C663

The luxurious sleeping quarters were completely silent. The concubines had long been quietly waiting for the outer chambers.

The new noble saw the sun rise outside, but the empress refused to come out. Thinking of her mother supporting her from behind, he grew impatient. "Look at the sun climb up, why hasn't the empress woken up yet?"

The empress Xu was secretly controlling the court affairs, mostly coming late to teach her concubines a lesson. The palace maids at the side of the empress dowager's palace had long since gotten used to it and the palace maids at her side only chuckled. "Last night, the empress served the emperor very late. She's still resting now."

"Since that's the case, let's wait a bit longer, sisters." One of the concubines said gently, looking coldly at the nobleman who had been sent to the palace by his own mother. How could he not know what was important when he had entered the palace?

The nobleman lowered his head and sighed towards the empty cup.

The concubines sat for a long time, but they could no longer hold themselves back. The group of palace maids, however, did not receive the empress's response to enter the inner palace, and it was during this time of anxiety that the mild-mannered Imperial Concubine Hui unhurriedly opened his mouth. "A few days ago, esteemed imperial concubine was injured in the palace.

Esteemed wangfei was currently favored by the emperor. The fourteenth prince learned from the teachers day in and day out, and the little princess was just born. Even the emperor was fond of her. Now that the empress wasn't around, Esteemed wangfei's words carried some weight.

At that time, the news of Consort Xian's injuries had made the people of the harem anxious. Now that Consort Hui had mentioned it, a few palace maids were alarmed and led their concubines inside.

"Esteemed Empress, chenqie is being impolite," she said, but she didn't hear the sound. "Esteemed empress, chenqie has been impolite." "Esteemed wangfei …"

As soon as she finished speaking, Esteemed Empress Dowager had already summoned the two eunuchs behind her to smash open the doors to the empress dowager's palace.

The door opened wide, and the new concubine screamed as she fainted.

"Xiang'er, you're the empress's closest palace maid. Tell the imperial guards everything you saw and heard yesterday, then send someone to invite the imperial physician. No one is allowed to enter until the others arrive, and no one in the empress palace is allowed to leave."

Xiang'er's face turned unsightly as she hurriedly followed Huaifei's instructions.

The concubine behind him covered her mouth and frowned. "I can see that this is the way things are. The empress's fate is definitely not good."

"If it's the empress today, then there's no way she'll be one of you in the future." Esteemed wangfei looked at him coldly, "I saw that your mouth was not clean, but didn't you know that if there were bandits committing murder in the harem, you would be able to sleep well at night?"

The concubines behind him all felt their hearts palpitating; they didn't dare to speak. In the end, they were still a little afraid.

As for Hui Fei, she just looked at the blood trail that wound its way to the side of the bed. Half of her white arm was lying there. If one looked closely, they would be able to see that there was an orchid pattern on it, which made her expression darken a little.

Are you still stubborn …

News of the empress's departure spread like wildfire through the imperial palace. From the chief eunuch to the servants of the various divisions, everyone was discussing this matter. Furthermore, the so-called magnolia orchids caused everyone to discuss it.

Who knew that Esteemed wangfei loved magnolia the most? Even the little princess had the word 'orchid' on her name?

The empress had covered up the matter by saying that the empress had died of illness, that the arrangements had been made for the empress to be buried in the glory of the empress, that the mother of the empress had entered the royal palace, and that no one knew where she had found someone in the imperial court who wished for the empress to be born soon.

"Milords, aren't you too impatient?" Duan Chengyu walked into the imperial court dressed in his official robe and cupped his hands towards the old officials, "Now, the people of the imperial court are panicking. royal father has already ordered me and my sixth brother to temporarily take over the affairs of the imperial court."

The bright yellow imperial edict was carried by the eunuchs behind him.

There were no more objections in the imperial court.

On the other hand, Duan Chengyu's expression was indifferent, yet he was uneasy. The Duan Chengye that followed closely behind was now even taller and his martial general's aura was similar to that of Duan Chengxuan. It was naturally not good for the ministers to say anything more.

When the imperial edict was read out and the affairs of the imperial court had just been settled, Duan Chengyu and Duan Chengye became the top two.

Although he had followed Qi Rou to manage many matters in Yinzhou, he still had Qi Rou and Qi Lin to help him solve the problem. But now, in the imperial court, there was only him and Duan Chengye, who were martial generals in every sense of the word.

Qi Rou had been waiting outside the palace for a long time. At this moment, a pretty girl stood beside Qi Rou shyly and peeked inside.

"The restaurant's food has already been ordered. Let's go." Before Duan Chengyu could say anything, Qi Rou grabbed him and turned, climbing onto another carriage.

Duan Chengye only looked at the girl in front of him and gently asked, "Why are you here?"

"I... I just wanted to see you, I didn't expect you to really be a prince. " The girl blushed, as if she would be so ashamed to hide in the ground if she said anything to her.

Duan Chengye wordlessly brought the others up the carriage, but his heart was still tranquil.

He knew that this little embroidery lady was sincere towards him, but the lotus seed soup hidden in his waist was boiling hot as if it was the first time. It was difficult to respond.

In the distant Er Dan, Gu Pingyan turned over a flower in his hand.

This caused the nearby Duan Chengxuan to be rather dissatisfied. "You're holding onto this saber quite carefully."

"It's already an old friendship, why not leave it for a year?" Gu Daiyan proudly raised his chin. He looked a bit more round than before and had received quite a few good news from Lai Xuan in the past few days. Naturally, he was happy.

She had just left the academy, leaning against a pavilion in the backyard and was reading a book when her subordinates outside came in and whispered, "The Queen died in the sleeping chamber. The Ninth Prince has sent people to the new country at the border."

The cloud in his hand fell into his palm. This time, Gu Daiyan's expression became much more serious: "I didn't expect Lai Xuan to keep reporting, but something went wrong with you."

"Looks like someone knows what the empress is thinking." The empress had always cooperated with him, so while deceiving her mother's family, she was also secretly helping him get rid of Duan Feng, who would have known that such a thing would happen midway.

It was hard to tell if her mother had destroyed her marriage or if someone had discovered the empress's true identity.

"If the empress were to die, her mother's family would have to send another woman to get close to the emperor. It would be impossible to guard against." Gu Danyan put Yun San back into the scabbard, buttoned the table, and looked at him solemnly: "If you want me to say it, you'd better go back."

"I can't just leave you here alone." Duan Chengxuan frowned.

"Now that you've lost sight of yourself in the palace and also have to contact Gu Cheng at the border section, you won't be able to save him even if you have three heads and six arms." Gu Danyan stared at him coldly: "And I, am still in my own territory."