"I don't think it's necessary to ask about this kind of thing."

"Why?"

"There's no need to ask about something that's set in stone!"

"Yeah, I think so too..."

Several palace maids were laughing and playing, unaware that the cold palace was on the other side of the corridor they were passing through.

At this time, in the cold palace, the queen, who was standing on a stool and clinging to the wall, heard these words clearly.

Concubine Shu wants to be the queen? And she is the popular choice? Why? She is not worthy at all! She is the queen, the wife that the emperor married in a formal ceremony. Even if she is now imprisoned in the cold palace and her position as queen is abolished, as long as she is still alive, no one can surpass her!

She will always be the only queen in this palace! Those slaves are full of shit. According to her temper, she should drag them all over and beat them up. See if they dare to say anything more! The queen gritted her teeth and pounded the wall with her clenched fists.

The vibration caused by the beating made the queen a little unsteady on her feet. The stool under her feet was so worn out due to years of age that it could no longer bear the weight of an adult.

Snap!

The stool suddenly fell apart, and one of the wooden strips broke completely.

The queen staggered and fell to the ground like a sack.

The back of her head hit the ground, and the queen let out a muffled groan, and then there was no movement.

Blood slowly flowed out from the back of the queen's head, a bright red color.

The cold palace held many concubines who had made mistakes, and there were special people guarding them. If anyone had a headache or a fever on a normal day, they would mostly be left alone to fend for themselves.

But at this time, the newly deposed queen was seriously injured and looked to be in grave danger...

After hesitating for a moment, the guards in the cold palace decided to report the matter.

Late at night, Chongyang Palace.

"Zhang..." Qin Yishu closed a memorial, "How is it?"

"Your Majesty, I have sent a royal doctor to check on him." Ming Hai answered truthfully, "The head injury is not serious. He can recover after applying some medicine. However..."

"Just what?"

Minghai paused and answered truthfully, "I just heard from the imperial physician that Zhang was injured internally when she was hit. Although she is awake now, she is not very conscious and is a little crazy."

Crazy?

Qin Yishu picked up another memorial but did not open it immediately. He just said, "If that's the case, then let the imperial physician prescribe the medicine properly. Don't let him go crazy and hurt others."

"Yes." Minghai responded.

Seeing that the candle on Qin Yishu's desk was a little dim, Minghai hurriedly replaced it with another one.

The new candle flames were bright and the light was abundant.

Qin Yishu picked up the teacup beside him and took a sip of tea, then concentrated on reviewing the memorials.

On the twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month, the Little New Year, the wind and snow stop.

The silver-white snow and the big red lanterns make the festive atmosphere of the Little New Year even more intense.

Every household is reunited with its family, decorated with lights and full of joy. Outside the house there are bursts of firecrackers, fireworks soaring into the sky, and laughter and joy are heard constantly.

The lights were bright that night, making the entire capital city seem as bright as day.

Only the Prince of Yue's Palace was dark and unusually quiet at this time.

The Princess of Yue and the Crown Prince of Yue were both demoted to commoners. Although they still lived in the Prince of Yue's palace, it was no different from being under house arrest.

Apart from an old maid who was responsible for going out shopping, there were no other servants in the mansion, and they had to do everything themselves.

Take the meal for the New Year's Eve for example. Because the daily shopping quota is limited, today we only bought a pound of pork, half a pound of tofu, and a head of cabbage, so that dinner is just a bowl of tasteless cabbage and pork dumplings, and two pieces of fried tofu sprinkled with salt for each person.

Since the King of Yue was imprisoned, the health of the Princess of Yue has been deteriorating, and her appetite is like that of a kitten. She would put down her bowl and chopsticks after only a few bites.

It was the same today. I only ate three dumplings, drank half a bowl of dumpling soup, and then went to rest.

After seeing Princess Yue leave, Zou pouted, but she hurriedly brought the remaining dumplings over and put them into Qin Peiming's bowl, "Ming'er, eat more. A man of your age, you can't bear to eat only one bowl of dumplings."

Qin Peiming looked at Zou's actions and raised his head, "Because you are hungry, you beg for food from other people's bowls?"

Zou was stunned for a moment. "Everything in this bowl is clean. When she ate just now, she put it in a small bowl and didn't even drool on it..."

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“But it’s still leftovers from other people.”

Qin Peiming smiled bitterly, looking at Zou with a look of complaint, "When I was alone before, I was able to pass the imperial examination and eat meat and wine, but now I can only eat meals like this."

"If we go back further, when mom was still alive, my life was hard, but when mom was gone, I was able to stand out and attract attention."

"Before mother and King Yue recognized each other, King Yue was still King Yue, but after mother came to King Yue's mansion, King Yue was no longer King Yue. Even I, the prince of King Yue, will become a commoner and will no longer have the opportunity to serve as an official..."

"What do you mean by that?" Zou shouted, "Are you trying to say that I am unlucky in marriage?"

"I didn't say my mother would bring bad luck to her husband." Qin Peiming said, "I just think my mother seems to have some bad luck."

If this is not the case, how can we explain that the King of Yue had been planning for so many years, but in the end it was destroyed in one day? That was a plot to usurp the throne!

Once successful, the King of Yue will be the emperor, and he will also jump from the position of the crown prince to the position of the prince, and in the future he will also ascend the dragon throne and unify the world! By that time, he will really have everything he wants! He can have everything he dares to think of, dares not to think of, can have, and cannot have! But now, he has nothing.

There is not even the most basic freedom.

He no longer had the chance to slap the faces of those who had looked down on him before, and he even became a laughing stock in the eyes of others.

Just like He Yanxiu and Su Yujin, they are probably sneering at him right now.

When he thought of this, Qin Peiming felt depressed in his chest, so much so that he could hardly breathe.

And now Zou is also almost unable to breathe.

When she heard what Qin Peiming said, Zou turned the bowl full of dumplings in front of Qin Peiming upside down.

"I'm unlucky?" Zou pinched her waist and scolded, "Don't you see what kind of character you have? I helped you from a poor scholar who failed the imperial examination to the crown prince of Yue. You have enjoyed so much wealth and glory. Instead of being grateful to me, you are now venting your anger on me?"

"I think that's nothing. It's just that you, a bastard, are not destined to enjoy a good life. You've made it so hard for your father to even commit a rebellion!"

"Shut up!" Qin Peiming looked at Zou fiercely.