"Fight the Emperor? Who said we have to fight the Emperor?" A vicious and cold smile appeared in Chen Ziyun's eyes: "In the past, we had to fight the Emperor and those little bastards in the palace, but now, as long as we guarantee one thing, we will never have to fight the Emperor again, but will instead stand with the Emperor against a common enemy!"

This time, it was Shang Dongyang's turn to be stunned.

He looked at Chen Ziyun as if she were a madwoman and said, "Mother, what exactly is this matter you're talking about? How much money do you need to bribe? I don't have a single penny of spare money!"

"As long as King Di Kanlong of Di Kingdom is still alive and well, as long as my son and I can see him safely," Empress Chen Ziyun said, her voice filled with barely suppressed excitement.

Shang Dongyang: "..."

There's a saying, "Mother, have you been unfaithful?" I'm not sure if I should ask that.

He was afraid that if he asked and was told "you are a bastard," his ambition to fight for the throne would truly be extinguished!

Unless Shang Xiche is an idiot.

Otherwise, he would never have passed the throne of the Great Zhao to this bastard with illegitimate blood!

"Your Highness, why are you looking at your mother like that?" Chen Ziyun felt a chill run down her spine from Shang Dongyang's overly sinister gaze and frowned, saying, "Shouldn't you immediately send someone to gather information?"

"Send people, but who?" Shang Dongyang's expression was cold and gloomy: "The entire army of the Ninth Prince is stationed in the suburbs of the capital. He has also tamed a group of ferocious beasts from somewhere. All those who went to investigate have never returned, including Father Emperor and Empress Dowager's people. Mother, don't you know about these things?"

Everyone around my son now is his last line of defense and his loyal servant.

Whom do you want your son to send to his death?

Just for you…

Shang Dongyang couldn't bring himself to ask those harsh questions. No matter what shameful things Chen Ziyun had done, she was still his biological mother!

“Your Highness, you don’t understand. The more we go at this time, the more it shows that we, mother and son, are truly devoted to each other. Di Kanlong is no ordinary person!”

"He was no ordinary man; he was a deposed king, a prisoner of the Ninth Prince!"

Shang Dongyang and Chen Ziyun faced off sharply, their slightly narrowed eyes squinting like those of jackals.

In Chen Ziyun's memory:

Shang Dongyang looks exactly like Di Kanlong when he was young!

Chen Ziyun stepped forward and took Shang Dongyang's hand, whispering close to him, "Your Highness, listen to what your mother says, Di Kanlong is definitely not a prisoner..."

At first, Shang Dongyang was a little impatient, but as Chen Ziyun described, his expression became more and more incredulous and shocked.

Unbeknownst to Chen Ziyun and Shang Dongyang, under the table next to them was someone who had been hiding in the palace for a long time.

She was Liu Yunzhao, the daughter of Consort Xiao, whom the Empress Dowager had ordered to be captured but had never found.

Liu Yunzhao had actually been hiding in Qiwu Palace for several months. Because the Empress and the Empress Dowager were at odds, although they had both placed spies in their respective palaces, they did not interact much on the surface.

Therefore, for Liu Yunzhao, hiding in Qiwu Palace was the safest option.

Moreover, the Empress's palace had the most complete and abundant supplies.

Qiwu Palace has many rules, and there are many places that people below cannot easily go.

As long as she avoids the scheduled inspections, she can live comfortably in Qiwu Palace.

The Empress woke up too early today and caught Liu Yunzhao, who came to steal breakfast, under the table. Liu Yunzhao had no choice but to eavesdrop on the Empress and the Crown Prince's conversation.