Chapter 6 — The Queen and the Village Father Hold the Wrong Child

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My heart suddenly jumped, I was about to open my mouth. But in the next moment, bigger news broke out:
"I have decided to make the princess the Queen Mother! Do you have any objections?"
This means that the little princess will become the first queen since the beginning of the dynasty! Everyone knelt down at the same time, General Nien was even more happy:
“I will definitely do my best to support the Queen Mother!”
The Emperor nodded with satisfaction. Then turned to hold the Queen's hand:
"Hoa Nhi, it was very difficult for us to have a precious daughter. We must accumulate more blessings for her in the future."
The queen hugged the little princess and nodded emotionally.
“So I want to…” The Emperor paused, seeming a bit nervous as he opened his mouth:
"That child is innocent, and even carries the Crown Prince's bloodline. How about we keep her alive?"
The queen looked at the plump white girl and saw her release a bubble, looking innocent. My heart couldn't help but soften: "It's okay." The Emperor breathed a sigh of relief and declared: "In that case, I make this child a princess! Raised together with the Queen Mother, we will be friends." The Queen felt uneasy and was about to open her mouth, but the Emperor's next sentence popped out:
"Miss Khuong protected the Queen Mother today and made a great contribution. I appoint you as a first-class female official, in charge of raising the two young ladies, okay?"
When the Queen heard that, she immediately felt reassured and urged me to receive a letter of gratitude. After returning to the palace, I don't know if it was because the days passed more smoothly or not, the Queen Mother's emotions were less fluctuating. For three straight months, I no longer heard her heart. But I still remember her last sentence. 【The baby's father is someone else!】 Who will it be? I looked blankly at the round earlobe of the little princess in the crib...
“Cough cough!”
As soon as I raised my head, I faced the Emperor's eyes.
“Seeing Your Majesty.”
"No formalities, I just came to visit the child. Oh right, the Queen is calling you."
I bowed and retreated. But when I got to the door, I was like a ghost forcing me to turn around. Seen from behind, the Emperor's earlobes are round and large! After finishing the Queen's business, I returned to the nursery again, my heart still couldn't stop pounding. At this moment, a familiar voice finally rang out again! 【Oh my god! I ate a big melon!】 I almost immediately looked towards the Queen Mother in the crib. Sure enough, she blinked at me. 【Mom, you can hear my heart, right?】 I nodded bewilderedly. 【The mother is not pregnant after all, not because she is useless.】 【But the Emperor always puts medicine in her food and drinks!】
“No way!” I almost unconsciously objected. "The Emperor doesn't even have a concubine, love..."
【That's because Great General Nien is here, he doesn't dare!】 【He doesn't even dare to let his mother give birth, he's afraid that his uncle will directly kill the king and take the throne!】 【Do you think he keeps himself pure? In fact, he raised quite a few women among the people, the little princess is exactly like him!】 I couldn't believe it when I looked at the little princess sleeping soundly next to me. 【Just now he came to repent with the little princess, saying that she had to bear the resentment.】 【He also said that tonight will create an unexpected incident, take me away!】
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“What…” Before I could finish my words, a cold voice came from behind.
“Miss Khuong!”
I turned my head in surprise. The Emperor left and then turned back, standing against the light at the door. A shadow as long as a prison surrounds me!
“Are you muttering something to yourself?”
“The slave… is telling stories to the young masters.”
"No wonder. I heard that you also have a biological sister outside the palace?"

My sister is fifteen years younger than me. After her parents passed away, I raised her single-handedly. But why did the Emperor suddenly mention her?
"Since entering the palace, you have never seen her again, have you? Tonight I will give you a day off, and leave the child to me."
It turns out he had this idea! If I leave tonight, the Queen Mother will definitely encounter misfortune!
“The slave wants to stay and wholeheartedly take care of the princess.”
【Mother, you are so good! I know you won't abandon me so huh huh huh.】 The little princess's voice was so grateful that she cried in her ears.
"But I can't bear to separate my relatives. How about this! If you don't leave the palace, I will summon your sister to the palace and work with you, okay?"
Impossible! In this life, I am a servant serving people, being called to yell at me is because of my cowardly destiny! But my sister, you are someone who burned yourself to be able to nurture, how can you enter the palace and let others trample you!? A deep sound echoed, my knees hit the stone floor, my whole body lowered.
“Slave, slave, thank you, Your Majesty!”
“The child… please ask His Majesty to take care of him.”
Under the Emperor's satisfied gaze, I bowed my back and gradually left the nursery. The sound of cicadas on a summer day is sharp, I cover my ears. It's finally quiet.