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Although Liang Yu was the emperor, he looked unusually thin and frail. When he stood in a crowd, he did not have the air of an emperor.

The palace maid knelt on the ground, her head bowed low.

Liang Yu couldn't quite describe the feeling; it was like he'd seen this palace maid somewhere before.

It's not just that he looks familiar; I've never met anyone who gives off such a unique feeling.

When Mu Wanwan met the Emperor, it was also the first time he had seen this palace maid. The way he looked at the palace maid seemed to be the same as when he first met her.

"Your Majesty, don't you also find her familiar?"

Liang Yu nodded, then realized that the Empress meant that she also found the person very familiar.

"Keep your head up."

Liang Yu said.

The palace maid didn't know why, but when the emperor said those words, she felt a sense of fear.

The palace maid slowly raised her head, and at that moment, Liang Yu was certain that this familiar feeling became even clearer.

On the Empress Dowager's side, after the senior palace maids who had served her for many years had all left, only the Empress Dowager remained in the room.

So they took out a wooden box with a special fragrance from the safe. After the head palace maid opened the box, there was a firefly inside.

The fireflies glowed faintly, and a cloud of black mist surrounded the wooden box.

The firefly tried to move away, but found it couldn't.

"Hehe, I didn't expect such a small thing to last so long. It seems she truly deserves to be the Empress's capable assistant."

The head palace maid knew that the Empress Dowager wasn't expecting any response from her; she was simply talking to herself.

“I took her away from Mu Wanwan when she was young, just so that one day she could stand up to Mu Wanwan. Such a special person, Mu Wanwan will probably not be so easy to deal with.”

Inside the Empress's palace, a cold glint flashed in the eyes of a palace maid, her gaze fixed on the Empress with a murderous intent.

Mu Wanwan looked at this palace maid she was meeting for the first time in the Empress Dowager's palace, and she still cared about her.

This was as if she were her most important friend, and she tried to ask the Empress Dowager for the palace maid back.

"Zhenying doesn't understand what Your Majesty means by this. Do you want me to betray the Empress Dowager?"

When Zhenying told the Empress that she had originally wanted to make her the head palace maid, she scoffed at the idea. She didn't feel happy about being appreciated; instead, she felt a sense of accusation that Mu Wanwan had ulterior motives.

"I... I didn't mean that, Jung-young."

Zhenying couldn't control the hatred in her eyes, a hatred that even the Empress found inexplicable.

"Alright, if you want me to see the Empress Dowager, I'll go."

Mu Wanwan didn't want Zhenying to still be unhappy, so she spoke to Zhenying more politely.

I originally thought that Zhenying would be even happier.

Unexpectedly, for some reason, Zhenying stared at the gentle-looking Empress with a knowing look in her eyes, and her attitude became even more disgusted.

The Emperor rose, preparing to go with the Empress to see the Empress Dowager, but unexpectedly, Zhenying, a mere palace maid, blocked his way.

"Your Majesty, could you please allow the Empress to go alone? I have something to ask..."

"If it were someone else, they probably wouldn't agree either," Liang Yu glanced at Zhenying, and for some reason, he couldn't bring himself to refuse.

"Your Majesty, please let me go alone."

The emperor ultimately stayed, looking at Zhenying kneeling on the ground.

When she took out a memorial, the edges of the memorial had faded.

"This servant will show His Majesty the memorial my father submitted many years ago."

Liang Yu's feelings were somewhat complicated. Usually, such a memorial meant that the person had suffered a great injustice.

"You should get up first."

Zhenying stood up, her eyes filled with coldness.

After Liang Yu finished reading the memorial, he rubbed his temples and looked at Zhenying with a hint of weariness in his eyes.

"The memorial was written by your father, and you must have read it countless times over the years. Did you never think of showing it to me beforehand? Why did you only reveal what happened back then after the Empress became the mother of the nation?"

Zhenying's hatred intensified, and she stared at the Emperor with even more resentment.

"Because the Empress Dowager once told me that as long as the Emperor remembers the untrustworthy things that Prime Minister Mu did before he has an Empress, I should suppress this injustice. But I have waited for so long and the Emperor has not remembered this matter."

Liang Yu reluctantly put down the memorial and looked at a former minor official who had served under Prime Minister Mu.

"I gave the order for this matter, but at the time I did not know that the Empress Dowager and I were not of one mind. After we went to Xicheng, we forgot to bring them back, which resulted in most of your family members dying in Xicheng."

When Zhenying heard the Emperor mention the past, she simply said that she had forgotten about it and that the matter was over.

"Does Your Majesty mean that this matter is not the fault of Prime Minister Mu, but rather that I should blame Your Majesty?"

Liang Yu fell silent for a moment, knowing that Zhenying would hear what he had just said, and his anger intensified.

"I'm sorry, Zhenying, this is my fault, I..."

However, Zhenying coldly interrupted the emperor's words.

"Your Majesty, I only want to know if the Empress has forgotten my family while living such a luxurious life. Now Your Majesty keeps saying it's all your fault, but doesn't the Empress's father, Prime Minister Mu, also have any fault?"

Liang Yu knew that Zhenying was very dissatisfied with the Empress.

"What do you want?"

Zhenying's eyes were full of malice towards Prime Minister Mu. "This servant knows that the Empress may not know much about this matter, but this servant is unwilling to accept it. This servant wants Prime Minister Mu to come out, and this servant will take action personally."

Liang Yu frowned. "Zhenying, back then, the Empress was suddenly taken away by the Empress Dowager. At that time, Prime Minister Mu had no time to take care of her, which is why he made a mistake. You want the current Prime Minister Mu to be the one to do this, but the key point is that he is already dead."

Even if Prime Minister Mu hadn't died, things wouldn't have gone according to Zhenying's wishes.

"Your Majesty, you are truly devoted to the Empress. Shouldn't all of us give way to the Empress and watch her live a glamorous life?"

When Zhenying said those words, she had already made up her mind that she would rather lose her head than let this matter pass easily!

Liang Yu was extremely troubled, never expecting Zhenying to be so stubborn.

"Empress, would you feel better if I were to punish you now?"

Zhenying just wanted justice, but seeing the Emperor's impatient look, she felt even more heartbroken and resentful towards the Empress!

Cheng Yunmo, who was at home without leaving, suddenly felt uneasy and immediately realized that something had happened to the Empress!