In Langling Wang's desperate search, three days passed in the blink of an eye.

  That evening, Langling Wang, who was searching for Zhang Gui with Zheng Yu and others, received the empress dowager's edict summoning them to the palace.

  As the group entered the hall, the Empress Dowager had just finished meeting with several ministers. After dismissing the officials and instructing Prince Lanling to enter the palace, the Empress Dowager stepped forward, placed her hand on Prince Lanling's shoulder, and tearfully said: "My grandson, how did you become so thin?"

  For several days, the King of Lanling had not been sleeping well. Seeing the gentle words of comfort from the Empress Dowager and looking at her kind face, he twitched his lips, wanting to smile, but in the end, he only pursed them tightly.

  "Sit down, child."

  "Thank you, Grandma."

  Two people sat down knee to knee.

  The empress dowager looked at the haggard face of Prince Langling with kindness, nodded to the palace maid to bring up a cup of wine for him to moisten his throat, and said in a warm voice: "Child, I heard that your concubine is gone?"

  "Yes." The voice of Langling Wang was hoarse and low due to several consecutive nights of poor sleep, with dense bloodshot eyes.

  The empress gazed at him for a moment, then nodded to the palace maid to fill his cup with wine. She asked softly, "He's just a woman, so why does my grandson look so haggard?"

  She stroked the back of Langling Wang's hand and asked softly, "Child, tell Grandma honestly, that woman, are you thinking of marrying her? Is it because of her that you don't want anyone else?"

  What did the empress dowager say?

  The King of Lanling raised his head.

  In front of the empress dowager, he, like many other Gao clan juniors, was filled with genuine reverence. Therefore, Langling Wang thought for a moment before speaking in a hoarse voice: "Grandson, I never thought of marrying her..."

  After dropping this sentence, he continued slowly: "The grandson just can't leave her, as for the grandson's legitimate wife, there must be someone else!"

  Although I've heard it countless times, once again I hear a figure behind the curtain. Still dazed.

  She should have known it a long time ago... Maybe she had understood it earlier, and she wouldn't be struggling so desperately. In his past life, she wasn't by his side. This life is actually the same. Although she came early enough, he was never her destiny. Not the one she could ask for...

  She raised her head. Through the gap, she looked at Zheng You standing in the side hall, dressed in magnificent clothes, beautiful and moving, gently looking at the back of Langling Wang... She was the right one.

  I was originally a third person inserted between the two of them! Even if they had not discussed marriage, even if he always told her that he couldn't leave her. He wanted her!

  It's all for the better... He left her, just a temporary discomfort. He still has his ambition and grand goals. He still has his rightful wife to marry. He would have left eventually, now it's just the way he leaves. Unexpected by both him and her!

  The people outside were still talking.

  The empress sighed softly and said slowly, "My grandson is a great man, he should know that in this world, there is a saying that one cannot have both fish and bear's paw at the same time." Upon hearing this, Prince Lanling quickly lifted his head.

  He looked at the empress dowager and said in a low voice: "What did grandma say?"

  He stood up abruptly, staring at the empress dowager without blinking. "What can't be had? Grandmother, that woman is mine! She has always been mine! In this life, she can only be mine! If my legitimate wife can't tolerate her, then I won't take a wife!"

  The words of King Lanling were sharp and heavy one after another. That pressing aura, where was there any hint of respect?

  The empress dowager's face fell, "You're talking nonsense again!"

  Looking at Prince Lanling still staring at her stubbornly, the Empress Dowager sighed softly. She closed her eyes and rubbed her Buddhist beads as she said, "You're wrong."

  The empress dowager no longer looked at him, but turned the Buddhist beads and said warmly: "Child, in this life, there is nothing that belongs to you forever. You are looking for her everywhere, aren't you? Grandma will tell you where she is!"

  As soon as the words came out, Prince Langling's breathing became urgent. The fist he placed on his leg tightened, and he stared at the Empress Dowager without blinking, waiting for her to speak.

  The empress's voice was still calm and slow, "On that day, when you knew you were going to marry your official wife, that woman incited two guards to take her away from the palace..."

  Just as he said this, Langling Wang thought to shout out, "This is impossible! How can this be possible!"

  But before he could say this, he immediately thought. This is entirely possible, that woman, she was so focused on being the only one to be pampered, and yet so cunning, with her intelligence, inciting several men to risk their lives for her, not a rare occurrence at all.

  As soon as he thought that it was Zhang Qi who had left of her own accord, Lang Ling Wang stood there in a daze. The days and nights spent searching for her, the bellyful of melancholy longing, all turned into bitter disappointment.

  He had thought about it, he had thought that she might have left. Only he always thought that with her personality, even if she left, she would do so openly and honestly. Moreover, she still wanted to get money from his own hands. How could she be willing to leave quietly?

  The empress glanced at him, took in his expression, and continued: "She left this time to find an old friend. That old friend has been waiting for her... Your woman said that if I treat him with the same respect as you, he will treat me with the same respect. If not, he can marry his wife, and I'll marry my young lord!"

  The Duke of Lanling's face had already turned iron-green. But in the blink of an eye, that iron-green turned into pale white, and then became a vast expanse of confusion...

  The empress glanced at him again, saw that he was still in a daze, and continued to speak, "Child, let's just drop this matter! Although that woman is the daughter of a Han family, she has the fierce temper of a Xianbei girl. Since she is determined to leave, let her be."

