allonlinenovel Chapter 201 1 Thoughts of the Pass 4
Chapter 201 1 Thoughts of the Pass 4
The original owner's mother was just a palace maid serving the emperor. Later, she accidentally climbed into the emperor's bed, which angered the late emperor, who directly banished her to the cold palace. Even after she gave birth to the original owner, he ignored her completely, leaving the mother and daughter to live a difficult life in the cold palace.
The mother and daughter not only lacked food and clothing, but also suffered humiliation from other concubines, princes and princesses. Even the palace maids and eunuchs could trample on them. It wasn't until the late emperor passed away and Emperor Wu ascended the throne that the original owner was released from the cold palace.
More than a decade of life in the cold palace shaped the original owner into a timid, cowardly, and habitually submissive person.
When they are bullied, they don't dare to fight back at all. At most, they will find a corner to cry and that's it.
Given the original owner's personality, how could she possibly have kept it from Emperor An?
Therefore, the Empress never intended to adopt a member of the imperial family; her initial goal was simply for the original owner of this body to go to Anguo.
The original owner's mission to Anguo had many advantages. First, it could satisfy Anguo's demands and buy time for the Empress to give birth to a prince. Second, once the original owner arrived in Anguo and her true identity as a woman was exposed, it would likely anger Emperor An, potentially leading to the deaths of both the original owner and Emperor Wu in Anguo.
The late emperor had so many daughters, but the empress specifically chose the original owner because she was not favored, and her mother was merely a concubine of the late emperor, lacking a powerful maternal family to rely on. Even if the original owner died in Anguo, no one would speak up for her.
Therefore, the Empress deliberately mentioned to the original owner that the envoy who welcomed the Emperor would receive a fief of three thousand, in order to entice the original owner to take on the task of welcoming Emperor Wu back to the country.
The Prince of Danyang naturally understood the Empress's intentions. At the same time, he also wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of Emperor Wu. So, after giving the original owner a couple of words of advice at the beginning, he ignored her afterward. Even after the Empress chose a capable assistant like Lady Ming for the original owner, she chose a straightforward and inflexible person like Chief Secretary Du for the delegation.
Both Lady Ming and Chief Secretary Du were well aware of the dangers of this mission and were prepared to die.
The two men simply acted differently. Chief Secretary Du was thinking that if Emperor An refused to release Emperor Wu when they arrived in Anguo, he would kill himself in front of Emperor An, making the world laugh at Emperor An for breaking his word.
The Lady Ming, on the other hand, completely gave up on herself. Especially when she saw the original owner being so timid and subservient, not at all like a prince, she felt even more grief and indignation and repeatedly used those underhanded methods against the original owner.
"As expected! There is no kinship in the imperial family! The original owner was used as a sacrifice by her brother and sister-in-law." Yang Ying shook her head, then frowned.
That's not right!
How could the Empress know the original owner's thoughts so accurately?
And coincidentally, just when the original owner was most eager for a fief, he offered the envoy a fief of three thousand.
Yang Ying pondered for a moment, then immediately realized that the problem lay with the original owner's lover—Zheng Qingyun.
Having managed the inner palace for three years, the Empress was naturally well aware of everything that was happening within it.
The original owner thought her affair with Zheng Qingyun was a secret, but in reality, it had already fallen into the Empress's notice.
So that day, Zheng Qingyun deliberately mentioned to the original owner that Princess Xingyang had eight hundred fiefs and could choose her own husband, arousing the original owner's desire for fiefs. Then, under the pretense that the Empress was worried about Emperor Wu, he encouraged the original owner to visit the Empress more often.
When the original owner arrived at the Empress's place, the Empress did not shy away from bringing up the affairs of state in person, and spoke frankly about the various benefits that could be obtained by welcoming the Emperor's envoy.
In fact, the Empress had already discussed it with Zheng Qingyun in advance, and they conspired to make the original owner willingly go to Anguo to die.
Looking at it this way, Zheng Qingyun isn't a good person either!
On the surface, they made solemn vows to the original owner, but secretly pushed the original owner to the brink of destruction.
Moreover, his methods were extremely clever; every word he uttered was kind. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the original owner would likely remember his kindness until his death.
With this premise in mind, let's examine Zheng Qingyun's relationship with the original owner of the body...
Ah!
never mind!
Zheng Qingyun is just a minor fodder character and not qualified to be analyzed by him. If he sees him again in the future, he will deal with him directly, which can also be considered as venting the anger of the original owner.
After all, Zheng Qingyun had already sent the original owner to her death; surely the original owner couldn't still be reluctant to let her go, could she?