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Indeed, although Zheng Ziyi had coaxed the emperor into her room that day, the emperor still had some grudges against the previous matter. Thus, she decided to just sit there for a short while before coming out.

Seeing this, Zheng Ziyi hurriedly used the most deadly magic treasure, which was the secret weapon that Mu Lingfeng gave her, one of the forbidden medicines in the palace — bewitching medicine. Once you take this bewitching medicine, you can't help but do the thing between a man and a woman.

This was also the reason why he had been luring the emperor to her room for so many days.

However, since Zheng Ziyi dared to use this medicine, she knew what would happen if she was discovered. She also knew that once the empress found out that the emperor had come to visit her, she would definitely investigate her. Therefore, she was extra careful when using the medicine, and also hid the medicine very well.

"Impudent! Who dares to act so shamelessly towards me? I want to see the emperor and ask him to uphold justice for me." Zheng Ziyi knew that only the Emperor could protect her at this time, so she wanted to run out shouting.

"No one can leave until the search is complete." The eunuch signaled with his eyes, and a few eunuchs blocked the door.

Actually, Zheng Ziyi had purposely shouted for someone to help her deliver the news. Right now, she was trapped inside and had no one to help her. She could only ask for help from the Emperor.

At this moment, he saw a young eunuch hurriedly leaving from under a bamboo not far from the door.

Seeing this scene, Zheng Ziyi relaxed and sat down. They were unable to find where the medicine was anyway.

A few young eunuchs were carefully inspecting the place, but they found nothing.

"Have you found anything?" the father-in-law asked.

"Reporting to Eunuch, no." After searching for a while, he still couldn't find anything.

"How about it? I said I was innocent and you didn't believe me. Now that I've been wrongly accused, I want the empress dowager to return my justice." Seeing that there was no evidence, Zheng Ziyi hardened her heart.

"Don't be too happy too early. There's still one place that we haven't checked yet." As he spoke, his father-in-law sized Zheng Ziyi up from head to toe.

"Ah! You! How dare you!? I'm a servant of the emperor. If your slut dares to touch me, I'll definitely get the emperor to chop off your heads." Zheng Ziyi placed her hands in front of her chest and retreated.

"Indeed, the servants wouldn't dare search you, but the empress dowager can naturally order people to search you. Come, take him away." With that, the eunuch ordered people to carry Zheng Ziyi towards the empress dowager's palace.

Zheng Ziyi was escorted to the empress dowager's side. When she saw the empress dowager's face filled with rage and the presence of all the other empress dowager's, she couldn't help but gloat at their misfortune.

"Reporting to the empress dowager, Zheng's room had already been searched. Only she hasn't been searched yet. This servant doesn't dare to make a move, so I could only bring her over." The eunuch said,

"This thing must be hidden on his body. Men, search." the Empress ordered. After saying that, he saw a few mama surrounding him.

"Ah, Esteemed Empress Dowager, chenqie was wronged, ah, Esteemed Empress Dowager." Zheng Ziyi repeatedly called out her grievances and refused to allow the search.

However, these old wet nurses had been around for many years, so how could they allow Zheng Ziyi to escape?

"How is it? Did you manage to find out?" Her Majesty asked.

A few of the mama shook their heads, and Zheng Ziyi let out a sigh of relief.

"Yi, that butterfly hairpin of yours is quite special." Zheng Ziyi thought herself smart, but it was still incomparable to the empress dowager's experience. Her Majesty was an experienced person, so she immediately noticed the peculiarity on her head.

Hearing the empress dowager's words, Zheng Ziyi's heart leapt to her throat. Her hands and feet were cold, and beads of sweat appeared on her forehead. She was hiding the bewitching medicine inside the chaste.

"Esteemed Empress Dowager, chenqie was wronged. You have to avenge chenqie." Zheng Ziyi quickly changed the topic and threw herself at the empress dowager's feet, wailing.

However, the empress dowager was extremely shrewd, so she was not misled. She continued to order, "Take this chaste down and have a look."

"Ahh …"

Zheng Ziyi panicked, then quickly thought of a way and fainted. She knew she was pregnant, and if the Empress Mother had called for help, she would have found out and escaped the blame.

"Someone, bring water and wake her up." Who knew that the empress dowager would be so ruthless as to ignore her life and death?

"The Emperor has arrived." At this moment, Eunuch Qin's voice rang out. The young eunuch had informed Eunuch Wei, and Eunuch Wei had gone to invite the emperor over.

"Why is Imperial Mother doing this?" Mu Zheng was furious.

"The emperor just happened to come at the right time. This Dowager heard that someone used bewitching medicine to confuse the imperial harem, and is currently investigating strictly."

"But no matter how hard we investigate, we can't just ignore that. What if she was really wronged?" Seeing Zheng Ziyi faint, Mu Zheng's heart couldn't help but ache.

"Come on, wake her up first." Before the empress dowager could reply, Mu Zheng called for the imperial physician.

The Empress Mother had no choice but to let him.

"Congratulations your majesty, Zheng is really happy to have agreed." When the imperial physician arrived, he had already accepted Mu Lingfeng's bribe, so he didn't even need to treat him to know what to say.

"Ah, really? That's great." Mu Zheng was overjoyed when he heard this. He quickly sat on the edge of the bed and asked with a pained heart, "Then why isn't she awake yet?"

"Zheng agreed to pass out due to his emotions and he will wake up soon. "However, the pregnant person must remain in a happy mood and not be provoked. Otherwise, if he becomes pregnant, it'll be bad for him." The imperial physician urged.

