A Hot Potato

All of them lowered their heads, afraid that the Emperor would hand over the task of persuading the Guang Pingwang to take back the Tiger Talisman to them.

Nalan Chen's face turned ashen as he ended the court meeting.

He gloomily swept his gaze across the officials who were bent like shrimps and his expression turned even upset.

He flung his sleeves and returned to the imperial study.

Gu Ruoyun had just returned to Guang Residence when the people in the imperial palace posted a notice announcing the crime of Zhaoyang.

This was Nalan Chen's goodwill but Gu Ruoyun did not express it.

Su Yan suddenly received an invitation from the imperial consort, Consort Xian.

When Nalan Chen had been the crown prince, he had only had two concubines and no imperial consort. Hence, there was no empress in the imperial palace at this moment. The imperial consort, who had been promoted from two concubines, managed the harem together.