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In the imperial garden, the emperor saw that the empress dowager's expression was one of sadness, but there was no reaction. His Majesty predicted that the Empress Dowager must have thought of thirteen years of past events, and that her sorrowful expression must have been due to the demise of Chenchen as well.

Thirteen years ago, the Emperor unintentionally found out the truth behind Consort Chen's death. In order for the Empress Dowager and the Emperor to keep her position and completely eradicate Consort De and the First Prince, Consort Chen sacrificed her life. Prince Zhan was also bedridden for more than two months, and almost lost her life because of this.

The Emperor felt that he had let Chu Xiuhan down. The royal family's soil was indeed filled with the blood of innocents.

I will not kill Born, but Born will die because of me.

"Empress Dowager, you better not interfere in Chu Xiuhan's business." The emperor gently comforted the empress dowager and said, "Not just the empress dowager, the emperor had always deeply believed that he owed Chu Xiuhan too.

"Your majesty, do you think This Dowager has aged as well?" Suddenly, the empress dowager felt a little depressed, and her voice sounded a little old. "I've gotten muddle-headed."

Thirteen years ago, Han'er and Xue'er were very close, and Xue'er had been chasing Han'er and calling him Big Brother Han. Han'er had always been protecting Xue'er, and I once overheard her saying that she was going to marry Han'er and become her wangfei.

"I just wanted to... One day, they will be back to how they were thirteen years ago. Some people died, and the living will be able to return to their original paths. " The empress dowager's eyes were empty. She didn't know where she was looking at as she spoke, but there wasn't much energy left in her.

"Mother, you also said that it has been thirteen years, and people can change, we are changing, like snow, and Chu Xiuhan is changing too. You can't take into account that thirteen years ago, Chu Xiuhan and Qin Ruxue's relationship was already considered to be the most suitable for Chu Xiuhan, so we owe him too much. The emperor patiently continued to persuade the empress dowager.

"Han-Er, he …" "It's just that what happened thirteen years ago had too much of an impact on him, and he has temporarily forgotten about his friendship with Xue'er. I just don't want him to regret it in the future, okay?" Her Majesty turned to look at the Emperor and insisted.

"Muhou." The emperor paused for a moment before slowly speaking, "Imperial Mother, you treat Ru Xue especially because she looks very much like an imperial concubine, right?" The Emperor took a deep breath and spoke slowly.

"I …" The empress dowager didn't expect the emperor to say such words. Her face immediately turned red and white, a little bit sad, a little bit embarrassed that her thoughts had been exposed.

"Muhou." The emperor said softly, "Imperial Mother, don't interfere with Chu Xiuhan's marriage anymore."

The empress dowager seemed to find it hard to stay stiff as she gave another deep sigh of hesitation. "Alright." With that, he turned around and left in a somewhat dejected manner.

The emperor didn't understand why the empress dowager was so stubborn, but the emperor knew that letting Chu Xiuhan marry Nangong Waner was definitely a good thing, a good thing for Chu Xiuhan.

Thirteen years ago, Chu Xiuhan had managed to escape death from the poison several times. After waking up, he seemed to have been reborn and changed into a different person. He looked at Chu Xiuhan and thought about the tragic death of Chenfei. For the first time, he knew the weight that he was carrying and the hope that he was carrying.

The emperor's personality was still unruly and unruly, and the empress dowager still felt that the emperor was unruly, but deep in her heart, the emperor clearly knew how many people he had sacrificed to step into the emperor's throne. Even if it wasn't for the people of the world, if it wasn't for the people of the Li Clan, he couldn't afford to let down his life.

That was why even though he was unwilling, he still accepted the empress dowager's arrangements. After he sat on the throne, he accepted the empress dowager's condescending looks. He did not reject the ministers who had repeatedly made concubines for the sake of their children.

Although he did not like this quiet palace, he did not like the false concubines of the imperial harem.

