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After more than half a month had passed, Yingyue had become delirious and disabled ever since she came out of the cold palace. Every time Qiao Qiao saw Yingyue's innocent face, there would always be a deep sadness.

In this half month, Qiao Qiao still used half of the Embroidered Uniform Guard's strength to search for Xiyue, but in the end, they still couldn't find anything. Even Qiao Qiao himself was about to believe that Xiyue had died in the mouth of a ferocious beast.

Yan Mo Chen had plotted to destroy the Demon Palace in one go, and Ji Mingyuan was quite tactful. He wouldn't disturb Qiao Fei unless it was something important. Thus, Qiao Qiao was content and content.

This morning, as usual, Joe sat on the Hall of Golden Chimes, his stern face at odds with her beautiful beauty, yet perfectly natural.

All the ministers were kneeling on the ground, while the Regent was still the only one in the hall who remained stable on his throne, while Qiao Qiao was already used to it.

"Stand up." Qiao Qiao still waved his hand, his tone carried an unquestionable deterrence.

"Thank you, your majesty." The officials stood up.

"Your Majesty, this old subject has something to begin with." Vice Minister Liu looked at the quiet great hall and hurriedly stood up, bowing and greeting.

"Speak frankly, Lord Liu." Qiao Qiao continued to laugh softly. She knew that Vice Minister Liu was one of the few loyal officials of the imperial court. Naturally, he had a little more patience.

"This old subject should not have said too much about the Emperor's family matters, but the Emperor's family matters are the national matters of the State of Qiao. This old subject, as an official of the State of Qiao, cannot help but mention it." Vice Minister Liu's expression was polite and refined. "The emperor's already old, but there's very few male wives in the harem. Aside from Prime Minister Luo's legitimate son, Imperial Concubine Luo, there's only one left – the esteemed imperial concubine, who hasn't even been supporting him. However, there's still no news from the emperor these days. This imperial family can't have no heir."

Qiao Qiao's face was still filled with embarrassment. He finally understood what Vice Minister Liu meant. It seemed that the High Minister wanted to help her select a male concubine to enter the palace.

"Then does Vice Minister Liu have a suitable candidate?" Joe asked, still frowning.

"In order to return to the emperor, of course there are no men of similar age amongst this subject's family, but the emperor can choose a male concubine by entering the palace for a talent show." Vice Minister Liu answered with a serious expression.

"Since that's the case, this matter..." Just as Qiao Qiao was about to speak about the male consort selection, Vice Minister Liu took full responsibility of it. However, Yan Mo Chen glared at him coldly and choked back.

What was going on with his eyes that were three feet deep in the frozen lake? Did she say anything wrong? Qiao Qiao still couldn't help but twitch his mouth. This person was really unpredictable.

"Leave this matter to This King." Yan Mo Chen slowly retracted his gaze and looked towards Vice Minister Liu. His eyes were unperturbed and he could not help but rub his eyes, as if she had seen the wrong person.

"This …" Vice Minister Liu paused for a moment, "I'm afraid that's inappropriate. The Regent has so many affairs to attend to every day. How can I trouble the Prince to personally supervise such a small matter?"

"No problem." Yan Mo Chen glanced at Vice Minister Liu, then the corner of his mouth turned into a faint smile, "If This King did not remember wrongly, Vice Minister Liu's nephew Liu Zhen should be at the age of marriage."

Vice Minister Liu's face darkened. Although his nephew was around the same age as the emperor and met the criteria of entering the palace as an imperial concubine, he was already engaged. This might not be appropriate.

"Reporting to Your Highness, Ye'er has indeed reached the age of marriage, but unfortunately … This child has been engaged since she was young. She is the daughter of the Duke of Qin. Vice Minister Liu said with a troubled expression.

"Does Vice Minister Liu mean that the status of the Emperor is inferior to the daughter of the Duke of Qin?" Yan Mo Chen raised his eyebrows with a face full of provocation. He then glared at the Duke of Qin, causing the Duke of Qin's legs to go soft. He knelt down and said:

"Your Majesty has made it clear that this old subject knows that my daughter is not worthy of Vice Minister Liu's nephew and is willing to end the engagement." The Duke of Qin was a timid person. When he saw Yan Mo Chen's warning, he immediately understood.

In this way, Vice Minister Liu had an awkward look on his face. The marriage was annulled on the spot by the woman, and when morning came, there was nowhere for him to place his old face.

"I don't understand the Duke of Qin's words. He is the dignified Duke of Qin's daughter, yet he knows he is unworthy of the assistant minister's nephew?" "Your majesty, tell me, this Vice Minister Liu really has a distinguished identity. A nephew like him is worthy of being the Duke of Guo's daughter." Yan Mo Chen pressed on and said with a smile that was not a smile.

At this moment, the entire imperial court was silenced. Even the Duke of Qin, who was kneeling on the ground, was embarrassed. Just what did the Regent want? Why did he insist on going against Vice Minister Liu in the morning assembly?

Vice Minister Liu's face turned purple as well, not knowing what to say. The Regent had clearly dug a trap for him to jump into. If that was the case, he would be more at fault.

There was still a smile in Qiao Qiao's eyes as he looked at Yan Mo Chen gently, as if he had thought of something joyful.

"Your majesty?" Seeing that Qiao Qiao still did not answer, Yan Mo Chen reminded him.

