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Chu Zongge raised his eyebrows: "Who wants to shut Noble Consort Kang up the most, didn't you say it earlier?"

Xue Ronghua opened her eyes wide, "Empress Chen? She actually dares to kill Noble Consort Kang. "

"According to Noble Consort Ru, if Empress Chen dares to lay a hand on a heaven forgiving Mrs. Heyi, how would he, who has lost his brother, dare to do so?"

Xue Ronghua shook her head in disbelief, "Empress Chen's methods were really ruthless. The day before yesterday, I had promised Prince Jin that we would protect his and Noble Consort's everlasting happiness, but I didn't expect to receive such grievous news today."

"Did Prince Jin respond to you at that time?"

Xue Ronghua was startled, "He didn't say anything, she just smiled."

Chu Zongge sighed slowly, "That means Prince Jin has more or less guessed that Noble Consort would meet with calamity. Did you know, even now, I still haven't seen any signs of Prince Jin in the palace?"

"After his mother passed away, where can he go at this critical juncture?"

Chu Zongge seemed to be deep in thought: "I guess Noble Consort knew that in the future, Empress Chen would definitely not let her and Prince Jin off, so he let Prince Jin leave the palace to seek refuge first.

"The Empress Chen will not let you go, the Queen definitely knows that the Noble Consort has her weakness," Xue Ronghua sighed with a headache, "Once the Noble Consort dies and everything is gone, what else can we use to bring the Empress Chen down?"

"Don't be anxious," Chu Zongge comforted gently. "In order to prevent the Prince Jin from turning the tables on the Crown Prince, it's a good thing that we can take advantage of this opportunity to get rid of the Prince Jin."

Xue Ronghua glanced at him grudgingly, "You are always going against the Prince Jin. Be careful, the crown prince is the most powerful existence."

"You, ah, are always helping Prince Jin," Chu Zongge curled his lips. "The crown prince is just an idiot, I'm not afraid of him."

"The crown prince relied on the Empress Chen for this, which is why the emperor allowed this Grass Bag to enter the Eastern Palace," Xue Ronghua said as her eyes dimmed, "Are you not planning to save the Prince Jin anymore?"

"Of course not," Chu Zongge shrugged his shoulders indifferently. "Bringing along the Prince Jin was always your idea, and it was also useless to me."

"Didn't I also want to win a chance for you to bring down the Queen," Xue Ronghua said as she became slightly disappointed, "It's just a pity."

Seeing that she was unwilling, a warm feeling arose in Chu Zongge's heart. He coaxed her with a soft voice: "Alright, I know you are thinking for my sake, I really want to thank you in my heart."

Xue Ronghua's face heated up and turned away in embarrassment.

Seeing her bashful look, Chu Zongge chuckled: "Hey, don't be shy, I didn't say anything else."

"I know," Xue Ronghua said as she covered her face, "Continue to say what you want to say."

"Alright then," Chu Zongge cleared his throat and said sternly. "What do you think Prince Jin would do outside the palace?"

Xue Ronghua muttered to herself for a moment, and said, "Prince Jin will definitely not let this matter rest."

"That's right," Chu Zongge said with a smile. "But he can't rise again."

Xue Ronghua suddenly thought back to the situation when she first met the Prince Jin. He seemed to have asked for a meeting with some General Lin at the Tingxue Building, that person was extremely mysterious, she did not say much, and just drew something on the table.

"Do you know what power the Prince Jin has outside of the palace?"

Chu Zongge thought about it carefully, "I've investigated in private, and found that there aren't any more people in the capital, so I wasn't really on guard against him in the early stages."

"Then do you know someone who could meet the General Lin?"

"General Lin?" The first time the Prince Jin proposed an alliance with him flashed across Chu Zongge's mind, and he had indeed mentioned this General Lin. Since princes could not interact with the military, he immediately suppressed his words.

"The first time I met Prince Jin, he was discussing something with a General Lin. However, the two of them did not talk much, and the general dipped his finger in water and wrote something on the table."

Chu Zongge muttered to himself, then immediately thought of Kang Zhiming who had colluded with the military officers to embezzle military compensation, "Could Prince Jin be colluding with the military? No wonder I couldn't find out, so he was hiding his tail."

"Prince Jin is really a Nine-tailed Fox," Xue Ronghua said while clenching her teeth. "Although they say it's an alliance on the surface, they are actually hiding everything from us."

"However, he doesn't have the same nine lives as the Nine-tailed Fox," Chu Zongge laughed playfully. "If the Emperor knew that he had interfered with the army, he would have been angered to the point of overturning the table."

"But the only power in the Prince Jin is the army, what can he do?" Xue Ronghua did not understand.

Chu Zongge's mouth revealed a clear smile, "The power of an army cannot only be described as' strong ', if Prince Jin wants to beat him up, then there is only one way left."

Xue Ronghua was shocked, and she quickly looked at Chu Zongge with eyes filled with astonishment.

"Forcing the palace!"

Xue Liuhua carefully moved her body on the bed. Seeing Ru Yan coming over, she immediately pulled her sleeve.

"Has Prince Jin entered the palace?" she asked eagerly.

"Nope, Empress," Ru Yan replied, "Noble Consort has been dead for many days, but we haven't seen any signs of him."

"That's good." Xue Liuhua heaved a sigh of relief. If she could not control herself and returned to the palace, then Empress Chen would only be waiting for him.

"Prince Jin should naturally return to the palace earlier," Ru Yan said in a strange tone. "Why doesn't the Empress wish for him to return this quickly?"

