"Your Majesty, His Majesty said he has official business tonight and I'm afraid he won't be able to spare the time."

Liu An looked at the queen tentatively, but saw that she was looking out the door expressionlessly. "I think there must be something important to deal with. You know that His Majesty has been busy with official duties."

"Oh!" The Queen sneered, "Busy? Busy about what? There are no natural disasters or man-made disasters, what is he busy about?"

"Do you really think I'm stupid?"

The queen flicked her sleeves and walked away: "Let's go, Liu An! Since Your Majesty is not coming, then I will go over!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Liu An hurriedly followed, "It's against the rules for you to just go there like this!"

"Your Majesty must be busy with something. Please wait..."

"Rules? This is the first time I've broken the rules today!"

"Your Majesty, you haven't been to Kunning Palace for several months. This is really against the rules." Li Peidong glanced darkly at Li who was standing next to Xiao Heng.

Li was taking great pains to massage Xiao Heng's shoulders.

"Didn't I say that I have official duties to attend to and have no time to spare?" Xiao Heng said impatiently, "Could it be that she has something more important than my official duties?"

"Official business? I'm afraid you can't bear to let go of the beauty in your arms?" Xiao Xizi rolled his eyes in his heart, and shrank his neck when Li Peidong glared at him.

"The Queen said she has something to report to you. If I delay, I'm afraid..."

Li Peidong wanted to persuade him again, but was impatiently dismissed by Xiao Heng, "Alright, alright! Don't disturb me while I'm doing my business here, get out now!"

"Yes, I'll take my leave now." Li Peidong frowned, bowed and walked out.

Xiao Xizi also followed him out.

"You bastard!" As soon as he walked out of the main hall, Li Peidong kicked Xiao Xizi mercilessly.

"Daddy!" Xiao Xizi cried out in pain and was kicked to the ground. The guards beside him lowered their heads and dared not look.

"Daddy, I know I was wrong, Daddy!" Xiao Xizi crawled to Li Peidong's feet on his knees and grabbed his clothes to beg for mercy: "Daddy, Xiao Xizi knows I was wrong! Daddy!"

"You bastard! Who the hell do you think you are to disrespect His Majesty?" Li Peidong kicked him away and slapped him fiercely.

The eunuch's already shrill voice became even more piercing. "Don't think that it's OK just because His Majesty didn't see you! You have to be cautious when serving His Majesty! I don't think I can teach you anything!"

"Daddy! Don't say that to me! Xiao Xizi knows she was wrong! She won't dare to do it again, Daddy!" Upon hearing that, Xiao Xizi's eyes turned red and she grabbed Li Peidong's trouser leg tightly, banging her head on the ground.

"I don't deserve it! How capable are you, Grandpa Xi? I can't even call you my father-in-law!"

"Dad, Dad! Don't say that about Dad!"

"Eunuch Li!" Liu An saw Xiao Xizi kneeling on the ground in a state of embarrassment from a distance, and turned sideways to block the queen's sight, "The queen has arrived."

"The Queen!" Li Peidong hurriedly looked over, only to see the Queen standing there, looking at him expressionlessly. Eunuch Li quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Your servant Li Peidong greets the Queen."

"Yes." The queen responded softly and walked inside.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Li Peidong saw the Queen was about to go in and hurriedly stood up to stop her. "Your Majesty is in there dealing with important matters. How about letting me pass on the message?"

"How dare you!" Liu An waved away Li Peidong's hand, "Who the hell are you? How dare you block the Empress's path?"

"I dare not!" Li Peidong bowed and smiled apologetically, "But Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

"Get out of the way!" The queen ordered coldly as she looked at the smile on Li Peidong's face that was about to freeze.

"This..." Li Peidong felt a cold sweat running down his face.

"Get out of here!" Liu An stretched out his hand and pushed him away, and the queen walked straight inside.

"Empress, Empress!" Li Peidong was helpless as he followed behind her and could only shout loudly to try to remind Xiao Heng.

"Your Majesty!" The Queen pushed open the palace door. In the room were only Xiao Heng and a woman dressed as a palace maid with her back turned.

"How dare you!" Xiao Heng shouted at the queen when she saw her walk straight in. "I'm here to handle court affairs, and the queen just barged in like this. Do you think she takes me, the emperor, seriously?"

"Official business?" The Queen sneered, staring at Xiao Heng's disheveled collar. "Is this how your Majesty handles official business? It's really hard for your Majesty. You work so hard for the country, and you only have one maid to serve you."

"What's your name? Turn around and show me."

The palace maid trembled when she heard the voice, but did not turn around.

Seeing that she had not responded, Liu An stepped forward and scolded her, "How dare you! Didn't you hear the Queen's order?"

"I think you are the one who is being presumptuous!" Xiao Heng slammed the table and stood up to block the maid. "Where do you think this is? Your Kunning Palace? This is my Taiji Palace!"

"How dare you act like a queen and criticize a palace maid in front of me? I think you are really immoral and incompetent! You are not worthy of being the master of the six palaces!"

"I am not worthy?" The Queen pushed away Liu An who was blocking her way. "Your Majesty said I am not worthy, then who is worthy? The maid behind you?"

"Nonsense!" Xiao Heng waved his hand and turned his back to her, "I still have official business to attend to, Queen, please go back."

"Your Majesty, are you going to handle official business again? Just now, you were handling official business, and the two people you handled were in a dishevelled state. What are you going to do now? I'm afraid there's a lack of a soft couch here."

"No! We should prepare a dragon and phoenix bed!"

"That's enough! You're never going to stop, are you? I order you to get out!" Xiao Heng turned around and glared at him, "Li Peidong! Where the hell have you been! Didn't you hear my order? Get out now!"

"Your Majesty, are you going to kick me out so that you can spend the night with that palace maid?" The Empress suddenly laughed out loud: "I didn't expect that your Majesty's preference is this? Middle-aged women? Flirtatious and promiscuous?"

"Snapped!"

"Miss!"

"His Majesty!"

Xiao Heng stared blankly at his red palms, turned his head away and coldly ordered, "The Queen is disrespectful in front of the emperor, and will be confined for three months."

"Li Peidong, take him away!"

"No need!" The Queen coldly waved away Li Peidong's hand that was about to support her, "Today I was ungrateful. I will never set foot in Taiji Palace again!"

"No need to bother Eunuch Li." Liu An walked forward with a cold face, separated Li Peidong, and reached out to support the queen, "Your Majesty, let's go."

"This, Queen!"

"Let her go!" Xiao Heng was furious again, and he grabbed Li Peidong to stop him from following him, "Don't worry about her! Let her go!"

"Pass on my order! Lock him up for three months, not a day less!"

"Your Majesty!" Li Peidong looked anxiously at the Queen's departing back, "Even if you don't consider the Queen's face, you should consider the Wen family!"

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