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The Noble Consort Kang tilted her head and retrieved a green chrysanthemum from an enamel bottle on the side of the table. She glanced down at the Prince Jin below him and said, "This green chrysanthemum is specially cultivated by the gardeners in the palace.

Prince Jin smiled: "mother likes Lv Ying, let the gardener plant a row in the courtyard."

"If you especially like something, you can't put it in front of your eyes to avoid growing tired of it."

Prince Jin smiled, "mother wants to ask this son about Prince Duan?"

"The Prince Duan?" Noble Consort Kang squinted his eyes, "If you mention him, then he's Prince Duan. Looks like he's planning to leave together with him on the same boat."

"No matter whose boat it is, it is all to reach the destination," the Prince Jin said faintly. "This son is riding on Prince Duan's boat this time to reach Xue Ronghua's ferry."

Noble Consort Kang looked at him intently, "Xue Ronghua, are you sure you want to get her?"

"Your son is determined to win." The Prince Jin nodded.

"So you want to join Prince Duan in taking the crown prince down from the throne?"

"Right, finish the easiest thing first, then we'll deal with the tricky one."

The Noble Consort Kang was puzzled. "If Prince Duan and Xue Ronghua get married first, what can we do?"

Prince Jin shook his head and said with certainty: "Impossible, if they were to get married, it would have already been done. Why drag things this far?

Noble Consort Kang sighed, "You said earlier that you would first get rid of the easy ones, and you want to get rid of the crown prince and Empress Chen, that is easier said than done?"

The Prince Jin smiled mysteriously, and said: "The Mrs. Heyi's Luan Feng Palace is still around, and the palace's willow trees are still growing in the garden."

Noble Consort Kang was a little shocked, "If you want to use this matter as an excuse, then we will …"

Prince Jin pursed his lips with an ambiguous look, "I was the one who led Prince Duan to find out the truth. He won't know what we did that year, so mother can be at ease."

Noble Consort Kang asked: "Then do you have any plans in your mind, and do you think this Prince Duan will believe you?"

"I have already brought out such an important information like Yu Zhu, Prince Duan is now forced onto the cliff, if you don't grab onto my vine, I'm afraid it will be difficult to cross the pass."

Noble Consort Kang asked again: "Are you and the Prince Duan Alliance really here to snatch Yu Zhu from the crown prince?"

The expression in the Prince Jin's eyes dimmed as he said softly, "My decision has nothing to do with Yu Zhu.

"Then what about Xue Liuhua? She seems to like you a lot."

"I am not interested in love. Both Xue Liuhua and I have impure motives, let's see who can win."

"Empress Chen wholeheartedly wants to push you onto Xue Liuhua right now, you better be careful."

The Prince Jin sneered: "Empress Chen is really working hard for the matters of the bastard. How can such a scheming woman raise a scumbag like the crown prince?"

Noble Consort Kang covered her mouth as she laughed, "Didn't Mrs. Heyi also give birth to someone as shrewd and profound as Prince Duan?"

Prince Jin thought for a moment, "I feel like this Prince Duan really did change after his illness. I wonder what kind of medicine the royal doctors gave him, I also want a few."

The Noble Consort Kang said in a displeased tone, "How can you just randomly eat medicine?"

Prince Jin immediately laughed: "Not only Prince Duan, I heard from Xue Liuhua that Xue Ronghua also had a serious illness. After she was cured, it was as if she had become a different person."

The Noble Consort Kang did not believe him, "How can a person change his mind just because he is sick, it's just that they are hiding their abilities, and are using the effects of an illness to slowly expose themselves, I'm afraid you cannot see through their tricks."

Prince Jin cupped his hands: "mother is still the most thoughtful."

"Then why is Xue Liuhua still obedient?"

"Although Xue Liuhua looks like a vase, she does have some tricks up her sleeves."

Noble Consort Kang frowned, disgusted. "To be able to give birth to a pregnant concubine, I am afraid that it is more than just scheming."

The Prince Jin comforted her: "Even so, it seems like she's only playing with some tricks, and won't be able to get the big picture. Wouldn't that make it easier for me to control her?"

The Noble Consort Kang thought for a while and nodded, "At least it's better than Xue Ronghua who can't tell what she is thinking."

"Xue Ronghua is actually not hard to deal with. Didn't the Prince Duan also get rid of the beauty? Then I can do it too."

Empress Chen was still in the Changchun Palace waiting for the crown prince to return when he suddenly heard a summons from outside, "Participate, your majesty." She quickly got up and welcomed the emperor in.

After the Emperor sat down, he leisurely took a sip of tea and said, "I heard that your Hundred Blossom Banquet met a quasi wangfei that day?"

"Yes."

The emperor smirked. "The quasi wangfei should be Xue Longhu's daughter."

Empress Chen nodded: "Where is the Prime Minister's concubinage."

The Emperor laughed out loud and slapped his thigh a few times. "I don't really care about being a son of the Emperor. Back then, I was also the son of the Consort Xian. Didn't I also become the Emperor?"

Empress Chen hurriedly replied, "Yes yes, even if the crown prince has become the ruler, he should still be alright …"

"I didn't even mention the crown prince, why are you saying it yourself?" The Emperor glanced at her indifferently.

Empress Chen himself knew that he had misspoken and he could only kneel down and say, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Your concubine really misses the crown prince."

"You miss me that much?" The emperor's lips curved into a smile. "You're too pampered."

