That night, the emperor went to Zhang Jieyu's palace in the middle of the night, tortured Zhang Jieyu severely, and said through gritted teeth: "Give me a son, you must give me a son!"

An adult and capable son made him feel that his status was threatened.

He is only in his forties, and it is too late to train a prince now.

A child would not threaten his throne.

Zhang Jieyu was tortured to death by the emperor, but she felt vaguely excited.

She seemed to understand the emperor's intention of wanting a son, but she didn't dare to say it.

Concubine Lin Xian quickly received the news.

A young eunuch in Qianqing Palace had been bribed by her a long time ago.

Hearing that the emperor seemed a little wary of the prince, Concubine Lin Xian felt that the opportunity had come.

If I don't take action, I don't know when I will have such a good opportunity.

She made arrangements all night, and early in the morning, when the palace door opened, she sent someone to Xiao Xuan's house.

Not long after, some rumors started to spread in the palace and in the capital.

That night, Xiao Yu returned to the East Palace, looking very ugly.

Gu Fei hadn't seen Xiao Yu look like this for a long time, and couldn't help but ask, "What happened?"

Xiao Yu said with a stern face, "A few days ago, General Liu from Southern Xinjiang submitted his petition to submit to the imperial court. It was originally a good thing."

"I didn't expect that in the past two days, rumors suddenly spread, saying that the victory in this world is probably due to me, Xiao Yu."

"General Liu surrendered because of me."

"The emperor is said to be incompetent, so the crown prince should sit on this throne."

Gu Fei was shocked, "Who made such vicious remarks!"

Xiao Yu sneered, "I have asked Xue Chen to investigate. No matter who is found out this time, I will never be soft."

Gu Fei was worried, "Does your father know?"

Xiao Yu nodded, "Of course, I'm afraid my father will know before me."

"This morning during the court meeting, my father got angry at me for no reason."

Gu Fei frowned, "How good is this? If my father continues to be so suspicious, I'm afraid..."

She bit her lip and thought, now, Qiong Niang is not favored and cannot speak to the emperor.

Not to mention the Queen, who has never been able to help.

Even if this rumor is found to be spread by someone with righteous intentions, it will not help. The emperor's suspicion will not be dispelled.

Gu Fei sighed, "Let's check first, find out, and then make plans."

Gu Fei got up early the next day and went to pay his respects to the queen.

The queen also heard about this, and quickly sent the concubines away, asking with a bit of horror: "Why are there such rumors? If the emperor hates Yu'er because of this, what should we do?"

Gu Fei sighed: "Father is tired of the prince now."

The queen was shocked, "What should we do?"

Gu Fei said calmly: "There is no need for the queen to do anything. The sons and princes have their own plans. The queen must not go to the father to argue."

The queen was anxious, "Why can't you even argue?"

"After all, your father and I are married. He always listens to what I say."

Gu Fei was amused, "Mother, the more you argue about this kind of thing, the more guilty you appear."

"It's too much to say and it's wrong. Now we can only stop the rumors and let things pass slowly."

The queen wanted to say something else, but Nanny Xu said softly next to her: "Your Majesty, the Crown Princess is right. Your Majesty, there is no need to worry about this matter."

"The prince will find a way."

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