Deep Palace Pet Peach Blossom Flawless

As soon as Emperor Shenwu issued the decree, there was an uproar in the six palaces. But before the concubines could find out more about the news, they were scared back to their own palaces by the Xuanyu Guards sent by Emperor Shenwu.

The remote cold palace was also surrounded by the Black Feather Guards. Inside the cold palace, however, there was a completely different scene of bustling activity.

Li Xiang was busy directing a dozen young eunuchs: "You! You! You! Be quick! Put this here, that one! Here, here..."

Lan Qingwu was in the next room, being held on the Shenwu Emperor's lap. Hearing the voices from the other side, Lan Qingwu blushed, "Your Majesty, isn't this too much?"

Emperor Shenwu disagreed: "What's the big deal? This place is so simple, how can I bear to let a weak person suffer here? Don't worry, I just asked Li Xiang to clean it up."

As soon as the Emperor Shenwu finished speaking, Lan Qingwu saw through the carved window that several eunuchs were carrying in a red sandalwood carved bed. The Emperor Shenwu followed Lan Qingwu's gaze and said calmly, "I remember there is a whole piece of top-grade warm jade left over from carving that warm jade bed. It's just right to use it here!"

Lan Qingwu was speechless. If Master Taifu knew what Emperor Shenwu had done, he would have had a myocardial infarction immediately!

But this was the Cold Palace after all, and Lan Qingwu was afraid of drawing further attention if he went too far. Right now, the most important thing was to keep a low profile and await the final results of the arms trafficking investigation.

"Wei Ruo, I'm sorry to have wronged you. Please stay here for a while."

Lan Qingwu hesitated and said, "Brother Heng, will you blame me today?"

Lan Qingwu finally felt a sense of fear. Arguing in Qianzheng Hall with her body as a woman was truly risky. Arguing also required strength, and now Lan Qingwu felt completely drained.

Emperor Shenwu simply said, "How could that be? It's just that I have to stay with you in this cold palace for a while."

Lan Qingwu quickly said, "No! How will others view Your Majesty then?"

Emperor Shenwu did not answer. As the noise outside gradually died down, he carried Lan Qingwu back to the main house. However, Emperor Shenwu looked at the largest house in the cold palace and felt displeased.

He hesitated and said, "Why don't we go back to my palace? No one dares to say anything in this palace!"

Lan Qingwu quickly stopped him, saying, "Less trouble is worse than more. Besides, I'm in a state of imprisonment right now."

Emperor Shenwu placed Lan Qingwu on the bed and gently stroked her cheek with his large palm: "You look very pale, rest for a while!"

Lan Qingwu stretched out her bare hand and grasped the Shenwu Emperor's palm. She lowered her eyes slightly and said softly, "Your Majesty, I am very scared! If... If..."

The Emperor held her in his arms and soothed her, "Don't worry! I don't believe it either! You've forgotten that your grandfather was also my teacher. I've also spent a few years on the border, so I'm quite familiar with the situation there. Take a break first! Don't overthink it, I'll take care of everything!"

Lan Qingwu slowly closed her eyes under the comfort of Emperor Shenwu. She was extremely tired and fell asleep after a while.

But Lan Qingwu did not sleep well. In her dream, she was already outside the palace. When the Lan family incident happened, she could not see the Emperor Shenwu at all, let alone plead for mercy. Lan Qingwu was anxious. She looked at the Emperor Shenwu from a distance, but the Emperor Shenwu seemed not to recognize her and looked at her as a stranger. Lan Qingwu was about to speak, but suddenly a beautiful woman appeared beside the Emperor Shenwu, and the two of them stood in front of her hand in hand.

Lan Qingwu jolted awake, her heart still pounding. As she regained consciousness, she couldn't help but internally curse herself. She'd been at the center of this vortex of power for years, yet she still dreamed of escaping and living a simple life. If she, the Empress, weren't in the palace, not by the Emperor's side, would the Emperor still be tolerant of her people? Whatever happened to her children in the future, would he, as their father, still care about her and protect them with all his might?

What's worse, a new woman will appear beside him...

Emperor Shenwu came to the cold palace quietly and saw Lan Qingwu sitting on the bed in a daze.

The noise of the people brought by Emperor Shenwu startled Lan Qingwu. She looked towards the door and saw Emperor Shenwu walking towards her: "Are you awake? Come and have some food with me!"

Lan Qingwu looked at the two young eunuchs carrying a pile of memorials and was a little surprised: "Brother Heng, are you going to handle government affairs here?"

"I saw that you were sleeping restlessly, so I wanted to spend more time with you. A few days ago, I was concerned about your health and did not tell you about the Lan family. Will you blame me?"

Lan Qingwu shook his head: "Your Majesty, if... if I am no longer in the palace, then... then you..."

Emperor Shenwu frowned slightly and looked at Lan Qingwu for a long moment. "Ruoruo, I said I agree to let you leave the palace, but that doesn't mean I won't let you return. Our children are all here, how can you not miss them? Especially Chu Ming, he's the crown prince and can't easily leave the imperial city. How can you bear to be away from the palace for so long? I've made up my mind. Every year, you can go out and play for two or three months before returning to the palace. If you're talking about the Lan family, Ruoruo, do you think I'm a tyrant? How could I change my mind just because you're not here..."

Lan Qingwu quickly grabbed the sleeve of the Divine Martial Emperor, lowering his head slightly, a little bewildered: "I... I was just weak and said the wrong thing."

