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Looking at the beauty in front of him who was only wearing a thin layer of gauze, the corner of the crown prince's mouth almost went up to his ears. He smiled until his eyes became a slit, and he couldn't help but touch the beauty's shoulder.

"Don't," the beauty's cheeks were blushing red as she shyly pushed his hand away, "Your servant came to dance, don't do such a thing, Crown Prince."

The crown prince was mesmerized by her shy little woman's attitude. "What kind of thing is this? This crown prince has been in the palace for too long. I don't know what you outsiders are thinking."

The beauty moaned charmingly as she glanced at him shyly, "Crown Prince, don't play tricks on this servant. Don't let others hear you. You can only blame this servant for bewitching the Crown Prince."

"There's only the two of us in this huge East Palace. Who dares to say a word about it? I will definitely have their heads chopped off." The crown prince pulled the beauty into his arms with a dazed look on his face.

The two of them were in a moment of deep love when a palace maid knocked on the door in a flurry.

The Crown Prince raised his face up from the beauty's chest in displeasure and scolded her angrily, "Don't you know what I'm doing? Who dares to come and disturb me?"

The palace maid cried out in a tearful tone, "Forgive me, Crown Prince. It's just that the empress has come. Her phoenix sedan has already stopped outside the Eastern Palace."

The crown prince was stunned and immediately sobered up as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over him. He put on his clothes with one hand and pushed aside the beauty with the other before shouting angrily towards the door, "How did you all do things? The empress only notified me when we arrived at the Eastern Palace."

The palace maid was anxious. "Forgive me, Crown Prince. This servant just found out that the empress came so suddenly."

"Alright, alright." The crown prince hurriedly coaxed the beauty out of the room. "This meeting is not convenient. Next time, this crown prince will call for you."

The beauty pouted in anger. She reluctantly picked up the clothes and asked, "Isn't the crown prince above everyone else? Why are you still afraid of your mother?"

These words were too disgraceful. The Crown Prince's face sank and he gritted his teeth, "Just get out and shut your mouth tight."

The beauty had only teased him unintentionally. Seeing that the Crown Prince's face was pale, she hurriedly put on her clothes and took the gold from the palace maid, rolling far away.

Empress Chen's face was covered in dark clouds, she could tell what the crown prince was doing from his untied clothes.

"The emperor told you to read more history books, did you?"

The Crown Prince nodded his head like a chick pecking rice, "I've read it, I dare not fail the mission given to me by the Royal Father."

"Alright," the Empress Chen slightly raised his hand, "Go to the Crown Prince's study and bring a history book over."

The Crown Prince was shocked, his face was embarrassed, "mother, isn't this history book asked by Royal Father?"

"Why?" Empress Chen raised his eyebrows with a smile, "mother can even ask a single question?"

"No …" The Crown Prince hesitated for a long time before speaking the truth, "Actually, I have not seen much."

Empress Chen was so angry that his entire body was trembling, he almost wanted to throw the cup of tea in his hands over, "You did not complete the mission given by Royal Father, and yet you are still so magnanimous."

"But I really didn't watch it." The Crown Prince smiled apologetically.

Empress Chen slammed the table angrily, "You stupid thing, you can't even compare up to Prince Jin and Prince Duan in everything. You only rely on your position as the king to put on airs."

"mother, why are you still scolding me in front of so many people?" The crown prince looked at her in dissatisfaction.

"If it weren't for me constantly protecting you in front of the Emperor, how could you still be sitting in the Eastern Palace to enjoy your bliss? You would have been chased out long ago."

"That's why it's all because of mother, I know," the Crown Prince said with a smile. "If it wasn't for mother, I wouldn't have been able to get the position of the Lord."

"You, since you have the mother supporting you, you should read properly and must not lose to the Prince Duan and the Prince Jin," the Empress Chen said as he held his forehead in frustration. "The Prince Jin's uncle might not be able to protect you, so the Prince Jin will probably suffer too, but the Prince Duan and the Emperor are getting closer and closer. Sooner or later, he will snatch your position away."

The crown prince smilingly said, "As long as mother is here, I'm not afraid of anything. No matter how nice it is, Prince Duan is just an unfavoured prince born from a concubine. Ke'er is different, and I'm the empress's eldest son."

Empress Chen looked at his naive and innocent face, and said with complicated feelings: "Since you are the eldest son, you should properly improve your own abilities, and not waste the things bestowed by the heavens."

The Crown Prince hurriedly nodded, "Your son understands. Your son will go read the history book tomorrow."

"Have you been hanging out with dancers recently?" Empress Chen squinted his eyes as he scrutinized him. "I smell that fat pink on your body and it's like you're vomiting."

The Crown Prince rubbed his nose, "If mother doesn't like it, I won't let them come."

"If I had known earlier, I would have told you to quickly marry a Crown Princess, just like how a Prince Duan would, and eliminate your unruly nature."

"Don't, your son hasn't found a Crown Princess he likes yet. I'll take in a few concubines first before I think about it."

