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Xue Ronghua only felt her face burning up, she did not dare look at Chu Zongge's deep eyes. "What nonsense are you spouting, I'm right by your side, where else can you run to?"

Chu Zongge smiled and reluctantly let go of his hand. "Your fingers are really thin and straight, like a spring onion."

"Zhu Tong made a box of frost for me, specially used to protect my hands." Xue Ronghua calmly retracted her hand.

Chu Zongge raised his eyebrows, "Zhu Tong can poison and treat medicine, and she can even make spices and make nursing cream."

"That's right," Xue Ronghua lightly glanced at him, "You actually bought a good maid back from the Chiron. I've really never seen such a omnipotent person."

Chu Zongge rolled his eyes, "Great Qi is such a poor place that can only be used to make things difficult for the people, only a fairyland like the Chiron can produce such a powerful talent like Zhu Tong, I have met one before."

Xue Ronghua asked curiously: "Who?"

Chu Zongge's eyes showed some sadness, "My playmate from when I was young, I didn't know where she went after that."

Xue Ronghua saw him deep in thought, and could not help but tease him: "Is that your old lover?"

Chu Zongge didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "I already said that he's a playmate when he was young. Where did this old lover come from?"

However, Xue Ronghua refused to forgive him, "Then who is your old lover?"

"I was busy fighting for the crown prince even at the Chiron, so how would I have the chance to look after the beauty?"

"That may not be so," Xue Ronghua sized him up with an ambiguous gaze. "You never liked anyone in your previous life?"

"No," Chu Zongge looked at her lovingly, "but I like one of them in my life."

Xue Ronghua rolled her eyes at him in a bad mood, "You sure are impressive at changing the topic, let's think of a way to deal with the Prince Jin. If he knows that we have decided to disband our alliance, he would definitely take the opportunity to give us a punch."

Chu Zongge thoughtfully nodded his head, "But the current situation is such that the alliance no longer exists. We can only continue to make the Prince Jin our enemy."

Xue Ronghua suggested: "Should we go and ask the crown prince?"

"No," Chu Zongge immediately denied it, "Empress Chen hates me so much that I'm already like water and fire with the crown prince. He definitely won't help me, and he might even collude with Prince Jin to deal with me."

"Then what do we do," Xue Ronghua said anxiously, "We can't fight against the two forces that are attacking us from the front and back."

Chu Zongge heaved a heavy sigh, "Thankfully my relationship with the Emperor has eased up a lot, let's switch from attacking to defending first."

Noble Consort Kang reached out her hand and broke a pink peony flower. When she looked down and saw the shadow that was slowly moving under her feet, she could not help but smile sweetly and raised her voice: "That's two hundred boxes of gold and silver, and it's just gone for nothing."

Prince Jin smiled as he walked to mother's side and said in a spoiled tone, "Two hundred boxes is nothing to uncle, just treat it as a gift for your nephew."

"A gift?" "Your uncle didn't just give you two hundred boxes of gold and silver as a gift on your birthday. Don't try to mock your uncle."

"I dare not," Prince Jin took the peony in her hand and placed it between her temples. "Those two hundred boxes of gold and silver not only blocked Prince Duan's mouth, they also made the Emperor praise this son of his having the world in his heart."

"To be able to solve the famine in Subei, the Emperor can't say anything," The Noble Consort Kang revealed a cold smile, "The fact that I was able to rise to Noble Consort is indeed a good thing."

"mother's maternal family is deep, and is not something that an ordinary concubine can compare with."

"Of course, my brother's treasury is probably ten times more than the treasury in the country, so the emperor has to properly support me," the Noble Consort Kang laughed sinisterly.

Prince Jin let out a long sigh, "From the moment I allied with him, I knew that he did not have good intentions. It's just that I did not expect him to turn hostile so quickly."

The Noble Consort Kang said resentfully: "In the end, you are still the one who cannot endure it. You must have that Xue Ronghua, now you must have angered the Prince Duan."

The Prince Jin shrugged indifferently, "Xue Ronghua is indeed a treasure, so I naturally want it too."

"But they are already going to be married. No matter how hard you try to find an opportunity, it will be to no avail."

Prince Jin laughed, "I'm afraid they won't be able to get married, they will have to delay it for a bit." How could they be at ease if they didn't solve this huge problem of theirs.

"If that doesn't work, then don't even think about it," the Noble Consort Kang advised. "Let's return to the crown prince's side and work with him to deal with the Prince Duan."

Prince Jin's expression was dejected. After a long period of silence, he slowly said, "I don't really want to go to the crown prince's side."

The Noble Consort Kang said in a doubtful voice, "Why is that? My maternal family is the richest in the capital, and the crown prince is his direct descendant, with a Empress Chen behind him, wouldn't it be invincible if you and the crown prince were to join forces? After eliminating the Prince Duan, think carefully about how to fight with the crown prince.

Prince Jin remained silent and looked at her without a word, as if he was silently resisting.

"You," Noble Consort Kang looked at his eyes that were filled with an unfathomable emotion. "You're not still thinking about Yu Zhu right?"

"This son won't hide anything from you," Prince Jin kneeled in front of her, "This son wanted to ascend the throne because of Yu Zhu …"

Noble Consort Kang covered her mouth in shock, "Why are you still thinking about her, she might have already turned into dust."

