Qi Haoning looked at Concubine Zhao with a smile, and the mockery in her eyes was unconcealed: "Don't you let Concubine Zhao? Are you sure you have this qualification?"

Concubine Zhao's face turned pale in an instant. Qi Haoning has indeed been alienated from her in recent years, but she has never spoken so sharply, and she obviously has the attitude of not hesitating to tear her face.

However, no matter where she goes, she is indeed not qualified. No one will stand on her side. People will only laugh at her for overestimating her abilities. Not to mention that Qi Haoning went to Guangdong City was assigned by the emperor, even if Qi Haoning herself wanted to travel south, she had no position to stop her, not to mention that the legitimate and illegitimate children in Prince Yong's mansion were a world of difference, and it was much more stringent than other aristocratic families.

She said just now just to recall Qi Haoning's previous memories. Before, Qi Haoning was particularly intimate with them and their mother and son. She kept instilling in him openly and secretly that they were as close as their biological mother and son. Qi Yuexin and Qi Haoxiang were also his closest brothers, and even closer than Qi Yueling, who had never been together since childhood. So there is no need for any rules between them. They are as close as the relatives of ordinary families.

She spent so many years and energy doing it, just to "attack when she advances and defend when she retreats." If she had a chance to get rid of Qi Haoning, no one would doubt her because they were "always close, better than their own children."

And if there is no such opportunity, as long as Qi Haoning keeps being close to them, their lives will still be very good.

Who would have thought that every step was wrong? Her long-term wisdom, precise arrangements, and rewards that accounted for almost 70% of her private property were instantly wasted after a failed assassination attempt. No matter how hard she tried, she could not bring the relationship between her and Qi Haoning back to the past.

Over the past few years, she became more and more convinced that Qi Haoning didn't know who was behind the assassination, but even so, he was still indifferent to everyone in the palace. What is this attitude? Because someone assassinated him, can he doubt everyone? Because he is the legitimate son, can he be inseparable from the innocent, can he be so ruthless and unintentional? Has her kindness to him so many years been erased?

The more I thought about it, the more angry she became, and the more wronged she felt. Finally, she couldn't bear it anymore and broke out.

"Qi Haoning, what do you want? Tell me, where did the three of us offend you, the prince? Let you treat us like this without any yin and sunshine all day long?

Yes, I am just a concubine and I am not qualified to ask you, the prince who is born in the legitimate position. But I am also a mother, although I am just a humble concubine. Do I not even have the qualification to worry about?

Your mother is in poor health. Since you were born, I have almost been raised by me. After my cousin passed away, I treated you as my own. I was always close to you, and compared to Xin'er, Xiang'er felt sorry for you. You and Xiang'er were sick at the same time. I also guarded you and threw Xiang'er to the wet nurse. Just because you are the only legitimate son in the mansion and the only son left by my cousin. Your legitimate elder brother died early, and I must protect you and take good care of you for your mother, the prince.

Yes, all this is something I am willing to do. I never try anything, nor do I want you to repay. I just do my duty and do things with my conscience. But now, there are legends outside that the pirate Water Dragon King is going to seek revenge on you. How can you die in vain? You are the prince of Prince Yong, not a general, and you don’t need military merits. What you need is to protect yourself and spread your branches for Prince Yong as soon as possible. This is the first thing you need to do to be loyal and filial.

I don't care. Your mother repeatedly entrusts me to take good care of you before her death. No matter why you alienate me, it's fine. I won't let you go to Guangdong City. No, it's not that I don't let you, it's that your mother doesn't let you.

Just so happened that I was worried that you would not like my concubine's mother now and would not listen to my advice. I specially brought the handwritten suicide note of my cousin. You can see it yourself. I was doing it according to my cousin's instructions and his expectations for you. The prince doesn't need to ask me why I didn't take it out before. I just don't want you to feel guilty, or feel that I am restraining you in the name of my cousin."

Zhao's mother handed over a piece of paper that was obviously yellowed with both hands, but Qi Haoning did not reach out to take it, nor was it as Zhao Fangxian imagined before. "First he was stunned, then he was very happy and excited." Instead, he smiled sarcastically: "No need to read it. I know that Concubine Zhao grew up with her mother's mother since she was a child. Not only did she imitate her mother's words, but she knew her habits very well. Don't worry... After listening to me...

However, there is one thing that Zhao Fangfu is probably not clear about. When his mother was seriously ill, his father asked for a piece of top-quality chicken blood jade from Master Jingxuan, and re-engraved a seal for himself and his mother. The seal was not engraved with their words. One was engraved with a special lotus flower, and the other was engraved with a waterfall pattern, symbolizing the lotus pond waterfall that his father and mother saw when they first met at the Water Curtain Cave of Yuquan Peak."

