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Xue Ronghua observed the emperor's expression without batting an eyelid, and just as Chu Zongge had said,

"What do you think about the construction of the Luan Feng Palace?"

Xue Ronghua earnestly looked around the entire palace. Even though there were only broken walls left, she could still imagine what it was like before from such a huge courtyard, "Since Luan Feng Palace can be named after the word phoenix, I think it must be an extremely luxurious and luxurious palace."

"Mm," the Emperor looked at her appreciatively. "From the few times I've talked to you, I feel that you really aren't like a simple concubinage."

Xue Ronghua was startled, then anxiously laughed: "A servant's daughter is only a little concubine's child, it's nothing much."

"Putting you in the position of first wife is also a clear choice. Just consider it as giving Prince Duan a wedding gift," the Emperor suddenly looked at her. "However, Prince Duan marrying you as a concubinage was beyond our expectations."

"This subject's daughter also did not expect that Prince Duan would actually be interested in a mere concubinage like me."

The emperor's eyes gazed lovingly at the willow branches fluttering in the wind. "This child is indeed like his mother. He is someone who isn't restrained by the secular world."

"Prince Duan of the Prince Duan, Mrs. Heyi," Xue Ronghua slowly probed, "What kind of woman is she in the end?"

"She?" The emperor smiled, his eyes filled with affection. "She's the woman I love the most in this life."

Xue Ronghua covered her mouth in shock. She thought that the Emperor would circle around a few more times, she didn't think that she would directly say the truth. As expected, Noble Consort Kang and Empress Chen kept Chu Zongge in the dark all along.

"Then... Prince Duan even told me that he, mother, is extremely unfavoured. "

"How did the Prince Duan come to such a conclusion?" The Emperor laughed, "I have never said such a thing."

"When the Prince Duan saw that the Emperor didn't like him participating in the fight to ascend the throne, that was why … Furthermore, many people think that the Mrs. Heyi lives so far away because they aren't favoured. "

"How could that be," the Emperor lightly smiled, "It's just a random guess by a busybody. It's because I didn't want the other concubines' scheming and scheming to disturb her, that I set up a Luan Feng Palace furthest from the Bedchamber, just for her to live in."

She had never seen the Emperor with such deep feelings. Xue Ronghua took a deep breath, "Then Prince Duan would be very happy to know that. He always thought that it was Mrs. Heyi who wasn't favored by the Emperor."

"It's not like I haven't doted on Prince Duan," the Emperor said with a smile. "This child has never had a mother since he was young, so naturally he's very sensitive and suspicious. The quasi wangfei has to take good care of Prince Duan for me."

Xue Ronghua nodded her head: "This subject will carry out her duties."

A young eunuch suddenly came over, saluted, and turned to the emperor, saying, "Your majesty, Changchun Palace invites you."

The emperor slightly frowned, "What does Changchun Palace want to ask us to do? Has something happened to the crown prince?"

The eunuch replied, "It's because the empress has matters to attend to, but she didn't specifically say anything."

Something big must have happened to be able to move the Empress Chen to invite him. Xue Ronghua tactfully took a step back, "Since the Empress has sent someone to invite us, it must be because something urgent has occurred.

The Emperor nodded and followed the eunuch.

The fragrant mist shrouded the Weiyang Palace, prompting people to fall asleep. Noble Consort Kang was originally resting on the bed when a eunuch beside the empress suddenly invited her to go to Changchun Palace.

"What is it? Is there something wrong with the empress? " Noble Consort Kang narrowed her eyes in displeasure.

"The Emperor and Empress are both in Changchun Palace, I hope the Noble Consort would hurry up."

The word "Emperor" immediately sobered Noble Consort Kang up by half. She immediately stood up from the bed, changed her clothes, and rushed towards the Changchun Palace.

By the time she arrived, the Emperor and Empress had already been sitting in their upper seats, waiting for her. Their expressions were calm, as if they were preparing for a storm.

The Noble Consort Kang anxiously saluted and said, "Chenqie pays her respects to Your Majesty, Empress."

The Empress Chen smiled with an unknown meaning, "Sister came very late, was there something on the way?"

Noble Consort Kang's heart skipped a beat. Something big must have happened, the moment Empress Chen opened his mouth, he wanted to find her.

"Get up," the emperor said faintly. "Actually, the empress doesn't need to specifically call the Noble Consort over, the Noble Consort might not know about this."

Empress Chen smiled, "This matter concerns brother Noble Consort. As for concubine, it is better for Noble Consort to know about it."

Noble Consort Kang raised her head in a daze, "This matter concerns brother Chenqie?"

"That's right," the Empress Chen said with a smile, but hidden the edge of his mouth: "Back then, our Liu’sArmy was completely annihilated on the battlefield, so it wasn't an accident."

The emperor lowered his head slightly, and looked at her with his heavy eyes, "Your brother Kang Zhiming had colluded with the military, embezzled the pay, and caused the Liu’sArmy to be trapped on the battlefield without food and support. Thus, he lost the battle and lost the lives of the entire army."

Noble Consort Kang felt as if she was struck by lightning and stood rooted to the spot, "How is this possible?

"Don't worry Noble Consort," the Empress Chen comforted softly. "We have only exposed a small corner of what has just happened. We still need to carefully investigate it layer by layer."

The Noble Consort Kang ignored her pretentious words and said hurriedly, "Your majesty, big brother just delivered two hundred boxes of gold and silver to the Subei to help the victims. And now, there's the matter of him embezzling the military's salary.

