"Your Majesty—Jing Tian is in trouble!"

Upon seeing the Imperial Noble Consort, Jin Yuwan immediately knelt down, pleading, "Your Majesty, please save Jingtian's life."

Jiang Jiaojiao also knelt down and wiped away her tears, "Aunt Jin, you must save my brother!"

Upon hearing "Aunt Jin," Chen Jin'er's lips twitched. She managed to suppress it by covering her face with her wide sleeves, and then she shouted, "Hurry up and help the Princess and Lady Yi up!"

The palace maids then came to their senses and rushed to help the person.

"Jiaojiao, help your mother inside and let's talk!"

Chen Jin'er glanced at the palace maids and eunuchs outside the South Palace and gave the order. Jiang Jiaojiao quickly responded and helped Jin Shi into the South Palace in a hurry.

Outside the South Palace, palace maids and eunuchs immediately scattered to spread the message.

Phoenix Palace.

The palace maid walked in quickly with light, quick steps, and whispered in the old woman's ear. Upon hearing this, the old woman's face lit up with joy, and she hurriedly went into the hall to report.

"Your Majesty—something has happened at the Southern Palace!"

"That bitch miscarried?!"

The Empress turned around in ecstasy, only to find that her once jet-black hair had turned completely white, and her face was gaunt, making her look as if she had aged more than ten years. Upon hearing the news, her expression instantly turned ferocious.

The old woman's face stiffened, and she quickly knelt down, saying, "Someone saw that divorced woman from the Jin family taking the princess to the South Palace for help, shouting that Commander Jiang was in trouble. If it's the one in the South Palace... she might have miscarried because of this, and it could even anger His Majesty and cause her to lose favor..."

The old woman's voice grew increasingly guilty as she spoke.

I've heard that the South Palace is heavily guarded, filled with the aroma of delicious food and constant laughter, even more lively than the Imperial Garden. The Imperial Noble Consort... can eat, drink, and play to her heart's content; it's probably going to be difficult for her to miscarry.

However, after the fire, the Empress became mentally unstable and longed for news of a miscarriage to come from the Southern Palace every day.

He was almost driven mad.

The nanny could only report back in accordance with the Empress's wishes.

Sure enough, the Empress, after her words became popular, never doubted them at all, and was extremely excited, saying, "Tell my father, I want him dead!"

“What’s the use of just having an accident? She’ll only be truly heartbroken and angry when someone dies.”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The old woman wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and immediately summoned a palace maid, whispering in her ear to relay the message to the Cui family residence outside the palace.

Meanwhile, the people in the other halls also received the news.

Consort Zhang picked up a long whip with barbs attached. "Someone, take this whip to the Northwest and tell the General that if Prince Wu disobeys, beat him to death!"

The father-in-law took the long whip with trepidation, his heart trembling as he looked at the jagged barbs on it.

He silently lit a candle for His Highness the King of Wu in his heart.

Since Consort Xian and Consort Shu remained silent, Consort Liang immediately sent someone to inquire again, struggling with whether to go to the Phoenix Palace to deliver a message.

After a moment of silence, Consort De ordered someone to summon the Thirteenth Prince and detain him.

The Star-Picking Tower stands high above, overlooking the entire imperial palace.

The Brahma King gazed towards the south hall, his eyes filled with compassion for all living beings, "Amitabha..."

He deserved to die.

With a sigh, King Brahma looked down at the book on the table: "The Concubine's Daughter Empress".

This storybook is actually in Master's handwriting. It seems that... Master had long ago foreseen the secrets of heaven and recorded them in the form of a storybook. However, for some unknown reason, it was lost and picked up by Miss Jiang.

As described in the book, everything in the first half came true, only changing after Jiang Jiaojiao chose to marry the Seventh Prince.

Brahma frowned.

If only Master were here, he would surely be able to keep his hands clean, restore the orthodox tradition, and follow the will of Heaven.

If he hadn't glimpsed a sliver of heavenly secrets before the Buddha, dreaming of someone defying fate, changing the world, causing mountains and rivers to collapse, and plunging the world into chaos, why would he have gone through all this?

