Seizing the throne, abolishing the adopted son, the imperial concubine rose to prominence

"Then I, a concubine, will also be a Zheng'er for once."

Gu Youning just frowned slightly and agreed with a smile, opening her lips and holding the soup spoon in the emperor's hand.

This made the emperor's hands stiffen slightly. His slightly pouty cherry-pink lips were imprinted on the white porcelain spoon. His drooping black hair brushed against his neck in strands as Gu Youning moved. The emperor then felt that this posture was a bit...

"emperor?"

Gu Youning looked up in confusion.

He had said these words himself, so Xiao Heng could only continue feeding the man with a gentle look on his face, but his hands were becoming increasingly stiff.

Gu Youning deliberately stuck close to the emperor, so of course he could sense the changes in the emperor's body.

She did it on purpose. For the sake of the two dark spots under her eyes, she forced herself to keep her eyes open until dawn. Now she had to act here with the emperor, and she couldn't let go of her anger.

"All right."

After finally finishing the bowl of Tremella soup in his hand, the emperor breathed a sigh of relief.

Gu Youning was sensible this time and took the bowl from the emperor's hand.

Without the tenderness of a woman in his arms, Xiao Heng immediately began to calm the impulse in his body. He felt a little strange in his heart. Although he had not summoned her to bed for more than ten days, he had never been an impatient person, and he had never been obsessed with the women in the harem.

If he didn't know that women never had such thoughts, he would have become suspicious.

"It's getting late. The Queen should be here soon. I'll go change clothes with Zheng'er first."

Gu Youning knew the emperor's reaction very well. The emperor was also a man. As the saying goes, love comes from desire, and desire can also come from love.

It is only natural for a man's pity and guilt to turn into lust.

While the emperor was still in a trance, Gu Youning glanced at Tan Yin.

Tan Yin lowered her eyebrows, turned around calmly and picked up the pile of clothes in the corner, but she happened to bump into a palace servant who came in to clean the table.

Fortunately, she reacted quickly and steadied her hand, but the warm emerald beaded cloak covering her still fell off, revealing the ivory brocade robe embroidered with silver thread underneath.

"I have disturbed the Emperor, please forgive me."

Tan Yin hurriedly held the clothes and bowed.

"No problem, go and serve..."

Of course, the emperor would not punish the people around Gu Youning for such a small matter, but when he turned around and caught a glimpse of the clothes in Tan Yin's hand, his face suddenly turned cold and he suddenly became alert, causing the round stool under him to make a loud noise.

The palace servants in the hall were frightened by the emperor's sudden anger and knelt down to apologize.

"Your Majesty, Tan Yin is just..."

Gu Youning also looked startled and was about to plead for Tan Yin when he heard the emperor's hoarse voice ringing in his ears: "Where did this dress come from?

"Your Majesty, the eldest prince's clothes were all soiled by the palace servants yesterday. The Empress happened to be here, so she asked the Shanggong Bureau to send a box of new clothes."

Tan Yin lowered his head and said.

"Your Majesty, are these clothes out of order?"

Gu Youning walked up to the emperor and asked nervously.

"Zheng'er likes the beads on this cloak. I think this cloak is thick, warm, and brightly colored, so I ordered it for Zheng'er to wear today."

Seeing that the emperor's cold gaze was still on the folded clothes, Gu Youning explained softly.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. This cloak was chosen by my master, and the inner garment was chosen by me. Among the garments sent by the Shanggong Bureau, only this robe matches the cloak in color."

Tan Yin was also busy explaining for her master.

"Neither the dress nor the cloak is good."

"Cao Zhong, take all these clothes and throw them away."

The emperor struggled to move his eyes away from the ivory-white Shu brocade robe and the belt embroidered with carp patterns, and gave the order in a deep voice.

"Yes."

Cao Zhong was a little confused, but seeing his master's expression, he knew that something was wrong. Without telling the other palace servants, he took the clothes from Tan Yin and said, "Girl, leave them to me."

"Wait, keep it for now."

Just as Cao Zhong was about to leave the room holding his clothes, the emperor spoke again.

"Father?"

Perhaps hearing the noise outside, Xiao Yunzheng also ran out from the inner room. Looking at the palace maids kneeling in the room, the smile on his little face disappeared instantly.

Seeing the mother and son both looking confused and uneasy, the emperor closed his eyes slightly and slowly subsided his majestic and stern expression: "Everyone, get up and help your master dress and change clothes first."

"You go with me to the front hall, and let Zheng'er stay in the house."

The emperor looked at Gu Youning again and said.

"Yes."

Gu Youning was helped into the inner room by Tan Yin and He'er. He knew in his heart that since the emperor had left those clothes behind, he must be going to investigate the matter thoroughly.

As for the emperor, he naturally had someone he suspected in his mind.

Not to mention that she mentioned the Queen subtly in every sentence today, just the coincidence of sending clothes would make the Emperor naturally suspect the Queen.

Today's plan has had a good start.

"Your Majesty, I am fine."

When Gu Youning came out from the inner room, the emperor was still standing with his hands behind his back, his brows and eyes grim.

"Let's go."

When the emperor looked at Gu Youning, there were complicated emotions in his eyes, as if he was suppressing some pain, and as if he was hiding a tremendous anger.

"and many more."

Gu Youning suddenly called out to the emperor who was about to turn around and leave.

Seeing the emperor stop, Gu Youning hurried a few steps, took the cloak from the hand of the palace servant of Qianming Palace, and put it on the emperor himself: "It's windy outside, Your Majesty, don't get cold."

Gu Youning's voice was soft, revealing a hint of caution with a woman's unique soft charm, but her hands moved very neatly. Without waiting for the emperor's nod, she quickly tied the sash for the emperor in just a few seconds.

Cao Zhong, who was standing with his hands hanging down, looked at Gu Youning with gratitude. He had just signaled to the palace maid, but was stopped by his master.

Fortunately, there was Concubine Gu, otherwise the dragon's body would have been frozen and they would have been doomed to death.

When the two of them walked to the front hall, one in front and the other behind, the queen happened to come in from the palace gate, surrounded by palace servants.

"I, my concubine, see you, Your Majesty."

When the queen saw the emperor's carriage at the palace gate, she felt something was wrong.

Now seeing the Emperor and Gu Youning again, he felt startled again.

"Your Majesty, please excuse me."

The emperor spoke calmly, his eyes no longer showing the intense emotions from before.

"Happy queen."

Gu Youning stood behind the emperor and saluted respectfully.

"Get up quickly."

"I didn't expect the Emperor to come so early. I was busy attending to palace affairs and am late. I wonder if my sister has been waiting for a long time?"

The queen smiled calmly at Gu Youning.

"Your Majesty, you are too polite. This concubine and Zheng'er just finished breakfast, but Zheng'er..."

When Gu Youning said this, he glanced at the emperor hesitantly.

She could only pretend to be ignorant of the emperor's inexplicable anger in Jing'anju just now.