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"You know what happened at the Queen Mother's Wan Yan Palace the other day." Su Shun's voice was very slow.

Su Hao shook his head. He did not know that Wan Yan Palace was in the water. At that time, he would be leading troops to war in the southern region.

"Oh, right. You're in the Southern Kingdom, so you naturally don't know about this. Do you know who set the fire?" Su Shun began to keep them in suspense.

Her long fingers caressed the white jade pawns as she chuckled. "Who else in this palace would be so bold as to set fire to the empress dowager's chambers? It couldn't be that crazy, could it?"

A trace of admiration flashed through Su Shun's eyes as he smiled and said, "You're really smart, you're the empress."

"The palace is heavily guarded. Who would let her out?" Su Chen asked.

"How could I know? It's a good thing that nothing happened and I locked her up again."

Back then, he had heard that before Nalan Shuo entered the palace, he and Su Shun had secretly gone to the imperial physician's house together. He wanted to have a look at the appearance of that devastatingly beautiful queen, only to see that she was being beaten on the servant's back with a stick in the backyard until she was called out as a bloody mess.

Su Shun's face had never relaxed since that day when he witnessed Nalan Shuo's atrocities.

He did not allow this brutal woman to have a son of her own, nor did he allow this brutal woman to covet his river and mountain. He had only used a few simple techniques to openly lock her up in the cold palace.

"Back then, in order to monitor the Residence of General, you killed Qiao Liangjin's mother with the plague, and then turned Chong Yuanyuan's heart into the Madam of the Prime Minister's Residence, right?" Su Qingqing gently placed the white jade chess piece on the board and looked at Su Shun with a faint smile.

Su Shun's expression was the same as before, as if he didn't care about clearing his mind. He focused on the chess board and said, "Life is a game. If you want to break out of it, you have to do it step by step."

"Imperial brother, you seem to be overthinking things. Qiao Zheng has been loyal and honest his entire life. Even though he has done great deeds for the sake of the emperor, he is still diligently and wholeheartedly working for our Xuanyuan Dynasty. How about this …" "Is it suitable?" Su Chen asked.

Su Shun pursed his lips and forced a smile, "I remember that I taught you the Emperor's Art. You should also know what to prepare for a rainy day."

Su Qingqing shook his head and said, "Chendi is stupid. Chendi only knows how to use his loyal subjects, not how to make them and their families panic endlessly."

Su Shun suddenly laughed out loud. "Haha, Seventh Brother, if you don't do something shameful and are not afraid of ghosts knocking at your door, then why would you be so worried?"

"If you had a temperamental tiger in your family, would you sleep in peace?" Su Su Qing raised her gaze and glanced at the emperor before her.

Su Shun was speechless because he was his younger brother. If it was anyone else, they would have already been decapitated by now.

"Qing Er, you've become a little sharp-tongued. Was it that girl who infected you?"

"Hmm?" Clean up and pretend to be stupid.

"I am talking about that girl from the Prime Minister's Estate. Don't tell me you really like her?" It's precisely because I don't want to owe her a favor that I gave her the title of a princess. I gave her a piece of land as well, so we wouldn't owe each other anything. "

His clear eyes narrowed slightly as his eyes flickered slyly. Smiling, he said, "Your Majesty, someone owes you a favor, I can't promise you that."

Su Shun heard Qing Shui's words and was startled and laughed: "Seventh Brother, could it be that you have taken a fancy to that Qiao Liangjin? I heard that she is as fat as a pig, even if thousands of miles would be required to save you, you don't have to use your body to do this. "I think that Nangong is also pretty good …"

"Your Majesty, this is your younger brother's personal matter. Your Majesty, please do not worry too much about it." The purge interrupted Su Shun.

Su Shun found that he could not get any answers out of this man. Su Shun was like an old fox, refusing to tell him the answer he was looking for.

After clearing everything up, she could only get up and leave. Su Shun did not even raise his head as he looked at the death match on the chessboard and said, "Since you've come, why not stay in the palace and rest at the Jing Yang Palace where you lived when you were young?"

Su Qingye no longer refused. He cupped his hands and bowed, "Yes. This little brother will trouble Imperial Brother tonight. This little brother will go to Phoenix City to pay his respects now."

Su Shun no longer raised his head and just waved his hand, indicating that Su Qing could leave.

He tried to decipher Su Shun's words along the way, hoping to find some clues from them.

He walked at a brisk pace, and just as he was about to reach the gates of the Fengxi Palace, he heard a soprano, "Isn't this the Seventh Prince?"

Su Qingqing looked towards the source of the voice. At the gates of the Phoenix palace stood a plump yet gorgeous woman in a red dress.

She then went over to pay her respects, "Greetings, Imperial Consort."

"Tonight, Seventh Brother is going to live in the palace, right?" The room imperial concubine switched the Seventh Prince to the Seventh Brother, while secretly observing his expression as he cleaned up the room.

Su Qing only smiled and nodded as she said, "That's right, Imperial Concubine. This king is now prepared to go see Imperial Mother and return to the Jing Yang Palace in a while."

