Empress Xi’s famous saying in The Legend of Zhen Huan: “Happiness and anger cannot be expressed in color, and your inner thoughts should not be known to others.”

Episode 75

The ministers in the court asked the emperor to establish a prince early. Some ministers asked for Hongli, and some ministers asked for Zhen Huan's son Hongluo. Minister Zhang Tingyu said that if Zhen Huan's son was to be established, the emperor should ask the emperor to give Zhen Huan death first, so that Zhen Huan would not be able to control the government alone like Wu Zetian in the future. The emperor pretended to ask Zhen Huan about the establishment of an heir. Zhen Huan saw through the emperor's intention and said that Hongluo was still young and Hongli could take on the big responsibility. The emperor smiled and said nothing. Hongli was grateful to Zhen Huan for her help and became more filial. Ye Lanyi hated the emperor's gift of death, pretended to be favored, secretly used warm love incense for the emperor, and tricked him into taking pills containing chronic poison, which made the emperor indulge in lust. The emperor was seriously ill. He suspected that his sixth elder brother, Hongluo, was born and fell ill due to vomiting blood. The emperor's new favorite grandson agreed to have an affair with a guard, but was caught by the imperial concubine. The imperial concubine and Zhen Huan discussed that it was best not to alarm the emperor and let Zhen Huan handle it alone. Zhen Huan deliberately told the emperor about the matter in a vivid and embellished manner. From here to there, the emperor remembered his mother, the Empress Dowager, who had an affair with Longkodo, and became furious and became seriously ill.