Zong Zhengjin walked in and she was still lying on the bed, her eyes closed as if asleep. Latest chapter full text

  He tucked her in, saw that she was frowning, and Zong Zhengjin reached out to smooth it away. When he let go, he found that she had already opened her eyes, staring at him intensely.

  Two people stared at each other.

  After a brief stalemate, Su Jing ultimately conceded defeat and retreated, "Your Majesty"

  Zong Zhengjin couldn't take her coquetry anymore, so he walked over and pulled her up, holding her in his arms. "Are you well-rested? Is there anywhere uncomfortable?"

  Su Jing shook her head and didn't say a word, just leaning on his shoulder.

  Zong Zhengjin slowly stroked her back, and after a few times, suddenly felt like he was petting a rabbit, silently smiling to himself.

  Su Jing composed herself for a moment before answering him, "I don't know how I fell asleep either, and when I woke up, I didn't feel uncomfortable."

  Zong Zhengjin was amused by her dazed appearance, pulled her in front of him, smoothed out the loose hair on her forehead, "Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?"

  "Hungry," Su Jing nodded heavily.

  She indeed fell asleep unconsciously in her wild thoughts, and when she woke up, she really didn't feel uncomfortable. If it wasn't for thinking about almost moving the fetus before, she would have thought that nothing had happened.

  Since she found out she was pregnant, her appetite has increased a lot. Plus, Song Momo's cooking skills are really good, so every time she eats a lot without realizing it.

  Pregnancy is also a way of nourishing one's body, she thought her belly hadn't grown big yet, but she had already started gaining weight.

  Fortunately, she won't deliberately reduce her food intake for the sake of so-called beauty, and now the baby in her belly is the most important thing.

  Others will have to step aside.

  "Come on in," Zong Zhengjin slightly raised his voice, and someone outside responded.

  The Empress Dowager had the banquet moved to noon, but it was still only one o'clock in the afternoon. Using dinner instead of lunch was a bit early compared to usual times.

  However, Zong Zhengjin didn't mind, and she naturally wouldn't foolishly suggest waiting for another one or two hours to talk.

  "Why don't you just stay here tonight and not go back," Zong Zhengjin said as he washed his hands.

  Su Jing nodded in agreement, she didn't want to go back and forth either.

  After dinner and bathing for two people.

  Su Jing lay on his legs, listening to him reading enlightenment books seriously and word by word. The unique voice sounded in her ears, clear and low, without the coldness and calmness of the day, intentionally lowered gentle.

  Perhaps he is not only a wise king but also a good father.

  The father of her child.

  Zong Zhengjin stroked her belly while reading this childish book, which was extremely immature for him, but instead of feeling repulsed or disdainful, he poured almost all his patience into it.

  Reading between every word and sentence, I also read his heart.

  Perhaps he was more looking forward to the arrival of this child than he had imagined.

  Outside the door, Su Shun stood guard as usual at night, listening to the faint voice of the emperor coming from inside, and smiled silently. The emperor was still like this, which was for the best.

  In the past, the emperor had always been unsmiling, and even when he did smile, those around him couldn't feel any warmth in his laughter, which was cold and indifferent.

  Unlike now, being able to laugh, be gentle, get angry, and sulk, this kind of vitality is what it means to truly be alive.

  Zong Zhengjin turned the page, and with a glance, saw that she had fallen asleep. He smiled softly, stroked her little head, picked her up and placed her on the bed, then lay down beside her, holding her in his arms, and closed his eyes to sleep.

  "Are you certain it's her?" Zong Zhengjin sneered. "Yu's family only has her, with no power or influence, how could she possibly do something like this?"

  "Your Majesty, I have investigated all night and found evidence that points to Yu Xuan, the eunuch of Qingyan Pavilion. Some palace staff said that Yu Xuan has been lingering on that path for several days."

  "Shu Gui Fei, how many years have you been in the palace?" Zong Zhengjin interrupted her and suddenly asked.

  "Your Majesty, I have been married to you for ten years now."

  "Ten years," Zong Zhengjin repeated, sneering, "You've been by my side for ten years, and that's all you've learned?"

  Qiao Jingyu was shocked in her heart and quickly knelt down, "Your concubine deserves to die, begging Your Majesty to pardon the crime."

  "Lower your head, you know I won't move against you," Zong Zhengjin glanced at her kneeling on the ground, not begging for mercy, nor making excuses, only asking to lower her head, as clever as ever.

  "I don't like women who are too clever. You're clever, you can survive on your own, but what about your family? I'm curious to know if they're as clever as you."

  "The Empress" Qiao Jingyu was shocked, holding back the tears that were about to overflow from her eyes, and bowed her head to the ground. "It's all my fault, I beg Your Majesty not to implicate the innocent."

  "In My opinion, there has never been an innocent person, only people I can or cannot tolerate, let alone Qiao Taishi who is not innocent"

  "I will thoroughly investigate this matter and beg Your Majesty to pardon my father."

  Compared to his ruthlessness, she always lost to him.

  His heart is filled with ambition for power and wealth, while her heart is filled with the Jo family. The two of them are destined not to give up on what's in their hearts and compromise with each other.

