Empress Su secretly took a deep breath to suppress her anger.

A smile returned to the corners of her mouth.

"Your Majesty, do you still remember Minister Wu of the Hanlin Academy?" Empress Su asked.

"What?" Emperor Tai'an raised an eyebrow and looked at Empress Su.

"Li Baihua has ruined someone else's son again."

Empress Su was startled and hurriedly waved her hand.

"Your Majesty, no, nothing like that."

"I was just asking casually."

"Are you just asking casually?" Emperor Tai'an's gaze was fixed even more intently on Empress Su.

"But I heard that Wu Hanlin's wife is threatening to hang herself at home?"

"Your Majesty..." Empress Su's voice was filled with surprise.

"I really didn't know anything about this!"

She cried out that she was innocent, quickly got up, and then knelt down obediently.

Shi Yu's attention was drawn to the commotion on Empress Su's side.

[This Empress Su is truly adept at yielding and kneeling quickly.]

However, Emperor Tai'an seems to have become much more powerful.

He even knew about Wu Hanlin's wife threatening to hang herself.

It seems our emperor is actually a pretty good emperor after all.

Emperor Tai'an listened to Shi Yu's heartfelt words and couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips with a touch of pride.

He loves listening to what this little baby says.

He must have been a good emperor.

hehe……

Shi Yu could make Emperor Tai'an beam with joy with just a few words.

However, at this moment, Gua66's voice rang out in Shi Yu's mind.

[Yu Yu, Li Baihua is still hiding in the side hall, eavesdropping.]

Upon hearing this, Shi Yu's dark eyes lit up, and he instantly became happy.

[Haha, Li Baihua is still around!]

If I remember correctly, is she still under house arrest?

Gua66: [Yes, Emperor Tai'an said he would punish her by confining her to her quarters for a year.]

Shi Yu: [Let's go, let's capture her and give Emperor Tai'an a surprise.]

As Shi Yu spoke, he cheerfully summoned Little Green and Little Blue.

Then he sat on both of them and clapped his little hands.

【Giddy up! Off to find Li Baihua.】

Shi Yu's voice was quite loud, and Emperor Tai'an, Empress Su, and Li Baihua, who was hiding in the side hall, all heard it.

Li Baihua immediately became anxious.

Seeing this, the palace maid beside her quickly pulled back the hot-tempered Li Baihua.

"Princess, you must not go out at this time."

You'd better find somewhere to hide right away.

“You are already under house arrest. If His Majesty finds you here, he will likely punish you more severely.”

"Then how could I, Li Baihua, a princess, be afraid of her?" Li Baihua said angrily.

Ever since Shi Yu entered the palace, she and her mother have had a string of bad luck.

“Princess, this is not a matter of being afraid or not, but rather that enduring a moment of anger can lead to a brighter future.”

As the palace maid spoke, she tried to pull Li Baihua away.

However, they were a little slow in leaving.

Shi Yu used a spatial skill to appear directly in front of them.

Hey hey hey, which way are you going?

Shi Yu stood in front of Li Baihua with a smile.

"Arrest, arrest, arrest you." She tried her best to make her words clear.

"You think you can take me on?" Seeing that Shi Yu was alone, Li Baihua drew her whip from her waist and lashed it out at Shi Yu.

With a "snap!" it soared into the air.

The result was that the draw only hit Shi Yu's protective shield, and Shi Yu herself was not drawn at all.

[Hehehe...] Shi Yu smiled smugly at Li Baihua.

You won't get mine.

Not only do I have a protective shield, but I'm also thick-skinned and tough. A mere broken whip can't possibly harm me.

Human thoughts are so simple.

"Demon!" Li Baihua uttered, and the sharp spikes hidden inside the whip were revealed.

The spikes gleamed with a dark green light.

It's obviously been contaminated with poison.

"I'll send you to hell today, so you won't cause any more trouble for our royal family."

Li Baihua's face was contorted, and her voice, filled with gritted teeth, sounded as disgusting as an old witch's curse.

Just as she was about to strike with her whip, Emperor Tai'an's authoritative shout came through.

"How dare you!"

"Father!" Li Baihua quickly put away her whip when she saw Emperor Tai'an enter.

"Father, she bullied me first." Li Baihua accused him first.

"It was Shi Yu who bullied me first!"

"Father, you must stand up for me!"

"Waaah..." Li Baihua pretended to cry as she spoke.

Shi Yu stared in astonishment at Li Baihua's shameless actions.

This is the first time Yu Yu has ever seen such a shameless person.

Gua66: [Yuyu, what's so surprising? All the women in the harem can act.]

Once you meet more people, you'll realize that very few of the women in the imperial harem are good.

[Yuyu, didn't you used to wonder why Emperor Tai'an chose Empress Liu's son as crown prince?]

This is because, among all of Emperor Tai'an's women, Empress Liu was the one who showed him the least respect, but also the one who was most honest with him.

Shi Yu nodded her chin in understanding.

I understand.

The first wife was the only wife; the rest were concubines.

concubine!

When Empress Su arrived and heard this, she was so angry she almost fainted.

When she married Emperor Tai'an, she brought the entire Su family as her dowry.

For so many years, she was still just a concubine in the emperor's eyes.

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