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Because the Cottage caught fire first, Mu Xi and those from Asura Gate were unaware that the Fire Sea behind them was caused by the people from the Demon Palace. They only thought that sparks from the Cottage had been blown there, igniting the Fire Sea.
The fire burned for two full days and nights until a heavy rain finally extinguished it.
Disciples of the Beggar Clan were the first to arrive at the scene, but they found no clues at all and had no idea who was responsible.
After receiving this news, Luo Yi personally went to investigate, but still came up empty-handed.
He then informed Luo Bingbing of the situation. Upon hearing this, Luo Bingbing furrowed her brow slightly, fixed her gaze on Luo Yi, and said, "Investigate this for me. This must have been done by a group of people who are very well hidden. Make sure to look into it thoroughly; these people are mysterious and powerful, our greatest adversaries."
"Understood. I will arrange this immediately."
As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Yi took his leave from Little One and quickly disappeared through the window.
Luo Bingbing remained quietly seated in her study, her mind racing with thoughts about who could have orchestrated this incident and who possessed such formidable power to carry it out without leaving a trace.
With a snap of her fingers, Shadowless appeared before Luo Bingbing in an instant.
"Master, what are your orders?" Shadowless asked slowly while looking at Little One.
"Shadow, you need to go to the Demon Palace right away and have them investigate what happened at the Cottage outside the city. Make sure to find out who did this."
After hearing her words, Shadowless quickly replied, "Yes, Master. I will take care of it."
Then, Shadowless took his leave from Luo Bingbing and swiftly left Prince Luo's Residence, hurrying towards the Underworld.
At the same time that Dongfang Hao was destroying the Cottage, a scene of devastation by fire was also unfolding in the palace of Silver Moon Kingdom.
Indeed, it was at the Pear Blossom Palace where that beauty resided.
With the combined assault of the top force and the second-largest force in the harem, the fate of Pear Blossom Palace and that beauty was all but sealed.
The next day, the power holders of the harem publicly declared that the fire at Pear Blossom Palace was due to a water leak from the previous night.
As for the truth of the matter, everyone was well aware, but no one dared to break that silence.
After dealing with the beauty Hao Tian, Consort Shu, Lan Shumin, came up with a plan to elevate her own status.
Her plan was to bribe the Imperial Medical Office and falsely claim that she was pregnant with the Dragon Seed.
In the Silver Moon Kingdom, there was a tradition that whichever consort in the harem first became pregnant with the Dragon Seed would gain favor and ascend to the Empress's throne, becoming a revered mother.
Now that she knew Dongfang Hao intended to establish a consort, she prepared to seize this opportunity to claim the title of Empress and fulfill her father's mission.
That morning, she intentionally invited the other consorts to the Imperial Garden to admire the flowers.
When everyone was resting in the Pavilion, she pretended to suddenly vomit and then called for the imperial physician in front of everyone.
The physician, who had already been bribed by her, publicly announced that she was pregnant.
As soon as this news spread throughout the palace, the Empress Dowager's faction began to take action again.
However, Lan Shumin had already devised a strategy to deal with the Empress Dowager's faction and remained vigilant against them, ready to counter any moves they made.
Upon receiving the news, Dongfang Hao was taken aback and thought, "What is going on with Mu Xi? Has he taken a liking to Lan Shumin?"
Filled with confusion, he secretly summoned Mu Xi into the palace and directly asked, "Xi, what is going on?"
Mu Xi, puzzled by his question, raised an eyebrow and asked, "Senior Brother, what do you mean? What happened?"
Hearing his words, Dongfang Hao looked intently at him and slowly said, "Lan Shumin is pregnant."
Mu Xi felt extremely excited after hearing his words and exclaimed, "What? Impossible."
"Then why did the imperial physician say she was pregnant? How do you explain that?" Dongfang Hao asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Do you really think I actually touched her?"
"Xi, I don't believe it, but you have to tell me what exactly is going on!"
"What is there to explain? My days are the same! Every night I light the Illusion Incense, creating strong illusions that make them think they are truly with someone."
It turned out that every night, the person sharing a bed with those beauties in the harem was not His Majesty Dongfang Hao, but the handsome man before him, Mu Xi.
Dongfang Hao, who had severe cleanliness issues, never stepped into those beauties' harem and did not allow them to come near him at all.
Mu Xi and Dongfang Hao were fellow disciples and had grown up together, which explained their close relationship. He was also the only one who remained so disrespectful to Dongfang Hao even after knowing he was the current emperor of the Silver Moon Kingdom.
Of course, he was no longer the only one.
After hearing Mu Xi's words, Dongfang Hao frowned slightly and said, "Since you didn't touch her, it means she is up to something."
At this point, a thought suddenly flashed through Dongfang Hao's mind: according to the royal customs of the Silver Moon Kingdom, if the reigning emperor had not established a consort yet, whichever concubine became pregnant with the Dragon Seed would be directly promoted to Empress of the Silver Moon Kingdom.
Realizing this, Dongfang Hao understood that Lan Shumin was not pregnant at all; it was all part of her scheme.
He then shared his thoughts with Mu Xi. After listening, Mu Xi immediately asked, "Senior Brother, what should we do now? Should we just capture her and deal with Lan Zhiguang's faction?"
Dongfang Hao gently shook his head and said, "It's not time yet. Let's wait a while until we find their roots before we uproot them. For now, we should refrain from acting. There will be others to help us handle this; we just need to sit back and watch the tigers fight."
Hearing his words, Mu Xi couldn't help but smile slightly and thought to himself, "Senior Brother is truly a cunning old fox."
