When the Crown Prince suddenly mentioned the Right Chancellor, his consort firmly took the side of her child's father, even though she knew her own father had dealings with the Right Chancellor in private.
Her own father had to come after her child's father.
"No."
"Why?" The Crown Prince looked at his consort in puzzlement.
His consort was blunt. "Your Highness, are you an idiot? Since ancient times, when has a chancellor ever beaten an emperor?"
Such a thing had indeed never happened in Great Yu. After all, the Great Yu Imperial Family's foundations were simply too strong.
Because of his good temper and unusual attributes, Emperor Yongchang was already relatively weak among the emperors of successive generations.
Even so, nobody thought Emperor Yongchang truly had no way to deal with those ministers of the Former Dynasty.
The Crown Prince understood this too, of course.
"I'd like to win Imperial Father over, but he has to let me," the Crown Prince grumbled. "Imperial Father wants to have it both ways now. He wants me to be wise and mighty, but also patient and loyal. A-Xin said conscience, ability, and loyalty simply can't all coexist. Imperial Father just doesn't understand that."
Imperial Father understands, his consort thought.
He's deliberately making things difficult for you.
That's what you get for being the Crown Prince.
Unless an emperor had only one son, his relationship with the Crown Prince, especially an adult Crown Prince, was always awkward.
After all, neither was a fool. The father knew his son hoped he would die soon, and the son knew his father knew he hoped he would die soon. Under those circumstances, how could they maintain familial affection?
They can only rely on me and the child in my belly, his consort thought.
*I've truly sacrificed so