Free Web NovelChapter 832: Chapter 838, Chapter 839: Chen Shu, the Suicidal Empress Zhao
"Shu, with her beauty and grace, is as stunning as a flower or jade. ’Shu’ signifies beauty and goodness. When her mother was young, she was the greatest beauty of Jiangnan, and my daughter resembles her so much. She will definitely grow into a great beauty, so let’s call her Chen Shu."
Saying this, Chen Mo took the swaddled infant from the servant’s hands and placed her beside Xiao Yunxi, smiling softly.
"Chen Shu..."
Xiao Yunxi murmured the name a few times, her beautiful eyes shining as she said, "This is good."
Moreover, Chen Jia, Chen Nuo... these children all have single-character names, so Shu’Er won’t be unique when playing with her brothers and sisters in the future.
Chen Mo smiled and said, "Then she shall be called Chen Shu."
A faint smile appeared on Xiao Yunxi’s face as she looked at the still-crying infant beside her, unable to resist reaching out to tease her.
As if sensing her mother’s closeness, the infant’s cries suddenly stopped.
The midwives and maids in the room were all smiles, and the maid attending to Xiao Yunxi laughed, "Madam, the little miss likes this name too."
"You may all leave for now. I’ll have a word with Yunxi," Chen Mo dismissed the servants.
Afterward, Chen Mo discussed the matter of Chen Qin with her.
Xiao Yunxi had already agreed to this matter and naturally wouldn’t go back on her word now.
Moreover, yearning for a son, she had given birth to a daughter, which was somewhat disappointing.
Allowing Chen Qin to be raised temporarily at her knee might fill some of the void in her heart.
After talking a bit more with Xiao Yunxi, Chen Mo advised her to rest well and then left the birthing room.
Wu Mi asked, "How is it?"
Chen Mo smiled lightly, "Mother and daughter are safe."
Wu Mi nodded and then pulled Chen Mo aside, saying, "Husband, while you were inside, news came from the palace. The Emperor has deposed the Empress and intends to make Wu Xian the new Empress."
"What?" Chen Mo furrowed his thick eyebrows and immediately thought of the earlier matter of the Wu Family sending women into the palace, asking, "What is your father-in-law’s intention?"
Chen Mo felt uneasy. Sending Wu Family women into the palace was one thing, but making decisions like this without discussing it with him first seemed to show a lack of regard for his opinion.
Wu Mi also frowned, "I am unaware of this matter. Father did not mention it to me."
"Look after Yunxi, I’ll head to the palace," Chen Mo said, still feeling vexed.
Recently, Wu Xian was just promoted to Imperial Consort, and now Emperor Yong’an has deposed the Empress to make Wu Xian the new Empress. It would give people the impression that he forced Emperor Yong’an to do this.
The key point is that he didn’t do it.
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Emperor’s bedroom.
Upon learning that she was deposed and falsely accused of several crimes, Zhao Yushu was devastated, especially when she heard the claim that she was childless and unfit to be the Empress, which filled her heart with unspeakable sorrow.
You never even touched me, how could I have conceived?
Moreover, I am childless, but does the newly entered Imperial Consort Wu have a son? You deposed me and made her Empress?
In her grief, she barged into Emperor Yong’an’s bedroom, demanding an explanation from him.
When Zhao Yushu first entered, Emperor Yong’an felt somewhat "intimidated," and guilt welled up inside of him. However, when Zhao Yushu asked why he had been neglecting her recently and how she wronged him, he burst into a furious rage.
How did you wrong me?
You were involved with King Wei, unfaithful, which I personally witnessed. Can this be fabricated?
You clearly know the truth, yet you act pitiful here, trying to put all the blame on me?
You truly behave like a hypocritical wretch.
Seeing Zhao Yushu’s pitiful act, pretending she didn’t know where she went wrong, Emperor Yong’an felt like slapping her and kicking her away.
But he didn’t dare.
Because of Zhao Yushu’s affair with King Wei.
Emperor Yong’an not only does not dare to hit her, but he also has to continuously suppress his rage and doesn’t even dare to yell at her.
He could only turn his back on Zhao Yushu.
Accusing her of being childless as Empress.
Accusing her of covering up her family’s crimes, knowingly breaking the law.
Enumerating several reasons for Zhao Yushu’s dethronement.
If there were a Dou E in this world, Zhao Yushu felt she was even more unjustly wronged.
When Zhao Yushu married Emperor Yong’an, he was still a Prince.
At that time, the imperial power had been usurped, and as a Prince, Emperor Yong’an was even more powerless.
Without anyone of power to rely on, how could she, then the wife of the powerless Prince, have the authority or right to help her family commit crimes?
Later, when Emperor Yong’an was made Emperor by Lu Sheng, in order to prevent the Emperor’s Blood Letter from happening again, both she and Emperor Yong’an were virtually imprisoned. She couldn’t even see her family, let alone cover for their crimes.
When Chen Mo came to power, though Emperor Yong’an gained more freedom, he remained a puppet emperor. With Chen Mo’s faction sweeping the court to cleanse crime, there wasn’t an opportunity for her either.
Thus, these charges were entirely baseless.
Being childless was the only one Emperor Yong’an could uphold.
Zhao Yushu’s eyes reddened, holding a handkerchief, sobbing continually in overwhelming sorrow.
Suddenly, she thought of something.
And felt that Emperor Yong’an’s drastic action must have a reason behind it.
With a voice full of sorrow, Zhao Yushu said, "Your Majesty, is King Wei forcing you to do this, forcing you to marry the Wu Clan, depose me, and make the Wu Clan the Empress?"
At this moment, she thought King Wei must be pressuring from behind the scenes.
Otherwise, with such deep feelings between her and His Majesty, how could things have reached this point?
Upon hearing Zhao Yushu’s words, Emperor Yong’an was suddenly jolted, thinking Zhao Yushu was sent by Chen Mo to test him deliberately.
