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"How could I have any private contact with him? I only agreed to help him once in exchange."

"..." You know, after helping him this time, dealing with him again won't be that easy in the future. "

"He is your younger brother. Why do you want to deal with him?" Gu Qingli pretended not to know.

He seemed unwilling to elaborate on this matter, but in the end, he still said, "The poison in this king's body was given to me by mother and son."

Although she had long since overheard this fact, Gu Qingli still felt shocked when he said it herself. His eyes turned dark, and there seemed to be endless pain entangling, sinking, and unable to extricate himself from his eyes. That dark past had obviously become the one he hated to think about the most in his life.

"Forget it, they got away with it this time." He let out a long sigh.

Imperial Concubine Lan looked flirtatious and gentle, but her personality was as poisonous as a snake and a scorpion's. She could even do such a thing to her adopted son who had grown up with her own hands.

Although Gu Qingli didn't know much about the past, she could speculate that it was precisely the name of "War God" that had dragged him down, causing Imperial Concubine Lan to view him as a thorn in her side. She wanted to poison him first and get rid of him. Perhaps the emperor had treated him with unparalleled importance back then, and had even threatened her position. That was the reason why she had been so decisive and merciless.

A medicinal fragrance filled the air. Gu Qing Li came back to her senses and poured out the medicine in the clay pot.

"It's late at night. Your highness, after taking the medicine, should go back to your room."

"If the poison in this prince's body is completely removed, does Miss Li Yue intend to leave the Mo Residence?"

He asked so directly that Gu Qingli couldn't answer. She was indeed planning to leave after removing the poison in his body, but the anxiety in his eyes made her hesitate.

"If the king's poison is resolved, there wouldn't be any meaning for me to stay in the manor …"

She subconsciously wanted to withdraw her hand. "Your Highness, do you have a principal wife and wife? This is not appropriate."

The disappointment in his eyes gradually surged into the depths of his eyes. That's right, if he forced her to stay, what rank would he give her? Wangfei? A girl like her was obviously not willing to be a concubine.

But if he gave up on the wangfei … After all, it was a royal marriage. Since the princess had made a mistake, it would not be so easy for her to divorce her. He didn't notice at all that in his subconscious, he was just finding an excuse not to give up on his wangfei.

After Xiao Yixiu left, Gu Qingli silently watched his back. It was cold and lonely, as if she couldn't stand to be lonely.

A female corpse slowly moved in the unmarked cemetery outside the capital. A red clothed figure stood in front of her and bent down to help her up.

The female corpse raised her face. Dressed in palace attire and with a dazed expression, it was precisely the palace maid who had vomited blood and died within the throne room.

"Ghost …" "The Ghost Doctor …"

"Don't forget what you promised me. Since I saved your life, you can't reveal this matter to anyone in your entire life." The woman in red's voice was frosty.

"Of course, I understand. Thank you, Ghost Doctor, for saving my life." The palace maid struggled to kneel.

"Don't be nosy, change your clothes and go." The woman in red tossed down a cloth bag. "Don't ever return to the capital again. It would be best if you left the Eastern Abyss."

The palace maid untied the cloth bag, inside was a change of clothes and some scattered silver. After thanking him a thousand times, she found that the Ghost Doctor had already disappeared.

Three days later, during the hearing between the justice courts and the three divisions of the Ministry of Justice, the Minister of Rites, Liu Zhengyan, was convicted of murdering the crown prince and sent to serve in the bitter cold lands of the northwest.

Since there is no suitable candidate for the letter of advice, the Assistant Minister of Rites will temporarily take his place.

The Ling family had finally calmed down after receiving such a heavy blow. They heard that Imperial Concubine Ling had also restrained herself in the palace.

In the Rising Sun Palace, Imperial Concubine Ling looked at herself in the mirror and shouted at the palace maid, "Didn't you see that it was pasted off? "Scram!" She picked up something out of anger and threw it at the palace maid.

