"Mother." The Queen saluted to the Queen Mother.
After all, she is the Empress Dowager. No matter how angry the Queen Dowager is, she will not embarrass the Empress in front of the court officials. "Sit down."
At this time, everyone stood up and saluted the queen.
"No thanks." The Queen said amiably, "Why are both Prime Ministers here?"
As he spoke, he glanced around the room, his eyes slightly puzzled, "Where's the emperor? Is he awake?"
As the queen spoke, she walked towards the inner room of the imperial study.
No one stopped her. When the queen came out again, she asked, "Mother, where is the emperor?"
"I was just about to ask you something." The Queen Mother's eyes were sharp, "Where did you take the Emperor?"
"Hmm?" The Queen was visibly taken aback. "I don't understand."
As she spoke, she turned to look at her son.
Bei Ming Ye explained the matter.
"Are you doubting me? Ridiculous!" The Queen looked at everyone. "I brought these three people with me, and I told Eunuch Cheng that I was worried about the Emperor. If anything happened, they should report it to me immediately."
Bei Mingxuan raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, and asked nonchalantly, "Eunuch Cheng, are you the emperor's man or the queen's man?"
Lin Shangde immediately understood what Bei Mingxuan meant after hearing his words, and then he said, "Eunuch Cheng, I see that you don't want to live anymore.
Since the founding of the dynasty, the Imperial Study's personnel arrangements have not been such that you can simply keep someone if you want to. Even if the Emperor personally allows someone to stay, they must undergo a special investigation before being allowed to remain with the Emperor.
The Queen frowned, "What are you doing? Asking a servant like this? You might as well report it directly to the Imperial Concubine."
"It would be best if Her Majesty the Queen could give an answer," Li Shangde said directly.
"What does Minister Lin mean by this?" Feng Zhengmin would never allow his sister to be embarrassed so easily. "Is the Queen worried that the Emperor is wrong?"
"It's not wrong for the Queen to worry about the Emperor." Lin Shangde stared, "But the Queen's actions are suspicious."
"Come here." Upon hearing this, the Queen glared at Lin Shangde fiercely and said, "Take these three people to the Loyalty and Punishment Department."
The Ministry of Loyalty and Punishment is the darkest place in the palace. No matter what secrets you have, you will be forced to confess them all there.
The three people who were kneeling on the ground immediately panicked. "Unjust! I am innocent. Everything I said is true. I really don't know why the emperor disappeared."
One of them kowtowed vigorously, "Queen Dowager, please spare my life. Once I enter the Ministry of Punishment, there is no way out. I have an old mother at home, I cannot die. Please, Queen Dowager, please spare my life."
For a moment, the imperial study was filled with crying and shouting.
Chang'an looked at the person kneeling on the ground begging for mercy. A trace of pity flashed across her face, and then she lowered her head and looked at her nails.
This way, no one would notice anything unusual on her face.
Bei Mingxuan only took a quick glance at Chang'an and immediately understood the hidden truth.
He had been wondering just now. There was no doubt that Eunuch Cheng was from Chang'an. Moreover, according to the information Fu Cheng had obtained, Eunuch Cheng was a master. How could such a person make the emperor disappear in the imperial study for no reason?
Seeing the reluctance on Chang'an's face at this time, Bei Mingxuan became more and more certain that his father's disappearance was related to Chang'an.
The Queen Mother looked at the person on the ground with a cold face, "Don't worry. The Loyalty and Punishment Department will not wrongly accuse a good person."
Soon someone came and took the three people away.
The Queen's face was filled with anger. She looked at Lin Shangde and said, "Are you satisfied with this, Minister Lin? If not, will you send me and everyone in the palace to the Ministry of Punishment?"
Lin Shangde's face looked unhappy, and he was about to blurt out "That's not necessary" but he hadn't finished the sentence yet.
The Queen Mother said, “It is good that the Queen has such intention.
I have always wanted to know whether it was the Queen who caused Concubine Tong's mother to be seriously ill with the cold poison. This will resolve my doubts and prove the Queen's innocence."
"..." The Queen turned her head abruptly and looked at the Queen Mother, "It's not me!"
Bei Mingxuan was also surprised when the Queen Mother suddenly mentioned Concubine Tong when the Emperor disappeared.
"We'll have to try it to find out." The Queen Mother refused to compromise.
"Mother." The Queen's face was extremely grim. "Back then, the Emperor had no evidence or reason to investigate me. Now that the Emperor has disappeared, you, Mother, are so impatient to have your son imprisoned?"
"What do you mean by wrongfully imprisoned?" The Queen Mother's eyes were devoid of affection, colder than ice. "Your Majesty has no evidence; that's your business. What I'm doing now is looking for evidence for your Majesty."
"Looking for evidence?" The Queen sneered, "Mother, don't forget that I have the final say in the harem now.
I want to see who has the guts to come to my palace and take someone away! Also, I only just realized that in my mother's heart, the dead are always the most important, whether it's Concubine Tong or Prince Yi. Otherwise, at this time, the one my mother should really be worried about is the emperor."
"Hmph!" The queen shook her sleeves angrily and strode away.
Soon after, Feng Zhengmin also left the imperial study.
Bei Ming Ye was about to leave, and just as he stood up, he saw the Queen Mother. He was so angry that instead of catching his breath, he vomited blood.
"Royal Grandmother..."
In Shoukang Palace, Beiming Ye, the eldest prince, Chang'an and Beiming Xuan were guarding the Queen Mother's bedside.
Manager Li looked at the three princes with a worried look on his face. "What should we do? The Emperor is not here, and the Empress Dowager is in this state. If anything happens..."
"Master Li," Chang'an said comfortingly, "Grandma will be fine, and Father will be found."
"But when can we find them?" said Li, "Oh, right? Why don't we tell the Crown Prince? He is the Crown Prince after all. Now that the Emperor is missing and the Queen Mother is in a coma, there must be someone who can make the decision."
"..." Chang'an blinked, she seemed to be unable to react. Why did Master Li mention the prince? Shouldn't her first reaction be Bei Mingxuan, or the Queen Mother's family, Xu Zichu?
"Master Li is right." Bei Mingxuan glanced at Chang'an, "The Crown Prince is the heir apparent. What do the eldest and fourth brothers think?"
Bei Mingye thought for a moment, "Ninth brother, don't you have a little servant girl who works for the Ghost Doctor in your house? I'm sure his medical skills are impeccable. Why not invite her into the palace to see the Empress Dowager?"
The imperial physicians who were busy in Shoukang Palace all looked displeased when they heard this, but no one spoke to refute Bei Ming Ye.
"He's just a child." The first to object was Manager Li. "What if something goes wrong?"
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