In accordance with the destiny, the emperor’s edict said:

I know that the time for my death is not far away. I think about the past, think deeply, and regret deeply. I have written six books to find the eldest son of the emperor, Yuan Chen, who will be the emperor. If it is so, then the virtuous people in the world will live in it and admire it.

I looked at the words in the imperial edict in astonishment - Yuan Chen, the eldest son of the emperor?

It has been five years since I entered the palace to serve today. I have never heard of such a prince in the palace. What is even more unbelievable is that the emperor actually passed the throne to him according to the imperial decree!
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The eldest son of the emperor, Pei Yuanchen?

The eldest son of the emperor...?

I turned to look at Pei Yuanxiu. By the way, we have always called him the prince, and from him onwards are the third prince Pei Yuanhao, the fourth prince Pei Yuanchen, the fifth prince Pei Yuanfeng, and several other princesses.

After all, the royal family is indeed missing a prince. Could it be that the prince is the second in line, and there is really an eldest son before him?

But why have I never heard of it?

I looked at the imperial edict in a daze, and then raised my head to look at Pei Yuanxiu's pale face. At this time, his eyes slowly moved from the edict to my face. When he looked at me, his eyes were no longer calm.

, but it seemed that there were contradictory things constantly fighting, and even his eyes became intense and painful.

I had never seen him like this before, and I almost subconsciously wanted to reach out to help him, but just as I reached out, my eyes fell on the imperial edict in his hand. Suddenly, like thunder on a sunny day, I slowly turned my head,

He looked at Yuxi on the side.

At this time, I suddenly realized - we found the Jade Seal!

He and Pei Yuanhao, whoever gets this jade seal will be the master of the world. But at this moment, with the appearance of the jade seal, there is also an imperial edict to pass the throne to a prince who has never heard of it.

, as far as they are concerned, they are all afraid of falling short because of Shan Jiuren, and they don’t know how angry Queen Yin will be.

At this time, I suddenly thought that now I am the only outsider who has seen it. According to Queen Yin's actions, will she simply kill me to silence me? In this case, no one else will know about this imperial edict.

I turned pale with fright and subconsciously took a step back. I moved the bead curtain behind me and made a swishing sound.

The sound is shocking.

This sound seemed to wake Pei Yuanxiu up. He raised his head and looked at me, with a pale and frightened look on my face. But surprisingly, he was very quiet, as quiet as a waveless water. Slowly,

I raised my head, and that long, white hand gently touched my cheek.

His fingertips were very cold, and when they touched my skin, both of us seemed to shiver.

However, his palm was very hot, and he slowly pressed it against my cheek. This was the first time I saw this hand so close. It was white and slender, with thin calluses on the fingertips, and the joints seemed very strong.

After stroking my cheek, he slowly slid down and touched my neck.

Under such a big hand, my neck looks so slender, as if it will break if I bend it lightly.

I stood there trembling a little.

Seeing my panic, his hand only stayed on my neck for a while, and then gently touched my face. The cold skin slowly warmed up under his touch.

Only then did I hear him whisper: "Don't be afraid."

"..."

"There may be many people in this world who will hurt you, but I won't."

……

I don’t know why, what he said was so clear, but I didn’t seem to understand it at all. I looked at him with some confusion as he lowered his hand, slowly opened the curtain and walked to the bed, looking at the man lying on the bed.

The sleeping emperor had an expression that looked like a smile but not a smile.

Then, he said softly: "Father, you are indeed far-sighted."

The fastest thing that spreads in the palace, apart from the howling north wind, is news.

Pei Yuanxiu gave the order, and in less than a moment, the three princes and six ministers all gathered in Yonghe Palace. Everyone was stunned after seeing the imperial edict, and the one with the deepest complexion among them was Grand Master Chang Yanbai.<

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He glanced at the imperial edict and then at Pei Yuanxiu, his eyes shining brightly.

When the Crown Prince and Taibao Wang Shi learned about the whole thing, his face turned pale. I watched him walk over and pull Pei Yuanxiu aside. Although he tried his best to lower his voice, I could still faintly hear the anger in his words: "Your Highness, you are so

What are you doing?!"

"..."

