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Inside the Hall of Phoenixes, the empress had just finished her meal and was about to drink the soup when she frowned.

"Why is the soup so light? It's completely different from the time I was drinking it, is this a thousand-year-old ginseng from the White Mountain?" The empress was displeased.

"Reporting to the Queen, this is a Forest Mountain Ginseng, and also a Thousand Year Ginseng." Su mama whispered from the side.

"What? I've only drank ginseng from Changbai Mountain for a thousand years. Who asked you to do this!" The empress threw the bowl to the ground.

"Please calm your anger, Empress." All the people in the entire Phoenix Nest Hall kneeled down.

"Esteemed wangfei, it's not that the kitchens couldn't handle the 1000-year-old ginseng from the Changbai Mountain, but that all the 1000-year-old ginseng from the Changbai Mountain that has been paid for this year's tribute. Besides the empress dowager having ten ginseng, and the emperor having ten ginseng, the rest of the rewards are all given to the imperial concubine, all taken away by Imperial Concubine Zheng." Su mama said angrily.

"What? This Zheng Ziyi still hasn't even given birth to a prince, yet she's already been conferred the title of imperial concubine? I'll bear with it." "Even if she's a imperial concubine, she's still under me. How dare she take away all of the ginseng? Could it be that the hospital doesn't care about me at all? They didn't even come to ask me for permission!"

When the empress heard Su mama's words, she flew into a rage. The normally elegant and dignified face was now devoid of the modesty that a mother should have. Only her veins were exposed and her eyes were wide open.

"Reporting to the empress, it's not that the Imperial Physician Courtyard didn't come to ask for instructions, but that the Emperor personally ordered it." Su mama said as she gnashed her teeth. Back then, when she had seen Moonflower take away all the ginseng, she had been as angry as the Empress and had angrily rebuked the Grand Hospital. However, even after knowing that this was an order from the Emperor, he was still helpless against it and was even mocked by Moonflower.

"That slut, Moonflower, a mere palace maid dares to mount the head of a mama like me?" When Su mama thought of what had happened back then, he couldn't help but feel indignant.

"This slut, relying on the fact that she has a vile child, dares to mount herself on my head. If they gave birth to a prince, they would be in the sky. Even when I was pregnant with the crown prince, I had never been so delicate and arrogant. "

As the empress spoke, she slapped the table hard, causing her hands to go numb. Her fingers bent and dug deep into the meat.

"We pay our respects to the Empress." Just as the empress was angry, Leng Rumei suddenly walked in.

Seeing the atmosphere in the room, Zhang Xuan immediately knew what had happened.

The queen saw her coming in and tried to look a little more at ease. After all, as an empress, she still had to maintain a bit of dignity.

"You're here." The Queen lowered her voice and greeted him.

"Your concubine greets the empress." Leng Rumei bowed.

"Get up." The empress sat up straight and nodded her head, then instructed the court ladies, "All of you may leave."

"Yes." The maidservants cleaned themselves up and quickly retreated, leaving Su mama by himself to wait upon them.

"Why is the empress so angry?" Leng Rumei guessed as she asked, but she had already understood most of what was going on.

"Isn't it that slut? Who else could it be?" The Queen did not want to mention her name now.

"Sigh, aren't we the same? All the concubines in this harem, whatever food they eat, as long as it's the best stuff, they'll all be taken away by her first. Thinking about this, everyone got angry. " Leng Rumei sat down in hatred, and it was obvious that she was also very unhappy.

"Relying on that vile spawn in my stomach, whether I can be born or not is one thing." The empress's eyes were full of menace, her hands gripping tightly.

"It's going to be born in two months. Let's make our move quickly." Otherwise, based on her current appearance, you might say that the entire harem is hers in the future. " Leng Rumei urged with jealousy.

"We haven't been able to think of anything since we got pregnant, but this woman was too defensive and failed every time. Even after almost succeeding the last time she wore the Musk Bead, I didn't expect her to discover it in the end. " Leng Rumei said in pity.

"That's right, this woman is very scheming and has been on guard against us for a long time." The empress was vexed and had a headache.

"I saw that she was big and round all by herself. It seems like she's about to give birth soon …" Leng Rumei looked around, covered her mouth and said softly.

"I also have the same doubts. According to her, the day of conception is the first time the Emperor visited that place. How could he be so accurate? "Besides, back then when she lived in such a remote place, no one bothered with her. No one knew which bastard she was with, but was anxious to find the emperor to take the blame." The queen recalled.

"That's right. It's been a long time since a little prince was born in the palace, so the Emperor doted on her in such a way and anticipated his child so much." If this child is not the Emperor's, then what a joke. " There seemed to be a hidden meaning behind Leng Rumei's words.

"What do you mean?" The Queen turned serious as she approached Leng Rumei.

"Let's spread the news so that the emperor herself won't have her child." An evil smile appeared on Leng Rumei's face.

Sure enough, a few days later, the news about the background of this child spread like wildfire. When Mu Zheng heard it, he was extremely displeased.

"Peach Blossom Li, the Begonia is still the same as ever, beautiful is like a painting, there's so much loveliness …" Within the violet jade palace, Zheng Ziyi hummed a little tune with flowers stuck in it. She was in a very leisurely mood.

