The emperor didn't dare to look at Ning Yu's clear eyes again, and his voice was deep.
“Queen, don’t believe what Concubine Shen said. That vicious woman is just trying to sow discord between us. It’s just her nonsense.”
Ning Yu had a mocking smile in her heart. She still remembered that the emperor had doted on Concubine Shen. Now that he was displeased, he demoted her to a vicious woman?
"But my little prince will never come back!"
Ning Yu took in the guilty conscience in the emperor's eyes, and swept his gaze towards the emperor like a cold sword, asking coldly, "Your Majesty, why did you do this?"
"Or is it simply because my last name is Ning?"
There was a hint of brokenness and pain in his tone.
The emperor's heart trembled slightly, and a trace of regret suddenly rose in his heart, "...I did it unintentionally, it was not my original intention."
I have let you down, but now everything is over, can you please forgive me?"
Ning Yu felt somewhat sorry for her original self. Every word she spoke was like a knife cutting into the emperor's heart. "Innocent? Your Majesty, you have been standing by and watching. How dare you say you were unaware of what Concubine Xu and Concubine Shen did?!"
Ning Yu's words were like a hammer hitting his chest. Regret filled his heart, his voice hoarse. "It's my fault. I've let you down. Now that everything is over, shall I decree that the eldest prince be crowned crown prince?"
Ning Yu lowered her eyelids, hiding all her emotions, making it impossible to tell what she was thinking.
Seeing that the queen was silent for a long time, Xiao Yan felt inexplicably uneasy. He wanted to hold Ning Yu's hand, but she dodged him. His heart sank even more.
Ning Yu slowly stood up and lowered her eyes. "I am feeling a little unwell. Your Majesty, please return."
The emperor looked at Ning Yu's slightly pale face, which showed no fluctuations, and there was no trace of emotion in his eyes, and felt a little anxious in his heart.
It was as if something had slipped from his hand.
The emperor was silent for a moment, "You should have a good rest."
He quickly left in anger.
The emperor sat on the dragon chariot, his face full of frost and the aura around him was so cold that the eunuchs and palace maids dared not breathe.
I just thought that Your Majesty was affected by Concubine Shen's assassination of the Empress.
You must know that before the Queen lost the little prince, she was not favored by His Majesty, and she never went to Kunning Palace to spend the night except on fixed days.
Now, it is just the opposite. His Majesty has executed Concubine Xu and others for the Queen's sake, and all kinds of rare treasures have been sent into the Kunning Palace like water, making her the most favored concubine in the harem.
After the emperor returned to the imperial study, his brows were gloomy. It took him a long while to pick up a wolf hair brush dipped in ink, and then he wrote on the bright yellow silk brocade with flying dragons and phoenixes, so sharp and powerful that the force penetrated through the back of the paper.
Eunuch Fu had been standing by and only vaguely caught a glimpse of the word "Crown Prince", but his heart was already in turmoil!
"Fu Hai, go to Kunning Palace and announce the decree now."
Eunuch Fu took the imperial edict tremblingly, and without delaying for a moment, he quickly went to Kunning Palace.
When Eunuch Fu saw the Queen, his face almost broke into a smile, "Greetings, Her Majesty the Queen."
Ning Yu's expression was neither cold nor indifferent. "Get up."
Lixiang, however, noticed the imperial edict in Eunuch Fu's hand, and her heart suddenly began to pound faster, with an uncontrollable joy emerging in her heart.
Eunuch Fu slowly unfolded the scroll, "By the Will of Heaven, I declare: The Crown Prince, Xiao Chengqian, is the first heir to the imperial clan and the chosen one by Heaven... He is hereby granted the imperial seal and appointed Crown Prince, taking the throne of the Eastern Palace to strengthen the rule for eternity... I decree this!"
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