Chapter 208 Happy Fatherhood!!

Jian Yue saw what was inside the box, it was a scroll of paintings.

This palace was covered with paintings everywhere, and this painting was placed in a box. He slowly took out the box. It could be seen that this painting was actually quite old. When the scroll was opened, it even had a bit of an old feel. When the painting was fully opened, the huge scroll was spread out under the tree. Jian Yue used the moonlight to see clearly what was on it.

This is a picture of mountains and rivers!

The entire Daqian landscape map!

Jian Yue didn't know why the imperial concubine put this in the box. This kind of Daqian's landscape map should be seen everywhere!

He sat there looking at the picture, studying it over and over again, but he could not figure out what the difference was between Da Qian's picture of mountains and rivers and ordinary pictures, until the wind blew through the trees, and the leaves made a rustling sound.

Jian Yue put down the picture. This was the tree where the imperial concubine of the Xue family hanged herself. In order to protect her children and to protect the Xue family, the imperial concubine hanged herself.

Xue Family...

Jian Yue suddenly thought of the Xue family's ancestral home, the place Huangfu Chengyu had taken him to. At that time, the young master showed him the map of the underground palace, and that stone...

Just a little hesitation.

Jian Yue sat up directly, raised his wrist, and casually pulled out a knife from his waist. The blade was extremely sharp and cut his wrist, causing bright red blood to flow. The blood dripped onto the painting, spreading like ink, and then slowly soaked the entire picture. Slowly, Jian Yue was able to see the marks on the picture.

There are several places marked on the entire map. Those crimson blocks slowly appear on the map: Bailu Temple, Border City, Wushan, and the Imperial Palace.

This is……

The distribution of the underground palace!

Jian Yue's heart was shocked as he looked at the place shown on the map. This meant that there was also an underground palace in the palace!

And below the painting, Jian Yue saw a line of small characters. The handwriting looked very beautiful. It said: "The Xue clan members, in gratitude, swear to protect the Teng Snake clan, even at the cost of death."

The Xue family is really protecting Teng Snake.

When Jian Yue saw this, he was certain that the Teng Snake clan must have helped the Xue family a lot at the Wushan Station that year. The Xue family signed some kind of contract with them and built an underground palace for the Teng Snake clan to live and work. In this way, they spent a hundred years in peace. But later, for some unknown reason, the Xue family burned down the underground palace in order to protect the Teng Snake clan, taking a desperate measure.

Then……

The entire Xue family was executed.

And now, the imperial concubine has even arranged for her old maid to poison the candied dates, and has always said that the emperor was poisoned from the womb. Jian Yue once suspected the empress dowager, but now it seems that the person behind the scenes might be the imperial concubine herself!

The more Jane thought about it, the colder her heart became.

Originally, he wanted to find the imperial concubine's relics. If it was something, he could even give it to Huangfu Chengyu, because today was his birthday and he wanted to do something to at least make Huangfu Chengyu happy. However, he never expected that he would find such a cruel gift.

He simply couldn't imagine how Huangfu Chengyu would feel if he knew about this.

The emperor has been living in calculations and conspiracies for these years, without any relatives to support him. But what if his relatives are also part of the conspiracy against him?

The system panel popped up at this moment: "

Main quest: [Find the underground palace under the palace]

Mission details: The underground palace has appeared, please find the underground palace hidden by the Xue family!

Mission Reward: Key to the Underground Palace"

key?

Since we have already found the underground palace, why do we still need to reward the key?

Jian Yue frowned slightly, but the most important thing at the moment was how to find the entrance to the underground palace under the imperial palace. Moreover, he actually wanted to know what exactly was mixed in the candied dates that Nanny Li gave to His Majesty, and what exactly the imperial concubine wanted to do.

He was rolling up the painting, trying to put it away.

When he picked up the box and wanted to put it back, he didn't hold it firmly and the scroll hit the edge of the box with a crisp sound, and Jian Yue's movements paused.

The box is very big, otherwise it would not be able to hold such a long picture, but this is not the most important problem. Jian Yue's fingers stroked the edge of the box, and the sound was not right.

A solid wooden sandwich would not make this sound.

There is another layer under this box!

At this moment, Jian Yue suddenly felt fortunate that he had done carpentry with his grandfather when he was a child. At that time, his grandfather had taught him some knowledge points about wooden boxes. His fingers followed the grain of the wood and finally touched the tiny gap. Jian Yue wanted to press the wooden board, but only felt a slight tingling sensation, and his fingers were oozing with bright red blood.

poisonous……

This should be a well-designed mechanism. Anyone who tries to force open the box will be poisoned to death.

