After his inner voice was read, the little cannon fodder became the darling of the world

Emperor Dong Ling had a gloomy face.

"With the third brother's personality, he can really do anything.

Let me think of a way to deal with Hao'er's matter so that he can't deny it."

"I think we can go to the prison and ask Liu Heng." Queen Chen reminded.

Emperor Dong Ling narrowed his eyes and said, "You go back to Kunning Palace first, I will tell you when I have news.

Xue'er, please be careful. The other two female secret guards have completed their mission and are coming back. They will go to Kunning Palace to find you later. You should bring secret guards with you when you enter the palace in the future."

"Yes!" Nangong Yunxue responded obediently.

Queen Chen took Nangong Yunxue and her daughter out of the imperial study.

"Somebody come!"

Ajie shows up.

Emperor Dong Ling gave a few instructions quietly, and Ajie left.

Only then did he take out the testimonies of the relevant people from the drawer of the jade case and instructed Eunuch Wei.

"Take the witnesses to the prison. I want to see how they can deny it."

Renchun Palace.

When Concubine Zheng returned to Renchun Palace, Liu Zhi had been waiting for half an hour.

"Mother, after I got the news yesterday, the more I thought about it, the more I felt that I needed to come to the palace and discuss it with you.

Nangong Yunxue is now a first-rank imperial concubine, and her status is different. Her daughter is Princess Dingguo. Can we marry her into the palace and make her a concubine or something?"

Concubine Zheng Shufei nodded.

“What you said, Mother also thought of it.

On the way back, she happened to run into them, and her mother invited her to visit Renchun Palace."

Liu Zhi suddenly became excited.

"What did she say?"

"She said she would come to pay her respects when she is free.

If we can really win her over and marry her into the mansion, with the support of the General's Mansion and the protection of the gods, then for us, there is no need to worry about not being able to achieve great things.

However, she has a special relationship with Queen Chen, so this matter needs to be carefully planned."

Liu Zhi was silent for a moment: "Mother, do you have any way to call her to Renchun Palace?"

"No, mother knows what you are thinking. It's too risky!" Concubine Zheng glanced at Liu Zhi and refused directly.

“I heard that a deputy general in the court said something unpleasant and was slapped in the face by a god.

Don't let things fail and end up in trouble. The best way is to let her marry you willingly."

Liu Zhi shook his head: "It would be extremely difficult to get her to voluntarily marry me as a concubine.

I don't quite believe in the matter of gods' protection. Maybe she got some information by chance.

As for the fact that Lieutenant General Chen was beaten, it was most likely because she had an expert around her.

This is easy to handle. Don't you have experts around you? Just don't let her people come in."

Concubine Zheng Shu was hesitant: "Are you sure you want to do this?"

"Yes, I want to try!

As long as she steps into Renchun Palace, I will make her speechless and she will have no choice but to marry me."

"You have had your own ideas since you were young, and your mother can't persuade you.

However, you must be aware that if you do this, the result may not necessarily be what you want.

The Nangong family is not the type to accept things as they come, and you have to take into account the protection that Queen Chen and her son have shown to Nangong Yunxue."

"I know!

Now, neither Liu Heng nor Liu Hao can make a comeback, so Liu Ze is nothing to be feared.

As for Liu Xuan, if I have the support of the Nangong family, the situation will be in my favor.

So, I have to give it a try."

Concubine Zheng Shu stopped trying to persuade him: "Since you have made up your mind, I will not stop you. We will prosper together and suffer together."

After saying this, he called over his close confidante, Madam Zheng, and whispered something to her.

Nanny Zheng thought for a moment, then nodded and retreated.

After an incense stick of time, Nanny Zheng carried a food box, left Renchun Palace and went to Kunning Palace.

Prison.

Emperor Dongling and his entourage arrived at the cell where Xue Huaian and Liu Heng were imprisoned.

Xue Huaian and Liu Heng struggled to get up to welcome the emperor.

Liu Heng knelt on the ground and said: "Father, I am your son..."

"You are just a bastard, and you dare to call me father?"

Emperor Dongling directly threw a stack of testimonies at Liu Heng.

Then he looked at Xue Huaian: "You should know this person, right?"

Xue Huaian looked at the person being supported by the two eunuchs.

"Master, I'm Shunzi! You don't recognize me? Haha... Even if you turn into ashes, I'll still recognize you!"

"You're not dead?"

"Yes, God took pity on me and gave me a breath, so I lived for another twenty years."

Xue Huaian sat down on the ground with a deathly pale face.

Emperor Dongling pointed at Xue Huaian, and then pointed at Concubine Xue in the cell on the other side.

"Xue Huaian, Xue Lin, you two adulterers, I will never be satisfied even if I cut you into pieces."

Liu Heng knelt and stepped forward: "I had no choice in my birth. For more than twenty years, I have been filial to you..."

"Don't say these useless things. Your so-called filial piety is full of calculations and purposes.

I just want to ask you one question: how did you collude with the third brother to harm Hao'er?

Frankly speaking, I can show some leniency and spare any children under the age of two among your people."

Prime Minister Xue, who was lying down, responded: "Now that things have come to this, this one thing doesn't matter. There are two children under the age of two in the clan, leaving roots for our Xue family."

After being silent for a long while, Liu Heng threw his head back and laughed like crazy.

"Haha... Liu Zhi is very ambitious. He hates Liu Hao because he is better than him in every way and he is also the legitimate son.

I just asked him to go to Hongcui Tower to stir up some trouble. I didn't expect that he wanted to get rid of Liu Hao even more than I did, and he came up with one idea after another.

It’s a pity that the people around Liu Hao fought desperately to protect him, and we only injured his leg..."

Emperor Dongling's teeth were clattering.

"Xue Lin will be stripped of his title, Liu Heng will be demoted to a commoner, Xue Li and Xue Huaian will be demoted, and all members of the Xue family, except for children under two years old, will be executed at Caishikou tomorrow!"

After saying that, he turned away.

He stormed out of the prison: "Someone, take that evil creature Liu Zhi to the imperial study!"

Kunning Palace.

Empress Chen and Nangong Yunxue took the extremely sleepy Nangong Jiu back to Kunning Palace.

Just as she was about to put the person on the small couch so that she could sleep more comfortably, a palace maid came to report: "Your Majesty, Madam Xue, Madam Zheng, who is beside Madam Shu, wants to see you."

Empress Chen glanced at Nangong Yunxue and said, "Let her in. I want to see what tricks they are up to."

After a moment, Madam Zheng bowed respectfully and entered the hall: "This old servant greets the Queen and Madam Xue!"

Empress Chen raised her eyelids: "Well, tell me, what's the matter?"

"My master thought the cakes I steamed today tasted good, so he asked me to bring some to the Queen and Madam Xue to try."

"She has a heart, let it go!"

Nanny Zheng put down the pastries and looked directly at Nangong Yunxue.

"Madam Xue, the Queen has obtained a rare flower and a rare item, and invites you to taste them."

"Madam, I don't know much about flowers, and I have even less knowledge about rare treasures. I may be letting you down!"

"Madam Xue, the queen said that she didn't quite understand it, so she invited you to watch the strange thing together."

Nangong Yunxue was in a dilemma and didn't know how to refuse when Empress Chen said, "Since Concubine Shu has invited me so kindly, I am also interested. Let's go and take a look with Xue'er."

The smile on Madam Zheng's face froze: "The Queen is busy managing the harem day and night, I dare not trouble the Queen!"

"Oh? That's weird!

Could it be that these rare flowers and things can only be seen by Xueer, and not by me?"