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Chu Zongge kept sneering in his heart, Empress Chen had really "accidentally" encountered a big problem.

"Xue Longhu should be able to get to the bottom of this matter soon," the emperor slightly narrowed his eyes. "I want to see what exactly Prince Jin's uncle is up to."

Noble Consort Kang looked at the distant father and son pair who were extremely close to each other, and her heart was filled with melancholy.

The emperor had never treated the Prince Jin in such a manner, nor had he ever treated the crown prince in such a manner. Although he often scolded the Prince Duan on the surface, anyone with a discerning eye would be able to tell that it was because the Emperor had always placed the Prince Duan in his heart, and thus taught him how to discipline him.

In the end, she was still Liu Chengyun's child. Even without the support of the maternal family, she could still become the emperor's most beloved child, and her child was also the emperor's most beloved prince.

Initially, he and Prince Jin still had his brother Kang Zhiming supporting them from behind. Now, even he could no longer protect them. Empress Chen relied on the Emperor's guilt and pity to let the crown prince sit on his throne, and the Prince Duan had her king's heart, so she had already lost everything, so the desire of the Prince Jin to ascend the throne might just be for nothing.

Since things had gotten to this point, the most important thing was to protect the mother and son duo from getting hurt. Then, he would have to tell the secrets of the Empress Chen to the Prince Duan and let them protect themselves. It seemed as if there were two paths to choose from, but in reality, both paths were dead ends.

She was younger than Liu Chengyun by seven or eight years. At that time, when they were still a ball of childishness, after the Liu’sArmy entered the Bone Burying Battlefield, Liu Chengyun did not pay much attention to the emperor, but often told her to go to the Luan Feng Palace for a snack. At that time, she was young, and did not pose any threat at all.

Maybe it was because when she came to Luan Feng Palace and saw the Emperor helping the drunk Liu Chengyun to bed, the love in her eyes was too much.

The two figures in front walked further and further away, causing Noble Consort Kang's throat to tighten, as she spat out a mouthful of fresh blood onto her handkerchief.

Prince Jin scooped a spoonful of the soup into Noble Consort Kang's mouth and worriedly asked: "mother, you have been sick for five or six days, why haven't you gotten better yet?"

Noble Consort Kang's face was pale, she forced out a smile: "How can you be so good so quickly, I have watched you work here for a few days, you have already lost weight, you should go back to the house first."

Prince Jin shook his head lightly, "Mother's sickness is so severe, how can I be at ease to go back?"

"You don't have to worry," the Noble Consort Kang stroked his head lovingly. "With the imperial physician waiting here, you can go back and rest."

Prince Jin thought for a moment, then turned his head towards a palace maid beside mother and asked: "When did Noble Consort get this disease?"

The palace maid replied, "That night, after the Empress came back from the's Changchun Palace, she fell ill at night."

"Alright, alright," Noble Consort Kang ignored her weak body and tried her best to support her upper body, "Prince Jin already knows the time, you can go down first."

After the palace maid left, the Noble Consort Kang whispered into Prince Jin's ear and said anxiously: "That day, I told you not to enter the palace unless you had something to do. You have been staying here for a few days now, hurry up and go back."

Prince Jin hurriedly said: "No, I don't dare to leave mother alone in the palace. If he comes up with another trap, how can I handle it?"

"I've already fallen out with that old woman, the empress. Everyone knows that and she can't think of what to do with me. It's just that you, I'm afraid she will make a move on you."

"mother is sick, so you don't have to worry about me," Prince Jin fed him another spoonful of medicine, "However, mother has been sick since he returned from the Changchun Palace, and this son has also heard that Uncle's family has sent many people over. Does mother know what happened?"

"Your uncle …" Noble Consort Kang coughed a few times in pain, "Your uncle is suspected of colluding with officials.

Prince Jin's hands paused for a moment, before sprinkling a few drops of soup, "What? "Although uncle is greedy for a small fortune, he wouldn't go so far as to embezzle the military's salary. That would be a stupid thing to do."

"This matter has not been investigated thoroughly and is still firmly in Empress Chen's hands. Presumably, the crown prince has connections outside and is able to have direct contact with this matter," Noble Consort Kang's eyes were bloodshot as he looked at him, "The empress's meaning is that if you obediently submit to the crown prince, she will be in small trouble."

Prince Jin was startled, and then suddenly fell silent.

A trace of understanding flashed through Noble Consort Kang's heart, and she smiled: "Yuan Ma, your loyalty to Prince Duan, is not only because of mother, but also because the crown prince killed Yu Zhu."

Prince Jin looked at her blankly.

"Even though you said that you wanted to see the situation and see what the situation was like, you still couldn't help but follow your feelings," Noble Consort Kang laughed in a sorrowful tone, "Do you like Xue Ronghua?"

"I …" Prince Jin was stunned, even he himself did not know whether he admired Xue Ronghua for her intelligence, or whether it was out of the love of a child.

"You really are still like me. When I replaced Sister Shu to enter the palace, it was for the glory of the Kang family. But when I first saw the emperor, I threw away all my schemes and tricks."

"mother," Prince Jin held her hand tightly, "I definitely won't let anything happen to uncle. I'll go find the crown prince."

"If you do not submit to the crown prince, how will your uncle survive? Empress Chen once said, if I were to ascend to the Prince Duan's throne, I will be imprisoned in the Weiyang Palace forever, but since the crown prince ascended to the throne, does that mean I have a better place to go to? " Noble Consort Kang's eyes were filled with grief.

