Empress Li Feng'en's mind flashed back to all the little moments over the past few decades between her elderly father and Emperor Tantai Hongyuan.
She had not thought anything was wrong at the time.
But now that she thought about it, everything seemed wrong! For example, when Tantai Hongyuan had still been a prince, her father had turned a blind eye to their relationship, neither approving nor objecting.
His attitude toward Tantai Hongyuan had been fairly courteous.
It was much the same attitude Grand Duke of the Li Family had toward other Noble Descendants and children.
After Tantai Hongyuan had unexpectedly become First in Line to the Throne—the Crown Prince—her father had suddenly grown distant toward them.
Back then, she had already married Tantai Hongyuan!
She still remembered how, when she first brought Tantai Hongyuan home and made her younger sister Li Fengci jealous, her father had severely reprimanded Li Fengci and even confined her.
Whenever Tantai Hongyuan came to their home, Li Fengci was forbidden from leaving her own villa.
But such orders had meant nothing at all to Li Fengci.
She had secretly slipped out several times and attended family banquets as if nothing had happened.
In front of so many people, her father naturally could not humiliate Li Fengci, so he pretended not to see.
Still, the entire family had probably never expected that, even under those circumstances, Li Fengci could openly build a plank road while secretly crossing at Chencang and end up having a child with Tantai Hongyuan...
And ever since Tantai Hongyuan had ascended the throne, her father, Li Zhichang, had become even more distant toward him. Not even the superficial politeness of the past remained.
Before this, she had not paid much attention to it.
After all, she was the Empress. Every day,