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"Indeed, we should blame the Emperor for pampering her so much that she became lawless." "Alright, it's almost time. I won't stay any longer, so I don't have to delay here and make up my face. I wish Rong'er and the emperor a hundred years of good harmony, that we will always have one another's heart."

"Empress Dowager Xie, respectfully send you off." Rong'er curtsied as she watched the Eastern Palace Clan leave. Only then did he impatiently turn around and pick up the precious Night Pearl. He placed it in his palm and kept flipping through it, as if he could not let go of it!

When the Western Palace saw her intoxicated expression, they could not help but angrily say, "Look at your little ability, people use it to play with you, and you're using it as a treasure. No wonder you're being mocked, you really don't understand …"

Consort Rong didn't even raise her head as she said, "Empress Dowager, that Lin Mu Chen is crazy. Why should we compete with him?"

The Western Palace was stifled by her words. They were rendered speechless and could only wave their hands in anger. "There's really no saving her!"

When Consort Rong saw that the Western Palace was angry, she hurriedly placed the Night Pearls back on the tray. She grabbed the West Palace's arm and shook it as she acted like a spoiled child. "Empress Dowager, don't be angry. That Eastern Palace's empress dowager clearly wants to anger you, so why bother with her?"

"So, you have to try your best!" "You have to understand how to grasp a man's heart. Without the emperor's favor, what's the point of a queen like you?"

The empress dowager of the Western Palace was the most experienced when it came to matters like these. She thought back to when she was the current Mu Fei, a person that she doted on the most. What was the use of the Eastern Palace Empress Dowager being the empress then? Empty power, nothing. In the end, the late emperor passed the throne on to her, the son of his concubine, the current emperor.

He was afraid that consort Rong would follow in the footsteps of the Eastern Palace's empress dowager, so he forced the emperor to proclaim his eldest son at the same time. This way, at least consort Rong wouldn't have to suffer too miserably in the future!

"You should know that the emperor is very unwilling to have you as his successor. You have to be careful when you speak and do things in the future, or else you'll lose your phoenix coronet, do you understand?"

"Rong'er understands." Concubine Rong lowered her head. She could only say yes.

The time for the conferred title had come. Consort Rong was escorted by the ceremonial procession to the throne room, where she was worshipped by all the ministers and concubines. By the time she finished all the forms, she was already exhausted. However, she maintained a smile on her face the entire time, especially when she saw Mu Fei and Hua Fei kowtowing in front of her.

After the ceremony, Consort Rong was sent to the Qing-He Palace, which was still decorated and dressed like before. The room was a sea of red. Rong Fei sat on the dragon bed with the totem of a red dragon and a phoenix, as if she was in a dream!

She had never thought that she would one day become the empress! Back in the cold palace, she even had the heart to die. If it wasn't for the Empress Dowager of the Western Palace giving her hope, she really wouldn't be able to hold on any longer!

At the banquet, Long Zhe looked at Lin Mu Fan, who was looking at his surroundings with a dazed expression. He sighed helplessly and walked to her side to embrace her before softly saying, "Mu Chen, don't mind what I'm doing. No matter who I'm setting up as the empress today, the real empress in my heart will always be you."

"Your Majesty, what are you talking about? Why can't I understand it? " Lin Mu Fan raised his head and asked him.

When Hua Fei heard this, she felt quite bitter. It would be great if she could be half as favored as Mu Fei.

"Don't you understand? "It's fine if you don't understand. You just need to remember that the person I love the most will always be you."

"There's still the Boss." Lin Mu Fan chuckled as he slipped into his embrace and added with a blissful expression.

"En, there's still the Boss." Long Ze nodded. His intimate manner made it seem as if they were the main characters today. His apology to her was irreparable in this life, but he would use his entire life to love her!

Lin Mu Fan excitedly placed his hands on his neck and said with a smile, "Thank you, your majesty! Your majesty is the best!"

After he finished laughing, his face fell once again, and he said grievingly, "But Your Majesty, there are so many people here. I don't want to stay here, can I go back? I still need to help the Boss bathe! "

Long Zhaoting revealed a difficult expression, "Hm, can you stay for a bit longer? I'll finish up the things that I need to do."

Hua Fei saw that Long Ze was in a difficult situation and couldn't leave. She took a step forward and held onto Lin Mofan's hand as she smiled and said, "Little sister Mu Fei, can I accompany you back to the Cloud Palace? The Emperor still has matters to attend to."

"Alright then, I'll go now." Lin Mu Fan said after hesitating for a moment.

Long Ze thought for a moment, then nodded his head towards Hua Fei and said, "Hua Fei, just take Mu Fei back to the Cloud Palace. Don't let her run around, okay? You can go back and rest by yourself after sending off Mu Fei. "

Imperial Concubine Hua smiled gracefully. "Your consort knows. Your consort will take good care of little sister Mu Fei. Your majesty, don't worry."

"Mm, you guys can go first." Long Ze called for Ke Meng to protect them from the side, so he was relieved to let them leave this place.

