and three nights. Their already anxious hearts were as if they were being roasted over a blazing fire, suffering greatly.
"He's born! It's a little prince!" With this exclamation, before Gan Zhuru could even utter a word, the Empress Dowager, overwhelmed with joy and exhaustion, felt a wave of dizziness and fainted on the spot.
Su Su carefully held the baby that her parents had meticulously prepared outside the palace. This was a child that their Prime Minister Su had found, with a trace of royal blood, but not much.
However, the secret behind this could never be known by anyone. This child was destined to be the only prince in this palace, and the only emperor in the future.
As Su Su gently teased the babbling baby, her face was full of wonder and affection for the newborn.
That tender little face and that clear cry seemed to add a touch of life and warmth to this cold palace.
Time flies, and the little prince's full-month celebration is just around the corner. Ouyang Zhao has not yet been switched back, but thanks to her deep favor with the Empress Dowager, she has been able to enter the palace smoothly.
In fact, Ouyang Zhao, as a woman, was quite capable. Back then, when the general captured his nominal fiancé, the young general, he also captured her along with him.
However, the young general was truly deeply in love with her, even kneeling and begging the general to take all the blame upon himself. Ouyang Zhao herself handled the situation extremely skillfully, leaving no evidence for others.
That is why she is still able to move freely in the capital.
At this moment, Su Su held the child and looked down at Ouyang Zhao, who was kneeling below. The corners of her mouth were turned up, and she smiled arrogantly. There seemed to be endless meaning and pride hidden in that smile.
The Empress Dowager originally intended to do something mischievous, but Prime Minister Su and Su Su decisively thwarted her plans.
At the full moon banquet, hundreds of flowers bloomed in a riot of color, and a dragon even appeared in the sky in a miraculous way.
Upon seeing this, the Imperial Astronomical Bureau officials immediately knelt down in fear and exclaimed, "The Son of Heaven, whose nobility is beyond words!" The faces of the emperor's faction turned extremely ugly, but the other officials had already knelt down to express their agreement.
Ouyang Zhao's face turned extremely ugly, and Gan Zhuru also realized in an instant that the emperor's position might be shaken as a result, and was about to say something.
But just then, she smelled a faint fragrance, and the next second she fainted without warning.
Upon seeing this, the Imperial Astronomical Bureau shouted again, "It is the mandate of Heaven! It is the mandate of Heaven!"
"Shut up! If anything happens to the Emperor, I will take your life!" The Empress Dowager was furious and enraged.
Ouyang Zhao disregarded everything else and rushed to Gan Zhuru's side, his hands trembling. He thought to himself, if Gan Zhuru were to die like this, would he ever be able to return to his own body? He couldn't even bear to imagine such a thing.
Not long after, the emperor was diagnosed with poisoning by the imperial physician, and Prime Minister Su stepped in to take charge of the situation.
Shockingly, poison was found in Gan Zhuru's clothes. Since the antidote for the murder of the emperor could not be found, those involved were immediately executed.
The Empress Dowager tried to say something in his defense, but it was too late. The Emperor remained unconscious, clinging to life for a month before finally succumbing to his injuries.
The Empress Dowager was so grief-stricken by the Emperor's death that she vomited blood and died.
The baby, barely a month old, unexpectedly became a winner in life, ascending the throne, while Su Su became the Regent Empress Dowager. In the court, Prime Minister Su handled the affairs meticulously, and the General provided unwavering support in the military.
From then on, Su Su held immense power in the court and controlled the direction of the political situation.
She implemented many policies that benefited the people's livelihood and would occasionally act as a loving mother to the young emperor.
However, the young emperor was somewhat rebellious. He listened to someone's words and heard that Su Su was not his biological mother and that his parents had been killed. He then decided to assassinate Su Su to avenge his parents.
"What a pity. You're still the emperor, but it's your fault for displeasing me."
The young emperor was thus replaced, and Su Su ascended the throne, becoming empress.
During her reign, the rivers were clear and the seas were calm, and the years were bountiful.
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