The princess is so powerful that the fish pond is full of people

"Your Majesty, may your Majesty live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years."

As soon as Liang Chongyue bent his knees, someone pulled his hand and helped him up.

"Only if you can come to the palace to visit Mother often can Mother truly live a thousand years."

Xiang Huayue hadn't seen Chongyue for just over two days, but it felt like half a lifetime had passed.

"Your father is really a fool. He insisted on keeping you in the Yangxin Palace to chat, and the food has even gotten cold."

Liang Chongyue looked at her mother's angry expression, and her heart softened like water.

Only when she was with her mother, the Queen Mother, she was the one who was loved wholeheartedly. She didn't need to be outstanding or work hard, as there would always be someone willing to love her.

"Then let's go have dinner quickly. Father has summoned my three brothers for something, so I'm afraid they won't be able to dine with me and Mother."

Xiang Huayue didn't care whether Liang Zhan could come or not. There were ten days in a month when this person would stay in Yiku Palace and refuse to leave.

Chongyue had been away from the palace for the past two days. Every day, he either talked about Chongyue or talked about Chongyue's childhood. Now, as soon as her daughter came back, he called her away, wasting her time with her daughter.

"A new chef has been sent to the Imperial Kitchen. He is from the same school as Li Daqiao. Chongyue is here to try it and see if the food tastes similar."

Liang Chongyue took her mother's hand and walked into the main hall. The table was indeed filled with delicacies. The taste was almost the same as what Li Daqiao cooked.

"The taste is exactly the same. I was worried that if I took Chef Li away, Mother would not be able to taste such delicious dishes. I was worrying too much."

With Liang Chongyue's special effort to adjust the atmosphere, Xiang Huayue was very satisfied with the meal and ate half a bowl more rice than usual.

After the meal, Liang Chongyue took her mother to the bedroom and asked everyone around her to go down, saying that she wanted to have a private conversation between mother and daughter.

Xiang Huayue was not a fool. When he saw Chongyue sending away everyone around him, he had already thought about everything that might happen to Chongyue outside the palace.

Apart from the news that the secret agent brought back that day, Chongyue executed two people at the gate of Prince Yi's mansion, there was nothing else.

"Chongyue, did you encounter anyone or anything outside the palace? Or did your father say anything to you today?"

Liang Chongyue originally wanted to find out the truth about Liang Chongzhen leaving the palace ten years ago. It just so happened that Liang Chongzhen was caught by his scumbag father today, so she didn't have to make up stories.

It was impossible to deceive the Queen Mother's sharp eyes anyway, so it saved her the trouble.

"Mother, there is something I don't understand. Please help me."

Liang Chongyue wanted to tell his mother about the conversation between himself and his scumbag father today and some minor details, which he had slightly polished.

Xiang Huayue understood what had happened as soon as she heard it.

Liang Zhan is really crazy. He knows that those things are dangerous and Chongyue is just a princess, but he still uses those things to test them, and he is not afraid of hurting Chongyue.

"Mother, when Third Brother suddenly suffered from the epidemic, was it an accident, or was it a deliberate plan to send him out of the palace?"

Liang Chongyue believed that he could trust his mother 100%, so there was no need to beat around the bush at this time.

Women who have fought in the harem have seen all kinds of insidiousness and cunning.

Her memory of what happened ten years ago was already a little fuzzy. Xiang Huayue rested her right hand on the table. She remembered that the day before Liang Chongzhen was infected with the epidemic, Chongyue told her about the cruelty hidden under the hypocritical appearance of Liang Chongzhen at such a young age.

The broken memories began to piece together, from vague to a little clearer.

"After that day, your mother wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible to prevent him from causing trouble when he grew up, which would be detrimental to you and the Xiang family. However, she hadn't figured out how to do it yet. Unexpectedly, he suddenly contracted the plague the next day. That was when the plague broke out. Your father took him into custody, and soon after several imperial doctors became ill, they sent him out of the palace."

"After he left the palace, my mother had people secretly monitoring him. I thought he would never come back. I never thought that all this might be the result of your father's plan."

Xiang Huayue used to think that Liang Zhang had too many restrictions when he first ascended the throne, so he had to do things that went against his conscience.

Thinking about it now, she was too naive.

The late emperor had many princes. By leveraging the military power of the Duke Dingguo's Mansion and the status of the late empress's mother's family among the civil officials, he was able to rise from an inconspicuous prince to become the Prince Bao, whom the late emperor valued the most.

Perhaps he has been such a cold-hearted person from the beginning. Compared with the ties of affection, he only cares about his imperial power and the great cause of his country.

A hint of sarcasm flashed across Xiang Huayue's eyes, and she didn't know whether she was laughing at herself or Liang Zhan.

"Your father has been playing with eagles for so many years, and it's been a long time since he's had his eyes pecked by an eagle he raised. He deserves it."

"Chongyue, don't worry outside the palace. Mother can handle this little matter."

Xiang Huayue touched Chongyue's loose hair lovingly. Her Chongyue was becoming more and more beautiful, far surpassing her appearance when she was young. She wondered which boy would marry her in the future.

The Queen Mother has been in charge of the harem for so many years, and Liang Chongyue still has confidence in her. With her Queen Mother in charge in the palace, she can do whatever she wants outside the palace with confidence.

Liang Chongyue had already thought about what to do next, but her mother suddenly pulled her hand. Her eyes were no longer as angry as before, but looked at her with a bit of teasing:

"Have you met any men you like outside the palace, Chongyue? You are the most noble princess of Daxia, so there is no need to rush into marriage. If you find someone you like, it would be fine to keep two concubines in the mansion."

Liang Chongyue was shocked by her mother's words. She thought her mother would be angry because of what her scumbag father had done, but she didn't expect her mother to adjust her mood so quickly and start to encourage her to keep a lover.

"Mother, my daughter is still young. Besides, it seems that the customs of Daxia are not yet so open-minded, right?"

As far as she knew, in the nearly one hundred years of history of Great Xia, only Xia Renzong's legitimate daughter, the first-rank Princess Zhaohua, had never remarried after divorcing her first husband, but instead kept a houseful of beautiful concubines in her mansion.

At that time, the memorials impeaching her in the Censorate almost filled up an entire room. However, Princess Zhaohua was deeply loved by Emperor Renzong of Xia, and her first son-in-law was also chosen by Emperor Renzong of Xia. However, not only was she unhappy, but she was also bullied during her pregnancy and had a miscarriage after only two months of pregnancy.

In a fit of rage, Xia Renzong ordered the execution of his son-in-law. From then on, even though the Censorate knelt outside the Qianqing Palace every day, Xia Renzong let his daughter keep a lover and never asked about it.

"The previous dynasty had Princess Duanyi like this, and the current dynasty has Princess Yipin Zhaohua like this, so why can't my son do the same?"

Xiang Huayue's voice was high-pitched, and she didn't seem to be joking. Rather, she seemed to be really wondering why other princesses could have lovers but her daughter couldn't.