Chapter 11: Trust “I only trust your mother.”

With the double anger of Mu Jiulu and Gu Tingsong, there were few peaceful days in Yongning Palace for the next half month.

The consorts and concubines of Mu Congfeng swarmed into the palace, clamoring for the Grand Empress Dowager to do them justice.

He thought something big had happened, but it turned out to be just because King Shu had given this consort a soft smoke gauze and not that one, and had given that consort a red jade hairpin and not this one.

And so on…

The Grand Empress Dowager didn’t want to manage it at all, but these people were all hard to deal with, and when they argued, they didn’t give her a chance to interject at all.

She wanted to keep these people out of the palace directly, but Mu Congfeng always acted in an absurd manner and issued at least dozens of palace plaques for entering the palace.

As long as her consorts pleased her, she would issue one, so that these people could visit the Grand Empress Dowager almost every day.

“Go and find King Shu for Us, let her take these people back!”

This was not the first day the Grand Empress Dowager had roared like this, but Mu Congfeng avoided when she could, and when she couldn’t avoid entering the palace, she would beat around the bush.

“Hurry up and take back those palace plaques you sent out, do you hear me!”

“How can this be done, I am a king after all, taking back things that have been sent out, wouldn’t that be a loss of face.”

“Then don’t let them enter the palace anymore, We don’t want to see them!”

“Imperial Father, they all know that you are alone in the palace and want to keep you company more, don’t disdain them!”

The Grand Empress Dowager’s hands trembled with anger, “You want Us to worry about the petty matters in your King’s Mansion’s backyard, do you have any filial piety left!”

Mu Jiulu looked at him deeply, with a solemn face.

“My imperial father died early, and I have always regarded Imperial Father as my own father. There is no one in charge of King Shu’s Mansion, so Imperial Father needs to teach them, sorry for troubling Imperial Father.”

“You… then just marry a chief consort and let him manage your orioles and swallows!”

Mu Congfeng sighed, “Where can a king’s consort be found so easily.”

The Grand Empress Dowager glared at her, “Since you have raised so many people, be fair, reward them one by one and they won’t fight anymore!”

“I don’t have that much savings.”

“Then don’t raise them!”

“But I like it.”

“……”

“Get out of Our sight!”

“Alright Imperial Father, I’ll come visit you another day.”

“……”

Not to mention the chaos during the day, at night he always felt that there were strange sounds coming from outside from time to time, so he always slept poorly and became quite haggard.

The little emperor hadn’t seen much of his imperial grandfather during this time, and without her mainstay, she went to Cining Palace to visit the Empress Dowager who was eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddha’s name.

“Huan’er, come and let Father have a look, you’ve grown taller again.”

The Empress Dowager was only in her thirties, with a plain makeup, looking gentle and elegant, giving people a kind feeling.

“Huan’er pays respects to Imperial Father.”

The little emperor sat obediently beside him, and the Empress Dowager’s fingertips brushed over her daughter’s forehead, sighing lightly.

“Huan’er is frowning at such a young age, have you encountered some troublesome matter?”

“Isn’t it all because of the Regent King, now the court can almost be considered her one-voice chamber, where do those court officials still have Me, the Emperor, in their eyes.”

The little emperor complained, and the Empress Dowager shook his head upon hearing this.

“Don’t think wildly.”

The little emperor mumbled, “It’s not wild thinking, if it goes on like this, I’m afraid the Regent King will sooner or later depose me and become the emperor herself.”

The Empress Dowager’s eyes condensed and his expression became serious.

“Huan’er, who told you this, your ninth aunt is not that kind of person.”

Little Emperor: “How does Imperial Father know it’s not, she has always been dictatorial and ruthless in her actions, I think she is up to no good!”

“Alas, Huan’er ah Huan’er, if you think like this, your ninth aunt will be heartbroken. You should know that your mother had the best relationship with her back then.”

“But you also said, that was in the past. In the end, it was Mother Empress who ascended to the throne, how could she not hold a grudge.”

The Empress Dowager’s expression became a little wistful, “But your mother never wanted to be the emperor.”

If it weren’t for this imperial throne, she wouldn’t have died an unnatural death, leaving the two of them, father and daughter, alone in the deep palace.

He would rather still be that ordinary King of Chu, and Huan’er would only be a princess of the king’s mansion, and he would raise her safely with his wife.

How nice it would be.

But an edict of succession completely shattered it all.