I insist

Chapter 203: Infertility

After chatting with Qing Zhi, Song Miqiu was unsure how to approach the Empress Dowager. But when she heard Ming Taicheng's words, her eyes lit up instantly.

Her intuition told Song Miqiu that there was definitely something going for her!

Song Miqiu coughed lightly and moved closer to Ming Taicheng. She clasped her hands together in front of her abdomen and looked at Ming Taicheng with a smile, "Then tell me about the Empress Dowager."

Seeing that Ming Taicheng hesitated, Song Miqiu immediately asked the question she wanted to ask, "Why is the Empress Dowager not a good person? She seems quite kind to me."

Indeed, in Song Miqiu's eyes, the Empress Dowager looked very kind, which is why Song Miqiu wanted to start with the Empress Dowager rather than with the Emperor.

Having already dealt with the Emperor several times, Song Miqiu immediately realized that approaching him from the Emperor's side would definitely not work. It would be better to take another approach, since the ultimate goal was to avenge her father anyway.

As long as Ming Taicheng can tell her some things about the Empress Dowager, Song Miqiu can discuss things with Qingzhi in a long-term manner. In addition, she has already asked Qingzhi to send people to stay by the Empress Dowager's side. She believes that before long, she will be able to learn a lot about the Empress Dowager.

"You should go and do your own thing, don't ask about these things." Ming Taicheng turned his head and saw Song Miqiu looking at him expectantly. He turned away helplessly.

But Song Miqiu had already sensed the gossip, and how could she let Ming Taicheng leave so easily?

She suddenly discovered that these people had a common problem: whenever she asked about her father, the Empress Dowager, or the Emperor, they would get very agitated and want to leave, not wanting to tell her anything at all.

But this only fueled Song Miqiu's curiosity, and coupled with the hatred for her father's murder, she felt she had to get some answers before she could stop.

She quickly stood at the door, spreading her arms to block Ming Taicheng's path.

Seeing the other party's helpless expression, Song Miqiu slightly raised her chin and said in a strained voice, "Tell me clearly what happened to the Empress Dowager, and I will let you out as long as you tell me."

Ming Taicheng slumped there, feeling utterly helpless at Song Miqiu's stubbornness. He tried to salvage the situation, saying, "Do you really have to say it? It would be very beneficial for you not to."

“You must tell me.” Song Miqiu frowned slightly, her face stern, and said in a stern voice, “If you don’t tell me, my curiosity will only grow stronger, and then I will investigate myself.”

At this point, Song Miqiu paused, slightly raising her chin.

After all, Song Miqiu knew that Ming Taicheng would guess what was going on without her having to say anything more.

Seeing the other person sigh helplessly and turn back to the wooden table, Song Miqiu's eyes curved into crescents, knowing that she had achieved her goal.

Smiling, she lifted her skirt and strode over to Ming Taicheng's side. She bent down, picked up the teapot, poured Ming Taicheng a full cup of tea, and slowly pushed it in front of him. She blinked, thinking that he should drink the tea quickly so that he could tell her about the Empress Dowager.

Ming Taicheng glanced at Song Miqiu, but ultimately accepted the cup of tea.

He picked up the teacup, tilted his head back, and drank it down, feeling much better in his throat. He put the teacup on the table and whispered what he knew.

It turns out that the Empress Dowager and the Emperor knew each other before the Empress Dowager entered the palace, and they were even in love.

However, an unexpected event occurred. During the late emperor's tour, for some unknown reason, he took a liking to the Empress Dowager at first sight. After learning about her background, he brought her into the palace without saying a word.

This made the emperor, who was already in the position of crown prince, start to panic. He went to the imperial study many times, hoping to dissuade the late emperor from this idea.

But the other party insisted on marrying the Empress Dowager, and the couple was thus separated.

Once inside the palace, no matter how much they had been in love, the Empress Dowager could not be too intimate with the Emperor, otherwise the late Emperor would find out.

If the late emperor had discovered it, the Crown Prince's affair with the concubines would have become the talk of the palace, and he would have met with a terrible end.

Not only would it implicate the Empress Dowager's family, but it would also jeopardize the Crown Prince's position.

Ascending to the throne is even more difficult.

Helpless, the emperor, who was then the crown prince, could only watch as the late emperor favored the empress dowager every day. Moreover, because of his affection for the empress dowager, he was promoted to the position of empress after the two emperors passed away.

Although there are many treacherous and scheming things in the harem, one could lose their life if they are not careful.

But as the Empress Dowager said, dealing with those concubines is not difficult.

She is intelligent and shrewd. She can deal with the daughters of officials who want to trip her up outside the palace, and she can also deal with the concubines who want to trip her up inside the palace.

After all, in the Empress Dowager's eyes, these two types of people are essentially the same kind of people, with only a few tricks up their sleeves, and are extremely easy to deal with.

This allowed the Empress Dowager to remain firmly in the position of Empress until the late Emperor passed away.

The crown prince then ascended to the throne, becoming the current emperor.

The Empress Dowager once had a son, but due to negligence, he died. Similar to the current Consort Lin, he suffered from chronic illness and was unable to have children.

For the Empress Dowager, it was nothing; in fact, it made things more convenient for her and the Emperor.

Song Miqiu never expected the palace to be so complicated!

The trip to the Eastern Palace was already extremely complicated in Song Miqiu's eyes, but she never expected that the Emperor, Empress Dowager and the late Emperor also had a connection.

Presumably, my cheap father must have offended the Emperor and Empress Dowager in some way, otherwise he wouldn't have been driven to the brink of extermination.

"Then isn't the empress quite pitiful?"

Ming Taicheng glanced at Song Miqiu with a puzzled look. He shrugged slightly and said nonchalantly, "How could it be tragic? Anyone who enters the palace should know that the imperial family is inherently ruthless. It is already a rare thing that the emperor can insist on saving the Empress Dowager like this."

"As for the Empress, why should Your Majesty worry so much? The Empress only needs to secure her position. If she is not careful, someone can replace her at any time."

Ming Taicheng slowly expressed his opinion, "After all, in this palace, the emperor only cares that someone must sit in the position of empress, but as for who it is, it is probably not that important."

"Even if the Emperor had considered who should be given the Empress position beforehand, it was only a comprehensive assessment of who was most suitable for the role of mother of the nation."

Hearing what Ming Taicheng said, Song Miqiu nodded in realization.

Meanwhile, an idea slowly began to take shape in her mind.

She suddenly wondered if word got out in the palace that she could cure infertility, would the Emperor or the Empress Dowager come knocking first?

After all, this kind of thing is alluring even to women in the palace.