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After returning to the palace, the emperor drank several gulps of cold water before he could barely suppress his inner irritability.

Seeing this, the chief eunuch Xiao Linzi quickly advised: "Your Majesty, please do not drink too much cold water, as it will harm your health."

As he spoke, Xiao Linzi was already preparing to go over and take the cup from the emperor's hand and replace it with a cup of warm drink.

At this moment, he looked up and saw blood dripping from the emperor's nostrils.

"Hurry and ask the imperial physician to come over."

Xiao Linzi's shrill voice echoed in the palace.

Looking at the blood dripping from his nose, the emperor felt a chill in his heart: the poison seemed to have begun to backfire.

The imperial physician who was hurriedly summoned into the palace in the middle of the night was shocked by this scene.

After carefully checking the emperor's pulse, he said with a hint of embarrassment, "The emperor's face is burning with heat, not from poison."

"Then please write a prescription quickly so that we can prepare the medicine for the emperor."

Xiao Linzi urged.

Faced with these two people who had no experience in being with women, the imperial physician found it difficult to explain the "excessive heart fire".

In desperation, the imperial physician had to quote a medical classic: "Excessive heart fire is caused by emotional damage or external evil spirits, which leads to imbalance in the function of the internal organs and imbalance of yin and yang in the body..."

"Stop memorizing those medical books and tell me the solution!"

Anxious Xiao Linzi almost wanted to find the right herbs himself.

The imperial physician said cautiously, "You need to balance your yin and yang, eat some light food, and perhaps go to Hongfu Temple to listen to the pure sounds."

After saying this, the imperial physician felt that he might lose his head for speaking his mind.

Unexpectedly, the emperor was not angry, but waved his hand and asked him to leave.

At this moment, the emperor's face turned pale, and he kept thinking in his mind whether he should not have any improper thoughts about the young lady of the Shen family.

If I lose control and have sex with her, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Whenever he first ascended the throne, the Empress Dowager would send a woman to accompany him, but the next morning they would be found dead with blood gushing from all seven orifices. This trauma made him never dare to touch a woman easily again.

Seeing this, Xiao Linzi was no longer nervous and quietly prepared cold water for the emperor to take a bath to relieve the heat in his body.

The next morning, the Queen went to Xinghui Palace to pay her respects to the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother was in high spirits and took the Queen's hand to talk about selecting a suitable marriage partner for Prince Yongning.

"The daughters of the Pingyang Marquis' Mansion and the Jingcheng Marquis' Mansion are both very good. What do you think?"

The Queen didn't care about these things and just answered perfunctorily, "It's all up to Mother to decide. Mother's judgment is always so accurate."

The Queen Mother weighed the two candidates in her mind: "Actually, I think the daughter of the Pingyang Marquis is more suitable to be the future mistress of a country. But the bride of the Jingcheng Marquis family is coming with a huge amount of wealth, which will be of great help to our Jiang family. It is really difficult to choose."

"Since she's the daughter of a wealthy family, why doesn't Yongning just marry her?"

The queen was quite puzzled by this. Wouldn't it be very troublesome to go through such a big circle to get benefits?

Hearing this, the Queen Mother smiled softly and said with emotion: "You have been the Queen for ten years, right?

How come you don’t realize the situation is pressing?

At that time, our Jiang family missed the opportunity. All males over the age of ten were killed, and now the court is completely controlled by the emperor.

If we want our Jiang family to regain our status, we can only hope that Yongning will ascend the throne one day in the future.

This girl with a huge wealthy background comes from the Shen family. Her grandfather and father are both powerful people.

Therefore, the emperor would never allow Yongning, who had a powerful father-in-law, to take power, so he could only choose a bride for him from a large family that had no real influence but was prestigious.

The Queen didn't care and said calmly, "My Queen Mother is being too cautious. The Emperor doesn't have to be so wary of us."

The Queen Mother sighed, as if looking at an ignorant person, and said, "You truly lack forethought. When my son was murdered by the Imperial Concubine, and the late Emperor was about to appoint the Imperial Concubine's son as Crown Prince, I was utterly distraught. I searched the palace for a prince who was easy to control and would adopt him under my name. After much consideration, I concluded that the Emperor was the most suitable."

"His mother was of humble origin and died young, so he was very obedient. I adopted him when he was fourteen. He ascended the throne at fifteen and remained loyal to me until five years into his reign. At the time, I planned to replace the emperor when Yongning grew up. Unfortunately, fate played tricks on us."

"Ten years ago, chaos ravaged the border, and the Jiang family failed to defend their territory. The then-20-year-old Emperor unexpectedly decided to lead his army into battle himself, and ultimately triumphed. As the tide of war turned, the Jiang family's power gradually waned, and the Emperor seized sole power. He only showed superficial respect to the Empress Dowager, but remained deeply wary."

The Queen smiled contemptuously, "Even if you are extremely powerful now, what does it matter? Without descendants to carry on the family line, won't the future of the country still belong to Yongning?"

A hint of satisfaction crossed the Empress Dowager's face. "Back then, I put so much effort into defeating the Imperial Concubine. Who would have thought that in the end, it was the Imperial Concubine who indirectly helped me so much? When the old emperor passed away, Yongning was too young to succeed him, so he had to support the current emperor. Just when the Imperial Concubine was defeated, she secretly poisoned the emperor, making it impossible for him to have children forever."

"Thankfully, I took swift action and spread rumors among the people that anyone who came into contact with the Emperor would be in danger of their lives. This deterred the ministers from sending their daughters to the harem, thus cutting off the Emperor's ability to gain support through marriage. Otherwise, you wouldn't have become his legal wife."

Speaking of this, it seemed to touch the queen's sore spot.

Despite being the most noble woman in the world, she never had the chance to experience the true feeling of being a wife.

Seeing him sinking into melancholy, the Queen Mother consoled him with a loving yet slightly stern tone, "Although the Jiang family is no longer prosperous, we, mother and daughter, can still maintain the status quo. After I'm a hundred years old, you will definitely outlive the Emperor given your age. When Yongning sits on the throne, you will be the most powerful person in the palace. Won't you have the final say on all matters in the harem?"

But the queen did not have much expectation for the distant future, and only felt that every day in the present was extremely difficult.

"If Yongning will inherit the throne no matter what, then why do you insist on letting me enter the palace to play this meaningless role?"

After sighing again, the Queen Mother slowly replied, "I don't understand the Emperor's plans. If I were to pass away, there's no guarantee he would actually take action against Yongning and disqualify her. Only if you secure the throne of Empress within the palace can you protect and assist Yongning in securing the throne at this critical moment."

No matter what, all these plans are just to protect Yongning, even at the cost of sacrificing the happiness of her entire life!

Thinking of this, the queen silently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and was unwilling to say anything more.