It was late in the night when the bustling palace finally quieted down in shame. Consort Rong had leaned against the bed of the dragon and phoenix for a nap. When she woke up, she still didn't see Long Zhaosu coming back. It was her night with the emperor, and it was her first time coming out of the cold palace to be with the emperor. Her heart was filled with anticipation.

However, even after waiting for so long, there was still no sign of the Emperor. He was ashamed to the point of panicking.

"Esteemed Empress, do you want to eat something?" Xiao Cui walked over and asked.

Concubine Rong shot an annoyed glance at her and said, "I have no appetite and won't eat anymore. Go help me find out why the emperor hasn't returned yet!" Logically speaking, the banquet should have already dispersed long ago. The emperor wouldn't still be busy.

"Yes, this servant will go ahead to take a look." Xiao Cui took the order and turned, and just as she stepped out of the Cabinet, she hurried back and shouted in pleasant surprise: "Empress, the Emperor has returned."

"Is that so? "Really?" "Your majesty!" Consort Rong cried out happily as she tidied up her makeup, hoping to present her most beautiful appearance to the emperor. After all, today was the day of her wedding to the emperor!

Xiao Cui nodded her head in acknowledgement, the moment she finished speaking, the sound of messy footsteps could be heard, but the footsteps did not head in that direction, but towards a different direction. Rong Fei was startled, she stared at Xiao Cui and asked: "What's going on?"

"Esteemed Empress, I think the Emperor is drunk. He was helped back by Lord Ke just now."

"Is the Emperor drunk?" With a low grunt, she pulled up her overly long skirt and walked towards the cabinet on the other side of the room. Xiao Cui quickly went to investigate, and quietly warned: "Esteemed Empress, this does not conform to the rules."

Concubine Rong unhappily glared at her and said, "The emperor is already drunk, why should we care about his punishments?"

"But …" Xiao Cui wanted to say something, but seeing that Rong Fei was unhappy, she resisted.

Imperial Consort Rong walked to the cabinet at the other side. Just as she was about to enter, Ke Meng suddenly walked out and stopped her. He respectfully said, "Empress, the Emperor ordered that the Empress should go to bed first tonight."

"What do you mean? "Your Majesty, he doesn't want to see me?" Consort Rong's heart sank as she looked at him in displeasure. The Emperor obviously didn't want to sleep with her, so he pretended to be drunk and hid in another cabinet.

"Empress, His Majesty is already drunk. He just fell asleep. I think we should meet again tomorrow morning." He only hoped that she would leave as soon as possible and stop pursuing the matter. He was afraid that he wouldn't be able to hold on!

Consort Rong only sneered and cast a haughty gaze at him as she said coldly, "Your majesty is drunk, so it's only right that I serve you. Master Ke, you can go and rest. Leave this place to me."

"This …" Clutching his head anxiously, he was momentarily at a loss as to how he should proceed. The new empress's temper seemed rather explosive. He couldn't offend her, but he couldn't let her find out that the emperor had been poisoned.

Just as he was at a loss for words, Long Zhaofeng's slightly weak voice suddenly came from inside, "Ke Meng, who's making a ruckus outside? Do you not want to live anymore?"

"Your Majesty …" Consort Rong quickly kneeled down and said, "Chenqie didn't mean to disturb the emperor's rest. Chenqie only wanted to see if the emperor was seriously drunk and see if there was anything chenqie could help with."

"The empress has thought it through. This emperor just wants to rest right now. The empress should get some rest as well." Long Ze said impatiently.

When Consort Rong heard his annoyance, although she felt reluctant to part with him, she didn't want to make the Emperor unhappy, so she could only unwillingly bow and leave. As he walked away, he secretly peeked inside, but he couldn't see anything!

With great difficulty, he managed to get the consort to leave, and so he ran back to the cabinet. He saw that the emperor's face was pale, but his eyes were bloodshot. Startled, he said, "Your Majesty, your illness …"

"What happened to my illness? It's getting heavier and heavier, isn't it? " Long Ze smiled weakly and spat a mouthful of blood into the spittoon. He then began to meditate, using the zhenqi in his body to slightly dissolve the poison.

Ke Meng nodded his head and said anxiously, "Your majesty, we can't drag this on any longer. If this goes on, the poison will be released very soon!"

"Ke Meng, there's no need to bring this up again. I don't want to hear about it at this time." He was very clear on what Ke Meng meant. He wanted to use Mu Fei's life to kill him, but when he thought of this point and Mu Fei's life, he didn't want to continue thinking about it.

Ke Meng helplessly sighed and said in a low voice, "If Your Majesty insisted on doing so, this subject would not say anything else. I only hope that Your Majesty could figure out the seriousness of this matter."

"Yes, I understand." Long Ze casually replied, "Come over here and help me expel the poison."

"Your majesty, there's no way to force him like this every time. It'll only damage his vitality and cause great harm to his body." Although this was what Ke Meng said, he still obediently sat behind him and began to force the poison out of him.

Long Ze remained silent. Of course he knew how much damage this method would do to his body. He could feel it. Except for this method, there didn't seem to be any other way to use it.