Chapter 1 — Mother's Throne

The prince who had wandered among the people was welcomed back to the palace, and the noble concubine and I fought to accept him as a relative. In my first life, I won against Noble Concubine. Prince Ta An was registered under my name, and he and my mother maintained filial piety for three years. Who would have thought that the night Ta An ascended the throne, he would break all my bones, lock me in the palace, and burn me alive, leaving no way to escape. Before being burned to death, I heard Ta An's sincere words.

“Even someone from a lowly background dares to accept me as their son to humiliate me.”

“Burn you to death, it will be convenient for you.”

When I was reborn, I gave Ta An to the Noble Concubine from a famous family.

"You won, he wants a mother with a noble status."

But the night Ta An ascended the throne, he cut off all four limbs of the Noble Concubine. The noble lady's entire body was covered in blood and she crawled into my arms. She cried bitterly:

“The new emperor hates my low status, being his mother is humiliating him.”

"He clearly wants to accept the Queen as his mother!"

Before the noble concubine finished speaking, Ta An shot an arrow through the heart and died on the spot. Once again reborn, the Noble Concubine and I looked at each other. We are all the most noble and powerful women in the world. Yet Ta An still criticizes us as vile. So who is the person he wants to adopt as his mother...

1

Ta An stood under the pedestal, smiling politely at me and the Noble Concubine. Looks docile and gentle. But in my eyes, he is scarier than the devil in hell. The Emperor pointed at me and asked him: "What about letting the Queen be your mother?"

“The queen is the head of the harem, it is most appropriate to register under her.”

Ta An cannot say, nor can't say no. He only replied: "I follow my father's arrangements." The Emperor is very sick, and there is only one princess in the harem, born to a Dap Dap. I also don't have children. Ta An registered under my name. Truly the best choice. In my previous life, I heard Ta An answer vaguely like that. I thought he was afraid of Noble Concubine and didn't dare to tell the truth that he wanted me to be his mother. He immediately used all his tricks to compete with the Concubine to win Ta An. Finally made him my son. But it wasn't until he broke all my bones that I understood that he hated me from the bottom of his heart, and of course he didn't want me as his mother. I lightly coughed twice: "Your Majesty, my concubine is weak and has many illnesses, and I don't have the strength to take care of the prince."

“Your Majesty, please ask the other sisters.”

The Emperor turned to look at the Concubine sitting next to me and asked Ta An: "What about letting the Concubine be your mother?"

“The noble lady comes from a noble family with hundreds of years of wealth, following her is not enough to disgrace you.”

Ta An nodded, still saying: "I follow your father's arrangements." The noble lady stiffened. She held my hand tightly, her voice trembling: "Niang, Ta An wants to choose someone."

“In my previous life, he accepted me as his mother and concubine, criticized me for my low status, and tortured me to death.”

I laughed bitterly: "But in my previous life, he criticized me for my humble background and burned me alive." We looked at each other, fear and confusion in our eyes. We all can't. So who else can he choose? The Emperor is still waiting for the Noble Concubine to answer. The noble lady had no choice but to force a smile and say: "Your Majesty, I cannot."

“There is only one child in my destiny Son, that place has been occupied by Pan Don."

"Your Majesty, why don't you ask the other sisters?"

Ban Don is a dog of the Western breed that the noble concubine raised in the palace. Hearing this, Ta An's face suddenly darkened. The Emperor broke the tea cup and said angrily: "Disrespectful!"

“I let you choose to show respect to you!”

"You dare to criticize my children."

I quickly pulled the Concubine to her knees: "Your Majesty, I, and the Concubine have never given birth, and are truly incapable of taking good care of the prince."

“There are many concubines in the harem, there is no shortage of virtuous people, please, Your Majesty, choose someone else.”

The Emperor looked at us, his eyes gloomy: "I don't need to know, this time I will only choose between the two of you."

2

The Emperor led Ta An away. Before leaving, leave us two sentences.

"I'll give you three days to discuss and decide."

“If after three days you still haven't chosen, I will draw lots to decide.”

After the Emperor left, the Noble Concubine and I glared at each other in the palace. I am a descendant of the founding father of the country. Going back dozens of years, my ancestors were just a petty traitor. True birth is lowly. But although the Noble Concubine was born into a great family, she was criticized by Ta An as a concubine. Ta An chose back and forth, but was not satisfied. So who does he want to choose in the end?