blogombal Chapter 1820 Her Secret
Chapter 1820 Her Secret
The Empress Dowager had never seen the Fifth Princess like this before.
When she was little, the Fifth Princess was timid and introverted. I saw her once later, and she was always quiet with her head down, and her presence was very faint.
In the past six months, Consort Yu and the Fifth Princess have begun to be favored, but the Fifth Princess did not, like the Sixth Princess, start wearing fine clothes and jewelry all over her body as soon as she gained favor, so as not to make herself look too ostentatious.
Although the Fifth Princess has been dressed more luxuriously for the past six months, her hairstyle has always been the simplest, and she only uses a simple hairpin.
So it seems to be going for an elegant and understated style.
Although the Empress Dowager knew she was favored, she didn't pay much attention to her. She was just a little girl, probably destined for a political marriage in the future.
Otherwise, he'd just find a prince consort and live off the royal stipend—what future could he possibly have?
but!
At this moment, the Fifth Princess had a cold and sharp gaze, filled with anger and rage, and even a hint of murderous intent.
Moreover, the Fifth Princess gripped her arm with terrifying force.
The Empress Dowager felt as if the bones in her hands were about to be crushed.
The Fifth Princess's expression was completely different from usual; it was as if she were a different person.
Have you finished cursing?
"You, you, Xiao Wu..." The Empress Dowager's voice trembled slightly, but she tried her best to maintain her elder's dignity, and even threatened Zhou Ruan, "Do you want to turn the world upside down? Release me now! Do you believe that if I go back and say a few words to the Emperor, you and your mother will fall back to the point where no one cares about you!"
"is it?"
"Who do you think you are? You've just gotten carried away after being favored for a while? Let go!"
The Empress Dowager raised her other hand, about to slap Zhou Ruan.
Zhou Ruan tilted his head to the side, and when he opened his eyes again, his eyes were filled with darkness. He suddenly grabbed the Empress Dowager by the neck and slammed her head against the carriage wall.
Bang.
The Empress Dowager's head was spinning from the impact, and warm liquid slowly trickled down her head.
She was dizzy and incredulous, and her gaze toward Zhou Ruan had changed from shock and anger to fear.
"you......"
At this moment, Zhou Ruan suddenly seemed to have thought of something, grabbed the Empress Dowager's hand, and pressed it hard against his chest.
The Empress Dowager was stunned.
Her gaze unconsciously fell on her hands, and for a moment she didn't know what Zhou Ruan meant.
Zhou Ruan looked at her with a sneer and said sarcastically, "Did you find anything?"
The Empress Dowager was initially dazed; her head was bleeding, and she was in pain and dizzy.
But Zhou Ruan pressed her hand down.
The Empress Dowager suddenly noticed, her eyes widened, her pupils contracted, and she looked at Zhou Ruan in disbelief.
"You, you don't have breasts...?"
Her voice trembled as she asked the question.
"Ah."
Zhou Ruan spoke again, his voice lowered and sounded quite neutral.
"What do you think?"
The Empress Dowager's eyes widened even more.
"You, you're not a woman?"
“That’s right,” Zhou Ruan suddenly smiled, “Didn’t you say I was just a girl? Too bad, I’m not, I’m a guy!”
"Father dislikes the eldest brother, the Crown Prince, and recently the second brother has also been extremely disappointing; he's clearly hopeless. The third brother..."
Zhou Ruan paused for a moment, then laughed wildly.
“Zhou Yi, how many people in the palace still remember him? Nobody knows that Zhou Yi took a drug for a long time back then, which made him violent and irritable.”
"If you put a few people around him to flatter him every day, he'll become arrogant and forget his place..."
The Empress Dowager's eyes widened to the point of bulging out.
She was so shocked that she ignored the pain of her fracture.
"Third Prince, it was you who caused this..."
"Shh." Zhou Ruan shushed softly, "How can you say it was my fault? His mother is also very ambitious. If she hadn't been provoked, who would have forced them to take action?"
"Now there is only the seventh prince left."
Zhou Ruan chuckled softly again, "He's just a little baby who hasn't lost his baby teeth yet. He doesn't have time to compete with me. With so many princes under Father Emperor, who do you think is the most suitable successor to the throne?"
"If I confess to my father, and say that my elder brother, the Crown Prince, forced me to dress as a woman, and that my mother and I had to live in seclusion to save our lives, do you think my father will forgive me?"
The Empress Dowager's breathing quickened.
She knows it too.
The emperor has grown disillusioned with his former favorite, the second prince, over the past two years, and he has grown to dislike the crown prince, so he will not pass the throne to him.
The seventh prince is still too young.
If this ten-year-old fifth princess were to become the fifth prince, would the emperor be willing to kill him?
Judging from Zhou Ruan's current serious demeanor, he will surely have many ways to deceive the emperor when he is in front of him.
At that time, he transformed into the emperor's most favored prince...
“Father is getting old,” Zhou Ruan said again. “His mind is also becoming muddled, but today he clearly intends to make a big move. He wants to get rid of the Imperial Uncle and the Crown Prince.”
The Empress Dowager gasped.
"The Imperial Uncle and the Crown Prince won't sit idly by and wait to die, so they'll fight each other, resulting in a lose-lose situation for all three, and the throne of Great Zhou..."
The Empress Dowager suddenly understood what he meant.
"I have high hopes for you!"
The Empress Dowager cried out urgently, feeling her breathing become rapid.
"Really, Xiao Wu, I truly have the highest hopes for you! I only scolded you earlier because... I was being too harsh! Yes, yes, I was just worried that you wouldn't fare well if you fell into the hands of Prince Jin! Don't hold it against me!"
“I heard,” Zhou Ruan said with a sneer, “that Song Zhi back then and Luo Qiu now are actually your people, Empress Dowager. And Song Zhi and Luo Qiu once took down Prime Minister Shen and Shen Xiangjun.”
hiss.
The Empress Dowager froze.
This was her deepest trump card, so why would Zhou Ruan know it?
How old is he? How can he be so terrifying!
"Although Luo Qiu is now imprisoned in the Dali Temple and Song Zhi is dead, Prime Minister Shen is still in office and still holds a lot of dirt on the ministers."
The more Zhou Ruan spoke, the paler the Empress Dowager's face became.
"Back then, my grandfather doted on Consort Long so much that he was able to elevate you to the position. Even though my father was such a selfish and heartless man, he was willing to treat you as his mother. It's all because you actually controlled quite a few court officials."
"However, you've kept it well hidden; even the Emperor's grandfather didn't know. You and Prime Minister Shen actually..."
"Shut up! Stop talking!" The Empress Dowager's face turned pale.
No one should know about her affair with Prime Minister Shen!
That all happened before she became empress. Those who knew the truth back then have all been dealt with by her and Prime Minister Shen.
How did Zhou Ruan know this? Why?
"What exactly do you want to do?" the Empress Dowager asked in a trembling voice.
"It's very simple. After entering the palace, stand firmly on my side, help me persuade my father to accept the fact that I am a man, and send messages to the ministers under your command, so that they all support me."