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Tolerant and magnanimous - the moment Emperor Shenwu stepped into Fengqi Palace, the Crown Princess breathed a sigh of relief from the bottom of her heart. This was the first time she had experienced the estrangement between the Emperor and the Empress, and she had been worried for many days. If this matter was related to the Empress, it would eventually implicate them.

To put it bluntly, she just didn't believe that Lan Qingwu could always be the only one favoring her. After all, in her life, no noble man had ever doted on a woman so much. Staying with his wife for at most half a month was considered the greatest favor.

It was clear that her mother-in-law had truly won the emperor's favor. "It's only been a few days, and with the case of a palace maid's severed hand, my mother-in-law has regained favor. What are the people outside the palace saying?"

The head maid Huiru said, "It's said that His Majesty has surrounded the Qiongshui Palace, where the princess presented by the Xisha Kingdom—now Concubine Hu—lives. Perhaps this incident is related to Concubine Hu."

The Crown Princess frowned. Nanny Fang said, "Your Highness, I heard that the Black Feather Guards were searching the palace for the missing maid's severed hand. Guess what? It was finally found in the Imperial Lake not far from Fengqi Palace. Some people are talking about it, saying that the Empress destroyed the body!"

The Crown Princess has become much more astute lately. "It can't be the Empress. I think the person who framed me couldn't get close to Fengqi Palace, so he had no choice but to throw the severed hand somewhere close to Fengqi Palace. Look, Madam, if my father was going to bring the Queen Mother to justice, Fengqi Palace would have issued an order long ago. If my father hadn't come out all afternoon, then..."

The Crown Princess had a guess in her mind but couldn't say it out loud, so she instructed the head maid, "Hui Ru, go to Chengguang Palace to invite His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and tell him that I made the soup myself."

The senior palace maid Huiru's eyes lit up and she bowed: "Yes, I will go right away."

Nanny Fang said, "I'm sure the other ladies in the six palaces will be disappointed."

The Crown Princess said: "This is a good thing for us!"

Nanny Fang agreed with what she thought. They, the Empress Dowager, and the Crown Prince share the same fate, and they cannot be separated no matter what.

The Crown Princess personally sent someone to invite them, and the Crown Prince would not refuse his wife, so a group of people came in a grand manner.

During this time, the Crown Princess served him attentively and attentively, and the Crown Prince was very happy. Naturally, he stayed overnight in Liangxu Palace.

After the two of them had performed the Zhougong Ceremony, the Crown Princess saw that the Crown Prince was in a good mood, so she suppressed her bitterness and said with a smile, "I cannot serve Your Highness every day. There are only a few concubines of low rank in the Eastern Palace, and the two concubines have already been arranged to marry by our father. Why not welcome the two concubines into the family sooner rather than later? Then they can serve Your Highness together with me!"

The Crown Prince's dark phoenix eyes held no emotion, and the Crown Princess's heart was in turmoil as he looked at her. What was going on? Had she said something wrong? Those two concubines would eventually become his concubines, and the Crown Princess knew that the Emperor Shenwu must have a plan in mind, setting the date for their arrival. A few words from her couldn't change the facts, and neither could she demonstrate her magnanimity. Wasn't that acceptable?

The prince really spoke up and said, "Father, the Emperor, and Mother, the Empress, will make the final decision."

Then he casually stroked the Crown Princess's cheek with his fingers and said casually, "My Crown Princess is indeed kind and generous. It's getting late, go to bed!"

The Crown Princess lay down nervously. She looked at the Crown Prince who was also lying flat on his back. "Your Highness, Father and Mother have reconciled, right? Then I will go and pay my respects to Mother tomorrow! Father truly dotes on her!"

Hearing about his parents' relationship, the prince felt even worse. "I'll go another day. Father has to deal with some people tomorrow."

After saying this, the Crown Prince closed his eyes, clearly not wanting to continue talking to the Crown Princess. The Crown Princess's pretense of generosity didn't stir any ripples in the Crown Prince's heart, but only deepened his disappointment. Standing in the Crown Princess's position, there was nothing wrong with what she said, but... any woman would only say such things as a way to enhance her reputation if her heart wasn't truly in love with a man! Take his mother, for example. That servant appeared naked on his father's dragon couch. How could his mother feel comfortable without making a scene? But even so, his father fell for it. Otherwise, how would he know that his mother's heart was filled with his father's thoughts?

Looking back on how the three siblings grew up, their mother never put their father behind them. Of course, their father would not allow this.

The Crown Prince thought to himself that all the emperors and empresses of the past few generations were just like him and the Crown Princess. But who made his father and mother still set an example for him? The Crown Princess was right. She wanted to secure her position as Crown Princess and even Empress, and also wanted to bring glory to her mother's family. It was human nature!

The Crown Princess felt that her husband was very far away from her at this moment. Although they were lying in the same bed, she was reminded of the phrase "sleeping in the same bed, dreaming different dreams" for no reason. Her heart sank and she quickly closed her eyes, telling herself not to think too much.

That morning, the Crown Prince left Liangxu Palace in a hurry, not even having breakfast. Nanny Fang even muttered, "No morning court today! Your Highness the Crown Prince is so busy, he doesn't even have breakfast. Is he in a hurry to leave the palace?"

The Crown Princess, who was combing her black hair with her fingers on the bed, was startled and suddenly remembered something: "It seems like he went to deal with the Qingciyuan matter!"

The Crown Princess lowered her eyes and said, "Mammy, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince only took me to Qingciyuan once. Perhaps I wasn't used to being there, and His Royal Highness noticed it. After that, he never mentioned Qingciyuan in front of me again!"

Nanny Fang's brows were furrowed, and the lines at the corners of her mouth deepened. She was stunned for a long time and didn't speak again.

On the other hand, Emperor Shenwu acted decisively and summoned all the six palaces to Fengqi Palace.