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Under the moonlight, a man in a captivating red robe slightly raised his hand. He clamped onto the hand of the man in extravagant blue clothes, and his gaze was ice-cold.

The blue-robed man looked at him with the same unfriendly gaze. The atmosphere between the two could simply be described as tense and hostile.

Between the two of them, the woman stood in the middle, looking at the people standing on both sides, sighing helplessly.

"Shangguan Han, didn't you want to go treat Princess Qian Shui's illness?"

"Yes, that's right. But I'm more interested in this place than going there. " The man looked at Shui Long and laughed.

"Thank you so much. However, if you are really interested in me, please let me go. "

"Sure." Shangguan Han's words were straightforward. As soon as he said them, he pulled his hand away from Emperor Shang's hand. Looking at Shui Ruo and Emperor Shang, his thin lips curled up slightly. "Well then, see you tomorrow."

After saying that, Shangguan Bing walked towards the inner yard of the palace.

Shui Ruo let out a sigh of relief when he saw the man leave.

"How could you have offended him?" Night Emperor Shang wrinkled his brow. He looked at the direction where the man had gone, his expression solemn.

"About this, I can only say it's a coincidence." Shui Long shrugged his shoulders helplessly.

"Coincidence? Hey, why do you have so many coincidences? But forget it. "Since you've already gotten into trouble, be careful. Don't let that woman find you."

Night Emperor Shang's attitude became all the more solemn as he warned.

"The woman? "You mean, Princess Thirteen?" Shui Ruo thought of what had happened in the great hall, thinking of the domineering woman in the blue dress, and felt a wave of helplessness in his heart. So, do you have to be so unlucky?

Princess Thirteen obviously wasn't someone to be trifled with. It wasn't a good thing to provoke her over a man she wasn't familiar with.

On the other side, Shui Yuehan was completely powerless. As for Night Emperor Shang, he looked at Shui Ruo and held her hand.

Her gaze landed on a shadow in the woods to her left. The warning in her eyes was obvious.

"What are you looking at?" Seeing that Emperor Shang seemed to be looking at something, Shui Ruo curiously asked.

"Nothing, let's go." Night Emperor Shang retracted his gaze and looked at Shui Ruo with a gentle smile.

Shui Long heard this and did not pursue the matter any further. He only left with Night Emperor Shang.

After the two of them left, the woman in blue slowly walked out of the forest.

Her eyebrows were delicate, her gaze was light, and her eyebrows were slightly raised. There was a hint of coldness in her expression.

"Princess, do you want your subordinate to follow them?" A man dressed in black, wearing a sword on his waist asked respectfully.

Hearing that, the woman shook her head and said, "There is no need. Shui Ruo was not interested in Shangguan Gongzi, so there was no need for me to make a move. Moreover, look at how second brother treated her just now. Even if she were to become interested in Master Shangguan in the future, she could only feel powerless. "

"The princess is right." The man respectfully replied.

"Let's go. Compared to that woman, let's go and see how Shangguan Gongzi saved Sister Qian Shui first." Princess Thirteen's attitude was very calm. When she spoke of Qian Shui, she frowned slightly.

However, it only lasted for an instant before everything returned to normal.

At the side, the man in black heard her words and hid himself after a moment of silence. He followed behind Princess Thirteen.

Princess Thirteen raised her head and puffed out her chest as she walked straight towards the place in the palace that was known as the 'cage'.

Princess Qian Shui was a taboo that could not be mentioned in the palace. The daughter of the woman.

"Bastard!" "Bastard!"

Crackling sounds could be heard from the empress's chambers, accompanied by the empress's angry curses.

Crown Princess Shangguan Yun stood in front of the empress with her head bowed, bearing the empress's anger and not daring to speak.

"You! Let me ask you! Did you tell that beast Shangguan Han to do that? " The Queen smashed the big pot in her hands, pointed at Shangguan Yun and said harshly.

"No." Shangguan Yun pursed her lips and looked at the empress. Despite using all her courage, she still couldn't help trembling.

Although the current empress looked harmless, those who knew of her methods were well aware that she was only trying to deceive people.

If he truly angered her, what awaited him would be an endless hell. And now, she was in hell.

Trying to escape! Looking at her eyes that were ready to devour him, Shangguan Yun really wanted to run away. However, if she ran away and returned to the Shangguan family, she wouldn't have the position of asking for help from the Shangguan family anymore.

Although Ashan had done wrong this time, he was still a member of the Shangguan family, her little brother. Besides, he was also the Shangguan family's secret weapon, the elders attached great importance to him, so he couldn't let Shangguan Han get into trouble.

Now, as the person who invited him into the palace, she had to take full responsibility. Now, he could only let the empress vent all her anger.

As a lady from a big family, Shangguan Yun was undoubtedly raised by a spoiled child. However, she had a lesson at home, which was to be calm and patient for one hour when anyone in the family got angry.

For a man who is angry, the best way is never to explain, but to be silent.

Once she had vented her anger, she would be able to achieve twice the results with half the work if she explained further.

At this moment, Shangguan Yun was using this method. She lowered her head, not looking at the Queen's frightened expression.

Until the sound of something being smashed died down.

Roughly an hour later, the Queen put down the things in her hands and sighed, "Ah, forget it. What's coming, will eventually come. It's probably because that woman's soul can't leave it, that's why such a thing would happen. "

"The woman?" The Crown Princess asked curiously.

The queen looked up, her eyes filled with sadness and nostalgia. There was even a trace of fear in her eyes.

