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Empress Jun Hun is born with a grudge, and the authority of the Middle Palace must not be provoked.

To hold the Noble Lady De accountable for her words, the imperial physician got De Huaizi's diagnosis.

"Mistress, it's getting late. Let's rest early." The palace maid, Ling'er, whispered to the empress.

Dongzhu stared at the door to the palace without moving. "Did the Emperor turn over the cards of being a concubine?"

"My lord, according to the news from my eunuch, my concubine has been sent to the Emperor's Palace." Ling'er spoke carefully.

"Pa …" The empress tossed the teacup on the table to the ground, making a crisp sound.

"Queen, please calm your anger …" A few palace maids standing by the side were so frightened that they fell to their knees.

Dong Zhu laughed coldly. Her eyes gradually became darker as she gritted her teeth. She thought that since she was now the empress, she would be able to obtain many things. Furthermore, the Emperor would no longer treat her with the same indifference as before. Back then, when the filial piety empress was in the Middle Palace, the emperor had always stayed in the Peace Palace for this day. Now, she had just registered as empress, and the first new year after she ascended the throne, the emperor actually didn't come … She smiled miserably. "Empress" — it was nice to say, but she just seemed to have an empty title... Nothing had changed! Nothing had changed! The emperor had never treated her any more intimately than before! What's the use of having such a lonely queen? What's the use!

As she thought about that, Dongzhu's hands swept the teapot to the table once again, smashing it to pieces. A large piece of the teapot was shot towards the forehead of the palace maid, Ling'er, who was kneeling closest to her.

Ah!" Ling'er let out a soft cry as she hurriedly used her hand to touch the wounds, gritting her teeth in pain, not daring to make another sound.

When Dongzhu heard Ling'er's cry of surprise and saw the red line, she calmed down and said slowly, "Ling'er, you should apply the medicine."

"Yes, thank you, Mistress." Ling'er hurriedly retreated after hearing what Dong Zhu said.

Dongzhu gently closed her eyes to ease her mood. She lightly clenched her fists. You can't do this to me... You can't...

Within the palace, the consultant was reporting to Xuan Ye, "Your majesty, I'm afraid the Grand Hospital won't be able to hold on for long."

Xuan Ye frowned slightly. "It's actually this serious."

"That's right. Your majesty, you probably won't last more than a month." The consultant also said with a heavy tone.

Xuan Ye thought to himself, Now that Zhi is raised in the Palace of Zarukhar, if Zou is truly unable to overcome this hurdle, should he take him back to the palace or choose a different minister to raise him? Thinking of the words Rong'er had said on New Year's Day, Xuan Ye actually wanted to bring Zhi back to the palace as well. In addition, Qing Qing was almost six years old, so it was time to take him back to the palace to start Master Manhan's formal education as a prince, so he could study with the crown prince.

After all, as his father, Xuan Ye, now twenty-four years old, insisted that the education of the prince was extremely important. In the future, they would be a continuation of the imperial family, and even though the crown prince was not even five years old, he would still be the future Son of Heaven.

Perhaps, thought Xuan Ye, it was time to discuss the matter with the Empress Dowager.

In Yi Kun Palace, Rong was playing chess with Wang Jingzhi, while Toya was watching from the sidelines. In recent years, Rong'er and Jingzhi had fallen in love with Go, and they would play two games in their free time.

At this time, Xiao Qing suddenly ran in, "Master, I heard that something happened in Noble Lady De."

"Something happened to Noble Lady De?" Ronger asked hurriedly, and Jingzhi and Toya also looked up at Xiaoqing.

Xiao Qing looked at Zhi Zhi and her concubine. Rong'er said softly, "Just say what you want to say. You know that concubines and benevolent promises are not outsiders."

"Master, just now, Noble Lady De was beaten up in the Kunning Palace." Little Qing quietly reported.

"Beated? What was going on? The Queen hit Noble Lady De? " Rong'er said nervously.

Xiao Qing nodded, "According to what Xiao Qing has heard, today's Imperial Concubine Yi s from the Palace have brought people from the Palace to pay respects to the Queen. The Noble Lady De did not know what words to say that have offended the Queen, the Queen let the palace maids from her side slap Noble Lady De on the face, and this palace maid actually knocked the Noble Lady De down. I heard that the Noble Lady De's body was unwell at that time, and the Grand Hospital sent doctors to take a look."

"Ah?" The empress would not hit Xuande just because of a single word, right? " Rong'er couldn't help but frown. "Let's go take a look." Ever since her companions had left the palace, Rong'er and Xuande's relationship had grown much closer. Now that they heard that she had been beaten up, they couldn't help but want to investigate this matter.

"Rong'er!" Zhi Zhi called out softly, "It's best if you don't get involved in this matter. It's normal for the empress to punish an important person, not to mention that Imperial Concubine Yi was also there at the time. You're just a concubine, why don't you get involved?"

Hearing this, Rong'er knew that he was right. He sighed lightly and said, "Jing'er, what you said is reasonable. It's just that in the past, we've followed the noble empress for so many years, yet we've never seen her punish anyone. Even palace maids rarely punish anyone.

Wang Jingzhi chuckled, "Back then, the filial queen was still young and we were young too. But now, the empress isn't. Maybe she has a way to manage the harem, so we should all be careful."

"Sigh!" Tomorrow, the people in the palace have to pay respects to the empress, we have to be careful. " Rong'er sighed lightly. Looking at the silent Toya beside him, she still didn't like to speak. With a smile on her face, she nodded at Rong'er.

The Noble Lady De was pregnant, luckily she had not used her Fetal Qi. Rong'er thought that she really should congratulate the Noble Lady De, as of the few people who entered the palace with Xuande, she was the first to have a dragon son, just like when Rong'er had agreed to enter the palace with them. Furthermore, she was the first to obtain a dragon son.

Perhaps from the moment they first met, they had already realized that this might be the cycle of ten years. Sometimes, history would truly be very similar … Would Xuande be favored by the Emperor, as she herself said? Even surpassing Rong'er's status in the Emperor's heart? Rong'er was also waiting for this answer, but this time, she would calmly face it.

This was the first imperial concubine in the past three years that had gotten pregnant after Rong'er, so the people in the palace took her seriously. Rong'er was assured, no matter what Xuande had done to offend the empress, at least now that she had a prince, the empress probably wouldn't dare to touch her again.

Rong'er thought about how the empress had a bad temper when she first entered the palace, she should have improved a lot in the past few years. She shouldn't be as willful as when she first entered the palace, but … How did things turn out like this after she became the empress? Rong'er sighed. If the filial piety queen was still alive, how great would that be? But these words could only be said in her heart. She couldn't say them to anyone …