Pampered by the Toughest Man After Divorce
Chapter 1069 - 869: How Could the Empress Be Willing

Chapter 1069: Chapter 869: How Could the Empress Be Willing

"Mother, this is... what Nan Feng should do," Nan Feng was pondering in her heart what she should call herself in front of the imperial concubine, but after thinking about it for a while, she still felt it best to refer to herself by her given name.

"Ah, I’ve heard that you are a lady from the village. What are you... good at?" the imperial concubine asked again.

Ye Ge answered for Nan Feng, "Mother, Nan Feng is good at so many things, like cooking, hunting, doing business; she’s really good at making money."

When Ye Ge bragged about Nan Feng, he was clearly very proud.

"Oh, Lady Nan Feng is quite capable of enduring hardship," the imperial concubine said.

These are things that require endurance to do, aren’t they?

The imperial concubine had heard quite a bit about Ye Ge from Nangong Nini in the past, but Nangong Nini did not know about Ye Ge’s time in Daping Village, so the imperial concubine asked again. Upon learning that Ye Ge had been a mountain man in Daping Village, the imperial concubine couldn’t help but feel both distressed and amazed.

She felt sorry for Ye Ge and marveled that Ye Ge was a person of deep loyalty. Nan Feng was nothing but a country girl, yet Ye Ge was so affectionate and loyal to her.

Moreover, the imperial concubine subconsciously felt that Ye Ge probably only had affection for Nan Feng. Ye Ge likely had not tasted what it was like to truly love someone since their statuses were not a match, and back then, he simply needed someone by his side who cared and understood him.

The imperial concubine chatted with Ye Ge for quite a while.

And Nan Feng, for the first time, felt like an outsider, because she couldn’t join in the conversation at all, just as if the Emperor were present. She was ignored, so she could only tend to the child.

Thus, the Emperor and the imperial concubine naturally came to regard Nan Feng merely as a woman capable of taking care of children.

Nan Feng was a little melancholic.

Although Ye Ge had told her that once he was fully recovered, they would travel the world together, Ye Ge had just recently reunited with his biological parents, and of course, he wanted to savor the feeling of kinship.

So, Nan Feng could only wait.

...

Inside the Empress Palace.

A palace maid hurried over, appearing very flustered.

"Your servant greets Empress," the palace maid knelt before the Empress.

The Empress looked indolent, lazily reclining in her chair and gazing at the maid, "How are things at the imperial concubine’s place?"

Kneeling, the maid moved a couple of steps closer to the Empress with a look of trepidation on her face. Seeing this, the Empress quickly dismissed everyone around her, "Good, now you can speak, right?"

Only then did the maid begin, "Today, after His Majesty returned from the Patrol Camp, he went straight to the Crown Prince’s residence. I’m not clear about the specifics of their conversation since Xiaohong was in charge there. After that, His Majesty went to the imperial concubine. I heard everything clearly there. I heard His Majesty saying he wants to make the Crown Prince the heir apparent. He truly likes the Crown Prince very much. However, it seems the Crown Prince refused. He doesn’t seem to be interested in the throne."

"Uninterested, my foot!" the Empress was visibly angry, "He says he’s not interested now because it wouldn’t be proper or appropriate. Ask him again in a few days, and you’ll see if he’s interested. But that Crown Prince really knows how to hide his ambitions deep. Isn’t this an obvious ploy?"

"That... your servant doesn’t know."

The Empress rose from her reclined position, sitting bolt upright, her eyes becoming sharp. She had always thought that after she became Empress and her son the heir apparent, the future would surely be smooth sailing. She had almost forgotten the tribulations she experienced on her own path to Empress. Unexpectedly, a Crown Prince had suddenly intervened in her plans.

How could the Empress possibly be content with that in her heart?