"Your Majesty, should I go to the Regent's residence to see the Regent?"

"No need, it's fine to just think about it now. It's good that everything is peaceful now." She didn't want to bother the child, after all, the child had already suffered enough.

"By the way, where is the Prince of Zhenbei?" Jin'er's legs are injured, hasn't the Prince of Zhenbei gone to see him? And he's supposed to be Jin'er's biological father.

"It seems that the Prince of Zhenbei is in his fiefdom, but his whereabouts are uncertain."

After thinking for a moment, the Empress Dowager Yixuan said, "If he doesn't care about this child, then let him be adopted by me."

Palace maid: "..."

Are you trying to steal someone else's child? But the Regent is almost twenty-six years old; whether he even acknowledges you is questionable...

...

"Your Majesty, a palace maid requests an audience."

Murong Jin put down the book. "A palace maid?"

After thinking for a moment, she asked, "The Chengyi Palace?"

Yi Er nodded, "Yes."

Murong Jin smiled and said, "Let her in."

"Yes, Master."

"This servant greets Your Highness."

Murong Jin looked at that face and said, "Aunt Cui'er, it's been a long time."

Upon hearing this, the palace maid looked up at the imposing man, her eyes slightly red, "This servant came here today..."

"I know. I'll go to the palace in a few days and let her rest well."

"Yes, ma'am."

Cui'er was surprised that the Regent still remembered them, and felt a warmth in her heart.

...

"Master, that palace maid?"

Murong Jin: "The head maid of Chengyi Palace, prepare some gifts to visit Consort Yixuan in a few days."

Yi Er: "Yes."

What is the relationship between Consort Yixuan and the emperor? How come they don't know?

Murong Jin wrote a letter, a smile playing on her lips.

At the age of twelve, when she met Consort Yixuan and was dressed up as a girl, she knew exactly what she wanted: a man's body for power and status, and a woman's body for wealth and honor...

She has everything now, and it was all thanks to Consort Yixuan that she and that child were able to meet.

Perhaps we could ask her if she knows anything about the little boy who was bullied...

However, Consort Yixuan disliked getting involved in the sordid affairs of the inner palace and basically stayed indoors all the time.

They probably don't know either.

...

"Oh? After the Empress Dowager Yixuan's maid left the palace, she went to see the Regent?"

Ankesen: "Yes, but the Regent let her in. The palace maid stayed in the Regent's mansion for half an hour before coming out."

Emperor Junlan: "Half an hour."

Those who can stay in the Regent's Palace for so long must be people that Murong Jin knows or people he cares about.

Ankesen: "The head palace maid, Cui'er, is thirty-four years old."

Could it be that the Regent likes that palace maid?! Just like His Majesty, does he prefer older women?!

A few days later, Murong Jin entered the palace. When Emperor Junlan found out, he went to Kechengyi Palace immediately.

"The Regent".

Murong Jin looked at the middle-aged woman and said, "Your Highness, it's been a long time."

Yi Xuan's face showed some emotion. "Why has the Regent suddenly come here?"

"I came to see you and brought you some of your favorite pastries."

Yi Xuan looked at him and said, "What a good boy."

It must be that Cui'er acted on her own again.

"Will this bother you?"

Murong Jin shook his head, "No, after all, I have always acted uprightly and honestly."

Yi Xuan looked at the wheelchair he was sitting in and said, "You must take good care of yourself from now on."

Murong Jin: "Okay."

"His Majesty has arrived!!!" Eunuch Zhao's voice came from outside, and Murong Jin and Yi Xuan both looked over.

"I have arrived at a very opportune time."

Murong Jin: "Greetings, Your Majesty."

Consort Yixuan looked at him and asked, "Why has Your Majesty come here?"

Emperor Junlan sat down beside her and said, "I've come to see the Empress Dowager and also to meet the Regent. After all, the Regent has refused to see me at his residence several times."

Yi Xuan's face showed shock, then she looked at Murong Jin, who wouldn't let the emperor in?

This kid isn't afraid of His Majesty targeting him.

Murong Jin raised an eyebrow slightly. "I've heard that Your Majesty is looking for someone recently. Should I arrange for someone to assist Your Majesty?"

"There's no need to trouble the Regent. I've recently heard that the Regent is looking for people. Would you like me to arrange some manpower for you?"

Yi Xuan looked at them, took a sip of the tea beside her, and thought the two of them seemed to be at odds.

"Your Majesty, may I ask what characteristics the person you are looking for has? Perhaps I can still remember some things from their time in the harem."

Emperor Junlan: "I will speak with the Empress Dowager later." He then looked at Murong Jin, "Where is the Regent?"

Murong Jin's gaze fell on the teacup, her voice languid: "I met Consort Yixuan a few years ago, and I had some free time this time, so I came to visit her."

"I see."

Emperor Junlan believed him. After they finished their meal together, Murong Jin left first, and Emperor Junlan looked at Consort Yixuan.

Yi Xuan was just that straightforward by nature: "Your Majesty, please ask whatever you wish to ask."

Emperor Junlan looked at her and said, "Thirteen years ago, a girl in the palace saved me. At that time, I was being bullied by the servants. I believe the Dowager Consort also knows something about it, after all, my mother is not favored."

Yi Xuan naturally knew that she had helped Di Junlan after they met, which is why she is still alive.

"Are you asking about the girl's background, or are you trying to find out more about her?"

"I would like to ask, who is wearing a light blue dress with butterfly patterns and pale yellow pleats on the cuffs..."

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