Sure enough, before Lu Yanluo reached Fenghua Palace, she met Concubine Xian on the side of the road.

When enemies meet, their eyes turn red. When Concubine Xian saw Lu Yanluo, her face suddenly turned ugly. She said in a sarcasm, "Hey! Who am I thinking? Isn't this the glorious Princess Ye? Why are you so interested in hanging out here?"

Lu Yanluo sneered, her eyes full of arrogance: "My prince may become the most distinguished person in this imperial city in the future. I have nothing to do, so why not come and take a look?"

Concubine Xian was furious: "Are you so confident? Aren't you afraid that the wind will blow your tongue away? Who do you think you are? Who is Chu Xuan? You are an unpopular prince, and you dare to speak so arrogantly here!"

"That's just nonsense. After all, my prince is still a healthy man with a son and a daughter, unlike the prince of Liang...ah, look at me, I'm talking too much, please don't blame me, Your Majesty."

"You!" Concubine Xian was so angry at Lu Yanluo's nonchalant attitude that she lost her mind. What she didn't want to hear the most was someone saying that her son couldn't have children! How could she bear this!

Concubine Xian reached out and grabbed Lu Yanluo, cursing fiercely: "Lu Yanluo, what are you so proud of! Even if my son can't have an heir, so what! I can still let him ascend the throne. I tell you, this throne will belong to Chu Han sooner or later, and no one can snatch it from him! Whoever tries to snatch it, I will kill him!"

Inside the bedroom, the emperor drank medicine while listening to what the people below were saying, his expression ambiguous.

"Did Concubine Xian really say that?"

"Your Majesty, that's exactly what she said. She also said that she would kill anyone who dared to compete with King Liang." The secret guard reported carefully.

The emperor casually threw down the handkerchief he used to wipe his mouth, his eyes turned cold, and he asked people to leave.

At dinner, Concubine Xian brought a bowl of chicken soup and came to visit the emperor again.

The emperor remained expressionless, drinking his soup while casually asking, "How has Chu Han been these days?"

Concubine Xian thought that the emperor was concerned about Chu Han, so she took the opportunity to improve Chu Han's favor.

"Han'er has been doing very well recently, working hard on his duties, saying that he wants to share his father's worries! Your Majesty, you don't know that this child is very sensible now."

The emperor laughed sarcastically: "Really? You want to share my worries? I'm afraid you are coveting the throne under me! You want me to die early so that he can take the throne soon!"

Concubine Xian suddenly knelt on the ground in panic. Although she thought so, she was somewhat horrified to have her thoughts suddenly exposed by the emperor.

"Your Majesty, calm down! How could Han'er think this way? You really misunderstood."

The emperor snorted coldly: "A man who is destined to have no offspring still dreams of becoming emperor. Do you really think I have lost my mind? What wishful thinking!"

This was the second time she was touched in the sore spot today. Concubine Xian looked at the emperor in disbelief: "Your Majesty, Han'er is also your son. How can you say that about him! He was murdered by a traitor! You think others are coveting the throne all day long. Do you still have any blood relationship in your heart?"

"How dare you!" The emperor was furious. "Are you trying to teach me a lesson? You ignorant woman! Someone, lock her up in the cold palace. No one is allowed to let her out without my order!"

Concubine Xian was unwilling to accept this and was dragged to the cold palace. Now that things had come to this, she could only temporarily let her confidants keep an eye on what was happening outside and make plans before taking action.

After this incident, Concubine Xian and her group dared not act rashly again, and the poison in the emperor's medicine stopped taking effect. In the past few days, the emperor's health has obviously improved.

On this day, Zhang Xuanlin presented a letter from the people to the emperor, on which were written the word "Fu" (blessing) written by the people to pray for him.

The emperor was overjoyed when he held the book from all the people. Who said that he had lost the support of the people? His people still loved him.

Zhang Xuanlin lowered his eyes and said, "The common people have spontaneously offered eternal lamps to Your Majesty in the temple, hoping that Your Majesty will live a hundred years."

"Good, good! Well done!"

Seeing the emperor so happy, Zhang Xuanlin sneered in his heart and deliberately said, "It's just... it's just that His Royal Highness Prince Liang has been a little bit naughty recently. Not only has he been hanging out with some prostitutes all day long, but the people in Prince Liang's mansion often capture some beautiful women from the people and give them to Prince Liang. The people are angry about this but dare not say anything."

"This Chu Han really disappoints me! I thought he was a talented person with great potential." The emperor said with disgust: "Now it seems that he is just a pile of mud that can't be helped! Send someone to the Prince of Liang's mansion to warn him to restrain himself and not wait for me to deal with him personally!"

The news that Concubine Xian was banished to the cold palace soon spread to her parents' home. In order to appease the emperor, they specially transported a lot of good things to Beijing, and expressed explicitly and implicitly that they would never betray the emperor.

The emperor then felt good about his week and showed mercy by releasing Concubine Xian from the cold palace.

However, the emperor was increasingly disappointed with Chu Han. Concubine Xian had been banished to the cold palace for so many days, but Chu Han had never asked about it, let alone plead for his mother.

In the emperor's view, this boy was too heartless and ungrateful, so he became more and more distant from Chu Han and sent him directly to the Ministry of Works.

Chu Han couldn't guess what the emperor was thinking, but he understood why the emperor was distancing himself from him.

It was all because of Concubine Xian. She acted on her own and angered the Emperor. It was the same before. If she hadn't drugged Chu Xuan without permission, how could he have been retaliated against and ended up like this?

Chu Han became more and more dissatisfied with Concubine Xian, and he had not visited her in the palace for a long time.

Although Concubine Xian felt heartbroken about this, Chu Han was her only son after all and her future support. No matter what, she could not give up Chu Han.

But a few days later, Prince Liang's mansion sent someone into the palace to tell Concubine Xian that Prince Liang had taken a concubine, and she was her cousin from her mother's side.

After hearing this, Concubine Xian was furious and overturned the coffee table in front of her. Taking a concubine into her maternal grandparents' house, wasn't this a slap in the face of her, the mother?

When the news reached Prince Ye's Mansion, Lu Yanluo sighed.

[Chu Han has given up hope, and doesn't even care about his own mother and maternal family. ]

Chu Xuan glanced at the person in front of him and smiled: "The virtuous concubine acted on her own. Chu Han has long been dissatisfied with her, but he has been hiding it before. This time, I am afraid he finally can't stand it anymore."

Lu Yanluo sighed: "Having a strong mother is not necessarily a good thing. Chu Han played such a good hand, but he messed it up. It will be difficult for him to turn things around."

"However, Zhang Xuanlin has been doing very well recently. His Majesty trusts him very much. I heard that he often stays in the palace and has long conversations with His Majesty all night long. He has become a favorite minister, and many people in the court want to curry favor with him."

Chu Xuan looked down on him and sneered, "Such a sinister person will never have a good ending. He will die a tragic death sooner or later."