Chapter 816 Different Thoughts

In the State of Xia, generally speaking, the one who had the power to temporarily deal with government affairs in the court, except for prince regent, was the Crown Prince. However, as soon as Xia Huanyu took over the throne, he abolished the position of prince regent. In this case, it was very likely that Prince Rui would be... The Crown Prince.

For a moment, everyone had different expressions on their faces.

Lady Shu was the first one to come to her senses. She was only a secret guard of Xia Huanyu. Although Prince Qi was raised by her, he was not of Xia Huanyu's blood. It was impossible for him to inherit the throne. What she was worried about was another thing.

Lady Shu turned to look at him and said with a smile, "His Highness has made a great contribution in this expedition, and he deserves it. His Majesty has always appreciated Prince Rui, and often praises him for his courage and resourcefulness in front of me." After a brief pause, she continued, "I've heard that Prince Rui was an invincible general when he was in the State of Ning. Speaking of this, Prince Rui has inherited the talent of his mother, Empress Hua..."

Empress Hua had been forbidden to mention in the Palace for many years. Other concubines were surprised at Lady Shu's words, and their eyes were all focused on her.

Lady Shu didn't seem to care about it at all. "A few days ago, I heard that Empress Hua has been saved by someone after falling off the cliff and she is still alive. His Majesty missed her so much that he left the state affairs behind and went to look for her. Have you seen Empress Hua recently, Lady Rui?"

Hearing Lady Shu's question, Yun Shang nodded with a smile, "yes."

A complicated light flashed in Lady Shu's eyes. She kept silent for a while and then asked, "I've never got the chance to see Empress Hua. What kind of person is she? I heard that Empress Hua likes military tactics very much. She should be a decisive woman."

It was really a little out of line for Lady Shu to ask Yun Shang, the daughter-in-law of Empress Hua, this kind of question. Yun Shang let out a cough with the brocade handkerchief covered her mouth before she said with a smile, "I think she is a gentle person, sincere and generous to others."

"Really?" Lady Shu seemed to have noticed that it was not appropriate to ask Yun Shang, so she just replied indifferently and stopped asking, "I'm wondering when His Majesty and Empress Hua will return to the Palace."

"I don't know. It seems that Empress Hua hasn't agreed to go back to the Palace with His Majesty. The Emperor said that he wanted to stay with Empress Hua for a period of time, so he hurried to ask His Highness to come back and take charge of political affairs temporarily." Yun Shang replied with a smile.

All the concubines sitting there didn't look good and just kept silent.

The laughter of the children still echoed through the Palace. Suddenly, a little princess fell to the ground and burst into tears. A concubine sitting on the right side of Yun Shang seemed to have just been woken up from her own thoughts. She quickly stood up, ran to the gar

Drugged one night by her ex-boyfriend, a mysterious man took advantage of her in an ecstatic night filled with sex.

To take her revenge, she married the man, and used him.

"As long as I'm alive, I'm still his legal wife, while all of you are just his mistresses."

She remained adamant even when he was involved in scandals with other women.

Eventually she stormed off after she learned that he had betrayed her again.But life brought her back to him a few years later, to his astonishment.

ou are so courageous."

Lady Hua Guo smiled. She lowered her head and put the account book aside. Then she looked up at Yun Shang without any smile on her face. After a long silence, she asked, "How is Ling'er?"

Yun Shang nodded, "Everything is fine. But she couldn't remember anything about the past, and she just treated the Emperor as a stranger."

"It's ok as long as she is alive." Lady Hua Guo lowered her eyes and smiled bitterly. "Since I got married, I've always hoped to have a daughter. And I finally had my Ling'er after several sons. She was the apple of everyone's eye in the mansion and every loved and spoiled her. Fortunately, even so, Ling'er did not turn into an arrogant girl. We didn't want her to go to the Palace just because we knew that she would not feel at ease being restrained in the Palace. But since she wanted to, we didn't insist. However, we didn't expect that such a thing would happen."

Lady Hua Guo sighed, "At that time, we felt like the sky was falling down." In the past 20-odd years, we have never forgotten her. Now that I know she is still alive and everything is fine, I'm so grateful."

After a pause, she shook her head and said, "In fact, I don't want her to come back. Now the Palace is much more complicated than before. Look at those ladies, they are all very scheming. Although the Empress has gone, there are still many other concubines. Ling'er is the last person to deal with such a situation, and the last thing she wants to do is to share her husband with other women. Even if she comes back, even in the high position of the empress, she still can't be happy."

"I don't want my daughter to live a unhappy life." Lady Hua Guo said softly.

Yun Shang kept silent for a long time and said, "But the news that Empress Hua is still alive is almost known to all in the State of Xia. Those people won't be relieved even if Empress Hua doesn't return to the Palace. As long as the Emperor still loves Empress Hua, Empress Hua can't really stay out of it. In this case, I'm afraid that staying with His Majesty is safer for her.