I’m the Farmgirl You Can’t Mess With
Chapter 951 - Chapter 951 Comfort

Chapter 951: Comfort Chapter 951: Comfort Editor: Atlas Studios Consort Zhao-Shu had only been conferred the title of Consort Zhao-Shu during the new year.

It was only because the courtiers had reminded Qi Xiuyuan to take in more concubines.

Qi Xiuyuan promoted Consort Zhao-Shu on account of her contribution in giving birth to a prince.

There were only two consorts out of the required four.

Other than the Dali Princess Consort Xian, there was only her.

Madam Xu and Madam Shi, who had also given birth to princes, were promoted to concubines from noble ladies.

In less than two months, Concubine Zhao had been relegated back to her original state and returned to being a Concubine.

But considering she had been demoted to this status due to having committed a mistake, her status was even lower than Concubine Xu and Concubine Shi.

This was the first time Qi Xiuyuan had dealt with a concubine or consort since he ascended the throne.

Not only did it shock the harem, but the courtiers were also shocked and asked around about what had happened.

It was not easy to find out about the news in the palace, but this time, Qi Xiuyuan did not stop the news from spreading.

He personally went to see Concubine Zhao, who had been demoted, and said angrily, “Even though you gave birth to the Second Prince, his legitimate mother is the Empress.

I don’t care about the familial ties between you and your son, but don’t even think about sowing discord!

If I find out that you’re sowing discord between the Crown Prince and the Second Prince again, I won’t let you off.” Qi Xiuyuan looked at the pale-faced Concubine Zhao and sneered.

“You may be the Second Prince’s mother, but I’m his father, and the Crown Prince is his brother!

No matter who it is, if I find out who’s sowing discord between the brothers, I’ll definitely return the favor.” When these words were spread out, the ministers fell silent.

The Emperor’s meaning was obvious.

If anyone instigated the princes to compete with the Crown Prince for the throne and caused chaos in the royal family, the Emperor would also cause chaos in the other party’s family.

No Emperor had ever said such a thing.

Everyone seemed to understand why Prince Rong was so unreliable sometimes.

It turned out that this was the root cause.

After Qi Xiuyuan dealt with Concubine Zhao, he let the Crown Prince sleep with the Second Prince because the Second Prince was only willing to stay with Little Treasure other than his wet nurse.

Considering he was still young, other than the wet nurse, he got along the best with the Crown Prince.

Moreover, the Crown Prince was his elder brother, so in his heart, the Crown Prince was naturally the most amiable.

When the Second Prince woke up in a nightmare at night, he hugged his big brother and cried.

Little Treasure could only comfort him clumsily.

The four-year-old Second Prince didn’t understand.

“Why does Mother hate me?

She always forces me to memorize books.

If I fail to memorize the contents, she hits my palm.

She also doesn’t allow me to play with Brother Crown Prince or with Third and Fourth BrotheraEUR|” The four-year-old child naturally did not understand the conflict between the legitimate wife and the concubines in the royal family.

All he knew was that he would be close to whoever treated him well.

Consort Zhao-Shu had been very proud since she gave birth to the Second Prince.

Now, she considered herself to be above all except the Empress in the harem.

As for the Noble Consort Duan-Xian, she did not leave the palace all year round, had no children, and did not fight for favor.

If not for the Emperor and the Empress looking out for her, the people in the palace would probably have forgotten about her.

However, ever since the Crown Prince found out that he had a younger brother, he had changed.

He would often come to her palace to visit and tease him.

When the Emperor came over, he would basically only accompany the two children and spend very little time with her.

The most hateful thing was that when the Crown Prince left, he would drag the Emperor away and go straight to the Empress.

She had originally wanted to use her son to lure the Emperor over and give birth to two more sons while he was in his prime.

Should she succeed, she would have so many sons, while the Empress only had one son and one daughter.

It was still uncertain who would win or lose in 20 to 30 years.

However, now that her plan had been ruined by the Crown Prince, how could she not hate him?

When the child was older, the Emperor just sent a servant to carry the child directly to the Palace of Earthly Tranquility.

So they got to enjoy familial bliss, but she had to guard the empty palace alone.

What was the use of giving birth to this son?

On the other hand, the Second Prince had the temperament of a child.

Seeing that the Crown Prince often brought him out of the palace to have fun, he respected and adored this big brother even more.

