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The emperor was currently handling government affairs in the Imperial Study. Recently, it had been a busy autumn day, so many ministers had handed him their reports. He hadn't finished reading through them for the past few nights, so he was really annoyed in his heart.

"Your majesty," Xue Liuhua gently stepped forward and gracefully bowed to him. "Your consort greets Your Majesty."

"What are you doing here?" The emperor didn't even lift his head. "You have a body now, it's better if you don't run around."

Xue Liuhua bit her lips lightly and said in a displeased tone, "Your majesty, why haven't you come to see chenqie in the past few days? chenqie really misses your majesty. She doesn't sleep much at night."

The emperor raised his head and swept her with his gaze. "Didn't you see that Zhen is busy with government affairs lately? I don't have time to see you. If you can't sleep well, Zhen will get someone to get you some Calm Incense."

"Chenqie is carrying a dragon embryo and is not suitable for incense."

"Then you should drink a little bit of spirit-calming porridge. With so many doctors at the Royal Hospital, there's still a way."

"Your Majesty," Xue Liuhua cried out tenderly, "Can't you come and see Chenqie?"

"I'm not an imperial physician, why would I come to see you?" The emperor said expressionlessly. "Could it be that you're not insomniac, but bored? That's fine too, go take a seat at the Changchun Palace. Listen carefully to the Empress' teachings."

"The empress has to settle the affairs of the imperial harem, so she doesn't have the time to deal with chenqie," Xue Liuhua moved on to her own topic step by step, "Chenqie has a body, she wants little sister to know that she's happy for chenqie."

The emperor dipped a brush in ink and said lightly, "The quasi wangfei already knew. You don't have to worry, Zhen sent someone to tell her."

Xue Liuhua was at a loss for words, and said hesitantly: "But … But chenqie still wants to see my sister. "

The emperor's hands froze as he stared at her with a meaningful gaze. "Didn't you just meet a few weeks ago? This Emperor said that since we've already met, the chances of us meeting again in the future will be less."

"But that time, it was to dispel the feelings of a concubine. This time, it was for the child of the emperor …"

"No matter what the reason is, it's still a meeting," the Emperor directly refused her request. "A single concubine of yours can always summon people from the maternal family to enter the palace, and what do you think of the concubines from the Noble Consort or those from the imperial harem that are higher ranked than you, or what the empress in charge of the harem thinks?

After Xue Liuhua finished listening, his eyes turned red and tears almost fell from his eyes, "Your majesty …"

"You'd better drink a bowl of tranquil porridge if you can't sleep," the Emperor lowered his head and carefully corrected the imperial report. "It'll save you the trouble of having nothing to do every day and thinking of all sorts of meaningless matters."

Xue Liuhua bit her lips in silence for a moment, then asked: "Noble Consort Kang is sick, chenqie wants to go and see her."

The Emperor shook his head. "Since he's sick, there's no need to go. I don't want to overdo it."

"There isn't anyone by my side who can service her," Xue Liuhua said as she looked at him slowly, "Prince Jin is very busy, and this Noble Consort is afraid that Prince Jin might be worried and isn't willing to invite him into the palace. This concubine wants to help Prince Jin and Her Majesty take care of him."

"Consort Hua is very concerned about my imperial harem, and is even very concerned about my prince. I remember that I didn't give you the right to act in concert with me in the matter of harem, right?"

Xue Liuhua was startled, and immediately half-kneeled on the ground. "Your Majesty, please forgive me.

"This is something that the empress should worry about," the emperor lightly glanced at her. "Consort Hua has repeatedly mentioned the Prince Jin, could it be that the person who sent you to the palace is the Prince Jin?"

"That's not it, Your Majesty," Xue Liuhua had to endure for a long time before she managed to hide the truth from the Prince Jin, but now she couldn't make any mistakes, "Before this Noble Consort Kang and this concubine knew each other, this concubine only wanted to visit her."

The emperor looked at her attentively for a while, but in the end, he still lowered his head and sighed, "Since you have obediently become the Consort Hua, I agree to not pursue this matter any further, but you don't need to interfere in the matters of the Noble Consort Kang and the others.

Xue Liuhua timidly stood up, and blessing her lower body, she said, "Chenqie will obey."

"As for the matter of seeing your sister, it all depends on your performance over the past few days," the emperor said as the corners of his mouth twitched. "If you stay in the Yongle Palace properly and rest and nurture your baby, when the child is five months old, I will send your sister to the palace to take care of her."

Xue Liuhua felt that the time was too long. This child only had a month left, to wait for Xue Ronghua's arrival, there would be at least four more months. However, the emperor finally let go after much difficulty, so she didn't dare to say too much.

"Yes, chenqie thanks Your Majesty."

The Emperor nodded indifferently.

"Your Majesty …" Your Majesty, "a eunuch attending the imperial palace rushed into the Imperial Study in a flurry and threw himself onto the ground," Your Majesty, something terrible has happened. "

The emperor's eyelids twitched impatiently. "What, like a rabbit escaping a disaster?"

"The Noble Consort Kang," the eunuch cried until her tears and mucus mixed together into a ball, "the Noble Consort Kang is dead!"

The emperor stood up in astonishment. "What's going on, how come the Noble Consort Kang is gone?"

Xue Liuhua was also grinning from ear to ear in shock. She looked at the emperor in disbelief, "Didn't Noble Consort get a little sick? The royal doctors also sent many medicine over, how could she just leave like that?"

"Your majesty, Noble Consort only discovered it this morning. Quickly go and take a look."

The Emperor steadied his forehead and sighed. "Prepare the palanquin first. This Emperor will go there shortly."

