Those people had laid out a secret line decades ago. When they raided the fifth prince's mansion, the concubine beside him turned out to be a spy.It's just that even if someone is instigating, how can the method of using magic to control His Majesty the Emperor and bring chaos to the imperial court be explained by just being instigated?

Emperor Changdek naturally hated the people behind the scenes. Even if the Tian family was ruthless, the prince would naturally want to ascend the throne if he was a little ambitious when he became an adult.It is not unusual for King Rucheng and the eldest prince to rebel and force the palace, but the methods used by the fifth prince made Emperor Changde feel even more chilled.

Seeing the emperor's expression of concern, Zuo An rolled his eyes and said, "I'm sorry for my words. Although I haven't said anything openly these days, His Majesty has been behind closed doors in his bedroom, so naturally there will be many speculations outside. Your Highnesses have obtained His Majesty's orders." Although I was worried in my heart, I couldn't show it. I could only greet His Majesty in front of the palace every day. The filial piety of the several princes towards His Majesty could not be false. The young princes could not see His Majesty every time they came here. That little face looks aggrieved."

Seeing that the emperor's complexion began to improve, Zuo An began to talk about the interesting stories of several young princes in the palace.His Majesty was not very wary of the young princes. He only felt a little more relaxed when talking about them. Zuo An was relieved when he saw this.

On the second day, although Emperor Changde was free of the disaster, he had already begun to go to court before his health had recovered.When the courtiers saw that although the emperor still looked sick, he was in good spirits, they put down their worries.

When retreating from the court, Emperor Changde called Marquis Dingguo over alone.When the ministers saw this, they had different thoughts.A few days ago, His Majesty did not even see the prince, and only Marquis Dingguo accompanied him every day. This shows that Your Majesty has trust in Marquis Dingguo.

Emperor Changde did not leave Lu Yanzhao behind for any important reasons, but asked the latter to take Li Cheng into the palace.

Returning to the imperial study, a group of princes were waiting outside. After seeing Emperor Changde, they all expressed their filial piety. Emperor Changde was now impatient with these princes and sent them out after a few words.However, thinking of the few young princes Zuo An mentioned, he left them to ask a few questions about their homework, and he was in a good mood to make a few pointers. Seeing the admiration and flattery in the eyes of the young princes, Emperor Changde's mood improved again.

Emperor Changde said kindly: "You guys have not missed your homework these days. My father is very pleased. You will continue to work hard in the future and live in harmony with other brothers. Do you understand?"

"I understand." Several young princes said respectfully.

"Father, please don't work too hard. You have to take medicine and recover quickly. This is what the nuns said when Jiu'er got sick." The Ninth Prince raised his head in concern.

Emperor Changde burst into laughter at the innocent words of the ninth prince. If it were another adult son who told him not to work too hard, he would probably first suspect whether this son had ulterior motives for saying such things, but the young prince said It seemed to him that he really cared about him after saying these words. Emperor Changde was in a good mood and rewarded each of the young ones with a set of the Four Treasures of the Study before letting them go down.

Emperor Changde still summoned Li Cheng in his bedroom. Zuo An respectfully welcomed the queen in. Emperor Changde stood up and helped her sit beside him.

The queen looked at Emperor Changde's face carefully and smiled slightly: "That kid has some real abilities."

Emperor Chang Dek patted the Queen's hand, his expression was more relaxed than in front of others. The Queen was the only one in the harem who shared the ups and downs with him all the way to today. It was a pity that their only legitimate son did not survive, otherwise he would also Don't bother watching these sons jumping up and down.

"You have also met the Marquis of Dingguo. His face was cured by this Miss Li, but I did not expect that she would be so young. If she was not a woman, I would have wanted her to go to the Imperial Hospital."

The Queen disapproved and said: "Your Majesty may not want to let people in if you want to let them in. I heard that Marquis Dingguo protects her very closely!"

Then the queen frowned again and said, "I heard that her surname is also Li?"

"What do you mean by this?" Emperor Changde heard Zuo An say something, but he was not very clear about the specific situation.

The queen said unhappily: "My eldest sister-in-law said she found my cousin's descendant and insisted on letting me see her. But yesterday, Mrs. Cheng came into the palace and told me something. This Li family, that is, My cousin’s descendants’ husband’s family sounds like they have bad moral character.”

The queen and her eldest brother are not of the same mother. The queen's biological mother is her father's step-in-law. Her closest relationship since childhood is her uncle, and her uncle's sisters are the closest to her.

My maternal grandfather once left a pair of jade pendants and gave them to her and her cousin respectively. However, the political situation was unstable in the early years. The Mei Mansion at that time, which is now the Chengen Palace, was already in danger. My maternal grandfather, the Luo family, offended the nobles and was demoted to the outside world. , the whole family encountered a misfortune on the way to leave Beijing to take office. When my mother got the news and sent someone there, she learned from the severely injured servant that the entire uncle's family had suffered an accident, and only the young cousin was snatched away.

My mother was greatly shocked, and later her health became poor.The Mei Mansion was afraid of offending the nobles, so they did not want to send people to search for the whereabouts of their cousin. Her mother had to send her confidants to search for her, but where could she be found in the huge crowd of people?

When my mother passed away, she was still thinking about her cousin, hoping to find her uncle's only bloodline. However, it was not so easy to find just a token. During this period, some people claimed to be from the Luo family, but they could not provide the jade pendant as a token. , some people claimed to have lost it along the way, but they could not say anything to prove their identity.

The queen was dubious about the news coming from Cheng'en Palace and wanted to investigate clearly.What's more, she knew very well the thoughts of those in Duke Cheng'en's mansion.

If her uncle's descendants were really as described by Mrs. Cheng, the Queen's heart would feel like a stone was stuck in her heart.

The queen chose a few items and talked about them, and Emperor Changde gave some words of comfort. He had always known that there was discord between his queen and Duke Chengen.

In this world, there are those whose step-brothers suppress the original legitimate son, and there are also those who are afraid that the step-brother will abuse the children left by the original wife and neglect the step-brother and the step-brother. Lao Cheng'en is just one of the latter, and the step-brother has suffered a lot since entering the house. He was so frustrated that he didn't live long and died early. This also caused a deep gap between the queen and Duke Cheng'en's mansion.

"Forget it, you don't have to worry about this trivial matter, Your Majesty. I have asked the Cheng family to send someone to investigate. There will be results." The Queen did not hide it.

However, even though it was just a trivial matter, the queen also told the emperor about it as a casual chat, which made Emperor Changde feel more close to the queen than others, and he could talk to the emperor like an ordinary couple.

"Your Majesty, Miss Li is here."

"Let her come in." Emperor Changde took back the hand that comforted the queen and reminded the queen: "I asked you to come today because of this matter. You will know the appearance of this child...you will know it when you see her."

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