[Ding, mission complete. Successfully rescued Consort Gong Peishan. Reward: 50 merit points. Cultivation points have been returned. Please check your account.]

[Ding! You have accumulated 100 merit points. Merit Shop now open.]

After the Empress and her entourage left, the mission to save the Consort was automatically completed. Familiar spiritual energy flowed into her body, and Jing Le's strength directly reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining. There was also a tiny wisp of golden spiritual energy in it, which must be the merit she had accumulated.

Jing Le was overjoyed. The Merit System hadn't lied to her; her strength had indeed been returned a hundredfold. That wisp of golden spiritual energy was the best proof—it was a merit spiritual energy she hadn't been able to cultivate in her previous life.

Its value is far more than a hundred times, even a thousand times greater.

When all spiritual energy is imbued with the golden light of merit, the ascension tribulation can be skipped, and this step can be directly bypassed.

Thinking of this, the smile on his lips widened even further.

There's also the Merit Mall. I browsed through it briefly, and it covers almost every kind of item in the Three Thousand Worlds. You can buy almost anything there, but of course, the merit points are really expensive.

She only has 100 merit points right now, which isn't enough to buy even the cheapest beauty pill. She should wait until she has enough merit points before browsing around.

"Tell me, why are you hiding in the side hall? And why did you bring Master Liaowu's disciple here?" The Emperor picked up the tea poured by the Consort, took a sip, looked at the Third Prince, and spoke calmly.

All irrelevant people were dismissed from the palace, leaving only the Emperor, the Imperial Concubine, the Third Prince, and Jing Le.

"Father, today your son..." The Third Prince knelt on the ground, intending to speak the truth, but was interrupted by the Imperial Concubine.

"He only came because he missed me. It was indeed wrong of him to hide in the side hall, but there were so many people at the time, and I didn't know any of Master Wu's disciples. I was afraid of offending anyone, so I had the third prince stay with me in the side hall. If Your Majesty wants to blame someone, blame me alone."

The Imperial Concubine cut off the Third Prince's words before he could speak, refusing to mention the matter of being murdered, because it would be useless to bring it up, as there was no evidence.

Should we, when asked by the Emperor, say that the Third Prince was poisoned by his own sister, thrown into the lake by the Empress's men, and then saved by a three-year-old girl?

It's unbelievable, who would believe it?

They wouldn't have had any confidence if they couldn't hear Jing Le's inner thoughts.

Jing Le came to her senses and heard what the Imperial Concubine said, which puzzled her greatly.

[Why didn't my beautiful mother let my third brother finish speaking? He was almost killed by that fake princess Jing Jiayue and that old nanny. I saw that old nanny clearly; she was just following the Empress. If I hadn't known the plot and been lying in wait, my third brother would have been dead long ago.]

[Oh, and the First Prince, I saw that old woman lose something—a jade pendant—it's still in my arms.]

[I suppose the jade pendant belonged to the eldest prince, and he was implicated in the end. My mother was also framed. Tsk tsk tsk, it's all thanks to me that you're all alive and well. I'm practically your savior, hahaha...]

Jing Le was happy about her improved skills and started complaining without stopping.

The Imperial Concubine and the Third Prince readily accepted Jing Le's complaints, nodding inwardly with a knowing look: That's right, if it weren't for Jing Le, they don't know what would have happened.

Third Prince: This is my own sister, she's absolutely adorable. As for Jing Jiayue, she's a fake, she's so vicious, how can she compare to my sister?

Consort: That's right, a biological child is a biological child, unlike those ungrateful wretches (Jing Jiayue).

The Emperor remained silent. If he hadn't heard Jing Le's heartfelt words, he would have truly believed what the Consort said.

However, he couldn't let go of the contents inside; he was determined to have someone investigate thoroughly.

To dare to lay a hand on the third prince and the imperial concubine, and even implicate the eldest prince, the person behind this must have grand ambitions.

There's also the fake princess. If Jia Yue is fake, then the little girl in front of her keeps calling the Imperial Concubine "Mother" and also calls herself "Father Emperor."

Then, we need to investigate the matter of the Imperial Concubine's childbirth, as the royal bloodline cannot be confused.

He now believes most of what Jing Le said, and he accepts well the fact that his daughter, who suddenly appeared, has the ability to foresee the future.

Having a princess who could foresee the future was a blessing for the Great Yong Dynasty.

However, her identity cannot be revealed yet, so...

"Alright, get up, all of you." The emperor waved his hand, then looked at the little boy beside the third prince and asked softly, "What's your name? How old are you?"

Having not spent much time with children over the years, no one immediately noticed the gentleness in her voice.

"I am Jing Le, and I am three years old this year." Jing Le could feel obvious goodwill from the Emperor and was not afraid of him at all.

【My name is Jing Le, your biological son with the beautiful woman. I'm three years old now. If it weren't for the chance encounter that saved me by the old monk and brought me to the palace, you would never have known I was switched at birth and almost killed.】

[Therefore, there's no way to change the fate of Third Brother, Mother, and the First Prince, so I'm here to change all of that.]

The eavesdroppers nodded in agreement.

"Jing Le, a good name. I will call you Le Le. I heard that you have been with Master Liao Wu since you were a child and have no other relatives. He entrusted you to my care. It just so happens that you are destined to be with the Imperial Concubine and the Third Prince. How about I adopt you as my goddaughter and the Imperial Concubine be your mother?"

The Emperor glanced at the Imperial Concubine and the Third Prince beside him, feeling a pang of pity.

Only I can hear my daughter's heartfelt words, so let's first recognize her as a goddaughter and announce it when the time is right.

The Imperial Concubine and the Third Prince's eyes lit up when they heard the Emperor's suggestion. They were still thinking about how to keep Jing Le here, and now the opportunity had come.

"Lele, shall I be your mother?" The Imperial Concubine squatted down and gently stroked Jingle's head, a hint of tears in her eyes.

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