  Because they are equally strong and determined.

  So, walking to today's this step, nobody is wrong, wrong is fate.

  Zong Zhengjin heard her stifled sobs, his heart unmoved. "Pass down the imperial edict: Yu Fu'en is stripped of her title and demoted to a commoner, banished to the Cold Palace."

  "As for you, get out," Zong Zhengjin coldly stared at her, "don't force me to exterminate you."

  The Empress Dowager Shu bowed her head and tears rolled down her cheeks. "Your Majesty's orders will be obeyed."

  Zong Zhengjin saw her walking out with a stumbling gait, shook his head lightly, and tapped his fingers on the table. "What did you find out?"

  A figure emerged silently and knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, after investigation, it is confirmed that Yu Xuan and Yu Fu were indeed responsible for this matter. However, there must be someone behind them who gave the order."

  "Oh"

  Yu Fu's plan was to put the goose egg stones in her sleeve and go back and forth on that road every day, each time putting down a few. The eunuchs in the palace cleaned up the goose egg stones every three days, so she managed to avoid the first inspection by chance. If the emperor hadn't discovered it, the second inspection would have been yesterday afternoon, right after the Empress Dowager's banquet ended.

  Zong Zhengjin nodded, if he really didn't discover it, perhaps after the eunuchs' inspection yesterday, those pebbles would also disappear without a trace, just in time to have no evidence to point to.

  "The other day, the Empress Dowager and several consorts, including Consort Xian, Consort Xiang, Imperial Noble Consort Ningde, and Imperial Noble Consort Lingliang, chatted idly after which they dispatched eunuchs to purchase a batch of green lotus stones to place in the pool for raising fish. It's said that fish raised this way are more lively, so many pools in the palace have been equipped with them, including those in the residences of several consorts."

  "It can be known who raised it"

  It was said that it was Concubine Xianggui, and the Empress Dowager was very pleased at the time, and immediately ordered the eunuchs to prepare.

  "What about Yu Fu's agate? Where did it come from?" Zong Zhengjin asked, thinking for a moment among the women.

  "The result of the investigation is that it was obtained from Gui Guiren," the man said with his head bowed, "Since the death of Empress Yu Fei, Yu Fu has been together with Li Xiao Yi, but it seems that Li Xiao Yi was not good to her. Only after Li Xiao Yi's house arrest, which was just these few days, did they seem to have stopped seeing each other."

  Zong Zhengjin nodded, it's really getting more and more interesting.

  Yu Fu Yin and Shang Guan Mei lived in the same palace, logically speaking, she should have had an advantage in getting the goose egg stone, but Yu Fu Yin and Su Jing Xian didn't have much of a grudge, and her motive was actually less than that of Shang Guan Mei or Li Xiao Yi.

  "What do you think?" Zong Zhengjin turned his wrist and asked in a low voice.

  "I think that Yu Fu's backer is undoubtedly the mastermind, but this person may not be just one, or rather, there may be more than one participant."

  Zong Zhengjin sneered and said, "You can withdraw."

  His harem has always been this lively.

  Yi Ying Ge

  "Master, Su Gonggong has arrived," said a palace maid who rushed in beside Li Xiao Yi with a delighted expression.

  Yu Congmei saw him and was delighted. She quickly got up and went forward, "Su Gonggong, did the Emperor say to release Ben Pei?"

  Su Shuangyan's expression didn't change, "Li Xiao Yi, the Emperor has issued an edict, receive it."

  Yu Congmei couldn't see anything on Su Shunan's face, and just as she had guessed, she knelt down gently.

  "The Emperor decrees: Li Shi's behavior is extremely beautiful, but her actions as a woman are flawed. She does not reflect on her own mistakes, and instead becomes arrogant and reckless, plotting to harm the Crown Prince. Therefore, she is stripped of her title, demoted to the lowest rank, and banished to the Yingsheng Pavilion, where she will be forbidden from seeing anyone or leaving."

  Yu Congmei's face turned pale as she listened, and she almost fainted on the spot. Tears rolled down her cheeks. "No, no, no, this can't be true! I want to see the Emperor!"

  "Yu Gengyi, you'd better stay here quietly. The Emperor won't see you," Su Shunyan gave a signal with her eyes, and someone immediately blocked her way as she tried to run out.

  "Our family kindly advises you, Yu Xuan is now in the Cold Palace. As for your family, Yu Daoren is no longer the Left Censor-in-Chief, because of you, he was demoted to a remote area. If you still want..."

  "No, no, you have no evidence, you have no evidence, you can't" Yu Congmei's heart was in a flurry, and she could only grasp at this last straw, saying loudly.

  Su Shun coldly snorted, "The evidence of your private collusion with Yu Fu Yi to harm the Crown Prince is solid and has already been presented. The Emperor has also acknowledged it, and you cannot escape punishment."

  After finishing speaking, he didn't care about her anymore. He swept a glance around and said, "You are now the lowest-ranking maid, these palace maids and many sets of clothes are no longer needed, come and take them away."

  "No, it's not like that" Yu Congmei sat on the ground, as if she had lost her soul.

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