Upon hearing this answer, the emperor's pupils contracted slightly, his face filled with shock and anger: "Impossible! There must be a mistake! How could this be!"

The secret guards knew why the emperor was so unwilling to accept it: Lord Donglin was the empress's confidant. On the surface, he was no different from other ministers, but in reality, he only obeyed the empress's orders.

His Highness the Crown Prince is the Empress's child. How could the Empress possibly harm her own child? But that is the truth.

This is the matter that the Empress instructed Lord Donglin to do; it's all the work the Empress arranged. The secret guard didn't directly mention the Empress because he knew that doing so would have a greater impact on His Majesty.

Knowing the secret police's findings were true, the emperor slumped into his chair, waiting for the empress's change in attitude towards Wan Ge over this period of time...

"Alright, I understand. You may leave now." The emperor rubbed his head, still finding it hard to believe.

…

Meanwhile, back at the East Palace, Wan Ge glanced at the bouquet of flowers beside her and immediately summoned the palace maid who usually worked there: "Send that bouquet of Moonbeams to Her Majesty the Empress."

"Yes." The palace maid immediately picked up the bouquet of flowers beside her.

The flower called Moonbeam isn't white; it has a faint blue tint. This flower typically grows high in the mountains, and when moonlight shines down, it seems to glow.

However, this flower also exists in the hunting grounds, only further away from the imperial camp.

"My lord, do you know that the Empress... Do you know what the Empress did to you? And you even sent her flowers."

"I know." Wan Ge's tone was more indifferent. In fact, Wan Ge had already guessed this when she encountered the abnormal wolf pack.

If it weren't for Feng Su and if it weren't for herself, the original owner would have undoubtedly died. She just didn't understand why, in the original story, even though the Empress favored Nan Wanchen, she wouldn't be so cruel to her own daughter. Why was she being so cruel now?

"Then why... did you send her flowers?" Ruan Ruan didn't understand.

Wan Ge answered directly, "She wanted these flowers. If she hadn't wanted them, I wouldn't have gone so far. I think she'll understand what I mean when she sees the flowers."

Upon hearing this, Ruan Ruan suddenly understood. "So that's what the master meant." "I understand, sir."

…

Sure enough, in the Empress's palace on the other side, her expression changed slightly when she saw the flowers delivered by the palace maid.

The nanny beside the Empress immediately said, "Your Highness is truly filial; he still remembers that Her Majesty likes the Moonflower."

This nanny only came to serve the Empress after Wan Ge was born and became the Crown Prince, and she had no idea about Wan Ge's gender.

Sometimes I just feel that the Empress's feelings for the Crown Prince are a little ambiguous.

The Empress did not speak, but her face was a little pale. She felt uneasy, wondering if Wan Ge was telling her that she knew everything when she gave her the flowers, or if she simply thought Wan Ge liked them.

She felt the former was more likely; otherwise, why would he go out of his way to pick flowers for her when they were all coming back?

Just then, a eunuch's voice came from outside: "Greetings, Your Majesty."

A moment later, the emperor walked in and ordered everyone to leave.

The nanny and palace maids didn't think much of it, because His Majesty often acted this way. They even thought that His Majesty truly loved the Empress and always liked to be alone with her.

That was indeed the case before; the emperor would deliberately send them away so he could spend time alone with his wife. But this time was different.