She wondered why Long Jingchen had said she was still sleeping; it turned out he already knew her identity!

Sang Jiang snapped out of her thoughts and looked at the two people in front of her who were still refusing, her expression slightly cold: "Take it if you want it."

Yang Qi paused for a moment, then awkwardly accepted the purse in his hand with a smile: "This servant thanks Your Highness the Imperial Noble Consort."

Sang Jiang raised an eyebrow, changing her tune quite quickly.

However, she was too lazy to argue with him anymore, and she waved her hand to indicate that he could leave.

"This servant takes his leave." Yang Qi said, bowed to her, and turned to leave with a smug look on his face.

Princess Mingyue is back. The Emperor must be happy now. He no longer has to feel that oppressive atmosphere. Just thinking about it makes him happy. So much so that he talks a lot more when he sees the Sang family again.

Looking at the princess's beaming face, Sang Hongfu knew that Princess Luoying must have won the emperor's heart.

Yang Qi looked at Sang Hongfu and said with a smile, "Prime Minister, please wait. We'll go back and report now. The Prime Minister's residence has a bright future ahead of it."

Sang Hongfu was slightly bewildered by what he said, but he still smiled and said, "Haha, thank you for your kind words, sir."

With that, Yang Qi got into the sedan chair to return to the palace: "We'll be going now, Your Excellency. Please stay and take good care of the Imperial Noble Consort."

Yang Qi was stunned again when he heard the words "Imperial Noble Consort".

He never expected that Princess Luoying would be directly granted the title of Imperial Noble Consort. This Imperial Noble Consort was different from other concubines; she had the same honors as the Empress. However, Yang Qi had only mentioned Imperial Noble Consort without mentioning her title, which made Sang Hongfu even more puzzled.

Yang Qi didn't care about his thoughts; he had already conveyed his message, and it didn't matter what Sang Hongfu thought.

He sat in the sedan chair, beaming with delight as he flung off the curtain: "Let's go."

The sedan chair bearers responded and lifted him up, carrying him toward the palace.

As soon as he arrived at Chengshun Hall, he was immediately pulled away by Long Jingchen.

"This servant greets Your Majesty." Sang Hongfu knelt down and bowed to him.

Long Jingchen raised an eyebrow: "Can't get up, huh?"

After he finished speaking, he stopped talking and just looked at Yang Qi with his eyes slightly narrowed.

Yang Qi stood up, bowed his head, and said, "Your Majesty, this servant has already delivered the imperial edict to the Imperial Concubine."

"Hmm." Long Jingchen nodded, still looking at him with narrowed eyes.

Yang Qi then spoke again: "Your Majesty's guess was quite accurate. When this servant arrived, the Imperial Concubine was indeed still sleeping."

"Hmm." Long Jingchen nodded and continued to look at him with narrowed eyes.

Even if Yang Qi was slow-witted, he knew he hadn't given the answer he wanted. He glanced up at Long Jingchen, and seeing that his expression was normal, he mustered his courage and asked, "Your Majesty, what would you like to hear?"

Long Jingchen raised an eyebrow slightly: "I don't want to hear anything. Go ahead and speak, I'm listening."

Yang Qi: ...

If you didn't want to hear something, why do you want me to continue? What else can I say?

Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a while, Long Jingchen's expression darkened slightly: "Why aren't you saying anything?"

Yang Qi: ...

He pursed his lips: "Your Majesty, this servant... this servant does not know..."

When he saw Long Jingchen's face darken, he immediately changed his words: "This servant knows! Her Highness the Imperial Concubine was very happy when she heard the news, and even gave this servant a lot of reward money."

As if to confirm something, he took out the purse that Chunhe had forced on him from his sleeve and handed it to Long Jingchen.