Since Vice Minister Liu's nephew and the daughter of the Duke of Qin are already engaged, and I am also not willing to take away another person's love, why don't we take advantage of this day and bestow the marriage to choose a auspicious day. The young master of the Liu family will marry the daughter of the Qin family. Naturally, she knew that with Yan Mo Chen's interference this morning, the two families would definitely have a conflict of hearts, but Vice Minister Liu was not a person who did not differentiate between black and white. Since Liu Ye had married the Duke of Guo's daughter, and the Emperor had personally bestowed the marriage on her, they would naturally treat each other well in the future.

"This old subject thanks Your Majesty." Vice Minister Liu and Duke of Qin clasped their hands together.

Qiao Qiao still laughed softly and turned to look at Yan Mo Chen, whose face was pale. The corner of his lips lifted slightly.

Could it be that this fellow was holding a grudge because Vice Minister Liu suggested for her to marry him?

Qiao Qiao's eyes were still cold as they swept over them. Then, they gently landed on Yan Mo Chen's handsome and cold face. He smiled and said, "The matter of choosing an imperial concubine to enter the palace is handed over to the Regent."

Yan Mo Chen did not expect that Qiao would still agree. He looked at Qiao with surprise, but his expression quickly returned to normal.

"Alright." Yan Mo Chen did not bow, did not receive the decree, but simply replied casually. It was unknown what sort of emotion his eyes were filled with.

Qiao Qiao still pursed her lips. She was already used to Yan Mo Chen's cold, warm, and disrespectful attitude.

"My dear sirs, I also have something that I would like to discuss with my liaisons." Qiao Qiao still held back the smile in her eyes and spoke with a serious expression.

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"The family of the Grand Commandant died miserably, and Vice Minister Han was assassinated. The number of loyal officials in the imperial court dwindled, so I was wondering if I could recruit some capable people from the commoners to fill up the officials of the former imperial court." Qiao Qiao continued to patrol the officials before landing on Prime Minister Luo, "What does Prime Minister think?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this old subject believes that this matter is feasible." When Prime Minister Luo saw the Emperor mention him, he immediately leaned forward and said.

"Alright, it's rare for Prime Minister to be worried about the country. Since that's the case, we'll leave this matter to the Prime Minister." Qiao still had his brows raised, and a smile of satisfaction was hidden under his eyes.

"Yes, this old official will obey." Prime Minister Luo clasped his hands and said.

"In that case, if you have nothing else to do, then leave the court." Joe waved his hand with a tired expression. Eunuch Zhang, who had just been promoted, shouted,

"Withdraw ~"

The officials all knelt down. "We respectfully send you off, your majesty!"

Qiao once again emerged from the throne room.

Qingwu followed closely behind Qiao Yifeng, but Qiao Qiao could still feel her hesitation after several attempts to speak.

"What's wrong? "You started to stutter in the morning, as if you had something to say?" Qiao Qiao smiled as he looked at Qingwu.

"Your Majesty, this servant has something that I don't know whether I should tell you or not." Qingwu stammered.

"Just tell me what it is." Joe said slowly.

"The Emperor clearly knows that Prime Minister Luo has two masters in his heart. Why would he hand over such an important matter in the imperial court to him?" Qingwu frowned, expressing her confusion.

"The purpose of leaving this matter to him is naturally not to recruit capable people. I just want to see how many of the officials in the court are his people." Qiao once again sneered. "This Emperor will clean up this mess!"

"But your majesty, if you hand this matter over to him, if he were to place his people in the imperial court, wouldn't his power be even greater?" Qingwu was still puzzled.

"Do you think I don't have a second-hand use? On the surface, the Regent has chosen an imperial concubine for us, but in reality, he is the one who has truly recruited a wise man to take office. And Prime Minister Luo is only allowing us to thoroughly see through his trump card. " Joe's eyes were still narrowed and the corners of his lips curled up.

"The Emperor is wise." Qingwu sighed, full of admiration as she praised.

Qiao Qiao's lips still curled upwards in a slightly complacent manner. Everything was as she had expected.

"Your majesty!" In the distance, a small palace maid came running towards Qiao Qiao.

"What is it?" Qiao Qiao continued to frown as he spoke.

"Reporting to the Emperor, Eunuch Gao sent a message saying that he has something important to confess to the Emperor. Yes …" It's about Vice Minister Han's true death. " As the little palace maid finished speaking, she began to tremble in fear.

Qiao once again knit his brows and waved his hand, indicating for the young palace maid to leave first. He then turned his head towards Qingwu and said:

"Eunuch Gao hasn't been executed yet?"

"Reporting to the Emperor, the Emperor is merciful and has ordered me to grant an intact corpse. Because of Yingyue, the Emperor has ordered for the execution to be suspended. According to the date, it should be today." Qingwu replied.

"Right." Qiao Qiao still nodded his head. Indeed, there was such a thing. "Yingyue has already confessed that Vice Minister Han's death was related to her, and because of this, Ning Xin became the scapegoat. Yet today Eunuch Gao suddenly said that Vice Minister Han died, what would that mean?"

"Your majesty, Eunuch Gao is not young, and his shrewdness is deep. Today is the day of his execution. I'm afraid there's something deceptive about sending such a message." Qingwu carefully reminded him.

"It doesn't matter if it's a scam or not, I still want to take a look." Qiao Qiao still had his brows raised and his expression was grave. He then raised his foot and walked towards the Sky Prison.

Qingwu followed closely behind Qiao Yifeng, not moving an inch away from him.