GBP Chapter 237 I am your master
Chapter 237 I am your master
"You were afraid that the child you were carrying would be a princess, and you were also afraid that Consort Yun would take the opportunity to get pregnant and take away the position of the eldest prince that you were determined to obtain. You also knew that the child in your womb was born with congenital defects and would not survive even if it was born. So you had the idea of using someone else to kill him."
"No! Your Majesty, I didn't! I never thought of such a thing. That's my child. How could I bear to harm my own flesh and blood!"
Qin Shuang gripped the hem of her skirt tightly with both hands, her voice trembling as she argued back. She knelt forward several steps, having long since lost her usual dignified elegance.
"That day you took advantage of Consort Yun's trust in you and tricked her into coming to Ziyun Palace. But you didn't expect that she would coax Consort Ning to come along as well. The pastries that caused your miscarriage were actually Consort Ning's way of making you feel the fatigue and pain of pregnancy. They couldn't have harmed the imperial heir at all, but you switched them. By the time I arrived, that's how things turned out."
"No! No! Your Majesty, it's not like that, I didn't, it was them! It was Yun Zhaozhao and Song Yining, they killed my child..."
Qin Shuang shook her head frantically, as if she had suffered some great blow, her whole body trembling uncontrollably.
He lowered his eyes, obscuring the myriad thoughts within them, his voice steady and magnetic, "You lost your child, and your health is weak. Even though I know the details, I have never blamed you too much."
"So...so you believe that I killed my son myself, and that it had nothing to do with them, and that I only confined them for half a year? Your Majesty, it was they who killed my child!"
"Ha! Was it them who harmed your child, or was it yourself, Consort Yun? You know the answer in your heart."
Yuan Huaijun remained expressionless, then stepped forward and stood in front of her. "Aren't you curious to know why I know all this?"
Qin Shuang stopped crying and looked up blankly.
He looked down at Qin Shuang's face and said, "Qin Shuang, don't forget, I am your master, and everything you do is under my control."
"Your Majesty, what...what do you mean?"
"What I mean is that I already knew everything when you privately consulted a doctor, wanting to find out whether the child in your womb was a boy or a girl."
She bit her lower lip so hard that she didn't even realize it was bleeding.
"I was very curious to know how you would react when you learned that our son was a princess."
Qin Shuang's face turned deathly pale instantly, and she subconsciously reached out to cover her stomach.
That child...her child...
"You think, since she's just a princess, why not take this opportunity to make Consort Yun fall out of favor?"
"No! It's not..."
He sighed regretfully, “Shuang’er, you were too hasty. Qi Yun is ambitious. How could I let a princess from a neighboring country give birth to the crown prince? I will not allow the Yuanqi royal family to have Qi Yun’s blood flowing in their veins in the future. As for how you were able to conceive the prince, it was also at my behest. This contraceptive soup… elsewhere, it is called a pregnancy-inducing medicine.”
"what!"
Her kneeling body swayed a few times, and Qin Shuang screamed in despair before collapsing to the ground.
So that's how it is, Your Majesty, you only let her get pregnant...
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, sob sob sob~"
"Shuang'er, although you are very considerate, you still don't understand me. I did have expectations for that child, but it was only to experience the joy of becoming a father for the first time. Whether it was a boy or a girl, I didn't care at all. You don't know about the child you abandoned back then..."
He bent slightly forward, stared into Qin Shuang's eyes, and coldly uttered, "That child who has taken shape is actually a prince."
"You...what did you say?"
She gripped the hem of Yuan Huaijun's robe tightly in her hand with extraordinary strength, her expression as if she had seen a ghost.
"Given Shuang'er's physical condition that day, I originally had someone invite Feng Qingyang, and the child might have been born. Unfortunately, you killed your own child with your own hands."
"No! Your Majesty, please let me explain!"
"I have said before that what I despise most is people who exploit their own children, and I would never allow my children to have such a ruthless mother."
"Shuang'er, it seems you are no different from Consort Suning back then!"
"Pfft~"
Whether she was provoked by Emperor Yuan's words, or reminded of the unborn child, or perhaps she failed to appreciate the good intentions of the person in front of her, she pushed His Majesty further and further away.
Qin Shuang had a bright red stain on her lips, and her eyes were lifeless.
"So...so, all these years, they...they have never conceived, it was all Your Majesty's doing?"
"Ah."
"Your Majesty... at that time, all I wanted was for me to get pregnant."
"Ah."
"hehe!"
She gave a self-deprecating laugh, wiped away her tears, and forced herself to ask, "Your Majesty, have you ever considered making me Empress?"
Yuan Huaijun shook his head. No matter how gentle and virtuous Qin Shuang was, she was not the one he wanted. Before this, he had never thought of establishing an empress. The person who would stand shoulder to shoulder with him must be someone he loved in return, which was why he let go...
"What about Xin Moyan? His Majesty is such a far-sighted person, how could he favor her so much? She has been entangled with Prince Lie for many years, and His Majesty did not hesitate to offend the Yelan Kingdom, but insisted on making her empress, and even... directly bypassed the system of concubines and named her as empress."
Qin Shuang's voice choked with sobs as she insisted on asking this last question, because she knew that after today, this distinguished man before her would never look at her again...
"Yan'er?"
His eyes suddenly brightened a little. "Yan'er is clever and cute, frank and sincere, and has no guile. Many of her ideas are different from ordinary people. In fact, I am often attracted to her. Yan'er is a treasure that is unique in the world to me."
"What about A Lie? What about Ye Lan? As long as I want, she cannot escape. I can also set up a harem for that special Yan'er, as long as she is willing to be my first wife."
She stared blankly at the young emperor, whose eyes were almost overflowing with tenderness at the mention of Xin Moyan. His Majesty had never shown such an expression before…
"A nominal harem? A first wife? Hah~ Is Xin Moyan really that good?"
"Yes, Yan'er is doing well, but I can't bear to make her sad. I am not the Emperor."
Qin Shuang didn't understand the second half of that sentence, nor did she want to understand it. All she knew was that everything had changed...
Yuan Huaijun withdrew his thoughts, looked down at her, and said calmly, "I spoke too much today because of my feelings. Consort Yun, I no longer wish to delve into the past. I hope you will take good care of yourself in the future."
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty?"
Yuan Huaijun glanced at the already cooled contraceptive soup and said, "Consort Yun, take it."
"Oh, right," he said, as if remembering something, and then added, "As for the imperial heir in Consort Ning's womb, it's a princess. You don't need to think about poisoning her. Just stay in your palace and take good care of yourself."
Hearing this, Qin Shuang felt a chill run down her spine. How could His Majesty…?