The Regent and his wife went to bed early, but Queen Mother Yao was still awake because she had something on her mind. Liang Zhu suddenly became more daring.

If he could accomplish what Bei Yanming ordered today, he would have a place in the Northland in the future, and would have many offspring. If he failed, Bei Yanming would definitely not only kill his "wife and children", but also him.

So he decided to take a risk.

"Since you can't sleep, why not let Chi Yu read to you for a while?" He looked at Queen Mother Yao eagerly.

Queen Mother Yao did not reply.

She felt that Chu Youyang was not fit to be the emperor, and Chu Younan was the best choice for the emperor. But she couldn't say it too clearly.

After a while, Liang Zhu plucked up the courage to say, "I heard that Liang Zhu can read. How about asking him to read to you?"

Queen Mother Yao finally came to her senses and said, "Oh, that's fine."

Liang Zhu felt like there was a rabbit in her heart, and her heart was about to jump out of her throat.

There's some medicine left.

It is much easier to get Chi Yu to eat than to drug Gu Rui.

He quickly brought Chi Yu in, and when he left, he carefully closed the door for the two of them.

Bei Yanming will enter the palace tomorrow. When he arrives, the two Empress Dowagers are desecrating the harem, and the Emperor is not paying attention to state affairs. I think Bei Yanming should be very satisfied with this result.

The next morning, before Queen Mother Yao got up, the Ruan mother and daughter had already entered the palace.

They had waited for two days in vain. Today, they had to see Queen Mother Yao! Ruan Ningxiang felt like she was about to die, but in order to dispel the rumors, she had to follow. Otherwise, how would she get married in the future? Today, they finally caught her.

They waited for a long time, until Chu Younan and Su Bei also stood up to pay their respects to Queen Mother Yao, but Queen Mother Yao still didn't get up.

Liang Zhu was secretly delighted.

When Bei Yanming also arrived, Liang Zhu was even more ecstatic.

He completed his mission brilliantly!

Seeing so many people coming, Madam Chi said, "I will go and tell the Queen Mother to get up."

What if Nanny Chi discovered their scandal but tried to cover it up? Liang Zhu followed quietly.

Sure enough, when Nanny Chi pushed the door open, she let out a cry of surprise.

We have to make a big deal about this!

Chi Yu hurriedly followed him in, but the scene before him was completely different from what he had imagined.

The curtains of Queen Mother Yao's bed were drawn, and Chi Yu was lying unconscious outside, his face covered in blood, looking extremely tragic.

The battle is very fierce!

Liang Zhu was secretly delighted and quickly exclaimed, "What happened? This is bad! Someone come quickly! Call the imperial physician!"

The shouting attracted people, including Su Bei and Chu Younan, and Queen Mother Yao was also woken up.

However, the imperial physician’s diagnosis was somewhat different from Liang Zhu’s guess. It was said that Chi Yu fainted due to excessive blood loss.

"Too much blood loss? Are you sure?" Liang Zhu said unwillingly.

Although he had never eaten pork, he had served Queen Mother Yao for a long time and had seen pigs walking many times, so he guessed that they would not lose blood.

But the imperial physician was quite certain, "It was indeed excessive blood loss."

Queen Mother Yao was surprised. "How could I lose blood while studying so hard?"

Liang Zhu looked at her in surprise, wondering why Bei Yanming hadn't come in yet.

Queen Mother Yao spoke slowly, "I couldn't fall asleep last night. He was studying outside the tent the whole time. It was past midnight before I could finally fall asleep. It seemed like he was fine at that time."

Studying? Liang Zhu was shocked. How could it be possible? Could it be that Bei Yanming's medicine was ineffective?

But she insisted that she was studying, and when they came in, Chi Yu's clothes were intact, but there were a lot of blood on her body. The same was true for Queen Mother Yao, the bed looked tidy, and her clothes were intact.

Could something have happened? Liang Zhu managed to calm down, and the group came to the outer hall.

Fortunately, he had made some moves in Renshou Palace. Now he had to let Bei Yanming go to Renshou Palace! But just as he gave Bei Yanming a look, Madam Ruan suddenly stood up and knelt on the ground, "Please ask the Regent and the Queen Mother to make the decision for my daughter!"

As she spoke, she looked towards Bei Yanming.

Bei Yanming's face was gloomy. "I've already said it before. I didn't flirt with your daughter at all! I just accidentally hit her!"

"Empress Dowager!" Madam Ruan said anxiously, "He said that he slapped Ningxiang, but the slap was on her chest. All the maids saw it. There is a black handprint on her chest. Now the whole capital is saying that Ningxiang was molested. How can she get married in the future?"

"There is such a thing?" Queen Mother Yao frowned. She really didn't know about this, and no one in the palace told her. But now, everyone should know about it.

Ruan Ningxiang was originally shrinking to the side, but Mrs. Ruan pinched her waist and forced her to stand up and answer, "Yes... that's what happened..."

"Madam Chi, take her to check." Empress Dowager Yao said in a deep voice.

Bei Yanming was completely speechless. He came here to cause trouble today, not to be troubled!

Who would have thought that when they were the only ones left in the room, Ruan Ningxiang actually told her that her mother was beaten by him, and Mrs. Ruan not only did not ask for compensation for her daughter, but said that he touched her chest and must marry her! Didn't the mother and daughter know who he was? To enter his palace, one had to go through layers of screening, and he already looked down on Ruan Ningxiang just by looking at her appearance.

A moment later, Nanny Chi brought Ruan Ningxiang back and said with embarrassment, "Her Majesty, there is indeed a black handprint on the second young lady's chest. It has spread over the past two days. It must be as big as a person's head..."

"This..." Queen Mother Yao was embarrassed, "Or... Emperor Ming will take her into the harem?"

Su Bei had been watching the fun from the side, eating snacks and drinking tea. He almost spit out his tea when he heard this. Didn't Bei Yanming say that all men in the north are faithful to one woman? And what about the harem? Are they coaxing children?

Bei Yanming also realized this, and hurriedly said righteously: "The Queen and I have a deep love for each other, and I promised her on the day of our wedding that I would never marry another woman..."

Queen Mother Yao was puzzled, "Didn't Wu send a princess there a few years ago? There were dozens of palace maids as a dowry. In my opinion, one more princess wouldn't be too much..."

Well, Su Bei and Chu Younan were too young to know, but Bei Yanming couldn’t fool Queen Mother Yao.

He glanced at Ruan Ningxiang reluctantly.

Ruan Ningxiang suddenly felt that she was being disliked.

In the capital, Ruan Ningxiang was indeed not considered a great beauty, but overall, she had decent facial features.

She didn't know who this man was before, but now that she knows, she doesn't want to marry him! In terms of age, the Dark Emperor should be over fifty years old, not as young as Chu Youyang. In terms of appearance, King Zunyi is comparable to him, but he is still a lonely man.

But even if she disliked it, she had no other choice now.

Bei Yanming seemed to have no other choice. He and Wu Guo had not yet completely fallen out, so he had to give the queen mother face.

The atmosphere was awkward.

However, a little eunuch ran in and broke the awkwardness.

"Oh no, oh no! Someone died in Renshou Palace!"