The audience in the live broadcast room were all shocked when they saw the black blood:

“It’s too dangerous.”

“It’s a high-risk job.”

"This poison looks very toxic. Can the anchor bear it?"

Jian Yue looked at the blood on his fingers. If it had happened before, he would definitely not have been able to bear it. But now is different. He was poisoned at the banquet, and later drank Huangfu Chengyu's blood. Now he is immune to all poisons.

Sure enough, after dripping for a while, the black blood turned into bright red blood.

Jian Yue, who had walked through the gates of hell, wiped off the blood and forcibly opened the interlayer of the wooden box. After opening it, he saw a letter underneath.

Jian Yue hesitated for a moment, took out the letter, and saw the handwriting clearly in the moonlight.

There were only four words clearly written on the letter paper: Only by repeating the process over and over again can you achieve the end.

A short line of words.

Jian Yue frowned slightly. What does this mean?

He held the note in the envelope and after thinking for a while, he put the letter away. Jian Yue held the box. The picture and the letter in the box were naturally very important things. He needed to find a place to hide them properly.

Think about it.

Jian Yue buried the box again. At least this courtyard was guarded by Nanny Li, so it was much safer than putting it in other palaces.

Done all this.

Jian Yue walked directly to the small kitchen in the courtyard. Nanny Li and several palace maids usually lived here. If they wanted to make candied date candies, they could only do so here. It was late at night, and everyone in the courtyard was asleep. The small kitchen was even quieter. He walked in, pushed open the door, and walked in with familiarity.

The whole small kitchen had a run-down feel. Due to years of disrepair, even the windows were only covered with a layer of paper and were blackened by smoke, so the light inside the room was not very good. Jian Yue lit a small oil lamp inside. As soon as he entered the room, he could smell the pungent smell of blood and the unpleasant smell, like rotten water. The whole kitchen had a gray and run-down feel.

Logically speaking, since this was Nanny Li, who was specially ordered by the emperor to take care of her, her kitchen should also be clean, but it was very messy. Either the people below were pretending to obey, but actually disobeying, or...

The more Jane thought about it.

Or maybe Nanny Li no longer needs to eat what normal people need to eat, so the kitchen naturally became idle.

He had a very sensitive nose and could smell a faint smell of sugar water when he came in. Jian Yue walked to the chopping board and saw candied fruit sugar, but he also saw canned food next to the chopping board. The smell emanating from them was very familiar. Jian Yue dipped a little with his finger and put it to the tip of his nose. He almost immediately confirmed that it was the smell of ore.

The mineral smell of Wushan.

He had seen this mineral in many places, including the brocade bag worn by Eunuch Li when he died, and in the room of General Manager Zhao. Many people had this thing. Now it was seen here by Madam You, and Madam You should have mixed the mineral powder with candied dates and given it to the emperor. And according to Huangfu Chengyu, he ate it every year, and every day in the past.

What on earth is the imperial concubine going to do...

Jian Yue felt that he was having a hard time sorting out his thoughts, until he heard the "cuckoo" sound of birds outside the yard, and then he immediately went out.

On the path outside the palace, Little Li ran over anxiously and said, "Go back quickly, something happened in the imperial study."

Before coming, Jian Yue asked Xiao Lizi to wait outside and call him if there was any emergency. This was originally intended to ensure that he would be available in case of emergency, but he didn't expect that it would really come in handy.

"What happened?" Jian Yue asked.

Little Li said: "The war report from the border suddenly came in, saying that Princess Daan's carriage was attacked, and the group of people who attacked the princess were our Daqian soldiers. Now Daan has launched a war on the border, and they want us to give an explanation!"

Jian Yue frowned and said, "How could this happen? Weren't they still talking about peace talks during the day? How could they suddenly start fighting?"

Little Li said anxiously, "I don't know either. I heard that in the afternoon, His Majesty asked the Ministry of Justice to investigate the flood incident and found many corrupt officials. In the evening, His Majesty ordered the execution of more than a dozen corrupt officials. The Empress Dowager's mother's family was also implicated. Now the Empress Dowager is quarreling with His Majesty in the Imperial Study!"

Jian Yue quickened his pace and walked back. He realized that tonight was really going to be a sleepless night.

