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The Empress Hu sat in the palace with a gloomy face. She had originally been watching the Mama Hu organize the First Year Banquet in two days, and had wanted to gift a gift list of Xu Family to her. She had not expected that just now, the Mama Su would bring back news that would infuriate her to this extent.

Mama Hu and Mama Su were Empress Hu's trusted aides, and the rest of the palace didn't know who Empress Hu saw when she first left the palace, but the two of them knew.

Empress Hu had even promised to bring the two of them out of the palace and have a good time with her in the future.

If they feel empty under the knee, then let the grandson find them two good grandchildren to adopt under the knee. If they find it troublesome, then follow her in helping her bring in a heavy grandson.

It was precisely because the Empress Hu did not hide anything from the two of them, and even made a promise to bring them out of the palace. Thus, in recent days, not only had the two of them carefully gathered information about what was happening outside the palace, they had also not relaxed for a single moment.

They only hoped that their master would leave the palace soon and that they could also leave the place where they had been trapped for decades.

Today, Mama Su went to collect information, but not long after she left, she hurriedly brought back some bad news to Empress Hu.

After the rage, Empress Hu also calmed down and looked at Mama Hu and Mama Su: "Didn't I get someone to spread two more messages? Why would the news of the crown prince's bloodline surviving outside the palace spread out? "

The moment Mama Hu and Mama Su heard Empress Hu's question, the two of them quickly thought about it in their hearts. After that, Mama Hu first replied: "Looks like there's someone behind this matter. That person must have sensed that the news has been suppressed for the past few days, which is why he also sent someone to spread it today."

The moment Mama Hu's voice fell, the Mama Su followed up, "Mama Hu is right. Mistress, what is most important right now is not this news, but the news that His Majesty already heard about it."

After the Empress Hu found out about this, she made the arrangements, controlling the news to not spread to the palace for the time being.

As long as the results of her treatment of Ye Jingche came out after the fifteenth day of the first month, even if Emperor Ruikang found out about this, she could trick her way out of it.

But she didn't expect that in just a few short days, this news would spread out again. And now, it was even made known to the Emperor Ruikang.

"Investigate!" You should send people to investigate who sent this to the palace. Since the news has spread out, we cannot hide it from you just because we want to. " Empress Hu had already decided what to do in a short amount of time.

She was the mother of the previous crown prince. Since the palace had already heard of this news, she should know as well.

Thinking about this, Empress Hu looked at Mama Hu and said, "You continue to arrange for Yuanxi to capture the rewards given to her during the Zhou Banquet in the next few days. Mama Su, go and ask His Majesty.

In this palace, most likely only Empress Hu would dare to say such words.

If she wanted to see Emperor Ruikang, she would actually send someone to inquire about it, and not secretly send someone to scout for information.

The Empress Hu would definitely not care about all this. Previously, if the Emperor Ruikang was not sick, as long as she had something to find him for, the Emperor Ruikang would have taken the initiative to come to the Phoenix Palace to meet her.

Mama Hu and Mama Su had served Empress Hu for many years, so how could they not know the personality of their master? The moment they heard her words, they knew what she was going to do next.

But in just a short span of time, not only had Mama Su returned, she had also sent her most useful attendant to invite Empress Hu.

As for the Empress Hu, she had already started cleaning up herself after letting the Mama Su leave.

It wasn't that she wanted to make herself look better, but to make herself look more haggard. Thus, when the Inner Attendant saw Empress Hu, the first thing he saw were her red eyes, which had clearly just been crying.

When Empress Hu saw her, she did not cry. After all, she had always had a strong image in front of him.

The Empress Hu today was as tough as ever. After seeing him, without even bowing, she immediately dismissed the servants in the chambers, and directly looked at him: "What do you think about the news that is being sent from the palace?"

Empress Hu asked straightforwardly. Even though Emperor Ruikang had long since gotten used to Empress Hu's personality, he was clearly stunned for a moment.

Ever since the events of New Year's Eve, Emperor Ruikang had been recuperating from illness for many days.

Fortunately, New Year's Eve's seal required him to wait until the sixteenth of the first month to sign off on the new year. Only then would he be able to use the imperial edict.

Hearing Empress Hu's words, Emperor Ruikang was stunned for a moment. Then, he looked at her and asked, "Did the Queen hear about it too?"

After the Empress Hu heard what the Emperor Ruikang said, she coldly laughed and said, "I naturally heard about it! I hold the power of the palace. If it were any other news, I would have already started punishing those who spread the news randomly. "

However, this news was related to Empress Hu's only son, which was why she came to find him first.

Although Empress Hu did not say the following words directly, Emperor Ruikang understood.

Emperor Ruikang was still leaning on his bed. Seeing that the corners of his eyes were slightly red, he sighed and said, "I only heard about it today." After saying that, the Emperor Ruikang thought for a moment, and couldn't help but probe, "I don't think there will be waves without wind, could it be that Mu Er really has a bloodline that will remain in this world?"

"Ye Rui!"

