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  Murong Xue let out a long sigh and said resentfully: "Liu, it's been a hundred days since Chun Xi left. Are you feeling better now?"

  Chun Xi went? What does it mean? Murong Feng turned his head in surprise and looked at Murong Xue.

  Murong Xue didn't look at her, but instead stared at Liu Shi and said coldly: "You, such a vicious-hearted woman, if it weren't for Chun Xi's loyalty in saving me, I'm afraid I wouldn't be standing in front of you today. You caused me to lose my first child, and also caused me to lose my personal maid, although she was just a slave, but she had been with me since childhood. Today, I came to see you, consider it as Chun Xi coming to visit you."

  Liu Mu said: "All I can say is that it's my own fault, and I've lost to a slave like you. Congratulations to Empress Xue, now she has finally settled in the Hengyang Palace, even Li Fei is no match for her, and obediently moved out of the Hengyang Palace."

  "Hmph! — You know quite a bit, don't you? A small and insignificant person like Yang Gong, I, Murong Xue, won't even put you in my eyes. I want you to live, to see how I step by step achieve the position that you didn't even dare to think of." Murong Xue said coldly, "It's not in vain that you sacrificed your most trusted Zhao Gang to deal with me, but it's a pity for those two people. If they could be saved, perhaps they would have become a loving couple. Now, they may still be together in the underground."

  "Pshaw, what's the point of raising him? I cultivated him like that, but for a mere servant, he abandoned all his own prospects and didn't even care about his own family. It's really a waste of my affection for him." Liu said disdainfully.

  Murong Feng was more and more confused as he listened, what had happened to Chun Xi? What did Zhao Gang have to do with this matter? Looking at Sima Rui, his face was full of confusion.

  Simarui whispered in Murong Feng's ear, "I suppose Murong Xue would have told you that outsiders only know that Murong Xue's slave Chun Xi and Liu Shi's former servant Zhao Gang had an affair, were caught red-handed, Chun Xi bit her tongue to death on the spot, and Zhao Gang was beaten to death with a stick."

  Murong Feng's face changed color, and it seemed like it wasn't that simple after all.

  "Sister should still remember Zhao Gang, who was by Snow's side as a member of the Liu family. To tell you the truth, Snow should be grateful to Empress Li for her secret help. If not for her, Snow would have been in a terrible state today, worse than death. That Zhao Gang was actually a trusted aide of the Liu family and had helped them escape from the Si Gu Yuan to return to the He Yang Palace. Taking advantage of Snow's loneliness, he 'seduced' her, and Snow foolishly trusted him and kept him by her side. One night, the Liu family used Zhao Gang's family as leverage to force him to put a ** in Snow's tea, making it seem like she was having an affair with him, and the Emperor threw her into prison. Luckily, Empress Li discovered the truth and told Chun Xi, who snuck into the prison at night and used ** to lure Zhao Gang, ruining his reputation as well. When they were caught, they claimed that Snow had been seduced by Zhao Gang's plan and had put medicine in her own tea to ruin her reputation. The Liu family promised that if their plan succeeded, they would allow the two of them to leave the palace and get married. In the end, Zhao Gang was beaten to death on the spot, and Chun Xi took his own life by biting off his tongue, saying that he owed someone a debt and had to repay it. He didn't want Zhao Gang to be lonely in the underworld, so he accompanied him."

  At this point, Murong Xue's eyes were already brimming with tears, but she smiled and said: "The emperor knew he had misunderstood me, so he let me out and apologized again and again. I was heartbroken and just wanted to avoid the emperor, facing the green lamp, setting up an incense table, first thinking of my sister, second hoping that Chun Xi would have a smooth journey, lest no one take care of her on the other side and be bullied."

  She let out a long sigh and said, "That And Yang Palace, Xiao Xue is indeed two steps forward, two steps back. Now that my heart is dead, even if I were to give myself to the Emperor again, it would only be this body of Xiao Xue's. The word 'love', in this imperial palace, is truly unbearable. If he loved me, he would have trusted me. If he trusted me, how could he think that I was 'seduced' by a slave? At that time, my body was still weak, and I almost lost my life in the great prison. If it weren't for Li Fei letting Chun Xi secretly bring medicine into the prison for me, perhaps the only one who would have come out would be Xiao Xue's corpse."

  Simarui gently wrapped her arms around Murong Feng, feeling her body tremble slightly. This imperial palace has always been this way since ancient times, but outsiders don't know, they just think it's a harmonious and prosperous place, where wealth and power are all that matter.

  Liu, who was kneeling on the ground, had not lifted her head until now. Suddenly, she raised her head and caught sight of Murong Feng. She stood there, stunned, unsure of what to do.

  Just as Murong Xue came in, she didn't pay attention at first, thinking it was just Murong Xue coming to find trouble with her again. But now, she actually saw Murong Feng, who everyone had heard had been dead for half a year, and her eyes were stunned, her heart feeling empty. This woman wasn't supposed to be dead? How did she come back?

  She knew her son had fallen in love with this woman. In the past six months, her son would often be lost in thought, and he, who didn't like writing or painting, had even picked up a brush to paint a portrait of a woman. The woman in the portrait was unmistakably Murong Feng, the fourth prince's consort. This surprised her - when did her son become so infatuated with a woman? Even Hong Yu, at that time, was only a means for her son to gain the title of prince, and they lived an ordinary life together. It was also because her son wasn't someone who understood romance, and Hong Yu had indeed been good to him, living a peaceful life.

  Nowadays, his son actually fell in love with a woman, and this woman happened to be the concubine of the most notorious Fourth Prince, Murong Feng.

  Even for Murong Feng, her own son rebuked her for the first time in his life, asking her why she had to hurt Murong Feng, that kind and simple woman who had nothing to do with this matter?

  Liu lowered his head. His son was a proud person and might have liked it, but he could only bury it in his heart and wouldn't say it out loud. The bitterness was only known to himself.

  Looking at Murong Xue, Murong Feng let out a soft sigh. Is the imperial palace really so unbearable? In just half a year, Murong Xue has transformed from a simple and naive girl into such an apathetic and clear-headed woman?! From a simple woman who loved the emperor to one who only sacrifices her body for survival?! Looking at Liu Fei kneeling on the ground, he recalled her appearance when they first met - a plump and charming woman with a sweet smile as she looked at the emperor. Now, however, her face is worn and haggard, kneeling on the ground.

  Liu suddenly raised her head, looked at Murong Feng, and smiled slyly. "Fourth Prince's consort, you've actually returned. It's truly unexpected for Liu. However, I heard that the Fourth Prince has taken a new consort, Meng Wenyu, the daughter of Minister Meng. Do you know what kind of person Meng Wenyu is? She's someone who made the Fourth Prince have no choice but to marry her. Although he doesn't like it, he can't just drive her out either?"