The lights in the imperial study were dim. Just by walking outside, one could see figures inside and hear the sound of porcelain falling to the ground. The imperial guards outside were on martial law, and there was an unusual atmosphere from inside to outside.

Gao Fei was waiting outside and when he saw the two people coming back, he gave them a look.

Jian Yue walked over and whispered, "How's it inside?"

Gao Fei lowered his voice and said, "It's not good. The Queen Mother's control over the government is still deeply rooted. It's difficult to move her. I even suspect that she wants to harm Your Majesty."

Jian Yue's eyes darkened a little. He looked at Gao Fei and said slowly, "If it really comes to this, you should go find Concubine Liu and ask King Chu to enter the palace."

The lineage of the King of Chu inherited the kindness of the Xue family.

Moreover, the King of Chu has a lot of troops inside and outside the court. Once the King of Chu enters the palace, the Queen Mother will not dare to launch a coup. At this juncture, the King of Chu should be happy to watch the fight from afar, but he will not refuse the invitation of Concubine Liu.

Gao Fei whispered, "Will he really come?"

"He will." Jian Yue looked at him seriously and said, "You have to believe in the heroine's aura."

Gao Fei: “…”

Makes sense!

Jian Yue stepped into the study room. As soon as he entered, he saw the broken porcelain on the floor again. The Queen Mother said excitedly, "Emperor, our Jiang family has been courtiers for three generations. We have made contributions to Daqian's country. Don't forget who helped you to sit in this position. Do you want to be ungrateful now?"

Huangfu Chengyu sat at the table. The man in the dragon robe just sat there quietly. He was wearing a golden dragon robe, and his aura was majestic without anger. His cold eyebrows were expressionless. He was still able to remain calm even under the empress dowager's harsh questioning. On the contrary, the man even smiled. He looked at the empress dowager and said, "Mother, I don't understand what you said. The Jiang family embezzled and accepted bribes, which resulted in the disaster victims not being able to get relief grain. Countless people were killed and injured. How come in the end, I am ungrateful?"

The Queen Mother was at a loss for words. After all, the matter was a foregone conclusion and she had no way to argue.

But she must protect the Jiang family.

The Queen Mother looked at the Emperor and said in a deep voice: "Emperor, the Jiang family is indeed wrong, but you must not forget that the war on the border is now at stake. You can indeed get a lot of silver by killing the Jiang family, but you are not only killing the Jiang family, but also shaking the hearts of the civil and military officials in the court! If the court and the country are in turmoil at that time, Da'an will take advantage of the opportunity to move in, and the country will be in danger!"

Jian Yue stood at the door and watched all this.

Finally, he understood why a fight broke out at the border at this time. It seemed that the team that kidnapped the princess was most likely the work of the Queen Mother and the Imperial Master. They just wanted to fight and make trouble, and to bring unrest to the country. Only in this way could the Emperor not really punish the Jiang family and eradicate all those corrupt officials!

Jian Yue looked at Huangfu Chengyu.

The man sitting at the desk had eyes as deep as ice. What he could guess and expect, Huangfu Chengyu could naturally expect as well. Those eyes were so deep that Jian Yue could not see the end.

The Queen Mother pressed on, sneered and said, "I am just trying to persuade you with good words, you better think about it."

Huangfu Chengyu did not answer. He just looked at the Queen Mother quietly, and then slowly said, "Back then, the Queen Mother also persuaded my mother with such kind words. Did the late Emperor also persuade my grandfather to commit suicide with such kind words?"

The Queen Mother was stunned and looked at the Emperor in disbelief.

Huangfu Chengyu just raised his eyelids and looked at her with cold eyes, and smiled: "Really?"

The Queen Mother took a few steps back, feeling somewhat guilty. The past came flooding back to her like a tide. She was extremely panicked, but she still raised her hand tremblingly and pointed at the Emperor and said, "What nonsense are you talking about, you bastard! How dare you slander me and the late Emperor like this!"

Huangfu Chengyu had no expression on his face. He said, "There is a great enemy at the border, so we cannot execute the ministers, lest the government and the people be in turmoil. In the past, the Xue family army died countless deaths in order to pacify the northwest. My grandfather risked his life for Daqian. Now that the border is peaceful, the government and the people are stable, so we can execute them, right?"

The Queen Mother retorted: "Back then, the Xue family was plotting treason! They colluded with the enemy army, how can they be confused! If it weren't for me, you would still be the son of a rebel criminal. How could you sit on this throne?!"

