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After the incident happened, the Empress almost burst out from anger about the sudden death of the servant. He huffed and pressed his temples, thinking that he couldn’t gather information about the sudden matter.

“I’m sorry about earlier, Your Highness. I couldn’t stop the servant from killing himself.” Li Jie said as he kowtowed, he could clearly tell that His Highness was a bit angry- no, he was enraged. However, he couldn’t do anything at this point so he just calmed down and set Li Jie off to his room.

As what the Empress had ordered, Li Jie walked out of the Empress' room and walked through the hallway when Hui Hua appeared in front of him and delivered such awful news.

“What?! What do you mean colluded against the Empire?! My husband would never do that!” Li Jie angrily said as the gossiper Hui Hua sighed and said with concern: “I know, but many have said about it and it got spread throughout the Empire. Young Madame, don't be hasty. Maybe it was part of their plan.”