Emperor Wen Zhao didn’t know what was going on. There was no other man in the room except him, but a strange man’s voice appeared in his ears.

　　They still call him the old emperor, but he is not old at all, he is still in the prime of his life. He wants to catch this little thief and find out who is so bold.

　　Emperor Wen Zhao suddenly said, and Ji Jinyou shivered with fear. [System, what’s going on? I called him father, why did your majesty ask ‘who’? It can’t be that I’m not your majesty’s biological child, right? ]

　　That’s a capital crime punishable by loss of head. Now, I finally have some hope of changing the plot and living a little longer, but I must not cause any more trouble.

　　Seeing the little girl’s eyes wide open with fear, the empress and the imperial concubine looked at each other tacitly. The imperial concubine moved aside to block Xiaojiu’s sight. The empress walked to the side of Emperor Wen Zhao, with her back to Xiaojiu, and winked at him, indicating that he should not be anxious and listen first.

　　Emperor Wen Zhao glanced around but saw no one. He was about to ask something, but when he saw the empress like this, he suppressed his surprise and curiosity for the time being and listened quietly as she said.

　　Coincidentally, the man started talking again, his tone still very firm.

　　[That’s absolutely impossible. Your mother has never gone out since she entered the palace. She is so timid and never takes the initiative to cause trouble. Even if trouble comes to her, she will avoid it if possible. How could she possibly hook up with other men?]

　　[Besides, the old emperor is powerful, rich, and handsome. Your mother would only risk losing her head to get involved with another man if she is mentally ill.]

　　This made Emperor Wen Zhao’s expression soften. Although this little thief was a little bold, what he said made sense.

　　And this Concubine Ru, who is usually quiet and seems to be sensible. He hasn’t seen her for a while, so he will go to her palace someday.

　　After listening to the system’s analysis, Ji Jinyou confirmed again: [So, I am really His Majesty’s biological child? ]

　　System: [That’s a must.]

　　With her head saved, Ji Jinyou breathed a sigh of relief: [I told you, my mother is happy as long as she has enough to eat and sleep well. She doesn’t care about whether a man is a man or not. Even I have never heard her mention him.]

　　The corners of Emperor Wen Zhao’s mouth, which had just curved up a little, curved down again.

　　If Concubine Ru had paid more attention to him, he would not have forgotten the mother and daughter for so long, and he almost couldn’t even recognize his own daughter.

　　Seeing that everyone was silent, Ji Jinyou was puzzled: [System, why are they all silent? ]

　　System: [I don’t know. People in this palace are weird sometimes.]

　　The Empress and the Imperial Consort looked at each other and thought, now that the Emperor has heard it, it is time to discuss this matter.

　　The Empress smiled and said to the seventh and eighth princesses, “It’s too hot today. We’ve been walking for a long time. You two should take Xiaojiu to the side hall to have some snacks and drink some sweet soup.”

　　The Seventh Princess and the Eighth Princess naturally knew what the adults were going to do, so they agreed, picked up Ji Jinyou and walked to the side hall. The emperor called the eunuchs to follow and serve.

　　After the three girls entered the side hall and closed the door, Emperor Wen Zhao could no longer sit still. He stood up hastily, holding the empress’s hand on the left and the imperial concubine’s hand on the right, and walked back: “Quick, tell me what is going on.”

　　As the Empress and the Imperial Noble Consort had expected, after His Majesty heard the conversation between Xiaojiu and System with his own ears, they could communicate with him without any obstacles.

　　Thinking that Xiaojiu and System’s conversation was unpredictable, someone could come up with something at any time, and His Majesty might hear it, so the two of them did not hide anything and told His Majesty everything they heard, including the fight between the two noble ladies Yue and Fang, and the fact that Cairen Sun was kneeling on the road and was sent back by her.

　　After a cup of tea, the two finished their conversation.

　　Emperor Wen Zhao listened for a while and finally understood. He pointed at the Empress and the Imperial Concubine, then at himself, and then around the entire room. He found it hard to accept: “So, you, me, this room, everything, are all fake? I, the Emperor, am also fake?”

　　As soon as the Empress learned about it, she immediately dealt with Dan Gui’s matter, and then came to the Emperor. She hadn’t had time to discuss it in depth with the Imperial Noble Consort, so she didn’t know much about it. She looked at the Imperial Noble Consort and said, “Sister, tell me.”

　　The Imperial Concubine nodded: “According to Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba, this is a real place and the people here are real, just like the fairy in the painting. To us, it is just a painting, but to the people in the painting, everything is real.”

　　Emperor Wen Zhao breathed a sigh of relief: “That’s good, as long as I am the real emperor.”

　　The two talked so much, but His Majesty only cared about his own affairs. The Imperial Concubine couldn’t help but secretly rolled her eyes, “Your Majesty, I have asked the imperial physician to diagnose Xiaojiu, and there is no problem, so I thought that maybe someone had harmed her.”

　　The emperor didn’t understand: “Since Xiaojiu knew someone was trying to harm her, why didn’t she tell me, or even tell you? Why did she just wait to die so obediently?”

　　The Imperial Concubine replied: “It should be impossible to say. Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba have tried to talk to her about this before, but she couldn’t say it.”

　　The Empress calculated and said, “Sixty-seven days later, it will be the Double Ninth Festival. According to the custom of previous years, a palace banquet will be held. Maybe something went wrong at the banquet?”

　　”I think what the Empress said makes sense.” As a person who had experienced it, the Imperial Concubine knew very well what the Empress meant, because over the years, every palace banquet was always turbulent.

　　The emperor slammed the table and said, “Go, call all the concubines to me, and bring Xiaojiu here. I want to hear with my own ears who dared to harm the princess.”