because--

The snow fox is sick.

The imperial physician said it was poisoned.

At this moment, the snow fox was poisoned to the core.

Everyone in the Imperial Hospital was helpless.

Snow foxes do not actively contact strangers.

It originally only stuck to the Queen Mother.

If a stranger approaches, it will not only bark but also bite.

It seems that the only one who can get close enough to poison it is Zhu Xianyue...

But if it weren't for the snow fox, Zhu Xianyue would have been frozen to death during the execution.

She has no motive.

Xiao Yuchen is not stupid either, and he would not doubt Zhu Xianyue just because of other people's speculations.

He asked her to come only because he thought Zhu Xianyue and Snow Fox had a good relationship.

If the snow fox really can't survive this disaster, it will probably want to see Zhu Xianyue.

The snow fox, who had already been used once, responded: "..."

I really don't want to meet this woman.

Just as Xiao Yuchen expected.

Not long after seeing the snow fox, Zhu Xianyue burst into tears.

Xiao Yuchen thought...she looked pretty when she cried.

I really want her to cry harder.

Zhu Xianyue hugged the snow fox and said goodbye, saying how much she loved it and how reluctant she was to let it go...

Although the snow fox couldn't understand human language, it could tell that the woman was acting.

Its stomach churned and it vomited.

Everyone just thought it was because it was feeling uncomfortable, and no one thought it was shocked by Zhu Xianyue.

At this moment, a palace maid exclaimed, "Look! The snow fox spits out an embroidery needle!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound.

Sure enough, a bloody embroidery needle was found in the snow fox's vomit.

It turns out that the poison in the snow fox was not serious.

What’s more serious is the bloody embroidery needle it swallowed.

This embroidery needle is used exclusively in the Queen's Pepper Palace.

The other concubines did not have it.

Zhu Xianyue didn't expect that she would meet the queen in this way.

Xiao Yuchen's queen, his first wife, is thirty years old this year.

Because of her long-term official duties and excessive worries about not having children, she looks like she is forty years old.

If the Queen wanted to use the snow fox to frame Zhu Xianyue because she was jealous of her favor, then everything would make sense.

Queen Fang Wanrou was dressed in mourning and knelt in front of Xiao Yuchen.

She said that she was kneeling for the imperial power, not for the crime of framing a concubine.

Fang Wanrou has been in the palace for many years and it is not so easy for her to be overthrown.

She is smart.

Now that the evidence is conclusive, simply shouting that you are innocent will not achieve any effect.

Instead, it would make Xiao Yuchen, who was already upset, even more annoyed.

It’s better to play the emotional card.

I beg Xiao Yuchen to give her some time to find out the truth, considering they have been married for fifteen years.

If she really can't figure out the cause, Fang Wanrou is willing to hand over the Phoenix Seal.

Xiao Yuchen agreed.

But Zhu Xianyue stayed with Xiao Yuchen during this period of time.

Zhu Xianyue thought that he was doing this to protect herself and also to let her stay with the snow fox.

Snow Fox: “…” Don’t come over here!

…

The Empress Dowager was finally buried after ten days of rest.

Xiao Yuchen carried the coffin to see him off.

He remembered that his mother told him not to cry, saying that in the deep palace, a prince who shed tears would be looked down upon.

So he didn't cry.

Mother, my son is obedient. He has always been obedient.

But why did you die before your son?

On the way back to the palace.

Everyone has to cry.

If you can't cry, you have to pinch your thighs to cry.

But among them, Zhu Xianyue cried the hardest and most realistically, as if she was about to cry to death.

In response to this, Zhu Xianyue said...actually she didn't want to do that either.

Unfortunately, the tear glands in this body are overdeveloped.