"Brother!" the Empress called out, only to be met with a roar from Sai Miaoshou.
"How many times have I told you? It's not my brother, it's Lord Sai! Why don't you remember? If it were anyone else, I would have killed them with a single palm strike by now!" Sai Miaoshou stood up angrily, her orchid fingers gesturing wildly as she berated the Empress.
Seeing her brother's anger, the Empress reluctantly called out, "Lord Sai!"
In truth, she still found it hard to accept the changes in her brother. He had always cared for her since they were little. Once, when they went out for a trip, she thought he had fallen off a cliff and died. When he reappeared, he looked like this. If it weren't for the many little secrets they shared since childhood, she wouldn't have dared to acknowledge him as her brother.
Sai Miaoshou slowly sat down, her voice tinged with sorrow: "How is Father?"
"Since you're worried about Father, why don't you go back and see him?" The Empress looked at her brother with heartache, wanting to know what had happened during the years he was gone.
However, after asking many times, she couldn't get any answers and only made her brother look pained, so she stopped asking.
Sai Miaoshou took out two porcelain bottles from his body and threw them to the Empress: "One a month, and your spiritual power will increase greatly. Keep a close eye on your two boys. I'm leaving."
"Lord Sai..." The Empress stood up, wanting to keep her brother to ask a few more questions, but he had already vanished without a trace. She slumped back into her chair, clutching the medicine bottle in her hand, her eyes welling with tears.
Granny Wang poured the Emperor a cup of hot tea and said earnestly, "Your Majesty, Lord Sai may have some unspeakable difficulties, so please don't take it to heart."
"How could I not know?" The Empress sighed sadly and instructed Wang Mama, "You heard what Lord Sai just said. Send someone to keep an eye on the Crown Prince and the Fifth Prince. Before Lord Sai's matter is settled, make sure he doesn't cause any major trouble."
"I understand," said Granny Wang, helping the weary Empress into the inner room.
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Imperial Study
At midnight, the Emperor was still reviewing memorials, while Consort Liu stayed by his side grinding ink.
After a long while, the Emperor wearily put down the memorial and beckoned to Consort Liu. Consort Liu obediently walked over and sat on his lap, wrapping her arms around his neck affectionately.
"What do you think of the Crown Prince's actions?" The Emperor knew that the Crown Prince disliked Qian Youxue entirely because of her disfigured face. When the Empress insisted on arranging the marriage, he hesitated, but he couldn't resist the Empress's pleas and finally agreed.
Now that things have turned out this way, he feels that both the royal family and the Qian family have lost face, which really annoys him.
Consort Liu smiled seductively and said sweetly, "Your Majesty, I dare not speak ill of the Crown Prince."
"I intend to give Qianjia an important position. Think of a way to handle this matter properly," the Emperor asked again.
Consort Liu was delighted to hear this. The Emperor's reliance on the Qian family would only benefit her. She quickly calculated her options and was pondering how to answer the question when she heard Eunuch Lu's voice from outside.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something terrible has happened!" Eunuch Lu rushed in from outside, stumbling and scrambling. When he looked up and saw Consort Liu still in the Emperor's arms, he quickly knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, please forgive me! Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
The matter that could make Xiao Luzi panic must be very serious. The Emperor raised his hand without taking offense and said, "Get up. What has made you so flustered?"
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