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From within the Changchun Palace came the sound of a blunt object dropping onto the ground. Upon hearing the sound, everyone held their breath, and after a while, the eunuch guarding the palace gate saw a bright yellow figure appear amidst the vast night sky.

The eunuch hastened to welcome him. "Your Majesty, you've come out."

Half of the emperor's face was hidden by the darkness, his expression could not be seen clearly. "If you don't come out, will you still be staying for the night at Changchun Palace?"

The eunuch said with a face full of smiles, "Your Majesty, it's good that you've come out. If you don't, this servant is afraid that something might happen inside. I'm going to charge in with my men."

The emperor said in a low voice, "Why are you in such a hurry? There's nothing going on inside."

The eunuch nodded his head, "Then this servant will call his men in tomorrow morning."

"Mm," the Emperor said thoughtfully, "Don't tell anyone that I'm going to the Changchun Palace tonight."

"Yes, your servant will tell everyone on duty tonight."

"When you go to the Changchun Palace tomorrow, seal up the palace," the Emperor said softly.

The eunuch asked, "Does Your Majesty still want to go to the other empress palaces tonight?"

The emperor impatiently shook his head. "I'm not going, let's go back to the Imperial Study."

Xue Ronghua looked at the cup of tea on the table absentmindedly as her mind went elsewhere.

"What's wrong with you?" Chu Zongge pushed her elbow and smiled.

Xue Ronghua was stunned for a moment, and then said hoarsely: "Your sister … "It's really troublesome."

Chu Zongge comforted her and smiled, "That day when she came over, he was just to show me his might. He invited you out from behind the screen, said a few words that were not too painful, and left."

Xue Ronghua pursed her lips and laughed, "Her power is quite strong, it's on par with you."

Chu Zongge raised his eyebrows and said: "When have I ever gone against your might? The first time we met, you were on your guard against me, on your guard."

Xue Ronghua recalled the situation when the two of them met for the first time, and couldn't help but smile, "A man who was reborn like me suddenly appeared, how could I not be vigilant?"

Chu Zongge let out a long sigh, his lips holding a faint smile, "You are on guard. If I were to meet another man, I would truly regret dying …

Xue Ronghua's eyes flashed with worry, and lightly pressed a finger to his mouth, "Don't easily bring up this word, there are too many people dying in the palace, I'm afraid I might get into trouble."

Chu Zongge happily pecked her finger tip. "Are you worried about me?"

Xue Ronghua's eyes moved about as she pouted. "Other than you, who else could I be worried about?"

"Don't be afraid," Chu Zongge's smile grew wider, "I won't be the next one."

"The world has changed, who knows who will be the next," Xue Ronghua said as she lowered her eyes, "Xue Liuhua's death is too strange, after the Empress Chen is overthrown, no one can say for sure whether or not the next person will reach the peak of power."

There is only Chu Lingyun left in the palace, and she has already surrendered to me. Although she is still a bit hesitant, she is still unable to create any sort of storm by herself, so excluding her, there is also the Consort Fu who was just born with the dragon's womb, "Chu Zongge gently held her hands," The Consort Fu is very thick and steady, and is not a person like the Empress Chen.

Xue Ronghua thought for a moment, then smiled: "I don't know why, but I've been worried about this recently. I'm worried about Chu Lingyun, and am so busy trying to guess His Majesty's intentions.

Chu Zongge kissed her forehead, "No wonder Little Zhui said that your sleep has been unstable recently. I'll ask the imperial doctor in the palace to prescribe some spirit calming medicine for you."

Xue Ronghua suddenly asked: "We still don't know how Zhu Tong disappeared."

Chu Zongge thought for a moment, then replied: "Zhu Tong disappeared in a strange way, even if someone tried to harm him, she would definitely be able to find her corpse, but what I am sure of is that Zhu Tong disappeared from the palace."

"Could it be that someone from the palace is making life difficult for me, so I took Zhu Tong out on him?"

"No, Little Zhui is closer to you than Zhu Tong, even if you want to use someone as your weapon, it should be Little Zhui," Chu Zongge said as he rubbed his chin, a layer of mist covering his eyes, "Zhu Tong's background is strange, she came prepared."

Xue Ronghua asked suspiciously: "It can't be someone from the Chiron Palace right?"

"Chiron Imperial Palace?" The sinister face of the Royal Brother appeared in Chu Zongge's mind, "How did the people in the Chiron Imperial Palace know that I was one of the people who took the throne?"

"If Zhu Tong is a spy sent by the Chiron, then the reason why she hid by your side has nothing to do with whether you are from the Chiron or not," Xue Ronghua squinted her eyes dangerously. "She wants to use you to get into contact with the secret of the Great Qin Imperial Family.

Chu Zongge's body stiffened, he opened his eyes wide in disbelief, "This … Shiron Emperor has extended his hands really long, to think that he has such wild ambitions. "

Xue Ronghua calmly analyzed: "Who is from the Chiron?"

"The Chiron has never formed an alliance with the Great Qin, so only one person came from the Chiron," Chu Zongge said in a low voice. "Princess Poyang has lived in the Chiron for three years, and she has always lived in the Chiron Palace."

"And the maid beside her, that one called Xianghe," Xue Ronghua's eyes lit up, "That one is a complete Chiron person."

"Yes, just like Zhu Tong."

Xue Ronghua hesitated, "Will the Princess Poyang be related to the Chiron Imperial Family?"