Emperor Shenwu said: "Let's eat first!"

The emperor's arrival in the remote and dilapidated cold palace made the palace servants tremble with fear and tread on thin ice. The palace servants from the imperial kitchen carefully served in this cold palace for the first time, turned around to wipe the cold sweat from their foreheads, and quickly slipped back to their own territory.

After the two finished their meal, they took a walk around the cold palace, but there was really nothing interesting to see there. Lan Qingwu felt that the palace servants hiding around were out of place here.

At night, Emperor Shenwu spent more than half an hour reviewing memorials before going to bed. As soon as he got on the bed, he hugged Lan Qingwu. Lan Qingwu still felt a little uneasy when he thought about what happened in the secret room. "Your Majesty, do you really want to sleep here?"

"Why? You can sleep, but I can't?"

Lan Qingwu said softly, "It feels like it's only been a little over a month, and I've already moved to several different places!"

Emperor Shenwu sighed softly: "Are you still blaming me for locking you in the secret room?"

Lan Qingwu remained silent. Emperor Shenwu said, "I have indeed thought about this more than once!"

Lan Qingwu stared at the Shenwu Emperor with wide eyes. The Shenwu Emperor said, "I'm furious and want to lock you up in there forever, so that only I can see you! I've thought a lot about it. No matter if you've been plotted against or have truly betrayed me, I won't let you out! This way, you'll belong to me forever and ever! No one else can covet you anymore!"

Emperor Shenwu gently pressed his hand against Lan Qingwu's forehead, "Am I very bad?"

Emperor Shenwu claimed that he had never been a good person. How could an emperor be a purely good person?

"However, my weak one has been in the palace for so many years, and she is still as pure and flawless as ever, just like the petals of a newly born peach blossom. I am willing to protect such a weak one forever, so that you will never change!"

Emperor Shenwu gently kissed Lan Qingwu's lips, gradually deepening the kiss. When Lan Qingwu was breathing slightly, Emperor Shenwu ended the kiss.

"Brother Heng, I'm tired!"

"Okay! I'll just hold you while I sleep."

Emperor Shenwu decided to take it slow. The "worry-free dream" that both of them had unconsciously and tacitly avoided could not be touched or thought about, because the dream was too beautiful and too illusory.

Precisely because it was an impossible dream, neither of them mentioned it.

The next day, Emperor Shenwu got up earlier than usual for the morning court session because the cold palace was too far from the throne room.

Emperor Shenwu controlled the Grand Tutor, but the Grand Tutor was like a hot potato. He could not kill him, beat him, or abuse him. He had to keep him alive. However, the Grand Tutor was determined to commit suicide or die tragically to make Emperor Shenwu fall into a situation where he would be cursed by others.

He naturally had the advantage of his status and had taught Emperor Shenwu for many years. The more familiar they were with each other, the more they knew each other's weaknesses and how to stab each other in the back.

However, as Emperor Shenwu said, he is an emperor, not a good gentleman. When things have come to this point, he certainly will not insist on using abnormal means to solve the matter.

First, the Grand Tutor was imprisoned in the palace, and what happens next is up to Emperor Shenwu!

After the morning court session that day, Prince Kang did not even take off his court robes, but followed Prince Ding into Prince Ding's palace impatiently.

Prince Kang followed Prince Ding into the study without hesitation. Prince Ding had barely sat down, not even swallowing the fragrant tea in his mouth when Prince Kang was already pacing around the study. "Tell me quickly, what's going on? Why was the Empress banished to the cold palace by His Majesty? Why did I hear that the Empress barged into the palace to discuss government?"

Prince Ding looked at Prince Kang coldly: "If it's true, what do you want to do? What can you do?"

Prince Kang's expression changed. "I'll go find His Majesty! He can't do this! The Queen is doing this for her people..."

"Come back here!"

Prince Ding pointed at Prince Kang, who was about to leave. "Second brother, no matter what His Majesty decides, whether it's favor or banishment, she's still His Majesty's empress. What can you do? Can you clear your mind a little? Have you forgotten the beauty His Majesty gave you a while ago?"

Prince Kang stopped in his tracks, his face grim. "What should we do? How can the Queen endure such injustice? I..."

Prince Ding endured and endured, but finally couldn't stand it anymore. He slammed the teacup in his hand onto Prince Kang and said, "Can you please look at the situation? Can you please use your brain? Your Majesty is trying so hard to get to the bottom of this case, isn't it for the Empress? Even if Your Majesty is forced to confine the Empress to the cold palace today, it is also a disguised way of protecting her!"

"We should be thankful that the Empress broke into the Qianzheng Hall, where His Majesty resides, and not the Jinluan Hall, where all the civil and military officials are stationed! Otherwise, there would be absolutely no room for maneuver. If a harem woman interferes in government affairs and the Grand Master insists on it, there's no other way but death!"

King Kang pondered King Ding's words, his expression softening slightly. "That old bastard! If he were to fall into my hands, I would skin him alive and tear out his tendons!"

Prince Ding poured cold water on the idea again: "Impossible! Master Taifu can't die anytime soon! Otherwise, Your Majesty will be in big trouble!"

Prince Kang said angrily, "This is not okay, and that is not okay. Your Majesty has so many concerns. Being the emperor is really not a happy thing!"

Prince Ding gnashed his teeth and said, "Shut up! A monarch who only cares about his own pleasure is a tyrant! Behave yourself! His Majesty has been in a bad mood lately. If you run into his gun again, no one can save you!"