He narrowed his eyes and looked at Lu Shian without blinking. He wanted to know whether what she said was true or false.

Lu Shian raised his head and looked towards Li Hongting.

"My beloved concubine, what do you mean by this? Are you saying that I am old?"

"Your Majesty, you are like the rising sun, how can you age? I just want the emperor to make the second prince the crown prince. By making the crown prince early and establishing a legitimate heir, the imperial lineage can be passed on in an orderly manner, and it can also show your majesty's foresight for the future of the Great Abyss."

Li Hongting frowned: "Speaking of the Crown Prince, I think Chen'er is also a good choice."

"Absolutely not."

Lu Shian quickly refused: "Your Majesty, if you have any sympathy for me and Chen'er, please don't say such things again. I am not pretending to say this today, I really think so.

Your Majesty knows my character. I don't like being bound. I just want Chen'er to travel around the world on my behalf in the future."

"Is this what you mean?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, this is what I really think."

Li Hongting pulled Lu Shian into his arms: "I'm sorry for wronging you."

Lu Shian chuckled: "What are you talking about, Your Majesty? How have I ever felt wronged?"

"In fact, I prefer Chen'er to be the crown prince."

"Your Majesty, if I favor you, I will give up this idea. However, if Your Majesty can let him be an idle prince in the future, I will be very happy."

Li Hongting kissed Lu Shian on the cheek, and the two of them stayed together for a while. Li Hongting left, saying that he had some memorials to review.

As soon as I walked out of the hall, I saw a little palace maid sitting in the corridor eating cakes freely.

Lu Shian, who was following behind, followed Li Hongting's gaze and her heart almost jumped out of her throat.

She quickly came over to block Li Hongting's sight and said, "Your Majesty, don't you have memorials to review?"

After sending Li Hongting away, Lu Shian immediately ran back. She came to Nanxing and pinched her waist: "Why are you eating cakes here so late at night?"

Nan Xing said innocently: "I'm looking at the stars."

Lu Shian: “…”

"The Emperor has seen you."

"Why are you afraid of me? I don't look like that now anyway."

Lu Shian shook his head: "You think he is too simple."

In fact, Lu Shian's worries were correct. As soon as Li Hongting left Ganquan Palace, he immediately asked someone to investigate Nanxing's identity.

The people below didn't find out anything, they just said that the girl should have been brought back by Concubine Xian when she went to Lingyin Temple.

Li Hongting frowned. He didn't think Lu Shian would bring someone back for no reason.

He summoned the imperial physician to his side and asked about Lu Shian's pulse.

The imperial physician did not notice anything unusual and only said that Concubine Xian's pulse was the same as before.

Li Hongting has always been a cautious person and doesn't believe that Lu Shian would bring anyone into the palace casually.

But who this person is still needs to be verified.

With this idea in mind, Li Hongting came to Ganquan Palace more frequently, and finally one day he met Nanxing tending to flowers and plants in the yard.

"what is this flower?"

Nanxing carefully watered the Buddha's Hand flower. When someone asked her about it, she subconsciously replied, "This is a Buddha's Hand flower. It likes sunlight and warmth, but is not cold-resistant and shade-tolerant. It is very difficult to grow it here."

Li Hongting raised his eyebrows: "It seems that you are good at growing flowers."

"That's right. I know a lot about flowers and plants."

Nanxing was quite proud of herself. After she answered this question, she realized something was wrong. She turned around and looked behind her, only to see Li Hongting standing behind her.

She was startled and knelt down quickly: "Your Majesty, long live the emperor."

"Get up."

"Why haven't I seen you before?"

"I am just a servant girl. Naturally, the emperor has never seen me."

"Oh? What's your name?"

"Xing'er, my name is Xing'er?"

"Xing'er..."

Lu Shian came over in a hurry and said, "I didn't know the emperor was coming. I failed to greet you from afar. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

"How could I blame my beloved concubine? It was me who did not inform anyone."

Li Hongting pulled Lu Shian back to the main hall, and after lunch Li Hongting left.

As soon as Li Hongting left, Nanxing immediately followed Lu Shian into the room.

"The emperor already suspects you, Nanxing. You are no longer safe in the palace. I will send you out now."

Nan Xing felt that Lu Shian was exaggerating: "What are you afraid of? If it doesn't work, I'll just hide in your space."

Lu Shian shook his head: "Nanxing, I'm not kidding you."

A person who does not hesitate to harm his wife and children for the sake of power and status is not a good person.

"Then I can't go out. He always secretly poisons you. If I leave, what will happen to you and your mother?"

"I still have the antidote pills you gave me. I'll be fine."

"No, I won't leave easily before I confirm that you and your mother are safe."

Since he couldn't persuade Nanxing, Lu Shian sighed and secretly made up his mind to be more careful in the future.

In July, the weather was hot and people were feeling uncomfortable. Lu Shi'an asked Que'er to take out the fruits she had prepared and send some to the Emperor, the Grand Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, but there was nothing for the Empress.

There’s no other reason. The Second Prince is still breastfeeding, so it’s better for her not to eat such cold food.

Just as she ordered someone to send food to the Empress Dowager, someone came with a message saying that the Empress Dowager wanted to see her.

Lu Shian didn't think much about it and led everyone to the Empress Dowager.

Before she arrived at the Empress Dowager's place, Li Hongting sent someone to summon Nanxing to her place.

Nanxing was still eating fruit in the house. When she heard that the emperor wanted to see her, she held the bowl in her hand and didn't know how to respond.

Instead, Lu'er stood in front of Nanxing with a smile.

"Lord Cheng'an, the queen is not here at the moment. When the queen returns from the Empress Dowager, can you bring Xing'er to pay respects to the emperor?"

Cheng An smiled coldly: "Miss Lu'er, are you kidding? Does the emperor need the queen's permission to see someone?"

"You are joking, my lord. But Miss Xing'er is from Ganquan Palace after all."

"Are the people in Ganquan Palace more powerful than the emperor? Miss Lu'er, you must find out who is the master of the Dayuan Kingdom."

After saying that, he turned to look at Nanxing: "The emperor wants to see you, why don't you follow me."

Seeing Nanxing being taken away, Lu'er was extremely anxious: "How could it be such a coincidence that the Empress was called away just one foot and the Emperor came to ask for her right after that."

She quickly pulled Banxia over and said, "Quick, go to the Empress Dowager and ask her to come back. Tell her that Miss Xing'er has been called over by the Emperor."

Banxia nodded. Although she didn't know where this Xing'er came from, she knew that this Xing'er was no ordinary person when she saw the attitude of the Empress and Miss Lu'er towards her.

She trotted all the way to the Empress Dowager's bedroom, but was stopped by someone.

She even wanted to rush in, but was stopped by the sharp-eyed eunuch.

"I want to see the virtuous concubine, I want to see the virtuous concubine."

"How dare you! Where do you think this place is? Get out of here! If you disturb the Empress Dowager, I'll peel off your skin."

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