During the famine, my ancient well connected to modern times

"Empress, didn't you promise the patriarch not to be angry? If we drive His Highness out again this time, I'm afraid it will be difficult for His Highness to come here in the future. If other women were to seize the opportunity and give birth to the Prince first, The eldest son is a great threat to the empress’s status.”

Song Liyun gently opened his eyelids and glanced at Chun Ke coldly, "Since I promised my father, I will not break my promise."

"The lady?"

Song Liyun's expression was calm, but he exuded an irresistible aura.

"Do you think that the prince really came here to rest this time? He is afraid that he has encountered a problem and wants to ask me for help."

Seeing that Chun Ke still didn't understand, Song Liyun reminded: "Have you forgotten that these two days are my short days? Even if the prince forgets the people around him, can you still remind him?"

Chunke suddenly realized, and he also speculated on Luo Jingce's intentions, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is deeply attached to the Holy Family right now. Is there anything he needs the Crown Princess' help with?"

Song Liyun picked up the tea and took a sip. The taste was not very good, "Do you really think he is full of holy love?"

Chun Ke lowered his head, "Isn't it?"

"Of course not. Luo Jingce is far worse than Luo Tingye."

Chun Ke knew that the current Crown Prince was not as good as the previous one, and it was normal for the Crown Princess to feel disgusted, but she couldn't show it.

"Your Highness, if these words are known to His Highness, I'm afraid I will be angry with you again."

"Do you think I'm afraid of him? My legitimate daughter of the Song family was born to be a queen. If it weren't for his conspiracy, you think I would marry him."

Although Luo Tingye is no longer here, his death will not be forgotten.

"Empress..." Chun Ke wanted to persuade her again.

Song Liyun was already annoyed, "I know what you want to say. It's not that I don't want to have children. Since Meng Liangdi lost her child, do you think any woman in the entire East Palace has been pregnant?"

"It would be fine if I was the only one in this palace who was not pregnant, but this happens to all the women in the East Palace."

In the past year, news about Song Liyun's infertility has spread a lot. People inside and outside the palace are saying that Song Liyun is in poor health and has never been able to conceive.

Many of them are written by Luo Jingce.

Song Liyun had no intention of having a child and had always turned a deaf ear to it. As time passed, no good news came from the East Palace for a long time. Everyone speculated whether there was something wrong with Luo Jingce's health.

In fact, in the past few years, Luo Jingce had been focused on replacing Luo Tingye. He worked hard day and night and indulged in female sex, which had long since emptied his body.

The imperial doctor asked him to take good care of him. He might be well after a few years, but he just didn't believe it. If he continued like this, he didn't know if he would have any children.

Perhaps because of drinking, Song Liyun felt even more irritable, "Did something big happen in the court these days?"

Luo Jingce would not come here for no reason. Ever since she married into the East Palace, she had always come here to ask for something. She wanted to see what made Luo Jingce bow his head.

"My slave has not heard that anything big happened in the imperial court. It's just that Dali Temple suddenly got an account book two days ago. It contains information about tax evasion in Huyang County, which has made the people miserable. I heard that His Majesty was furious and appointed several imperial officials. Minister Shi went to Huyang to investigate the matter, and nothing else.”

Song Liyun suddenly paused, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and he thought about everything in the blink of an eye.

Luo Jingce arrived at Song Liyun's palace very late. The other concubines would have gone out to greet him when they saw him coming, but the Crown Princess was the only one who always waited in the house.

Not only was she cold when she greeted him, but she was boring even in bed.

Luo Jingce suddenly felt very irritable.After some mental preparation, I walked into the house.

I thought Song Liyun would be more or less pretentious, but I didn't expect that she was actually reading a book. Four palace maids surrounded her, beating her legs, pressing shoulders, fanning, and feeding her. She was enjoying it so much.

Thinking that he had to work exhaustingly in the East Palace during the day, while Song Liyun was enjoying the blessings here, Luo Jingce felt a sense of injustice in his heart.

He waved his sleeves and said with a bit of emotion in his voice, "You all get off."

The palace man did not move and seemed not to hear.

"..." Luo Jingce's face turned green.

At this time, Song Liyun raised his eyes slightly and said, "Everyone, go down."

The palace officials exited in an orderly manner.

Luo Jingce's face was so gloomy that ink dripped from his face. He sat down next to the Crown Princess and took a sip. He thought it was tea, but he didn't expect it to be the spicy wine. He spit it out and coughed awkwardly.

"you?"

He swallowed the words that came to his lips when he thought of the purpose of this trip. It took him a long time to find his voice after returning, "The imperial doctor said that you are weak and not suitable for drinking. You should drink less alcohol in the future."

Song Liyun glanced at him and put down the book, "The prince should just tell you the purpose of this trip."

Luo Jingce: "..."

The anger that was finally suppressed was about to rise, "In your heart, I will only come to you when I need something to ask for. Can't it be that I care about you from the bottom of my heart?"

Song Liyun couldn't help laughing, with a bit of sarcasm on his lips.

Although he didn't say anything, the meaning was very clear.

Luo Jingce's face turned blue and purple. The Song family was indeed great, but Song Liyun was just a young lady who couldn't get married. If it weren't for him, would she be where she is today?
Song Liyun thought he would get angry and was even prepared to quarrel, but he didn't expect that in just a blink of an eye, he would suppress his anger again.

She was immediately disappointed. She didn't expect Luo Jingce to be as capable as Luo Tingye, at least not too bad.

In the same situation, if Luo Tingye wants to ask for something, his attitude will not be low even if he is asking for help. It is always only others who ask for him, and he never asks for others.

Song Liyun simply sat up straight and distanced himself from him.

Luo Jingce was unwilling to get involved when he saw this.

After being silent for a long time, Luo Jingce held back his words and said, "I heard that your cousin is in Xinzhou. I wonder if he has written to you recently?"

"My uncle is the governor of a state and sent a message to me privately. Could it be that His Highness wants to replace his concubine and find someone else to be the crown princess?"

Luo Jingce clenched his fists. If he didn't want to ask for anything, he would never stay with such a tone.

"Do you know what happened in Huyang?"

Song Liyun glanced at him coldly, stood up, picked up the scissors and cut off the candle wick, "If His Highness is talking about His Majesty sending people to Huyang, I do know it."

"Now that you know, I won't hide it from you. The matter in Huyang has something to do with me. I hope you can write to your cousin and ask him to help." (End of Chapter)