Chu Zongge shook his head resolutely, "The Princess Poyang is a little cunning, but they definitely can't communicate with other countries."

"I also don't think that the princess will do something that would betray the country," Xue Ronghua said as she eased the nervousness from her face and said with a smile. "Who knows what your clever little sister is thinking behind her back?"

Chu Zongge lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said: "You have already confirmed that Zhu Tong's disappearance is related to the two people from Chiron."

continued to speak. "Also, Xue Liuhua's tragic death and her disappearance were all suspicious points, should we work together with the princess to study the sacred intent, or should we figure out the suspect group first."

"I'm afraid the suspect group can't wait to be dealt with. From what you can see, is there anyone behind this capable of resisting Princess and me?"

Xue Ronghua smiled in relief, "How is that possible?"

"Then that's it, let's figure out the Sacred Will first," Chu Zongge stretched his muscles leisurely. "As for those enigmas, it doesn't matter if we don't figure them out."

"If you think it through, then we'll meet the princess again," Xue Ronghua said as she sipped some tea, "The princess' last visit to the Xinyang Hall was full of prestige, so it would be much easier to meet her in the future."

Chu Zongge had a faint smile on his face as he said, "Are you going to give her a small stumbling block in the future?"

"I'm already so old, and yet you still want to bicker with her," Xue Ronghua laughed involuntarily, "Just don't push her too far."

"Of course," Chu Zongge said with a smile. "If Consort Fu is pregnant, will you visit her at the Cheng Huan Hall?"

"I plan to go again in a few days. If I go there too many times, my identity would probably be exposed," Xue Ronghua lowered her head and smiled, "I didn't expect that the companions we gathered together when we were young would all have children now."

"After the Emperor found out that the Consort Fu was pregnant, he was very happy."

"He just lost the Consort Hua's child, and now there's another, of course she's happy," Xue Ronghua said as she felt slightly uneasy in her heart. "However, the Consort Fu is after all, a woman from a different race.

"I have also considered this," Chu Zongge's gaze dimmed. "The Emperor is currently planning about the Peace-Making Princess."

"Who is it?"

Chu Zongge raised his chin, "A palace maid's child, I've never even heard of a princess."

Li Xiuse stood at the side of the window. Outside, the snowflakes swirled about like pieces of paper scattered in the air, and then, they were blown away by the howling cold wind into the distance.

"Empress," Shouxiang took out a fox skin cloak and placed it on her shoulders.

Li Xiuse thought of that bowl of bitter and bitter soup and felt a headache. "Did the royal doctors say that I have to drink this kind of thing everyday?"

"That's right," Shouxiang laughed. "Empress Dowager, don't be annoyed. In the past, both esteemed wangfei and Consort Hua wanted to drink it."

"But none of their children were born," Li Xiuse sighed softly. "I do not wish for any mishap to happen to my children."

"Their child could not be born because of the previous empress's evil scheme," Shouxiang pursed her lips.

Li Xiuse was startled, she opened her mouth wide, "How is this possible?

"The former Empress has committed so many unforgivable sins, it would be hard to escape from this calamity. Rather than being trapped in the Changchun Palace and waiting for death to come, it would be better for us to understand ourselves," Shouxiang laughed in her heart.

"What master is not master, there's even an emperor above," Li Xiuse did not care much about this, "A Consort Fu that I came from with Great Qi is only an outsider on a marriage alliance, I only hope that my child can grow up safe and sound."

Shouxiang comforted her in a soft voice: "The Empress's son will definitely live a happy life. With Prince Duan and Princess Hua-Yang here."

"Prince Duan …" Li Xiuse absentmindedly stroked the soft and warm fur of the fox, "This is a gift from the Prince Duan to me."

"Yes, the Prince Duan was afraid that the Empress' body would get cold in the winter, so she sent a new fox skin cloak over," Shouxiang said with a smile. "But there's no need for that now.

"Gifting charcoal in the midst of snow is most precious," Li Xiuse said with a warm smile. "The Emperor only dotes on his own children."

Shouxiang awkwardly squeezed out a smile and said: "Empress, everyone in the palace relies on the Emperor's grace, not the Prince Duan's grace, it is better to please the Emperor."

Li Xiuse slightly raised her brows, "You said that the crown prince passed away early on. Will the Prince Duan enter the main Eastern Palace?"

His Majesty is in his prime, and he has no intention of creating a new King. He will train for a few years." She paused, then smiled. "The Empress never thought that her child might be a prince, or that he might have hopes of being a crown prince.

Li Xiuse revealed a sour smile, "I don't have such delusions, the emperor wouldn't let a child born of a foreign race to become the ruler of a country.

Shouxiang quickly glanced outside the window. Ru Yan was currently sweeping snow at the entrance of the palace, "Empress, Ru Yan, what do you plan to do?"

"She?" Li Xiuse frowned, "What punishment? Consort Hua has already left, why not stay in my Cheng Huan Hall?"

Shouxiang said with a serious expression: "We can't keep this woman."

Li Xiuse looked at her in bewilderment, "Why can't she stay? She's a servant who has lost her tongue, how could she cause a storm?"

"For Ru Yan to betray the Consort Hua and inform the Empress Chen, just this point caused us to have no choice but to be on guard," Shouxiang said as her eyes narrowed, "Even without her tongue, she will still have a chance to live."