Rong Qiu wondered to himself. Shouldn't Feng Yong Rui come back along with the others? They had already received the news that people had been going home one by one, not only that, but The Empress already warned them not to let a word about what happened at the banquet leak out. However, how could they cover up such a piece of big news?

There were tended to be a few people with loose mouths here and there, and they believed that this news would leak out the next day. Besides, the youngsters didn't mind to help ah~!

With the fainted Empress Dowager and an Emperor whose life or death was unknown, the Empress was the only one who could take charge of this matter. The latter joyfully did her job, after all, she was finally free of that evil witch and she had gotten a full power here.

Even though the Empress was feeling the euphoria of becoming the most powerful person, she still did her job well. After all, she still preferred to rule over the harem rather than the kingdom. The job was too tiring and she made a big decision that made people feel surprised!

Qin Hao answered Rong Qiu, "My father should be fine. The Empress is a part of my father's fraction so nothing would go wrong, I presume." He didn't think that something was wrong with his words, but Yao Ying, Yao Ling, and Lin Jian caught on something else from his words.

They looked at each other and had the same guess. It seemed like Feng Yong Rui was actually a really ambitious man, but he hid himself really well. For them, it was lucky that they were on the same side as him. If they were on the Han Emperor's side... they believed that with Feng Yong Rui's influence, they wouldn't get a good ending.

Rong Qiu sighed and muttered to himself, "It seems like he hasn't forgotten about his ambition."

Yao Ling looked at Rong Qiu in surprise. "Father... you know about this matter as well?" When she heard the word 'ambition', she began to feel intrigued. Was her father also an ambitious person?

Rong Qiu furrowed his eyebrows. "It seems that you notice it as well..." Judging from this, Feng Yong Rui didn't seem to cover up himself anymore. He looked at Xiao Fang and Qin Hao, feeling that it was inappropriate for him to talk about Feng Yong Rui in front of them. From his children's innocent gaze, it seemed like his children didn't know about it at all.

Thus, Rong Qiu could only weakly look at Yao Ling and mouthed later in which the latter nodded her agreement. Qi Hao was more astute than Xiao Fang and realized that they had covered up something, thus, he asked, "Why don't you tell us here? Is there something about my father that you don't want us to know?"

Qi Hao knew how good the relations.h.i.+p between the two old men, so he didn't believe that Rong Qiu would slander his father out of nowhere. He wanted to know what actually happened. He felt weird as well why his father kept staying inside the palace when it didn't really need him to!

Somehow, he had gotten a bad feeling about this.

"This..." Rong Qiu was speechless, not knowing whether he should tell them or not.

On the other hand, Xiao Fang asked Qi Hao in confusion, "What do you mean, Da Ge? What about our father? Did something happen to father?!"

"It seems like Uncle Rong Qiu knows something about our father that we don't know about!" Qi Hao answered while he kept looking at Rong Qiu with an inquiring gaze. However, Rong Qiu still didn't open his mouth to explain himself.

Qi Hao snorted to himself when he looked at Rong Qiu's stubbornness and also indifferent look. So annoying ah~!

"Uncle...?" Xiao Fang asked Rong Qiu in a soft voice despite her confusion. She also wanted to know what her brother was talking about ah~!

Rong Qiu shook his head helplessly. "We should wait for your father... It's not my place to tell you." He didn't want to tell his best friend's secret without the other's consent so he could only make the two kids feel disappointed.

However, all of a sudden, Feng Yong Rui's voice was heard from outside of the room, "Wait for me for what?" He came inside with his usual gentle smile which was no different from usual. It didn't seem like anything amiss, but every person in the room was looking at him with eyes full of expectation which made Feng Yong Rui paused for a moment before he finally went into the room.

He was bewildered when they looked at him intensely...

Rong Qiu looked up in surprise because of Feng Yong Rui's sudden appearance, but he maintained his calmness and answered him, "It seems like my children notice about 'that thing'... and I don't know how to tell them the truth..." He gave him a signal and Feng Yong Rui understood what Rong Qiu meant.

Feng Yong Rui looked around and saw them looking at him with interest. He knew that sooner or later they would find out about it, but he didn't think it would be this soon. It seemed like Rong Qiu's children were really smart or he was too hasty. Either way, it was fine for them to know anyway, so he didn't feel angry.

Feng Yong Rui nodded his head while ma.s.saging his own shoulder. He felt really old because it was so easy for him to get tired these days. "I will tell you all later. I'm so tired and can you let me have a good night's sleep first?" Feng Yong Rui asked.

When they paid more attention, indeed, he looked a bit lethargic and listless --- it seemed like whatever happened inside the palace really affected him.

"Sure..." Rong Qiu answered for the behalf of the kids. However, he couldn't contain his curiosity and asked, "How is it in the palace? Is everything going smoothly?"

Feng Yong Rui laughed. "Very... Very smooth... It's thanks to all of you. It makes everything easier for me."

The youngsters looked at each other, still didn't understand what Feng Yong Rui meant precisely. However, they still patiently waited for Feng Yong Rui's explanation. Besides, it was already late at night so they postponed it to the next day.

All of them felt tired as well because of the performance, so they called the night off.

Once they finished having breakfast, all of them quickly surrounded Feng Yong Rui and waited for the explanation. The youngsters couldn't sleep because they were too curious. Yao Ying, Yao Ling, and Lin Jian knew a bit, but they still wanted to hear the reason why Feng Yong Rui did that.

No matter how many times they talked that they wanted to get involved, but they couldn't beat their own curiosity ah~! Thus, they followed the others to hear the truth!

Feng Yong Rui didn't know whether he should laugh or cry ah~! The youngsters really looked like they were afraid that he would run away and they didn't even give him a chance to take a breather. It was funny and yet, embarra.s.sing at the same time.

He helplessly looked at Rong Qiu and the latter merely shrugged his shoulder off. He clearly meant to tell Feng Yong Rui that the latter was on his own...