All the palace maids in the hall were silent, afraid that they would anger her.

"Mufei." Xiao Yi Mo came in quickly from outside. When he saw the mess, he understood that Imperial Concubine Ling was in a bad mood.

"Mo'er, your royal father hasn't come to the Shoyang Palace for a few days, he's only interested in seeing that sickly Ninth Prince all day!" Imperial Concubine Ling cried at his son.

Xiao Yimo waved his hand, and all the palace maids left.

"In the end, your mufei, I, am no longer twenty-eight years old, and now the Ling family has suffered this kind of fate …"

Even though she was in her forties, she had excellent maintenance. Her skin was white and tender, and her eyebrows and lips were red. She was a true beauty. Then he laughed: "Mufei need not be angry. Ninth Brother is young and always sick, what's wrong with royal father going to take a few more glances? Your Six Palaces are gorgeous, can't you compare to that Fu Gongyu? "

"How can I not be angry? "You said your uncle …"

"This is exactly what I wanted to talk to you about." "Hmph." Xiao Yi Mo's smile sank. "At first, we all suspected that it was the empress's underlings. However, after further investigation, we discovered that Xiao Yijin had appeared around the room that night …"

Imperial Concubine Ling was bewildered as she listened to him speak.

Xiao Yi Mo's deduction was reasonable as well. Although the Empress could very likely blame them, Imperial Concubine Lan's suspicion was not small either. At that time, all the evidence pointed towards Imperial Concubine Lan, which was very disadvantageous to her. If she wanted to make a comeback, of course she had to find another scapegoat.

It looked like everything was beneficial to Imperial Concubine Ling. In the eyes of the emperor, this was a double-edged arrow from Imperial Concubine Ling!

"Lan Yunyan, I swear to you that I will never leave you!" Imperial Concubine Ling gritted her teeth.

Of course, when Imperial Concubine Ling was furious, she didn't know that the empress was smiling right now. She was the one who had spread the news that Xiao Yijin had appeared in the room, and she certainly didn't expect that Xiao Yijin had indeed appeared.

"Bei'er, you're already so big, it's about time for you to have a snack. If it wasn't for Minister Liu distracting your father, the matter of you swindling Princess Mo into going to the pleasure boat would have blown up!"

Xiao Yi Bei was subservient and submissive on the one hand, and his gaze was darting all over the place. He was completely impatient to be lectured here. He had been the Crown Prince since he was young. When he sat down as Crown Prince for more than ten years, he always felt that he was as steady as Mt. Tai, and not in danger like his mother had said.

"Child, you're really too untalented!" The empress couldn't help but feel angry when she saw him. "If I hadn't been plotting for you, do you think you'd be able to hold the position of crown prince so steadily?"

She had gone through so much trouble to frame Concubine Lan and now she wanted to start a fight with Concubine Ling. The only thing she was worried about was that her son was too useless and couldn't keep his position as Crown Prince.

"Alright mother …"

"The matter of the brothel girl that you mentioned last time needs to be put on hold. If your royal father were to find out about her background, it would be difficult for her to enter the imperial family even if she is carrying an imperial descendant. Who would allow a brothel girl's descendant to enter the imperial family?"

"Didn't Imperial Mother say that with a grandson, you would change Imperial Father's opinion of me slightly?"

"That depends on who his birth mother is!" The empress's face sank. "Also, if you don't want to marry Princess Lan Xun, then we must try to build a good relationship with Nan Yue. It would be best if we can marry Nan Yue, and it would be the same if we can marry their Princess Huai Rou."

"Got it." Actually, Xiao Yi Bei was secretly cursing in his heart. If he went to the unruly Princess Lan Xun to welcome the unknown Princess Huai Wen, wouldn't that be equivalent to changing the situation? He was still thinking about Liu Xin. That's right, that Princess Mo was actually pretty good. Alas, she already had an owner …