Early the next morning, after breakfast, Chu Qinghuang went into the palace to pay his respects to Concubine Duan.

Concubine Duan was sitting on the brocade couch with a sluggish look on her face. Even her exquisite makeup could not hide her paleness and haggardness. Her brows and eyes were gloomy, and she had completely lost her former concubine's demeanor.

Seeing Chu Qinghuang come in, Concubine Duan's eyes suddenly turned sharp and cold, and her flawlessly white jade hands clenched the handkerchief tightly, as if she wanted to crush the handkerchief into pieces.

Staring silently at the cold and beautiful girl in front of her, Concubine Duan's eyes were filled with color. After being silent for a long time, she said coldly: "Qinghuang, are you my daughter who was born in ten months of pregnancy?"

Chu Qinghuang's expression was indifferent: "Do you think of me as your daughter who was born in ten months of pregnancy?"

Concubine Duan seemed to have been poked in a sore spot, and she burst out: "No matter whether I regard you as my daughter or not, you were born in my ten-month pregnancy! I worked hard to give birth to you, and you don't want to That’s all, but you want to repay kindness with hatred! Are you still an ungrateful white-eyed wolf?”

Chu Qinghuang looked at her hysterically out of control with cold eyes. Her face was indifferent and distant, as if the woman in front of her had nothing to do with her.

In fact, it really doesn't matter.

Concubine Duan took a deep breath and restrained her out-of-control emotions: "Tianzheng was punished by your father with fifty imperial rods last night, and he is still unconscious. Don't you have anything to say?"

"He asked for it when he was punished, didn't he?" After Chu Qinghuang finished speaking, he frowned and thought for a moment before giving a more pertinent evaluation, "Chu Tianzheng is stupid. Maybe you have protected him too well these years. No, he still doesn’t know the dangers of the world. As the saying goes, spoiling a child is like killing a child, especially if he is born in an emperor’s family. He is destined to not live long with such an impulsive and stupid temper.”

Just like Chu Qinghuang before.

The original princess actually had a similar temperament to the fifth prince Chu Tianzheng. They were both impulsive, irritable, and brainless people. The only difference was that Chu Qinghuang was naturally stronger in martial arts, which was more helpful for her to vent her temper.

If the two brothers and sisters are similar in temperament to Concubine Duan...then we can probably draw the conclusion that the rise of the Ling family and Concubine Duan's favor more than 20 years ago are really just good luck.

It's just that when luck always runs out, and there is no ability to support luck, then running out of luck is their destined ending.

"Shut up!" Concubine Duan suddenly stood up and pointed at Chu Qinghuang, "If it weren't for you, a rebellious girl who always goes against me, how could Tianzheng be punished so severely? You are the lone star of Tiansha! If I had expected this day, I should have drowned you in the water when you were born!"

Chu Qinghuang looked at her angry look indifferently, with a trace of pity in his eyes: "That's really a pity. Now even if you want to drown me, I'm afraid you can't do it."

Concubine Duan was so angry that her chest heaved violently.

"Chu Tianzheng has never treated me as a sister, so I will not treat him as a brother." Chu Qinghuang said calmly, "Just like you have never treated me as a daughter, you should not blame me today. I don’t think of you as my mother.”

"Nonsense!" Concubine Duan retorted sternly, "What did I do wrong to you before?"

Chu Qinghuang ignored her words and said directly: "You should blame yourself. Originally, I had no enmity with the Ling family, so I wouldn't be an enemy of them. It's a pity that you don't have the responsibility of a mother and are selfish. , actually wanted to take control of me, and even wanted to marry me to Ling Jing... Does Concubine Duan know who your favorite nephew Ling Jing is?"

Concubine Duan's face suddenly changed.

"He dared to be so rebellious that he tried to tame me, turning me from the aloof eldest princess into a slave girl at his feet." Chu Qinghuang looked at her with pity, "Isn't this asking for death? Even the gods can't save him."

Concubine Duan's face turned pale: "Impossible!"

"It's impossible and it's not you who has the final say." Chu Qinghuang said, "From the moment Ling Jing had such dirty thoughts towards me, it was destined that the Ling family would not end well. If Concubine Duan wants to have a good rest of her life, From today on, don't expect Chu Tianzheng to fight for the throne, and don't expect to ask for mercy to save the Ling family. I will not let go of a family with disloyal intentions. "

After saying this, she said coldly: "I already have a lot of evidence in my hands, which is enough to prove that the Ling family is self-reliant and greedy, which is a taboo of the emperor."

Concubine Duan's face changed drastically: "What did you say?"

"I just came here to tell you today that I will check the Ling family soon." Chu Qinghuang nodded slightly, "Please take care of yourself."

After saying that, she turned around and left without looking back, her slender back looking cold and ruthless, showing a sense of determination.

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