But she couldn't resist. What father would poison his child while she was still a baby, just to control her? He even had the audacity to give her an extremely cold drug, essentially trying to make her heirless. If someone in the Imperial Hospital hadn't diagnosed her with the incredibly cold Ice Silkworm Poison, she would have been kept in the dark her entire life.

But it's better this way. She has no offspring and no love, so she has to grab one of them. So she decided to grab power. Zhou Qingyun's love was abandoned by her, and her offspring was cut off by her biological father.

So she can accept anything now, even the emperor's accusations, because after this time, Zhou Qingyun will never have another chance to depose the queen.

She has no hope, so she can only ask for power. This time, her father has offended Yu Xiuming. You know, this person doesn't even take the emperor seriously. It depends on whether her father has the ability to deal with him.

"Spread the word later that I'm ill. I won't recover until Yu Xiuming takes revenge. The palace power will be handed over to Concubine Chen and Concubine Lan. You just need to take care of my Pepper Room and don't let them get involved. I won't care about them anymore, just let them make trouble."

Queen An sat quietly and no longer wanted to manage the harem. It was really a mess in the harem. Since Concubine Chen and Concubine Lan were still unwilling to give up, it was not impossible for her to stop them. Zhou Qingyun, I was wronged by you before, so I will take this opportunity to directly purge the minions in the harem. She didn't want to be exhausted to death early.

Zhou Qingyun stood outside in deep thought for a long time, but he still stood under the sycamore tree outside the house. After all, he also had a plan, otherwise she would not have come to this point. But even if Zhou Qingyun had a plan, it was they who started it first, and it was not her intention to do this.

In the end, he didn't enter the house and left directly. Because Zhou Qingyun didn't keep his mouth shut, after Zhou Qingyun left, someone entered Fengyi Palace to report the news that the emperor had arrived, and even stood outside for a long time.

Queen An didn't say anything, but just asked people to leave, and then silently opened the window. Outside the window was a sycamore tree with yellow leaves. She didn't say anything, but just raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and then closed the window directly. But if you look closely, you can see a crack in the window, through which you can see the situation outside. So who knows how much truth there is in what Queen An said just now.

After Zhou Qingyun left the Pepper Palace, he went directly to the Imperial Study. He was not a fool. Queen An revealed the identity of Duke An Guo just to protect herself in order to get Zhou Qingyun's protection. He was not stupid either. He did not conceal his footsteps when he walked in. How could Queen An, who was sitting in front of the window, not hear it? Who else but the emperor could have such an unscrupulous person in Fengyi Palace? He was just gambling.

"Come here, pass on the decree. The Empress has failed to observe proper etiquette and has been disrespectful in front of the palace. She is ordered to remain in the imperial chambers for six months, must copy the palace rules ten thousand times, and be fined six months' salary. She is not allowed to leave the palace unless summoned."

Zhou Qingyun's order quickly spread throughout the front court and the harem, and everyone was in an uproar. Even Duke An Guo, who had always wanted to contact his daughter, was quite surprised. He didn't expect that even at this point, the emperor still wanted to protect Queen An. He originally wanted to put all the blame on Queen An, but with her being under house arrest, he had no way to let anyone contact Queen An to admit her mistake.

So for a moment he didn't know what to do. Queen An was the best target. After all, the dynasty would not easily depose the queen, so he could use Queen An very easily.

After returning to the Duke of Anguo's mansion and transferring everyone away, he began to smash things in the study crazily. When he learned the news in the court, he was almost furious. Not to mention anything else, the fact that he was under house arrest alone was embarrassing for him. Now he was saying that Queen An was disrespectful in front of the palace. Doesn't that mean that he didn't teach her well?

So Zhou Qingyun is now putting all the blame on himself. The Duke of Anguo is quite old, and his heroic spirit has gradually faded with age. Even the emperor who occasionally sees him feels that this man has changed a lot. He used to be full of heroic spirit and murderous aura, but after Queen An became the queen, he began to support the younger generation and gradually became sinister.

Yu Xiuming naturally received the news as well. After finishing his work in the evening and watching the child fall asleep, the couple went straight back to the room. After washing up, they lay on the bed and began to talk about Zhou Qingyun's own decision. The main thing was that they didn't expect that Zhou Qingyun would actually save Queen An.

"Xiao Yu, why don't you just take advantage of this opportunity to depose Queen An? That way, even if Duke Anguo has more abilities, he won't be able to use Queen An's hand to deal with him?"

Yu Xiuming himself was really confused. If a normal person encountered such a situation, shouldn't he have dealt with it directly? The evidence was finally obtained. After all, Queen An had harmed the people of the Zhou Dynasty. Even Queen An, as the mother of a country, could not escape. After all, it was still believed that the emperor was guilty of the same crime as the common people.

Wang Shiyu's reaction was actually very calm. She probably knew something about it. Zhou Qingyun was a soft-hearted person after all.

"Maybe he's soft-hearted, because Queen An has been with him through the lows. If it weren't for Queen An and Jia Jia always supporting him firmly behind him, even accompanying him through the conspiracies and intrigues, open attacks and secret attacks, he would be a soft-hearted person.

This is normal, but he is the emperor. How can a ruler of a country have such a private affair? Maybe my expectations are too high. If it was Princess Jiajia who was poisoned this time, Zhou Qingyun would never let her go so easily. I am simply not qualified."

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