Quick Transmigration: Irresistible Beauty
Chapter 166 - 166: Loyal Maid Who Died Because of Beauty (36)

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty. It was the empress who asked us servants to do this!"

"Yes, Your Majesty. If it were not for the empress, even though we have many guts, we would not dare to mistreat the eldest prince at all!"

Chu Ning did not expect to get implicated while watching an entertaining play today. And when she looked up at the first-class maid, Lian Ya, beside her, she finally understood.

Lu Heng did not expect the perpetrator of this crime to be the empress again.

Chu Ning, who started to kneel and beg for mercy again, felt that she was really wronged this time. She was not the one who instructed the servants to mistreat the eldest prince at all, but it was indeed done by her first-class maid. Moreover, Lian Ya also did this for her own good.

Now, Chu Ning really did not know how to explain things properly.

"Empress, look at what you have done," Lu Heng said. "Since you became an empress, you have either cut this or shortened that here and there. Do you think that my Jin Dynasty is too poor? Is it really necessary for the harem to start thrifting? Not to mention that you also conspired with the servants to bully my son. I think that you do not want to be an empress any more."

These words were a little too heavy, and all the harem concubines below immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down."

The empress dowager was also not very satisfied with the actions taken by the empress. After all, Xiu Ying likes to drown in luxury and extravagance. Although she could not show it to the public, that does not mean that she could not enjoy it secretly.

"The empress' actions were indeed inappropriate," the empress dowager said. "Once the emperor took the throne, the empress had already started to cut expenses like this, and so the harem concubines could only dress so plainly every day. How could the emperor be interested in entering the harem to have more offspring?

There was a short pause before Xiu Ying continued, "Moreover, when the noblewomen came from outside to the imperial palace for a visit, they would also see that the harem concubines in the palace were not as well dressed as themselves, which would make them think that it must be of the emperor's orders. What face will the emperor have by then?"

The empress dowager let out a soft sigh and said, "Of course, with your status as an empress, all the things that were cut in half would still be enough. But take a look at those low-ranking concubines and servants below. How are you going to let them live like this?"

Chu Ning did not expect that her "thrifting" order would turn out like this in the end. She only wanted to let everyone see that she was a virtuous and wise queen, and she did not think too much about it when she gave that order.

After all, why would she, an empress with high status in the imperial palace, want to care so much about those below her? They should only obey her will, right?

"Yes, I, your servant, know my mistake," Chu Ning answered readily. "I, your servant, will follow the empress dowager's teaching and will never repeat this kind of mistake in the future."

Lu Heng stared at this scene with furrowed brows. He could not figure out why the empress had suddenly become like this. She was fine before, but now she has changed so much. Or maybe it was because he just never understood her in the first place. He had never found out about the ugliness in her heart.

The empress dowager looked at Chu Ning with a light gaze before turning to the emperor and saying, "Your Majesty, how about finding a foster mother for A Ming to take care of him?"

After Xiu Ying said this, the harem concubines below, who do not have a child yet, looked restless, as if they were eager to try to get that chance. No matter what, they would not be at a disadvantage if they got an imperial heir for nothing.

Lu Heng also thought that this was good. Seeing how carefully Yue Ran was comforting his eldest son on the side, he suddenly had an idea.

"What the imperial mother said is right," Lu Heng said. "Noble Consort Yue likes Lu Ming very much, and Lu Ming also likes Noble Consort Yue very much, so we can just leave the eldest prince to Noble Consort Yue to take care of."

The empress dowager hesitated and said, "But the noble consort is still pregnant. Would this not be too tiring for Noble Consort Yue?"

Yue Ran gently caressed Lu Ming's head and said softly, "It is okay, Your Grace. It would not be tiring for me since I, your servant, like the eldest prince very much."

"This is just right," Lu Heng said in reply. "It is better to let Noble Consort Yue get used to taking care of a child in advance so that the noble consort will have more experience taking care of her baby later on."

Now that the emperor has said this, it will not be easy for the empress dowager to refute his words. Meanwhile, the harem concubines below looked very disappointed. None of them have the right to compete with the noble consort, nor can they refute the emperor's words.

Noble Consort Yue is pregnant with the emperor's heir, and she will also be the eldest prince's adoptive mother. Would this not be a "buy one, get one free" kind of thing?

How can the noble consort always be so lucky?

When the time to visit and greet the empress dowager was over, Lu Heng helped Yue Ran leave the empress dowager's palace first. Lu Ming followed Yue Ran on the other side while holding onto the young woman's hand.

From a distance, they really looked like a happy and harmonious family of three.

…

Ever since Yue Ran raised Lu Ming, the young boy never imagined that he could have ever lived such a happy life. Every single day of breathing was filled with joy.

In the morning, his imperial father would personally teach him in his study.

After this, she would have lunch with both his imperial father and his imperial mother.

After the meal, his imperial father will test his studies to see if he has improved.

When this was also done, his imperial mother, who was sitting on one side, would gently care for him. She will ask him about how his day is going and whether he is happy or not.

Lu Ming really hopes that every day of living in the future can always be like his. But happiness is always short-lived. Were things really hopeless?

Lu Ming easily answered all the questions on the paper, and Lu Heng nodded in satisfaction when he read it. The child indeed fulfilled the man's expectations.

"Good," Lu Heng said in approval. "Keep on working hard and do not be impatient and complacent, do you understand?"

"Yes, imperial father," Lu Ming answered. "This imperial son will always remember the imperial father's teachings."

When Yue Ran heard that the two, father and son, were finally finished, she said, "Our A Ming is the most intelligent and obedient, is he not?"

Putting down the embroidery cloth and needle in her hand, she pulled Lu Ming, who was standing beside her, closer to her position and gently touched the little face that was a little more fleshy than before after eating more.

Lu Ming immediately hugged Yue Ran's waist and acted cutely as he called out, "Imperial mother."

The eldest prince had lost his mother when he was a young child so he was insecure and independent, but under Yue Ran's pampering, he now acts more and more cute and clingy. And the young woman just likes the child acting like this. The more dependent he is on her, the better.

Looking at the close contact between the mother and son, someone wished hard to tear the son away to replace him. And that someone was Lu Heng. He could not see them together like this any longer!

"Lu Ming, have you remembered what I have told you before?" Lu Heng spoke in a dissatisfied tone of voice. There was also a hint of warning in his tone.

"This imperial son remembers," Lu Ming answered. "This imperial son has grown up and can no longer lie in the imperial mother's arms."

The eldest prince could only let go of his hug and look at Yue Ran with reluctance in his eyes.

Yue Ran took a glance at the male protagonist in front of her and said, as she turned her gaze back to Lu Ming, "Do not listen to your imperial father. Your imperial father just envies you."

"The imperial father envies this imperial son?" Lu Ming asked in confusion. "Why?"

The eldest prince was curious as to why his father would envy him. Then an idea began to form inside his head. Does the imperial father also miss his mother like he does?

When Lu Ming asked this question out loud from inside his head, Yue Ran's face went strange. Meanwhile, Lu Heng naturally changed the subject with a funny smile on his face.

Yue Ran picked up the needle and thread and began to embroider again.

Seeing such a thing, Lu Heng could not help but feel jealous.

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