C231 abetment

"Zhong Jiming?"

Empress Dowager Xi sat in the palace to rest while Yun Mengqi chatted by her side.

"Yes, the name Zhong Miao Yi gave the child was Zhong Jiming." Yun Mengqi had asked her about the child very clearly. Since the entire palace already knew that the emperor had personally allowed her to raise the child, who would dare to think twice about it?

"No one talked about it in private?" Empress Dowager Xi continued to ask, how could such a thing not be criticized?

"Yes, the Emperor didn't care about it when he heard it. He even got the Chief Eunuch to give a warning. Right now, no one in the palace dares to say it out loud on the surface." Yun Mengqi told the empress dowager everything. The imperial harem had originally been very noisy, so no one dared to say anything when Su Zeyi took this matter seriously.

"It seems that he has hardened his heart. If you were to openly oppose him, I'm afraid that your grace would not continue." Empress Dowager Xi, on the other hand, could clearly see that Yun Mengqi would not use her kindness to gain the favor, and she could not bear to be ignored by Su Zeyi.

"Empress Dowager, will we let this matter go just like that?" Yun Mengqi bit her lips, feeling unresigned.

"Of course we can't just forget about it like that. In the future, won't her Zhong Miao Yi overturn the heavens in this palace?" Empress Dowager Xi didn't like the Zhong Miao Yi. She had made a name for herself, and she didn't like it.

"But what else can we do? The Emperor is helping her in this way. " Yun Mengqi said these words hatefully, and thought back to when she was still in Su Mansion, and how Zhong Miao Yi was helped by Su Zeyi in this way.

She was obviously a rich woman, but in the end, she became the pride of Su Zeyi, who would have expected that?

"We can't start from here. Let's do it from a different angle." Empress Dowager Xi had spent the longest time in the palace, so naturally, there were many ways to deal with Zhong Miao Yi. "Let's not fight against this child, but if she doesn't protect herself well, then it's no other's fault."

Yun Mengqi was startled for a moment. "The empress dowager's meaning is."

"You have to do this in secret, as long as you don't expose yourself. Even if the final matter is exposed, you can't involve yourself in it. This is the way to survive in the palace, you have to remember, no matter what you do, you have to take three steps, think of three steps, and pave the way for your retreat. Don't get yourself smelly in the end." Since Empress Dowager Xi had instigated her, the rest was up to Yun Mengqi to decide.

Coming out from the empress dowager's palace, Yun Mengqi was in a bit of a daze. Bao`er supported Yun Mengqi, but seeing that her thoughts were heavy, she asked, "Is the empress still worrying about noble Zhong's matters? Did the empress dowager remind you of anything? "

Yun Mengqi nodded, but she still felt that something was amiss, but she couldn't figure out what was wrong.

"The empress dowager did mention it, but …" Yun Mengqi frowned, was she really going to do that?

There was no way for this child to inherit the throne. He was just the son of a waste of a king. Even if he could be conferred the title after he reached adulthood, he would still leave the capital.

Was there really a need to be so calculative with such a child?

Yun Mengqi didn't know, she didn't want to anger Su Zeyi, so the attitude she had towards her had finally improved a lot, and she was even willing to come to the Legitimate Wife to rest.

Moreover. Yun Mengqi did not think that the Zhong Miao Yi could shake the Empress's throne.

Whether or not he could have children in the future was a question.

"Just do whatever the empress has in mind. Esteemed Empress Dowager's words are just to raise a few points. The head of the palace is you, Esteemed Empress Dowager." Bao`er was always on the right track.

Yun Mengqi was enlightened, and immediately understood.

That's right, she was the head of the imperial harem right now. Even if the empress dowager came up with an idea, she still wouldn't necessarily listen to it.

It all depended on her whether she wanted to do it or not.

Bao`er saw Yun Mengqi's expression and knew that Yun Mengqi had already reacted, so she smiled and said, "In the end, there's still a difference between the empress and the empress. No matter what, the empress is still the empress dowager."

Bao Er was right, Yun Mengqi suddenly felt her waist straightening a lot.

She would always think of the days when she was on equal footing with the Zhong Miao Yi.

That day was already long gone. She was now Su Zeyi's wife, and Zhong Miao Yi was only her concubine.

"I still have to think about this matter. I can't act rashly." During this period of time, rumors had been flying everywhere and the emperor had been paying close attention to the harem's situation. It was best to be more obedient now, and even if he wanted to do something, it would have to wait until the Zhong Miao Yi's Consort ended.

"That's right, the empress must take everything into consideration for the emperor." Bao Er's words were always logical, allowing Yun Mengqi to understand many things.

After all these years, Bao`er had been the one to recklessly persuade her to come back. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to walk this far.

Although Zhong Miao Yi's status was rather low, she did not know why she could always get the help of a noble person and actually lived until now in peace.

Yun Mengqi's heart was in a mess when she returned to the Legitimate Wife. She had initially been in a good mood when the Zhong Miao Yi left the palace, but ever since the Zhong Miao Yi returned to the palace, the Emperor's focus had been too obvious.

When had Su Zeyi cared about a woman so much before?

Moreover, this woman was the one he did not care about the most in the beginning.

Empress Dowager Xi's meaning was to give Zhong Jiming a bit of suffering. If Zhong Miao Yi didn't know the reason, she would blame herself.

It was normal for the child to die early. Even if something really happened to Zhong Jiming, Zhong Miao Yi could only blame herself for not being able to take good care of the child.

If that was the case, things would be different.

But what if one day it was exposed?

What if the emperor knew? What would happen? Would the Emperor forgive her?

After thinking about it, Yun Mengqi felt that it wouldn't be so.

Judging by the weight that the Zhong Miao Yi had in Su Zeyi's heart, this was definitely the result. That was why Yun Mengqi hesitated, and wanted to ask the empress dowager to step in, allowing him to escape unscathed from this matter.

But now, she had no other choice. The empress dowager threw the question back into her hands, but Yun Mengqi didn't dare to accept it.

He wondered if the Empress Dowager had done it on purpose.

Ever since entering the palace, there were many things that Yun Mengqi couldn't understand from Empress Dowager Xi. However, now that the Zhou family's women had entered the palace, Empress Dowager Xi's love and affection for Yun Mengqi was far from what it used to be.

Yun Mengqi did feel something, and her heart was not at all uncomfortable.

The empress dowager had always doted on her, but now that things had suddenly changed, it was normal for her to not get used to the disparity between them. However, Yun Mengqi still had to rely on the empress dowager.