Huangfu Chengyu sneered: "Whether he is guilty or not, the Queen Mother should know better than me."

The Queen Mother's face turned pale with anger. Now that the two sides were at loggerheads, she turned around and saw Jian Yue at the door. She cursed him directly, "You dog slave! Did I let anyone in? Get out!"

She pretended to throw something over again.

But this time the emperor did not let her drop it. Instead, he waved his hand, and the porcelain was shattered by the invisible internal energy. The emperor had never used force before, so this move also surprised the empress dowager.

Huangfu Chengyu said calmly, "This is the imperial study, not a place where the queen mother can give orders. It is not the queen mother's turn to comment on my servants."

The Queen Mother was furious: "You..."

Huangfu Chengyu looked at Jian Yue who was standing at the door, as if to prevent him from being hurt by the Queen Mother again. He said, "Go out first and wait for me outside."

Jian Yue wanted to say something.

Huangfu Chengyu's expression was not so cold and ruthless, he just whispered: "I'm fine."

Jian Yue then nodded, closed the door and walked out.

The entire imperial study was quiet for a moment. The empress dowager looked at Jian Yue who was leaving and suddenly smiled softly. She said to the emperor, "You really care about this servant, just like the late emperor. Back then, your Xue family was just low-class people from the mountains. When the late emperor was traveling, he fell in love with your uneducated wild girl mother and was so fascinated by her that he insisted on making important use of the Xue family."

Huangfu Chengyu reminded him, "The Xue family was given important positions because of Wushan's loyalty to his master and not because of my mother. The Xue family has always done things that are worthy of the people and the common people. The Queen Mother naturally cannot understand."

The Queen Mother said: "If you are so open-minded, why would you destroy your clan?!"

Huangfu Chengyu was not angry but laughed. The Queen Mother saw this man raising his eyelids and looking at her. His eyes were so cold and scary, like an evil ghost asking for her life. He smiled slowly with his lips curled, but it made people feel scared. He said, "The Jiang family is not honest. Now, isn't it going to be exterminated?"

The Queen Mother angrily said, "How dare you!!"

Huangfu Chengyu had a blank expression on his face: "I have already issued an order to execute the Jiang family and put them in the Heavenly Prison to await trial. The case of the Xue family was investigated by the Jiang family. Since the Jiang family has a clear conscience, they should not be afraid of the trial, right?"

The Queen Mother was shaking with anger. She pointed at Huangfu Chengyu and said with a smile, "You really are here for the Xue family's old case."

Huangfu Chengyu sat lazily beside the desk without refutation.

The Queen Mother knew why he was like this, but she had no way to deal with it. She thought that Huangfu Chengyu had everything under her control and would not cause any trouble. However, she still underestimated him. She scolded him angrily, "You are such a heartless person. You only have a few years left to live, and you still want to drag everyone to be buried with the Xue family? Have you forgotten that your grandfather and mother asked you to be a good emperor who serves the people before they died!"

Huangfu Chengyu said, "If the Queen Mother is talking about the unrest in the court, I have decided to lead the army in person to quell the war, and I have already given the King of Chu the power to supervise the country and report to the king later. If there are any restless officials, I can deal with them myself."

The Queen Mother was short of breath: "Aren't you afraid that the King of Chu will seize your power?"

Huangfu Chengyu smiled and said, "Since the Queen Mother also said that I don't have many years left to live, then why should I be afraid of power seizure? Why would the King of Chu need to seize power?"

This just takes advantage of this time difference.

The King of Chu could not seize power in order to legitimately inherit the world. He would be able to inherit the throne in a few years anyway, so why bother? On the contrary, if he was left to guard Daqian, he would do his best to eradicate the remnants of the previous dynasty so that he could deploy his own people. At this moment, the King of Chu probably regarded this matter as more important than the emperor himself.

The color on the Queen Mother's face completely drained away. She knew that the situation was hopeless and she had no chance, but she still hated him. She was unwilling to fail and unwilling to let Huangfu Chengyu succeed.

"It seems that you are not afraid of anything." The Queen Mother smiled, she slowly walked up the steps, walked in front of Huangfu Chengyu, looked at the emperor and said: "Then you are not afraid, then where is your little eunuch?"

Huangfu Chengyu raised his eyes to look at her.

The Queen Mother looked at him and whispered, "If you die, what will happen to your little eunuch? He is still alive. You can kill the Jiang family and the Ai family, but you can't kill the Imperial Master or all of us. You can't bear to see him die, right? I can see that you like him, Emperor. You are indeed very powerful and good at calculating, but you can't hide your love for someone. You like him, but are you really willing to watch him fall into our hands? Wouldn't he be worse off dead?"

