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It was just that the previous Consort De, the current empress dowager, rarely went out. Not only did she respect the empress dowager at every turn, she even warned her son to not visit her often.

Although the empress dowager was very careful and afraid of offending the empress dowager, it was as if the once Empress Hu and now Empress Dowager Hu didn't take her seriously at all.

When Empress Dowager Hu arrived, Ye Jingxing and Prince Duan immediately withdrew their expressions. One of them felt guilty, while the other was worried that their imperial sister-in-law would find out something.

Who knew that after Empress Dowager Hu came in, she directly swept a glance over Ye Jingxing, then looked at Prince Duan and said, ”I didn't allow Your Majesty to speak of Yan Er's news.”

”What?”

Seemingly at the same time that Empress Dowager Hu finished speaking, the Prince Duan cried out in alarm.

Empress Dowager Hu wasn't shocked by Prince Duan's reaction at all. She looked at him and gave a slight nod before continuing, ”I've long known that Yan'er was still alive, but my thoughts were the same as Yan'er's. I didn't want him to involve the affairs of the imperial family again.” With that, Empress Dowager Hu paused before continuing. ”I only have this one grandson now. I don't want him to be in danger again. That's why I warned His Majesty not to speak of it.”

Prince Duan did not expect that this matter, not only did royal sister-in-law already know about it, she also prevented her nephew from informing her royal brother about it.

Thinking about the contents of the letter, the Prince Duan thought for a moment. He looked at Empress Dowager Hu and asked, ”So is it true about Brother Yan and that Xu Family girl?”

Ye Jingxing and Empress Dowager Hu never thought that Prince Duan would actually know of this matter, but because Prince Duan told them about it, the two of them thought of the same person.

Ye Jingxing and Empress Dowager Hu quickly looked at each other, reading the meaning in each other's eyes.

However, neither of them mentioned the matter at this time. Empress Dowager Hu looked at Prince Duan and said, ”I only hope that Yan'er can be a rich man in the future.”

After she finished speaking to the Prince Duan, Empress Dowager Hu looked at Ye Jingxing and said, ”Today, other than to talk about Yan Er, there is another matter that I want to speak to His Majesty about.”

”What orders does Imperial Mother have?”

Ye Jingxing's attitude towards Empress Dowager Hu was extremely respectful. After all, he couldn't not rely on her help to smoothly ascend to this position.

Empress Dowager Hu didn't feel that Ye Jingxing's attitude towards her was problematic at all. After hearing his words, she nodded slightly and said, ”I want to go to Spirit Valley Temple for three years of fast.”

When Empress Dowager Hu said this, Ye Jingxing remembered what Xu Shiqiu had told him in the back before.

'When the empress intends to go to His Majesty's Li Palace, she'll probably find some excuse to stay outside for a few years. It looks like she's planning on going to see her great-grandson and daughter-in-law.

But before, even if he knew that Empress Dowager Hu wouldn't mention it, he wouldn't have mentioned it. He just hadn't thought that she would wait until the Royal Father was buried before saying anything. Who would've thought that she would do it now?

Prince Duan didn't know what Empress Dowager Hu wanted to do, but when she heard that she was going to the Spirit Valley Temple for three years, she wanted to ask.

But when he raised his head, he discovered that there was something wrong with Ye Jingxing's expression.

Thinking up to here, the Prince Duan who had a hard time guessing looked towards Empress Dowager Hu and said, ”Imperial Aunt, you …”

Empress Dowager Hu saw that the Prince Duan was asking and didn't have any intention of hiding the fact that she loathed the Emperor Ruikang, so she directly opened her mouth and said, ”Since Fifth Brother has already ascended the throne, I too wish to live the life I want.”

Empress Dowager Hu didn't have any intention of hiding her thoughts. Right now, she was the eldest in the entire palace, and the new emperor and his mother respected her.

It could be said that she was now much more alive in the palace than she was back in Emperor Ruikang.

But so what?

There were no grandchildren, no daughter-in-law, and there was no grandson who was about to be born!

Right now, Empress Dowager Hu was very reckless. She didn't care about how Prince Duan and Ye Jingxing would react after hearing her words, and directly left behind the news of her departure the next day.

Seeing Empress Dowager Hu leave just like that, the Prince Duan thought for a long time. Finally, he looked at Ye Jingxing and said, ”Your mother, does she want to leave the capital?”

Ye Jingxing had to admire his own Uncle Wang, to be able to guess this reason.

It's just that he didn't know how to explain in detail. He couldn't tell you about my nephew, your nephew, who even managed to swell her stomach before my eldest niece left.

Right now, your imperial sister-in-law is leaving the palace in such a hurry because she wants to guard the birth of her great-grandson.

Ye Jingxing was unable to say these words.

However, after he thought about it, he still looked at the Prince Duan and said seriously, ”Imperial Mother is very kind to Royal Father, you should know about this matter as well, Uncle Wang. Now that the Royal Father is no longer here, and the Queen Mother wants to go relax, I can't say anything. ”

What Ye Jingxing said made it difficult for the Prince Duan to say anything more.

After all, what happened back then was indeed done wrongly by her royal brother. Now that her royal brother was no longer here and was forcing her to stay in the palace, she would definitely feel unhappy.

Moreover, there was a grandson outside who was also unwilling to get involved with the Imperial Family. If this was him, he wouldn't be staying in the Imperial Palace.

Because it was really not easy to say anything about Empress Dowager Hu wanting to leave the palace, Ye Jingxing felt a little awkward and could only ask, ”Can Uncle Wang tell your nephew how you found out about this news?”

Hearing Ye Jingxing's words, Prince Duan immediately regained his senses, looked at him and said: ”What do you think is wrong with this?”

After Prince Duan finished speaking, without waiting for Ye Jingxing to speak, Xu Shiqiu rushed in.

Seeing Xu Shiqiu rushing over, Ye Jingxing and Prince Duan immediately felt that something was amiss. Without even needing them to ask, Xu Shiqiu immediately opened his mouth and said: ”Ye Jingde is gone.”