Ru Hua entered the hall, holding a letter in his hands and with a solemn expression.
Xu Lejin stopped, her gaze falling on the letter, and said in a deep voice, "Ruhua, who sent this letter?"
"Your Highness, it was your father, Master Xu Lu, who sent him to the palace."
Ru Hua lowered her head and replied softly.
Xu Lejin's face darkened. She took the letter from Ru Hua's hand, opened it, and quickly read its contents. The more she read, the more gloomy her expression became.
Clutching the letter tightly, Xu Lejin sneered, "Very well, what a fine father I am, actually having such a wild idea of me vying for the Empress's position..."
"My lord?"
Yingchun looked bewildered and puzzled as she gazed at Xu Lejin.
Taking a deep breath, Xu Lejin spoke coldly, "My father mentioned in his letter that I am pregnant with twins. If it is a boy and a girl, they will be auspicious dragon and phoenix offspring, and he wants me to compete for the position of empress."
“My father also said that he would create an aura for me outside the palace and tell the outside world that I was carrying a dragon child, which was an auspicious sign for the royal family.”
Yingchun, Zhishu, and the others were stunned by what they heard.
Xu Lejin was also very angry. She slammed the letter in her hand on the table with a 'bang'. She was panting heavily from anger and said, "Father is confused. He thinks that I am pregnant with twins, which means that I am auspicious twins of dragon and phoenix."
“I am just a bondservant woman selected from the Imperial Household Department to enter the palace. I come from a humble background. What virtue or ability do I have to aspire to the position of Empress? Father is simply delusional.”
Yingchun and Zhishu lowered their heads, their hearts filled with fear and unease!
Xu Lejin pondered for a moment.
"Yingchun and Zhishu, help me to the Qianqing Palace. I want to personally plead guilty to the Emperor and beg for the Xu family's forgiveness..."
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