Huangfu Chengyu suddenly raised his eyelids and looked at the Queen Mother, his eyes were dark and deep.

The Queen Mother laughed instead. She said, "Your Xue family is really full of romantic people. One, two, a bunch of them! They all died because of their loyalty and loyalty. It's so ridiculous!"

Huangfu Chengyu asked: "What exactly do you want to say?"

The Queen Mother stopped laughing. She looked at Huangfu Chengyu and said slowly, "Let's make a deal. You let the Jiang family go, and I will ensure his safety after your death."

The room was silent for a moment.

Before Huangfu Chengyu could reply, Jian Yue's voice could be heard from outside the palace. He shouted, "Your Majesty! The King of Chu wants to see you!"

It was destined to be a restless night.

The King of Chu walked in wearing a solemn court robe. Jian Yue saw that his system panel showed that it was already past three in the morning, but the atmosphere inside and outside the palace was extremely tense.

When passing by.

Jian Yue finally couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty..."

The King of Chu turned to look at Jian Yue. Their eyes met. The seemingly unreliable prince smiled and said, "I understand everything. Leave this to me."

He lowered his voice.

The King of Chu said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Jian Yue's whole body stiffened. He felt something was wrong, but he nodded in the end.

King Chu went into the study and closed the door. This was their grudge. Jian Yue was outside and should not have been able to hear anything, but he had good hearing, so he could hear most of it clearly. He knew that His Majesty had already started to take action. Hundreds of people in the Xue family could not die in vain, and the Teng Snake in the underground palace could not die in vain.

Everything must have an explanation.

But what follows is the matter of their previous dynasty’s grievances, which is not something he can interfere with.

Gao Fei came over and whispered in Jian Yue's ear: "Lady Liu wants to see you."

Jian Yue was surprised but not surprised. He said, "I understand. I'll go over there."

At three o'clock in the morning, the imperial guards were everywhere inside and outside the palace, and there was chaos outside the palace as corrupt officials' properties were being raided. Looking from a high vantage point, the entire Daqian seemed to be lit up by fire. Jian Yue took a few steps and saw the scholar and his younger brother standing not far away. These two players had also arrived. Jian Yue stopped and looked back at Gao Fei.

Gao Fei is a smart man. From the beginning of the dungeon, he showed calmness and rationality that was not matched by any other players, so he immediately understood what Jian Yue meant.

"Go ahead and don't worry." Gao Fei said, "Leave it to me and Xiao Lizi."

Little Li also said: "If they want to do something, they can just step over our bodies. Anyway, we are already tied to the same rope with the emperor. The emperor is so good to us, promoting us and giving us money. I have almost saved enough money for my wife, and she is about to become my brother's mistress. I will not allow anyone to disobey His Majesty!"

Jian Yue: "...Then thank you very much!"

The audience in the live broadcast room were amused to see them do this in such a serious moment:

"So the last two sentences are the key points?"

"I really didn't expect that they could really get along like brothers."

"I am now particularly looking forward to their expressions after they come out of the dungeon and find out each other's true identities."

"These are probably the top executives and bosses from different circles."

"It seems like the guild competition will start soon, and then we will be enemies face to face!"

"Let's wait until they can get out alive. The real late stage of hell has not yet arrived."

Jian Yue nodded. After so many experiences in the underground palace, he and Gao Fei no longer needed to be polite. He said, "I'll be back soon."

He went out into the night.

I walked through the night and arrived at Concubine Liu's palace.

Concubine Liu had been waiting anxiously. When she saw Jian Yue coming, she grabbed Jian Yue's hand and said, "Manager Wang, you are finally here. Please save me!"

Jian Yue asked, "What happened? How could you let Concubine Yin catch you and have a secret meeting with the King of Chu?"

Concubine Liu said anxiously: "It's a long story."

Jian Yue: "Then let's make it short."

Lady Liu: "...It's like this. After you asked Gao Fei to tell me about the underground palace and that the sword was related to the King of Chu, I knew he must be the key to investigating the Snake Mother. This instance becomes more and more difficult later on. You don't have access to the King of Chu normally, so I'm the only one who can investigate. The King of Chu will contact you every seven days, and I've been the one who went there for you all this time. Last night was the day of the contact."

