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The Old Madame Su sat on the bed, listening to Su Zhiqi talk for half a day, twisting a string of buddhist beads around and around, he couldn't hide the panic in his heart, "Let them be happy for a while, they have the Noble Consort Su and the Prince Su as their backing, we are not their match."

After the Old Madame Su finished speaking, he seemed to have thought of something and said with a frown: "Right now, the thing we should be most worried about is not the division of the academy. Although we have separated our relationship with the incident that year, the boss and second brother will definitely not let us off that easily …"

Hearing this, Su Zhiqi felt his legs go weak, he looked at Old Madame Su absent-mindedly, and asked: "Mother, what should we do?"

"Why are you panicking? The eldest son and second brother have just returned to the capital and they have a lot of things to do, so they still haven't had the time to deal with us. The Emperor is already old, and the crown prince is the rightful king." The Old Madame Su glared at his son, and continued, "So what if the Noble Consort Su is favored? The one in charge of the Three Palaces Six Courtyard is still the Empress, and the one who is appointed as the emperor is also the Queen's direct descendant. Once the crown prince inherits the throne, will the Third Branch still be unable to stand up for him?"

"Mother taught me a lesson." After Su Zhiqi heard his mother's words, he felt a lot more at ease.

Old Madame Su saw that he had heard his own words and was very pleased. He pulled his hand and consoled him, "The boss will not let you off easily, so in the next few days you must be careful, our Third House is like a tiger falling to the sun being bullied by a dog, everyone wants to step on it. You should keep a low profile when doing things normally."

As the third house of the Su Family clung onto the crown prince, they were one with the crown prince a long time ago. Both houses were prosperous together, and all of them were injured at the same time. The crown prince had lost his power, and the third house of the Su Family was no longer what it was in the past.

"The mother's words have been recorded by the son." Su Zhiqi continued to speak with the Old Madame Su, and only after seeing that it was getting late did he return to his own courtyard to rest.

After tonight's conversation with his mother, he finally felt relieved.

Even if Su Zhizhong and Su Zhiyan truly wanted to take revenge, since the crown prince had yet to fall, he was still an official ordered by the imperial government. They would definitely not be able to touch him!

The inner courtyard of the Su palace was not peaceful, and the Imperial Palace was no exception.

As night fell, the empress dowager's palace was lit up by lanterns.

"Noble Consort, it's getting late. Why don't you rest earlier?"

Mama Lin heated up a cup of ginseng tea and brought it in, placing it on the empress's table as a reminder.

"The crown prince is still young, and was only temporarily in the path of the Prince Su, thus he lost his power and turned the situation into this. The Noble Consort cannot be too sad now, if he were to hurt his body, who will be able to advise him on his future path?" Mama Lin consoled her in a low voice.

"Noble Consort should be resting now. He should be able to recuperate and recover his energy so that His Highness can stabilize his position as Crown Prince." Mama Lin was an old man by the empress's side. She had been by her side for dozens of years, so she was the one who understood her the best.

"Ze'er has fought openly and secretly with the Prince Su for the past few years, and there have been times when he lost. Victory is a common occurrence in the military. I understand all of these things, what I care about the most right now is not this matter, but your majesty." The empress held her head with one hand, looking like she had a headache.

"What Noble Consort is worried about is …" Mama Lin hesitated to speak, a little unsure of what the Empress was thinking at the moment.

The empress sat up straight and rubbed her temples with her jade fingers before sighing, "The emperor's thoughts have never been on me. He and Su Lanruo have been childhood friends for a long time, if it weren't for my status and the family's power, he probably wouldn't have married me back then. If that slut had blown a gust of wind by the emperor's ear today …"

Su Lanruo was the name of the Noble Consort Su.

When Mama heard this, he fanned the empress and consoled her, "Noble Consort, do not be discouraged. Even so, in the end, you are still in charge of the imperial harem, and the one responsible for the motherly ceremony is you, Noble Consort. Furthermore, the Emperor has made your son the crown prince.

"Did he ever have me in his heart? "Before, now, if it wasn't for my mother's influence, I wouldn't be able to sit on the Empress's throne. All the women in the world would be envious of me, but no one would know the suffering in my heart." The empress could not help but feel hurt at the mention of this.

She knew from the day she married Ming Chengjun that he didn't have her in his heart. When Ming Chengjun was still the crown prince, she married into the Eastern Palace and became his Crown Princess.

But in her heart, she knew better than anyone that Ming Chengjun didn't have her in his heart.

In the entire imperial palace, other than her, only Su Lanruo had been granted the title of imperial concubine, with the position only second to her. Other than Ming Chengjun being unable to give her the position of Empress, he had given her everything.

Even when Su Lanruo was in the cold palace, the one she was most concerned about was still her.

"Noble Consort, even if you don't have the emperor's care, you still have the Crown Prince by your side. Your highness has always been filial to the Noble Consort, when you inherit the throne in the future, the Noble Consort will be the empress dowager."

As long as the crown prince did not make a huge mistake and the emperor did not cripple the crown prince, then they would definitely be the final winners.

The Queen looked out the window and sighed softly, completely ignoring what Mama Lin said. After a moment of silence, she suddenly asked, "Did the Emperor go to Su Lanruo's palace again tonight?"

"Yes, for the past few days, the Emperor has been staying at the Imperial Consort Hall almost every night."

Mama Lin nodded with some difficulty. She thought that the empress would feel even more sorrowful after hearing this, but she didn't expect her expression to change at all.

"Forget it, he's the Emperor. Naturally, he can go wherever he wants to." The empress rubbed her forehead and stood up from her slump, her face filled with unspeakable exhaustion. "Since you've already gone, then go. Mama Lin, please help me get dressed and go to bed."

"Noble Consort, this is the tea that this servant specially ordered the kitchen to boil for Noble Consort. Noble Consort's mental state hasn't been too good recently, it's better for you to drink some before going to sleep." She had watched the empress grow up and was unwilling to see her upset over such a small matter.

"Mama has been considerate."

"This old servant will help you change your clothes and go to bed."

The night was silent, and the flames of the burning red candle within the room flickered lightly, as if to indicate that the future of the palace was not peaceful …