The general's eldest daughter has a spatial ability

Upon hearing Chu Lingtian's words, Ji Rouxue felt extremely uncomfortable. After a moment of silence, she slowly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I just feel that from childhood to adulthood, Your Majesty's demands on the Crown Prince have been too strict, lacking the affection between father and son."

When Granny Liu and Zuo Lu heard the Empress's words, their hearts were in their throats.

Zuo Lu: They are not biological father and son. If His Majesty were not restrained by Prince Rong and not allowed to harm His Highness the Crown Prince, the grass on His Highness's grave would probably be as tall as an old man.

Granny Liu: Oh my goodness, everyone in the know knows that His Highness the Crown Prince is not His Majesty's bloodline at all. Where is the father-son affection? Even if he were a biological son, there's a saying: "There are no true fathers and sons in the world!"

Just when Zuo Lu and Granny Liu thought Chu Lingtian was about to get angry, an unexpected event occurred.

Between the two, Chu Lingtian nodded after hearing Empress Ji Rouxue's words: "In recent years, I have indeed mistreated Huainan, but fortunately it is not too late, and everything can still be done! By the way, I heard that the Empress was injured and fell into a coma a few days ago. I wonder if she is well now."

The three people in the hall stared at Chu Lingtian in astonishment upon hearing his words. Something was wrong! Something was really wrong! For so many years, His Majesty had never cared about the Empress's age. There was even a time when His Majesty was seriously injured in an assassination attempt.

Coincidentally, the Empress was also seriously injured for some reason. After His Majesty woke up, he was fine, but news came that the Empress was critically ill. His Majesty only came to see her symbolically, instructing the imperial physicians to take good care of her, and then he never came again.

This time, the Empress only bumped her head and was unconscious for three days, yet His Majesty made a special trip to visit her. Moreover, he overheard the Empress's conversation with Granny Liu, and what she said didn't seem like she was making things difficult for the Empress; rather, it seemed like he was genuinely asking her how to get along with the Crown Prince.

Zuo Lu looked at Chu Lingtian: Is this still the same cruel, ruthless, and lustful Emperor Chu? As his personal steward, he knew that His Majesty had not favored any of his concubines since he woke up, and that summoning Consort Xue to his bedchamber was just for show!

Although his actions remain unpredictable, he hasn't punished any palace servants these past few days, and his temperament seems to have softened considerably. He no longer flies into a rage, beheading people or exterminating their entire families! Could it be that he really injured his head? Or is His Majesty possessed?

However, it must be said that things are much easier to manage now than before. The attitude towards the Crown Prince and the other princes has also changed considerably; at least it's no longer like before, where the Crown Prince was targeted while the other concubines were allowed to torment the Empress!

Granny Liu glanced furtively at Chu Lingtian, then at the Empress: "Your Majesty, what's going on today? On the first and fifteenth of the month, he only came to visit symbolically and didn't stay overnight."

Today, not only did he visit the Empress and inquire about her health, but he also unusually asked her how she should get along with the Crown Prince. This is like the sun rising in the west.

Or is this another conspiracy by His Majesty? No, she had to tell His Highness the Crown Prince immediately so that he could make plans as soon as possible.

Just as everyone was lost in their own thoughts, Chu Lingtian suddenly spoke slowly: "You all go out first. I have something to say to the Empress alone."

Upon hearing this, Granny Liu clenched the palace handkerchief in her hand, glanced at the Empress, and seeing the Empress nod, she bowed, took two steps back, and then turned and left the main hall with Zuo Lu.

After the two left, Chu Lingtian looked at the woman before him. She seemed to have been forgotten by time. Although she was nearly fifty, she looked only around forty; the years had left few traces on her face. Her features were still exquisite, her skin fair and firm, and her empress's palace attire made her appear even more dignified and elegant.

She recalled the first time Chu Batian met her, when Chu Batian and Chu Rongqing were vying for the throne. Chu Batian had sent people to constantly monitor Chu Rongqing's every move.

When he learned that Chu Rongqing and Ji Rouxue, the legitimate daughter of Duke Zhenguo Ji Heng, were in love, he was extremely excited and thought he had grasped Chu Rongqing's weakness.

Later, during the fierce competition for the throne, Chu Batian was seriously injured and collapsed on the back mountain of the royal temple. His accompanying guards failed to find him in time.

By chance, he was rescued by Ji Rouxue, who was on her way to offer incense. He didn't know that it was Ji Rouxue who saved him; at the time, he only felt that the woman who saved him was very gentle.

When they bandaged him up, he had already woken up and heard Ji Rouxue's maid ask her, "Aren't you afraid he's a bad person?"

Chu Batian still remembers Ji Rouxue's answer: Even if he was a bad person, seriously injured and unconscious near the temple, it was fate that she met him! Besides, saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda! Human life is of paramount importance, why care about status?

He never imagined that someone would risk their life for him, an unfavored prince. Chu Batian was actually deeply moved. He even planned to find out which noble family this woman belonged to, so he could repay her life-saving grace someday!

After bandaging his wounds, Ji Rouxue fed him some medicine to stop the bleeding and then left. Later, due to other matters, he didn't have time to investigate her identity.

It wasn't until later, when he learned that his father had already written the edict of succession, passing the throne to Prince Rong, that he had no choice but to think of Prince Rong's fiancée, the eldest daughter of the Ji family. So he had someone capture Prince Rong's fiancée to threaten Prince Rong into handing over the edict of succession.

It wasn't until Chu Batian saw that the person captured by his secret guards was actually the girl who had saved him that day that he realized that the girl who saved him was actually Rong Wang's fiancée, Ji Rouxue, the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Ji. It was truly a cruel twist of fate.

According to the original plan, Chu Batian intended to use a life-and-death Gu on Ji Rouxue and himself, but when he thought of the girl in front of him, who was also his beloved savior, he couldn't bring himself to do it. After all, the struggle for the throne was a matter of life and death.

But the struggle for the throne was already imminent and could not be stopped. If he failed in his bid for the throne, he would face utter ruin, and he did not believe that Chu Rongqing would let him go.

Therefore, the Life and Death Gu was replaced with the Puppet Bone. If it were the Life and Death Gu, Ji Rouxue would also perish if he encountered danger or death in the future. However, with the Puppet Gu, she would only be controlled by him, and he would only need to protect himself so that she would not be harmed.

If something were to happen to her in the future, Puppet Valley would be beyond saving. It would be a relief for her. But the thought of this girl, who already had someone else in her heart, and who was also her mortal enemy, and how she wanted to openly keep him by her side and possess him, to make him willingly stay with her, was unbearable.

Chu Batian then used the Forgetfulness Gu on Ji Rouxue, believing that as long as she forgot Chu Rongqing and he married her, he would still have a chance to start over with her.