Chapter 1741 - 631: The Reverse of the Female Lead (Part 20)_2

Chapter 1741: Chapter 631: The Reverse of the Female Lead (Part 20)_2

With such suspicions, the Empress pondered more and found the reasoning sensible.

To not mention anything else, just one point: He Yingying is a farmer’s daughter, the He Family has been in the small mountain village for generations, how could she possibly know any secret recipe?!

Moreover, the various methods she used to become successful really don’t resemble those of an ordinary village woman!

"This person is strange!"

The Empress whispered to herself in her heart.

However, she did not know for the moment whether this strangeness was a blessing or a disaster!

But in any case, the Empress had developed suspicion towards He Yingying!

This small world has invisible threads of air currents to the ordinary eye starting to slowly flow.

...

"Prince, it turns out His Majesty has an Erlang, a legitimate second son of the Empress!"

"Now that Noble has already been found by His Majesty and Her Majesty, conferred as Prince Fu, and also as a Super First Rank Prince."

"Prince, you’re the unfortunate one. The good Second Prince has now become the Third Prince."

"Alas, it doesn’t matter anyway, as you are now a living dead, ignorant and unaware. Even if people outside are gossipy, you can’t hear them."

He Tiantian stirred up quite a storm, yet she remained behind the scenes all along.

Except for the Emperor and Empress, no one knew that the "return of Prince Fu" was actually thanks to Princess Liang.

However, outsiders might not know, but He Tiantian was very willing to personally tell Prince Liang.

It had been three or four months since Prince Liang "fell into a coma."

His illness showed no signs of improvement, and not to mention the Emperor, even his biological mother, Consort Shu, was ready to give up.

Speaking of Consort Shu, He Tiantian leaned to Prince Liang’s ear, continuing to provoke him, "Oh, I almost forgot to tell you."

"Last time I went to pay my respects to Her Majesty the Empress in the palace, I happened to overhear someone say that a palace maid in your mother consort’s palace is pregnant, and it’s said that the pregnancy looks good, likely to be a male child!"

Consort Shu is favored, but she is indeed not young anymore.

At nearly forty, even in modern times, she would very much be considered an elderly mother-to-be.

Consort Shu desired a son so she could have someone to depend on in the latter half of her life, yet she did not dare to go through it herself.

So, she thought of "borrowing a womb to have a son."

Pushing out a palace maid then keeping the child and dropping the mother, this was a common tactic used by the imperial concubines in the palace.

Consort Shu was unwilling at heart, but she had no other choice.

"All because of Lady He, this person bringing bad luck, who has truly caused harm to my Erlang!"

During this period, Consort Shu frequently cursed He Tiantian in the dark.

The nanny and palace maids around her got used to hearing it.

They didn’t even dare to correct her, "Your Highness, now Erlang is the one raised among the common people as Prince Fu, not Prince Liang."

They all quietly listened, and only when Consort Shu had some extreme ideas or actions would they gently dissuade her.

"Her cousin spoke no wrong, she’s truly a demon!"

"When she’s well, others will suffer... Boohoo, my poor Erlang, he was really turned into a living dead because He snatched his Qi Fortune!"

As Prince Fu returned, his lineage, his experiences over the past twenty-plus years, and his impoverished time marrying a "thrifty wife," and other stories quickly spread in the Capital City.

Not to mention the things from back then or Prince Fu’s past, just the fact that his wife was also a daughter of the He family was enough to make people talk endlessly.

Some envied, "Tsk! This He Family, could it be the ancestral graves are emitting green smoke, just an ordinary farmer family, yet produced two Princess Consorts!"

Some looked down: "What Princess Consort? His Majesty hasn’t bestowed that Little He as Princess Consort Fu."

Some doubted: "This can’t be a coincidence, right? How could it be so coincidental? Prince Fu, who disappeared for over twenty years, actually lived next to Princess Liang’s maiden family?"

Among the populace, many rumors and speculations, along with the connections between the Little He and Lady He, and their past, were thoroughly unearthed by those with intentions.

The incident where He Yingying once slandered He Tiantian as a demon, as a disaster star, naturally came to the knowledge of some people in the capital.

Others certainly did not believe it, after all, Princess Liang has the endorsement of Master Hui Tong, a person embodying the Merit Golden Light as a Great Kind Man.

Especially in these recent months, after He Tiantian took over the affairs of Prince Liang’s Mansion, she started using the savings of the mansion to perform great charitable acts.

She established the Child Protection Bureau, regularly sent people to poor villages to distribute porridge and medicine.

In just three to four months, the reputation of Princess Liang as a Great Kind Man began to spread in the Capital Region.

Whether Princess Liang was just putting on a show or genuinely doing charity, her words and actions perfectly matched Master Hui Tong’s endorsement.

Perhaps those of nobility remained skeptical, but ordinary folk had already acknowledged Prince Liang’s Mansion.

And as for He Yingying’s "demon theory," everyone almost sneered at it—