Chapter 1081 The eldest daughter is as bright as spring flowers (203)
Chapter 1081 The eldest daughter is as bright as spring flowers (203)
Chapter 1081 The eldest daughter is as bright as spring flowers (203)
As the prince's consort, Geng Qianqian also dreams of becoming the queen who rules the country when the emperor only has two healthy princes.
It's a pity that the incident in the palace made Zhao Jian lose his fertility, which means that Zhao Jian will most likely be eliminated from the reserve of crown prince. The only hope is that Zhao Jian has a son and Zhao Yu gets into trouble again, then Zhao Jian may still be able to become emperor.
If Zhao Jian had no son, even if Zhao Yu died, the emperor would not consider Zhao Jian, but his grandchildren.
In order to fulfill her last glimmer of hope of becoming a queen and to preserve her family business for many years to come, Geng Qianqian desperately hopes to give birth to a healthy son.
Because she knew that if she did not give birth to a son, even if she adopted the sons of the other two concubines, the emperor would not consider making Zhao Jian the emperor. After all, the birth of the next generation of emperor was also very important.
If the emperor didn't care about status, then Zhao Jian's biological mother would not still be a beauty and would not be posthumously honored.
Geng Qianqian thought she was pregnant with a daughter and was extremely disappointed. She had been observing the two concubines this month, preparing to adopt their sons after they were born. But who would have thought that she would be implicated in the fight between the two concubines and suffer a miscarriage, and the baby she aborted was actually a boy!
She was indeed carrying a baby boy! The son she had longed for, the one who would inherit the family fortune, the one she had even hoped would allow her to fulfill her dream of becoming empress! And yet, he was stillborn!
If someone hadn't stopped her, Geng Qianqian would have strangled the two concubines to death after waking up! Give her son back!
Having lost his only legitimate son, Zhao Jian was devastated and slapped each of his two concubines, confining them to their homes. As for other punishments, he wouldn't pursue them as long as they were pregnant. Zhao Jian's control over the mansion was extremely poor, and with numerous spies inside, news from within the mansion could hardly be concealed, so these matters quickly reached Zhao Qing's ears.
After all, he is the eldest prince and was once the Prince of Qing. Although his power is not great, it is still easy for him to gather information.
When Zhao Qing heard about what was happening in Zhao Jian's mansion, he thought about his own abundant offspring and felt he was superior to Zhao Jian. "That bastard of Zhao Jian's had actually dared to hit his brother. This time, he must be getting his comeuppance!" He laughed heartily three times, but then his joy turned to sorrow. Suddenly, his old illness flared up, and he fell into a coma and slept soundly.
After hearing the reason and process of his seventh daughter-in-law's miscarriage, the emperor was furious and thought that Zhao Jian and his wife were really careless.
Before he had the chance to order a reprimand for Zhao Jian or give some supplements to Geng Qianqian, he learned something sad: his eldest son had passed away before him!
How ridiculous! His eldest son's violent mood swings, caused by mocking Zhao Jian, caused his old illness to relapse, and he died in such a cowardly manner without even being able to catch his breath. The emperor paced in the imperial study for a long time, not knowing why things had turned out like this.
He has always had many children. There are twenty-three children recorded in the Imperial Book of Rites, and more than ten children who died young. But now, not to mention the married princesses, among his princes, in these few years, only Zhao Yu and Zhao Jian are left.
Even if there was an unknown baby, it could not alleviate the emperor's melancholy. His sons were either incompetent or vicious, and none of them satisfied him.
Zhao Lan has some similarities with him, but the emperor also dislikes this son who used to do bad things behind the prince and later committed treason.
Even though he had been extremely disappointed with his sons, the emperor was still sad to see it reach this point.
The end of the year is approaching. Throughout this year, he lost his fourth son Zhao Yi, second son Zhao Duan, third son Zhao Lan and eldest son Zhao Qing one after another. This blow is indeed heavy.
The father and son became enemies, and the emperor was once full of disappointment in his sons, but after they died, the emperor would miss those rebellious sons.
Concubine Ye had already cried her heart out, and the emperor specially allowed her to see Zhao Qing for the last time. Concubine Ye watched Zhao Qing being buried, and after returning to the palace, she fell ill and was bedridden.
The empress dowager still had some affection for Zhao Qing, the eldest prince. When she heard that another grandson had died, she couldn't help but cry, but not as much as Concubine Ye.
The only people who could still laugh behind her back were probably the Queen, Concubine Shu, Concubine Huan and others.
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