After glancing at the queen a few times, Zhou Beichen said "hmm", his voice even colder than usual.
The queen was feeling guilty but she tried to hold on, with a proud and unyielding demeanor on her face, as if she was thinking entirely of the royal family. In her heart, she kept encouraging herself, thinking that as long as she could kill Shen Nian'an and the two little bastards, and let her eldest niece be favored by the emperor, she would bring her eldest brother's son over in the future, and the child who would succeed to the throne in the future would be the bloodline of their Ye family.
"Hanxin, go call someone."
Han Xin ran fast, afraid of being slow for a second.
When Doctor Zhong and the chief eunuch came in, they immediately knelt in front of Zhou Beichen, greeted him, lowered their heads, and said nothing.
Looking at the chief eunuch, Zhou Beichen was in a bad mood. After the blood test, he would definitely drag this guy out and behead him in public.
Seeing that no one spoke, at this moment, Shen Nian'an ignored his crying daughter, stepped forward and spoke tentatively.
"Your Majesty, why don't you let Eunuch Deshun prepare the water?"
After glaring at her, Zhou Beichen waved his hand.
"It doesn't matter. Since the imperial physician is here, let him go. He won't dare to play tricks under my watch."
"But, Your Majesty..."
Shen Nian’an wanted to say something, but Zhou Beichen frowned.
"You dare to disobey my order, Shen Nian'an, I am not kidding you, you should step back obediently."
Gave her a reassuring look.
Shen Nian’an: “…”
What does this mean? She couldn't believe that Zhou Beichen had no doubts without any evidence.
It would have been fine if no one had mentioned this before, but now the queen has made all the necessary preparations before speaking of it.
Zhou Beichen raised his foot and kicked the kneeling eunuch chief.
"Raise your head, let me take a look."
The eunuch chief raised his head tremblingly, revealing a fresh and refined face with facial features that showed memory.
"With your looks, isn't it unfair for you to be a eunuch?"
Zhou Beichen lowered his head and kicked him, "How dare you covet my imperial concubine? I think you are really courting death."
The queen was so beautiful that she almost laughed out loud.
The eunuch was trembling, he just felt wronged. His name was Jiang Aoyuan, and his parents sent him to the palace to exchange for silver because his family was really poor when he was a child.
He didn't clean it up, but during the past few years in the cold palace, apart from bringing some things for Concubine Hui from outside the palace, he never had any feelings for Concubine Hui.
Now, the queen is threatening him with his family, and he really has no choice. He can't let his family live a life worse than death.
Lying on the ground like a dead pig, Jiang Aoyuan spoke in a low voice.
"No, no, I deserve to die. I deserve to die. Please, Your Majesty, kill me. Let me atone for my sins alone. That's enough. Please don't involve innocent people, especially the Prince of Yan and Princess Chang'an, who love Your Majesty so deeply."
Shen Nian'an was about to speak again, but was glared back by Zhou Beichen. At this time, Doctor Zhong came in with a bowl of water.
Shen Nian'an couldn't wait to go forward and take a look. She always felt that there was something wrong with this bowl of water. She had already prepared for a showdown with the queen, and her spirit was tense all the time.
"Your Majesty, the things are here. I don't know whether to give them to Her Royal Highness the Princess or Jiang Aoyuan first."
Looking at the bowl, Zhou Beichen waved his hand, "Bring the bowl over and put it on the table."
Zhou Beichen took a special look at Zhou Zhaonuan who was nestled in his arms and said without any sadness or joy.
"Deshun, go to the inner room and wake up the sleeping Prince Yan and ask him to come over."
Prince Yan was still in a daze. He was picked up in a daze, looking at his crying sister and his serious-looking parents in a daze. He also watched his little hand being carefully pulled out by Deshun and saw Doctor Zhong prick his hand with a silver needle in a daze.
Then, he instantly perked up, looked at his father, and pursed his lips in grievance.
"What happened? Why did you stab me?"
"Ugh, it hurts..."
Zhou Beichen glared at him mercilessly, "Man, it's just a drop of blood. Why are you crying out in pain? I didn't even make a sound when I was shot by an arrow."
Zhou Zeyun: “…”
Obviously still in a daze, he tried hard to hold back his tears. Looking at everything around him, his consciousness gradually became clear.
"I know I was wrong, I won't cry."
He quickly admitted his mistake, mainly because his father was so terrible.
"That's more like it, like my son."
The Queen's expression changed, and she urged, "Your Majesty, it's time to go to Jiang Aoyuan."
Glancing at her, Zhou Beichen said dissatisfiedly.
"I know what to do. Queen, there's no need to be so impatient."
As he spoke, he snatched the silver needle from Doctor Zhong's hand and pricked his middle finger without hesitation. With a "tick", bright red blood fell into the bowl.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is worth a million gold, how could you hurt yourself?"
Deshun was so distressed that Zhou Beichen rolled his eyes at him.
"Come on, it's just a drop of blood. What's the big deal? I'm not a delicate little girl."
After he said that, Zhou Zeyun immediately felt aggrieved and couldn't stop. Why? He always felt that his father liked his sister much more than he liked him.
Watching the two drops of blood disperse little by little and then merge again, Shen Nian'an's heart rose and fell, and then let go, but it was also something that was expected.
The queen's face was pale and she didn't dare to look at Zhou Beichen's expression. She sat on the ground weakly, with a sad face, and kept muttering.
"Impossible, this is simply impossible. I didn't use any punishment. Jiang Aoyuan admitted it out of guilt. Your Majesty, this water, this water must not be good. Someone must have added something to it."
After the queen had gone crazy herself, she didn't forget to take others crazy with her. She got up from the ground, walked to Zhou Beichen, pulled his sleeve, her eyes full of pleading.
"Your Majesty, I request that Eunuch Deshun bring another bowl of water."
“That’s enough!”
He raised his hand mercilessly and pushed the queen away.
"Stay away from me."
The queen was thrown to the edge of the table. She turned around and looked at Zhou Beichen with a face full of grievance. Her eyes seemed to say, Your Majesty, you have someone else in your heart, so you no longer believe in me.
The queen wiped away her tears bitterly.
"Your Majesty asked me to stay away from you. Could it be that you dislike me?"
Zhou Beichen looked at her with disgust and said something very seriously.
"I think you're dirty."
Queen: “…”
How could she be considered dirty? Before she married him, she was pure and innocent. Isn't it too disrespectful for the emperor to say this?
"Empress, you were the one who brought Doctor Zhong here. What qualifications do you have to ask for the water to be changed again? Could it be that you don't even trust yourself anymore, or are you doing this on purpose?"
A word of advice awakened the dreamer. The queen was so excited that she forgot that the person preparing the water was hers. If she had known this, she should have added something that would not allow the blood of father and son to mix.
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