[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-a-foodie-transmigrated-into-the-palace":3,"chapter-a-foodie-transmigrated-into-the-palace-a-foodie-transmigrated-into-the-palace-chapter-831":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","A Foodie Transmigrated into the Palace",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},410912,676,"Chapter 831: What If I Really Act Like an Ingrate?","a-foodie-transmigrated-into-the-palace-chapter-831",831,"\u003Cp>Exile? Servitude? Never allowed to enter the capital again?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These words, like sharp knives, twisted around in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tearing her heart into pieces, the pain piercing through her bone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Emperor!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She broke down, losing her last bit of sanity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She no longer cared about anything and started shouting loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So much for a powerful, grateful Emperor!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it weren’t for back then...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mother!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Empress Dowager sneered coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t call me mother! I am not your mother!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Junyao’s heart also turned cold, and he laughed directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All the better, I don’t want to be your son anyway!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All those things you did to me in the past, I won’t hold it against you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This time, you conspired against The King, punishable by law! But I am still merciful enough just to deal with the Shih Family and Rong Family, to appease the masses!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I haven’t taken their lives, that’s already a great mercy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’re even then, from now on, we owe each other nothing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager suddenly spat a mouthful of old blood and then burst into laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So much for great mercy, so much for owing nothing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good! Good! Good!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Empress Dowager repeated the word \"good\" three times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you have the guts, kill me, tell everyone under heaven that I harmed you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go ahead, kill me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The efforts I made over these years, the great support of the Shih Family back then, were all for an ingrate like you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Junyao wasn’t angry, just sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since you say I’m an ingrate, then what harm is there in playing the part?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing his conscience, he felt no guilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the years, the Shih Family committed many vile deeds under the guise of their power and influence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had merely given them light punishments and let things slide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noble Concubine Shih enjoyed immense favor in the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was he not good to her? Even now, he is full of tolerance!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And how respectful and filial he was to the Empress Dowager back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And how did the Empress Dowager treat him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that he could tolerate no more, were they satisfied?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Junyao slowly began to understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They supported him, but it wasn’t genuine support.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Merely wanting to use past merits to lord over and wield power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They repeatedly tested his boundaries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as he made a move, they would jump out and call him an ingrate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that is the case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he must indeed play the part of the ingrate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having understood this, he felt relieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Empress Dowager saw the Emperor completely disregarding her threats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she panicked thoroughly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What to do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surely she couldn’t be truly exiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she softened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She started to cry and beg, listing how difficult it was to protect him in the deep palace back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Empress Dowager spoke with tears streaming down her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Junyao remained unmoved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ridiculous!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was already labeled an ingrate; why be soft-hearted?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bond they shared had long been exhausted by their incessant greed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a bond was nonsense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was fed up with these melodramatic antics!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s no need to say more, the imperial edict is issued, the decision is made!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whether you accept it or not, nothing can change it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Empress Dowager broke down, loudly questioning him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why, why?! What on earth for?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I just wanted to help the Shih Family a bit, is that so unwelcome to you? After all, they helped you so much!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Junyao sneered coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Grand Tutor Shih is already in an extremely high position; what more help is needed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An imperial tutor, the highest of officials, second only to one, above ten thousand, still not enough?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Would you be satisfied only if I gave him the throne?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Empress Dowager was left speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Junyao no longer wanted to say anything else, he snorted coldly and turned to leave!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Empress Dowager felt dead inside, collapsing to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was like a candle burned out, an oil lamp exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Planning all her life for the Shih Family, for Prince Yan, for Junqi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until she could plan no more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lay slumped on the ground, eyes vacant, suddenly much older.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked towards the empty doors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qingyun was not there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qingyun would never rush over again to help her up, saying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Empress Dowager, don’t worry, everything will get better!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not ever again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last straw broke her, and the Empress Dowager finally burst into tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the door, indeed, no one came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Qingyun, Qingyun!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After crying, the Empress Dowager forced herself to go out to look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the main hall of Ningshou Palace, there wasn’t a soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All were gone, empty and void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Someone, anyone!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She screamed like a madwoman, shoes and clothes all fallen off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she paid no heed, still running around looking everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seen from a distance, she was just like a madwoman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Early the next day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The concubines learned of this enormous news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Last night, someone drugged the Emperor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And it seems the Empress Dowager was involved.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, everyone was shocked beyond belief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No way!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ruqing couldn’t believe it either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wasn’t everything fine last night?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She only remembered the wine being good, drinking quite a bit herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t recall what happened afterward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps... because she came back early, she missed some dramatic scene?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zi Yue and Zi Su didn’t know either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their master got drunk last night, so they indeed returned early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, everyone was drunk and came back early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Harem was in a daze until now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterwards, another shocking news came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Noble Concubine Shih was interrogated at the Punishment Department last night! Beaten all over and sent back to Xifu Palace!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ruqing and all the concubines were hit with another wave of shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one dared gossip about what exactly happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All afraid, they stayed quietly in their palaces, not daring even to visit one another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ruqing also didn’t dare to step out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The Emperor must be infuriated now! Getting caught in the fallout would be disastrous!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’But... I can’t help but worry about him!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being drugged by his own mother, the feeling... must be terrible!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noble Concubine Shih must also be implicated because of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... why would they drug the Emperor, a death-worthy crime?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without much thought, Xia Ruqing could guess most of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once again, trying to seduce the Emperor!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ruqing secretly felt unhappy:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems being too handsome and charismatic is indeed a flaw!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nevertheless, Xia Ruqing was very sympathetic toward Zhao Junyao this time!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zi Yue asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Madam, do you want... to go to Zhaochen Palace?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, perhaps only the madam could comfort the Emperor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ruqing shook her head repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, I’m not going...\" Are you kidding, going now means courting death!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Emperor gets angry and recognizes no relatives, what then?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She has three children and doesn’t want to die!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as she finished speaking, there came a report from outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Emperor has arrived!\" It was Xiao Xizi’s voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ruqing was stunned to hear it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What’s going on? An illusion? Or... really?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zi Yue tugged at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, go welcome the Emperor!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1205,"2026-05-30T07:41:22.096Z","2026-06-01T04:30:40.316Z",1,"novelbin.me","c4f24ec290824f659ae3b4467ed7f961669158d7d1969383ba6158dc7311883f","a-foodie-transmigrated-into-the-palace-chapter-832","a-foodie-transmigrated-into-the-palace-chapter-830",1204,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fa-foodie-transmigrated-into-the-palace-cover.jpg"]