She looked at Shangguan Yun, her thoughts lost in her memories.

"That was seventeen years ago during the winter. I did something that I will never be able to forget for the rest of my life." The empress's voice was bitter.

Shangguan Yun listened to the empress's words, and for some reason, she was touched. Perhaps, it was because the expression on this normally formidable woman was too fragile. Perhaps, it was because she wanted to know the empress's weakness. Perhaps, she had a premonition that she might encounter such a thing in the future.

However, no matter which one it was, Shangguan Yun would obediently sit there and listen to the empress.

At this moment, the person the Queen was not paying attention to was Shangguan Yun.

He then spoke out all the pent-up emotions in his heart, "In the past, I had only been in charge of the harem for three years. In my heart, the Emperor should love me. However, at that time, the Emperor brought that woman back. That woman who was like water. At that time, the Emperor had given her almost all of his love. After that, the women of the palace, in order to be able to fight for the favor, have done a lot, but no one was able to snatch the emperor's love from her hands. "

"Is what mother said, the master of the Luo Shui palace?" Shangguan Yun was very smart and asked softly.

Hearing that, the Queen nodded and said, "That's right, it's her. After she came to the Imperial Palace, it could be said that the entire place was filled with chaos. She was actually not a good person, much less a good person. Even her pitiful identity and circumstances were fake. That woman was the Courtesan Belle of the Wanshui Tower in the capital. Because he was in love with the emperor, he would put on an act and let the emperor fall in love with her. As she wished, the Emperor became her captive. For her, the harem was almost disbanded. It was at that time that I felt a sense of danger and decided to deal with her. "

As the empress spoke up to this point, her eyes showed signs of struggling.

When Shangguan Yun saw this, he said, "That's right. The harem was very important to this country. If the emperor didn't have the harem and empress to pacify their families, wouldn't something happen? The palace is never a place where any woman seeks love. "

Shangguan Yun's words made the empress nod her head in agreement.

"That's right. It's precisely because of this that I've decided to accept those concubines' pleas for help. When the Emperor left the palace to investigate, he would poison her to death because she already has a big belly. However, what I did not expect was that the child that was only seven months old was actually born by her before she died. I will never forget the hatred in that woman's eyes at that time. Children are innocent. As I look at that child, I will always think of Yan'er. If my Yan'er was killed by someone, I will definitely suffer a fate worse than death. Looking at that child, I couldn't calm my heart down in the end. "Now that I think about it, he's still too naive back then."

The Queen sighed.

Shangguan Yun listened attentively, and when she heard this, she could roughly guess what was going on.

Then the empress continued, "Later on, I sent that child to Imperial Concubine Tang's hands to raise. At that time, Imperial Concubine Tang already had a child, only the child is still young. I asked her to adopt the child, and she agreed. When the Emperor returned, I told him that the woman died in childbirth. Although the Emperor didn't believe it, after all, there was still a child that was born. That was why the harem was at peace. And that child is the Princess Qian Shui. "

The empress ground her teeth when she mentioned Princess Qian Shui.

When Shangguan Yun heard this, she thought to herself, 'So it's like that.'

If that was the case, then Princess Qian Shui was an extraordinary threat to the crown prince!

But why would the empress tell me these things?

"Do you know why I told you all this?" Just when Shangguan Yun was curious, the empress's voice sounded again.

When Shangguan Yun heard this, she raised her head and said, "To reply esteemed Empress, chenqie doesn't know."

"That's because I've already decided to accept you as the princess consort. I hope that in the future, you can be like me and think for the crown prince. " The Queen looked at Shangguan Yun and thought about many things. This was her final decision.

At the moment, it was not the time to clash head on with her. It was as if this time, even if Shangguan Qing's actions were not directed by Shangguan Yun, it was because she forced Shangguan Yun to ask for help from her family that Shangguan Han entered the palace. All of this was because of the fight between the two of them!

Therefore, the only way to stop all of this was to make Shangguan Yun work with him. As for the rest, we'll talk about it later.

Shangguan Yun didn't know what the empress was thinking. However, Shangguan Yun felt that the empress's attitude towards her meant that the trust she received from the empress was very high. After all, if the emperor were to know about this, then the empress would be sentenced to death.

The empress was using her life to win her trust!

As someone else's wife, what she needed to do was to get the love of her husband and gain the approval of her mother-in-law. Even in the royal family.

At this moment, although she wasn't able to obtain the favor of the Night Emperor, obtaining the recognition of the empress was still extremely important. With the Queen's help, she no longer had to fight alone, and she had the Empress Dowager.

Thinking of this, the Crown Princess kneeled on the floor and looked at the Queen with a touched face, saying, "Thank you for your trust, Mother."

"En, but you couldn't be the one behind Shangguan Bing's case, right?" The Queen looked at Shangguan Yun in satisfaction, and asked abruptly as if she had suddenly recalled something.

Hearing that, Shangguan Yun hurriedly shook her head and said, "No, no. Although your daughter-in-law isn't really close with you, but she can't destroy the crown prince just for the sake of opposing you. A daughter-in-law and the Crown Prince are both blessed and blessed. Furthermore, the love a daughter-in-law has for the Crown Prince is something that the heavens and earth can attest to. So why would they do such a thing? " The princess consort looked at the empress and quickly explained.

The empress was right when she heard this.

Although the Crown Princess had never been able to get along with her, her feelings for the Crown Prince were absolutely trustworthy.

She had personally witnessed what this woman had done for Yan'er.