Empress Chen's eyes glimmered with tears. "Chenqie only has this one son, I can't not put it in my palms."

"It isn't good for us to love him too much," the emperor laughed. "It's good to see how Prince Jin is like, he didn't bother us too much. Look at how happy he is every day."

"The Emperor is right."

"That's right, what about the would-be wangfei of Prince Duan?"

Empress Chen's heart skipped a beat as he slowly said, "He looks pretty good, just that his personality is a little cold. Maybe the Emperor doesn't like him …"

"No worries," The Emperor waved his hand nonchalantly. "As long as Prince Duan likes it, it's fine. As for Princess Duan, you don't have to be especially fond of it."

The Empress Chen was wild with joy. The Emperor's words meant that the chances of Prince Duan becoming the emperor was very slim, and that it was impossible for Princess Duan to become the queen.

The Emperor watched her relaxed expression without a change in his expression. He was silent for a while.

The Empress Chen smiled like a flower. "Ever since the emperor opened his Xinyang Hall, did he visit the Prince Duan?"

"No, I haven't gone to the Xinyang Hall for a long time." He looked at her again. "As his mother, you didn't go to see him?"

Empress Chen's face stiffened, then he laughed: "Chenqie let the crown prince go."

"Yes, I guess so."

The Empress Chen helped him peel a grape. "Your Majesty, do you want to meet the quasi wangfei one day?"

"I don't need it, as long as Prince Duan likes it."

Seeing that the emperor was about to leave, the Empress Chen immediately went up to welcome him.

The emperor in front suddenly turned around and faintly sighed. "I know that you don't like the Prince Duan, but the past and past cannot be turned back. Don't add the grudges of the previous generation to this generation."

Empress Chen looked as if he was struck by lightning. He stood there in a daze, his vermilion lips trembling slightly.

The emperor no longer looked at her, but shifted his gaze to another place. "Yun Niang, I, and you …"

Empress Chen's eyes turned red, and tears almost fell from them. "Yun Niang? So the past that the Emperor was talking about is actually you and Liu Chengyun. The past grudges and grudges are between concubines and Mrs. Heyi. "

Looking at her teary face, the Emperor could not help but say, "The past is something that I have let down both you and the Yun Niang."

"Don't say that, Your Majesty." Empress Chen's tears fell, but he still forced a bright smile, "Your Majesty hasn't let down anyone. Your concubine has let down your Mrs. Heyi, and I didn't serve your majesty properly for her.

The emperor looked at her blankly. "A-Jiao, you …"

"Why is the Emperor calling Chenqie by her nickname again?" Empress Chen held back the bitterness in his heart, letting his tears flow down his face. "Chenqie isn't the little girl who runs behind the Emperor in the Chen Mansion."

Her expression turned sinister. "Chenqie is now the empress of this world."

The emperor looked at her with a complicated expression. "You are the empress, you should be satisfied."

"Satisfied?" Empress Chen sneered, "Chenqie is naturally satisfied. When Big Sister Yun was here, the highest position was given to Madam, and Chenqie was even able to become Empress."

"You have always been the Queen, even when the Yun Niang was here. You have already been in the rear seat for twenty years."

"So it has already been twenty years. This chenqie is young and beautiful to the point where she doesn't look relaxed at all. No wonder she could be a queen for twenty years."

"Actually, you aren't exactly like her. The reason why I gave you the title wasn't all because of Yun Niang."

Empress Chen laughed heartily, "Then it's better for chenqie to be like Big Sister Yun, there's still hope like that."

"What exactly do you think of Yun Niang …"

"As long as the Emperor loves Big Sister Yun, chenqie will treat her with respect. Chenqie understands that her status was given to her by big sister today, so she will naturally treat her as a god."

"You don't have to do this …"

Empress Chen said with a teary smile, "Chenqie is ashamed of Sister Yun, chenqie is willing to do this."

The emperor's silent silhouette was reflected in the Changchun Palace. Empress Chen looked at him with teary eyes.

"You rest first," the emperor waved his hand. "I'll be leaving first."

Empress Chen wiped the tears off his face and practically fell down to the ground.

"Respectfully sending off your majesty."

This was the sixtieth time she had come here. Empress Chen raised his head and looked at the willow tree branches around the Luan Feng Palace that had long dried up, and sighed in his heart.

In the past, when Liu Chengyun lived here, she had never had the chance to get close to him. This was because the Emperor had added five layers of defense around his Luan Feng Palace, preventing anyone from touching the woman on his heart.

Now that Liu Chengyun was dead and her Luan Feng Palace were crippled, she could finally step into the palace that was once a small place. The Luan Feng Palace wasn't really all that big, and as long as it was half that big, the place would be very remote as well. It should be the place that was furthest from the emperor's Bedchamber, but even if the emperor walked onto the longest path in the palace, he would still have to come to her palace.

Every time she and the Emperor mentioned Liu Chengyun, the two of them would part from each other. One was deeply rooted in love, and the other was infested with love and hate. How could they possibly talk about all of this?

But the wise man had already passed on, and those who remained behind in the Changchun Palace were the ones who had laughed to their very last. Empress Chen couldn't help but let out a proud smile. No matter how much Liu Chengyun loved the imperial harem back then, he still died under her poison. It was clear that to survive in the harem, pampering was not enough.

She reached out her hand and wrapped it around a bunch of withered yellow willow threads, a trace of maliciousness flashed past her eyes. Liu Chengyun had taken away a trouble, but had left a huge trouble behind.