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Xue Fu and Nangong Jue were stunned at the same time as they turned to the source of the voice. The one who spoke was the empress dowager who hated Xue Fu to the bones, her expression was one of fury, as if there was a blaze burning in her eyes, and she wished for nothing more than to burn Xue Fu to ashes. At her side, the yufei was always by her side. This time was no exception.

After the surprise, Xue Fu immediately bowed to the empress dowager. This was a remote part of the imperial harem. Ordinarily, concubines wouldn't walk this way. As the empress dowager lived in the Eastern Palace, there was no reason for her to walk this way for no reason at all. Obviously, someone was manipulating the matter in secret. Xue Fu's gaze turned and indeed, he saw Bai Yuqi's little white face hidden within the vermilion wood door of the Yun He Palace.

"The empress dowager is fortunate! Imperial Concubine Yu's luck is good. " Nangong Jue also bowed, and when he lowered his head, he secretly used the corner of his eyes to glance at Xue Fu. Seeing that she looked calm on the outside without any sign of panic, he couldn't help but admire her in his heart. Facing such a calm, intelligent, and kind woman, how could he not be worried?

The empress dowager caught them meeting here on the spot and secretly felt pleased with herself. She cast a sidelong glance at the two and mocked, "This imperial harem isn't for ordinary men to enter. For the sake of meeting our esteemed empress, the crown prince would even take such a risk. He really does care about our empress." Even in broad daylight, I just don't know if we'll often meet each other at night. "

Xue Fu's face grew hot. She, who had never been insulted in such a way before, was furious and helpless at the same time. She and Nangong Jue were clean and clean, but she was scolded by the empress dowager to such an extent. Gritting her lower lip tightly, the angry Mu Ru Yue didn't know what she should say to refute or defend herself.

Just as she was at a loss as to what to do, Nangong Jue opened his mouth and said respectfully and calmly, "The empress dowager misunderstands, because it's broad daylight right now and this subject and the empress coincidentally had the guts to stop and kiss a few times when meeting each other. The empress dowager has made it clear that we shouldn't misunderstand the empress's words because of this lowly person."

"Your Highness, don't worry. I'll be sure to give you a proper evaluation." The empress dowager gave a cold laugh, and raised her voice to command expressionlessly, "Someone! "Take this disloyal empress to the Asgard of Longevity!"

Xue Fu was apprehensive, before she could even react, she was suddenly held back by a few inner officials who rushed up. She was so shocked that she begged the empress dowager, "Esteemed Empress Dowager, Xue Fu has never done anything that would let the emperor down!"

"You've already hid here for a private meeting, yet you still dare to say that you're innocent?" The empress dowager gave a cold laugh, her moving gaze full of malice. Gritting her teeth, she said, "I'm still the empress dowager of the State of Cloudmoon. I'm not afraid that I can't control a monster like you!"

"Empress Dowager!" Nangong Jue was anxious and hurriedly cupped his hands. "Empress Dowager is very clear, this matter has nothing to do with Empress Dowager at all. This subject had accidentally barged into the harem and only happened to meet the Empress by chance so we could have a chat!" If the empress dowager were to punish him, he could do as he pleased without saying a word. But now that the empress dowager wanted to punish Xue Fu, he had no choice but to panic!

"There are no coincidences in this harem! Take him away! " The empress dowager coldly snorted, and ordered her officials to immediately bring Xue Fu away.

Xue Fu no longer begged for mercy, she regained her usual calm demeanor and struggled to break free from the powerful inner officials. "Crown Prince, you don't need to plead on Xue Fu's behalf anymore. The empress dowager had long wanted to kill Xue Fu with her life and it wasn't easy for her to get the chance to do so. "Crown Prince, please return. Have a safe journey!"

"But …" Nangong Jue was stunned, his mouth agape and tongue-tied as he stood in place. What he wanted to say was that she was acting like this and he didn't feel reassured and left. He thought to himself that if she said that, the empress dowager would explode with his words. Thinking about it, he resisted and didn't say it.

Xue Fu's words struck right into the Empress Dowager's heart, but she did not refute him. After coldly glancing at her, he turned and walked away, followed by Xue Fu who was escorted by the officials inside. Before she left, she gave Nangong Jue a faint smile, as if nothing had happened.

The stronger she showed, the more Nangong Jue felt pained. A seventeen year old girl shouldn't have endured so much. However, she had long since been trapped in such a terrible situation and was now living a life of hardship.

The Palace of Longevity was located to the east of the harem and was the residence of the empress dowager from previous generations. It took up more land area than the Palace of Central Pine. There were gardens in the courtyard, rockery, and the sound of spring water. All kinds of flowers filled the entire garden.

The fragrance of the flowers drifted past Xue Fu's nose, but he was not in the mood to admire the scenery. He only knelt down beside the rose flower in the courtyard without moving. The bright red embroidered phoenix rolled along with the golden edgings fluttered in the wind, completely outmatching the beautiful rose flower.

When Yue Ye heard the news and rushed over to the Thousand Longevity Palace, Xue Fu had this kind of calm and indifferent expression. Hearing that the yufei had bowed to the Emperor, Xue Fu merely raised his head to look at Yue Ye indifferently, before lowering his head once again. She saw an angry expression on Yue Ye's face, and within that fury, there was also pain …

Immediately after, he grabbed her like a little doll, and spoke angrily above her head: "Xue Fu, what exactly happened here? Don't you want to give me a sentence that you won't explain? " He almost gritted his teeth as he said this. What he wanted to see was Xue Fu prostrating at his feet, begging for forgiveness, and explaining to him that he had nothing to do with Nangong Jue! But she didn't say anything at all. She would forever be like this, unwilling to pay any attention to him!