Concubine Zhao suddenly raised her head, forgetting her grievances and crying, but her face turned pale and her body began to tremble.

Qi Haoning ignored it and continued: "The father and mother made an appointment. From that moment on, they wrote each other and the letters they wrote to me and Yue'er were stamped with the unique seal, which was a mark that our family knew. A few years ago, you, mother and son, have read the letters you gave me, and you shouldn't forget the seal of the waterfall pattern, right?"

How could Concubine Zhao and the other two forget it? They discussed what the pattern represents several times, and why Prince Yong occasionally wrote them without the beautiful waterfall seal, but Qi Haoning seemed to have no idea at that time.

Qi Haoning still smiled so much and said calmly: "Indeed, I didn't know about this before. It was not until four years ago when I went to the southwest that my father said that I had grown up and told me."

Concubine Zhao was trembling more and more, and some things began to become clear in her mind. She began to realize when Prince Yong suddenly became indifferent to her. It was about half a year after her cousin passed away. She took out a suicide note from her cousin, which asked the prince to make her own cousin, Concubine Zhao, the main concubine for the sake of Qi Haoning and his brother and sister. She was worried that other second families would come in.

Before that, although Prince Yong could not say that he was very fond of her, it was not bad. Among all the concubines and concubines, it can be said that it was the best. After her cousin died, the prince handed over the responsibility of taking care of Qi Haoning and the gifts from the palace to her. It was precisely because of this that she felt that it would be natural to take out her cousin’s suicide note at that time.

Unexpectedly, after reading the suicide note, the prince just stared at her silently for a while, and then said that he had only one concubine in his life, and then left. Since then, the prince has become more and more indifferent to her until he left Beijing and went to the southwest. Later, something happened to the general in the southwest, and the prince was stationed in the southwest and did not come back.

It turned out that it was the "auspicious letter" that harmed her. She thought it was an absolute chance of winning, but she was smart but was mistaken by smartness and shot herself in the foot?

Why? Why is this happening? My cousin was coaxed by her and always trusted her. He told her everything, and shared her joys, anger, sorrows, and happiness with her. Even when will my cousin come to the moon? How many times did the prince ask for it on the wedding night? She knew very well, why didn’t she tell her about such a “love and fun” thing? Could it be that my cousin was kind and trusting in front of her? She was singing the show like her?

Concubine Zhao really wronged the former princess. At that time, Prince Yong told his beloved wife that the piece of chicken blood jade was worshipped in front of the Buddha statue for a long time and "listened" to the scriptures 9,999 times. It is a treasure for their family to communicate with each other and protect each other. It cannot be known to outsiders, otherwise it will not work. With such a premise, how dare the former princess tell her cousin?

At this point, Concubine Zhao naturally understood why Qi Haoning was cold and alienated her from the southwest after returning from the southwest. So that's it, so that's it, but what should she do now?

If the counterfeit cousin’s “authorized letter” is spread, she will not see anyone, and the marriage between Qi Yuexin and Qi Haoxiang will be even more difficult... Concubine Zhao suddenly trembled. The Empress Dowager disliked her so much. Did she know about this?

Seeing the panic on Concubine Zhao's face finally revealed, Qi Haoning's voice became even colder: "What? Concubine Zhao, do you still want me to read this 'auspicious letter'?"

There was no beginning or end. Yun Xiao behind Qi Haoning did not understand the whole thing, but a little bit of it did not affect his understanding of one thing, that is, the "successful princess' suicide note" in Zhao's mother's hand must be fake. He simply didn't know how to despise Concubine Zhao. What a shameless woman, she really did everything she could do. He used to waste his life before.

Poor Qi Yuexin was not awake, and could not figure out the situation in front of her. Looking at her mother who was trembling with anger, she said angrily: "Second brother, why? Why did you become like this? Who is instigating? What does your long line of words mean? What does my mother imitate the handwriting of the former princess? You didn't even read the letter, how could she slander my mother like this? Second brother, my mother has loved you the most since she was a child. How could you make her so sad? Second brother, are you heartless?"

"I don't have a heart? Since that's the case, Yunxiao accepted this 'mother's suicide note' and sent it to the palace to the emperor's grandmother before leaving Beijing tomorrow morning. The two letters the mother's mother wrote to Yue'er, who had not yet been born, are now in Yue'er." Qi Haoning suddenly laughed, but the laughter made people feel cold. Qi Haoxiang, who was about to speak up to support his mother and sister, shivered and quickly closed his mouth. This second brother who loved him since childhood is now too terrible and doesn't know him at all.

Concubine Zhao was startled and rushed over to grab the paper, almost knocking Zhao's mother down.

Qi Haoning did not continue to linger with them, and snorted coldly into Zhiyuan Garden, and the gate of the courtyard was closed heavily. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation.)
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