Ashina Xue alone can't cause any trouble at all.
As for the "chance encounter" at Yongshou Palace, well, Helian Jue wouldn't give the other party a chance at all.
He's too busy with state affairs every day, how could he have time to go to Yongshou Palace to play the role of a filial son?
Besides, hadn't he already "filially" sent his adoptive mother's niece to keep her company?
You can't ask for too much from a person!
Empress Dowager Ashina: ...Have you heard this? Have people said it?
I knew they weren't my biological children; they just can't be truly tame!
Helian Jue's "filial impiety" and cold-heartedness completely extinguished the last bit of soft-heartedness in Empress Dowager Ashina's heart.
"Let's get started!"
"The grand court assembly on New Year's Day, the empress's investiture ceremony—what a wonderful day!"
"As an elder, I must give my son and daughter-in-law a generous gift!"
In Yongshou Palace, Empress Dowager Ashina sat cross-legged, gazing in the direction of Jiaofang Palace, a bloodthirsty cruelty flashing in her eyes.
Ashina Xue's frequent visits to the palace naturally aroused Xie Yuan's suspicion.
Every time the other party entered or left the palace, they would be subjected to the strictest checks.
However, no evidence was found that Ashina Xue was carrying anything.
Xie Yuan still dared not relax, as her child and husband were both in the palace.
There is no room for the slightest slack.
Finally, the New Year arrived.
At dawn, before daybreak, Xie Yuan got up to dress and groom himself.
At the chosen auspicious time, Prime Minister Wang Yu served as the chief envoy, and the Minister of Rites served as the deputy envoy. They went to the Temple of Heaven and the Fengxian Hall to read out the imperial edict appointing the empress.
Xie Yuan followed the procedures strictly, waiting for the chief envoy and deputy envoy to come and greet him with the imperial edict.
Xie Yuan, dressed in a formal suit, had just left Jiaofang Palace when something happened in the East Side Hall.
"No, this is terrible! His Highness and the Third Princess have fevers!"
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