His figure was enveloped by a black mass on top of Xue Fu's body, giving her a kind of invisible pressure. She raised her head, and looked at him who had his back facing the sunlight, and said, "What does Your Majesty want to hear? If Xue Fu said that he had met the Crown Prince of the Northern Kingdom by chance, would the Emperor believe him? If you do not believe, then even if Xue Fu were to say it out loud, it will be useless, right? "

"Yi, look at you, this empress of one hundred, I don't even care about you!" The empress dowager didn't lose time as she sneered from the side. Xue Fu's personality was stubborn, but he shouldn't be so stubborn in front of the emperor!

Yue Ye angrily stared at her, and coldly replied, "You are looking forward to his release, is that why you are doing this?"

"No!" Xue Fu suddenly shook her head, only when it came to others did she reveal a look of shock and fear. He immediately tried to defend himself, "Your Majesty, please make clear that Xue Fu and the crown prince only met by chance and spoke a few sentences before someone sent a message to the empress dowager. Following that, the empress dowager and her little sister yufei shouted at them to capture the adulterer."

"You seem very conceited!" After hearing what Xue Fu had said, she was worried that the emperor would discover that she was deliberately making things difficult for him. However, she couldn't help but to admire Xue Fu's intelligence in her heart, as if she could see through everything!

Xue Fu did not refute her, but raised his head and stared straight at Yue Ye, "What Xue Fu said is the truth."

She knew that if Yue Ye wasn't in a good mood, she would kill Nangong Jue. As long as he wanted to kill someone, she wouldn't be unable to find a reason! Nangong Jue finally came out with great difficulty, she definitely couldn't force him to go in again!

Yue Ye clearly understood her thoughts, and with a slight move of her lips, she spoke with an indifferent tone, "It seems that the Crown Prince of the Northern Kingdom is very interested in my harem. I want to live in peace from now on, and I'll have to execute him first."

Jealousy could always make a man lose his reason. Losing a woman was sometimes more humiliating than losing a piece of land. He could not afford to lose to her, much less to her true nature, because he loved her!

Xue Fu's heart turned cold, the sunlight hurt her eyes, as if she could see the scene of him slaughtering the living beings with a steel blade. Disappointment tainted her little face, she sneered coldly at him, "If the Emperor feels that only the Killing Path can remove the grudge in his heart, then kill him." She turned her face away and no longer looked at him.

She was threatening him! Yue Ye was extremely furious, but what could she do to him? A feeling of both love and hate burned in his body, roasting. In the end, he only took a painful step back, shook his head and laughed bitterly: "Bai Xue Fu, we can be considered to have lost to you. "How laughable …"

Yue Ye swayed her feet, and turned around to head out of the courtyard. Taking a step forward, she gave the order loudly, "Someone, come! Send the empress back to Scenic Central Palace to write a scripture three times to correct her! "

"Your servant commands you!" Eunuch Li replied.

Looking at Yue Ye's departing back, Xue Fu immediately felt pain in her heart. She didn't want to do this, but she had no choice but to do something that made his heart ache. If she hadn't saved Nangong Jue, Yue Ye really might have killed him!

"Is this a punishment?" The Emperor is obviously protecting you. " yufei was not satisfied with the result of the punishment. She suppressed her voice and whispered into the empress dowager's ears.

The empress dowager was naturally disappointed as well. On the surface, however, she looked extremely calm and peaceful as she said, "It's not like it's a one-night thing for the emperor to protect her. Even the empress's position was favored by her.

yufei thought that was indeed the case. He turned around and walked inside the house angrily, ignoring Xue Fu who was beside the sea of flowers.

Xue Fu heard the whispers between the yufei and the Empress Dowager and felt pain in his heart. The yufei was right, this couldn't be considered a form of punishment. Yue Ye clearly knew that she liked to copy books, and kept copying them! He didn't even want to punish himself. But she was always giving him problems. Yue Ye's desperate and pained look from a moment ago was still lingering in her mind. It was a type of despair that made her heartache, and a type of guilt that made her feel despair.

"Empress, please." Eunuch Li respectfully made a gesture of farewell to her, standing to the side and waiting for her to get up.

Xue Fu's knees were already numb, but she still stood up strongly from the ground and followed Eunuch Li out of the Longevity Palace. When they arrived at the Peace Garden, he stopped and said to the Eunuch Li, "Please accompany the emperor at the Management Hall. I don't need any escort."

The Eunuch Li was terrified in her heart. She secretly raised her brows and glanced at Xue Fu, and saw that her flowing eyes clearly showed her care and concern for the Emperor. He was overjoyed and immediately heaved a sigh of relief, saying without any hesitation, "Then I will take my leave, sir."

"Go." Xue Fu slightly bowed her head, there were quite a few palace maids and eunuchs behind her, she simply did not need the Eunuch Li's protection. The most important thing was that the Eunuch Li was someone at Yue Ye's side. She felt that Yue Ye currently needed someone to serve her more than she did.