Lu Linchu was feeling sad alone when Chu Huaixi suddenly came to him.

Seeing the things on the desk, she approached him with a gloomy look: "Your Majesty is thinking about Sister Du again."

Lu Linchu closed his eyes and didn't answer.

Chu Huaixi leaned on his shoulder and smiled: "Not only did the Queen agree to send someone to find Divine Doctor Xue, she is also willing to dance for Your Majesty."

Hearing this news, Lu Linchu's expression suddenly brightened: "Noble Concubine Chun, is what you said true?"

"It's true."

Chu Huaixi nodded: "The Queen designed this time to let Prince Li and Prince Zhong enter the capital, and His Majesty did not vent his anger on her. It was just a dance, which is nothing."

A warm current surged in Lu Linchu's heart. Although he was indeed somewhat dissatisfied with the Queen's actions this time, she was willing to learn Jiu Niang's dance for him, which was indeed unexpected.

It’s a pity that I am now...

Thinking of his crippled body, he felt quite upset.

If he had been able to be so aware of the current situation in the past, even if he had learned from Yunling and Qin Wan and imitated Jiu Niang, even if she had some ulterior motives, the love between them would not have been so cold.

It seems that she has finally come to her senses.

He immediately summoned the palace servants in and excitedly ordered, "Pass the decree. Three days later, I will hold a banquet in Funing Palace to entertain all the ministers and congratulate the unification of Daning."

Thinking that today's matter could not be separated from Chu Huaixi's help, Lu Linchu pulled her to sit on his lap, and said with a look of relief: "Huaixi, I have always remembered your loyalty to me. I will confer you the title of Imperial Consort, and the conferring ceremony will be scheduled for three days later."

"Concubine, thank you Your Majesty."

Chu Huaixi was extremely happy. Now she was second only to the emperor and above everyone else. Once the Fu family was completely overthrown, the position of queen would belong to her.

However, on the day the imperial edict was issued, when it was learned that the empress was going to perform a dance in the Funing Palace, and that it would be an erotic dance in a brothel, all the ministers submitted petitions to stop it.

Fu Ping once again led all the officials to kneel in front of the Yangxin Palace, which made Lu Linchu very angry.

"Your Majesty, the Queen is the mother of the country. How can you let her despise you like this and learn the ways of Du Jiuniang? This will only make the world laugh at you."

Fu Ping said righteously: "Your Majesty, please take back your order."

Seeing many court officials kneeling in front of the Yangxin Palace, Lu Linchu was so angry that he kept coughing.

Staring at Fu Ping, he said angrily, "My Lord, you two are really interesting. The Queen always agrees with me, but you always go against me. Do you really think I can't touch your Fu family?"

"I am not doing this for my own selfish reasons. I just hope Your Majesty can put the country first."

Fu Ping said earnestly: "My Fu family is definitely not the queen's private party. All we think about is the world of Daning."

"What a great world for Great Ning."

Chu Huaixi laughed when he heard this: "My Lord, your majesty is so hypocritical. Du Jiuniang was the queen conferred posthumously by your majesty. She gave birth to the crown prince for Daning. Now she is worshipped in the imperial temple forever. How can you blaspheme her like this? Where is your majesty's dignity?"

Fu Ping had already seen that this evil woman was instigating all this.

His daughter had been wronged in the past, and now he would not let her suffer such an insult again even if he risked his life.

Facing Chu Huaixi, he angrily scolded: "A woman in the deep palace is deeply favored by the emperor, but she can neither continue the king's heirs nor help the king to maintain the country. She has been honored as the Royal Concubine but still does not think about repaying the king. She thinks about harming the country and the people all day long. I would like to ask what the Royal Concubine wants to do?"

"Fu Ping."

Lu Linchu's eyes darkened: "I have tolerated you for a long time."

"His Majesty."

Fu Ping knocked his head heavily on the ground: "Even if I die in front of your majesty today, I will definitely stop your majesty from listening to the instigation of this witch and disrupting the etiquette of Daning. Du Jiuniang is of humble status and has poor moral character. Offering her in the imperial temple is a blasphemy to the spirits of the ancestors of the Lu family."

"Since Your Majesty insists on posthumously conferring the title, you should let the world forget her shame as soon as possible. How can you use the title of Queen to show the world those songs and dances that are too shameful to be passed down? If you do this, won't the world think that the Queen is a witch who flatters the King and does whatever it takes to please him?"

"Fu Ping, you are so outrageous."

Lu Linchu coughed violently in anger. He never expected that his timid father-in-law had become so rampant that he dared to slander and belittle Du Jiuniang in front of him and the civil and military officials.

"Come here, put the father-in-law and these pedantic people in jail immediately."

With a loud roar, he vomited a lot of blood in anger. Chu Huaixi hurriedly supported him back to the hall.

Fu Ping and dozens of court officials were thrown into prison. Many people realized that the emperor wanted to use this incident to warn the Fu family, and suddenly no one dared to come to the Yangxin Palace to make trouble.

As soon as the brother and sister Ye Zhan and Ye Qiong arrived in Dongyi City, they heard that the emperor's father-in-law had been imprisoned.

The brother and sister did not dare to go directly to meet His Majesty, so they had to come to Kunning Palace first.

Fu Guiyun ordered someone to check the tea. Ye Qiong had a gloomy face and was extremely confused at this moment.

After pondering for a long time, she finally spoke: "I didn't expect that my cousin has become so foolish that he actually allowed that witch to instigate him."

Thinking of Lu Linzhi's death for serving the king, Ye Zhan clenched his fists in hatred: "Fourth brother is also confused. His Majesty treats him like this. How can he devote himself to such a person and sacrifice his life in vain."

Fu Guiyun felt quite sad after hearing this, he lowered his head and said nothing.

She knew that Lu Linzhi risked his life to go north not for his brother, but for her.

Seeing the extremely depressed look on the brother and sister's faces, Fu Guiyun could only comfort them: "The dead cannot be resurrected, so please stop saying these things, cousin. This palace is no longer the same as the former Liyang Palace."

"Cousin."

Ye Qiong felt sad for Lu Linzhi's death, and also felt sorry for the queen: "It was clearly that witch who instigated this matter, Your Majesty. Are you going to just swallow this anger, cousin?"

"I promised this myself."

Fu Guiyun smiled, and the brother and sister immediately showed a look of surprise.

"Cousin, are you crazy?"

Ye Qiong was dumbfounded and said, "Before the posthumous title of Du Jiuniang was given, she was already criticized. Now my cousin is performing a dance to please His Majesty. The dance she performed is the Ying Ge Yan Wu that Du Jiuniang studied. If this gets out, how will history comment on my cousin?"

"I know my limits on this matter."

Fu Guiyun said: "Since you two brothers and sisters have come to Dongyi, please help me do one thing tomorrow and accompany His Majesty to the banquet in peace."

The more the brother and sister listened, the more confused they became. How could they have the heart to accompany the emperor for a drink at this moment? Besides, how could his body bear it?

Fu Guiyun did not explain much, only said: "Prince Zhong was the person that the Queen Mother and the late Emperor worried about the most when they were alive. Now that he has died for the country, I am afraid that some people still do not want his soul to return to his hometown. Only if Your Majesty is satisfied will they be willing to release his coffin to return to his hometown."

When they heard that pleasing the emperor was to send Lu Linzhi's coffin back to his hometown, the brother and sister immediately had no worries and agreed: "Don't worry, cousin, tomorrow we will persuade His Majesty to let Prince Zhong's coffin return to Liyang as soon as possible."

Fu Guiyun nodded: "Thank you for your help."

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