"Then mother's meaning is …"

"I want you to stay away from the crown prince and help the Prince Duan."

"But …" "Empress Chen will definitely make things difficult for mother."

"I am not afraid," the Noble Consort Kang said with a faint smile, "At first, I had held a glimmer of hope for the Empress Chen, but she was able to poison the Mrs. Heyi and was also able to kill me. Instead of waiting for death to come, it would be better to make a move first.

"No, mother. Xue Ronghua has already believed in me. Prince Duan can become our new backer." The Prince Jin said anxiously.

Noble Consort Kang smiled as she shook his head, "Without something real, how can I make others believe you? Bring the paper. "

Prince Jin didn't know what mother was going to do, but he did as he was told. He took a piece of paper and a brush and came over.

"I don't need a pen." Noble Consort Kang gently pushed his hand away and bit her finger.

"mother," Prince Jin took out her handkerchief and wrapped it around her finger, "What are you doing?"

"Of course it's to write something real so you can hand it over to the Prince Duan."

Noble Consort Kang used her bleeding fingers to write on the paper, one at a time. Prince Jin looked at the bloody words on the paper and his heart tightened.

"mother," Prince Jin's eyes reddened, "Is what you're doing really worth it?"

Noble Consort Kang smiled at him sorrowfully, "Back then, I did not help Liu Chengyun, and watched as she was killed by the Queen and committed a huge mistake. I was extremely regretful, and did not understand the logic behind the Sovereign King's blessing, even without Liu Chengyun, the Empress Chen and Imperial Concubine Hua today, the Emperor would not have been the only one."

A palace maid ran over in a fluster. "Esteemed Empress, esteemed empress came this way, she said she wanted to see esteemed wangfei."

Prince Jin frowned vigilantly, "mother has been sick for a few days, what is she doing here at this time?"

"Of course she isn't here to see how my body looks like," Noble Consort Kang laughed in disdain, "She is here to see how I think."

"Then how should mother deal with her?"

"I have dealt with her for so many years, I have my own thoughts," the Noble Consort Kang weakly pushed him away, "You should leave first and let the Empress Chen know that you have already entered the palace."

"But will Empress Chen take advantage of mother's illness and treat him …"

"That won't happen, I still have something in my hands," Noble Consort Kang rolled up the paper and stuffed it into his sleeves, "Take good care of it, once something happens, hand it over to Prince Duan."

"mother …"

"Quickly leave," Noble Consort Kang weakly opened her mouth, "When we meet her later, she will definitely make things difficult for you."

The Prince Jin looked at the sickly mother for a while and finally chose to leave.

Empress Chen was lazily leaning against the Phoenix Luan sedan, heading towards the Weiyang Palace. Halfway there, a eunuch approached them. He whispered into the empress's ear with a mysterious expression, "Reporting to the empress, Prince Jin has just come out of the Weiyang Palace."

Empress Chen squinted his eyes dangerously. On the surface, Noble Consort Kang had agreed well, but he did something else, even saying that she would consider it with Prince Jin, but in the end, he couldn't even catch the shadow of Prince Jin.

A palace maid at his side asked: "Empress, are we still going to Weiyang Palace?"

"Of course I'm going," Empress Chen's eyes were filled with ice, "Since Noble Consort Kang wants to act 'indecisive', then I will accompany her in this show."

When the palace maids from the Weiyang Palace saw that the Empress's phoenix sedan stopped outside, they immediately went into the palace to inform her.

Noble Consort Kang immediately laid down and purposely coughed loudly a few times.

The Empress Chen walked in with a smile and said gently, "I heard that Noble Consort was sick and specifically came to take a look. Noble Consort has eaten the imperial physician's medicine, what do you think of the past few days?"

Noble Consort Kang moaned a few times sickly before she said vaguely, "It's better now. The empress has paid us a visit, but concubines can't bow down. Please forgive me."

"We are all sisters, furthermore you are still sick, so there is no need to be courteous," Empress Chen glanced at the medicinal bowl on the side of the tray, which was half full, "You servants are really muddleheaded, you don't even have to feed the medicine to Noble Consort to drink, and you already put it aside, you're not afraid that it will become cold and no longer have any effects."

That was the medicine bowl Prince Jin had fed her. Noble Consort Kang's throat tightened as she hurriedly said, "We can't blame them. Your concubine felt that the medicine was a bit too painful, so we let them put it aside first."

"Where's the Prince Jin? mother is sick, has he entered the palace yet? "

"Nope," the Noble Consort Kang shook her head and smiled. "The concubine didn't call him because she was afraid he would be worried."

The Empress Chen answered with a "Oh" as if he was deep in thought, "It seems like I don't have time for the things that I asked the Noble Consort and the Prince Jin to consider."

"Forgive me, Empress," Noble Consort Kang squeezed out a smile. "When my concubine is cured, immediately let my Prince Jin enter the palace and let him go to the Changchun Palace to pay his respects to the Empress."

Empress Chen picked up the medicine bowl, scooped up a spoonful of medicine, and said, "I'm not in a hurry with the crown prince."

Noble Consort Kang smiled with mixed feelings and nodded her head as she took a deep breath.

"Why does this place smell of blood? What happened to Noble Consort's hand?"