Xue Liuhua took a step forward and held onto the emperor's arm. "Chenqie wants to go with me."

"No," the Emperor pushed her hand away, "Go back to your Yongle Palace."

Empress Chen carelessly fanned himself with his fan and glanced at the crown prince, "The weather is getting hotter and hotter. I'm afraid summer is coming."

"Even if summer comes, mother need not worry," the crown prince said with a smile, "Royal Father sends ice cubes to the Changchun Palace every year."

"Whether it's hot or not is secondary, it's fine to leave some sweat. It's just that the weather is stuffy and very uncomfortable."

"If mother feels bored, then this subject will come to the palace every day to talk to you to relieve his boredom."

"No need," The corner of the Empress Chen's lips curled up into a sweet smile, "If you can study properly in the crown prince's palace and spend half of your time with me to study, I'll be in a much better mood."

"mother is right," the crown prince nodded obediently. "This son has read many books recently, so I'm sure you will be able to answer my questions."

"Oh right," The Empress Chen glanced at him daintily, "Have you called the dancers to the palace recently?"

The Crown Prince was stunned and stammered, "... What's wrong with mother … "Why are you asking about this …"

Empress Chen glared at him and berated: "I knew that you would not listen to me properly, and would do whatever it takes to make me happy."

"mother …" The Crown Prince looked at her timidly, "Your son really can't bear it. It's so boring and boring to do his homework. It hurts my soul."

"If he can't even resist such a small matter, how will he become the ruler of an entire country in the future?" Empress Chen had a headache. He had calculated a lot, but unfortunately, he gave birth to a useless son.

"Why is mother always angry at this son of his?" The crown prince unhappily pouted. "mother must be getting angry at the sight of the Prince Duan being liked by the emperor."

"If I get angry, it's all because of you."

A ball of anger rose from Empress Chen's heart, just as he was about to reprimand his, the head eunuch ran in hurriedly, and knelt down with a solemn expression.

Empress Chen was currently angry, and couldn't help but glare at him, "What are you in such a hurry for?"

"Empress," the eunuch raised his head anxiously, "Noble Consort Kang has died."

"What?" The Crown Prince looked at him in disbelief, "Why did the Noble Consort Kang suddenly disappear? Isn't it just a little sickness?"

Empress Chen was rather calm as he slightly raised his brows: "You may leave, I understand."

The Crown Prince looked at mother and was confused, "Noble Consort Kang died so suddenly."

Empress Chen calmly drank a mouthful of tea, then said with a smile: "The flowers have blossomed, and they have shown their gratitude.

The Crown Prince asked curiously, "When mother went to see her that day, didn't he still have some energy left?"

"She does have spirit, but her Qi and blood are lacking. The imperial physician also said that her days are up," the Empress Chen glanced at him. "Why are you so concerned?

"This son is just curious, I just wanted to ask a few more questions. However, if Prince Jin knew that mother passed away, he would definitely cry himself to death."

"Of course," Empress Chen's eyes flashed with happiness, "Prince Jin loves mother the most, and Noble Consort Kang is also his sole backer in the harem. Now that two of his backers have collapsed, Prince Jin has become a pitiful person who has no one to rely on."

"Will the Prince Jin come to join us?"

"We don't need him anymore," The Empress Chen smiled slightly. "We originally wanted to make use of the mother and son pair, but they refused to drink as much as they could and kept stalling for time for me.

The Crown Prince was confused: "Listening to mother, it seems like you already knew that Noble Consort would die from illness."

Empress Chen's heart froze, as he forced out a bright smile. "I'm not a Heavenly Master, how would I know about what happened today in advance."

The Crown Prince innocently nodded his head, "But," he rolled his eyes, "There are many concubines that passed away in the palace. In the past, Mrs. Heyi also passed away due to illness, and today's Noble Consort Kang too, seems like the imperial physician's talent is mediocre."

Empress Chen squinted his eyes dangerously, chuckled: "How can you judge the death of two concubines by the death of a person from the Royal Hospital, the crown prince is a little too arbitrary, didn't you see the imperial physicians have treated your illness a few times before?"

The Crown Prince seemed to have thought of something, "What mother said makes sense. It seems to be a coincidence."

Empress Chen took a cup of tea and passed it to him, "I saw that your mouth was slightly covered, so it must be because the weather is so dry and hot, so I should drink more chrysanthemum tea."

The Crown Prince laughed and took a sip, "The chrysanthemum tea in the mother Palace doesn't taste bitter, and it also has a sweet taste," he continued, "Then this time, the Prince Jin is going to enter the palace."

"That's right," the Empress Chen said with a smile. "I let him escape by luck a few times, this time I can finally catch him."

"So what are we going to do?"

"For what?" Empress Chen had a sinister smile on his face, "I will make use of this opportunity to fiercely stomp on Prince Jin."

"What?" The cup in Xue Ronghua's hand almost shattered into pieces, "Noble Consort Kang is dead?"

Chu Zongge quickly placed the cup on the table and heaved a sigh of relief, "I heard it was a sick death."

"How is this possible?" Xue Ronghua really did not believe it, "Noble Consort Kang's body is healthy and unharmed, how could she die of an illness?"

"Actually, I don't really believe too much either," Chu Zongge said as he furrowed his brows. "I have privately asked the people from the Royal Hospital, but Noble Consort Kang only had the chills and adding on to that, she would indeed be sick for a few days, so he definitely won't be fatal."

Xue Ronghua said anxiously: "Without Noble Consort Kang, how are we going to topple Empress Chen? Who did this to us?"