The queen has a sharp eye and can see through people's hearts.

Su Wanti saw the determination in the queen's eyes.

She took a deep breath and decided to tell the queen the truth.

"elder sister."

She used to respectfully call her "Empress", but this was the first time she affectionately called her "sister".

"Sister, in this critical moment, I won't hide anything from you."

"The Emperor is not feeling well. The Imperial Physician said he will die in the next few days."

"What?" The queen's eyes went dark and her body swayed.

His legs suddenly went weak and he staggered and almost fell.

Fortunately, Su Wanti was quick and supported her.

The queen closed her eyes tightly, her lips trembling, and she was in extreme pain.

However, she was not a woman in the inner court who had not experienced the ups and downs of life. In her early years, she had accompanied the emperor in his quest for the throne and conquering the world. What had she not experienced?

She quickly accepted the cruel reality.

The queen broke free from Su Wanti's hand, took a deep breath, straightened her back, and stood tall and dignified.

"The Crown Prince is only sixteen years old. If he ascends the throne now without the support of a powerful force, the government will probably be unstable."

Two years ago, the eldest prince was named Crown Prince by Rong Zhou.

The Queen looked at Su Wanti and said, "You have been with the Emperor for many years. You know his physical condition best. Are you ready?"

Su Wanti nodded, "It's almost done. There shouldn't be any problems in the capital."

"It's just..." She frowned, "I'm worried that those princes in their fiefdoms will come to the capital to seize the throne under the pretext of worship."

Rong Zhou has several younger brothers who are around forty years old and are in their prime.

Because of Rongzhou's intimidation, none of them dared to have any other thoughts and just stayed in their fiefdoms honestly.

In the past few years, Su Wanti kept the news of Rong Zhou's poor health secret from the harem, not allowing anyone to reveal Rong Zhou's true health condition.

However, the palace is not an iron wall. Those who are interested will always find clues and deduce the true situation of Rongzhou.

In the past two years, several vassal kings have begun to become restless.

Su Wanti has sent the most elite secret guards to monitor the other party's actions at all times. If any vassal king steps out of his fiefdom, he will be killed without mercy.

However, Su Wanti cannot use the secret guards as the last line of defense.

She also had to make other preparations.

"Sister, I have to go see the emperor now. I need the tiger talisman in his hand to mobilize the army."

The Queen nodded and said, "I will send a message to my parents' home and ask my father and brother to make preparations."

Su Wanti paused.

The Queen understood her thoughts. "Don't worry, I will ask my father and brother to ensure that the Crown Prince ascends the throne smoothly. As long as the Crown Prince is here, the Second Princess will be the most honored Princess of Daqi. If the Crown Prince is here... when the nest is overturned, no one will be left unharmed. I understand."

Su Wanti nodded and held the queen's hand. The two had never been so close before.

Over the years, the relationship between the two has not been close, and it can even be said that they are somewhat distant.

Many years ago, when the queen saw that there was no hope of having a child, she no longer had any interest in taking care of the affairs of the palace.

Her father and brother's high positions guaranteed her the position of queen, but she did not give birth to a prince. What was the use of her power in the harem?

From then on, she stayed in Changle Palace, accompanying the princess as she grew up.

All matters in the harem were left to Su Wanti, and she was happy to be free and at ease.

Everyone in the harem tried to curry favor with Su Wanti, but the queen was still the queen after all. She had the pride and dignity of a queen, and she would never show favor to Su Wanti.

Even when Su Wanti was at the height of her power, she sat quietly in Changle Palace waiting for Su Wanti to come and pay her respects.

Therefore, over the past decade or so, the relationship between the two has been very delicate.

And at this moment, the two formed a solid alliance for the sake of their respective children.

The queen turned and left, her steps heavy, but her back looked extremely proud.

Su Wanti watched the queen leave, then waved to Ye Zi, who had retreated several meters away, to come forward.

Ye Zi hurriedly stepped forward, bowed and listened attentively to Su Wanti's instructions.

"Go and send a message to the princess, telling her to do as we agreed upon."

The princess has been out of town recently, and Su Wanti has been communicating with her via carrier pigeons.

Fortunately, the place the princess is going to this time is not far from the capital, and she should receive information from the palace in less than half a day.

Over the years, the princess has opened many charity centers and trained thousands of female doctors.

These female doctors not only treated women in the folk, but those with superb medical skills were also invited by officials and wealthy families to work as female doctors in their mansions, specifically to treat the ladies and daughters in the mansions.

Su Wanti once sent people to secretly teach these female doctors martial arts.

When necessary, they would kidnap the families of prominent families, noble officials and nobles to prevent them from acting recklessly or betraying the prince.

Ye Zi is Su Wanti's confidant, and she knows everything that Su Wanti and the princess are planning.

After hearing her master's words, she quickly agreed and turned around to do it.

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Su Wanti stood in front of the bedroom door for a while, and only entered the bedroom after calming down.

"Your Majesty." Her voice was soft, as gentle as always.

"You're here?" Rong Zhou opened his eyes, looked at Su Wanti, and smiled.

Su Wanti sat by the bed, took a bowl of medicine from the palace maid, and coaxed softly: "Your Majesty, why don't you drink the medicine? The medicine will be cold and its effect will be poor."

"I'll feed the emperor."

She took the spoon presented by the palace maid, scooped a spoonful of medicine and brought it to Rong Zhou's mouth.

Rong Zhou drank it and frowned because of the bitterness.

"It's too bitter. I won't drink it anymore." His voice was not as loud as before, but it was not too weak either.

His face had only aged a little and he was thinner, but his stature and physique were still the same, he was still the mighty and domineering emperor.

"Imperial Concubine." Rong Zhou looked at Su Wanti.

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