This outcome for the Marquis of Huai’an’s Residence was not what Emperor Shengyuan had wanted. Chi Wan’s performance today was nothing like that of a good-for-nothing, and he couldn’t help but suspect that Yu Jiuzhou was pulling the strings.
Now, it seemed this matter had nothing to do with her.
If no one had taught her, then it meant Chi Wan was not a good-for-nothing, but rather a talent. In that case, wouldn’t the weak link he had placed in the Grand Princess’s Residence be gone?
Emperor Shengyuan feigned displeasure. “Zhou’er, look at the Fuma today. Loyal to the sovereign and devoted to the country, with a proper sense of propriety. How could she be a good-for-nothing? You must trust your Father Emperor’s judgment. How could I truly have let you marry a good-for-nothing?”
Heh, if the soul inside that scumbag’s body hadn’t been replaced, she would still be a good-for-nothing.
Yu Jiuzhou’s expression remained impassive, but she then said aggrievedly, “Your Majesty, all the officials in the court say that your subject will not consummate the marriage with the Fuma. But with her acting like that, how could your subject possibly consummate the marriage with her? And now she does all these things without even discussing them with me. She and your subject are not of one mind!”
Attending to a monarch is like attending to a tiger. She would say whatever the emperor wanted to hear. It was clear that the emperor did not like her and the Fuma having a good relationship.
The more Emperor Shengyuan listened, the brighter his eyes became. “What does it matter if you are of one mind or not? As long as you bear a child, who cares about her? In the future, We will ennoble your child as a prince, build a separate residence for Chi Wan, and you two can live apart.”
“Look at Chi Wan—she is good-looking, from a noble family, and has recently shown signs of a prodigal returning to the fold. The child she bears will not be lacking.”
After hearing Chi Wan’s nonsense, Emperor Shengyuan had started urging them to have a child.
Yu Jiuzhou was speechless, but still said, “Your Majesty is right. Your subject only wants the child, not her.”
“That’s the right way to think.” Emperor Shengyuan patted her shoulder, satisfied with her obedience.
Yu Jiuzhou feigned worry. “Your Majesty, although Chi Wan acted for the sake of sovereign authority and the nation this time, he was her father, after all. I fear the public censure will be bad for the reputation of your subject and her future child.”
“You need not worry about that.”
Emperor Shengyuan held out his hand, and a nearby eunuch handed him a slip of paper. “Back then, Chi Mingwu was worried that Chi Wan would compete with Chi Xu for the position of heir, so he had her registered under the name of her childless second aunt. Not even the Marquis of Huai’an’s Residence knows about this.”
“Chi Wan’s second aunt?”
Yu Jiuzhou had also investigated this, which was why she had deliberately brought up the topic.
Chi Wan’s second aunt was the only formidable figure to emerge from the House of Huai’an in many years. Unfortunately, she went to war against the Khanate that year and never returned.
Later, when Chi Wan was born, Chi Mingwu secretly registered her under his second sister’s name. The clan relied on the Marquis’s residence for their livelihood, so naturally, they wouldn’t dare spread the word. It could be said that apart from the old Grand Madam of the Chi family and Chi Mingwu, very few people knew about this.
Emperor Shengyuan and Yu Jiuzhou had only discovered this entry in the family registry after investigating eighteen generations of the Chi family’s ancestors.
Of course, Chi Wan was still Chi Mingwu’s child; Chi Mingwu had just been trying to be clever.
But Yu Jiuzhou couldn’t say that. She could only pretend to know nothing.
“If Chi Wan is her second aunt’s child, then she is even less at fault in the matter concerning Chi Mingwu.”
There was a world of difference between an uncle and one’s biological father.
Emperor Shengyuan’s words made Yu Jiuzhou exclaim in pleasant surprise, “Your Majesty is truly wise and prescient.”
“Have someone spread this matter. Weave a more pleasant-sounding story.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
Emperor Shengyuan waved his hand. “Alright, Zhou’er, go see your Mother Empress.”
It was obvious. Emperor Shengyuan wanted to see Chi Wan alone.
As Yu Jiuzhou was leaving, she saw Chi Wan waiting outside. The two exchanged a glance. Under the watchful eyes of numerous eunuchs, Chi Wan clasped her hands in a salute and said, “Your Highness.”