"Your eyes can only admire the Muse, how can you possibly see the young miss of a noble family?" Empress Chen pondered for a moment, "Wait for the summer, I'll open another floral feast to help you look for some other things."

"The last time mother opened his Hundred Blossom Banquet, it was filled with boring vases like Xue Liuhua. This son is not interested."

"Crown Princess is first to be docile. I can see that a few of the young masters and mistresses here aren't bad. I'll show you one day."

"Sigh," the crown prince was puzzled, "When will Prince Duan and the quasi wangfei get married?"

"Whatever you care about, just read your book."

"mother isn't surprised that they kept stalling for time and did not complete the marriage?"

Empress Chen was very clear that the Crown Prince and Prince Jin were still blocking him from taking the throne. Prince Duan was worried, but this matter was very complicated, so he did not want to cause trouble for the Crown Prince.

"He isn't even my child, so why would I care about his marriage?" The Empress Chen's expression became serious, "The one I care about the most right now is you."

The Crown Prince laughed, "Don't worry mother. Imperial Tutor Chang Kui'er is very talented, as long as you put in the effort, everything will be fine."

"By the blessing of the heavens, the Emperor decrees: We will be taught by the Court of Canon, and we will lead nine armies to rest. Kowalski should be supported by four stars. It was a ritual. Carrier sianlon. Zhang family Biyun, the daughter of the Ningguo Duke, De Yun, a gentle, sexualistic, and courteous woman. So Zhang Biyun was conferred with the title Consort Hua. This is it! " The eunuch announced with a face full of smiles, "This old servant congratulates the Empress."

Xue Liuhua bent her body down, the pain in her eyes was so intense that tears were about to fall.

Although he was conferred the title of an imperial concubine under someone else's name, he was still trying to fight for a good future for the child in his belly.

After Ru Yan helped the Consort Hua borrow the decree, he quickly helped her up. "Congratulations, esteemed lady.

Xue Liuhua laughed with teary eyes: "It can be said that my hard work these past few months has not been in vain.

"Empress, the Emperor also ordered the opening of the palace, allowing you to freely walk around the palace," Ru Yan whispered, "The Emperor still feels sorry for the Empress."

"Heartache?" Xue Liuhua slightly moved the corner of her mouth, "I just saw that I had a child, that's all. I was just afraid of hurting Longzi."

Seeing that she was not too happy about it, Ru Yan waved for the palace maid to bring a bowl of bird's nest, "In the imperial harem, it is mother's fault that child was noble, and also because child's sake that child was noble. The Divine Feathers Empress has a strong family of people, but you have to seize this opportunity.

Xue Liuhua smiled slightly, "Even a mere palace maid like you knows that the crown prince does not have any ability at all, let alone the others.

"Empress Chen is someone that the Emperor dotes on. No matter how bad her child is, he will still be treated as a treasure."

"It's just that this way, it's rather pitiful for Prince Jin and his, Prince Duan not being pampered is fine," Xue Liuhua said as her eyes flashed, "But Prince Jin's mother is the blood sister of the wealthiest person in the capital, yet such a talented prince still has to submit himself to others, it's truly not worth it."

Ru Yan was startled, she suddenly laughed and covered her mouth.

Xue Liuhua was puzzled: "What are you laughing for, did I say the wrong thing?"

Ru Yan bit her lips and said: "Empress, Prince Duan is alright, but I'm not."

Xue Liuhua said anxiously: "Prince Jin's uncle has only just solved the famine in Subei, how is that not possible?"

"The Empress has been in the palace for too long, so she doesn't know what happened outside," Ru Yan hurriedly patted her back. "Uncle Prince Jin is suspected of colluding with officials.

Xue Liuhua's expression froze, and the bowl in her hands fell to the ground with a sound. It shattered into pieces, and her bird's nest spilled all over the ground.

Ru Yan quickly kneeled on the ground, "This servant is guilty, I do not know that the Empress is unaware of what is happening outside the palace, and have disturbed the Empress, please forgive me."

"You … Whose family's salary did Kang Zhiming swallow? "

"Back then in the Liu’sArmy, when the Liu’sArmy was trapped in the battlefield, without food or relief, they were surrounded by the Great Qi army and were completely annihilated."

Xue Liuhua collapsed weakly onto the chair, her lips trembling so hard that she couldn't say a word.

This is a matter of the Prince Jin's family, it has nothing to do with the Empress. Do not bring it up with the Emperor, the emperor will always hear of the Prince Jin from time to time, and this servant does not look too well.

Xue Liuhua closed her eyes in exhaustion and took a deep breath. "What about Prince Jin?"

"He hasn't been in the palace, but since the Noble Consort Kang is ill, he should be entering the palace."

"It's best that we don't enter the palace," Xue Liuhua said as she facepalmed. "Once Kang Zhiming falls and the Noble Consort is ill, the Empress will definitely be in trouble. His best choice right now is to go to the Prince Duan."

"The Empress is pregnant, so there's no need to worry."

"No," Xue Liuhua shook her head and stood up in a hurry, "Prepare the carriage, I want to go to Imperial Study."

