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Little Zhui looked at the willow trees in the courtyard dancing in the wind, and was so shocked that she could not even stand straight.

"Miss, let's go quickly. This place is really scary."

Xue Ronghua slowly pushed away the hand that Little Zhui was hanging on her arm, "Being my servant girl, how can I be so cowardly?"

Little Zhui said anxiously: "Young miss, this is not the time to train me for courage, if there were any ghosts jumping out from the willow trees, I would not be able to be your personal servant."

Xue Ronghua laughed, "I already said don't be afraid, if any willow spirits really come out, I will immediately rush forward to stop them."

Little Zhui's legs trembled uncontrollably, Miss, don't joke around, how could there be a willow tree that can turn into a spirit?

Xue Ronghua comforted her and touched her little head, "Little Zhui, you've heard too much gossip."

Then she looked around in the faint moonlight and walked into the willow forest that had been planted in the ruins of the wall.

Seeing Xue Ronghua walk in fearlessly, Little Zhui immediately followed her. After all, staying outside by herself was even scarier.

"Miss, why don't you tell me why this willow tree wasn't planted in the garden?"

Xue Ronghua was suspicious: "I don't know either, there are too many willow trees in this abandoned palace."

She bent down to move the stones by the willow tree. After some searching, she finally found a plaque in the yard of the abandoned palace.

There were no willow trees in the inner courtyard, only the empty panes and the cobwebs hanging from the walls. A greyish rat passed by his feet and darted out of the hole in the wall.

Little Zhui panicked: "Miss, we should go to the Xinyang Hall."

"Don't worry, let me see what's written on this plaque."

Xue Ronghua used a handkerchief to wipe away the dust on the signboard.

The image of the Empress Chen appeared in her mind. The empress's Bedchamber is the Changchun Palace, and this place is called the Luan Feng Palace. Isn't it disrespectful to the empress?

"Little Zhui, have you heard of Luan Feng Palace before?" Xue Ronghua pointed to the words on the signboard.

Little Zhui was startled. "Is this the empress' palace from before?"

"Of course not, the empress doesn't live in such a remote place."

In a split-second, Chu Zongge's words suddenly rang beside his ears. Didn't he say that Yuan Su's mother lived at the place farthest from the Emperor's Bedchamber?

Xue Ronghua felt that she had discovered some big secret, and couldn't help but cover her chest. The abandoned palace was made of willow trees and the name of the palace was Luan Feng Palace. The name of the Mrs. Heyi was Liu Chengyun and all of these were linked together as if they were trying to unveil themselves to see the truth.

Little Zhui saw that Xue Ronghua was deep in thought and asked: "Miss, what are you thinking about?"

Xue Ronghua was not clear about the affairs of the Qin Nation harem, and thought that Little Zhui should have heard from the servants of the Prime Minister's Mansion before, so she asked her: "Little Zhui, do you know of anyone in the Mrs. Heyi?"

Little Zhui said: "I seem to have heard from Mingyue, who was by Eldest Miss's side, that a long time ago, it was … Master Duanwang of the Master Duanwang? "

Xue Ronghua was ecstatic: "That's right, do you still remember anything?"

Little Zhui revealed a sad expression. "But Mrs. Heyi isn't favored by His Majesty today. The eldest miss even said that she was an empty shell lady."

Xue Ronghua's eyes dimmed. Chu Zongge had told her the same thing, and Little Zhui had also heard the same thing.

Little Zhui then said: "Miss, Mrs. Heyi has already been dead for a long time, what are you asking her for?"

Xue Ronghua sighed, "I just want to get to know more about Prince Duan."

Little Zhui laughed: "If Miss wants to know about Prince Duan, you can ask Prince Duan about it."

With that, she pulled Xue Ronghua's hand, wanting to bring her away from this gloomy place.

Xue Ronghua held onto Little Zhui's hand, and said with a calm smile: "Alright, I'll bring you over right now."

Chu Zongge was drinking wine in the courtyard when he suddenly saw two figures, one big and one small, flipping over the wall.

Seeing Xue Ronghua bowing towards him, Chu Zongge was overjoyed: "Why didn't you return to the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

Little Zhui felt wronged and said: "The young miss stole our carriage, and left us some bad things, we can't go back anymore."

Chu Zongge was very clear about Xue Liuhua's personality, and immediately understood, "Then you two can rest under the Xinyang Hall. I'll ask the servants to prepare two rooms for you two."

Xue Ronghua did not want to alarm the people of the palace, so she hurriedly said: "Tell us where the room is, I'll go myself."

"Alright then," Chu Zongge said with a light smile. "You've waited at the entrance for half a night, are you hungry and thirsty?"

Xue Ronghua looked at the wine in his white jade cup, and the Liquor worm in her stomach drilled out, "I'm thirsty, but I don't know if this wine will be able to quell my thirst?"

Chu Zongge switched Little Zhui to the hall to eat snacks. He picked up another white jade cup and poured some of the fine wine for Xue Ronghua, "This is the Ice Xi Wine that the emperor bestowed to you two days ago. You need to use a jade cup to drink it specially, and it feels like there's snow in your mouth."

Xue Ronghua laughed, "You are indeed of royal lineage, there is so much to pay attention to just drinking a little."

Chu Zongge passed the alcohol to her, his eyes deep. "You'll know once you drink it."

"I'd like to have a little bit of this snow." Xue Ronghua held the cup and drank a mouthful, and her lips trembled as if snow.

"This wine is too cold. It's the beginning of spring, how could you drink such a cold wine?"

Chu Zongge smiled bitterly, "You should ask the Emperor why he bestowed me such a cold wine."

Xue Ronghua hurriedly asked, "What happened between you and the Emperor?"