When he returned to the palace, he wouldn’t shut up about this older brother of his.

As Consort Zhao-Shu couldn’t find trouble with the Crown Prince, she couldn’t help but vent her anger on her son.

Children were sensitive.

After three or four times, he learnt to fear, so he naturally avoided her.

This way, the mother and son slowly grew distant.

On the contrary, he grew closer to the wet nurse who took care of him personally.

Lying beside his brother, the Second Prince asked in confusion, “Why doesn’t Mother like me?” Little Treasure wrinkled his nose.

He didn’t know why Consort Zhao-Shu didn’t like Second Brother.

Could it be that Second Brother wasn’t Consort Zhao-Shu’s son?

In his heart, mothers should love their children.

Like his mother, Fourth Aunt, and Aunt, they all doted on their children very much.

Even seeing their child fall down would cause their hearts to ache.

However, seeing how sad his brother was, Little Treasure did not tell him his guess.

He only patted his back comfortingly and said, “I’m sure Consort Zhao-Shu likes you too.

It’s just that perhaps she doesn’t know how to express herself, or because she’s still young, so she doesn’t know how to take care of a child?” Fourth Aunt had said that she would only let Little Bear get married after he turned 18 years old.

She said that should one marry too young, he wouldn’t know how to take care of his wife, and it would be akin to destroying the flowers of the motherland.

Although he did not understand the latter sentence, the meaning of the first sentence was very clear.

And the biological mother of the Emperor’s son did indeed look quite young.

The Second Prince looked at his brother with red and swollen eyes.

“My mother is considered young?” Little Treasure nodded and said, “Yeah.

We greet women of that age as ‘Sisters’ outside.” The Second Prince pouted and asked, “Then why is my mother so young?” Little Treasure replied solemnly, “Because Royal Father chose your mother and slept with her, so you were born.” Little Treasure paused and said hesitantly, “Fourth Aunt said that this is destroying the flowers of the motherland.

Royal Father seems to have done something wrong.” Now that the Second Prince’s attention was diverted, he opened his eyes wide and asked, “He slept with her, and afterwards I was born?

How does that work?” Little Treasure shook his head.

“I don’t know.

We can ask Mother tomorrow.” “Then should Royal Father be punished for doing something wrong?” “Of course he has to be punished.

Everyone who makes a mistake has to be punishedaEUR|” “In that case, what should Royal Father be punished with?” The topic of the two children immediately diverted to the ends of the earth.

The emissary, who was sleeping on his feet, was covered in cold sweat.

He wanted to pretend that he did not hear those words just now.

Having chatted for half the night, the two brothers woke up late the next day.

Little Treasure opened his eyes and stretched.

Halfway through, he suddenly froze.

When he saw the sunlight shining in the room, he jumped up and shouted, “I’m late!

I’m lateaEUR|” The Second Prince also jolted awake and called out, “Brother Crown Prince.” Little Treasure was about to cry.

“I woke up late.

I’m late for school.

I might be flogged tonight.” The emissary came in from outside.

When he heard this, he smiled and said, “Your Highness, don’t worry.

His Majesty said this morning that he will give you a day off to accompany the Second Prince today.” Little Treasure’s eyes lit up as he heaved a sigh of relief.

He then dragged his second brother out of bed, washed up, and ran to the Palace of Earthly Tranquility to see his younger sister.

At this moment, Li Jinghua was instructing someone to tidy up the side hall.

“Since Concubine Zhao needs to reflect on her mistakes behind closed doors, no one will take care of the Second Prince if he’s left in her palace.

Let the Second Prince stay with me for now and send him back after Concubine Zhao is released.” Wen Cui looked at the calm Empress and knew that she was angry and was planning to teach Concubine Zhao a lesson personally.

“His MajestyaEUR|” Smiling, Li Jinghua said, “His Majesty has already agreed.” She was going to take care of the Second Prince.

How could the Emperor not agree?

Not only was she going to take good care of the Second Prince, but she also planned to teach him well.

She would teach him to be loving towards his brothers and be filial to his father.

As for whether this child would grow distant with Concubine Zhao, it depended on Concubine Zhao’s actions.

If she could reflect on herself and treat this child better, maybe it would be fine.

However, if she continued with her old ways, she would only have herself to blame.

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