"..." I am afraid that Prince Jin will be too sad. " Xue Liuhua calmed her expression and quickly covered up.

"If the Noble Consort is dead, then the Empress will have a bright future," Ru Yan smiled as she brought over a bowl of medicine, "The Empress is still just an imperial concubine. If she gave birth to a prince, she could definitely be conferred with the title of Noble Consort."

"This matter is still far from over," Xue Liuhua's eyes shone with the warmth of a loving mother. "This child has only been here a month, and I don't even know if he's a man or a woman."

"It's best if he is a prince," Ru Yan said as she reached out to touch her belly. "There are too many princesses in the palace, some of them even need to be sent out to make up to their relatives."

"Yes, a princess is of no use to me," Xue Liuhua sighed slowly, "but isn't the new Consort Fu in the palace the princess of Great Qi?"

"It's not really the daughter of the Great Qi Emperor, but a duke," Ru Yan said with a smile.

Xue Liuhua smiled and nodded, "That's right, then who should we send out?"

"The emperor has yet to make his decision, but they said they will send Princess Changle off," Ru Yan covered her mouth and snickered, "Princess Changle's mother is only a mere palace maid from the Raccoon Clothing Department, her origin is so low that she can't even be considered a beauty. Naturally, we will send her off."

"Princess Chang Le looks like she's only sixteen," Xue Liuhua sympathized with the mother and daughter, "To be able to marry into a place like Great Qi at such a young age, how pitiful."

"The princess's mother is not as noble as the empress, so this is the only way," Ru Yan whispered into her ear. "The empress says, can your future child be the crown prince?"

Xue Liuhua was shocked, but she could not conceal the sweetness on her lips, "Don't talk nonsense, be careful not to have ears on the wall, and let people know."

"This servant is not afraid," Ru Yan said proudly. "This servant is a person of the Empress' palace, who would dare to speak nonsense."

Xue Liuhua patted her head in satisfaction, "I am lucky to have a maid like you."

This servant has the luck to be able to serve the Consort Hua, "Ru Yan smiled as she held up the medicine bowl, scooped up a spoonful and fed it to her," Empress, this is the birth control medicine given by the Emperor.

Xue Liuhua obediently took a sip, and could not help but frown: "Why is it so bitter, it was not like this taste in the past."

"Esteemed wangfei probably ate too many sour dates cake, the taste must have changed," Ru Yan looked at the medicine in the spoon, "This servant made it with her own hands, there won't be any problems."

Xue Liuhua pinched her nose tightly and forced herself to drink another mouthful, "I had a sense of smell since I was young, so I'm afraid it's not going to work now. Didn't the empress send someone to interrogate me?"

"The empress sent some precious medicinal ingredients over a few days ago. She said that even though the emperor opened the palace, there was no need to pay respects due to the imperial concubine having a dragon embryo."

Xue Liuhua was relieved. Since this was a special period, it was hard to guarantee that the empress wouldn't call her to Changchun Palace to make things difficult for him.

"Since it was bestowed by the Emperor, feed it to me and let me drink."

The emperor slapped his hand on the desk, causing the table to shake violently as if it was about to be split in half.

"That beast," the emperor's eyes turned blood-red. "He actually dared to collude with the military, and he's even that General Lin."

"Your Majesty, please forgive me." Chu Zongge bowed respectfully.

"This General Lin helped the Prince Chen in the past and has always had a lot of dissatisfaction with us," the Emperor said as he clenched his fists furiously. "To think that the Prince Jin would actually dare to mix with the people of the Prince Chen. Are they trying to rebel?"

The Prince Jin was actually together with the Prince Chen. That was someone who was fighting with the Emperor for the position of ruler. Chu Zongge thought. Your Majesty, please calm your anger, "he said seriously." This matter has yet to be investigated, perhaps the Prince Jin is just falling in love with the General Lin, and is not implicated with the Prince Chen too much.

"That's impossible," the emperor firmly waved his hand. "Prince Jin's uncle, Kang Zhiming, colluded with military officers to embezzle military salaries, so Prince Jin must be closely related to the military and the forces in the army," he gritted his teeth and said, "Why are Prince Jin and the Prince Chen together, are they trying to rebel?"

Chu Zongge saw that the Emperor was burning with anger and quickly kneeled down, "Royal Father, don't worry, after Prince Jin dies, I will definitely return to the palace and ask when the time comes."

"No," The Emperor sat down in dejection, "It has been a long time since I last saw him, he will probably never enter the palace again." He raised a cold smile, "He is looking for Prince Chen to settle the score with me."

"Prince Jin doesn't dare …"

"Why would he not dare, it is exactly the same as the mother," The emperor's scarlet eyes looked straight at him, his body trembling slightly in anger, "The mother did not hesitate to poison his own sister in order to enter the palace, so why would he not dare to ascend to the throne? But he probably made a mistake, after using him, the Prince Chen will treat him like a dog, how could the Prince Chen let a junior ascend to the throne?"

"Chu Zongge finally understood in his heart that the Noble Consort Kang actually had such a past. Royal Father, do you want this son to send someone outside to find you? "

I'm afraid you won't be able to find him, "the Emperor pondered for a moment," You should send people to the Prince Chen Palace now, surround them tightly and don't let anyone go, especially his children, "he then revealed a cold smile," Back then when the Prince Chen was fighting with me for the throne, he was almost killed by us, and this time he won't be able to get his hands on me either.

Chu Zongge was extremely pleased with himself, but on the surface he looked calm.