The person who reported back lowered his head more and more as he spoke further.

The Empress's actions were not something they, the servants, could question. However, they were servants of the Crown Prince and could not refuse to report.

Crown Prince Li Jingchen thought to himself that he was in trouble. His good friend and the fifth prince were not in Yuan'an. How come he didn't remember that his cousin's biggest backer was still there!

He could only put down what he was doing and immediately go to Kunyun Palace with his two personal servants.

Li Jingchen was mainly worried that if Xie Zixin's child was not saved at the gate of his mother's palace, she would cause trouble.

It had only been a short time since he was officially crowned the Crown Prince. It was the time for him to seriously follow his father's lead in learning his duties and making political achievements. He had no time to coax the women in the backyard.

Crown Prince Li Jingchen felt that if there was a child who could tie down Xie Zixin, he would be able to temporarily free up his hands to deal with the affairs of the previous dynasty.

There was still some distance from the Imperial Study to the Queen's Kunyun Palace. When the Second Prince arrived with his men, Xie Zixin was already on the verge of fainting.

Of course, the queen also knew the situation. It can be said that the queen just didn't want this troublemaker to have a child.

Xie Zixin was acting like a spoiled brat even before she gave birth to a son. If she really gave birth to a son, the queen would be even more worried about his harem.

Especially the three concubines who became pregnant after Xie Zixin, one had a miscarriage due to a fall, and one had an unstable fetal heart rate. If it weren't for Xie Zixin's handiwork, the queen felt that she had lived in vain all these years.

The queen also guessed that Xie Zixin was a little special to her son and the emperor. In the queen's view, such a woman should not have children.

Especially since Xie Zixin hated the lineage of Marquis Cheng'en, the queen was even more unwilling to give Xie Zixin this opportunity.

As soon as Crown Prince Li Jingchen arrived, Xie Zixin pretended to fall to the Crown Prince's side. Xie Zixin relied on her pregnancy and felt that His Highness would definitely not help her.

The prince did help Xie Zixin, but he only helped her kneel straight. It was not the kind of support in his arms that Xie Zixin imagined.

Xie Zixin looked at the prince in disbelief, "Your Highness, I..."

Xie Zixin only said these words pitifully, but the movement of her hand touching her belly was so obvious.

Crown Prince Li Jingchen had no intention of getting angry at this time. After all, getting angry in front of his mother's palace would only add to the jokes in the harem.

"Okay, kneel straight. Let me go in and take a look!" After the prince said this, he went in alone without even taking the servants with him.

Although the prince walked with big steps, his demeanor was still correct and did not give people a sense of panic.

The queen had been waiting for her good son in the main hall. When she saw Li Jingchen coming in alone, she couldn't help but feel a little satisfied.

"Your son pays his respects to the Queen Mother! Are you in a good mood now?" The prince smiled and paid his respects. Without waiting for the Queen Mother to call him, he went straight up to pour tea for her.

The Queen was not embarrassed at all and smiled. "Not bad! It's just dealing with a Crown Prince's concubine. I've been through a lot over the years."

The Queen didn't take the matter to heart. After all, she was her son's mother, her eldest brother was capable, and she didn't care about power. She wouldn't ask her son for much in the future.

This person, once she has enough confidence and nothing to ask for, then she is not afraid of anything. It just so happens that the Queen thinks she will be this kind of person in the future.

The prince knew that his mother had never liked Xie Zixin, and Xie Zixin had always shown that she was determined to deal with her cousin. It was within the prince's expectations that his mother would deal with her.

The prince could only comfort his mother first, "Xin'er has made me unhappy, and I have to teach her a lesson. Please don't get angry with yourself."

"Then there's no need to worry, my son. I will never make things difficult for myself." Although the queen did not object to her son's attentions, she would not allow one of her son's concubines to dare to jump around Yue'er.

The Queen had no intention of giving her son a way out. Didn't Xie Zixin want to frame Yue'er for this son? Anyway, it was all framed on the lineage of Marquis Cheng'en, so it would be the same if she, the Queen, took over.

For the Queen, Xie Zixin's hatred for the lineage of Marquis Cheng'en was no different from her hatred for her.

Seeing that his mother would not step down from the ladder he offered, the prince could only solemnly say, "Mother, Xie Zixin's child is of great use to me. Please spare her this time. I will educate her well."

Upon hearing this, the Queen turned around and stared at Li Jingchen. Just when Li Jingchen was about to feel guilty, the Queen suddenly relented, "I will give the Crown Prince a favor."

After the Queen finished speaking to Li Jingchen, she ordered the senior palace maid beside her, "Go and tell Xie Liangdi to go back to the Eastern Palace! I'll give her a warning. If she tries to make trouble for the Princess of Fu'an again, don't blame me for being rude.

"I'm not dead yet! It's not her turn as a mere concubine to rule the palace. You don't need to come to pay your respects to me anymore. I don't want to see her."

The senior palace maid next to her immediately agreed and went out to give orders, fearing that she would delay the Empress's business.

Prince Li Jingchen, who was standing nearby, saw that his mother was really angry, so he could only stand aside in disappointment, not daring to offend her at all.

The queen waited for the maid to go out and give the order, then she looked at Li Jingchen and said calmly, "Kneel down!"

Li Jingchen knelt down beside him without thinking.

The queen looked at her son's agile appearance, and her anger not only did not decrease, but increased.

Crown Prince Li Jingchen thought that Xie Zixin had said something else that had angered his mother, so he quickly assured her, "Mother, I will take good care of Xie Zixin and will not let her anger you again."

The queen saw that her son didn't grasp the point, so she became even angrier. "Have your cousin and your uncle ever treated you unfairly over the years? Since you were little, you've always turned to your cousin when you were short of money. Even when you didn't have the right things to socialize with, you'd always turn to your cousin.

Your uncle is doing his job with all his heart, so have they ever been unkind to you?"

Li Jingchen didn't dare to respond to this. If he dared to say anything, his position as the crown prince would be over. "Whatever Queen Mother said, they are still my son's relatives. How can there be any right or wrong in where relatives live?"

"Then what's the matter with this concubine of yours? When she was flirting with you, she saw Yue'er as a thorn in her side. Now that Yue'er is married and has children, what's the meaning of her still holding on to her?

Could it be that the glory you will receive in the future will not only fail to benefit your mother clan, but will only benefit your true love?"

The queen became angrier and angrier as she spoke. She and her elder brother had made great efforts to help her son take the position so smoothly, but any concubine in his backyard dared to jump out and let a prince's wife come to the palace to pay homage.

Are you trying to humiliate the Cheng'en Marquisate? The Queen asked, then immediately threw the teacup in her hand.