After rebirth, His Highness Xinshu was pampered by me.

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The Emperor glanced at Empress Li: "The Empress's words are indeed righteous and eloquent!"

However, this is quite in line with Empress Li's temperament; whenever she wants to do something in her heart, she can always find a legitimate reason for herself.

Such behavior still disgusts him!

Empress Li's eyes twitched involuntarily. After spending so much time together, how could she not hear the sarcasm in the emperor's words?
"I cannot change what Your Majesty thinks, but I believe I have done my duty."

Hearing Empress Li say this, the Emperor's expression became even more indifferent: "The Empress is indeed as always."

These words seemed to say nothing at all, but Empress Li could still sense some unpleasant implications.

She stared at the emperor: "Isn't Your Majesty the same as always?"

The two stared at each other, as if trying to determine whether the east wind would prevail over the west wind, or vice versa...

In the end, it was the emperor who lost his patience.

He was too lazy to waste time arguing with Empress Li about trivial matters: "I am very busy and have no time to argue with you about anything else. I only took the time to come here today to ask you, is it because you know that she is my daughter that you have been targeting Jinse all this time?"

Empress Li paused for a moment, then gave a cold laugh: "Your Majesty says you're busy, yet you managed to find time to come to my humble abode just to ask such a question?"

The Emperor is really busy, or perhaps he really cares about that little girl!

Empress Li gritted her teeth inwardly, her face cold and expressionless, her gaze fixed on the emperor with a mixture of resentment and suppressed anger, tinged with a hint of anticipation.

She said in a calm tone, "Your Majesty is so confident. Are you so sure that little girl is your child with that woman? Who knows, maybe that woman had her with another man behind your back..."

"Snapped!"

Empress Li was interrupted by a resounding slap from the emperor before she could finish speaking.

The emperor's expression turned extremely ugly for a moment, but he quickly returned to normal.

He looked at Empress Li and said, "Your Majesty, there's no need to provoke me with your words. I can say this because I have indeed found out something. Now I just want to know, has your long-standing targeting of Jinse been because you have known about this all along?"

The emperor paused as he spoke.

After a while, he continued, "If you've always known about this, then haven't you also always known her whereabouts?"

Empress Li knew perfectly well who this "she" referred to.

That was a woman she both envied and hated!

Hearing the emperor's confident words, Empress Li really wanted to shatter his confidence right then and there, but...

Empress Li held back.

She lowered her head slightly, concealing the strange look in her eyes, and said coldly, "Doesn't Your Majesty think that I have always disliked her? Then why would I care about her affairs? And how can you be sure that you know her whereabouts?"

She scoffed, "Your Majesty thinks too highly of me."

The emperor stared intently at Empress Li, seemingly trying to determine the truthfulness of her words.

Empress Li allowed him to look her over without seeming to be afraid at all.

After a while, the emperor changed the subject, seemingly no longer fixated on those matters.

He said, "Recently, the Fifth Prince and the people of the Li family have been making a lot of moves in private. I suppose the Empress is behind this? The Empress seems to have a lot of interest in Emperor Liang. I'm quite curious about what the Empress is trying to do."

Empress Li simply said, "Your Majesty has confined me to this palace. How could I possibly know what is happening outside the palace, or how could it possibly concern me? I truly do not understand what Your Majesty is referring to."

She remained calm, and her rebuttal was delivered in a subdued manner.

This made it clear to the emperor that he would not be able to get any answers from Empress Li today.

Having figured this out, the emperor no longer wanted to waste any more time here.

"Since the Empress knows nothing, then so be it. The Empress can continue to be confined in Fengzhao Palace, and need not know anything about the outside world anymore."

This meant that not only would Empress Li remain imprisoned, but she would also be cut off from all contact with the outside world. Empress Li understood, and her expression changed instantly.

She wanted to say something, but the emperor had already turned and walked away.

She tried to stop people, but when she reached the palace gate, she was stopped by the old woman guarding the gate.

In the end, they could only watch helplessly as the emperor left. The gates of Fengzhao Palace slammed shut, and the entire palace fell silent once more.

The emperor walked with a brisk pace.

Eunuch Yang, accompanied by a group of eunuchs and palace maids, followed closely behind, heads down, none daring to make a sound.

The Emperor clearly looks very angry.

I have no idea what happened in Fengzhao Palace just now.

Yang Gonggong was uneasy, but dared not say anything at the moment, and silently followed along.

The emperor's pace gradually slowed down as he walked to the back of the Imperial Garden.

Upon seeing this, Eunuch Yang immediately raised his hand, signaling everyone to slow down.

Then he heard the emperor order: "Send people to keep a close watch on Fengzhao Palace, and make sure it's not like before, with loopholes everywhere!"

Eunuch Yang was taken aback, but immediately agreed.

Why would he want the Fengzhao Palace, which was under his guard, to be riddled with loopholes? Wasn't this something the Emperor had ordered beforehand?
Judging from the Emperor's words, it seems there's no need to secretly leave any loopholes for the Empress to contact the outside world anymore.

Thinking about the recent troubles at the Li residence, Eunuch Yang understood why the Emperor had given such an order.

The emperor continued walking forward, then suddenly stopped and calmly instructed Eunuch Yang, "Continue investigating that matter. No matter how much effort it takes, find out the truth for me."

"Yes!"

Eunuch Yang responded again, but couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

The Emperor is truly destined to never overcome this hurdle in his life!

Jinse knew nothing about what was happening in the palace.

She simply went about her work as usual. Although the marriage alliance was still causing quite a stir, it didn't affect her too much, so her life went smoothly.

Apart from……

The twelfth prince has been coughing a little lately. It's not serious, but it's clear that he has caught a cold.

He himself didn't seem to care much.

But Jinse was still very nervous.

That very day, they immediately summoned the imperial physician to examine the twelfth prince and also wanted to send a message to the palace.

In the inner palace, there was little need for anyone to report, but the emperor would have to be informed.

However, the twelfth prince blocked half of it.

The imperial physician was invited, but the message was not sent.

Fortunately, after consulting with the imperial physician, the physician said that the twelfth prince's condition was not serious and that he would recover after taking the medicine for a few days.

Jinse then stopped insisting on sending the message to the Emperor's Palace.

However, getting the twelfth prince to take the medicine remained as difficult as ever.

Well, or rather, it's even more difficult than when I was a child.

Jinse was extremely worried every day trying to coax the twelfth prince to drink his medicine obediently.