"Sometimes, I really envy that brat Chu Xiuhan." After the empress dowager left, the emperor sat down in the imperial garden rather casually, dismissed the eunuchs and maids, and began to enjoy the quiet time by himself.

Chu Xiuhan could either like or not like according to his character, do or not do, he had to give way to Chu Xiuhan, the empress dowager had to tolerate Chu Xiuhan, and now that Chu Xiuhan also had Nangong Waner, his entire person became spirited, and his blood and flesh seemed to have become flesh. It was as if there was some sort of smoke and fire in his body, this … It should all be because of that Nangong Waner.

No one understands him, no one understands him. They even come up with all sorts of methods to win his favor, and each one of them wants to have a child and a woman as their lifelong dream.

After thinking about it carefully, the emperor became even more envious of Chu Xiuhan, and also... He felt even more pity for himself.

"Little De, go back to the royal study." The Emperor slowly stood up and walked on in a somewhat lonely and slow manner.

Feeling that the emperor was in a bad mood, Little De Zi wanted to step forward and ask, but after a moment of thought, he decided to silently follow behind the emperor and silently accompany the emperor on a walk.

"However, I have wronged that brat Chu Xiuhan once." The Emperor said this for no reason as he walked with a low voice.

Little De knew how to react so he hastily asked, "How did the emperor disappoint the Prince Zhang?"

"He asked me to bestow the marriage on him, the end of the month is about to marry. I intentionally refused to marry him, saying that there are no good days in the future, and Chu Xiuhan actually listened to him. He was so anxious to get married, yet he agreed to push the marriage date to two months later." When the Emperor spoke to here of his feelings, he could not help but feel happy. "That brat, Chu Xiuhan, has finally died in my hands once."

"That's right, your majesty. The entire Prince Zhang has fallen into your hands." Little De Zi was very perceptive and quickly flattered.

"You did a good job of flattering me, haha." The emperor was beaming with joy as he glanced at Little De. His gloomy mood had suddenly improved.

At that time, Nangong Waner was unable to bear the gazes of the palace maids and eunuchs at first, but she was unable to force Chu Xiuhan, after struggling for a while, she entered Chu Xiuhan's arms while covering her face.

A few days ago, at the entrance of the palace, he saw a new pair of palace maids carrying a young lady. They coincidentally saw it again, as the Prince Zhan was swaggering like there was no one around as he carried Nangong Waner through the palace gate.

Looking at each other, the two new palace maids could not help but look at each other in dismay. "The ones who just walked over, are the Prince Zhang, right?"

"Yes …" "Right, he's even carrying a woman?!"

When the mama saw the two little palace maids standing motionlessly at the entrance, she became a little angry and decided to come over to teach them a lesson. As she slowly walked closer, the more she saw, the more familiar she became.

"It's the two of you again, slacking off here!" The nanny chided in a displeased manner.

"Momo, Prince Zhang just carried a woman out of the palace." The small palace maid had yet to recover from her shock, so when she saw the mama coming over, she quickly explained.

"You're spreading rumors again, hurry up and go." After sending the little palace maid away, the mama looked towards the entrance in doubt. There was no sign of the Prince Zhan at all.

"This session of palace maids is really not good enough." The mama couldn't help but silently curse in her heart, thinking that it must be the two little palace maids spreading rumors again.

Not long after, the news of Prince Zhan marrying Nangong Waner spread throughout Shangjing City. These few days, every street and alley were talking about the love story between Nangong Waner and Prince Zhan, and the gossips and rumors that were quiet for a long time also started to spread like wildfire.

Actually, there was another piece of gossip, the son of the Minister of Industry, Xiao Ze, went to the house of Assistant Minister Lord Liu and asked to marry him. It was just that, the news of Xiao Ze marrying Liu Ru seemed to be insignificant in front of the news of Prince Zhan marrying Nangong Waner.

After all, there was more than a chasm between the Prince Zhan and Nangong Waner … The citizens of Shangjing City all thought that the distance between and the Prince Zhang was too great to fill up a single Green Spring Mountain.