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Everyone in the King's Mansion had their own thoughts, but at the moment, the Imperial Palace was a joyous occasion. When she heard the news that King Duanren had already woken up this morning, the Esteemed Empress Dowager couldn't help but wonder if she could visit the King's Mansion herself. It was the common mama himself who advised her to do so.

When the imperial physicians finally reported that Prince Duanren needed only to recuperate, the empress dowager's heart finally sank to her stomach. She immediately clasped her hands and bowed to the Buddha. "Amitabha, you're finally done for. Alright, alright, all the imperial physicians that served Prince Duanren heavily reward you."

The imperial doctors immediately knelt down to thank them, but they didn't dare claim credit. Don't forget, three months ago Esteemed Empress Dowager almost beat them to death.

The emperor arrived at the Tzu Ning Palace in the morning court, his face full of happiness. When he saw the empress dowager's happy expression, he was even more certain that King Xian was unharmed. "Your son greets the empress."

The empress dowager beamed as she signaled the common mama. "Quick, let the emperor take a look at the seats." He then said to the Emperor, "Emperor, you also know that Jing Ze has woken up, right?"

"That's right. Your son heard from a servant that Jing Ze had woken up. He immediately rushed over after the next court meeting. I want to see if Imperial Mother still knows any specifics." Mother and son always had less scruples when they spoke.

"The imperial physician said that only needed to recuperate. This Dowager wants to ask Queen's Consort Xuan about his arrival at the palace, and Jing Ze still needs to be asked about his condition." The empress dowager was overjoyed. She turned around and ordered, "Go, quickly go. Queen's Consort Xuan, enter the palace immediately."

King's Mansion, wutong garden.

"Princess, would you like to take a break?" The night had not been quiet, so the princess must be very tired.

"No, wait upon me while I change my clothes. There will probably be an eunuch in the palace coming to announce that I will enter the palace to answer." Although Shen Qi was very tired, he knew that this was not the time to rest.

"How can you say that? You should take a rest. " Zi Li pitied his own wangfei.

Shen Qi waved his hand, "Hurry up and do it, we can't wait any longer."

Hearing Shen Qi's words, the few maids did not dare delay any longer, so they began to dress Shen Qi up with all sorts of movements. After they finished dressing up, they heard Jiang mama's voice, "Esteemed wangfei, the court lady at the empress dowager's side has sent word, the empress dowager wants you to enter the palace immediately."

Zi Zhu, Zi Li and the others looked at each other in confusion. The purple bamboo became calmer and immediately responded.

After that, he helped Shen Qi out and saw a forty-something year old eunuch smiling amiably. "This servant is the empress dowager's Tzu Ning Palace, Li Duolin.

"Please forgive me, Manager Li. Is the mother doing well?" Shen Qi asked while smiling. She really didn't think that the one who would come would be Eunuch Li. This person was the savior of the palace empress dowager's side, the eunuch of Tzu Ning Palace. He was someone who had more face than an ordinary master.

"The empress dowager is especially happy today. She won't let us announce you to the palace." Eunuch Li had met Shen Qi once before and felt that this young and happy wangfei was really easy to get along with. As the eunuch at the empress dowager's side, he didn't complain much in his heart when he personally came to announce the decree.

"I'll have to trouble Manager Li to personally make a trip." Shen Qi smiled and greeted him, Zi Zhu immediately handed over a big purse, which Manager Li did not reject, and happily received it without even looking at it, before slipping it into his sleeves. He knew that this wangfei's dowry was generous, and would definitely give him plenty.

After saying that, he prepared a carriage, and then, Manager Li personally helped Shen Qi up the carriage, and with a shout, he set off for the palace, followed by Forsythia this time.

Along the way to the Imperial Palace, this time Manager Li didn't have to lead the way, so he got off the carriage and rushed to Tzu Ning Palace. At this time, the emperor had already left, since he was his sister-in-law after all.

common mama was waiting at the door, but when he saw Shen Qi and her group come over, he said, "This old servant greets wangfei. You've come, the empress dowager is waiting for you."

Shen Qi smiled as she supported her, "It's not good for me to keep you waiting."

The common mama shook his head, smiling happily, "You can't say that. Furthermore, she was the empress dowager's confidante after all. Of course, the reason why the empress dowager thought of this was that the person who was most happy when Prince Duanren woke up was none other than Esteemed Empress Dowager.

Shen Qi knew what was going on, but she couldn't say it out loud.

With that, they arrived at the main hall. The empress dowager looked at Shen Qi amiably. She stopped bowing.

Shen Qi walked to the empress dowager's side with a smile. The empress dowager was now sitting down with the empress dowager, and no matter how she looked at her, the empress dowager felt that she was blessed. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to wake Jing Ze up after only three days of marriage.

"I heard that the side hall in your courtyard was flooded yesterday? Are there any injuries? " He came up and greeted them first.

"I have to take care of myself. I accidentally knocked over the candlestick and burned some things. I am fine, but I am already very lucky." Shen Qi expressed a lingering fear in his heart as he spoke.