The empress dowager was overjoyed when she heard that Zheng Ziyi was happy. Her previous anger had long since been diluted by the joyous event of the emperor's heir.

Although he still remembered the matter of the bewitching medicine, he didn't care about what Zheng Ziyi was like before. Since he already had the dragon embryo, preserving it was naturally the most important matter.

"Since you are already pregnant, then take a good rest. "Just give birth to a good grandson for me." She left.

The empress and the others hadn't thought that Zheng Ziyi would be pregnant so quickly. She'd gotten a dragon embryo so quickly, this was just too timely. But since the empress dowager had already said so, there was no point in staying. Everyone left after faking a round of congratulations.

"How could there be such a coincidence? Is there a child at this time?" The empress walked out, unable to hold back her resentment.

"That can only mean her fate is good." Leng Rumei felt helpless. After all, even after entering the palace for so long, she hadn't had a single child of her own. At times, she was really envious of Zheng Ziyi.

The empress rolled her eyes at her. She knew that she was starting to have a bad time, so she couldn't be bothered with her.

"This child must not be allowed to live." The empress thought bitterly.

"Your majesty, just now, chenqie was scared to death." Zheng Ziyi woke up after the empress dowager left and whimpered.

"It's okay, it's okay." Mu Zheng comforted her.

"I never thought that chenqie would receive the favor of the emperor and cause so many misunderstandings. If it wasn't for the fact that I had a child in my womb, chenqie would have had no face to continue living after being framed." Zheng Ziyi bitterly wiped her tears.

"I will definitely give you justice. Don't worry." That was all Mu Zheng could do to comfort her.

When Zheng Ziyi heard the emperor say this, she stopped crying and a sorrowful expression appeared on her face.

When Mu Zheng saw Zheng Ziyi's expression, she felt both sympathy and heartache. Thinking about how she was pregnant now, she naturally couldn't live in such a remote place. The imperial physician urged again to keep her in a cheerful mood.

Therefore, after thinking for a while, Mu Zheng decided to promote her to a noble person. If you give birth to a prince in the future, you can be promoted to a concubine.

"Thank you, your majesty." When Zheng Ziyi heard the emperor's promise, she shyly lowered her head. In her heart, however, she was already extremely happy. Finally, she, Zheng Ziyi, began to climb up.

Time truly passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, Xue Ruoyun and the others were about to leave Qing Shui County.

Mu Sheng saw that Xue Ruyun was sitting alone in the courtyard, staring blankly at the moon in the sky.

"What are you thinking about?" Mu Yong walked over and grabbed a cloak for Xue Ruyun to wear.

"I was thinking back to when I first came here and bought this house. I thought that I might stay here for the rest of my life. I didn't expect that time would pass so quickly like this and I'm going back now. It's really unpredictable." Xue Ruoyun felt it. Thinking back, it seemed as though it was still the same as yesterday.

"Time flows, the world is indeed easy to change. "Fortunately, the right person is still around." Mu Sheng sat down and covered Xue Ruoyun's hand with one hand as he gently said this.

Xue Luoyun lowered his head and chuckled.

"Do you think we'll ever come to this place again?" Xue Luoyun asked.

"He might be coming in two days, or he might not be here for the rest of his life." Mu Ying replied seriously.

"Oh …" Hearing his words, Xue Luoyun lowered his head, as if he had something on his mind.

"Since you want to see him, then go." Mu Sheng patted Xue Ruyun's head; nothing could escape his eyes.

"How do you know what I'm talking about?" Xue Ruyun raised his head and stared at him with his flickering, large eyes.

"Because you are in my heart." Mu Yong pointed at his chest. Sure enough, people in love felt numb.

"Then I'll go. Say goodbye to him." With sword in hand, Xue Luoyun stood up.

"Do you need me to accompany you?" Mu Ying was a bit worried.

"No need, I'll be back soon." With that, Xue Ruoyun disappeared into the darkness.

Inside the courthouse, Xue Duan Sheng had his hands behind his back as he paced back and forth in the courtyard.

After all, Xue Luoyun was her daughter. Time and time again, he had saved their family, and he had even been excluded by the Zhao family. When he thought back to his childhood, he had never given her the fatherly love she deserved. Furthermore, he had always treated her unfairly. As Xue Duan Sheng thought about this, he felt guilty.

But luckily, Xue Luoyun had found a good home, so she could still return to the capital. She didn't have to worry about her in the future, so Xue Duan Sheng could be at ease.

Now that he could never return to the capital, he was afraid that this would be the last time they would meet. Xue Duan Sheng wanted to say his goodbyes to Xue Ruyun. However, he was afraid that he would be caught fawning on Ye Zichen, so he decided to just forget it.

He looked up at the full moon in the sky and was about to return to his room when Xue Ruoyun walked towards him.

"Lou Yun, why are you here?" Xue Duan Sheng was extremely gratified and pleasantly surprised when he saw her.

"Oh, I'm going back to the capital tomorrow. Father and daughter are having a party, I'm here to bid you farewell." Xue Ruyun faintly said.

"You're being considerate." Xue Duan Sheng was moved.

After Xue Ruyun said those words, the two of them became silent. After so many years, even though they were father and daughter, the two truly had nothing to say.

Seeing the grey hair on Xue Duan Sheng's temples, it seemed like he had worked hard after coming here. Adding on the pain of losing a girl, it was truly pitiful. Xue Luoyun was somewhat unwilling, wanting to say something he cared about, but he found it difficult to speak.