"Please listen to me, your son." Prince Jin said in a deep voice, "Yu Zhu is just a seedling this son wants to ascend the throne. Actually, the deepest reason is that this son wants to protect the person he loves, so everything this son has done today is not entirely for Yu Zhu's sake."

"To protect the people you love, who do you want to protect?"

Prince Jin suddenly raised his head, it was a pair of red eyes, "This son wishes to protect mother in its entirety."

"Protect me?" "Why do you want to protect me? You only need to do what you want to do, I can protect myself."

The Prince Jin spoke word by word, "But mother, the reason the Emperor left you in the palace is because your uncle is the richest in the capital. If one of the wealth in your family runs out and everything is gone, the Emperor would definitely not show mercy, and the Empress Chen would even borrow a knife to kill. Have you forgotten how miserable Liu Chengyun was after her Liu Family was destroyed?

Noble Consort Kang narrowed her eyes. The cunning rabbit was dead and the dog was roasted. The Emperor relied on her family's wealth and influence to cook, but she was also secretly afraid.

Her heart ached for her son as she helped him up and gently said, "mother knows your feelings. It is very good that you can always remember mother."

"Every step my son takes is for the future of both of us."

"Since you are unwilling to walk to the crown prince's side, could it be that you still want to continue fighting with the Prince Duan?"

"Prince Duan is unreliable, and the crown prince is even more unreliable. However, the best course of action is still to knock Empress Chen down."

"If you want to bring down the Empress, then I, the Noble Consort Kang, will have to come out. However," The Noble Consort Kang looked at him worriedly, "You must think carefully, if you choose the wrong one between Prince Duan and Crown Prince, then you will fall into the abyss of hell."

Prince Jin smiled and nodded, "Son understands."

Xue Liuhua used her spirited face to draw a distant brow, then turned to the Emperor with a sweet smile. "Does it look good?"

The emperor slightly lifted his eyelids. "I drew an eyebrow. How could Zhen see if it was good or not?"

Xue Liuhua bitterly turned her face away, her lips stained red, "What about now?"

The emperor went over, looked at the beauty in front of him with her bright eyes and white teeth, her red lips opened slightly, and could not help but laugh: "En, her eyes are filled with water waves, her eyebrows are like mountains gathering, Imperial Concubine Hua is indeed a beauty within a country."

Xue Liuhua was annoyed: "Didn't the emperor say that you can't see the good look just by drawing eyebrows?"

The emperor smirked. "It's these lips that make my appearance more beautiful."

Right after he finished speaking, he wanted to go and kiss Fang Ze, but was stopped by Xue Liuhua.

The emperor frowned in displeasure. "What's going on?"

Xue Liuhua remained silent, but her eyes turned red.

The emperor softened his voice and asked patiently, "What's wrong with you? You stay in the palace every day, who can provoke you?"

Xue Liuhua looked at him with tears in her eyes. Chenqie was just homesick for the moment … Thinking of her parents … And little sister … "

The emperor sighed in his heart. Imperial Concubine Hua had already changed her identity and entered the palace two months ago, becoming her concubine just like this.

"All right," the Emperor said, reaching out to wipe the tears from her face.

Xue Liuhua sniffed and said aggrievedly: "Your concubine has disgraced herself in front of the palace, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

"It's fine, it's just human nature."

"Chenqie did that kind of thing and you wouldn't even hope for your father to forgive your concubine. But that little sister of yours, although she wasn't born from the same mother, her friendship was deep and deep. Now that she's about to be married off, Chenqie can't give her one last look." She began to sob again.

The emperor thought for a bit. Xue Ronghua was the quasi wangfei of the Prince Duan, so she naturally knew about Imperial Concubine Hua pretending to be dead. She called her over to the palace to meet with Imperial Concubine Hua.

He let out a sigh of relief, "Alright then, you can call your sister into the palace as the concubine to see you."

"Really?" Xue Liuhua was wild with joy, as expected, the beauty's trick worked, with one strike, it worked.

"However, after this meeting, you will have fewer chances to meet."

Xue Liuhua nodded obediently, "Chenqie understands, chenqie doesn't dare to be greedy, one time is enough."

"Alright then." His Majesty's gaze was ambiguous as he placed his hand on her shoulder.

Xue Liuhua immediately understood her intentions, and deliberately rejected him before pushing him away. "Your Majesty isn't going to sit in the other sisters palaces either, this will make life difficult for chenqie."

The emperor looked at her crimson cheeks and said with a misty gaze, "If Zhen went to someone else's place, would you be happy?"

Xue Liuhua smiled bashfully, "The emperor is used to teasing chenqie."

The emperor's entire body went limp at her smile. "How can that be? No matter how flourishing the imperial garden's flowers are, they can't even compare to this Hibiscus Hibiscus before my eyes."

"The emperor likes the hibiscus flowers?"

"I like willow trees."

Xue Liuhua was puzzled. "Why does the emperor like willow trees?"

The emperor didn't expect her to continue asking and was momentarily at a loss for words. "…" "Willow catkins dance in the wind, it's beautiful."

"Hmm?" Xue Liuhua looked at his stiff face and laughed. "If Your Majesty likes it, how about chenqie add a few more willow trees to the palace?"

"No need," the emperor said hastily. Then, he felt that he had been too deliberate, so he said slowly, "Your palace is just like this, don't worry."