Although A-Li doesn't like him, she might develop feelings for him over time after they get married.

"Brother, what do you intend to do with Nalan Yao?"

Feng Jinzhi looked at Feng Chenlan and asked in confusion.

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Fengning Palace.

"Let me out! I want to see Feng Chenlan!" Nalan Yao shouted in a deep voice.

Outside the barrier, the guard said respectfully, "Your Majesty, His Majesty has given the order that you may not leave this place without his permission. I do not have the audacity to disobey His Majesty's decree."

The guard remained unmoved, his tone respectful but as soft as a ball of cotton.

"You dog of a servant! I am still the Empress! How dare you be so insolent before me!"

Nalan Yao rebuked in a deep voice, her face contorted. If looks could kill, the guards outside the barrier would have been dead a million times over.

"Please, Your Majesty, do not make things difficult for us subordinates."

The guard finished speaking respectfully and then stepped aside.

Nalan Yao paced back and forth in the courtyard.

She is now cut off from all contact with the outside world and can do nothing.

Could it be that Feng Chenlan knows some clues?

"Greetings, Your Majesty."

Outside the hall, the voices of guards could be heard.

Upon hearing this...

Nalan Yao turned her gaze over and saw Feng Chenlan, dressed in a bright yellow robe, walk in.

"His Majesty."

Nalan Yao stepped forward gracefully, looking completely different, with two teardrops still hanging from the corners of her eyes.

Although she is over thirty years old, she takes good care of herself.

Her skin was so delicate and smooth that it seemed to break at a touch; I felt a pang of pity for her.

Feng Chenlan pushed her away expressionlessly, "Is there something important that you need to leave so quickly, Empress?"

"What important matter could I possibly have to do?"

Nalan Yao's face stiffened, but she quickly realized the reason: "I only just found out that the child I have raised for so many years is not my biological child! I just want to see that child and ask her if she has suffered all these years."

Nalan Yao lowered her head with heartache: "It's all my fault as a mother that I've been separated from my child for so many years."

"Yeah?"

Feng Chenlan's gaze fell on Nalan Yao.

"Your Majesty, why do you refuse to believe me? I am also a victim! She... took over my body and gave birth to a child. Although the child was not born by me, it still came out of my womb. I... naturally I feel sorry for her."

Nalan Yao's tears fell in a steady stream, as if she had suffered a great injustice.

"Is that so? Do you think I'm a fool?" Feng Chenlan sneered. "That girl is lucky in a bad way. If you had raised her, who knows how warped she would have become."

"Your Majesty, what do you mean by that?" Nalan Yao raised her head in surprise, looking at Feng Chenlan in shock: "You, you knew all along... that Feng Wan wasn't..."

"good."

Feng Chenlan nodded.

He knew long ago that Feng Wan was not A Li's child, but he knew that if Nalan Yao discovered A Li's child, given Nalan Yao's personality, she would definitely not let that child live for long.

So it was never revealed, and Feng Wan... he had once thought of sending Feng Wan to another royal family to be raised.

But Feng Wan's personality has been spoiled and can't be straightened.

"No wonder... hahaha."

Nalan Yao suddenly understood something. No wonder Feng Chenlan wasn't close to Feng Wan; he had known all along!

Why don't you speak up? Why don't you expose me?

Feng Chenlan looked at her coldly.

Nalan Yao burst into laughter, then suddenly seemed to understand something: "I know, hahaha, because you don't want me to know she exists!!!"

"You've finally been smart for once."

"Why, why! It's the same face, but Long Li stole my body. I just wanted to live, to reclaim what was rightfully mine. Why can't any of you accept me?!" Nalan Yao collapsed to the ground, murmuring, "Why..."

"You know perfectly well what methods you used," Feng Chenlan said coldly. "Back then, it wasn't Long Li who wanted to seize your body, but you who sacrificed your own soul to summon A Li! You had already signed a sacrifice contract, and later, when you saw A Li achieve great success, you were unwilling to accept it and broke the contract! If that were the case, I could understand, but you shouldn't have joined forces with the sorcerers to destroy A Li's soul!"

"You, how did you know? Why would you..." Nalan Yao was filled with terror. How did Feng Chenlan know these things?

She never told anyone about it.

"If you had behaved yourself all these years, that would be one thing, but do you really think everything you've done is flawless?"

Feng Chenlan threw a stack of scrolls in front of her.

Nalan Yao picked up the scroll with trembling hands.

It contains all the evidence of her crimes over the years.

Each and every case is clearly listed.

"I am innocent! I am innocent!"

Nalan Yao rushed over and hugged Feng Chenlan's leg. "Your Majesty, we have been husband and wife for so many years, why won't you believe me even once? These are all slanders against me, Your Majesty, please don't believe them! Who... who is deliberately slandering me? Is it someone from the Nalan family?"

Nalan Yao suddenly thought of something and murmured, "It must be someone from the Nalan family. Your Majesty, you must not let any member of the Nalan family go. If it weren't for the Nalan family luring Long Li into the formation back then, I wouldn't have been able to get my body back!"

Even if it means death, she will drag the Nalan family down with her.

"Heh." Feng Chenlan let out a cold laugh: "You really are stubborn and incorrigible."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

After being thrown aside by Feng Chenlan, Nalan Yao fell to the ground. She quickly got up and tried to grab Feng Chenlan, but missed.

"I will not kill you." Feng Chenlan looked down at her.

"I knew Your Majesty still had feelings for me." How could there be no feelings between husband and wife after so many years?

Before Nalan Yao could even finish celebrating...

Feng Chenlan's words shattered her beautiful dream: "Because I hope that one day, A-Li can come back, and you should be glad."

"I'm glad I still have some use."

"No."

Nalan Yao collapsed to the ground, utterly shocked that Feng Chenlan hadn't killed her; she was only fantasizing that Long Li would return.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you can't treat me like this! Jun Liuyue is my child..."

"Liuyue is Ali's child, it has nothing to do with you."

Feng Chenlan said coldly, "You have absolutely no relation to Liuyue."

"No, she came out of my belly, how could she not be related to me, Your Majesty!"