The queen is sober in the world, and she is winning every step of the palace fight.

The emperor was shocked.

Yulang...

It's a name from so long ago that I almost forgot it.

The Queen's voice immediately opened up his dusty memories.

That person from back then resurfaced in his mind. The hatred, the extreme disgust, the deep desire to get rid of that person but being unable to do so, made him sick.

"What did you call me?" He frowned.

The moment he saw the queen, the slight bit of compassion in his heart disappeared.

The queen seemed not to notice the emperor's displeasure and she smiled.

And he said again with a smile: "Yu Lang."

"Don't call me that."

"Then what should I call you? 'Your Majesty'? I'm tired of that. I don't want to be the queen anymore, and I don't want you to be the king anymore. At this point, I don't have any extravagant expectations. I just want to spend some time with you quietly, like an ordinary couple."

The queen looked at the man in front of her affectionately, reached out her hand, patted the cushion beside her, and said, "Thank you for coming to see me tonight, Yulang, come and sit down."

"I hate this name."

"Is it because of the late queen?"

The emperor's face darkened again. So she knew.

"The late queen privately called you Yulang, didn't she? You once dreamt, 'Yulang and Pei'er are married, and will live together till old age without a doubt.' At the time, I was wondering who Pei'er was. I even sent away a beautiful palace maid named Fupei, thinking you had taken a fancy to her, and I kept dreaming about her."

The queen didn't care about the emperor's angry face at all. She just smiled and spoke gently.

"Later I learned that the late queen's maiden name was Gui, and her nickname was Lingpei."

"People say the late queen tortured slaves and murdered concubines, a vicious and cruel woman. That's why she finally got her comeuppance by falling off her horse and dying. But you still miss her in your dreams, so you must have loved her once. Perhaps, deeply?"

The emperor angrily shouted, "You are about to die, and you still dare to talk nonsense!"

The Queen was silent for a moment.

Then he spoke again calmly.

"Your Majesty has already decided to have Empress Zheng executed, correct? So, how will she be executed? Will she die in the same manner as the previous Empress, in an accident, or will she be deposed and executed? With the current Empress widely acclaimed for her immorality, deposing her shouldn't be difficult. This successor isn't as good as the previous Empress. She wasn't your first wife, and she doesn't have a father or brother who made significant contributions to Your Majesty's ascension to the throne. Therefore, Your Majesty shouldn't worry too much about executing her."

She seemed to be discussing other people's affairs, like a minister giving advice to the emperor, plotting to depose the empress.

"Zheng Yunyi, you talk too much nonsense."

The emperor was extremely patient and felt that his visit today was unnecessary.

He turned and left.

The queen was like an arrow shot from a bow. In the blink of an eye, she pounced in front of him from a distance of ten feet.

Pull his sleeve.

"Don't go, Yulang."

"open!"

"do not want!"

The emperor tried to walk away but failed. Instead, the queen grabbed his shoulders tightly, pressed him close, stood on tiptoe, and bit his neck hard.

The emperor cried out in pain.

Cao Bin, who was guarding the outer palace door, rushed in upon hearing the noise. What he saw was the empress tearing open her clothes and wrapping herself around the emperor like a snake. Her legs were wrapped around his waist, her arms were tightly around his neck, and she was eagerly biting the emperor's face and neck...

Unbearable scene.

Cao Bin stood stiffly in the shadow of the partition.

I dare not move forward rashly, nor do I dare to withdraw at will.

Keep a close eye on the emperor and empress, and quickly assess the situation.

Your Majesty hates the Queen and is pushing her...

The push failed, the queen was too tight...

It seems that you don’t really want to push it away?

Uh……

His Majesty's clothes were also torn apart...

Two people fell to the ground...

"Yulang, don't leave. Tonight is my last night. If you leave, you will never see me again in this life!"

"Don't call me Yulang anymore!"

"Yulang, Yulang, Yulang. I'm going to scream, if you're unhappy, just bite me!"

The Queen's breathing was rapid...

The emperor gradually became anxious...

Cao Bin finally withdrew and quietly closed the palace door.

No need to call for guards.

Your Majesty is not in danger of life.

The Queen actually has this side to her.

Was it hidden deep before, or did he change his nature before dying?

Cao Bin couldn't figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it.

There are puzzling things happening in this palace every day, but after a while, you get used to it.

The autumn rain falls continuously.

The night is dark, vast and silent.

The palace lanterns on the eaves remained motionless in the quiet, windless night, unable to illuminate the darkness or penetrate people's hearts.

The lights in the inner hall of Chunxi Palace were still on in the middle of the night.

It was not bright, with only one lamp burning outside the curtain.

Inside the half-open curtains, Fei Wan and Zhi Shu leaned against the head of the bed, one sitting with her knees hugged, the other half lying on a soft pillow, whispering private words.

"The Palace Administration Office's investigation has yielded results, and the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Court approved them all in just an hour. Judging by their haste, I'm afraid His Majesty is pressing the issue. I've watched with disdain. He's been tolerating the Empress for a long time, and now that he has an excuse, he can confidently depose her without worrying about opposition from the court."

As Zhishu spoke leisurely, she gathered her loose hair with Feiwan's and twisted them around her fingers.

Fei Wan yawned, and the disdain in his eyes was diluted by sleepiness.

"Those civil officials and censors in the court who love to contradict His Majesty have been repeatedly rebuked, and their arrogance has diminished considerably."

There was also Lu Guinian who gradually gathered a force, jumping around and making suggestions more than anyone else, and he actually surpassed and suppressed those who came before him.

Especially after the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion secretly took action against the Prime Minister's faction, they were too busy to take care of themselves and had no time to find fault with the emperor.

In addition to the stimulation of the great victory in Ningcheng, both the court and the people praised the emperor's achievements.

It can be said that even if the emperor had not used the fact that the queen had plotted to murder the royal heirs and concubines as an excuse, he would have dared to test the waters and depose her by accusing her of a minor crime.

Zhishu said, "The decree to depose the empress will probably be issued soon, but I don't know if His Majesty will spare her life."

"Based on today's meeting, he wants to kill the queen." Fei Wan had met the emperor once during the day and found out his attitude through indirect means.

"So who will be the next empress?" Zhishu played with her hair, half-jokingly, "Will it be you, Consort Zhao? You've been promoted so quickly. If you get promoted one more level, you'll be the fourth consort, or even the Imperial Noble Consort. Achieving the throne of empress is just around the corner."

Fei Wan smiled: "Impossible."

Zhishu said, "Noble Concubine Qing is frail and cannot be the mother of the country. Next to her is Concubine Xian. She is throwing dirty water on the Empress and has great ambitions to replace her."

"Yes. I'm afraid His Majesty also intends to give the throne to her. The Duke of Zhenguo's inspection of the capital on behalf of the Emperor is itself a sign, but the Empress had not yet been implicated, so people had not yet noticed it."

Zhishu was a little disappointed: "The Queen fell, and the Concubine stood up. Neither of them is easy to deal with. Although the Concubine is stronger than the Queen, it would be more reassuring if we could go up ourselves."

But both of them are not qualified enough.

Fei Wan held her hand and said, "There's a long way to go. There's no need to rush. Let's deal with the current situation first."

Zhishu nodded.

Yes.

What is happening right now is not over yet.

The "evidence" found by Concubine Xian does not stand up to scrutiny.

The queen is just taking the blame.