"I know everything you did when you returned to the General's Mansion."

Li Xia shrugged disapprovingly, "Oh."

If he knows, he will know.

She didn't intend to hide it from him.

Just as Dongfang Xunyi said, as the emperor, the whole world belongs to him.

There will definitely be eyes and ears around him telling him what he does.

Dongfang Xunyi deliberately said it, obviously just to make conversation.

"oh?"

Dongfang Xunyi blinked.

They hadn't seen each other for several days, and she just responded to him with one word?

It’s a pity that I still miss her all the time.

Before Li Xia left, even though he was angry, he was still concerned about her safety and sent the Royal Guards to escort her back to the General's Mansion.

It seems that she doesn't remember his kindness at all.

"Okay, take a rest. I'll come to see you another day..."

"Your Majesty, please don't come to my place too often for a while. I am busy and I am afraid I cannot entertain you well enough." Li Xia said.

It's about time.

She had to act according to the plan and had no extra energy to focus on him.

Dongfang Xunyi was not angry when she interrupted him, but asked, "What do you want?"

Why didn't she just say it?

As the saying goes, there is strength in numbers. One more person means more strength.

It's always better for two people to think of a solution together than for her to think alone.

"It's a private matter, so I can't tell you. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

Li Xia said with her red lips moving.

Dongfang Xunyi frowned when he heard this.

However, he didn't want to disturb Li Xia's sleep, so he didn't say anything and climbed out the window again.

———

Autumn goes and winter comes.

Li Xia has been very sleepy since winter began.

I don’t know if it’s because winter is coming or because I’m pregnant.

Or both.

Every day she seemed to be unable to wake up. She slept wherever she walked, and was almost dozing off while standing.

Dongfang Xunyi has been busy looking for clues about Princess Hong these days. As Li Xia wished, he has not come to Cikang Palace for some time.

According to gossip.

At the moment when the truth was about to come to light, Dongfang Xunyi's confidant returned to the palace to report, and it only took this long to go back and forth.

Wait until he comes back.

Not only the woman from the circus, but the entire troupe went to the next place during that gap.

The confidant had finally collected the clues, but they were interrupted just like that.

The acrobatic troupe travels all over the country and has no fixed residence.

It's not easy to find them.

Since returning to the palace, Li Xia has been living in seclusion.

It is said that the civil and military officials, who had been quiet for some time, are becoming restless again.

Officials who have daughters at home all want to send their daughters to the harem to get a share of the pie.

Dongfang Xunyi was upset because of his mother's affairs.

He had waited so long for such an opportunity.

I didn't expect that it would be a false alarm in the end.

The Golden Throne Hall.

"Your Majesty, the mourning period for the late emperor has passed. Your Majesty can now proceed with the selection of concubines."

An official made a suggestion.

Dongfang Xunyi looked down at the civil and military officials with an expressionless face.

"Are you too idle, my dear ministers?" He raised his eyebrows. "I have already said that choosing a queen and taking concubines are my private affairs. You dear ministers have no intention of worrying about so much."

Are these people ever going to stop?

If you make him angry again, be careful that you might replace them all.

The news spread from the court to the harem.

“Squeak—”

Fuling pushed open Li Xia's door stealthily.

After entering the hall, she was still looking around, afraid that she had missed something.

"What's wrong?"

Li Xia asked.

Fuling lowered her voice and said, "Empress Dowager, the civil and military officials in the court are forcing the emperor to take a concubine again. Does your Majesty know about this?"

The day they returned to the palace.

She once saw the Emperor climbing up the Empress Dowager's window in the dark.

Fuling thought that the emperor should care about the empress.

But since that night.

She never saw the emperor come again.

I don’t know where the problem lies.

Fuling was afraid of upsetting Li Xia, so she kept many things on her mind and didn't dare to talk to her about them.

This is not the first or second time that civil and military officials have urged the emperor to take a concubine and establish a queen.

If she hadn't accidentally found out about the relationship between the Emperor and the Empress Dowager.

She probably won't pay attention to this.

"Fuling, this is not something you should care about."

Li Xia and Fuling said.

"But……"

"Okay, there's nothing to worry about. I told you a long time ago that you should just treat what happened that day as a dream and forget about it." Li Xia reminded.

The palace is different from other places.

It would do her no good to know too much.

Li Xia made this request out of consideration for Fuling and to protect him.

Fuling bit her lip, lowered her head and said nothing.

"Fuling, you must remember that you know nothing."

"I understand." Fuling nodded.

"Well, don't pay any more attention to the emperor's affairs."

Li Xia said.

The palace was filled with Dongfang Xunyi’s spies.

Once or twice is okay.

If Fuling does this often, he will definitely be discovered by his people.

She could easily put herself in danger.

"Yes, Queen Mother."

Fuling bowed.

Five days later.

"Host, do you really want to use that method?"

Li Xia discussed with the system and told it his plan.

The system asked.

"Yeah." Li Xia nodded and said, "For now, I can't think of a better way except this one."

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