Before anyone could react, Concubine Li had already appeared before them.

Her steps were as fast as a ghost, as if they were controlled by something.

Concubine Li's eyes were wide open, her pupils bloodshot.

"It's all because of you, this disaster star, that my brother was exiled to the frontier."

"Go to hell!!!"

"Princess, get out of the way!"

Eleven sensed something was wrong and immediately ran over from five meters away.

But it's too late!

Concubine Li's sharp claws had already reached in front of Xiao Ruyu, tightly grasping her wrist.

【This woman is crazy! 】

Xiao Ruyu tried hard to break free, but as a child she was naturally no match for an adult in strength.

Her wrist was pinched so hard that it hurt, and Concubine Li's face looked extremely ferocious.

Eleven had already arrived at the scene. He stepped forward and gave Concubine Li a flying kick, hitting her hard on the body.

Concubine Li fell to the ground in pain, blood oozing from the corner of her mouth.

She stared at Xiao Ruyu viciously, and suddenly threw something out of her sleeve.

Eleven didn't notice and drew his sword to point it at Concubine Li to prevent her from rushing towards him again.

A flying insect quickly rushed towards Xiao Ruyu.

When Xiao Ruyu noticed it, the flying insect was already in front of him.

"Insect!"

She cried out in surprise, but it was too late to avoid it.

At the critical moment, a soft little body fell to her.

"Um…"

Xiao Rujin groaned in pain and his face turned pale in an instant.

The flying insect flew straight into his body through his ear and was now running rampant inside his body.

[Stinky brother, what's wrong with you? ]

Her eyes fell on Xiao Rujin's struggling little face, and she immediately grabbed his little hand and bit his finger.

Black blood slowly flowed out from the fingertips, and Xiao Ruyu immediately injected spiritual power into it.

A moment later, a small blood-red flying insect came out of Xiao Rujin's mouth.

Along with it, there was a mouthful of black blood.

Xiao Ruyu felt a pang of pain in her heart. She turned her head to look at Concubine Li with a cold look on her face.

[You dare to attack my brother, you must die here today! ]

She flipped her hand and a strong spiritual power burst out from the palm of her hand. Before it hit Concubine Li, a howl of pain resounded through the sky.

Concubine Li's bulging belly gradually expanded, and something was crawling densely inside.

As her belly grew bigger, with a "bang", Concubine Li's belly exploded.

There were white poisonous insects surging in the flesh and blood. Those poisonous insects were the size of rice grains, and their tails were somewhat black.

Thousands and billions of poisonous insects gathered together, so densely packed that it was disgusting.

Xiao Ruyu's stomach churned and he retched a few times.

Seeing this, Eleven covered her eyes from behind.

"Princess, please don't look at such an unlucky thing."

[The poisonous insect left Concubine Li's body and exploded, killing both of them.]

Xiao Ruyu's face looked solemn.

[What was forced out of my stinky brother's body just now should be the queen insect. 】

"Little prince! Little prince!"

The palace maid cried out in surprise from behind.

Xiao Ruyu quickly turned her head and saw that Xiao Rujin had fainted at some point.

His face was still pale, and his little hands rested limply on both sides of his body.

Just now, Concubine Li suddenly went crazy and rushed out of the palace. The guards failed to stop her and quickly reported it to Emperor Shangwen.

Upon hearing the news, Empress Duan and Emperor Shang Wen hurried back.

Seeing Xiao Rujin fainted, Queen Duan rushed over, picked him up, and spoke anxiously.

"What happened?"

[Just now, Concubine Li suddenly rushed over and wanted to attack me, but my stinky brother blocked it for me. ]

Xiao Ruyu lowered her head and wiped away her tears.

[But I have killed the poisonous insect in my stinky brother's body. He must have fainted from blood loss.]

Her eyes fell on Doctor Yang who had just arrived from behind.

[Master! Come and have a look! ]

Seeing this scene, Doctor Yang hurried over and put his hand on Xiao Rujin's pulse.

Under the nervous gazes of the crowd, he retracted his hand and calmed everyone down.

"Although the little prince's pulse was a little rapid, it was not disordered, which shows that his heart was not injured. He must have been frightened, so he fainted."

After hearing what Doctor Yang said, Xiao Ruyu breathed a sigh of relief, but still held Xiao Rujin's hand tightly.

[Luckily my stinky brother is fine, otherwise Concubine Li would have died a hundred times. ]

Emperor Shangwen frowned and glanced at Concubine Li's body, his eyes full of disgust.

"Hurry up and throw this vicious woman out. She's getting in my way!"

The servants quickly moved Concubine Li's body out and cleaned the yard.

In the darkness, Dan Wandong stretched out his wrist, and the corpse of an insect appeared before his eyes.

He stared at the bug, chanting a spell silently.

"Now that Concubine Li is dead, the twin mother insects will look for another host. Just wait and see."

After saying that, he disappeared without a trace.

…

Prime Minister's Mansion.

Prime Minister Lu was immersed in grief over Lu Zongyuan being exiled to the frontier and his power being halved.

The servant came hurriedly to report, his forehead covered with sweat.

He looked up at Prime Minister Lu cautiously and stammered.

"Your Excellency, this is not good."

"Empress Li... passed away..."

"What?!"

Prime Minister Lu sat up, holding the armrests of the chair tightly, and asked in disbelief.

"This news came from the palace. As for the cause of death... the news inside the palace was blocked."

The servant was so frightened that he was sweating all over and continued.

"I just heard that Concubine Li died in a very tragic way, and not even her entire body was left."

Prime Minister Lu slumped weakly in his chair.

It's over. It's completely over now.

His daughter died suddenly and his son was exiled to the frontier.

If he stayed in the court in the future, he would be walking on thin ice.

Prime Minister Lu's expression darkened and he called his servants over.

"Bring me a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone."

…

At night, a letter of resignation was delivered to Emperor Shangwen.

He frowned and opened the letter, which was handed to him by Prime Minister Lu.

"Your Majesty, I feel that I am unable to do my best. In addition, my son is unfilial and I have not fulfilled my responsibility to teach him. I will resign from the position of Prime Minister and retire to my hometown. I beg Your Majesty to grant me permission."

Emperor Shangwen crumpled up the letter into a ball, threw it to the ground, and was filled with anger.

"Your Majesty, calm down."

Empress Duan handed a bowl of hot tea to Emperor Shangwen with a worried look on her face.

"How is Jin'er? Is she still unconscious?"

Seeing the Queen coming, Emperor Shangwen put away his anger and asked with concern.

"Still unconscious, Yu'er is still guarding him."

Queen Duan sighed and said intentionally or unintentionally.

"This Concubine Li used to rely on the power of the Lu family to help the evildoers. I saw that she did not do anything out of line, so I just disciplined her a little."

"Now, he has extended his hand to Yu'er."

Empress Duan's words awakened Emperor Shangwen.

"Everything that happened to Concubine Li and Lu Zongyuan was instigated by Prime Minister Lu behind the scenes!"

"He resigned and retired because he was afraid that I would implicate his entire clan."

"In that case..."

His pupils narrowed slightly, and he raised his hand to write the imperial edict.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Emperor Shangwen eliminated Prime Minister Lu's cronies in the palace. Those who were close to Prime Minister Lu were demoted, and the rest were also demoted.

At this point, the Lu family's power declined.