She is a princess, the Emperor’s only daughter; there is no man in the world she can’t have.
If she could have one, she would make it hers.
“Unfortunately, Father and Grandmother’s hopes have been dashed, and I, the princess, have no younger brother of my own.”
Princess Minghua said that it was a pity, but her face showed a happy expression.
Like everyone else, she once thought that having a younger brother would give her someone to rely on after her father passed away.
After all, the princes who were adopted from the imperial clan were not her close relatives, and her power and status would be greatly diminished after her father passed away.
A few years ago, a beauty in the Emperor’s palace became pregnant, and she was initially delighted.
But she watched helplessly as her beloved father and grandmother poured all their love and expectations into that beautiful woman’s womb, into that child who had not yet been born and whose survival was uncertain.
Princess Minghua experienced loss for the first time.
Perhaps it was because she received unconditional love from birth.
She experienced dissatisfaction for the first time.
She asked her mother, “They all say that once my younger brother is born, I will have someone to protect me. But before he was even born, he had already taken away Father and Grandmother. They no longer care about me at all. Once he is born, will there still be a place for me in Father’s heart? I’m afraid he will be completely devoted to his hard-won youngest son.”
Her mother covered her mouth.
“This is only natural. Even ordinary families need sons, let alone His Majesty. If there are no heirs, when Your Majesty grows old and falls ill in bed, who knows how the struggle for power will unfold? I do not know about it, but what I do know is that our reliance is always on your father, the Emperor. If one day even your father can no longer support us, then life for the two of us, mother and daughter, will be even harder.”
“You should be looking forward to your younger brother being born. When he is born, not only will His Majesty and the Empress Dowager be devoted to him, but you, Princess, should also have your heart and eyes full of your younger brother. He will be your support in the future.”
That was the first time Princess Minghua had been heartbroken since she grew up.
She used to be pampered and cherished. Her father and grandmother doted on her, afraid that she would fall or get sick. They spoiled her in every way. Even her mother had to treat her with deference and dared not say anything to her.
Everyone knew that she was the Emperor’s beloved princess, the apple of his eye.
She was arrogant and self-important because of the Emperor’s favor.
She knew that she was her father’s only daughter.
But then she was starting to panic.
She began to pray every day that the child would not be born.
At that moment, she wished she could push that woman off the platform.
But she knew that she couldn’t. Her father was the emperor, and his people filled the palace and the court. Power was concentrated in his hands.
There was no way she could do anything.
She could only curse that woman every day, and perhaps the curse worked, because the child was not born.
She is still the only princess.
Princess Minghua continued, “Grandmother thought that the women she found this time all came from families with good fertility, so she thought there was hope. But did she ever consider that it might be Father’s problem?”
“Well…” Princess Minghua sighed dramatically.
“Princess, would you like to go to the palace now?”
Princess Minghua nodded: “With such a good opportunity, of course, I must go to the palace. Father and Grandmother must need my comfort right now, after all, I am their only bloodline.”
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