Li Gao bowed respectfully, "Your Majesty, please don't make things difficult for this old servant."

Consort Wang rushed into the palace with a white silk ribbon, picked up a pair of golden scissors, and cut the ribbon in two!

"You filthy eunuch! You never dared to utter a word in my presence before, yet now you dare speak to me like this! Go back and tell your mistress! I have something to discuss concerning Empress Duanzhang. You'd better think it through!"

Then, Consort Wang threw the tattered white silk ribbon directly at Li Gao's face.

He's just a servant, yet he dares to speak to his master like that!

Li Gao paused for a moment, then said, "I'll go right away."

This matter concerns Empress Duanzhang, and he doesn't want His Majesty to miss it.

He respected Empress Duanzhang and did not want to miss out.

Ning Xuan arrived very quickly.

He was already exhausted and resting on the dragon bed, but upon hearing the news, he immediately came in a sedan chair.

Consort Wang stared intently at him, then threw her head back and burst into laughter, "Hahahaha!"

Ning Xuan frowned. "Why are you doing this?"

Consort Wang wept uncontrollably, "We've been husband and wife for over thirty years, sharing the same bed for countless days and nights, and in the end, all I get in return is a foot of white silk! Ningxuan! Do you have a clear conscience?!"

"What have I done wrong? Your Wang family holds great power and forced me to marry you! Have you forgotten how you entered the harem?"

He ascended the throne without any connections, overcame numerous obstacles, and made his wife Empress Duanzhang. He then discovered that the harem had been filled with many people by various important officials.

He appeased Empress Duanzhang and avoided touching anyone other than the Empress, while being constantly bothered by matters of the court.

It was at this time that he was forced by Consort Wang to come to Changchun Palace, where she made it clear that if he did not come, the Wang family would never back down.

The Changchun Palace was filled with strong aphrodisiac incense. He tried to leave, but the door was sealed shut.

After a night of passion, he awoke to the news of Empress Duanzhang's death.

How could he not hate her?

But he wanted revenge, he wanted to reclaim power.

Consort Wang choked back tears, “Even if it was a mistake at the beginning, more than thirty years have passed and you still have no feelings for me at all!”

Ning Xuan sighed, "If you have nothing else to say, I will leave. It would be a good thing for you to set off now."

Empress Shen has already sent people to scatter the ashes of the Wang family. She hates everyone in the Wang family, and no one can escape her wrath.

If Consort Wang does not die, she will only be tormented incessantly.

He gave her the white silk ribbon only because of their years of relationship.

Consort Wang stopped him, "If you leave, you'll never know who poisoned Duanzhang!"

Ning Xuan indeed ordered it to stop again.

This is his Achilles' heel.

He was investigating the matter constantly, but he couldn't find anything.

Consort Wang looked at him and said, "You say you love me, so I will tell you."

"I love you," Ning Xuan said without much hesitation.

Consort Wang stared blankly for a moment, then finally smiled faintly, "I knew it."

Before Ning Xuan could urge her, she said, "It was Wang Helu who poisoned Duanzhang. It was my maid Liu Lu who did it. I executed her after I found out. The person who sent you to Changchun Palace that night, the one who burned incense, was not me."

After saying that, she forcefully stabbed the golden scissors into her chest.

It hurts so much, but why does my heart hurt even more?

Blood flowed down the gold scissors, staining the gold-inlaid handles red.

Xingyan was stopped by the eunuchs, crying her heart out, "Master! No!"

Ning Xuan did not stop it.

Consort Wang pulled out a pair of golden scissors and plunged them into her chest again. "I've repaid everything I owed you. Treat Yao'er well..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he collapsed.

Xingyan was finally released, and she threw herself into Consort Wang's arms, "Your Highness! How could you be so foolish! Was it worth it?"

Consort Wang coughed up blood, "Xingyan, leave the palace..."

She spoke haltingly, "I don't want to be buried in the imperial mausoleum..."

"Emperors disgust me..."

Ning Xuan said in a deep voice, "Strip Wang of her title of Imperial Concubine. Since you love water, bury her by the Haihe River."

After saying that, Ning Xuan closed his eyes. "Let's go back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation."

The past is gone with the wind, and he no longer wishes to judge who was right or wrong; he only wishes that they had never met.

Consort Wang's gaze still turned to Ning Xuan's back.

He wasn't even willing to wait for her to breathe her last.

If there is an afterlife, I do not wish to have any further interaction with imperial families.

"Master! Master, how could you abandon Xingyan!" Xingyan's heart-wrenching cries rang out.

Ning Xuan, however, did not stop for even a moment.

Su Yan returned to the Su residence at noon.

At that time, Ye Panjiu was having a meal with the cook and the embroiderer.

She always felt lonely eating alone, and the food didn't taste good anymore.

It's good to have some fun.

Moreover, she was worried and couldn't put her mind at ease.

"Girl, please try this chicken and bamboo shoot soup. I've been simmering it for an hour," the cook said warmly.

Such an approachable girl, she looks like a good girl!

Ye Panjiu took a taste, and the freshness of the chicken soup went straight to her head. Paired with the crisp bamboo shoots, it was somewhat like the cooking of an older woman.

"Delicious!"

Su Yan was washing his hands in the outer room when he heard this and laughed, "Then you must drink more. Aunt Lai cooked a big pot, so we can't leave any."

Upon hearing this, the embroiderer and the cook picked up their bowls and went out. The adults didn't like eating together; they preferred to be alone.

Ye Panjiu's eyes lit up as she watched Su Yan walk in from the doorway.

Is everything alright?

"It was a close call." Su Yan picked up a chicken leg and handed it to Ye Panjiu, but his hand trembled slightly.

Ye Panjiu wanted to ask why he hadn't come back last night, but she didn't.

"Are we going to the palace again this afternoon?"

"No need, Your Highness, no, now it's Her Majesty. She told me to take good care of my injuries. Where would you like to go? We'll go together." Su Yan tried hard to hide his injuries.

Pretend to be the same as before he entered the palace.

Before entering the palace, he was already able to live a normal life, but now he can't.

Ye Panjiu frowned, took his chopsticks, and said, "Don't hide it from me. Sit properly and tell me what you want to eat. I'll feed you."

Su Yan smiled and felt completely relaxed.

“Last night, the Wang family killed and burned the Third Prince. His Majesty vomited blood and fainted upon seeing the body. Afterwards, the Second Prince staged a coup. If it weren't for you, Pan Jiu, finding Minister Lin, I would have lost my life. From today onwards, you are my savior.”

Ye Panjiu raised an eyebrow, picked up some food and placed it in front of his mouth, waiting for him to eat it himself.

"I'm not your savior, I'm still your provider."

She needs to help him with everything, from eating to dressing.

If Yan Yu were here, she would naturally help. Apart from the other people in the Su residence, Su Yan was not very close to them.

Having known him for a long time, she discovered that Su Yan was the kind of person who would be friendly to people on the surface and help them whenever possible, but who disliked troubling others when he needed help himself.

This means that we are not close enough in our hearts.

Su Yan blinked. "Such a deep kindness is beyond my ability to repay. It seems I can only offer myself in gratitude."

Ye Panjiu couldn't help but laugh, and stuffed a piece of bamboo shoot into his mouth, saying, "Eat yours."

With his body covered in blood, even if his abs and pecs smelled amazing, she wouldn't be interested.

Heng Tong and Jiang Leyue had just stepped outside the door when they heard these lewd words.