His Majesty was born with malice, so he was filled with murderous intent all his life. It was a very tough life for an emperor. Ordinary women by his side would either have a short life or be alone for the rest of their lives. Unless they met a woman with great fortune and a noble life, it would be very difficult for them to have children.
This was originally the Emperor's plan, but the abbot had calculated their horoscopes and discovered that they were a perfect match. As a monk, there was no need for him to lie and just tell the truth. The only thing that puzzled him was that Lu Yaoyao's horoscopes were too strange. Although they were indescribably noble, this woman should no longer be in this world. Unless they were twins and she stole the other's fortune, then she would be able to have endless good fortune and live to a ripe old age.
Of course, the abbot would not say this out loud.
The assertion that only the third daughter of the Lu Family could become the mother of the country spread quickly from the palace.
At first, no one believed the rumor that His Majesty had cursed his wife, but the sudden death of the eldest legitimate daughter of the Bai Family was too much of a coincidence. Moreover, His Majesty had planned to marry the princess to the third young master of the Chen Family. They were a perfect match, but the third young master fell off his horse and broke both his legs.
These two incidents spread like wildfire in the capital, and the Empress Dowager finally returned to the palace.
"Ah Zhan, are you sure you can marry Yaoyao this way?" The moment the Empress Dowager sat down in Cining Palace, Mo Rongzhan immediately came to greet her.
Mo Rongzhan sat opposite the Empress Dowager, a confident smile on his handsome face. "Mother, I will never allow failure in what I want to do."
"You asked me to come back just to … steal Yaoyao's princess title and make her a princess?" The Empress Dowager scolded in annoyance. "You're really a bastard. Why do I feel that Yaoyao is not willing to marry you?"
"She can only marry me whether she is willing or not." Mo Rongzhan said firmly.
The Empress Dowager glared at him. "Then what do the officials in the court mean? They all think that you should marry Yaoyao? "
"I am already fated with malice. It's rare to find a woman whose horoscope is suitable for me, but they still don't allow me to marry her. Do they want me to die without descendants?" Mo Rongzhan said with a cold smile.
"You are really … full of evil tricks." The Empress Dowager scolded, "Who would have thought that you were the one behind all of this?"
Mo Rongzhan sternly said, "Imperial Mother, we also want to marry Yao Yao. If you didn't confer her the title of Princess, we would have married her into the palace long ago."
The Empress Dowager snorted coldly. "So, you're blaming me?"
"I wouldn't dare. How could we blame you? If not for mother, we would still be misunderstanding Yaoyao." Mo Rongzhan was still hoping that the Empress Dowager would issue an edict to strip Yao Yao of the title of Princess, how could he dare to make the Empress Dowager unhappy?
"Your Majesty, aijia isn't worried about other things, but … if there are too many people in court who oppose you, I'm afraid you won't be able to be the Empress." The Empress Dowager said.
Mo Rongzhan smiled and said, "With Prime Minister Xu taking the lead, how many people can object?"
"I find it strange, why would Prime Minister Xu help you?" The Empress Dowager asked in confusion. The Emperor had abolished Xu Huiru's position as a concubine for Yao Yao. As Xu Huiru's father, Prime Minister Xu should hate Yao Yao to the core.
"We'll release his son." Mo Rongzhan lightly said.
His daughter's position as a concubine was important, but was the life of his only di son not important? Prime Minister Xu was a smart person, he knew how to give the Xu Family the most benefits.
"In a few days, aijia will issue an edict, we can't be too hasty." The Empress Dowager said. As matters stood, she could only do as the Emperor said and help him.
"Many thanks for your help, Imperial Mother." Mo Rongzhan said in a low voice. From the very beginning, he had convinced the abbot to help him, as well as several trusted confidants in court. He was very clear what kind of harm it would bring to Yao Yao if he directly issued an edict to abolish her title as a princess. The people of the world would certainly scold her for not being ethical, placing all the blame on her. He couldn't bear for her to suffer this kind of grievance.
He had done so much, even if someone scolded him in the future, it wouldn't be her. As for those who wanted to scold him, they would only dare to quietly scold him at home.
"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Anyang requests an audience." Fu De walked in with his head lowered, whispering into Mo Rongzhan's ear.
Lu Lingzhi finally came to the palace to see him! A cold light flashed in Mo Rongzhan's eyes. He said to the Empress Dowager, "Imperial Mother, zhen still has something to do."
"Go. Aijia guesses that what happened today will reach Yao Yao's ears in two days. Think about it yourself." Yao Yao had no choice but to marry him for no reason.
Mo Rongzhan said with a serious expression, "Imperial Mother, the abbot of Hu Guo Temple didn't lie when he read our horoscopes. If you don't believe it, you can ask Huang Fuchen to read it again when he comes back."
The Empress Dowager looked at him in shock, "You … Then what the master said about you being born with evil spirits … Is that also true?"
"Zhen has killed so many people, and I already have a strong murderous aura. It doesn't matter if I'm born with evil spirits," Mo Rongzhan said with a smile.
"Then Yao Yao …" The Empress Dowager had always thought that the recent rumors were deliberately spread by the Emperor, and she didn't believe a word of it. Now that she heard that these rumors were actually true, how could she not be surprised?
Mo Rongzhan nodded lightly, "It's also true, Imperial Mother."
The Empress Dowager was instantly speechless.
"Imperial Mother, zhen will go back first," Mo Rongzhan said in a low voice and left Cining Palace.
Lu Lingzhi had actually returned to the capital a long time ago. He went back to the Lu Residence first and happened to meet Lu Shiming who had just returned from the court. Lu Shiming told Lu Lingzhi everything that the abbot of Hu Guo Temple said in the court. "Yanzhi, the Emperor still wants to make Yao Yao the empress. We were all wrong."
The Imperial edict to appoint a marriage for Yaoyao was just a smokescreen. The Emperor had done so much, and did not hesitate to spread the reputation of being a wife killer. Everything was for the sake of openly removing Yaoyao's princess position today, and for the sake of openly marrying Yaoyao into the palace.
After Lu Lingzhi learned of this news, he shut himself in the study for a long time. He didn't know what to do next.
He had long suspected that the Emperor had other motives for appointing Yao Yao's marriage, but he didn't want to admit it. He thought that he finally had a chance. Now, he still couldn't make Yao Yao like him, and the Emperor had already removed her princess title. Once Yao Yao was no longer a princess, the Emperor could marry her.
He was really unwilling …
Lu Lingzhi thought about it all night, but in the end, he still couldn't come up with any solution because he found that he didn't have the ability to fight against the Emperor at all.
He raised his head and saw the Emperor coming from the distance. Lu Lingzhi thought of Ye Zhen. He had lost her once. Would he lose her again now?
Even if he didn't want to lose her, so what? Mo Rongzhan was the Emperor. Just as he clearly wanted to protect Ye Zhen at the beginning, he eventually killed her.
Lu Lingzhi lowered his head and knelt down to salute. He seemed to sink into endless darkness at this moment, and there would no longer be any bright sunshine to warm him.
(Nine-headed Bird Academy)
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