"Only, only the palace maid saw it, you -" he said, looking at Chang Yanbai and Shen Gongye next to him, their faces full of heartbreaking regret.

"Taifu," Pei Yuanxiu interrupted him gently, with his eyes lowered, he said unusually calmly: "Stop talking."

"Your Highness, you - you are trying to climb the mountain!"

"After all, this is my father's will, and we still have to obey it, since-"

Before he finished speaking, he heard Eunuch Yu outside shouting: "The Queen is here!"

The next moment, Queen Yin walked to the gate. As soon as she appeared, the atmosphere in the whole room became more oppressive. Everyone knelt down. I stood by the bead curtain and knelt down immediately.

Queen Yin's face was as gloomy as the weather outside. Pei Yuanxiu had already walked over: "My son, I pay homage to my mother."

"You did a good job!"

This time, the queen could not hide her anger at all, and burst out these words from between her teeth. She glared at Pei Yuanxiu fiercely, turned around and saw me, and she walked in front of me step by step.

, stretched out his hand to lift my chin, and looked at me condescendingly.

The murderous look in her eyes really made my heart tremble.

I know that if it weren’t for Pei Yuanxiu notifying the three gongs and six ministers to come to Shangyang Palace, maybe I would really be dead now.

"What a girl, I didn't expect that I would fall into your hands again and again."

"Empress..."

I spoke softly, but before I could say anything, Pei Yuanxiu walked quickly to my side: "Queen Mother!"

Queen Yin said almost viciously: "Get out of the way!"

"Queen Mother." Pei Yuanxiu still refused to give in at all. He looked into Queen Yin's eyes and said, "I have never asked my Queen Mother for anything, only this time."

"You——"

As soon as she heard what he said, Queen Yin's face turned even more ugly. She looked at me again, and finally threw me away and said to Pei Yuanxiu: "I didn't expect that you would actually do this. You

What a disappointment to my mother!"

Pei Yuanxiu lowered his head and said no more words.

Queen Yin opened the bead curtain, glanced at the still sleeping emperor, then slowly walked to the table and looked at the imperial edict. When her eyes fell on the words "Emperor's eldest son Yuan Chen"

At that time, he gritted his teeth and said: "I didn't expect that he was still thinking about that woman——"

After saying that, she waved her sleeves fiercely, turned around and walked out.

As soon as Queen Yin left, the atmosphere in the room relaxed slightly, but Chang Yanbai and the others still frowned. After a while, Shen Gongye said: "We have found the emperor's imperial edict, but

——This emperor’s eldest son——”

He looked at several other ministers, and they all shook their heads. Two of them even looked at the imperial edict as if they had seen a ghost, and murmured: "How is it possible? Is the emperor sick and confused? Isn't the queen long ago?"

——"

The first queen? Is the eldest son of the emperor the child of the first queen?

Then, where are the others?

I was wondering in my heart, but these ministers remained silent one by one and couldn't say anything anymore. Finally, Pei Yuanxiu said with a tired look on his face: "Everyone, since the father's decree has been issued, let's go and do our own things.

.I am a little tired and want to rest."

"Yes, I would like to send you to His Highness the Crown Prince."

Pei Yuanxiu walked slowly to the door and stopped to look at me. I could only stand next to the bead curtain and watch him from a distance. At this moment, I was obviously calm, but I had the illusion that everything was over. He

Turned around and left.

As soon as he left, the other courtiers also turned around and left. Only Shen Gongye walked up to me before leaving and looked me up and down. I was disturbed by his eyes and lowered my head.

I heard him say: "Are you that Yue Qingying?"

"Yes, sir."

He looked at me again, sneered, turned and left.

Until this moment, I felt as if all the strength in my body had been taken away, and I suddenly fell to the ground.

Jade seal...imperial edict...the eldest son of the emperor...throne...

In less than half a day, I have experienced so many things, and it all happened so suddenly that I couldn't tell whether it was a dream that was too illusory or real.
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If all this is true...

If all this is true and the jade seal is also found in the secret room, then - where is Pei Yuanhao?

I suddenly woke up. The jade seal was clearly in the secret room. Why did Pei Yuanhao confidently say that he knew where the jade seal was and that it was related to this painting? Did he know it a long time ago or did he miscalculate?
To be continued...