Yu Jiuzhou walked straight past her without a word.
When this reached Emperor Shengyuan’s ears, it would only mean the two were not on good terms.
Emperor Shengyuan mused, “It’s good that they don’t get along.” If they didn’t get along, he would have someone to keep an eye on Yu Jiuzhou for him.
He could grant power, but he had to have someone watching over the person who held it.
When Chi Wan entered, she saw Emperor Shengyuan deep in thought. She quickly bowed. “Your subject respectfully wishes for Your Majesty’s health and peace.”
“We are well.”
It was a good thing she hadn’t transmigrated to a place where one had to kneel at every turn, otherwise Chi Wan would have found it very difficult to kneel.
“A seat for the Fuma.”
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
Fortunately, her predecessor had received etiquette training, so Chi Wan was not unfamiliar with the protocols and had made no mistakes today.
A eunuch brought over a small stool, just big enough to support her bottom. The only time she had used such a small stool was when she was a child, one her grandmother had made herself from wood. It had been perfect for her small frame, but she was grown now.
After sitting down, Chi Wan lowered her eyes and stared at the floor. She knew that Emperor Shengyuan, on the bed, was sizing her up.
“The Fuma will be nineteen after the New Year, correct?”
“Yes, Your Majesty.” She had become a young buck overnight.
Emperor Shengyuan sighed. “We have punished the Chi family so severely. Do you hold any resentment?”
Chi Wan immediately rose and bowed. “The thunderous rage and the gentle rain are all expressions of the sovereign’s grace.”
“Alright, sit down. We merely feel that you are still young and may not understand what you have done.”
Emperor Shengyuan was testing her again. She pondered for a moment before saying, “Your Majesty, if given another chance, your subject would still do the same. To eat the sovereign’s grain is to be loyal to the sovereign’s cause. As your subject, I must naturally uphold the integrity of a subject and serve the state.”
No matter how hollow these words were, the emperor liked to hear them. What was the harm in saying them?
“You did the right thing,” Emperor Shengyuan praised. “Besides, you are not Chi Mingwu’s biological child. He was deceiving you all along. It was he who killed your birth mother.”
Emperor Shengyuan felt that Chi Wan was very much to his liking; she could even spin lies on the spot.
Chi Wan was completely stunned. What? They were giving her a new mother?
“What does Your Majesty mean by this?”
“You are actually Chi Mingwen’s daughter. But Chi Mingwu, worried that your mother would contend for the title, harmed her while she was away on a military campaign. He then deceived you into thinking you were his daughter, making you acknowledge a villain as your father.”
She felt that Emperor Shengyuan had fabricated a very outrageous story for her.
Chi Wan had no choice but to play along, pretending to weep bitterly. “Your Majesty, your subject… your subject… Your subject implores Your Majesty to announce this matter to the world.”
She felt that eighty percent of what Emperor Shengyuan said was false, but the false had to become true. Choosing between being an unfilial daughter who sold out her father and avenging her mother—wasn’t the choice obvious?
Once this narrative spread, public opinion would shift entirely. She would no longer be the target of public condemnation, but would instead be seen as a loyal and righteous Fuma.
Emperor Shengyuan was satisfied with her reaction. “We have already tasked Zhou’er with handling this matter.”
“Her Highness…” Chi Wan said, feigning hesitation.
“What is it?”
“I’m afraid Her Highness will not take your subject’s matter to heart.”
Chi Wan looked up at Emperor Shengyuan, who gestured for her to continue. “It is known to all that your subject admires Her Highness, but Her Highness does not like your subject. We have been married for a long time, yet our relationship remains distant. Her Highness is the sovereign, but does your subject have no dignity?”
After saying this, she immediately pleaded for punishment. “Your Majesty, your subject has spoken ill of the Grand Princess. Please punish your subject.”
Just now, Yu Jiuzhou’s attitude towards her had been extremely cold. Although that was indeed the case in the Princess’s Residence, it shouldn’t have been so under the emperor’s nose.
She thought for a long time and decided to voice her predecessor’s thoughts. The emperor surely knew about her predecessor’s treatment in the Princess’s Residence. After the court officials impeached the Grand Princess for not consummating the marriage, even more people knew.
In that case, there was no need for her to pretend their relationship was good. The best course of action was to truthfully describe her predecessor’s situation.
