The moment Feng Jiuqing landed, someone caught her and held her in his arms. Mo Ling's anxious voice came from above her head: "Qingqing! Someone, call the imperial physician!"

Feng Jiuqing then slowly woke up, tears in his eyes, and said in a weak voice: "Ayan, I feel so bad."

Mo Ling felt Feng Jiuqing's wet clothes, frowned, glanced at the empress dowager, and carried him to the couch.

"Your Majesty has been blinded by a vixen! My late emperor, how can I face you——"

Feng Jiuqing actually wanted to ask the Queen Mother, who was the "late emperor" she was referring to?

Is he Mo Ling's biological father, or Mo Ling's second uncle who usurped the throne?

After all, according to the information he had learned, there had always been something unclear between the Queen Mother and that uncle.

"enough!"

Mo Ling interrupted the Queen Mother and said, "Come here, send the Queen Mother back to Ci'an Palace to recuperate."

The Queen Mother was shocked, and her hands were shaking as she pointed at Mo Ling: "Your Majesty, are you going to send your own mother back to Ci'an Palace for this vixen?"

Mo Ling looked at the Queen Mother expressionlessly and said, "Mother, he is a noble prince appointed by me personally. Please be careful with your words."

"You made a man a noble king. Have you ever considered Dai Viet? How can you be the emperor of Dai Viet if you are so unorthodox?"

Mo Ling hugged the person in his arms tightly and whispered, "If mother thinks there is someone else suitable to be the emperor of Dayue, why not let him try it out."

The queen mother's face froze, and she softened her voice: "That's not what I meant. But Your Majesty, it's unprecedented to confer a title on a male concubine. You——"

"Then let me be the first one. After all, I am also the first fool to become emperor. If there is no precedent, then let me set one. Who I marry is my business, and no one can interfere."

"Your Majesty, are you still blaming me? I know you have complaints, but you can't joke about the real Dayue. Your Majesty! There are so many noble ladies in the world who are waiting for your mercy. Your Majesty can pick some that you like and put them in the harem. At least you can't let Dayue be left alone!"

"I am not interested in them! Qianyuan Palace is my bedroom, so it is better for you, Queen Mother, not to come. Someone, send the Queen Mother back!"

Feng Jiuqing took a deep breath. Mo Ling seemed to have a lot of resentment towards his adoptive mother. He also had a lot of resentment towards the maid who hanged herself in front of him. But just now the Queen Mother claimed to be his biological mother. It seems that Mo Ling still doesn't know his own life experience?

That's right, that matter was quite secretive, and he had overheard it accidentally when he was hiding on the roof of the palace. Feng Jiuqing was not going to tell Mo Ling about this, because he didn't know who Mo Ling's mother was, he just knew that Mo Ling was not born to the Queen Mother.

It was because Mo Ling was almost as unlucky as him, otherwise he wouldn't have paid too much attention to Mo Ling, to the point of unconsciously falling in love with this bastard.

The Queen Mother glared at Feng Jiuqing fiercely. Feng Jiuqing sighed in his heart. He really knew how to thank others. If someone had told him five years ago that he would be involved in a palace fight, he would have beaten that person up severely. Palace fighting was nothing. It was not as fun as fighting in the court.

Seeing that Mo Ling was unmoved, the Queen Mother turned her spearhead towards Feng Jiuqing: "Throughout history, anyone who has deceived an emperor should have his entire clan executed!"

Feng Jiuqing's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this: "Is what the Queen Mother said true?"

"Qingqing!" Mo Ling warned in a low voice.

The Queen Mother was also stunned for a moment. Feng Jiuqing smiled at her and said very kindly: "If you want to kill my nine clans, maybe the Queen Mother is also among them."

"What nonsense! My mother's family has nothing to do with you!" The Queen Mother was so angry that she almost fell backwards.

Feng Jiuqing's eyebrows curved: "It's a pity that I have severed my relationship with Prime Minister Lu, otherwise I would be looking forward to killing my entire clan."

"Qingqing! Shut up. How can you talk like that?" Mo Ling covered Feng Jiuqing's mouth and stopped him from saying anything more.

The Queen Mother's expression changed for a moment when she heard Prime Minister Lu, but before she could say anything, she was sent back by Mo Ling's men.

