Listening to her daughter's heartfelt words, the pregnant Lady Hou went on a killing spree.

The Empress was the most shocked. She had always been in good health and had no son, so she didn't need to worry about the succession struggle.

She's eating and sleeping well, so why doesn't she have more than two years to live? You should explain that to her.

The Emperor patted the Empress's hand under the table, signaling her not to be anxious.

Everyone waited and waited, but An'an wouldn't say anything, which made them extremely anxious.

"An'an, all I know is that the Emperor died suddenly, but do you know how he actually died?"

In her previous life, Ji Yueru truly had no idea. All she knew was that two years later, the emperor suddenly died, and the empress followed him.

The palace was leaderless, and the crown prince and the three princes used every trick in the book to fight for the throne.

The Ming Dynasty was in great turmoil at that time. In the end, the Ming Prince ascended the throne and ruled for several years before eliminating the scourge left by the turmoil.

[I know, the Emperor's life is pretty tragic, much more so than the Empress's.]

Now it was the Emperor's turn to be unsettled. He had just said that the Empress wouldn't live for more than two years, and now he was saying that she would suffer even more than the Empress, which meant that he would die before the Empress.

[Mother, you would never imagine that the mighty Emperor of the Ming Dynasty would ultimately starve to death. It was a truly tragic end.]

The Grand Eunuch Yu, who was waiting to the side, suddenly felt that the Emperor's aura was extremely low, which made him want to make himself less noticeable.

Those who can serve as officials in the imperial court are all shrewd and intelligent, and those who become close advisors are the shrewdest of the shrewd.

Seeing the Emperor's unpleasant expression, everyone spoke very cautiously, afraid that they might become the target of his anger if they did something wrong.

Unfortunately, Lady Wuwei happened to run into them at that moment.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say."

The old Marquis of Wuwei has been ill for many years and has not left the mansion. The Marquis of Wuwei is currently stationed at the border. She is the only person in the entire Marquis of Wuwei who can speak on behalf of her son.

She was so engrossed in thinking that she didn't notice the Emperor and Empress's expression.

At Lady Wuwei's shout, the dancers in the hall stopped and left, and the ministers who were whispering also stopped and all looked at Lady Wuwei.

Lady Wuwei rose from her seat and knelt in the main hall.

"Your Majesty, my son went into the water a few days ago to save the eldest daughter of the Feng family, and he is still unconscious. Many doctors and imperial physicians have seen him, but to no avail."

Someone suggested a method of warding off bad luck, but I have no other choice. I beg Your Majesty to grant my son a marriage with the eldest daughter of the Feng family.

"If it weren't for saving her, my son wouldn't have fallen into a coma."

Here it comes! I knew the Lady of Wuwei was up to no good. Her son was clearly awake, but she spread the news that he was seriously ill and unconscious.

He just wants the Feng family to compromise and marry their eldest daughter to him. He's dreaming! Doesn't he even know if he's good enough for her?

Before the emperor could say anything, Lady Feng could no longer sit still.

He came out and knelt beside the Lady of Wuwei.

"Your Majesty, after my daughter fell into the water, it was not the young Marquis of Wuwei who rescued her, but rather the guards of the Lady of Anshun who saved her."

Many people witnessed this, so it cannot be faked.

Two days ago, this humble woman and her daughter visited Lady Anshun to express their gratitude. She still doesn't know where Lady Wuwei's life-saving grace came from.

The emperor and empress were finally satisfied and could openly see what the Lady of Anshun Marquis looked like.

When Madam Feng said that she could no longer remain indifferent, Ji Yueru rose from her seat and bowed to the Emperor and Empress at the head of the table.

"Your Majesty, it was indeed my daughter, the eldest daughter of the Feng family, who was rescued from the water that day."

"Your Majesty, my son also went into the water to save the eldest daughter of the Feng family. If she hadn't fallen into the water, my son wouldn't have jumped in to save her."

However, Lady Anshun's men rescued the person first, and the Feng family could not deny this life-saving grace.

Lady Wuwei has truly lost all sense of shame; she's trying to pin the life-saving favor on her own son.

In his previous life, when the eldest daughter of the Feng family married into the Marquis of Wuwei's household, Lu Li pretended to be a wife for over a year.

Once the eldest daughter of the Feng family gave birth to their eldest son, he completely let go of his inhibitions and stopped pretending.

He spent every night in brothels and brothels, and his illegitimate children sprang up like mushrooms after rain.

Adhering to the Feng family's precepts, the eldest daughter of the Feng family managed the entire Wuwei Marquis's mansion, raising both the legitimate and illegitimate sons, living like a nun in a temple.

Lady Wuwei, acting as her mother-in-law, collected all the books in her room, leaving her only a few copies of "Admonitions for Women" and "Instructions for Women," saying that a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent.

They set many rules, which completely wore away the scholarly air of the eldest daughter of the Feng family.

Outside, he used his status as a relative by marriage to the Feng family to secure numerous benefits for his son and a large group of illegitimate grandsons.

Lady Wuwei felt a chill, but she couldn't see it because she had her head down. However, the other ministers and their families could see it clearly.

Not only the emperor and empress, but also the concubines and several princes and princesses looked at Lady Wuwei with disdain and a hint of contempt.

"Lu Li is not in good health. We will have the head of the Imperial Medical Academy examine him later. The idea of ​​a marriage of convenience is utter nonsense."

As for the marriage, you two families can discuss it privately. If both families agree, I wouldn't mind bestowing a marriage upon you.

Lady Feng knelt down and kowtowed.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Lady Wuwei was somewhat dumbfounded; this was different from what she had expected and what her father-in-law had said.

Lady Wuwei was still kneeling in a daze when Lady Feng finished expressing her gratitude and returned to her seat.

If it were anyone else, they would have stopped when they saw things were going wrong. But since marrying into the Wuwei Marquis's mansion, Lady Wuwei has had a smooth life for more than 20 years. Apart from having some issues with having children, she has not suffered any losses in other aspects.

Moreover, she now considers the eldest daughter of the Feng family as her daughter-in-law, so how could she give up so easily?

If the Feng family had agreed, her family wouldn't have made a fuss about the arranged marriage.

"Your Majesty, if it weren't for the eldest daughter of the Feng family, how could my son be unconscious? The Feng family must give my Wuwei Marquis's mansion an explanation for this matter, otherwise..."

The emperor's expression turned cold.

"What else?"

Anyone could see that the emperor was unhappy, but Lady Wuwei was completely oblivious.

"Otherwise, the Marquis of Wuwei's mansion will definitely go to the Feng family's door and ask Headmaster Feng how he raised his daughter."

An An clicked her tongue twice.

The people of the Marquis of Wuwei's mansion were used to living like local tyrants in the northern border and didn't take the emperor seriously at all.

Mother, you don't also think that the Marquis of Wuwei's family has been able to hold the northern border for almost fifty years entirely because of the Marquis of Wuwei's family.

The emperor, who was about to fly into a rage, temporarily suppressed his anger.

"Why is that?"

[If we're talking about merit, then yes.]

Every year, Marquis Wuwei has to pay tribute to the ruler of Daxun Kingdom, which is no less than ten million taels of silver. All of this money is plundered from the people of the northern border.

Moreover, the people from the Marquis of Wuwei's mansion would disguise themselves as bandits to kidnap young girls from the northern border and secretly transport them to the Great Xun Kingdom.

Otherwise, how could the Great Xun Kingdom, known for its military might, have only engaged in minor skirmishes for decades without ever invading its northern border?

"Snap!"

The wine cup in the emperor's hand shattered with a crack.