After Marquis Wen Ning was imprisoned, the Queen in the palace learned that the Emperor had taken action against the Jiang family.

"Everyone in the capital knows that the Jiang family and my Sun family are close. If the emperor takes action against the Jiang family, it means he has no regard for our Sun family!"

The Empress angrily said to the court lady Qingluan, "Furthermore, something happened in Cining Palace today, but I didn't get any information. Even when that crazy woman, Lu, came to the palace to sue her husband, I was kept in the dark. The Emperor is deliberately trying to slap Kunning Palace in the face!"

Qingluan lowered her head and said, "Your Majesty, I just heard that there are more guards in the palace than before. This is why the news from outside the palace was so slow to arrive. The Emperor is keeping a closer eye on Kunning Palace..."

She has always been calm, but at this moment there was a hint of uneasiness in her tone.

Empress Sun looked down and asked, "Is there any news from the Eastern Palace?"

Qingluan shook her head, a look of worry on her face. "There has been no news since last night. Even the palace maid who was supposed to report to the Empress this morning didn't show up. This is extremely unusual. I just sent someone to urge them, but the palace is under martial law, so we may not be able to get out."

Empress Sun sneered and gnashed her teeth.

"The Emperor has finally lost his temper and is about to attack me and the Crown Prince! Well, since you're going to tear your face apart, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Her last words were extremely low, yet they sounded filled with hatred, like a vicious, poisonous tongue hissing.

Then she closed her eyes and said slowly:

"Qingluan, please wait outside the Buddhist temple."

Qingluan looked at the Queen, who seemed to be hesitant to speak, and a hint of fear appeared in her eyes.

But this female official who had always been loyal to the queen did not say a word. She just slowly took her leave and stood outside the palace gate.

She closed the door, stood with her back turned for a while, then couldn't help turning back and looking into the hall through the window.

The queen's figure dragged on the ground, stretched very long.

She saw the queen light a stick of incense at the Buddha statue in the hall, and then saw her bend down and reach her hand behind the Buddha statue.

Then, a green light flashed before Qingluan's eyes, and the queen's low cry of pain came from the palace.

She trembled slightly and quickly turned around, not daring to look inside the hall again.

But the queen's creepy whisper still came out...

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Marquis Wenning's Mansion.

Everyone gathered in the inner hall, their faces filled with anxiety.

As the eldest grandson of the eldest son, Jiang Jinyan looked like a decoration standing next to Old Lady Qin and was of no use.

Old Lady Qin had originally valued and loved this eldest grandson very much, but now that she thought about how it was his mother who betrayed Marquis Wen Ning and put the Jiang family in this situation, she also felt deeply dissatisfied with this grandson.

So she started by accusing Jiang Jinyan:

"You go to your mother's room every day to pay your respects to her, but you don't notice that something is wrong with her?"

Jiang Jinyan looked aggrieved. He thought to himself, my mother pays respects to you, grandmother, every day. You didn’t notice that something was wrong with her, so why are you blaming him instead?

But he didn't dare to say anything and could only bow his head and endure it.

Old Lady Qin continued to curse:

"The Jiang family's current disaster is all caused by your mother and your two sisters! If it weren't for them, how could the Jiang family be doing well now..."

As she spoke, her eyes were fierce and she changed the subject:

"Jiang Jinyan, do you know that Jiang Xiancao and the Ninth Prince exchanged souls? You were so close to the Ninth Prince before. If you had a little more vision and saw through their tricks earlier and warned your father and me, the Jiang family would never have come to this point!"

Jiang Jinyan paused for a moment, looked up at her and said:

"Grandmother, do you really believe Huang Tang's story? It's complete nonsense. Even if a chicken flies to a branch, it can't turn into a phoenix. Jiang Xiancao is still Jiang Xiancao. She has lived a worthless life. How could she possibly have the ability to take away the Ninth Prince's body?"