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Ye Zhen wanted to ask Cao Yu where he came from and if he knew that his father, a pirate, had been killed. However, this was the first time she met him and he was her father's student. There were some things she couldn't ask.
He could only tell this matter to his father and let his father ask him.
"Miss Lu, do you have something to say?" Cao Yu saw that her expression seemed to be strange and asked curiously.
Ye Zhen shook her head, "No, listening to Brother Cao's accent, he doesn't seem to be from the capital."
Cao Yu's looks were not outstanding, and his facial features were very ordinary. However, his temperament was gentle, and he looked like a very cultured person. "I am indeed not from the Royal Capital. I am from Canghai City."
"Oh, no wonder." Ye Zhen smiled and nodded.
Cao Yu was about to ask Ye Zhen why she said this when she saw Eunuch Su come out in a hurry, saying that the emperor was feeling unwell and asked Ye Zhen to hurry in.
Ye Zhen couldn't care less about talking to Cao Yu. She lifted her skirt and hurried into the bedroom.
Upon entering the sleeping chamber, he realized that the situation inside was rather peculiar.
Empress Fang stood to the side with an ugly expression. Wan Guiren knelt on the ground. Papa stood in the corner with his head down. The Emperor's face was gloomy and he did not speak.
Ye Zhen lowered her head and walked over to take his pulse. She found that he was just angry. She whispered, "Your Majesty, do not be angry."
Li Heng looked deeply at her and then turned to look at Wan Guiren kneeling on the ground. "If you feel that you are not good at leading the Third Prince, then send the Third Prince to the Empress' palace and you can become a nun."
Wan Guiren and the Empress's expressions changed when they heard this.
The tears in Wan Gui Ren's eyes fell even faster. "Emperor, this concubine … … this concubine can't bear to part with you."
Ye Zhen thought that although this Wan Guiren seemed weak, she really dared to say such words. The Empress and the ministers were here, yet she still dared to act so infatuated with the Emperor. She glanced sideways at Li Heng and saw that his eyes seemed to be filled with heartache.
It seemed that Noble Wan was important to Li Heng, but he didn't know how she compared to Empress Fang.
Empress Fang obviously didn't want to raise Wan Guiren's child. She pursed her lips and didn't say anything.
Li Heng said mildly, "You may leave."
With tears in her eyes, Wan Guiren cast a moving glance at Li Heng before retreating from the Heaven Dragon Palace.
After she left, Ye Yiqing also excused himself.
"This official's daughter is going to decoct the medicine." Ye Zhen whispered.
Only Li Hang and Empress Fang were left in the sleeping chamber.
"Zitong, come and sit down," Li Heng said, patting the seat beside him.
Empress Fang stood where she was. Her eyes were red as if she was trying her best to hold back her tears.
She seemed to have returned to those painful and oppressive days in the Crown Prince's residence. Wan Guifei was greatly favored by the previous Emperor. In order to suppress the Crown Prince, she sent her own niece to the Crown Prince's side to become his concubine. At that time, Li Heng, who was still the Crown Prince, in order to numb Wan Guifei's spies, deliberately pretended to be infatuated with Wan Guiren's beauty.
That was Empress Fang's nightmare because she could see that Li Heng was really interested in Wan Guiren.
Although Li Heng had never admitted his feelings for Wan Guiren, and Empress Fang knew that she was the most important person in his heart, she still felt heartache and sadness. Wasn't he digging her heart out by asking her to raise Wan Guiren's child?
Li Heng looked at her gently and said, "Zitong, come over and talk to me."
Empress Fang suppressed all the anger in her heart and walked over with her head down. "Your Majesty, you should rest more."
"I know that you are suffering and that you have been wronged," Li Heng said in a low voice. "The Third Prince is still young. If you raise him, he will be close to you in the future."
"This concubine and the Third Prince will never be as close as mother and son, Your Majesty," Empress Fang said stiffly.
Li Heng was silent for a while. "I did like him in the past. Zitong, that's all in the past."
Empress Fang burst into tears. "Even now, you are still thinking about how to protect the mother and son."
"You think …" Li Heng laughed helplessly. "Zitong, I'm doing this for you. The First and Second Princes are already old, and their mothers are still alive. Only the Third Prince … has no one left in the Wan family. With a child by your side, you'll have someone to rely on even after I'm gone. If I die, I'll order her to die."
Empress Fang slowly knelt beside Li Heng and rested her forehead on his knee. "Your Majesty, you will be fine. This concubine doesn't want someone else's child."
"Zitong …" Li Heng wanted to persuade her again.
"This concubine has already stopped taking the previous medicine. With Miss Lu's treatment, she will definitely be able to give birth to a prince for you."
"There's a problem with the previous medicine?" Li Heng immediately caught on to what Empress Fang meant.
Empress Fang didn't want to tell him about this, afraid that he would get angry and hurt his health. "Your Majesty, this concubine will take care of this," Li Heng said in a low voice.
"It's not a problem with the medicine. I had someone check the medicine before. It's a problem with the person!"
Empress Fang looked up at him in surprise. "You knew?"
Li Heng laughed coldly. "It's not like you haven't been pregnant before. Do you remember when we were newlyweds? But it wasn't thin … "
"This concubine will check carefully in the harem," Empress Fang said.
"Leave it to me," Li Heng said. "Since you don't want to raise her child, I won't force you. The Third Prince will have to call you Imperial Mother in the future anyway."
Empress Fang smiled faintly.
"You must be tired these days. Come up and sleep with me for a while," Li Heng said in a low voice.
"Okay." Empress Fang nodded lightly.
Warmth was finally restored in the bedroom.
Ye Zhen followed Ye Yiqing out of the Qian Long Palace. She wanted to find a chance to talk to Ye Yiqing about the map, but she didn't have the chance.
Cao Yu saw them and came up to them. "Master, how is His Majesty?"
"I mentioned your matter to His Majesty a bit, but he's not in a good mood today. He probably doesn't want to see you. Come back tomorrow," Ye Yiqing said.
"Yes." Cao Yu had no objection. He had always trusted Ye Yiqing's words.
Ye Zhen gently pulled Ye Yiqing's sleeve. "Daddy, tomorrow is New Year's Eve."
"Yeah, your brother should be back tomorrow." Ye Yiqing's lips curled into a smile. "I'll come pick you up tomorrow."
Ye Zhen originally wanted to go back to have a reunion dinner with her father and brother. Hearing Ye Yiqing say this, she was so happy that her eyes narrowed. "Daddy, come pick me up earlier tomorrow."
She could go out of the palace tomorrow and tell her father about Cao Yu. It wasn't safe to say it in the palace.
Cao Yu was her father's student. It would be bad if people knew that he was the son of a pirate.
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