Although he was rich, he had to pay the half-year salary of hundreds of thousands of soldiers by himself. Although it was enough, he would probably be penniless after paying them all.

The soldiers on the border were well fed and refreshed, and they all felt energetic and refreshed, with a glow on their faces.

The enemy was fought against by cavalry that could defeat ten of them at once, and they were able to defeat the enemy with ease, leaving no trace of them wherever they went.

They quickly repelled the enemy, pursued the victory, recaptured the three lost cities and captured three enemy cities.

Our army won a great victory.

All the soldiers shouted: "We will follow the Regent until death!"

"I will follow the Regent until death!"

"I will follow the Regent until death!"

For a moment, the regent's cheers drowned out the emperor's.

In the capital.

The emperor looked at the urgent battle report sent from eight hundred miles away, his face turned pale and he was burning with anger.

"Alright, alright, what a great regent! Does he even have me in his eyes? Who gave him the permission to send troops to the border town? Why doesn't anyone just call me by my name?!"

Li Zhong knelt tremblingly on the ground: "Your Majesty, please be careful with your words. The Regent is now a hero in the eyes of the people. You must not spread these words."

"You should now commend the Regent, praise the Regent, and let the world know that Your Majesty can tolerate the Regent."

"How outrageous! I have shown mercy by not sentencing him to death." Looking at the memorials that were all about the regent, the emperor was so angry that his head hurt.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. The Regent is now well-known and the people support him. You must not attack him at this time."

The emperor slammed his hands on the table excitedly, his eyes sinister and fierce: "This is my kingdom, my kingdom!!"

The emperor's desire to get rid of the regent became even stronger, so he waved his sleeves and went to the concubine's palace.

He needs the support of the imperial concubine. He can no longer sit idly by and wait for death. He can't wait for the regent to stand before the throne before getting anxious.

No matter who comes this time, it will be useless. No one can stop the emperor from seeing the imperial concubine.

The emperor kicked the two beauties away and walked straight towards Xu Jinyi's palace.

But he never expected to see his concubine dining at the same table with the Regent.

The emperor was stunned for a moment, then flew into a rage and demanded, "What are you doing?"

The emperor looked as if he had been betrayed, with an expression of disbelief, shock and anger.

Xu Jinyi didn't expect the emperor to break in. Her palace was now full of Xiao Jing's people, so the emperor couldn't just break in whenever he wanted.

Raising her eyebrows and glancing at the man opposite her, Xu Jinyi realized that the man opposite her did it on purpose.

There was a hint of surprise in his eyes, but he was not panicked or angry.

"Your Majesty, didn't you see that? I'm hosting a banquet for the Regent to thank him for saving my life at Yuehu Lake."

An incredible answer flashed through his mind, and the emperor suddenly widened his eyes and pointed his index finger at Xu Jinyi: "You, you, you..."

Without waiting for the emperor to ask, Xu Jinyi directly admitted: "On the day the Regent was assassinated, I happened to be at Yuehu Lake and was almost accidentally injured by the assassin. Fortunately, the Regent saved me. Isn't it time to treat the Regent to a meal as a token of gratitude?"

The emperor was trembling all over as he thought of the spy's report. If a beautiful woman had not suddenly appeared that day, she would have definitely taken the regent's head.

It was because of the appearance of a woman in red that the Regent was forced to wait until reinforcements appeared.

All the plans were disrupted by a woman.

The emperor never expected that the woman was Xu Jinyi, his concubine.

"Why?!" The emperor couldn't believe it. Didn't the imperial concubine love him the most?

She was willing to do anything for him, why did she suddenly change her mind, why did she suddenly stand on the side of the Regent.

The emperor couldn't figure it out and he was in pain.

This discovery made him even angrier and more heartbroken than when Jiang Yan had questioned him harshly.

How could it be possible that the imperial concubine no longer loved him? She clearly loved him with all her heart.

The imperial concubine used to be filled with love for him, but now she is only indifferent to him.

There was no longer a trace of love in those eyes. The emperor was panicked. When did he lose his concubine?

If the imperial concubine sides with the regent, what else does he have?

Such was the panic that the emperor could hardly stand.

Xu Jinyi put down her chopsticks and looked at the emperor with her almond-shaped eyes calmly: "Your Majesty, what did you do to me? Do you want me to tell you clearly?"

The emperor's eyes widened, his body trembling: "You, you——!"

What he was most worried about happened, the imperial concubine knew about it!

She knows!

Looking at Xiao Jing, the emperor pointed at him and glared at him: "It's you, you are trying to sow discord between me and the imperial concubine?!"

"My beloved, listen to me, it's all fake. I am sincere to you!" The emperor was anxious. Xu Jinyi's cold eyes really hurt him.

He clearly didn't love the imperial concubine before, but now that the imperial concubine looked at him so coldly, he felt a surge of bitterness and pain in his heart.

He felt very sad, because he was not completely indifferent to the imperial concubine.

Now that the imperial concubine no longer loves him, he feels like he has lost the most important thing in his heart.

Xu Jinyi frowned, feeling disgusted by the emperor's expression. "No one knows better than me what is true and what is false."

"Since Your Majesty can do it on the first day, I can naturally do it on the fifteenth."

Xu Jinyi looked at Xiao Jing with a loving smile, she was beautiful and charming, and the ambiguous atmosphere between the two of them made the emperor stunned.

Xu Jinyi acted as if he didn't exist, and took a handkerchief to wipe the corners of Xiao Jing's mouth with her own hands.

The two of them were like an ordinary couple, their movements were skillful and there was no sense of unfamiliarity at all.

The emperor was stunned!

Looking at the two holding hands, the emperor flew into a rage and roared in frustration: "Separate, separate!"

"She is my concubine, my woman!"

Xiao Jing held Xu Jinyi's hand tightly: "Your Majesty, if you don't know how to cherish, there will be someone who will. Anyway, you have many women in your harem, and you don't need Yi'er. Just give her to me."

The emperor's eyes turned red with anger, he was breathing poorly, and his heart felt like it was being torn apart.

It was as if the Regent had taken away his most beloved woman.

This look is simply hilarious!

The emperor was already in poor health, and with this anger, he fell backwards.

Xu Jinyi watched coldly, without any concern at all.

Instead, he looked at the person next to him with a half-smile.

Xiao Jing had a frank look on his face. If it weren't for his red ears betraying him, Xu Jinyi would have mistakenly thought that she had guessed wrong.

“Ahem—”

Xiao Jing cleared his throat: "Well, I really didn't know the emperor would come here at this time."

Xu Jinyi folded her arms, nodded seriously, and still stared at him.

Xiao Jing touched his nose: "Are you angry? I didn't let him know on purpose. I just thought it wouldn't matter if he found out one day, so I just let it go."

Seeing that he was telling the truth, Xu Jinyi let him go, lay on the beauty couch, reached out to take the grapes and started eating.

"It's time to let him know. After all, it's time to close the net, and our child needs a legitimate identity."