"It's nothing, it's just that the Emperor noticed that I'm a personal minister, so he bestowed me with Ice Creek Wine to warn me."

Xue Ronghua thought for a while: "Your majesty, isn't this too biased? The actions of the crown prince is completely exposed to the world."

Chu Zongge laughed helplessly: "Then what can I do? Empress Chen is the emperor's most important person, I only have a wife as my shell."

When Xue Ronghua saw the disappointment on Chu Zongge's face, she could not help but tell his everything that had happened tonight.

"Do you know about Luan Feng Palace?"

Chu Zongge was puzzled: "Why are you asking this? It's the place the Mrs. Heyi lives, it has long been abandoned."

Xue Ronghua's heart was moved, it was truly the palace of the Mrs. Heyi's Liu Chengyun.

"I accidentally walked over there tonight."

"That place is very far away, it's not easy for you to walk back from the Luan Feng Palace."

Xue Ronghua probed, "Have you been to the Luan Feng Palace before?"

Chu Zongge laughed: "That is a palace that my had once lived in, so of course I have been there a few times."

Xue Ronghua slowly guided him into her own thoughts, "When I went there just now, I discovered that there were a lot of willow trees planted there, many of them becoming forests."

Chu Zongge did not understand, "The emperor loves willow trees, the palace is filled with willow trees, maybe the wind blew the willow tree seeds over there to take root?"

Xue Ronghua saw that Chu Zongge did not react for a long time, and went straight to the point, "Did you not think at all that the relationship between the Mrs. Heyi and the Emperor is not as estranged as what others see?"

Chu Zongge was silent for a while, before he forced out a bitter smile, "I … I really don't dare to think of it. "

"You must forget what happened in your previous life. Right now, you are living in the body of the Mrs. Heyi's biological son, Chu Zongge," Xue Ronghua said as she pulled at his hand anxiously, "If the emperor really doesn't like Liu Chengyun, then why would he let her live in a palace whose name is greatly disrespectful to the empress? If the emperor really only likes the willow tree, then how could the willow tree in Luan Feng Palace grow so much?

Chu Zongge looked at her eyes that were as gentle as spring water. His heart felt moist and warm, even the bitterness hanging on the side of his lips had faded a little.

"Alright, I believe you. Then I'll go and investigate," Chu Zongge smiled, "If it's really as you said, then the matter of seizing the direct descendant will be settled."

Xue Liuhua and Prince Jin were flirting in the carriage, completely unaware that she had lost her younger sister in the palace.

Seeing that Xue Liuhua's laughter was getting more and more frivolous, Prince Jin knew that he had let his guard down and felt that the time was right.

"How did your sister Xue Ronghua get to know Prince Duan?"

When Xue Liuhua heard the two words Xue Ronghua, her brilliant smile almost crumbled. "Why is Prince Jin asking about my sister?" she asked with a smile.

Prince Jin made a strange expression, "Prince Duan is my Royal Brother, Xue Ronghua is the quasi imperial sister-in-law, I naturally have to get to know her."

In the conversation in the Bell Sound Hall, Prince Jin said Xue Ronghua's name under the pressure of the empress's question. Everyone was treating this matter as a joke, but she, Xue Liuhua, was not that stupid. Prince Jin looked at Xue Ronghua with some love in her eyes.

Xue Liuhua, whose clothes were about to fall off, said with a smile: "Prince Jin is truly thinking for Prince Duan. Even though little sister is a bit cold, but she's thick and gentle, and is very suitable to be an imperial concubine."

Prince Jin nodded: "That's good, thank you young miss."

"However," Xue Liuhua's beautiful eyes turned, "If little sister was born from a concubine, it will inevitably affect the prestige of the imperial family."

Prince Jin laughed: "Prince Duan doesn't mind being the princess consort, so let them be."

"Then is Prince Jin willing to marry me?" Xue Liuhua indistinctly leaned over, looking at him with her bewitching eyes.

The Prince Jin's eyes gradually became misty. "To marry a wife, one must marry a wife. Naturally, I must marry a daughter to become an imperial concubine."

Xue Liuhua covered her mouth and laughed secretly: "If that's the case, then Prince Jin is looking down on Little Sister Rong Hua."

"I don't dare to make any accusations against the would-be would-be wangfei of the Prince Duan s. It's just that the wangfei position of the Prince Duan s is still too egotistical."

"I see that Prince Jin seems to have some misgivings about his sister. Is he unhappy about his sister's background, or is he thinking about his sister in another way?" Xue Liuhua's eyes gradually revealed a cold intent, "Only the Prince Jin knows whether the jokes in the Tolling Hall are true or not!"

Prince Jin was stunned, he had really underestimated the young miss of the Prime Minister's house, he thought that she was a brainless vase, he did not expect her to be so clear about it.

Xue Liuhua's heart stung, and she pretended to be calm: "Prince Jin, you have to understand, not only am I not stupid, Xue Ronghua is also not stupid, the Prince Duan is even stronger than the crown prince, if you want to fight amongst them, you have to think about whether that is possible."

Prince Jin lost his gentleness and his eyes became sinister, "Young Miss Xue, don't be agitated. This king hasn't said anything yet."

Xue Liuhua sneered: "Just now, Prince Jin had coaxed me for half a day just to find out about Xue Ronghua, did he not say anything?"

Prince Jin scoffed, "Does Young Miss Xue complain that I am using Miss to do so?"

Xue Liuhua's eyes turned red, "It's already my fortune to be able to travel together with Prince Jin, my daughter doesn't dare." She reached out and pulled open the curtain, causing the light of the Prime Minister's Mansion's two lanterns to enter the palanquin …

Xue Liuhua got off the palanquin, and a tear fell onto her hand. Her knees went weak and she kneeled down.