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“Fa… father…” The little Emperor stared at the Grand Emperor pitifully.

The door of the bedroom was pushed open by someone suddenly.

An elegant and graceful lady walked in. The lady was dressed in gorgeous clothes and was at most twenty-six or twenty-seven. There was almost no trace of childishness that belonged to girls but more demureness.

The moment the lady pushed open the door, a trace of astonishment appeared on the delicate face of the little Emperor who was sitting.

“Son?!”

The little Emperor raised his eyes and burst into tears the moment he saw the lady. He immediately rushed into her arms and cried. “Mother, father… father just beat me…”

The lady was slightly stunned. She was the Emperor Dowager now, the Grand Emperor’s only wife and the little Emperor’s mother.

The Emperor Dowager was shocked as she saw the red finger marks on the little Emperor’s face. She raised her head and looked forward.

However, she was stunned.

There was a pretty young lady who was standing beside the dragon bed staring at her expressionlessly.

The Emperor Dowager was surprised by Ye Qingtang’s appearance and almost dropped the food in her hand.

“You…”

“Mother, this rabble just beat me in front of others. I told Father about that. He did not help me but beat me instead. Mother, you need to stand up for me…” The little Emperor pointed at Ye Qingtang and complained towards the Emperor Dowager with tears.

The Emperor Dowager panicked for a second and then put up her calm expression. She sized up Ye Qingtang carefully and frowned slightly.

“Grand Emperor, what are you doing? Xuan is your only child. How dare you beat him?” the Emperor Dowager said coldly as she looked at the Grand Emperor who was lying on the bed.

“You’re the one who always spoils him, resulting in his disobedient attitude.” The Grand Emperor stared at the Emperor Dowager and frowned.

He only married one person as his wife in his life.

“Disobedient? That’s because you did not care for him at all. Did you once pay attention to him since he was born? You spent all your time looking for the person and cared for that woman. If I did not protect our son, how could he survive in this world.” The Emperor Dowager scoffed and hugged the little Emperor. “He’s just a kid. How disobedient can he be?”

The Grand Emperor felt blood rushing towards his chest. He wanted to educate the little Emperor in the past but was interrupted by the Emperor Dowager. He did not have the energy to educate him as he lay in bed all the time.

“Why did you let these rabbles in here?” The Emperor Dowager scanned through Ye Qingtang and the rest coldly.

“Long Jiang, what were you doing? How dare you let these rabbles in to disturb the Grand Emperor when he is still ill? Are you planning to do something to the Grand Emperor?”

Long Jiang narrowed his eyes, and a cold light flashed across his eyes.

He only served one person as his Master. It was his Master’s order to protect the Emperor.

If not, why would he always protect the Grand Emperor and the Little Emperor?

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Ye Qingtang stared coldly at the Emperor Dowager. She was calling them rabbles all the time. Now, Ye Qingtang knew where the little Emperor learned his vulgarities from.

“Don’t be rude. This girl is her daughter…” The Grand Emperor gasped for air and said.

A trace of astonishment flashed across Emperor Dowager’s eyes. After studying Ye Qingtang’s appearance, the astonishment was replaced by malice.

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“It’s her again… You have been thinking of her for more than a decade. Isn’t it enough? Did she even appear in the past decade? If not for me… who else would look after you all the time?” The Emperor Dowager sneered and took a deep breath to suppress her anger. She put down the food in her hand onto the table.

“Today, you beat your own child for her daughter. Are you going to give the entire Nine Nights Dynasty to her daughter after a few years then?!”

“Shut up…” the Grand Emperor frowned.

Ye Qingtang did not say anything at the side. However, she sensed something from the conversations.

According to the rumors, the Grand Emperor had married the Empress when he was enthroned. Ye Qingtang’s mother came to the Nine Nights Dynasty and assisted the Grand Emperor to secure his position.

It seemed that the Grand Emperor did not only feel gracious and admiring towards her mother…

The Grand Emperor did not adore any other woman in his life due to that special feeling. That was why he only had one Empress that he married earlier.

The Emperor Dowager must have sensed all these and was reconciled to accept the truth.

Ye Qingtang’s sight landed on the food that the Emperor Dowager brought.

“I was saying nonsense? All these years when you lay on the bed, you did not care for your son at all but sent people to look for her daughter. You think that I don’t know about that? As his father, your care towards him is even less than the premier Qin Long. Do you even feel sorry for us!” The Emperor Dowager released her anger at once.

“How dare you to mention Qin Long? If not because of him, how would the Nine Nights Dynasty end up like this now!” The Grand Emperor raged. His body that had just slightly recovered previously was shivering in anger.

The Emperor Dowager stared at the Grand Emperor. Her eyes were cold.

Suddenly…

“Emperor Dowager, it seems that you like Qin Long?” Ye Qingtang said slowly.