Seemingly at the very moment Emperor Ruikang finished speaking, Empress Hu directly called out her name, and then, forcefully holding back her tears, she waited for Emperor Ruikang to speak: "What exactly do you think? What exactly happened that year, do you not know? [Even if our son's bloodline is in this world, he should be far away from the capital. How could he come up with such a plan?]

Yes, the reason the Empress Hu was so angry today was naturally not only because of the rumours.

Rather, on this day, along with the news that 'The late crown prince still has his bloodline left in this world', there was another one called 'The reason why Ye Jingche forced palace on New Year's Eve was because the late crown prince's network was being designed. The reason why Ye Jingche was not able to force palace was all because of the previous crown prince's network.

It was because of this information that Empress Hu was angry, and could not help but come to find him.

When Emperor Ruikang called him by his name, he already knew that Empress Hu was truly angry.

All these years, the last time she spoke her name was when she found out that she was protecting the Madame Liu.

That year, he had indeed listened to the words of the Madame Liu and Ye Jingche, that was why he ignored the persuasion of the officials and forcefully imprisoned the crown prince's family.

During the huge fire at the crown prince's mansion, he was able to confirm that it was the Liu family's doing. It was all because of Madame Liu and Ye Jingche.

It was just that at that time, he was heartbroken over the loss of his son. It was also because of the beauty of Madame Liu, that he couldn't bear to dispose of his other son at the moment.

But Emperor Ruikang understood that he could find out things even Empress Hu could.

Therefore, after what happened that day, he kept closing his eyes and did not see her because of guilt.

Since he had not seen her, she had locked herself within the Phoenix Palace to not see him. Later on, she had even directly handed over the authority of the palace as if she was not the empress at all.

Now, he understood why she was so angry.

After all, the crown prince was wrongly accused back then, and now that there was such a rumor, other than suspecting that this was indeed the case, he suspected that Madame Liu and Ye Jingche were using the fact that the previous crown prince had saved them.

Empress Hu had been paying attention to Emperor Ruikang's expression the entire time, and upon seeing him reveal such an expression, he instantly guessed what he was thinking about.

"In the past, you protected them once. If you still protect them this time, then even if you don't do anything with the evidence, then even if I die, I won't be buried together with you!"

Throwing these words down, Empress Hu turned around and left.

Emperor Ruikang was infuriated by Empress Hu's last few words, but he couldn't say anything for a moment.

He was only an empress like the Empress Hu. Furthermore, it was a Yuan Queen, so if she doesn't bury him together with her, then won't he have to lie alone in that ice-cold mausoleum in the future?

Thinking about it, the Emperor Ruikang was extremely angry.

It was only until the figure of the Empress Hu disappeared did he summon the servants to inquire about the situation with regards to Phoenix Palace.

When the servants told him that he would go to Phoenix Palace, he saw that the empress seemed to have just cried, the Emperor Ruikang's disrespect and anger towards the Empress Hu instantly disappeared.

"It's only right for the empress to be this angry."

What happened back then was originally the fault of the Madame Liu Clan and Ye Jingche. Now that he had clearly committed a grave mistake and even wanted to use the matter of the crown prince to clear her name, it was no wonder the Empress was so angry.

Although Emperor Ruikang advised him otherwise, at the same time, he sent people to investigate what happened.

Although he was definitely ashamed of his Empress Hu, he still had his suspicions regarding this matter.

His instincts as an emperor told him that this matter was not that simple.

The Empress Hu was using her anger towards the Emperor Ruikang in the palace to prove that Ye Jingche was the one who saved himself, but outside the palace, when Xu Shiqiu found out about the news, he felt it was not that simple.

"Earlier, there was such a rumor. I already suspected that there was a backer behind this matter. A few days ago, there were some rumors circulating outside the palace, and these rumors were about to be suppressed. Who would have known that it would appear again today? " As he spoke till here, Xu Shiqiu paused for a while, and then continued, "This information seems to be about Ye Jingche saving himself, but I keep having the feeling that this matter isn't that simple."

After the Old Madame Xu heard Xu Shiqiu's words, she looked at Yan Ye who was also seated in confusion, and said: "In two days, Yuanxi's capture banquet will be held, at that time, your brother-in-law will definitely accompany your sister, and at that time, all of you can discuss it carefully, see if there is any news you don't know about your brother-in-law."

The reason the Old Madame Xu said that was also because she felt that Ye Jingxing was about to ascend to the throne. Furthermore, he lived in the palace, so maybe there really was some news that Xu Shiqiu and Yan Ye didn't know about.

Most importantly, did the palace know of this news as well? Also, if the Emperor Ruikang knew of this news, how would he react?

Xu Shiqiu and Yan Ye also knew that what Old Madame Xu said was reasonable. Rather than leaving them to guess randomly, it would be better to wait for another two days.

In any case, Yuanxi was the fifteenth day of the first month, so the matters regarding Ye Jingche would only be discussed in the Sixteenth Court of the first month.

In addition, the two of them also planned to take advantage of these two days to investigate and see if they could find out who was behind this.

Just like this, originally, it was just a simple banquet. In order to celebrate the fact that Xu Family had a granddaughter's Zhou Dufu, it became the last chance for Xu Family to be openly linked to a marriage relationship before the sixteenth of the first month.