In that complicated harem, a woman's fate can be changed by a momentary move. Zhen Huan in "The Legend of Zhen Huan", her life is like an inescapable palace fight, however, in this seemingly ruthless conspiracy, there is a character who observes silently and is far-sighted, she is the queen mother.
The story begins with Zhen Huan returning to the palace, when she left the palace, she fell out of favor, her heart was like ashes, and she went to the temple just for the sentence "Wanwan Zhiqing". The reason why Zhen Huan returned to the palace was not simply to return to the whirlpool of power schemes, but also because she thought that her beloved King Guojun had died in an accident. This sudden news crushed the last trace of persistence in Zhen Huan's heart, and she was unexpectedly pregnant when she was disheartened. In order to make this child justifiable, and to find out the real reason for the death of King Guojun, she chose to return to the palace.
However, when Zhen Huan returned to the palace, she didn't notice that her every step was watched by a pair of eyes from the depths of the palace. These eyes belong to a far-sighted and well-informed woman - the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother is well aware of the changes in the harem, and her sensitivity to power schemes has long made her have doubts about the reason why Zhen Huan returned to the palace.
The Queen Mother did not simply accept Zhen Huan's return, but began to test Zhen Huan many times when she was pregnant. The first time was when Zhen Huan went to ask the Queen Mother for peace, her belly was much larger than that of ordinary pregnant women, which aroused the suspicion of the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother asked her bluntly why her belly looked so big. However, Zhen Huan wittily responded that it was a twin, and the Queen Mother chose to believe it in the face of Zhen Huan, who was very smart, but the doubts in her heart did not dissipate.
The second time was after Zhen Huan gave birth to a child, the Queen Mother sent her henchman Zhu Xi to "check" the twins. At that time, Zhu Xi said a sentence with deep meaning: "The little brother and the little princess are very similar to Concubine Xi between their eyebrows and eyes." And the meaning of Zhu Xi's words is that I can be sure that the child is like a mother, and I dare not say that it is like a father.
When the Queen Mother saw the child, she mentioned that the child's skin color was different from that of the emperor when he was a child, but this suspicion did not attract the emperor's attention. Then, the emperor proposed that one of the twins should be named by himself, and the other should be named by Zhen Huan, but the queen mother said that she wanted to name Meizhuang's children, indicating that the queen mother still did not believe in Zhen Huan, but valued Shen Meizhuang's children more.
The third and most classic scene is "blood to recognize relatives", the Queen Mother knew that Zhen Huan's twin sons had problems, but she did not come forward to expose them, but chose to remain silent, the only reason is: The Queen Mother also wants to confirm whether her suspicions are true. It is precisely because of the acquiescence of the Queen Mother that the famous scene of the blood test can be "carried out smoothly".
Although this time dispelled everyone's suspicions, Zhen Huan did everything possible to block it at that time, and the Queen Mother may not have been unaware. And the reason why the Queen Mother did not come forward to expose it was to balance the queen. The queen killed Chunyuan and killed many princes of the emperor, the queen mother knew this, and the heir came first in her heart, so she would not have a grudge against the queen.
The queen mother wants to keep the Wulanala family and balance the queen, so she needs to find someone who can compete with her, and this person is Zhen Huan. Moreover, although Zhen Huan has a son, she still supports the fourth elder brother to take the throne, which is what the Queen Mother wants to see. So it doesn't matter if Zhen Huan gave birth to the emperor's child or not.
It is more beneficial for the Queen Mother not to expose Zhen Huan than to expose her, Zhen Huan helped the fourth elder brother to take the throne, the Queen Mother saved the royal face, and at the same time, the Queen Mother was also restrained. Zhen Huan may not know until she dies that the Queen Mother has already seen through everything, but she chose to be silent. In that turbulent harem, silence is the highest wisdom.