"Your Majesty, Miss Sun has obtained all the keys to the Sun family's storehouses and has intimidated the Sun family members. Lord Sun has also agreed to let her take charge of the household. We haven't found Ma Shi, but this servant discovered that the Fourth Prince's men have found Ma Shi." The dark figure's tone was icy, as if he were not alive. Even when he mentioned the Fourth Prince, his tone remained completely unchanged.
Upon hearing this, Emperor Mingde raised his head, put down his vermilion brush, and said, “If the Empress had such abilities, why would I have confined her to Fengqi Palace?” He uttered a seemingly inexplicable statement.
The man in black remained silent, kneeling quietly as if he hadn't heard anything.
"Leave the news to Ah Jun; she has never let me down."
"Yes!" The man in black bowed and withdrew, leaving Emperor Mingde alone in the hall to ponder. It was already summer, and the double-skin milk pudding that the imperial kitchen had just made was still on the jade table, white and tender, extremely endearing.
He walked over, picked up a spoon, took a spoonful, and repeated what he had just said, "She has never disappointed me."
Inside the Phoenix Palace, the Empress was personally using a sticky rod to catch cicadas, with the Crown Prince helping her. He always did things personally for the Empress.
"Yi'er hasn't attended court for quite some time," the Empress said with some concern.
The Crown Prince chuckled, his hands still moving, "Does Mother wish for me to attend court?"
"Your Majesty does not know." After she finished speaking, she sat down and took a sip of the soup to relieve the summer heat. "Even if you don't go to court, you should visit your nineteenth uncle often. Mr. Luo is now living in the Yong Prince's Mansion. You should ask Mr. Luo for more advice."
"Your subject obeys." The Crown Prince gestured for Lu Fushou to continue catching cicadas with the stick, while he took his leave of Fengqi Palace. Now that the Empress has been living in seclusion in Fengqi Palace for many years and has not managed the six palaces, the concubines no longer even bother with formalities.
Therefore, Fengqi Palace was deserted.
"Your Highness, the Fourth Prince has gone to the Sun family," Xiao Fuzi reported in a low voice.
"Ah Jun is my younger sister. I said I would be her protector. Let's go." He tilted his head back and exhaled a breath of stale air, concealing the coldness in his eyes, and strode away from Phoenix Palace.
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