The Devoted Second Male Lead Decided to Favor Someone Else - Chapter 75.2

I’m a Professional at Inner Palace Fights (2)

Lin Yongnian told Liu Zhenhuan about his past. It turned out that he was born from a maid after the previous emperor got drunk.

But at that time, the empress’ family was very powerful and the empress was easily jealous. She would use very extreme methods to take care of the favored consorts, and anyone could be the target. Although Lin Yongnian’s mother gained the dragon’s favor, she was afraid to say anything in fear of the empress’ retaliation.

Shockingly, Lin Yongnian’s mother actually became pregnant after that single night, which made her even more nervous.

Thankfully, Lin Yongnian’s mother was familiar with the chief eunuch back then because they came from the same hometown and their families were close, so she decided to ask him for help.

The chief eunuch pitied Lin Yongnian’s mother and hid them from the empress. However, Lin Yongnian’s mother died at childbirth and left Lin Yongnian alone.

The chief eunuch secretly sent Lin Yongnian out of the palace while he was still in his swaddling clothes for a friend to take care of. After he turned eight, he brought him back to the palace to teach personally, telling others that he was his godson.

Then, the death of the previous emperor led to a coup that caused the crown prince to be killed and the empress’ family to fall. The prince regent helped an unfavoured prince from the cold palace to be a puppet emperor. Because of how many secrets he knew, the chief eunuch was forced by the prince regent to return to his hometown.

The chief eunuch guessed that the prince regent wouldn’t actually let him live and would instead kill him halfway. Knowing that his time was running out, he told everything to Lin Yongnian before he left.

Both princes, yet one was a noble emperor while the other was a servant.

After knowing his real identity, Lin Yongnian was naturally unwilling to continue living a life like this, but other than the dead chief eunuch, no one else knew about his identity. His name was obviously not in the imperial genealogy.

Lin Yongnian decided that even though he could never recognize his ancestors, he would still become a powerful minister!

Lin Yongnian told Liu Zhenhuan all his secrets. Liu Zhenhuan, who had already become very disappointed in the emperor, realized that if she depended on her family, her husband, or her children, she wouldn’t be able to live well. Since she entered the inner palace, then she had to use her own power and become the leader of the inner palace to not be bullied!

The two people had suffered a lot and mutually comforted each other. They decided to work together to lead the inner palace!

After several private meetings, Liu Zhenhuan became pregnant with Lin Yongnian’s child. Under his meticulous arrangement, the emperor met Liu Zhenhuan, who he hadn’t seen in a long time, in a secluded garden. Liu Zhenhuan seemed even more beautiful and graceful, and the emperor was successfully seduced.

The emperor did that with Liu Zhenhuan again, and when she was diagnosed as pregnant after a month, the emperor was very happy.

This time, even the empress dowager’s edict was ignored. The emperor directly gave her a title. After giving birth to a prince, the emperor promoted her to noble consort and granted amnesty to the entire Liu family. Liu Zhenhuan was very favored.

As for Liu Shijin’s character, he was the sworn brother of the current emperor, whose name was Li Chong.

The current empress dowager wasn’t very favored by the previous emperor and was sent into the cold palace by the previous empress.

Li Chong grew up in the cold palace. Although he was a prince, his life was worse than most people.

While they were in the cold palace, a nanny always stayed by their side.

The nanny had a grandson, who was Lu Shijin. Lu Shijin’s parents had died from an accident, so Lu Shijin grew up by her side, and grew up with Li Chong.

One winter, the weather was exceptionally cold. Without firewood, they would have frozen. However, the servants from the Internal Affairs department handing out the firewood were all people who feared the strong and bullied the weak. Seeing how unfavoured Li Chong and his mother were, they deliberately gave them less firewood.

The nanny was very angry and went to confront the servants at the Internal Affairs department. However, she was ridiculed by the eunuch on duty there and they began arguing. During the argument, the eunuch pushed the nanny, causing her to crack her head on the ground and lose her life.

The eunuch was afraid of the consequences and quickly brought the appropriate amount of firewood to the cold palace and told Li Chong’s mother that the nanny accidentally slipped and lost her life because of the poor weather conditions. Then, he warned them not to make a big deal out of it, or else their firewood and food would be severely cut.

Li Chong’s mother could obviously infer the truth. After the eunuch left, she held Li Chong and Lu Shijin and started crying.

Misfortune never came alone. Due to the cold weather and the fright he suffered, the young Lu Shijin got a high fever that night.

Because of how remote the cold palace was, no matter how much Li Chong knocked on the imperial hospital’s doors, not a single doctor was willing to go all the way to the cold palace in such bad weather to treat a servant.

By the morning of the next day, Lu Shijin had already missed the best time for treatment. Even though his fever eventually passed, he suffered brain damage and his mental state remained that of an eight year old.

Li Chong’s mother felt very bad about not looking after Lu Shijin properly. She told Li Chong that they were only alive because of the nanny. If he ever makes it out of the cold palace and becomes a powerful figure, he must not mistreat Lu Shijin.

Then, in the coup, the regent killed the crown prince and ruined the empress’ family, wanting to push a prince with no alliances to the throne.

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