Empress Chen showed an expression of confusion, "If it's done meritorious service, wouldn't Kang Zhiming do the work of rescuing the victims? Doesn't Noble Consort mean that Kang Zhiming rescued the victims because he wanted to compensate the guilt of the embezzlement?"

The Noble Consort Kang glared at the gloating Empress Chen fiercely. "Esteemed Empress, could it be that the embezzlement was handled by you? How could you be so serious about it?"

The Empress Chen said with a stern expression: "Kang Zhiming's sister is, after all, someone in charge of this palace.

"This concubine knows nothing about the complete annihilation of the Liu’sArmy back then. This concubine also believes that brother would not do something like embezzling military salaries."

"Sister, don't be anxious," the Empress Chen pursed his lips and smiled, "Your highness still has to personally investigate the details of the cause and effect."

The Noble Consort Kang looked at the Emperor with tears in her eyes. Liu’sArmy was Liu Chengyun's maternal family.

"Noble Consort," the Emperor said slowly, "Your brother seems to enjoy interacting with the ministers of the imperial court."

Noble Consort Kang was startled and said hesitantly, "... This concubine is not too clear about the matters outside the palace. "

"You don't know," the Emperor's eyes grew colder, "Then does Prince Jin know?"

Noble Consort Kang said in shock, "Prince Jin … How could the Prince Jin be clear about the political affairs of the imperial court? "

"It seems that in the eyes of the Noble Consort, the Prince Jin is indeed a carefree prince," the Emperor said with a light smile. "I will thoroughly investigate the matter of your brother Kang Zhiming embezzling military salaries, don't worry."

"Your Majesty, chenqie knows that Liu’sArmy is Mrs. Heyi's maternal family, I beg that Your Majesty …"

"Mrs. Heyi?" Empress Chen raised his eyebrows, "Why is this matter related to Mrs. Heyi?"

The emperor's cold eyes swept across her indifferently, "Noble Consort means, since it's your Mrs. Heyi's maternal family, we definitely won't do as you say, right?"

Noble Consort Kang knew she said the wrong thing and immediately explained, "No, chenqie doesn't mean that. Chenqie only hopes that the emperor will believe you.

"Everyone in the entire capital knows that the richest person, Kang Zhiming, has managed to solve the famine in Subei and has treated him as a meritorious general."

The emperor's expression darkened once again. He gently shook off the Noble Consort Kang's hand, flicked his sleeve, and left. Noble Consort kneeled down in the hall in panic, feeling his boundless anger from his back.

Empress Chen looked like he was watching a good show. He squinted his eyes dangerously and said, "A few days ago, you were threatening me with the matter of poisoning Big Sis Shu. How did today become my elder brother plotting to kill Liu’sArmy?"

"Noble Consort is too naive. How can I possibly bring such an insignificant matter like poisoning my elder sister to the Emperor to talk about? I was just telling you to scare you, so that you would lose your guard. All you think about is this matter, and have forgotten about the other things."

Noble Consort Kang bit her lips so hard that they almost broke as she said hatefully, "The Empress is indeed powerful, to the point that the concubine did not expect it at all."

Empress Chen gave a sweet smile and said: "I am a queen of the world, after all. Noble Consort was younger by five years, and in the end, I was still a little naive.

"Empress's words are reasonable," Noble Consort Kang said with a smile. "It can be seen that the crown prince is very clever. Although he has been in the Eastern Palace for a long time and has never seen the crown prince do anything great, everyone knows that the crown prince will definitely achieve great things in the future."

Empress Chen heard the sarcasm in her words and said with a cold smile, "The Crown Prince is after all, just an official. He still has to listen to the emperor and accumulate experience as the main point, so he doesn't have to do anything big. As expected, the Prince Jin didn't become a Crown Prince, and this confused Noble Consort for a while."

"I am not the only one who is confused about this huge harem," Noble Consort Kang said with a smile. "After being her double for so many years, I don't know if it is true confusion or false ignorance."

"I knew that the Noble Consort Kang was going to bring up Liu Chengyun," the Empress Chen sighed, "All these years, when the Noble Consort spoke to me, there was nothing else that we could talk about.

"So many years have passed, this old account is still hanging on the Empress's heart, so naturally I have to take it out and read it carefully," Noble Consort Kang said with a smile. "Just now, the Empress spoke of Liu Chengyun with complete confidence, and even the Emperor had to refer to him as Mrs. Heyi."

"Your Majesty's title of calling Liu Chengyun had nothing to do with empty shell like Mrs. Heyi," the Empress Chen smiled, "Even though Noble Consort Kang was trying her best to use her to oppress me, in reality, she doesn't understand her at all."

"The empress has lived in the Phoenix Position for twenty years, how could I know more than the empress? Luckily the empress and Mrs. Heyi weren't the only ones in the palace back then, otherwise, the Madame would have died with grievances."

Empress Chen's smile immediately stiffened at the corner of his lips. A trace of malice flashed past her eyes as she looked at Noble Consort Kang with a heavy gaze.

Noble Consort Kang was rather pleased, "Empress, why are you looking at your concubine like this? Could it be that your concubine's heaven's Mrs. Heyi is not allowed to express any concern?"

Empress Chen sneered: "When I was alive, I didn't care. If I died, why are you still talking nonsense here?"

"She can't find justice when she's still alive, can't she find justice when she's dead and let her rest in peace?"