Yu Jiuzhou had passed by without giving her so much as a glance, so she likely didn’t want to pretend they had a good relationship in front of the emperor. It was best to cooperate.
As expected, Emperor Shengyuan’s tone carried a hint of amusement. “What is there to punish? Zhou’er has been spoiled by Us. She has been pampered since she was a child. When she was young, she read folk tales and yearned for some kind of love, but was punished by her Mother Empress for it. Members of the imperial family should not speak of love.”
Emperor Shengyuan was warning Chi Wan not to fall in love with Yu Jiuzhou.
Chi Wan’s head was bowed, her expression fearful, but her eyes were ice-cold. Yu Jiuzhou is a member of the imperial family, but isn’t she also your daughter?
“And you. You are a Qian Yuan and the Fuma. The Princess is the sovereign. If she dislikes you, can’t you find a way to make her like you? We are anxious to hold an imperial grandson.”
Emperor Shengyuan wanted Chi Wan to try to make Yu Jiuzhou like her. He used the term “imperial grandson,” not “maternal grandson.”
Chi Wan understood. The emperor’s meaning was that there could be no love between them, but they had to produce a child. Furthermore, he wanted her to scheme against Yu Jiuzhou behind her back.
She deliberately tested the waters, saying, “Your Majesty, from now on, your subject will only have a sense of duty towards Her Highness.”
“It is good to have a sense of duty.” Emperor Shengyuan’s tone was flat, and his words seemed to have a double meaning. It could mean he wanted her to feel nothing but duty towards Yu Jiuzhou, or it could mean, it’s a good thing you still feel a sense of duty towards the Grand Princess.
It was likely the former.
Chi Wan waited for a while, but Emperor Shengyuan neither dismissed her nor continued speaking.
As time ticked by, Emperor Shengyuan suddenly spoke. “We intend to place the Grand Princess in a position of great importance. As the Fuma, what should you do?”
“Your subject will be a good and virtuous helper,” she said, as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
Chi Wan knew what answer Emperor Shengyuan wanted, but she deliberately refused to give it.
Emperor Shengyuan was so amused by her matter-of-fact attitude that he laughed. “You are a Qian Yuan, acting as a Kun Ze’s virtuous helper?”
So what?
That was what Chi Wan thought, but what she said was, “What would Your Majesty have your subject do?”
“You will do whatever We tell you to do?”
“Your Majesty is the sovereign. If the sovereign wants his subject to die, the subject has no choice but to die,” she declared loudly, professing her loyalty.
“We do not want you to die.”
Emperor Shengyuan’s expression softened. Seeing her bow with clasped hands, he made a gesture as if to help her up, his gaze growing more satisfied. “We know you are sincere. The court is treacherous and unpredictable. We do not feel at ease about Zhou’er. Are you willing to help Us watch over her?”
He phrased it nicely, but it was still an order to spy on Yu Jiuzhou.
Fine. Emperor Shengyuan only has a year or two left to live anyway. I’ll agree for now.
However, she still said, “Your Majesty, your subject is merely the Fuma, while Her Highness is the sovereign…”
“Enough. Just do as We tell you.”
Chi Wan bowed even lower. Emperor Shengyuan studied her for a moment before adding, “What you say is also true. Although a Fuma Duwei is a member of the imperial clan, you are different. You married into the imperial family. In that case…”
“Draft an edict. The Grand Princess holds a position of great honor. Her Fuma concerns the dignity of the imperial family and the order of the state, and thus should be distinguished from the fumas of ordinary princesses. From this day forth, the Grand Princess’s Fuma is distinct from a Fuma Duwei, promoted to the Subordinate First Rank, with a status equal to a Prince of a Commandery.”
The eunuch asked cautiously, “Your Majesty, what about the regulations?”
“They will be the same as a Prince of a Commandery, of course. The Fuma’s fiefdom shall be chosen next to the Grand Princess’s. Let it be Shangyu in Kuaiji.”
With that one sentence, the emperor had transformed Chi Wan from a Subordinate Fifth-Rank Fuma Duwei into a Subordinate First-Rank Fuma, on the same level as the three Princes.
This meant that in the future, she would no longer have to bow to the three Princes. Before, when the Grand Secretary saw her, he could give a slight nod or ignore her entirely. Now, he would have to perform a half-bow upon seeing her.