"Empress, there are so many people outside spreading rumors about you. Aren't you angry?" The green loli asked puzzledly as she cleaned up the flowers that had been cut off.

"My favors are at their peak right now. I chose which ones to wear and which ones to eat first." Even the empress wouldn't be able to enjoy my current treatment. Some people are jealous. That means that I am more favored than them. Why would I be angry at you? " Zheng Ziyi said arrogantly, looking complacent.

"What's more, I would rather they spread the news. The more powerful the better. It would be best if it could be passed on to the emperor." Zheng Ziyi took the ginseng soup and washed her hands before sitting down. Her current life was so extravagant.

"If these words were to spread to the emperor, what would happen to his suspicions?" Lulu was still worried.

"Don't worry, didn't we tell him before? Tell me, who would she believe?" Zheng Ziyi covered her mouth and snickered.

"Stop talking, hurry up and let a doctor who's taking care of me be prepared. Be prepared at any time, don't let any rumors leak out." Zheng Ziyi said with a serious expression.

"Yes." "Alright!" Moonflower promised and hurried off.

"Your majesty, Eunuch Cheng from the empress's side has come. He said that he prepared Your Majesty's favorite meat, Eastslope Meat. Would you like to eat it?" While Mu Zheng was reading the imperial reports, Eunuch Qing came in to report.

When Mu Zheng heard this, he paused for a moment and thought for a moment. Then, he continued to write. "This Emperor has something to tell her. Let's go."

"Yes." Eunuch Qin went out.

"Will the Emperor really come tonight? "Awesome." The empress was overjoyed to hear that the emperor had promised to come. During this period of time, the emperor would always visit Zheng Ziyi. Afterwards, she would stay in another concubine palace and hadn't come to Phoenix Nest Hall for a long time.

"Yes, the Empress should hurry and prepare." Su mama said happily.

"Good, good, good. Quickly take out the clothes that I dare to make, as well as that Rainbow Emerald Flowing Tassel hairpin." The empress's face was filled with happiness as she ordered.

"Alright, Empress." Su mama happily agreed.

Later that day, the emperor finally arrived at the palace. The empress and the court had been waiting for him for a long time.

"Chenqie greets Your Majesty." The empress, dressed in a long pink dress, knelt down to greet him.

"Get up." Mu Zheng replied before heading inside.

"Thank you, your majesty." The queen stood up and quickly followed after them, "Quick, serve the dishes!"

"Your Majesty, these dishes have all been prepared, but chenqie is afraid that you've come late and the food is cold." "Therefore, I specifically made the small kitchen use a gentle fire to simmer down and maintain the temperature. Come over here right now. This fire is just right, the food you eat is the most delicious." The empress said considerately as she served food to the emperor.

"The empress is very considerate." Mu Zheng said indifferently. Recently, there had been too many rumors circulating in the palace. They were all people that had heavily injured Zheng Ziyi. He had long since wanted to interrogate the empress and see how she managed the harem.

Seeing how attentive the empress was and how many of her servants were present during dinner, he could only restrain himself from speaking, and he couldn't very well sweep away the empress's interest.

"Your majesty, come and eat this. This is your favorite meat of the East Slope." The empress picked up some more dishes and placed them in front of Mu Zheng.

Actually, the reason she invited the emperor over today was to test out his tone. Because the rumors had spread quite a bit, the emperor didn't pay any attention to them. As a result, the empress decided to speak up herself, worried that the emperor hadn't heard or understood anything.

"En, not bad." The emperor picked up the meat that the empress brought over and ate two mouthfuls of it, praising it nonstop.

The emperor seemed to be in a good mood, the empress thought that it was time to speak.

She smiled and pretended to be uninterested as she said, "Recently, His Majesty has been busy with government affairs. There's been some gossip going around in the palace. I wonder if Your Majesty has heard of any yet."

Mu Zheng knew what she was talking about. Thinking of Zheng Ziyi's words, she held in her anger and turned a deaf ear as she continued to eat.

When the empress saw him like this, she couldn't guess what he was thinking and didn't dare to ask.

After a long pause, the empress continued, "These rumors in the palace are undoubtedly groundless. Chenqie doesn't want to hear them. It's just that there are too many rumors, and chenqie already thinks that without a hole, there won't be any wind. He didn't want these words to spread to the empress dowager and stain her ears. "So I don't know how to handle it properly."

Mu Zheng's chewing mouth paused for a moment, but he still didn't say anything.

When the empress saw this, she mistakenly thought that Mu Zheng was interested and wanted her to continue speaking, so she became bolder. "After all, Imperial Concubine Zheng is pregnant right now. Hearing these words will inevitably affect her. But as the empress, chenqie should maintain the purity of her royal bloodline. "

When the emperor heard these words, the chopsticks in his hand dropped onto the table, causing the soup to splatter all over his face. He jumped onto the empress's face!

"Your Majesty, please forgive me." The empress reacted by quickly kneeling down and begging for mercy. Instantly, everyone in the palace fell to their knees, trembling in fear.