The two concubines Jin and Rou wrestled with each other, pointing fingers at each other and blaming each other. Concubine Rou had practiced martial arts since she was a child, and the concubine Jin and Rou rode on her back and pulled her hair.
Concubine Jin shouted loudly: "Queen, Queen, I want to report you."
The queen hurriedly ordered people to separate the two of them. The hair of Concubine Rou and Concubine Jin was loose, and their skirts were soiled. The dignity and decency of a concubine were gone.
Concubine Jin's mouth was like a string of firecrackers, she confessed all her crimes in detail. Her words were nine-tenths true and one-tenth false. The Queen smiled with satisfaction after hearing them.
"You two confessed yourselves, you exposed each other, and you became enemies. I thought it would take a lot of effort to pry you open, but you exposed each other's shortcomings and saved me a lot of trouble."
A bolt of thunder exploded above Concubine Jin's head. What?
The Queen said that she confessed herself, so could it be that Concubine Rou didn't say anything just now?
Concubine Rou looked at Concubine Jin with a face full of resentment, feeling disappointed in her.
"The two concubines, Jinrou, conspired to drug the emperor and torture and kill the palace maids for no reason. Xia Chan must have remembered everything."
"I've made note of this."
"Send it to the Emperor for his review. Although I, as the Empress, have the power to punish concubines who make mistakes, I cannot make a hasty decision when the two principal concubines have committed capital crimes."
The Queen turned her back to Concubine Jin and Concubine Rou, intending to go in and rest.
The two concubines, Jin and Rou, looked at each other. Now that things had come to this, they might as well go all the way.
The two of them made up their minds. Concubine Jin winked at the maidservant Wu behind her, who raised her hand and knocked Xia Chan unconscious, then snatched the booklet from her hand.
The Queen turned around and asked, "How dare you try to assassinate me?"
Concubine Yi, who was hiding outside the wall and peeking, watched secretly. Wen Qin said, "Master, they have attacked the Empress. Let's go and rescue them."
"Don't worry. The more critical the situation, the more precious the life-saving grace will be."
"If we go in now, the Queen won't have any injuries on her body, and Consort Jinrou will deny anything, it will be difficult to convict her."
The queen's eyes were tightly closed, and Concubine Jin covered her mouth with a handkerchief. The queen's eyes gradually lost their vitality, and Concubine Yi ordered the palace maid behind her to knock on the door.
"Master, I will go and invite the emperor." Wen Qin suggested.
"I have already sent someone to invite him."
Concubine Yi not only sent people to invite the emperor, but also sent people to invite the empress dowager.
After knocking on the palace gate for a long time, it still refused to open. Xun He bumped it with his back, but the gate still didn't open. The emperor raised his hand, and the guards built a human bridge and jumped in by stepping on the wall.
The door opened from the inside, and the emperor saw a scene that left a deep impression on him. Concubine Rou hugged the queen with her backhand, and Concubine Jin covered the queen's mouth with a wet handkerchief.
"Stop it, everyone." He immediately stepped forward to save people.
The Queen Mother nearly vomited blood when she saw this: "Pass on my wishes. Not a single word of what happened today can be leaked."
Before the queen fell to the ground, the emperor caught her steadily. The queen closed her eyes and could not say a word. She could hear the voices of people around her and feel the emperor's warm big hand holding her small hand.
Dying in the emperor's arms was not too much of a loss. She had married into the royal family and had never felt the emperor's care for her. Now she had finally received the emperor's love for her.
A silver needle sealed the vitality that was constantly dissipating from her body, and the queen fell into a complete coma.
"President Bai, how is the queen?"
"Your Majesty, the Empress is in shock due to suffocation. I have sealed her acupuncture points with silver needles, causing her to fall into a deep sleep. Her life is safe."
"When will the Queen wake up?"
"This...I can't say for sure."
The Queen Mother was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. "The Third Prince is seriously ill. This trip was to Wuliang Mountain to pray for him. Who knew that there would be trouble along the way?"
"Emperor, with your ability, it is really difficult for you to control the women in the harem."
"I hereby decree that the two concubines, Jin Yi, be imprisoned in the imperial palace effective immediately. The two families of King Jin and King Jin shall be stripped of their official positions, their property confiscated, and exiled to Yelang."
"The Queen does not need to go to Wuliang Mountain. I will send eight hundred personal guards to escort the Queen back to Kyoto to recuperate. The rest of you can continue on your journey."
The two concubines, Jin and Rou, were ready to die, but when they heard the Queen Mother say that she wanted to exile their mother's family, they were completely terrified.
"Her Majesty, please be merciful and ignore the affairs of my mother's family at this time. I beg Her Majesty to forgive the Jin family."
"You are the daughter of the Jin family. If one person makes a mistake, the whole family will be exiled." The Queen Mother cruelly pushed Concubine Rou away.
The Empress Dowager had only taken two steps when Concubine Jin hugged her thigh again.
“Queen Dowager, keep the Wang family. The Wang family will be very useful to you.”
"Whether the Wang family is useful or not depends entirely on my intentions. Without the Wang family, there will still be the Zhao family, the Chen family, the Wei family, and the Chu family."
Before leaving, the Queen Mother did not urge the Emperor to set off.
"Emperor, I will give you one day to rest and we will set off one day later."
As the Queen Mother crossed the threshold, she waved to Aunt Fang and said, "You know how to deal with this."
"Don't worry, Queen Mother. I have ordered poisoned wine to be prepared. The palace maids and eunuchs who know the truth today will keep it secret."
The Queen Mother’s punishment was too harsh. If one person made a mistake, the entire family would be exiled.
Concubine Yi was afraid, but still wanted to climb up.
"Master, why don't we follow the Queen back to the palace? Your Highness is the Queen's benefactor, and she will treat you well when she wakes up."
"Go back to the palace? I don't want to go back. The harem is under pressure from the Empress, and Consort Xian, Consort Xiang, and Consort Zhen are eyeing me covetously."
"I must stay by the emperor's side. Now that Concubine Yi and Concubine Jin are imprisoned in the imperial palace, who else dares to challenge me except Zhao Qian, Sun, and Li, the four small fry around the emperor?"
"As the saying goes, retreat while the going gets tough."
"I will forge ahead bravely."
Wen Qin couldn't persuade Concubine Yi and could only follow her to the end.
The team escorting the queen went in the opposite direction of the team escorting the emperor up the mountain, and the two teams were getting farther and farther away.
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