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  In the hall filled with the fragrance of dragon saliva, the empress dowager was playing with the seven-layered box of a hundred treasures that had just been bestowed upon Yun Guifei. However, it seemed that only the most ordinary decorations on the top layer were made of gold and jade, which were also of ordinary quality.

  She was admiring the hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix hairpin on the seventh floor when she heard these words and her hand involuntarily stopped.

  I thought it was just another complaint about a marital dispute, but unexpectedly, it's something so serious!

  She felt a bit tricky, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, and the fine lines at the corners of her eyes were exceptionally clear.

  After all, he is over 40 years old!

  The queen thought maliciously in her heart, but on the surface she was still choked with sobs, sitting upright and looking at her aunt with hopeful eyes.

  The empress dowager thought for a moment, calculated the timing, and then smiled coldly on her face.

  "You only thought of coming to find me now?! It's clear that you used your trick on her that day, but she ended up getting the better deal?!"

  She glanced at the queen's reddened and swollen eyes, and a sentence burst out from her lips: "You brought this upon yourself, you can't live!"

  The queen was furious in her heart, but she had to bow her head and agree, not daring to refute it at all. The emperor's reaction must have been overjoyed!

  The empress's voice was calm, yet subtly eerie and mysterious.

  The queen lowered her head and didn't look at the stormy waves in her eyes.

  "The Emperor was overjoyed..."

  She thought rapidly in her mind, biting her lip, and with all her might, she lifted up her head. She looked straight at her aunt, the resplendent Empress Dowager who had been in power for many years.

  "I heard this news and felt extremely uncomfortable... couldn't sleep at night, kept thinking about it."

  The queen wiped away her tears. Suddenly a courage arose, and her words became much more fluent.

  "I, your son, have been thinking repeatedly and there is actually a way to turn the situation around. If Your Majesty doesn't think I'm foolish, would you be willing to listen to my words?"

  The empress dowager murmured a faint "hmm". She nodded for her to continue, but between the lines of her expression, it was clear she didn't think much of this. The queen's heart seethed with resentment, yet her words flowed even more smoothly: "I've been thinking, Your Majesty still doesn't have any children... If..."

  She stole a glance at the Empress's face and continued: "If...the imperial carriage were to meet with an accident, where would it lead the billions of people of Tianchao?"

  The empress dowager heard this crucial sentence, suddenly raised her head. With sharp and bright eyes, she re-examined the queen from head to toe, until she broke out in a cold sweat. Her whole body was soft and weak, and only then did she faintly nod in approval: "It's been many days since we last met. You've become much more thoughtful..."

  The Empress listened to this sentence, and it was unknown whether she was sincere or sarcastic. She straightened her back and said: "If Mei Guiren gives birth to a crown prince, the hearts of the people will be greatly settled. Even if the Emperor has an accident, the Empress Dowager can continue to teach this child with the highest respect, and cultivate another wise ruler - this is the blessing of the world, and also the blessing of my Lin family. Therefore, I, your son, dare to ask, whether you can consider keeping this child as a backup?" The Empress Dowager listened quietly, and sensed the implicit meaning behind the Empress's words, which deeply shocked her. She was also considering the feasibility of this proposal.

  The queen furrowed her brow, respectfully waiting for her decision, but was already so tense that her palms were slightly damp.

  "This doesn't seem like your usual self, Shu Jing..." The Empress called out her given name slowly, her sharp gaze making it impossible for anyone to hide.

  "You're usually not so merciful towards these consorts and their unborn children, why are you speaking like this today?"

  The queen had long been prepared, and upon hearing this, a misty air again rose in her eyes: "Motherly wisdom, my heart is already numb with hatred. Under such desperation and coldness, it's not worth fighting for any favor. For the rest of my life, I'll just take care of the Lin family's legacy and that's it!"

  Her eyes were sorrowful and pained, yet exceptionally clear, as she bowed deeply towards the Empress Dowager:

  "After Your Majesty's demise, the Emperor will inevitably act in a way that is contrary to the norms of propriety and may give rise to unexpected consequences. If such a day were to come, I implore you, Empress Dowager, to prioritize the well-being of the empire and resume your regency once more - if you establish this young child as Emperor, there will no longer be any dissenting opinions in the land!"

  The empress dowager sighed deeply and did not respond to her request, only hesitantly saying: "Let me think about it..."

  The queen asked tentatively: "Then this child...

  The empress dowager weakly waved her hand: "Let's keep it for now, we don't even know if it's a boy or a girl yet!"

  The queen saw that her goal had been achieved and felt a sense of relief in her heart. She then waited on the empress dowager for a while, had lunch at Cining Palace, before taking her leave.

  She didn't notice that the empress dowager was leaning on the embroidered couch, quietly watching her back as she left.

  The afternoon sunlight shines on the queen's body, illuminating the seven-colored phoenix and making it radiant, as if it were a divine object. Her slender, youthful figure is wrapped in it, like a thriving life, flowing endlessly.

  The empress narrowed her eyes, revealing a subtle expression on her face - that was resentment, jealousy, and a mixture of cold laughter.

  "Youth is indeed good! Even a foolish and weak child like this can be tempered into steel!"

  Her tone was both praise and blame, with a thousand emotions.

  "Anyway, it's better to have more chess pieces..."

  The sunlight shone into the other end of the Qianqing Palace, but there was no quiet and serene darkness like that in the Cining Palace. The emperor and the morning dew bathed in the golden sunlight, his appearance and demeanor were all impeccable, as if a celestial being had descended upon the world.

  "Mei Gui Pin is pregnant, this is a thorny issue... The Empress doesn't know what she's thinking, actually taking the initiative to propose, to go to the Dowager Empress on my behalf to mediate!"

  Yuan Qi said with a sigh of relief: "Although I still can't rest easy, at least for now, there won't be any moves from the empress dowager's side!"

  He was speaking fluently when he suddenly realized who he was talking to and hastily stopped.

  He gazed at her, as cool and elegant as a jade beauty in winter, no longer bringing up those topics about the imperial harem, about the pregnant concubine, about the emperor's responsibilities. At this moment, he didn't want to think or talk about them.

  Morning 'dew' but as if unaware, her dense and long eyelashes were cast with a faint 'shadow' by the sunlight, her crystal face seemed to be semi-transparent.

  "Watching you so at ease, I really don't want to interrupt... However, this is an urgent report from General Zhou of the Northern Border..."

  She handed over her purpose object for this trip and said lightly: "Look at the envelope, I guess it's a big deal!"

  The emperor hastily took over, on the yellow imperial memorial cover, three red labels were stuck, dyeing his eyes red.

  "Is it really so urgent?"

  He hastily tore it open, scanned the few lines with a glance, his face gradually turned solemn, and his breathing became urgent!

  "How can this be! King Xiang actually dares to act like this... truly derelict of duty and overstepping authority!"

  In the emperor's eyes, a fierce anger suddenly surged up, and the light in the hall seemed to darken along with it.

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