The Emperor hesitated for a moment, choosing his words carefully. "But now, Concubine Hua is Qingcheng's adoptive mother. If a mother spanks her child, she's certainly wrong in every way. But if she's more careful, it's just a lesson for the child, not a big deal."

Pingle was so clever. She rolled her eyes, looked at the emperor with a half-smile, and said, "Father, if Concubine Hua is no longer Princess Qingcheng's adoptive mother, then wouldn't it be a serious crime to punish Princess Qingcheng?"

The Emperor glared at Princess Pingle and said in a low voice, "In the harem, the only concubine of noble status who has no children is Concubine Hua. Princess Qingcheng is of noble status. If she doesn't recognize Concubine Hua as her adoptive mother, who else can she recognize as her adoptive mother?"

For the sake of his daughter, Prince Dun was willing to risk everything.

As long as the Nian family collapsed, Concubine Hua also fell, and there were no suitable concubines in the palace, she might be able to take her daughter out of the palace.

Prince Dun knelt on the ground, his voice trembling, but he knew he had to do it.

Wealth, glory, and imperial power are not as great as his own flesh and blood. For the sake of that illusory position, he could not bear to let his daughter suffer.

"Your Majesty, I would like to sue Nian Gengyao for colluding with court officials, forming a clique for personal gain, disregarding human life, and buying and selling official positions. These are extremely serious crimes. I also ask Your Majesty to punish the Nian family and punish Nian Gengyao."

A strange light flashed in the emperor's eyes, and he squeezed the beads in his hand tightly. It was really a piece of cake. After searching for a long time, it was finally found without any effort.

But he could only pretend to be shocked and said in disbelief: "How dare you, Old Ten, do you know what you are saying? You can even say such things. I will just pretend that you have never said these words."

At this point, Prince Dun could only make a desperate move. He lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "Brother Your Majesty, I did not lie. I can find evidence of the Nian family's crimes. I only ask Your Majesty to show mercy and spare my wife and daughter."

The emperor frowned and said to Su Peisheng, "Take Princess Pingle and Princess Qingcheng out."

Su Peisheng nodded in understanding. He came to Princess Pingle and Princess Qingcheng and said gently, "Princess, please go to the side hall to rest and have some snacks."

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Yikun Palace

Zhou Ninghai hurried to Concubine Hua's side and said anxiously, "My Lady Concubine Hua, something's wrong. The Empress's Princess Pingle and Princess Qingcheng have gone to the Emperor to complain. And it seems Prince Dun is here too. Will something happen?"

Concubine Hua stood up in shock, "What? How could this happen?"

She thought all this was the Queen's doing, and angrily cursed, "Queen! It's that old woman again, that bitch! She's so troublesome even to her own daughter!"

Songzhi was also extremely anxious. She came up with an idea for Concubine Hua, "Your Majesty, now that things have come to this, we should also quickly go to the Emperor to plead for mercy!"

When Concubine Hua arrived at the Yangxin Palace, Prince Dun had already left.

Concubine Hua cautiously asked Su Peisheng outside the door, "Eunuch Su, the emperor is not angry, right?"

At this moment, Su Peisheng didn't know what to say. He could only shake his head and said to Concubine Hua, "I'm not quite sure either. Your Majesty, please go ask the Emperor first!"

Concubine Hua walked into the Yangxin Palace with a nervous heart. Seeing that the emperor didn't say a word, she quickly knelt on the ground and cried and explained, "Your Majesty, I didn't mean it. It was Princess Qingcheng who bumped into me, so I hit her in anger. I really didn't mean it."

The emperor sighed, "Shilan, do you know why I asked you to raise Princess Qingcheng?"

Concubine Hua shook her head and looked into the emperor's meaningful eyes with tears in her eyes.

"I am stupid and don't understand the emperor's deep meaning."

The Emperor said, "Forget it, forget it. I originally wanted to give you a daughter so that you could have someone to rely on for life, but I didn't expect that Princess Qingcheng's temperament would be so different from yours. The Tenth Prince is a stubborn person and is now determined to confront you. I can't do anything about it."

The emperor wanted to give Concubine Hua an illusion, making her think that the reason he gave Princess Qingcheng to her to raise was because he liked Concubine Hua Qing and wanted to quickly restore her position.

He treated Prince Dun and Nian Gengyao with completely different attitudes.

He said one thing to Prince Dun and another to Nian Gengyao, trying to sow discord between the two.

The emperor did not punish Concubine Hua in the end, but the feud between Nian Gengyao and Prince Dun had already begun.

Under the instigation of the emperor and Yixiu, the two people successfully turned against each other and both thought that the other had plotted against them.

The emperor also deliberately spread the rumor that Prince Dun had said a lot of bad things about the Nian family and Concubine Hua in front of him in order to take his daughter away, and he just wanted the emperor to depose Concubine Hua.

What Nian Gengyao cared about most was his sister. He was so angry that he found Prince Dun again. The two had a big fight and even brought the matter to the Dali Temple.

Zhen Huan's father once served as the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, and he must have had some connections in the Dali Temple.

Firstly, it was the emperor's instruction, and secondly, Zhen Yuandao also wanted to vent his anger for his daughter. Not only did he not solve the problem properly, but he deliberately intensified the conflict between the two.

The Dali Temple deliberately sided with Prince Dun and punished Nian Gengyao.

The Nian family was definitely not satisfied with this result. Nian Gengyao wanted to enter the palace to meet the emperor, but was rejected several times by the emperor.

Even when Concubine Hua wanted to see the emperor, she was refused.

Yikun Palace

Concubine Hua was so anxious that she was spinning around in circles. "What should I do? My brother just accidentally killed a servant in Prince Dun's mansion. It's not a big deal at all. Why is the Dali Temple so relentless? Your Majesty, why doesn't he see me?"

Songzhi sent Zhou Ninghai to inquire early in the morning. After Zhou Ninghai came back and told Songzhi the news, Songzhi told the news to Concubine Hua.

"Your Majesty, these past few days Princess Pingle and Princess Qingcheng have been pestering the Emperor. Princess Qingcheng even told the Emperor how domineering you are and how you made the Emperor angry..."

After hearing this, Concubine Hua was furious. "How dare they slander me? How could the emperor believe their lies?"

Songzhi sighed, "Since the Emperor ascended the throne, only Shunpin gave birth to a princess. Your Majesty..."

She didn't dare say the rest, for fear that Concubine Hua would be angry.

In fact, Hua Fei herself knew that if she had a child, she might be able to say a few words in front of the emperor.

Even if it's not because of our past friendship, it should at least be for the sake of the child.

Just like the Queen, even though the Emperor has long been disgusted with her because of her old age and fading beauty, she has the Crown Prince and Princess Pingle in her hands, so the Emperor always remembers some of their old feelings for her.

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