webnovelfull Chapter 526 Collecting Evidence
Chapter 526 Collecting Evidence
Hua Feixue was cursing angrily, but what he didn't see was that Ji Yuntang quietly took out a camera and took a picture of the Empress Dowager Yuan and the Imperial Master hugging and kissing.
It was unknown how long Empress Dowager Yuan and the Imperial Master kissed each other before they reluctantly separated.
The Imperial Master asked Queen Mother Yuan, "Cousin, I haven't been outside to see Chao'er for a while. How is his health?"
Empress Dowager Yuan sighed and said quietly, "Chao'er's health is still the same. He is sick and faints from time to time. The doctor said that his heart is not fully developed. He must take medicine on time every day to ensure that his life is not in danger."
"But the day before yesterday, Yulian wrote to me and told me that he was reluctant to take medicine these days. He said that he wanted to vomit when he smelled the medicine. He even lost his temper and broke a lot of porcelain and medicine bowls."
"I have been busy lately dealing with Chu Yi's burial and have no time to leave the palace to see Chao'er. So I asked the servants to coax him and told him that I would bring him to the palace to play in two days. Only then did he cooperate in taking the medicine."
The Imperial Master held Queen Mother Yuan in his arms and kissed her on the forehead.
"Cousin, you've worked hard. Although Chao'er is our child, because of me, he can only be registered under the name of your Yuan family. Only in this way can he have a good future."
"I know that you have argued with your father many times over the years because of him, and you also made concessions, giving the Yuan family 200,000 troops and promising to make him the emperor's uncle and give his son a third-rank official position. Only then did he agree to support Chao'er to ascend to the throne."
"Otherwise, with the abilities of the two of us, I'm afraid we won't be able to convince the old men from the other four great families."
Speaking of this matter, Empress Dowager Yuan also felt annoyed.
After she and her cousin Jiang Yanfan secretly gave birth to a child, they were unable to raise Yuan Chao openly because Jiang Yanfan already had a wife and a pair of children at that time.
Empress Dowager Yuan herself could not accept that her son was raised under the name of another woman and could only be a bastard who could not be seen in public.
Therefore, she went to ask her father, General Yuan, for help, and after much persuasion he agreed to let Yuan Chao settle down under the name of the Yuan family, but he could only be a collateral descendant and could not marry into the main family.
Empress Dowager Yuan also knew the reason.
The Yuan family is a century-old prestigious family and a family of scholars. As a veteran of two dynasties and a representative of the five major families, General Yuan pays the most attention to his family's reputation and his children's reputation in his life, and he cannot tolerate even a grain of sand in his eyes.
But unfortunately, his most beloved daughter had an affair with his married cousin and gave birth to a grandson for him.
How could General Yuan tolerate such a thing that was detrimental to the family's reputation and morals?
There was a hundred objections immediately and everyone asked Empress Dowager Yuan to send the child away.
But Empress Dowager Yuan was determined to keep the child.
At that time, she was still just the Yuanfei, had not yet taken the position of empress dowager, and was even far from being the queen.
Empress Dowager Yuan knew very well that she might only have this one offspring in her life. In order to keep the Yuan Dynasty, she knelt in front of General Yuan and made a promise.
Within five years, she would definitely be able to sit on the throne of empress, and then seize power from the late emperor, making the Yuan family an existence that no one in the court would dare to offend.
It was because of this promise that General Yuan saw his daughter's burgeoning ambition. He made an exception and agreed to let Empress Dowager Yuan keep the Yuan Dynasty, but she could only settle down under the name of a branch of the Yuan family.
And Empress Dowager Yuan did not disappoint him. In just three years, she climbed from Concubine Yuan to the position of Queen. She then killed the late emperor step by step, took away his power, and became the Empress Dowager herself.
She killed all the members of the Chu royal family one by one, and even Emperor Chu was trampled under her feet.
General Yuan originally thought that since there were no more members of the Chu royal family left, the new crown prince could be chosen from among their legitimate descendants.
He has already chosen the candidate, who is his proud youngest son Yuan Jun.
Unexpectedly, Queen Mother Yuan said that in order to appease the heads of the other four major families and the civil and military officials and make them feel fair and just, she had promised the other party that the new prince would be selected from the five major families.
Anyone who is well-educated and over 15 years old and under 30 years old can run for election.
Later, the five major families nominated a young man who was more outstanding and knowledgeable than Yuan Jun.
This made General Yuan very angry. Others would always keep the good things to themselves and give priority to their own families when they had good things, but Empress Dowager Yuan gave the throne to someone else. He found it unbelievable when this news got out.
However, this is not the end yet, Queen Mother Yuan told him to be patient.
Later, General Yuan found out that she wanted her son Yuan Chao to be the emperor. In order to avoid opposition from the aristocratic families, she cooperated with the national teacher, with one playing the bad guy and the other playing the good guy. In the end, the national teacher came forward and chose Yuan Chao.
General Yuan thought, let it be the Yuan Dynasty, after all, it was the bloodline of their Yuan family, it was better than giving the throne to people from other families.
Then, with his support, the candidate for the next crown prince was decided, but it was not announced to anyone else.
No one knew that Yuan Chao was actually the biological son of Empress Dowager Yuan and the Imperial Master. From the very beginning, she had intended to let Yuan Chao inherit the throne of Western Shu.
Because this plan was not told to Captain Yuan, his joy was dashed, which led to a conflict between father and daughter.
Fortunately, in the end, Empress Dowager Yuan promised to give General Yuan great benefits. Not only did she give them military power, she also promoted several younger generations of the Yuan family into the court and assigned them official positions. This convinced General Yuan to support her.
After this incident, Queen Dowager Yuan knew that even with her closest relatives, they could still fall out over some interests.
It’s true that she loves the Yuan family, but she loves herself more.
Now that I have a son, of course I hope to leave the best of everything to the Yuan Dynasty.
Retracting her thoughts, Empress Dowager Yuan looked at the Imperial Master and said, "Cousin, I have discovered that several major families and civil and military officials have been very curious about the next crown prince and have been sending people to find out Chao'er's whereabouts. Do you think they will do anything bad to Chao'er?"
The Imperial Master comforted her and said, "No, Chao'er lives in a very safe place. Even his food and medicine purchases are taken care of by special people. He has never shown up."
"The only thing that worries me now is his health. Chu Yi will be buried tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow will be the crown prince ceremony. Chao'er has never been out of the house, let alone participated in such a complicated crown prince ceremony. I'm worried that his body won't be able to handle it."
Empress Dowager Yuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, cousin. I have already thought of what you are worried about."
"I have already kept Doctor Yun in the palace. From now on, I will let her be Chao'er's personal physician to help Chao'er recover."