Seeing that the place was exactly the same as when she left, with hardly any changes to the furnishings, Qin Niangzi sat back down in her original spot.

"What's there to be embarrassed about? Just tell me whether you're going to ban it or not?"

Xuanyuan Hongye's face darkened. "Do you think appointing an empress is a child's play? Appointing an empress without any reason, how am I supposed to silence the officials?"

Qin Niangzi clicked her tongue twice, "Didn't you bring me back back then and defy all opposition to make me empress? Now you're not doing it anymore? Xuanyuan Hongye, you're a terrible emperor, you're really getting worse and worse."

"Tsk tsk, fine, if you don't want to make her empress, then so be it. But those women in your harem better not be blind enough to offend me, or I'll just feed them shit. I've already given you a heads-up, so don't blame me later."

As she spoke, Qin Niangzi picked up Xuan Yuan Hongye's teacup and took a sip, only to spit it out the next second. "Pah! This tea is bitter and doesn't taste good at all."

Xuan Yuan Hongye sneered angrily, "That's medicinal tea!"

"Someone come here!" Qin Niangzi shouted.

Eunuch Li and Eunuch Wei walked in at the same time.

Eunuch Wei bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, please give your orders."

After speaking, she cautiously observed the Emperor's expression. Seeing that although the Emperor had a cold face, he did not say a word, and she felt reassured.

The Empress is still the Empress; if it were anyone else, they would probably have been thrown out by now.

"Bring tea! Bring dishes! I'm all here, aren't you going to feed me? What kind of servants are you?" Madam Qin said matter-of-factly.

"You've got some nerve, daring to boss me around like that. You're not allowed to go!"

Wei Gonggong stopped in his tracks just as he was about to lift his foot.

Eunuch Li, on the other hand, remained completely unnoticed, acting as if he were invisible.

Madam Qin stood up. "Forget it, your old face is disgusting. Eunuch Wei, send someone to my niece on the main street and tell her to send some food to my aunt. Also, tell her that after my aunt has dealt with those women in the harem, she can bring her into the palace to broaden her horizons."

My goodness, Your Majesty, could you please tone it down a bit? Openly trying to punish the Emperor's concubines right in front of him.

"Yes, yes." Eunuch Wei wiped non-existent sweat from his forehead.

"Wei Zhongquan! Whose slave are you?!" Xuan Yuan Hongye's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

Old face? She thinks he's too old?

Eunuch Wei hurriedly knelt down, "This servant is the Emperor's servant."

It's like when the Kings of Hell fight, the little devils suffer.

"Tch, they say even a day as husband and wife brings a hundred days of kindness, but now I can't even order your servant around? You're really heartless."

"I'm going back. Staying here makes me feel dizzy and lightheaded. You must be my jinx!"

After saying this, Madam Qin left, waving her sleeves and disappearing without a trace.

"How dare you!" Xuan Yuan Hongye's face turned green with anger.

What does it mean that he's bad luck to her?

Eunuch Wei and Eunuch Li lowered their heads, wishing they weren't human and couldn't understand what people were saying.

After a long while, the legs of the two people on the ground went numb from kneeling.

Xuan Yuan Hongye said, "Never mind, Wei Zhongquan, you arrange for someone to make a trip."

Just as Eunuch Wei stood up, he heard the Emperor grit his teeth and say, "Remember to take more so I can try some too. I want to see how delicious her messy niece's food is. She's gotten used to eating coarse food outside the palace, so she can't stomach the delicacies of the palace! She's like a wild boar that can't eat fine chaff!"

No sooner had she finished speaking than Madam Qin returned without her noticing.

"Who are you calling a wild boar? I think you're the pig, pretending to be an elephant with a scallion stuck in your nose!"

"Qin Xiaoyun!"

"What are you doing? I'm not deaf, why are you yelling? I'm listening!"

Eunuch Wei and Eunuch Li quietly withdrew, listening to the clanging and clattering sounds inside the hall, and looked up at the square sky.

