The Blessed

Her Emperess Dowager’s Resting Place, Fuling Palace

"Bang!"

"How dare he even kill my people?”

A slap in the armrest of her chair, the empress dowager trembled with anger, with coach juice with the corners of the mouth twitching uncontrollably. No wonder those people she had sent to summon Yan Shengrui’s sons still hadn’t come back, so…not only that farmer killed her person eunuch, Yan Shengrui even had the balls to send the rest of them who were covered in blood back! And that farmer said her personal eunuch announced the fake imperial decree of her, otherwise, how would she who had always enjoyed a good name dislike her own daughter-in-law? For this, not only she couldn’t get mad, she even had to kill those people Yan Yi sent back before him and had to say some nice words of that farmer and gave a lot of things as the reward. But after Yan Yi left, she instantly exploded.

"Someone! Go get Consort Yun for me! I’d like to let her see what kind of vicious demon-like daughter-in-law she has! I don’t believe as his mother-in-law, she really doesn’t care!”

Her Empress Dowager was so mad. Ever since her son become the emperor, no one had ever dare disobey her like this! Even when she was only the empress, no one had never ever dare to challenger her authority like this. As a farmer, instead of obeying her imperial decree, he even had the balls to kill her people! Did he still take her the empress dowager in his eyes???

"My Empress Dowager, please stay at ease. Could you please listen to your humble maid first?”

The old mammy serving by the side waved off those people, then stepped forward to support Her Empress Dowager while gently patting her back to guide her qi downward for her. She was the maid Qiuzhu who had been sent into the imperial palace when the empress married into the palace. Now she was already the oldest mammy in Fuling Palace. Her Empress Dowager trusted her. Sometimes, Her Empress Dowager even preferred to trust her words than His Majesty. Under her comforting, Her Empress Dowager calmed down a bit, but still mad.

"Qiuzhu, do you know what to do? You must let Consort Yun to let her son repudiate that farmer! That kind of demon thing doesn’t deserve to be a wife of our imperial family!”

"Yes, I understand, but..."

Mammy Qiu hesitated for a moment, then leaned close by her ear and whispered, "But My Empress Dowager, don't you think maybe it's a good thing? His Highness Sheng has already done things cautiously and never left others a chance. To say something you may not like hearing, he is almost perfect. These years, it’s not that you and His Majesty have never tried to seize the military power from his hands. We’ve almost used all possible means but still couldn’t hurt him a bit, instead, his prestige only grows stronger. And for years of wars outside, he has accumulated unimaginable authority in the army. Even if some day His Majesty seizes the military power form him, as long as he wants, a lot of people will still only obey his order. On this point, we have to admit it. But, that was also before yesterday. Now as he marries such an unbelievable wife, maybe it’d be a good thing to you and His Majesty. Abolishing his title might ease your momentary anger, but it’s far no better than let him keep his title. When he ruins His Highness Sheng’s big name little by little, their days are over.”

More importantly, what if he divorced that farmer and married a woman with a powerful background? Would they be like penny wise and pound foolish?

"You are right. I just lost my thoughts. We really shouldn’t touch him. Not long that, I will secure her title. It’s just he’d take a huge bargain from me!”

Her Empress Dowager was not stupid, it was just having been in that position for long, she had been used to calling the rune and wouldn’t allow anyone to go against her. And suddenly Ling Jingxuan came out of nowhere who not only defied her order but also killed her persona eunuch, it was only normal that she got so mad.

"Isn’t it easy if you want to get it back at him? Think about it. He is only a farmer, no background, and once he arrived, he has offended almost all big families. You can take the chance to confer His Highness Sheng two concubines and pick some beauties and maids for him by the way. You are also his mother-in-law, of course you can send two concubines to teach him the rules here and help him rule the mansion. Isn’t it only reasonable? As a man, it’s normal to have three wives and four concubines, let alone it’s His Highness Sheng? And then, people not only wouldn’t say you don’t like your daughter-in-law from the countryside, but also compliment you for being so magnanimous instead.”

Really a maid having been immersed in the harem for so many years, her brain was extraordinarily smart.

"That sounds good. But what if Shengrui refuses? You know, if we push him too hard, he is really capable of anything. I really don’t understand his temper. And that farmer, since he even dare kill those beauties in the mansion once he arrived, obviously he is a stupid, ignorant and shameless one. And if he also rejects no matter what, wouldn’t I be that one that got humiliated?”

After pressing down her anger, Her Empress Dowager also resumed her usual shrewdness. Both she and His Majesty were kind of afraid of Yan Shengrui, not only because he held the military power in his hand, but also because of his bad temper.

"I can tell Your Empress Dowager is really pissed. Isn’t it His Highness Sheng has never tasted the wonderfulness of that thing between a couple before? Besides, of the palace banquet two days later, His Highness Sheng will definitely bring him with him. And those madams with titles would also attend. Then you can call His Highness Sheng and his wife before and confer His Highness Sheng the marriage. What? As a farmer, dare he say no? And by the time His Highness Sheng knows, it’s already settled. Even if he doesn’t want it, it already leaves him no chance. Side concubines are different from beauties who have no titles. They can’t kill them as they want like last time.”

Mammy Qiu was Her Empress Dowager’s most trusted one in the harem, only she dare make fun of her sometimes.