It was already the second day since Yun Qing left when Tianyao returned.
Tianyao looked at Yun Qing's cold corpse expressionlessly. All the palace servants held their breaths, waiting for a storm to come. The palace servants of the Crown Prince Palace had already thought it through. The worst outcome was to be buried with the Crown Princess. Every palace servant was prepared to die. After all, in this deep palace, human lives were like grass, not even as precious as a peony in the imperial garden. Because there was once a palace servant who accidentally broke the favorite peony flower of a noble in the palace and was given a death sentence. The palace servants looked at Tianyao with trepidation.
Tianyao still had no expression on his face. He only asked indifferently,""Child, where is the child?"
Yan Qiu, who had been silent, wiped his tears and replied,"After mother learned of the news of elder sister's death, she had already sent people to take the child away. The little prince should be at Feng Luan Palace Hall now.”
Tian Ze suddenly grabbed onto Yan Qiu's wrist and said without allowing for any rebuttal,""Let's go. Come with me to the Luan Feng Hall.”
Luan Feng Palace.
Shang Zhirong hugged the child and teased him, her face full of love.
"His Highness the Crown Prince has arrived." Before the palace servants could finish reporting, Tianyao had already brought Yan Qiu into the hall.
"Your son greets mother." Tianyao still bowed respectfully.
"ChenQie greets mother." Yan Qiu also bowed nervously.
Shang Zhirong handed the child to Yun 'er and immediately put away her smiling face. She said with a sad face,"So it's Yao 'er who's back. Sigh, it's been hard on you these past few days regarding your Imperial Father's matters. In a few days, it will be the day you ascend the throne. The birth of the child now is also a good sign. It was a pity that the Crown Princess was not fated to be the Empress.”
"Sending off Imperial Father is what your son should do. Your son is very sad that the Crown Princess has passed away, but your son will make her empress to show your son's guilt and love for her.”Tianyao said coldly, his face still expressionless.
Shang Zhirong's face was filled with disbelief." Shouldn't my son consider carefully about the matter of the empress..."
"Your son has already thought it through very clearly. Yunqing is your son's first woman and she risked her life to give birth to your son's eldest son. No one is more qualified to be the empress than her. Your son is here to take back your son's child from mother. In a few days, your son will be the emperor, and mother will naturally be the empress dowager. In the future, mother shouldn't worry about the affairs of the harem and should spend her remaining years peacefully in the empress dowager's palace. Your son will leave the child to Yanqiu to take care of, so mother doesn't have to worry.”He then turned to Yan Qiu and said,"Yan Qiu, hurry up and bring the child over."”
Yan Qiu immediately stepped forward and glared at Yun 'er. Yun' er saw that Shang Zhirong didn't say anything, so she handed the child to Yan Qiu. Yanqiu took the child and returned to Tianyao's side.
"ChenQie thanks Your Highness for your trust. ChenQie will definitely take good care of the little prince. The little prince has been born for two days and has yet to have a name.”Yan Qiu said respectfully.
Tianyao looked at the child in Yanqiu's arms. Yes, this is my child, my first child. A rare gentleness appeared in his eyes. "Let's call him Tianchen." As she spoke, she took the child over and carried him carefully. "If mother does not have any instructions, your son will take his leave.”Without waiting for Shang Zhirong to say a word, she turned around and left the Luan Feng Palace.
Shang Zhirong looked at Tianyao's determined back, her face pale, unable to say a word. "I'll inform the Prime Minister right away," Yun 'er said in a low voice.”After saying that, he left the Luan Feng Hall. Zhou Zhirong was left sitting there in a daze.
Crown Prince Palace.
It had been four hours since they returned from the Feng Luan Palace Hall. Tianyao had been standing by the window without saying a word. The child Yanqiu had already been handed over to Grandma to carry and feed. Seeing Tianyao like this, she also silently stood beside Tianyao without making a sound.
"I'll leave Tianchen to you. You'll be Tianchen's mother in the future. As long as you treat him well, I won't mistreat you in the future.”Tianyao finally spoke, his tone much gentler than before.
"Why does the Crown Prince trust ChenQie so much? ChenQie has already said that Bai is just a foreign woman. The Crown Prince has taken YanQiu as his side concubine for almost a year and has not touched ChenQie. Now, he has entrusted such a big matter of taking care of the Prince to ChenQie. ChenQie really does not understand.”Yanqiu looked at Tianyao in confusion.
"Because I trust you. I've observed you for a year. In the Crown Prince Palace, you have always treated others generously, and you were neither servile nor overbearing when faced with ridicule. She had the bearing of a harem woman. I don't have many people around me that I can fall in love with. I'm a person who's willing to believe in feelings, so I believe in you.”Tianyao said seriously and turned to Yan Qiu, staring into his clear eyes,""Can I trust you?"
Yan Qiu was deeply captivated by the eyes of this beautiful man in front of her. It was as if she had fallen into a bottomless whirlpool and could no longer climb out. She had completely fallen into it.
"Your Highness, you can trust me. From now on, Tianchen is my child.”Yan Qiu said sincerely.
Tianyao didn't say anything and just looked at her. At this moment, any words of gratitude were unnecessary. Yunqing, I'm sorry. My mistake caused you to die early. I didn't even have the time to treat you well. But our child, Tianchen, I will definitely treat him well and never let your tragedy repeat itself.
Feng Luan Palace.
"Reporting to niangniang, the prime minister is tied up with official matters and is unable to leave. He specially wrote a letter for this servant to bring to niangniang.”Yun 'er entered Feng Luan Palace Hall, travel-worn, and handed the letter to Shang Zhirong.
Shang Zhirong anxiously took the letter. There were only a few words in the letter. "A child's temper, a little impatience will ruin a great plan. Remember, remember.”
Shang Zhirong's face was still solemn after reading the letter. In her opinion, Tianyao's change was not as simple as a child's temper. During the day in the Feng Luan Palace Hall, she had clearly seen a trace of hatred in Tianyao's eyes. Shang Zhirong did not dare to think further. He could only take it step by step according to his father's wishes for the time being.
Three days later, Tianyao ascended to the throne. The Holy Capital swept away the haze of the previous emperor's death, and the entire Holy Capital regained its vitality. After Emperor Tianyao ascended the throne, he granted the former Empress Shang the title of Empress Dowager and the side concubine Yan the title of Zhaoyi, the head of the nine concubines. In the blink of an eye, the cold winter was about to pass, and the warm spring was about to come.
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