Ru Yan immediately advised: "Empress, the noon sun is the most poisonous, please be careful."

"Prince Jin is already in this state, why should I be worried about my body?" Xue Liuhua shouted hoarsely towards the outside, "Men!"

Prince Jin drank a mouthful of wine and squinted his eyes under the intense sunlight, "You're here."

Xue Ronghua raised her eyebrows, and swept her eyes across the glass wine pot in front of him, "Has there been any new wine in the Tingxue Building?"

Prince Jin raised the cup in his hand and smiled. "Do you want to try the Quasi Royal Consort?"

"It's not a bad name to pour," Xue Ronghua said as she lightly pushed the cup away. "It's just that it's not easy to drink wine these days."

The Prince Jin shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "Then what about the matter I talked about with the would-be wangfei the other day? Has Prince Duan considered it yet?"

Xue Ronghua smiled sweetly, "Let's not talk about what Prince Duan is thinking first, Prince Jin has something to consider as well."

The Prince Jin was rather magnanimous, "You mean the empress? She has already sent uncle to prison, what else is there to consider?"

"Although Kang Zhiming has collapsed, you and the Noble Consort are still here. The Empress Chen and the crown prince will not let this go easily."

"Then, do you think that the mother and I would still be able to make use of you? Are you willing to give me a hand in front of the empress?"

Xue Ronghua said with a faint smile, "I didn't say that, it's just that Prince Jin has schemed for so long and was about to be defeated by the Empress.

"mother still has some good stuff," Prince Jin looked at her solemnly, "Is Prince Duan not interested?"

"Prince Duan knows everything from the Emperor, the things in Noble Consort's hands will be of little use."

"If it's of no use, the quasi wangfei would not have come to see me," he chuckled. "The Emperor did not know that the Mrs. Heyi was poisoned to death by the Empress Chen, and this matter is still being held in the mother's mouth."

Xue Ronghua composed herself and said: "The Emperor will definitely suspect you of Kang Zhiming's corruption. Prince Jin should just be honest, don't play any more tricks with me."

Prince Jin curled his lips, his eyes turning even darker.

"At such a time, it can't be that you still want to use the Prince Duan to help you obtain the throne, right?" Xue Ronghua laughed involuntarily, "Just because you want to be the emperor, you don't even care about the current situation."

"The quasi wangfei has already fulfilled her wish of becoming the direct daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and has also become the wangfei of the Prince Duan.

Xue Ronghua smiled. "I have yet to become an imperial concubine, and since Prince Jin is not ambitious, I should be more clear on the reason why.

"No matter what, I can't accept it. That woman, Xue Liuhua, sure enough, is trying to sow discord in my Royal Father's ears."

"You're still blaming Xue Liuhua. Back then, it was you who personally sent her to the dragon bed," Xue Ronghua swept him with a disdainful gaze.

The Prince Jin revealed a meaningful smile, "Once Xue Liuhua leaves, you will be the direct daughter of Prime Minister's Mansion, and the idea of faking your deaths was also suggested by the Prince Duan. The two of you have both obtained benefits, so why did you push all of your mistakes onto me?"

"Prince Jin, do not force yourself to be innocent. You are the one who started this."

"I didn't pretend to be innocent," Prince Jin said as he spread his hands, "I have always openly admitted to using Xue Liuhua."

Xue Ronghua was silent for a moment, then said hesitantly: "Brother Noble Consort Kang is in jail, did Noble Consort say anything to you?"

The hand that Prince Jin used to hold the wine cup paused, then he said dejectedly: "No, mother was just anxious, and got sick."

Xue Ronghua thoughtfully nodded her head, "Then Prince Jin still needs to take good care of Noble Consort. Don't be so concerned about other things."

"mother told me to stay in the palace for the next few days to avoid attracting anyone's attention."

Xue Ronghua felt that the Noble Consort had thought it through carefully, "Your mother is right, this matter was caused by the Empress, and now that you have entered the palace, she will have the chance to make her move again."

"Xue Ronghua, why are you following Prince Duan so loyally?" The Prince Jin lowered his head and laughed, his eyes filled with unconcealable sadness. "No matter what trouble the Prince Duan finds himself in, no matter what kind of predicament he gets into, you will always stay by his side, never leaving."

"I am his wangfei, naturally I share honor and disgrace," Xue Ronghua's eyes flashed with certainty. "I also believe in him.

"Having a wife like you is really the fortune of the Prince Duan," the Prince Jin faintly sighed, "I was the one who did it too late."

Xue Ronghua said with a smile, "It's just fate, that's all. When I saw the deep affection in your eyes when you talked about Yu Zhu that day, I knew that you were a person who valued friendship greatly. Your yearning for the throne is also because you hope to fight for the mother's position of empress dowager, to enjoy eternal bliss." She looked at the dazed Prince Jin seriously, "I promise you, if I can help the Prince Duan enter the East Palace, I will definitely protect you and your mother, and will forever be peaceful and happy."