After a while, Rong Mo's voice finally came from outside: "Your Majesty, Lord Bi has arrived."
"I understand. Tell him to wait for me in the study." Bi Linglong then got up, tidied her clothes and hair, and left with a somber expression.
"Greetings, Your Majesty." Biqi, who had just picked up a teacup in the study, hurriedly stood up and bowed when she saw her enter.
Although the other party was his own daughter, there were so many people in the palace, and he couldn't break the rules and etiquette.
Bi Linglong waved her hand, signaling the others to step back, before coldly looking at him: "Did you all target the Regent Prince last night as well?"
Instead of answering her question, Bichi asked, "Is there really something between you and the Regent?"
Bi Linglong's face flushed, but her expression remained unchanged: "No, you haven't answered my question yet."
She was too embarrassed to tell even her own father about her relationship with Zuan.
Biqi stared at her suspiciously for a long time: "It's best if you don't. After all, you are the mother of a nation. You shouldn't do anything that would make you a laughingstock."
“I don’t need your instruction,” Bi Linglong coldly interrupted him. “On the contrary, why would the Emperor say such a thing?”
"I don't know about that, I'll look into it," Biqi replied.
"And what about the Regent? Was your operation yesterday aimed at him?" Bi Linglong stared into his eyes.
Bi Qi laughed and said, "Our target is of course the Liu family, not the Regent."
"Is that so?" Bi Linglong frowned, somewhat suspicious.
"Of course, your father isn't that confused. You don't need to overthink it. Yesterday we eliminated the Liu family. From now on, you'll be in charge in the palace. There will be no Empress Dowager interfering anymore. Outside, our Bi family will replace the Liu family and become the most powerful family in the world. You should be happy." Bi Qi was indeed in a good mood at this moment. After planning for a long time, he achieved a complete victory with his first move.
“But I can’t be happy,” Bi Linglong said coldly. “There won’t be a next time for this. Otherwise, don’t blame me for not showing any kinship.”
Biqi nodded: "Of course, we've already won, so there's no need for a next time."
Although he said this, a shadow of gloom flashed deep in his eyes.
Bi Linglong suddenly spoke up: "That King of Wu is ambitious and we must be wary of him. We must not spend all our time only to end up doing all the work for someone else."
Strictly speaking, Biqi's plan did not have much impact on her interests, and it also eliminated the annoying Empress Dowager.
But if the King of Wu were to do something, it would be a world-shaking event, and then she would no longer have the right to be the empress.
"Don't worry, I was just using him to deal with the Liu family. Let him be smug for a while, and then I'll deal with him slowly." Bi Qi looked inscrutable.
Bi Linglong sneered, "I hope you really have a plan, or you'll mess things up."
On the other side, at the Sang residence, Aunt Mu and Sang Qian had been on tenterhooks until they saw Sang Hong return safely, at which point they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"What exactly happened last night?" Sang Qian and Zheng Dan couldn't help but ask for information.
“It must be that Bi Qi, together with the royal family members who were dissatisfied with the Liu family, as well as the vassal king Wu, launched a conspiracy to deal with the Liu family. The Liu family is completely finished.” Sang Hong thought of the Empress Dowager at home and couldn’t help but say, “Now the court has determined that it was the Empress Dowager who colluded with the Liu family to attempt a rebellion, so she can no longer be the Empress Dowager. Keeping her in our hands is really a hot potato. In my opinion, it would be better to get rid of her secretly.”
The three Liu brothers were all beheaded, their trusted followers were either dead or captured, and only a very few managed to escape. They were no match for the Empress Dowager. Even if the Empress Dowager regained her full strength, she would be powerless to reverse the situation. Keeping them alive would only bring endless risks.
Sang Qian immediately shook her head and refused: "No, putting aside the fact that the Empress Dowager and the Liu family were innocent this time, we can't ignore the relationship between her and... her and Brother Zu."
Even after a night of digestion, the thought of her elder brother Zu having an affair with the Empress Dowager still shocked her.
Seeing his daughter's resolute determination to protect her lover, Sang Hong felt a pang of annoyance. After thinking for a moment, he couldn't help but say, "There's something I think I need to tell you..."
He then recounted the incident in court where the emperor accused Zu'an of seducing and bullying the empress.
After listening, Sang Qian was like, "???"
Zheng Dan: "???"
The two women were stunned on the spot.
After class, Sang Qian finally came to her senses: "Could it be that someone is spreading rumors and slandering me before the Emperor, trying to harm Brother Zu?"
She had met the Empress once. When the Empress was the Crown Princess, she was the idol of countless women in the capital. Not only was she a genius in cultivation, but her every word and action was a model of a noble lady. Basically, every family used her as an example to educate their daughters.
It's hard to imagine that such a perfect woman would do something so immoral.
Wait, what if the target is Brother Zu...?
Sang Hong looked at his daughter with sympathy. His daughter had always been smart, so how could she have become so love-struck after getting involved in the Zu'an incident?
After hesitating for a moment, he still said in a more tactful way: "It is indeed possible, but now that I think about it, the Empress is young and the A-Zu is handsome and dashing. Not to mention compared with that foolish emperor, even compared with those geniuses of the same age... no, no one can compare with him."
"It's one thing that Azu is not only highly skilled and handsome, but he's also very good at winning over girls..." At this point, Sang Hong couldn't help but glance at Sang Qian and Zheng Dan, making both of them blush.
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