Amitabha.

He simply helped those who were meant to be helped.

Jiang Jingtian, the fourth princess, is destined to die young and is destined to have no chance with her in this life.

"Knock knock knock—"

Brahma struck the wooden fish used for the salvation ceremony.

...

Jiang Jiaojiao and her son entered the South Palace, wiping away their tears.

Madam Jin was startled and quickly went to greet her, "What happened?"

"Mother, something happened to Jingtian. He heard that the Fourth Princess had been kidnapped by the Northern Mongol King, so... so he secretly left the capital to chase after her!"

"Buzz—"

Madam Jin's mind went blank, and she fell backward.

Jiang Jiaojiao quickly helped him up, hurriedly took out some nitroglycerin pills and gave them to him. After a while, he finally calmed down.

"Leaving the capital without permission is a serious crime!"

The old lady let out a wail.

Jin Yuwan burst into tears.

"Ouch—"

Chen Jin'er suddenly clutched her stomach and cried out. The palace maids and eunuchs all changed their expressions and hurriedly stepped forward to help her and pour her water.

"Quickly, fetch the imperial physician!"

Jiang Jiaojiao immediately poured out a pregnancy-stabilizing pill and gave it to her to drink with warm water.

The palace maid rushed to the Imperial Hospital to fetch the imperial physician.

The news quickly reached the emperor, who hurried towards the South Palace.

As soon as the emperor stepped into the South Palace, he saw the Imperial Noble Consort with tears in her beautiful eyes.

The emperor's face instantly darkened. "What's going on!"

The palace maids and eunuchs standing to the side trembled and knelt down in unison, not daring to raise their heads or utter a sound.

Jin hurriedly kowtowed and begged for forgiveness, her voice trembling as she said, "It's all my fault. I accidentally startled the Imperial Noble Consort's pregnancy."

Jiang Jiaojiao, who was standing to the side, also knelt down with a thud, her face full of anxiety, and she pleaded with a sob in her voice, "The Fourth Princess has been kidnapped by the King of Beimeng, please, Your Majesty, you must save the princess!"

Upon hearing this, the emperor snorted coldly, his sharp gaze sweeping over Jiang Jiaojiao, and he asked coldly, "Do you want me to save the Fourth Princess, or your eldest brother?"

His words suggested that he knew the whole story.

Upon hearing the emperor's words, Lady Jin turned pale and repeatedly kowtowed, begging for forgiveness, "Your Majesty, please forgive me."

Jiang Jiaojiao's heart tightened, and she quickly spoke up to defend herself: "Your Majesty is wise! My elder brother has always been all brawn and no brain. With the Fourth Princess in trouble, how could he have time to think about the consequences? All he could think about was rescuing her as quickly as possible!"

The emperor's face darkened, and he snorted coldly, saying, "According to you, not only should I not punish him, but I should also reward him?"

Simple-minded but physically strong?

Doesn't that mean he left Beijing without permission not for any other ulterior motives, but simply to save someone?

However, the charges presented by the censors were: the commander of the Imperial Guards had left the capital without permission, which was tantamount to treason, and his family should be punished as well.

Just because Jiang Jiaojiao casually said "saving lives is the most important thing," does that mean it's over?

The emperor's gaze turned slightly cold.

"The commander of the Imperial Guards is responsible for protecting the capital, yet he has abandoned this vital city, which is dereliction of duty. Not to mention, he dared to leave the capital without authorization, which is clearly contempt for imperial authority and an attempt to rebel!"

Jin's face turned deathly pale and she froze.

Jiang Jiaojiao quickly kowtowed and apologized, "Your Majesty, please calm your anger, I had no such intention!"

Disrespect for imperial authority? Intending to rebel?

The person behind this has such a vicious mind!

Jiang Jiaojiao was sweating profusely, knowing that there was no way to exonerate her brother in this matter. She could only kowtow again, "Your Majesty, I am willing to take the punishment in my brother's place. Please have mercy."