When Qi Jiu arrived, the emperor was drinking medicine.

"You may all leave!" The emperor waved his hand, signaling the eunuchs in the room to leave.

His son was increasingly disrespectful to him, and the emperor didn't want anyone to hear the treasonous things he said.

A moment later, only the father and son remained in the room.

"Why haven't you issued an edict to officially appoint Miaoyun as the Crown Princess?" Qi Jiu didn't even bow, and simply sat down on the stool.

"How can a peasant woman be a crown princess? How can she win the respect of the people? It's better to wait until she has learned the rules of the palace before bestowing the title upon her," the emperor said, coughing as he spoke.

Upon hearing this, Qi Jiu suddenly stood up: "You didn't say that last time. You promised to make her the Crown Princess, which is why I was willing to enter the palace. Since you've gone back on your word, then I'll just give the position of Crown Prince to someone else. Anyway, you don't only have one son, you also have the Fifth Prince and the Seventh Prince. You can choose one!"

After Qi Jiu finished speaking, he started to walk out.

"Stop right there!" the emperor roared excitedly.

Because of his intense emotional fluctuations, he couldn't help but cough.

"As an emperor, you should keep your word. Since you are so untrustworthy, then my promise to you is no longer valid. I have said before that I, Qi Jiu, do not have such great ambitions, and the throne is not that tempting to me."

Qi Jiu paused slightly as he spoke: "The reason I agreed to take over the Eastern Palace is because all of this should have belonged to my elder brother. He certainly doesn't want anyone else to inherit it, but you've played a trick on me, which really disappoints me."

"Shut up!" The emperor coughed twice, his voice trembling with emotion. "I'm doing this all for your own good. I just want her to become... to become a qualified Crown Princess... Otherwise... otherwise how will she be able to rule the world as Empress?"

“If I say she can, then she can. My wife doesn’t need anyone else’s approval. If you don’t like her, then you don’t like me either. There’s no need for us to waste time in the palace.” Qi Jiu hadn’t expected the old man to lie to him.

He clearly agreed last time, but now he's changed his mind.

Since that's the case, he had nothing left to miss, so he might as well take his wife out of the palace and continue living his life in Peach Blossom Spring.

Anyway, my wife also complained that the clothes and jewelry were too complicated and made her feel tired.

Then I won't wear it!

"Stop right there!" The emperor was so angry he almost couldn't breathe. After Qi Jiu stopped, he said helplessly, "I will issue an edict to make her the Crown Princess shortly."

"Don't mention learning the rules again. Whoever you send to the East Palace, I'll send them away."

Qi Jiu chuckled as he spoke: "If we're talking about being well-versed in etiquette, then it's definitely those palace instructors. Who can compare to them? They're like old scholars. The woman I marry is, of course, someone I love, not someone who's well-versed in etiquette. If we really judge a woman by that, then wouldn't I be marrying an old nanny?"

The emperor was slightly taken aback when he heard him speaking to him in such a nonchalant manner.

Actually, his son was very bold from a young age, and he was also quite unconventional in front of his father.

Because of the Crown Prince, the emperor had no real demands on his eldest son, Qi Jiu, who was born of the legitimate wife. He only hoped that Qi Jiu would grow up peacefully.

Even if Qi Jiu is unruly, he doesn't care.

Anyway, there are plenty of well-behaved princes in the palace.

The result of letting him roam free for over thirty years is that this kid doesn't listen to him at all now.

They are outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant.

But who told him to make such a huge mistake, killing his eldest son and forcing his wife to commit suicide?

He deserves all of this now.

"Hurry up and write the imperial edict. I'll wait outside and bring it back later."

emperor:"……"

All he wants to do right now is beat this brat up.

After Qi Jiu returned to the East Palace with the imperial decree, he found that Ye Xianya had already arrived, but Zhengzheng was nowhere to be seen.

"Where's Zhengzheng?" Qi Jiu asked hurriedly.

"It left after bringing me here," Ye Xianya said, unable to suppress a smile. "That little guy fought with Qi Chengshuo and lost. He was extremely depressed and said he would intensify his cultivation. Recently, apart from picking me up and dropping me off, he has been cultivating all the time without any slack, until he defeats Qi Chengshuo."

"I never realized before that Zhengzheng was also a golden eagle that had been diligently cultivating herself," Qi Jiu said with a smile.

Ye Miaoyun couldn't help but laugh when she heard this.

"What's going on with Cheng Shuo? I feel he's getting more and more powerful. This morning, he stood among the royal relatives to welcome me into the palace, exuding an extremely powerful aura that intimidated everyone. You didn't see it, but those royal relatives kept their distance from him. It wasn't that they didn't want to get close, but that they simply couldn't," Qi Jiu said.

"He's had some fortuitous encounters, and his strength has increased rapidly. Last time he came to our manor for help, didn't Father say something was off about him? He's getting stronger and stronger lately, and even I'm not confident of winning against him." Although Ye Xianya didn't tell them the specifics, she did reveal some details.

If Qi Chengshuo's heart were said to be extraordinary, as powerful as a god or demon, it would definitely frighten them.

Some things should be kept secret.

After lunch, Ye Xianya intended to leave the palace to go to Taoyuanju to tell fortunes, but she was informed by a young eunuch that the abbots of Xuantian Temple and Biyun Temple were requesting an audience with the Crown Prince.

Ye Xianya quickly calculated with her fingers.

They've come with ill intentions!

This matter is also related to her.

Although Qi Jiu was already the crown prince, he was still an ordinary person with no strength to even kill a chicken, so Ye Xianya certainly wouldn't let him deal with it alone.

"Father, they're after me. I'll go with you later," Ye Xianya said, looking up.

"They're after you. Have you offended them?" Qi Jiu asked hurriedly.

"I have no grudge against the abbot of Xuantian Temple. As for Fang Yuzhen of Biyun Temple, I killed her only daughter Fang Qingzhu and her closed-door disciple Ye Fu'er."

After Ye Xianya finished speaking, she told Qi Jiu and Ye Miaoyun the whole story in their incredibly shocked gazes.

“This is not your fault. You are acting on behalf of Heaven. It is Fang Yuzhen who failed to properly educate her daughters and disciples, leading them to commit a grave mistake. They deserve to be executed. According to the laws of our Great Yan Dynasty, even if they are cultivators, it is still a capital offense. So... you don’t need to be afraid of her.” Qi Jiu said, waving his fist: “With Father here, no one can touch a hair on your head.”

His face was full of coldness: "So what if she is a cultivator? Does Fang Yuzhen think she can stand up to the thousands of troops in the capital? You don't need to go with your father to see them. Just stay in the East Palace with your mother."

Qi Jiu was afraid that his daughter would suffer if she went.

After all, Fang Yuzhen, that old hag, has been cultivating for over thirty years and is incredibly powerful. Although her daughter has made rapid progress, she is still too young and probably no match for her.

Qi Jiu already had some understanding of these people from the Ten Great Daoist Sects.