"Do you like being exterminated so much?"

Mo Ling frowned and cast a sharp gaze on Feng Jiuqing's face.

Feng Jiuqing coughed lightly and touched his forehead, which was slightly hot. "No, I just had a fever and was talking nonsense. Besides, I am the only one in my Nine Clans, there is no need to kill me."

Mo Ling tapped Feng Jiuqing's nose: "You always talk nonsense!"

Feng Jiuqing touched his nose and didn't dare to speak.

A set of clean clothes was quickly brought over, and Feng Jiuqing blushed slightly: "Turn around!"

Mo Ling raised his eyebrows: "Qingqing, where have I not seen you? Are you embarrassed now?"

Feng Jiuqing's face turned even redder: "Turn around!"

Mo Ling smiled and shook his head, but eventually turned his back.

Feng Jiuqing quickly changed his clothes. There was no point in being shy. He was simply afraid that some people would not be able to resist the temptation and torture him again. He couldn't afford to live a miserable life.

As the sun rose high in the sky, just as Prime Minister Lu came down from court, the Duke of Weiguo, from the Queen Mother's mother's family, came up to him with a mocking look on his face and bowed to him. He couldn't help but wonder how he had offended the Duke of Weiguo recently, when he heard the Duke of Weiguo say, "Congratulations, Prime Minister. Congratulations, Prime Minister."

Congratulations, what is there for him to be happy about? And this Duke of Wei doesn't look like he's here to congratulate.

In the face of Prime Minister Lu's puzzled look, Duke Wei sneered, "I'm afraid that the Prime Minister will be promoted to Duke Cheng'en soon."

Is this Duke Weiguo probably sick?

What nonsense are you talking about in broad daylight? His daughter has been married a long time ago, and the only unmarried person in the family is his youngest son Lu Yu.

Prime Minister Lu frowned and said, "Duke Weiguo might as well ask an imperial physician to take a good look. Only the Queen's father can be named Duke Cheng'en. My daughter has already married, so how can she be named Duke Cheng'en?"

Duke Weiguo smiled with a fake smile: "Even though the daughter is gone, don't we still have a son?"

Prime Minister Lu's eyes were already filled with anger: "Duke Weiguo, please be careful with your words. My Yu'er doesn't have that intention. If Duke Weiguo has that intention, you might as well send your grandson there! I will not accompany you any more."

Duke Weiguo put away his smile and said coldly: "It is better not to compete with the Prime Minister. Who can compare with the Prime Minister to send his own son to the bed of His Majesty?"

"Duke Weiguo! There should be a limit to your nonsense! My Yu'er is well in Lucheng, and if you continue to talk nonsense, I will definitely report you!" Prime Minister Lu's face turned red with anger.

Duke Wei suddenly raised his voice and said, "My fellow officers, please judge for yourself. Take a good look at our righteous Prime Minister Lu. He gave his own son to Your Majesty to be His Majesty's lord and yet he still refuses to acknowledge him!"

Prime Minister Lu threw the jade disk in his hand, but missed anyone.

"Wei Kai, you are going too far!"

A minister passing by was caught off guard and took a bite of the melon, and couldn't help muttering.

"real or fake?"

"Lu Xiang doesn't seem like that kind of person!"

"But what the Duke of Wei said seems to be very confident!"

A bunch of ministers were chattering about how His Majesty had suddenly conferred a title on a noble prince a few days ago. Many censors had made desperate appeals in the court, but all were lightly suppressed by His Majesty. For a while, everyone was speculating about the identity of this noble prince. After all, apart from knowing that his name was Mingqing, they knew nothing else.

I didn't expect that today the Duke of Wei would say that the mysterious nobleman was actually the son of Prime Minister Lu! Regardless of ancient or modern times, eating melons is a major characteristic of life. Even the ministers who did not gather around slowed down their pace and waited for the Duke of Wei to continue to release melons.

Duke Weiguo snorted coldly: "Your Majesty's newly appointed noble lord is Prime Minister Lu's son who has never been brought out and raised in Suizhou, Lu Qi!"

Prime Minister Lu's face turned pale in an instant: "What did you say!"

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