Furthermore, she now had her own fiefdom. The tax revenue from it would be hers; she would be the local emperor of Shangyu.
Chi Wan had not expected that a single sentence from her could prompt the emperor to invest so heavily.
“Your subject kowtows in thanks for Your Majesty’s sacred grace.”
“Alright, you may go. Zhou’er is waiting for you to leave the palace.”
“Yes.”
The moment Chi Wan left, the old eunuch beside Emperor Shengyuan asked, “Your Majesty, are you not worried that the Fuma will tell Her Highness the Princess what you have said?”
Emperor Shengyuan closed his eyes, his voice chilling. “It’s best if she doesn’t say anything. If she does, do you think Zhou’er will believe her father emperor who has doted on her for years, or the Fuma she detests?”
Emperor Shengyuan was not wrong, but he didn’t know that Yu Jiuzhou had been reborn.
After Chi Wan left the emperor’s bedchamber, a cold wind blew, and she realized her back was covered in a cold sweat.
Promotion and wealth were naturally exciting, but just now, if she had said a single wrong word, the emperor would not have spared her life.
The imperial city was dangerous. It was best for her to leave as soon as possible. All this glory, wealth, and high office were not only restrictive, but also came with daily frights.
When Chi Wan went out, Chen Jin was waiting for her.
“Fuma.”
Chen Jin was a female official, so it was normal for her to enter the palace.
The young eunuch accompanying her saw Chen Jin and quickly said with an apologetic smile, “Since Sister Chen Jin is here, this servant will take his leave.”
Chi Wan waved her hand. “Go on.”
The two left Daming Palace together. Only when they were a good distance away did Chen Jin say, “Fuma, Her Highness sent this servant to escort you.”
“Mm, thank you for your trouble.”
“You are too kind, Fuma.”
Chen Jin hesitated, as if there was something she wanted to say but wasn’t sure if she should.
Chi Wan glanced at her. “If you have something to say, just say it.”
Only then did Chen Jin say, “Fuma, after you were summoned alone by His Majesty, Her Highness was very worried about you.”
The Grand Princess hadn’t said so, but they, her servants, knew.
Otherwise, given Her Highness’s personality, she would not have sent her to escort the Fuma.
Chi Wan smiled. She and Yu Jiuzhou were now two grasshoppers on the same rope. Of course the other party would be worried about her. She didn’t think that in such a short time, Yu Jiuzhou had come to value her so much.
Yu Jiuzhou was waiting for her not far from the palace gates. After leaving Daming Palace, Yu Jiuzhou had first gone to bid farewell to her Mother Empress. Feeling that the time was about right, she decided to leave the palace.
As soon as Chi Wan stepped out of the Imperial Palace, she saw the Grand Princess’s carriage and entourage. She quickened her pace, almost jogging to the carriage.
“Your Highness,” she called out the moment she saw Yu Jiuzhou.
Yu Jiuzhou was sitting upright in the center of the carriage, her eyes closed in rest. She did not open them upon hearing Chi Wan’s voice.
She knew the other was waiting for her to say something.
“Your Highness, His Majesty said he wants to place you in a position of great importance. And he wants your subject to keep an eye on you.”
Yu Jiuzhou: “…”
Chi Wan then recounted everything that had happened in the emperor’s bedchamber, including her own words, without missing a single detail.
Yu Jiuzhou was silent for a moment, then let out a silent, cold laugh. “His Majesty is still the same. A sovereign who enjoys playing with people’s hearts and resorting to trickery.”
Being backstabbed by her own father must have been painful for Yu Jiuzhou. Fortunately, it wasn’t the first time, so she was mentally prepared.
Though that hardly made it any better.
Chi Wan organized her thoughts to offer some comfort. “Your Highness, you…”
“Say no more.” The moment she started, Yu Jiuzhou cut her off. “His Majesty told you to watch me, so you shall watch.”
Watch how I seize this empire.
Yu Jiuzhou stared coldly at Chi Wan, making her wonder what she had said wrong.
“Why is Your Highness looking at your subject like that?”
“His Majesty said for you and me to have a child soon.”
Chi Wan: “…” This was the karmic reward for her nonsense.
