Of course, it was impossible for anyone to find out anything about what Qi Ning had done.

Unable to find the real culprit, and with the Empress and the Liang family watching him closely, he couldn't find a scapegoat. So, the blame fell on Qiao Wenyu.

However, Qiao Wenyu was the female lead after all, and she had the emperor's absolute favor. The emperor still protected her and told the outside world that Qiao Wenyu had only made an unintentional mistake and accidentally injured someone, and that she did not intend to harm the empress and the imperial heir in the empress's womb.

As a result, countless memorials impeaching Qiao Wenyu from the previous dynasty flooded the Imperial Study, accusing Consort Qiao of being wicked, plotting against the Empress and the imperial heir, and bewitching the current Emperor, like a demonic concubine descended to earth.

Even the fourth prince, born to Qiao Wenyu, was implicated. It was said that if the fourth prince did not separate from his birth mother, he would be raised by her to be an incompetent person and would not be qualified to inherit the throne.

No matter how much the emperor protected Qiao Wenyu, he couldn't stop the rumors from the outside world. After all, it was indeed Qiao Wenyu's fault, and the empress and the imperial heirs had indeed suffered because of her.

The Emperor went to see Qiao Wenyu about the Fourth Prince's matter, but Qiao Wenyu refused to be separated from her child.

She was not comfortable entrusting the Fourth Prince to other concubines for upbringing, nor was she comfortable letting him live in Xiyuan Palace.

Qiao Wenyu knew very well that once Feng Min left her side, Liang Yuewu would definitely not let Feng Min go.

At this moment, Qiao Wenyu no longer cared whether keeping the child by her side would affect his succession to the throne; she cared more about the child's safety.

Seeing that Qiao Wenyu was so insistent, the emperor had no choice but to grant her wish.

After Liang Yuewu finished her postpartum confinement, she indeed began to target Qiao Wenyu and her child in every way, and Qiao Wenyu was powerless to resist.

In addition, because Liang Yuewu had a miscarriage and could no longer conceive, she placed all her hopes on her adopted son, Feng Ke.

Liang Yuewu hoped that Feng Ke would inherit the throne in the future and become her support, so she naturally placed even higher demands on him than before and often kept an eye on his studies.

That day, Liang Yuewu summoned Feng Ke again to inquire about his studies.

"Ke'er, you must work hard on your studies. You must impress your father and ministers and not be outdone by your eldest brother and third brother."

Feng Ke stood before Liang Yuewu and said, "Mother, rest assured, I will do my best."

"Hmm." Liang Yuewu nodded slightly in satisfaction. "Alright, it seems it's almost time for your riding and archery lesson. Go on your way."

"Yes, I will retire."

Feng Ke bowed and then withdrew.

Xiangyun poured Liang Yuewu a cup of tea: "Your Majesty, please rest assured. The Second Prince's studies are the best among all the princes. His Majesty and the ministers often praise our Second Prince."

Liang Yuewu picked up her teacup and took a sip: "The eldest prince and the third prince are about the same age as Ke'er, so I have to keep a close eye on them to prevent Ke'er from being surpassed. My son must be a thousand times, a hundred times more outstanding than others."

At this point, Liang Yuewu suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, you said before that you saw Ke'er and Ning'er being intimate?"

"Indeed, I saw it with my own eyes."

Xiangyun spoke of these things with great enthusiasm: "With the Second Prince's favor, Ning'er's status in Xiyuan Palace is second only to the First Prince. Everyone knows that the Second Prince treats his maid Ning'er very well. Even Jiqing, who has taken care of the Second Prince since childhood, is outshone by Ning'er."

"Your Highness, do you think Ning'er has seduced the Second Prince? Perhaps she is already his concubine."

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