The Emperor Dowager frowned slightly and took a glimpse at Ye Qingtang. “How dare you to speak here, rabble.”

Ye Qingtang glanced at the Emperor Dowager and said, “It’s not your call to make whether I’m able to speak here. Aren’t you the one who is stepping over the line when the Grand Emperor is here?”

The Emperor Dowager’s eyes sparkled. The Grand Emperor’s health was deteriorating every day. He did not even have the strength to get off the bed. She was in control of the whole palace, and she treated the Grand Emperor as a useless person.

Ye Qingtang waited for the Emperor Dowager’s reaction and said, “It seems like you are in good relations with Qin Long. If not, why would you poison the Grand Emperor’s food for him?”

Everyone in the bedroom was shocked after Ye Qingtang finished her words.

“How dare you to frame me! Men, drag this rabble down!” The Emperor Dowager stared at Ye Qingtang.

A few guards who followed her here dashed into the bedroom after the Emperor Dowager commanded.

“Do you think I’m a dead person here? How dare you touch her!” The Grand Emperor struggled to sit up.

The guards were stunned and did not dare to step forward.

“You were saying that… it’s the Emperor Dowager who poisoned me in my food?” The Grand Emperor looked towards Ye Qingtang in disbelief.

“Grand Emperor, don’t listen to this rabble’s nonsense. Why would I poison you?” The Emperor Dowager said coldly.

Ye Qingtang took a bowl of porridge from the table and took a sniff.

“The rotting bone powder does not have any smell or color. Even a silver needle cannot detect its presence. I don’t know how many good people have died under the Qin family because of this powder. I’m very curious. Did the Emperor Dowager get the rotting bone powder from Qin Long?”

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“Bullocks! I don’t even know about the rotting bone powder!” The Emperor Dowager scoffed.

“How dare you to frame my mother, rabble! Mother only loves and cares for father. She brings food here every day. How dare you frame her!” The little Emperor shouted in
a

nger.

Ye Qingtang did not bother with her quibble. She asked the Blood Moon Elder to bring a plant over.

Ye Qingtang then poured the porridge slowly onto the plant.

However, nothing happened to that charming flower.

A trace of sarcasm flashed across the Emperor Dowager’s eyes.

“What else do you have to say?” She sneered.

“Wait.” Ye Qingtang put down the empty bowl and then took a glass of sake.

A panic look flashed across the Emperor Dowager’s eyes suddenly.

“I heard that the Grand Emperor likes to drink alcohol, especially the Qingyu sake from the Northern part’s tribute, and that he takes a glass every day after his meal… Do you still have this habit in recent years?” Ye Qingtang looked towards the Grand Emperor and asked.

The Grand Emperor nodded.

The Qingyu sake was not what he loved but what she loved.

Now, the beauty was long gone…

He could only recall some moments when he took the Qingyu sake.

“It’s always been like that.” He responded.

Ye Qingtang lifted her hand and poured the Qingyu sake onto the plant.

The moment when sake landed on the petals, the bright flower suddenly lost its color and wilted in front of everyone.

“This…” A trace of astonishment flashed across the Grand Emperor’s eyes, Though the Emperor Dowager was not his true love, he did not mistreat her after marrying her for more than a decade. He did not expect that…

She would be the one who poisoned him!

The Emperor Dowager closed her eyes slowly and sighed when she saw that the flower wilted.

“The rotting bone powder is a strong poison, but it hides in the body. It can only be triggered when you take the guiding drug along. Thus… even if someone suspects something, as long as one did not mix these two, one would never find out about the poison inside.” Ye Qingtang held the empty glass and looked at the Emperor Dowager, whose face was pure.

“Emperor Dowager… why do you want to poison me.” Pain filled the Grand Emperor’s eyes. Though he did not love her, he treated her like his little sister all the time.

The Emperor Dowager opened her eyes and scoffed.

“Poison you? Are you the victim or I am the one!”

“Mother…” The little Emperor was shocked. He could never imagine that his most respected father would be poisoned by his own mother.

The Emperor Dowager did not hide anything since the truth was revealed.

“When you were enthroned and married with me back then, I thought that you would treat me with your true love. However… after you met that woman, you lost your soul, and your eyes could not contain anyone else. My most beautiful years were wasted in your hands… I am the victim! You confined me in this cold palace for my entire life.”

The Grand Emperor stared at the Emperor Dowager with grievances.

“I asked about your opinion previously. If you were not willing to be my wife, I would send you out of the palace till you found a suitable one… It was you… who was not willing to leave…”

“Leave? Why? I am the mother of the country! The Empress of the Nine Nights Dynasty! Why would I leave the palace!” The Emperor Dowager scoffed.

“You…” The Grand Emperor stared at the Emperor Dowager in front of her. He remembered that when she just entered the palace, he treated her as his little sister as she was still young. However…

The little sister had such ambitions all the time.