“Your Highness, your subject was talking nonsense. It was only to let His Majesty know that when cultivating a crown prince, he need not be limited to the three Princes. Your Highness is also an excellent choice.”
Who said a woman couldn’t be emperor? In this world, it should be, who said a Kun Ze couldn’t be emperor?
Did Yu Jiuzhou not bear the surname Yu?
Yu Jiuzhou raised an eyebrow in surprise. “Do you not know that His Majesty’s intention is to establish an Imperial Grandson?”
Emperor Shengyuan had never considered her. He only thought that their child could be ennobled as a prince, entered into the imperial temple, and then established as the Imperial Grandson. That, too, would be his bloodline.
Chi Wan fell silent. She had thought that since her and Yu Jiuzhou’s child would bear the surname Yu, Yu Jiuzhou could become emperor first, and the throne would ultimately remain with the Yu family.
She had dangled this grand prospect before the emperor to make him consider Yu Jiuzhou, but who knew the emperor would skip over Yu Jiuzhou entirely and come up with the idea of establishing an Imperial Grandson.
“Your subject believes that Your Highness is more suitable to be the crown heir.” This was the difference between modern and ancient ways of thinking.
Chi Wan simply couldn’t understand the idea of having one’s own daughter but passing the throne to someone else just because they were a Qian Yuan. That was why she thought the grand prospect she had painted for the emperor was a good one.
But some ideas were already deeply ingrained. The emperor had thought of an Imperial Grandson, but not of Yu Jiuzhou.
Yu Jiuzhou’s heart was already cold, and now it felt like a block of ice. “I am also a Yu.”
She didn’t say the rest, but there was no need to.
Chi Wan poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to her. “Your Highness, your subject supports you.”
I support you in becoming a Kun Ze Empress.
Yu Jiuzhou hadn’t spelled it out, and neither had she.
The sentence could be interpreted in many ways, but Yu Jiuzhou inexplicably felt that Chi Wan understood her.
Her unspoken words were, I am also a Yu. If others can sit on that throne, so can I.
Silence fell in the carriage. When they arrived at the Princess’s Residence, the two disembarked.
It was already late. Chi Wan was thinking of returning to her own small courtyard first and attending to the Grand Princess the next day.
But to her surprise, Yu Jiuzhou said, “Follow me.”
Chi Wan followed behind her, and the two went to the study.
Yu Jiuzhou gestured for her to sit. “His Majesty’s order—what do you plan to do?”
“His Majesty told your subject to watch Your Highness. Didn’t Your Highness just tell your subject to watch?” Chi Wan replied.
“His Majesty wants you and I to have a child.” Saying it again, Yu Jiuzhou couldn’t stop the tips of her ears from turning red. Fortunately, it was dark, and only two candles were lit, so it wasn’t very clear.
After steadying herself, she continued, “You told His Majesty that we are not on good terms, so His Majesty told you to find a way. Do you understand His Majesty’s meaning?”
You father and daughter speak so cryptically, who could possibly understand what you’re talking about?
Chi Wan thought carefully for a moment and suddenly understood. “His Majesty means for me to pursue you, to make Your Highness willing to, er…” to have a child with her. She couldn’t bring herself to say the last part.
However, even though she hadn’t been pursuing Yu Jiuzhou, hadn’t she been serving and trying to please her all this time?
Yu Jiuzhou: “…”
That was the gist of it, but there was no need to be so blunt.
Seeing her silence, Chi Wan smiled. “I understand. I am the Fuma, a Qian Yuan. I should take the initiative. Her Highness can then go with the flow.”
Go with the flow and do what? Go with the flow and actually have a child!
Yu Jiuzhou gripped her teacup so tightly she nearly threw it at her. What kind of outrageous nonsense was she spouting?
“No, I will reject you.”
At least in the beginning, she had to reject Chi Wan to put Emperor Shengyuan at ease and prevent him from suspecting they were putting on an act.
Of course, their relationship was already strained. The only reason they could sit together for a short while was because she had discovered that the person inside this body was not that scumbag.
But she still didn’t know who was inside this body.
They couldn’t even be considered friends at the moment; their cooperation was forced upon them by Emperor Shengyuan.
Although they had already collaborated on several matters.
Hearing that the other party would still reject her, Chi Wan said nonchalantly, “You have always been rejecting me.” Not just rejecting, but wanting to kill her from time to time.