"Ever since Bai Lushan and his leaky relationship, he has not been so wary of me." Concubine Liu said, "I wanted to check his sword, but he asked me directly if I was checking the matter of Teng Snake and the underground palace."

Jian Yue frowned and said, "The King of Chu has indeed been asking scholars and others to investigate the underground palace. It seems that he is not going to keep it secret anymore."

Noble Lady Liu nodded and said, "Yes, he told me that the Teng Snake was not killed by their Chu family. He was ordered to go to the underground palace to rescue people, but when he rushed there, the Teng Snake in the underground palace was already dead, and the snake mother was also missing. His sword was lost in the underground palace, but he was not the one who did it."

Jian Yue said: "Do you think this is credible?"

Lady Liu was silent for a moment. This girl was usually careless and occasionally a little greedy and lustful, but at this moment she calmed down. She said to Jian Yue, "I am willing to find Teng Snake's body in the underground palace next time to identify the knife marks. If he lies to me, I will kill him for you."

Jian Yue's heart was shocked.

Concubine Liu's eyes were full of seriousness.

Jian Yue said: "Do you know this is dangerous..."

"I know." Lady Liu held the teacup, hesitated for a moment, and said with a smile: "In fact, I was also afraid at the beginning. The King of Chu was very good to me. Maybe I just approached him with an attitude of using him at the beginning, but he helped me a lot. I also thought that he was a ghost in the copy, an NPC, and I couldn't give my heart to him, but I saw you and His Majesty. When you were injured and dying, His Majesty did his best to save you and love you, and you also took care of His Majesty. It made me feel that they are not NPCs, but living people. I can no longer treat them as data, and I can't just use them."

Jian Yue was stunned.

He didn't expect that there would be such a thing.

Not only Jian Yue, many viewers in the live broadcast room were also stunned. At first, they regarded these people in the copy as monsters and NPCs, but after staying in Jian Yue's live broadcast room for a long time, everything changed. They would begin to feel sorry for the unjust deaths, and would also feel angry about the shocking Teng Snake corpse in the underground palace.

The more serious Jane was, the more she treated everyone as living people, so they unconsciously forgot that this was a copy.

The audience's comments were also floating:

“It seems like everyone has been affected unconsciously.”

"This little witch is known as the dungeon killer. She never shows mercy to any NPC."

"She has changed too!"

"Butler Wang has really changed a lot of people. If all of them really met like this in the first instance, many things would have changed later..."

Jian Yue sat on a chair in the palace. He thought for a moment and said, "If you have made up your mind, then go ahead. But His Majesty may have to go on a personal expedition, and he needs someone by his side. I'm afraid I can't accompany you to the underground palace. Can you ask Gao Fei and the others to accompany you again?"

Lady Liu said, "No, I have a lot of life-saving tools. This is not the biggest problem. I met the King of Chu last night for another reason."

Jian Yue asked curiously: "What?"

"I..." Concubine Liu hesitated. "When the King of Chu gave me the clue to the underground palace, I found out that he had been secretly investigating the route to the underground palace in the palace, and he carried the clue with him. I couldn't help it, so I secretly looked at it, and then he found me."

Jian Yue just learned today that there was an underground palace under the palace, and was worried about not being able to find the entrance. He didn't expect that Concubine Liu actually had a clue. However, he didn't have time to be happy about this, so he asked first: "What's his reaction?"

Lady Liu said: "He was very angry and wanted to kill me to silence me."

Jian Yue was shocked: "Then how did you escape?"

Concubine Liu complained: "How could I be afraid of him when I'm so smart? I just made up a little lie to fool him."

Jian Yue breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, then asked: "What's the panic? Anyway, as long as the problem is not serious, it should be fine, and we can make it up later."

Lady Liu said, "I lied to him and told him I was pregnant."

"puff!"

Jian Yue spat out a mouthful of tea.

Concubine Liu coughed lightly and said, "But don't be afraid, Steward Wang. In fact, this is not the biggest problem at all."

Jian Yue breathed a sigh of relief. He was no longer shocked no matter what happened. He said, "What's the problem?"

Concubine Liu said, "The biggest problem is that the King of Chu wants to give me a status now that he knows I'm pregnant. He plans to go to the Emperor and tell him about your pregnancy and ask to marry you."

"Oh, right." Lady Liu said, "I don't know when he's going to go. Have you seen him? If you see him, you must grab him and stop him. But I called you and you came quite quickly, so you should be in time!"

Jian Yue: “…”