The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law
Chapter 908 - 902 Who Becomes the Master of the World

Chapter 908: Chapter 902 Who Becomes the Master of the World

The Empress and the Elder Princess were obviously not convinced.

However, the fact that the Empress had stood in the Imperial Palace for so many years without faltering wasn’t solely because she had the Ducal Residence backing her.

Aside from being driven to distraction by Jin Fengzhao, she was rather sensible under normal circumstances. She knew clearly what should be done and what should not.

At this point, when the Empress Dowager scolded them both, she instinctively shut her mouth and stepped aside.

For Jin Fengzhao, not having children was her lifelong regret, one could criticize her for anything else, but not about her childlessness.

Had it been anyone else, she might have attacked the person on the spot; it was only because it was the Empress Dowager who spoke these words that she managed to restrain herself.

She was foolish, and instantly rebutted.

"How could it be my fault for not bearing children? What can I do about it, I also wish to have a child, but I just can’t conceive. The Imperial Physician said that my poor health since childhood is the reason I can’t bear children. And why was my health poor from childhood? Wasn’t that because my mother suffered hardships while she was pregnant with me, and who caused this?"

Bringing up the deceased Xiao Qinqin was always her strong suit, and a weapon that could immediately soften the hearts of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor.

"Still, you shouldn’t harm your Prince Consort’s other concubines’ children, you should at least leave some lineage for others. What would people say about you, and how would they speak of your father, the Emperor? All those stories from the previous dynasty, they’ve reached this old woman’s ears."

Jin Fengzhao felt incredibly wronged by this; it was all because she couldn’t bear children.

A moment later, her gaze turned fierce, and she yelled loudly at the Empress Dowager, "What do you know? The Prince Consort’s concubines all hate me to the bone. If I let them bear children, wouldn’t they turn the world upside down? If everything in the house were to be inherited by the concubine’s children, what would be left for me? Would I even have a way to survive?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" the Empress Dowager’s face turned livid with anger, her body trembling.

Granny Li hurried to help the Empress Dowager sit down.

The Empress Dowager, pointing at Jin Fengzhao with her walking stick, said, "As long as our Jin Royal Family still rules this world, who would dare to bully you? The current Emperor is your father, the future Emperor will be your brother, your own nephew. Even if you don’t have one of your own, no one will dare to bully you."

"Hmph, naturally, the Emperor is my father, and no one can bully me while the Emperor reigns, but what will happen when the Emperor is no longer here, which brother will then become the Emperor? Jin Xiaoran? Just look at the stepmother’s face and you’ll know. They aren’t tearing me apart alive, and if they can refrain from doing that, they’re already doing my father a favor. Can I still expect him to support me?"

"You... you..."

This really was getting more and more outrageous; the Empress Dowager couldn’t get a coherent sentence out for a long time.

On the other hand, the Emperor seemed as if he hadn’t heard a word they said, as though he’d locked himself in another world.

In that world, there was that wisp of ethereal shadow, seemingly far away in the heavens yet appearing so close at hand. Filled with boundless sorrow and regret...

The Emperor’s eyes were somewhat moist. For many years, he had always kept his emotions well under control, and no one could guess what was on his mind. Only in the quiet of the night did he suddenly remember something.

Gu Youyou put on the clothes delivered by the Palace Maiden and stood in the corridor of Zhaoyang Hall, attempting to reduce her presence as much as possible.

Jin Fengzhao’s actions had undoubtedly overturned her worldview.

If it were a normal family, their quarrels might be understandable.