Yu Jiuzhou was at a loss for words. “Shut up.”
Chi Wan picked up the tea Chun Gui had just served, took a small sip, and said no more.
“As for His Majesty’s meaning, you can figure it out for yourself.”
There were some things Yu Jiuzhou was unwilling to say too plainly. Besides, Chi Wan’s understanding was not wrong.
Having grown up in the imperial palace and later contended with others—the court officials, the three Princes, the new emperor—so many years of tempering had taught her how to accomplish things while under the least amount of pressure.
Regardless of her relationship with Chi Wan, for now, forming a cooperative partnership was the best option.
Emperor Shengyuan was still alive, and Prince Bao’an had not yet risen to prominence. The main conflict revolved around Prince Zhongshan and Prince Ying, so she could proceed slowly.
Next, His Majesty would delegate power to her, making her a Grand Princess with supreme authority. At that time, the three Princes would all try to win her over. She needed to maintain a balance among them, preferably siding with none.
Otherwise, His Majesty would surely take back the power he had given her.
Yu Jiuzhou had a plan for this. The only variable was Chi Wan. Chi Wan was no longer that scumbag and knew many things.
Her medical skills alone—the suppression patches she developed, and various pills—not to mention how much money they earned, could truly benefit Kun Ze and Qian Yuan. They could also solve, on a large scale, some of the criminal cases in Great Zhou caused by the Rain and Dew Period and the Susceptibility Period.
Kun Ze did not want to emit their scents everywhere, but they couldn’t prevent malicious Qian Yuan. With the suppression patches, it was different; it would be much harder for that trash to succeed.
In her previous life, when Yu Jiuzhou returned to her fiefdom, she had heard that some parents, in order to force their Kun Ze daughters into marriage, would let a Qian Yuan into their room during their Rain and Dew Period. In the end, what’s done was done, a truly despicable act.
Today, Chi Wan had also given her two formulas, one for salt production and one for making honeycomb briquettes. As long as these two were produced, the people of Great Zhou would be blessed.
Chi Wan’s performance at the New Year’s Eve banquet was also excellent. She had thought that accomplishing this would tarnish her reputation and earn her the scorn of the world, but Chi Wan had completed the task while standing on the high ground of morality and law.
In the future, anyone who brought it up would be denying the words of the sages and the hierarchy of Heaven, Earth, Sovereign, Parent, and Teacher. They would be saying that loyalty to the emperor was a lie, that the sovereign-father was not as important as one’s own father. While this was the truth, who would dare say it openly?
Of course, there would be no shortage of gossip behind her back, and some in the court would surely use this to attack Chi Wan from time to time, focusing on her unfilial conduct without involving the emperor.
Those scholars were the best at wordplay; they could always find a point of attack.
However, what Chi Wan had managed to do was already very good. If Chi Mingwu hadn’t been biased and registered Chi Wan under his second sister’s name, neither the emperor nor she, the Grand Princess, would have had any good solutions.
Yu Jiuzhou had already assigned the task of fabricating the story to her secret guards. By tomorrow morning, the rumor would have spread everywhere, and Chi Wan’s reputation would naturally no longer be flawed.
Chi Wan had also thought of this and thanked her warmly, “Your subject must still thank Your Highness for taking pains over my reputation.”
“There is no need. I was the one who sent you to Qingyuan County, and His Majesty was the one who ordered me to do this.”
Yu Jiuzhou’s tone was calm, making it impossible to discern her thoughts.
Chi Wan, of course, knew. “An imperial command is an imperial command, but taking pains is taking pains.”
“Insolent!”
She says one thing but means another.
Chi Wan chuckled lightly. “Then Your Highness should just wait and see how your subject pursues you.”
Yu Jiuzhou: “…”
Footnotes:
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Fuma Duwei (驸马都尉): A more formal and elevated version of the Fuma title, often including a specific military or court appointment (Duwei meaning “Commandant” or “Chief Commandant”). It implied both noble status and an official position.
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Imperial Grandson (皇太孫): The term refers to a female Qian Yuan, since a female Qian Yuan and a female Kun Ze cannot produce a male Qian Yuan. I couldn’t find a suitable alternative, so I’ve kept “Imperial Grandson” throughout the text for consistency.
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