The imperial concubine turned to look at Fengxian and said with a smile, "Seventh Brother is truly considerate. Very well, I'll have someone clean Jingyang Palace in a bit."

Su Qing nodded her head before cupping her hands in a bow. "Then I'll have to trouble esteemed imperial concubine." He went straight into the Phoenix Palace.

The room's imperial concubine stared at Su Qing's back as she left, biting her lips.

As soon as they entered the palace, they heard the empress dowager's hearty laughter. The empress dowager's laughter had infected the entire room, and the palace maid nodded towards the palace maid. "Seventh Prince is here."

Before they could clear their mouths, the empress dowager's voice came from behind the door. "Aiya, so it's Seventh Brother. That's great. This Dowager still wants to hear the story."

Su Bai cleared his head and smiled bitterly. He had lost a lot of weight, and now he wanted to hear the story. Pushing the door open and entering, he bowed towards the empress dowager with a smile and said, "Your son greets Imperial Mother."

Right now, the empress dowager was only wearing a golden palace uniform, not rouge and makeup, but rather pretty and adorable. She waved at Su Qing and said, "Hurry up and sit by Imperial Mother's side. The stories from that day were really thrilling. Do you have any more stories?"

Su Qing gave a bitter smile as he walked to the empress dowager's side and sat down. The palace maid then scooped up a bird's nest and placed it in front of Su Qing.

"I wonder what story Imperial Mother would like to hear?"

"Whatever, as long as it's fun, it's fine. Mother is so bored in the palace. The last time I heard Qiao Liangjin's story, it was really scary."

"Alright, this subject shall tell the story of the abyss to Imperial Mother there …"

He then slowly recounted the story of Qiao Liangjin's trip to the capital to the empress dowager, who sighed emotionally upon hearing it.

In the end, the empress dowager sighed and said, "That girl Qiao Liangjin is truly a good woman."

Su Qing blinked. This empress dowager was too smart. Before she could say anything, she could automatically match her numbers.

Qiao Liangjin, who was sitting far away from the Golden Flower Pavilion, sneezed. She rubbed her nose and muttered to herself, "Someone is scolding me?!"

It wasn't until the empress dowager had dozed off that she was ready to take her leave. After she had done so, she suddenly asked, "Imperial Mother, why did the empress want to burn down Wan Yan Palace?"

"Ah?" Presumably, you think that the reason she has been reduced to such a state has something to do with This Dowager as well. " The empress dowager said casually.

Su Qing nodded and continued to bow, then she left the Phoenix Palace.

As he walked back to the Jing Yang Palace, he saw that the other father-in-law was waiting for him to clear his mind.

After clearing his bed and waiting for Huaizhi to clean it up, he waved his hand and said, "I'm very tired. I'll rest first. Don't disturb me."

Huaizhi nodded before leaving the Palace.

The entire Jing Yang Palace fell into a huge silence. She sat cross-legged on the bed and quietly circulated the true energy in her body for a while before opening her eyes. She was going to go see that crazy Queen tonight.

All the way until the crescent moon rose up, then gently pushed open the door and flew in the direction of the cold palace.

In a few seconds, they arrived at the cold palace. After clearing everything, they jumped down from the roof and lightly knocked on the queen's window. The window opened with a "creak" sound.

Su Bai cleared his throat and walked into the room.

The empress didn't notice anything different from the newcomer. She was rather anxious as she paced back and forth. "What do we do now? I can see that the child with the chastity's heart and His Majesty seem …"

As she spoke to here, she raised her eyes under the dim light of the candle and discovered that the person had actually cleared up the room. She was so frightened that she retreated a few steps and fell to the ground.

Qing Qing smiled lightly and greeted, "Long time no see, Empress. Didn't you say that the empress has always been crazy? "You're in high spirits."

Nalan Shuo looked at Su Qian with an alert expression.

Su Su Qing spread her hands and smiled. "Relax. This net will not harm you. This king has no enmity with you, so why would I make a move on you? I just want to know an answer."

"What?"

"Qiao Ya and Qiao Yue-er came to see you. Why?"

The Queen's eyes showed slight panic as she immediately denied it. "I don't know. I don't know what you're talking about. Who is Qiao Ya and who is Qiao Yue-er?"

"Then, what about the heart of chastity? It's impossible for the empress to not remember this person as well, right? " He sat on the stool and thought that there should be quite a number of topics being discussed between them this night. He did not want to stand and look at Nalan Shuo who had fallen on the ground.

"Chastity is Qiao Zheng's wife. What does that have to do with me?" Nalan Shuo was also smart and chose the simplest answer.

"Esteemed Empress, you have great intelligence sometimes. It's just that your servant still doesn't understand some of it. Why did you set fire to Wan Yan Palace? Between Wan Yan Palace and this Cold Palace …"

Nalan Shuo's complexion immediately changed. In this season that was not hot at all, her forehead was actually covered in sweat.

"Eh, Queen, you're so nervous. I assume you're right. You've been staying in the Cold Palace for ten years. Even if you use a ladle to dig a tunnel, you'd probably only arrive at the Wan Yan Palace by now." He then gently patted the dust off his gown.