Mu Xi knew that the Empress Dowager would definitely take action, so he followed his senior brother Dongfang Hao to watch the drama unfold from a distance, enjoying the show.
After learning that Consort Shu was pregnant, the Empress Dowager immediately ordered her confidant to find a way to make Lan Shumin abort the child.
They first attempted to use abortion pills, but Lan Shumin had been on guard against them for a long time. No matter how secretive their methods were, they could not succeed.
After several failed attempts, the Empress Dowager realized that Lan Shumin must have been prepared for her schemes. Therefore, she changed her strategy and devised a series of plots.
She secretly instructed other concubines in the palace to poison Lan Shumin and then had her people wait for an opportunity to act, aiming to eliminate the Dragon Seed in Lan Shumin's womb.
As the saying goes, experience is invaluable.
This saying proved true when the Empress Dowager's confidant, following her instructions, discovered two days later that Lan Shumin was not pregnant and had committed treason against the emperor.
Consequently, the Empress Dowager quickly used this information as a scheme to inform the other concubines in the harem.
The palace was exceptionally dark; upon learning that Lan Shumin was not pregnant and had committed treason, the other concubines rushed to report to Dongfang Hao.
Dongfang Hao was waiting for them to break that layer of secrecy, so he promptly took action based on their report.
After retrieving a pillow filled with cotton from Lan Shumin's quarters, Dongfang Hao announced that Lan Shumin would be sent to the cold palace.
Unaware that her little schemes had already been discovered by Dongfang Hao and his associates, Lan Shumin continued to seek help from her father, Lan Zhiguang.
Since the demon palace had not yet uncovered all of Lan Zhiguang's influence in the Silver Moon Kingdom, Dongfang Hao did not punish him and only sent Lan Shumin to the cold palace.
Today, Dongfang Hao was in particularly good spirits and announced during court that he intended to elevate Luo Bingbing as empress.
However, the outcome was predictable. Naturally, he faced strong opposition from those ministers.
Especially the faction of the Empress Dowager and the faction of Lan Zhiguang, they all advised Dongfang Hao, saying, "Luo Bingbing is a child born out of wedlock, only eight years old; this is simply against the ancestral system."
Upon hearing their words, Dongfang Hao couldn't help but chuckle coldly and said, "Ancestral system? I ascended to the throne at ten; does that also comply with the ancestral system?"
At this moment, the Grand Tutor stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, you know well the situation our Silver Moon Kingdom was facing at that time; it was indeed a very unusual period. Moreover, you were the only one capable of shouldering such a burden!"
After hearing his words, Dongfang Hao replied playfully, "Oh, is that so? Then it varies from person to person!"
The ministers were left speechless and fell into silence.
Seeing that the ministers had nothing to say, Dongfang Hao slowly stated, "Since it varies from person to person, now I declare Luo Bingbing as Empress; naturally, it is also based on individual circumstances. Besides, I have already spoken; do you all wish to defy my decree?"
"We dare not; we ask Your Majesty to retract your command," the ministers replied in unison.
After hearing their words, Dongfang Hao raised an eyebrow slightly and said, "It seems you are indeed stubborn! However, from now on, if anyone dares to express dissent or requests me to retract my command again, it will be considered defiance against my authority, punishable by the great crime of exterminating nine clans."
Upon hearing his words, the ministers immediately fell silent; after all, they feared the severe punishment of exterminating nine clans.
However, they were all thinking that once the tide receded later, they would go to Yichan Palace to ask the Empress Dowager to intervene and persuade His Majesty Dongfang Hao.
Seeing that the ministers no longer spoke up, Dongfang Hao instructed someone to draft an edict and then dismissed the court.
After the court session ended, those ministers naturally went to Yichan Palace to find the Empress Dowager. Dongfang Hao knew they had gone to see her but let them be because no one could change his decision.
Once she learned of this, the Empress Dowager came to the Imperial Study to find Dongfang Hao. However, her words were utterly ineffective and lacked persuasive power.
In the end, she was driven away in anger and was placed under soft house arrest in Yichan Palace.
Meanwhile, the eunuch sent by Dongfang Hao to announce the edict arrived at Prince Luo's Residence and confidently demanded that Luo Bingbing come out to receive the decree.
Without a doubt, the Little One completely ignored him.
Feeling humiliated, the eunuch went directly to Luo Bingbing's Piaoyun Pavilion to demand that she kneel and receive the imperial decree. Upon hearing his words, the Little One disdainfully replied, "Kneel? Do you think you are worthy?"
The eunuch, upon hearing her response, accused her of disrespecting the emperor and threatened to punish her.
At this moment, Su Yan, who was watching the commotion, spoke up, "Punish her? Even if Dongfang Hao were here, my junior sister wouldn't care about him. He wouldn't dare punish her; instead, you, Dog Servant, should be careful with your own head."
The eunuch was taken aback by her words and didn't know how to respond, so he left in embarrassment. After returning to the palace, he didn't dare report to Dongfang Hao.
After failing to get the answer she wanted from Dongfang Hao, the Empress Dowager planned to secretly deal with Luo Bingbing. She thought that as long as she eliminated that Little One, she could establish the person she wanted as the successor.
General Lan Zhiguang had long harbored a deep hatred for Luo Bingbing. Now that his daughter had been cast into the cold palace and Luo Bingbing was obstructing his plans, he too wanted to eliminate her swiftly.
All parties were now focused on Luo Bingbing. Some aimed to replace her while others sought to curry favor with her.
However, both the Empress Dowager and Lan Zhiguang were secretly arranging for people to handle that Little One discreetly.
At midnight, it was so dark that one couldn't see their hand in front of their face. Suddenly, a shadow darted across the rooftops, moving lightly and swiftly like a night owl.
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