latelenovela Chapter 537: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (288)
Chapter 537: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (288)
Chapter 537: The Imperial Concubine Is Pure and Elegant (Two Hundred and Eighty-eight)
Liang Yu was imprisoned in Caiwei Palace for six days. Except for the first day when she was imprisoned with Ping'an, she could not see Ping'an for the rest of the time.
She thought of Wu Lan whom she met that night. The woman looked at her and Ping An as if she wanted to kill them both. Liang Yu pulled Ping An's hand hard, but could not stop him from being taken away.
Liang Yu already regretted bringing Ping'an back to the palace. Perhaps she never realized what the return of Ping'an, the real prince, to the palace meant and what changes it would bring?
She just felt that her brother had suffered and that the fake Liang Heng should get the retribution he deserved. Her brother was Ping An, not Liang Heng, but she didn't think that Ping An's existence threatened the interests of her mother and would drive Concubine Ji crazy.
"Someone come! Someone come! This princess wants to see my mother! Where did she take Ping An? Someone come! If no one comes, this princess will go on a hunger strike!"
It was not the first day that she had been making such a fuss, but the palace maids outside, having received orders from Concubine Ji, ignored her. She was worried that her own brother would be in danger, so she made up her mind and went on a hunger strike.
No one cared about her when she went on a hunger strike for one meal, and no one cared about her when she went on a hunger strike for two meals. After she hadn't eaten for a day and a night, she finally saw Ji Wei.
Liang Yu lay on the bed. Seeing Ji Wei dressed up, she said weakly, "Mother, this is all Yu'er's fault. Please don't kill Ping'an. He's your own son! You've already abandoned him once. You can't be so cruel to him again! 'God sees what you do.' Please don't be so ruthless."
Ji Wei sneered, "Look at you! Your injuries haven't even fully healed yet, and you're still going on a hunger strike. Am I cruel? Ha, you rashly brought him back to the palace, shattering my beautiful dream. Have you ever considered that when I swapped the babies, I never thought of revealing the identities of the two babies to the world? I was still hoping to let Heng'er ascend the throne, but you, an unfilial daughter, brought him back to slap me in the face."
Liang Yu cried, "Mother, if you want to blame someone, blame me. Ping An has nothing to do with it. Please let him go. We are not deliberately trying to go against you. It's just that Father has known Ping An's identity for a long time. It was Father who gave Ping An to Doctor Qiao for treatment. It's not easy for Ping An to be alive. He has too many scars left by illness. He is really suffering. Father will never let Liang Heng be the crown prince. Why do you cling to that illusory imperial power? You are just deceiving yourself. If you confess everything to Father now, he will definitely spare your life."
"Spare my life? Why should I spare my life? I stole the crown prince and confused the royal bloodline. If your father investigates, even if I survive, I won't be able to get away with it. It's ridiculous. He kept it a secret for so many years. Isn't he also a heartless and ungrateful person? He just wants to watch me go from hope to despair. Since that's the case, why don't I give it a try?"
Liang Yu was a little flustered when she heard this. She struggled to her feet, grabbed Ji Wei's hand, and asked, "Mother, what do you want to do? You must not rebel! If your rebellion fails, how can you be destined to fail? It's not worth it for that fake Liang Heng! What's so good about this palace? You and Yu'er should leave together and live somewhere with beautiful mountains and rivers. If the palace is really that good, why did Empress Cui and the Imperial Grandmother leave it?"
"You're dreaming! You want me to live a life of hardship and luxury?"
Ji Wei broke free from Liang Yu's hand and said coldly, "I tolerate you because you are my daughter. If you continue to make trouble, the death of that slut Xiaofu will be your fate. If you continue to go on a hunger strike, Ping An will go on a hunger strike with you, and I will stop giving him his medicine."
"Mother, did you kill Aunt Fu?"
"I tolerated her for so long because I thought she was honest, but she turned out to be a traitor, trying to sow discord between us mother and son. You dared to threaten me with Heng'er's background? You deserve to die."
Liang Yu couldn't believe it. Why was her mother so cruel?
"Mother, you can't make any more mistakes. I wrote to the Imperial Grandmother to tell her everything was fine before I returned to the palace. She's coming back soon. It's no use locking me up. When the Imperial Grandmother and Father return, how will you explain this to them?"
Ji Wei smiled strangely, and she slowly said, "I have imprisoned Empress Dowager Cui in the Cining Palace. Cui Li and Liang Yan have already died in the temporary palace. Even if your father hadn't died on the way, he would have had to give in and let Heng'er ascend the throne."