Eunuch Li spoke slowly, "I've served the Emperor for so many years, and this is the first time I've seen him so angry, yet he didn't order the man to be dragged away and beheaded!"

Even if he's stupid, he'd know who the person inside is.

Eunuch Wei smiled and said that those who were dragged away and beheaded were not worth the Emperor's anger.

The only one who could truly exasperate the emperor was that one of them.

……

……

In Consort De's palace.

The usually kind and gentle Consort De's expression changed drastically. "Who do you think the new woman who entered the palace resembles?"

"Like the deceased Empress." The old woman knelt on the ground, trembling.

"Qin Xiaoyun, she's still alive? How is that possible?"

If it's not just a resemblance, then it must be Qin Xiaoyun.

Over the years, apart from Qin Xiaoyun, no other woman has been able to make the Emperor make an exception. She should have thought of this long ago.

The prayer beads in Consort De's hand suddenly broke, and the beads scattered all over the ground.

Consort De was also stunned. This string of beads had been with her for more than ten years. Now that it was broken, did it mean something?

The old nanny said worriedly, "Your Majesty, what should we do next? Who would have thought that the dead could come back to life? Could it be that the Empress faked her death? The Emperor should punish her for deceiving the Emperor."

"Don't forget she's the Crown Prince's birth mother. Now that Xuanyuan Heng has been reinstated as Crown Prince, how can the Crown Prince's birth mother be a criminal?"

Consort De gave a cold laugh and sat down in front of the Buddha statue, as if she had lost all her strength.

Even though the Empress and her child lost their lives, the Emperor never deposed her.

Qin Xiaoyun is still the Empress.

"Heh, so what if she's the Empress? So what if she's the Crown Prince? They've been away from the palace for so many years, they've all changed. Help me send out a letter." Consort De stood up again, bent over and began picking up the prayer beads one by one.

"Your Majesty..." the nanny hesitated, wanting to speak but stopping herself.

Consort De smiled as she looked at the Buddhist prayer beads in her hand.

……

……

"You're Jiang Changtian?"

Jiang Changtian arrived at his class, and the teacher was replaced by Teacher Jiang.

Both Class A and Class B were under the supervision of Master Jiang, who personally met the new student.

Jiang Changtian bowed and said, "Yes, I have met you, Master."

Master Jiang stroked his beard and nodded with satisfaction. "Very good. Your grades are excellent. You'll have no problem getting into Class A next time. However, you should also pay attention to making friends. The reputation of your classmates is also very important."

"Thank you for your guidance, Master Jiang." Jiang Changtian bowed.

Seeing that he was neither arrogant nor discouraged, Master Jiang nodded in satisfaction. "You don't need to pay too much attention to what Master Wang says. He's a bit slow-witted, but he's not a bad person."

"Yes."

After Jiang Changtian left, Master Jiang went into the inner room, where an elderly man was sitting with a chessboard in front of him.

Master Jiang sat down opposite the old man. “He’s a promising talent. I heard that Senior Brother Bai Heng personally taught him. I don’t know how he could bear to let him go.”

The person in front of me is none other than Lin Zheng, the current manager of Luming Academy.

He was a civil official who helped the retired emperor conquer the country. Now that he was old, he was no longer willing to serve in the court and chose to retire at the Luming Academy.

Lin Zheng was fiddling with the chessboard when he slowly spoke up, “Everyone has their own ambitions. Bai Heng disliked officialdom, so he went to run an academy. That doesn’t mean everyone dislikes officialdom. I think this kid has ambition in his eyes, and even a hint of murderous intent. Given time, he will surely achieve great things.”

He even felt that the person resembled an acquaintance he had met before.

Master Jiang was surprised to hear this, "A scholar carrying a murderous aura? Could it be that Elder Lin has misjudged you?"

"I can't be mistaken." Lin Zheng thought of those eyes.

Those who have never been on the battlefield don't have that kind of eye.

After the defeat in that war more than two years ago, the Sang Kingdom was also weakened, and there has been no further fighting on the border.

But how could such murderous intent appear in a student?

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