The empress dowager felt that she was still young, and was probably afraid of such a thing. Thus, she didn't speak any further and only patted her hand to appease her. "It's good that you're fine. It's good that you're fine."

Then he turned to the main topic, "How is Jing Ze now? When did you wake up? "

"This morning at around dawn, she's a little weak right now. The imperial physician said she only needed to recuperate and nothing serious would happen to her. It was all thanks to Imperial Mother's blessing that Prince finally woke up." Her words were sincere, and the Empress Dowager was happy to hear them.

It was a good deed for him to let you be the bride. It was a good deed for him to remember that he was fine, but he couldn't say it out loud. If you thought that you had done well and couldn't see your own position, then you were nothing.

"This Dowager knows that I have wronged you before. When Jing Ze wakes up, you will live a good life. He will not treat you unfairly, and This Dowager will also not treat you unfairly." The empress dowager's smile was very kind.

"Mother's words are too serious. Your wife doesn't suffer any grievances. Your highness is your wife, your wife shouldn't treat him with such importance. She doesn't dare to be greedy." Shen Qi spoke with fear and trepidation.

The empress dowager narrowed her eyes as she sized her up. Being able to marry into the Heavenly family was her honor, regardless of the reason why she was allowed to enter at the beginning, she had to obediently find her own seat after entering. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to tolerate such a rampant Queen's Consort.

Seeing that she didn't have the slightest bit of smugness, the empress dowager nodded contentedly in her heart. She was much smarter than that big sister!

Jing Ze was her youngest son. At that time, he had always been concerned with fighting with the Consort De, protecting his position as the crown prince. He did not have enough time to split his power, so he owed King Duan, Mo Ze, a lot.

And after that, he protected the Crown Prince the whole way to the throne, and after that, he went out many times to suppress the rebels and pacify the borders, which was why the Emperor was in his prime. Furthermore, Duke Xiang's two marriages were unsuccessful, the first time was when the Consort De intervened to see them make a fool of themselves, and the second time was when he was the one who chose them, so something had also happened.

Hence, the empress dowager couldn't help but feel a bit more guilty towards King Duanren, and she also paid more attention to the matter of King Duanren's marriage. If it wasn't for this accident, Shen Qi wouldn't have qualified to enter the King's Mansion, the empress dowager wanted to give the best woman in the world to this son of hers.

In the worst case, he could just find a few lateral consort with outstanding appearances for him to look at, which could be considered as compensation for Jing Ze. If he had someone he liked, he wouldn't stop him, no matter what background he was from, he could just carry him into the mansion.

At this time, the empress dowager could not remember if Shen Qi would feel wronged or not. Compared to her son, her daughter-in-law was an outsider after all.

Moreover, he had to be good with this speed. He couldn't act too weak and make others feel that he was someone to be bullied, because if he did, he would never have a peaceful life ahead of him. However, he couldn't be too powerful and displeased King Xian.

Being Queen's Consort was really not worth it at all. If he were to marry into an ordinary family, he could rely on his dowry to live a good life, but it would have to be the imperial family.

After returning to the wutong garden, Shen Qi didn't care about anything and went straight to sleep. Since the prince was already awake and she had nothing to do with the rest, she decided to rest.

By the side, Yan Yi's interrogation results had already come out, and he reported to Duke Duan, who could tell from Yan Yi's expression that the situation was not good.

"My lord, as expected, he is from the King Rui. They have been living in seclusion in a house in the outskirts of the capital, it is usually this Zhang Haocheng who is in charge of communicating with others. In addition, he has unclear connections with many of the officials' aunts." After Yan Yi finished speaking, he glanced at Duke Tai's expression, and seeing that there was no change in his expression, he continued to speak.

Yan Yi's skin was darker, and he had a tall and strong build to him. In Shen Qi's words, he was a very manly man, but in this era, most people did not appreciate this kind of appearance. Even though in this era, he was not like Wei Jin, who liked boys and girls, but he was still a white-faced scholar.

However, Yan Yi didn't think so. He felt that he had the best looks, and thus couldn't bear to see Zhang Hao Cheng being so feminine.

King Xian narrowed his eyes. He seemed to have thought of something and asked, "What about the officials that were dealt with before?"

"Those aunties?"

Yan Yi: "Everything has been dealt with."

"What else did he say?" Duke Xian knew that Yan Yi's expression when he first came in could not be because of these things.

Yan Yi did not try to hide it from him, "This time, he mainly used Zhang Haocheng's family's life as a threat to make him say all of this. He said that this was the Consort De's plan, to let him enter the King's Mansion to get close to the imperial concubine. No matter what means he used, he must make the imperial concubine his subordinate, and then disguise himself as the imperial concubine's personal servant who was hiding in the King's Mansion to facilitate his actions."

King Xian looked at Yan Yi, his gaze cold. "Consort De wouldn't be so stupid as to think that none of us would realise it, right?"