In Fengming Palace, Empress Dowager Lu sat dignified and elegantly on the bed, with a few golden headdresses embedded on her head. She was in her early forties and her charm was still there, her skin was still tender and shiny, and there was no wrinkle on her peaceful and beautiful face.

She pulled Lin Zhiqing's little hand and said kindly: "Girl, you and the emperor last night..."

She thought about it and said, "Is it okay to sleep?"

"Auntie?" Lin Zhiqing's pretty face turned red, she lowered her head shyly, and said in a very low voice: "What should Zhiqing say about such a shameful thing?"

"Geeh..." Empress Dowager Lu covered her mouth and chuckled. Judging from Lin Zhiqing's shy look, she had guessed the answer, which was the same as the result of Li Dequan's return last night.

She patted Lin Zhiqing's back of her hand and said, "You girl, you have become a woman, why are you still so shy?"

"Auntie, I'm just a shy woman!" Lin Zhiqing lowered her head, pouted, and said coquettishly.

"Okay! Since you are a wife, you can't be so shy anymore. You have to be with the emperor more often. Only in this way can you give birth to a prince as soon as possible, and your position as queen can be more stable." said Empress Dowager Lu.

"But...but I can't decide such a thing. It's a matter between two people." Lin Zhiqing raised her head and looked at Empress Dowager Lu.

"Girl! You must understand your aunt's good intentions for you. Now the emperor is the only woman, but in the future, there will always be other concubines entering the palace. So, you have to seize the opportunity and not let your aunt down, do you know?" Empress Dowager Lu said with a slightly serious expression.

"Thank you aunt for your love for Zhiqing. I will give birth to a little prince for Your Majesty." Lin Zhiqing said with a smile.

"Yes!" Empress Dowager Lu nodded with satisfaction.

"Empress Dowager, Secretary Lu Shangshu is asking for a visit outside the hall." A girl in red-stained sword walked in from outside the hall and said with a respectful expression.

"Let him come in." Then, Empress Dowager Lu looked at Lin Zhiqing and smiled and said, "Auntie wants to tell your uncle something, so you can step down first!"

"No! Zhiqing leaves!" Lin Zhiqing stood up and bowed slightly to salute. Then, she walked out. On the way, she greeted Lu Weizhi and walked out of Fengming Palace.

"My minister, Lu Weizhi, please pay attention to the Empress Dowager." Lu Weizhi said.

Empress Dowager Lu said with a look at her expression: "Brother, there are no outsiders here, so there is no need to be too polite."

"Thank you, Empress Dowager." Lu Weizhi stood up.

"Is something wrong?" asked Empress Dowager Lu.

"Empress Dowager, today is in the court..." Lu Weizhi told Empress Dowager Lu in detail about what happened in the Golden Lunar today, and then sat on the chair given by Empress Dowager Lu.

"It seems that our little emperor wants to support Liu Guodong for his use, and then compete with the Ai family."

"Oh!"

"I underestimated him before the Ai family." Empress Dowager Lu smiled contemptuously.

"Empress Dowager, if Li Xiaoyao continues like this, he may have enough strength to compete with us soon." Lu Weizhi said with a serious expression and worried expression.

"As soon as he ascended the throne, he had already shown his strength, and his heart would be different from us." Empress Dowager Lu stood up, stamped a few steps in the hall, and then said with a fierce look on his face: "Since he already has the desire to resist, we can't keep him."

"Empress Dowager, please think twice." Lu Weizhi stood up and walked forward a few steps: "If Li Xiaoyao is killed now, the Han Dynasty will inevitably be in chaos. At that time, the second prince will definitely come with the Chu soldiers, and they will be famous for sending troops at that time. I am afraid that the Han Dynasty's army will have no intention of resisting."

"Who said the Ai family wanted to kill Li Xiaoyao with their own hands?"

"What does the Empress Dowager mean?" Lu Weizhi followed the Empress Dowager and asked in confusion.

"The Ai family deliberately let the second prince go, and it was also the plan to make this happen in this situation."

"But the Ai family did not expect that Li Xiaoyao would be an ambitious person and he would be so quick to show off."

"Then what should we do?" Lu Weizhi asked.

"Don't worry, the Ai family is ready." Empress Dowager Lu walked to the bed, sat down and said, "I asked you to send envoys to Zhao before, to stabilize Zhao, and deliberately let the second prince go. She was also testing Li Xiaoyao to see if he had the power to cultivate secretly."

"But now it seems that he is a puppet emperor full of cumin."

"Now, he has already gotten married to Zhiqing, and Zhiqing has this title."

"Since he is so anxious to die, let him lead his troops to the army to fight in person. At that time, you are on the front line and secretly kill him, and it will be said that he died under the Chu archers."

"In just one year, Zhiqingruo gave birth to a prince, Han State, or Han State of our Lu family."

"Empress Dowager, that girl Ruo Zhiqing, will she give birth to a princess?" Lu Weizhi said in a low voice.

"Hahaha..." Empress Dowager Lu laughed for a while and looked serious: "Even if that girl Zhiqing is not pregnant with Longzi, the Ai family will become a Longzi in a year."

"The Queen Mother's meaning is that if you just wait for a year, we will bring back a baby in the folk..." Lu Weizhi said with some obscure words.

"It doesn't matter whether he is a real prince. As long as he has the title of the girl and queen Zhiqing, even if the baby is not a prince, in the eyes of outsiders, he is the prince born by Zhiqing for the emperor." Queen Mother Lu said.

"Okay! I understand. I will send envoys to Zhao State and give them some benefits. I believe they will not launch a large war against our Han State." Lu Weizhi said.

"Yeah!" Empress Dowager Lu nodded and said, "You go and arrange something. When Chu attacks Xuancheng, you must lead the ministers and ask the emperor to personally lead the army."

"I'll make arrangements now!" Lu Weizhi was about to leave.

Empress Dowager Lu said: "This time you must be prepared and kill Li Xiaoyao must be foolproof."

"No!" Lu Weizhi replied firmly, then turned around and walked out of Fengming Palace.

Li Xiaoyao, you really made the Ai family look at him with admiration.

The disguise is very good, but it is a bit impulsive. Do you think that if you take retreat ascend to the throne, you will have the final say in the Han Kingdom?

Oh!

You are still too young and too childish.

The other end.

In the imperial study, Li Xiaoyao, wearing a yellow dragon robe, sat on the collapse of the bed with a big golden sword, staring sharply at Li Dequan standing beside him.

Liu Guodong was a little surprised. He had been standing in the imperial study room for a long time. His Majesty neither gave him a seat nor spoke, but stared at a eunuch in the palace without saying a word. What was this intention?

Li Dequan lowered his head and swallowed his saliva constantly. He knew that Li Xiaoyao was reminding him that he could get out of the imperial study room, but when he thought of the Queen Mother's order, he could only stand here with a stern face.
Chapter completed!