Mo Yan didn't hold back and continued hitting him.

"You dare to call anyone 'mother'? You deserve a beating."

Mo Yan hit him until he screamed.

After hitting him for a while, he threw him to Jingyin, saying, "Jingyin, take him back to the East Palace for me."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Jingyin took the prince away, coaxing him as she went.

"Don't try to coax me. When I was his age, I had already started learning martial arts. I wouldn't be crying like that now. Stop it right now, or I'll hit you again."

The prince's eyes were brimming with tears. He sniffed hard, wanting to cry but daring not to.

As for Yuan Ling, he acted as if he didn't even glance at her; his eyes were only fixed on Mo Yan's decisive and efficient demeanor.

Mo Yan walked over to Ning Yixuan, who was being beaten with a paddle. Ning Yixuan glared at Mo Yan, her eyes filled with hatred, and she could only mumble incoherently.

"Do you feel like it has nothing to do with you?"

Ning Yixuan nodded vigorously. It was because the Empress herself didn't know how to be a mother that Yuan Feng called her "Mother." Why should she hit her?

"Since he calls you 'mother,' it's your fault. I am his only mother. If you stopped him the first time he called you that, would he call you that a second time?"

So don't tell me you're innocent. The word "innocence" doesn't exist for me. While I'm playing mind games, you're still playing in the mud.

The original owner is 33 this year, while Ning Yixuan is only 16. At 13, she can participate in the imperial concubine selection. Ning Yixuan's predecessor entered the palace at the age of 13. So, the emperor is really a scoundrel. He was already preparing to harm 13-year-old girls.

Ning Yixuan's little tricks were nothing to her.

“Mo Yan, I…” Yuan Ling subconsciously used the title “I” instead of “I, the Emperor”.

"Your Majesty, as Empress, shouldn't I have the right to manage the inner palace? Is Your Majesty perhaps trying to plead for Ning Yixuan, or perhaps trying to humiliate me?"

Mo Yan really has the confidence to challenge Yuan Ling.

Back then, Mo Yan single-handedly led an army of 200,000 to stabilize the front lines. She was bestowed the title of Protector of the Nation Princess by the late emperor and later became the Crown Princess. The world was proclaimed that the Crown Princess was virtuous and kind, a model for women.

In other words, unless Mo Yan dies, no one can touch her position as empress; otherwise, the people of the world will not stand up for her, nor will the deceased emperor.

However, in Mo Yan's view, this old emperor was actually using Mo Yan as a knife to hone Yuan Ling, leaving a thorn in her heart.

Otherwise, how could he have elevated Mo Yan to such a high position that the world only knew her as the Crown Princess and not the Crown Prince?

It was around that time that the original owner and Yuan Ling began to drift further and further apart. In a man's heart, vows of eternal love cannot withstand the grandeur of this prosperous world.

But women treat love as everything; I can overcome any obstacle for you, and I can risk everything for you.

I could give up the world, but I'm willing to stay behind you.

However, Yuan Ling ultimately failed that passionate woman, and from then on, there was no more empress in the world.

"How could that be? I trust the Empress completely in managing the harem. Ning Yixuan has committed an act of insubordination, actually taking the Empress's food and passing it off as her own. She deserves to be punished."

"Mo Yan, can we have a proper talk?"

Countless times, he wanted to go to her, but she turned him away.

"Your Majesty, please give me your orders, and I will certainly consider them." As for whether I will comply, that is another matter.

"I wanted to talk about the concubines..."

"Your Majesty, I also feel that there are too few young ladies in the palace. Now is the three-year selection period, which is a good time to hold a grand selection. However, I believe that only those who are 16 years of age or older and are not engaged should be selected."