  The Empress Dowager had just said this when the King of Lanling suddenly shouted hoarsely, "No—" He took a step back and cried out in a mournful voice, "No, I won't allow it!"

  As soon as the words came out, the empress dowager was different from her gentle and kind eyes just now. Her face sank, and she said displeased: "I've said it, this matter will stop here! No matter whether you allow it or not, there is no possibility of discussing it again!"

  "The Empress Dowager shouted loudly: 'Get out!'"

  As soon as the order was given, several eunuchs stepped forward. They were about to hold down Prince Langling, but he suddenly turned around. Just as he reached the door, Prince Langling suddenly turned his head and bowed to the Empress Dowager, saying: "Grandmother, I won't marry a principal wife. I only want her..."

  He realized that he could only choose one between Ah Qi and his legitimate wife! This was not only what Zhang Qi thought, but also what all the nobles in Ye City who were willing to marry him thought.

  This time Ah Qi left, and they were afraid that there would be those who would worship them. They drove away Ah Qi in order to prepare for their own marriage. To marry a legitimate wife!

  A moment of indescribable regret, depression and bitterness surged up in my heart at the same time.

  Upon hearing Lang Ling Wang's words, the Empress Dowager coldly said: "Too late... she has already chosen someone else!"

  "Isn't that Xiao Mo?" Lanling Wang said with a hint of anger: "I'll go find him!"

  "Don't look for him!"

  The Empress Dowager looked at King Langling steadily, waved her hand to signal the eunuchs to retreat, and then slowly said: "Come out."

  As soon as the voice fell, the curtain shook. Two people walked out from behind the curtain.

  Suddenly seeing these two people, Langya Wang even forgot to breathe.

  In his eager gaze, hair styled up, Zhang Qi dressed as a woman and Xiao Mo dressed as a third-rank official, both bowed to the empress dowager at the same time and chorused: "Your subject (concubine) has seen the empress dowager."

  "Get up."

  "Yes."

  The two had just stood up. The King of Lanling walked over in big strides. He went straight to Zhang Qi's front, just about to call out to her. But then he heard the gentle voice of the Empress Dowager, "Zhang Shi, did you hear what the King of Lanling just said?"

  Zhang Qi lowered her head, and with a gentle bow, she said in a clear voice: "Yes, I heard."

  The Empress Dowager glanced at Prince Lanling and turned to Zhang Gui, saying slowly: "What do you think?"

  Zhang Qi's good fortune did not rise, she lowered her head and replied respectfully and coldly: "My intention, the Empress Dowager also said it earlier: If the Duke treats me as one, I will treat him as one. If he can't, he marries his official wife, and I marry my husband!"

  Clearly heard from Zhang Qi's mouth, clearly saw her expressionless face, coldly and ruthlessly looking at herself saying this sentence. Never put her thoughts in mind before, always thinking that she would leave, as long as he didn't let go, she was powerless against the tall and powerful Gao Chang Gong, who suddenly took a step back!

  His face has turned gray!

  The Empress Dowager glanced at Prince Langling and said in a low voice: "Did you hear that?" The eunuchs on either side nodded, "Send Prince Langling out of the palace!"

  Several powerful eunuchs walked out, and the dull and foolish Gao Zhang Gong was pushed away by them. Meanwhile, he heard the empress inside ask: "Zhang Shi, are you willing to marry Xiao Shangshu as his wife?"

  His next words were drowned out. He struggled for a moment, several eunuchs swiftly drew their swords and pressed the cold blade tips against his neck, back and chest! They forcibly pushed him out of the palace gate.

  At this moment in the great hall, after Empress Dowager's question came out, Zhang Gui suddenly knelt down on the ground with a thud.

  She heavily kowtowed three times to the empress dowager, then slowly lifted her head. Facing the benevolent empress dowager, two lines of clear tears hung on Zhang Gui's cheeks!

  Seeing this scene, Xiao Mo, who had been smiling at the corner of his mouth, suddenly felt a chill in his heart. He quickly turned his head and looked tensely at Zhang Qi.

  Zhang Yi did not look at him, she only took two steps on her knees and then made a deep bow to the empress dowager. Choking with sobs, she said: "I am an unworthy person, I dare not ask for the way of husband and wife in this world... Please allow me to return to my hometown, I wish to hide my name and appearance, cover up my face, and spend the rest of my life chanting Buddhist scriptures among the people!"

  It was clearly agreed upon! Xiao Mo was shocked, and he thought bitterly: It was clearly agreed upon, how could she go back on her word? How could she? This cunning woman!

  He was in a state of frenzy and did not hear the empress's words, "Oh, you want to become a monk, why don't you enter the nunnery to cultivate?"

  Zhang Gui knocked her head repeatedly, "I am an unlucky person, afraid of polluting the pure land of Buddhism!"

  This remark reminded the Empress Dowager, who thought that with this kind of appearance and temperament, even if she were to become a nun, she would still be pursued by men. Changing her name and hiding her face was not a bad idea.

  The most important thing is that the emperor has clearly been infatuated with her beauty, and even such a deceitful act can be done. Even if she marries Xiao Shangshu, it's hard to guarantee that he won't change his mind and take action against her.

  Send her away then? It can't be helped anyway.

  The Empress Dowager said kindly after some thought: "You poor child! Since you have such a request, then so be it!"

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