As soon as the emperor left after visiting the queen, Xiao Jinyu strode in.

"Mother." Xiao Jinyu was extremely worried when he saw the queen lying on the bed.

The queen had just finished her breakfast and was a little surprised to see her youngest son. "Yu'er, why are you here?"

Xiao Jinyu saw that the queen's face was as red as his, and although he was confused, he didn't bother to ask.

"Why didn't you tell me that something happened to my mother? It was my brother the Crown Prince who told me, otherwise I wouldn't have known that my mother was poisoned."

"The prince told you?" The queen thought about how the prince took the initiative to go out and find Mandrake to detoxify him last night, and she was surprised when she thought about it now.

"Well, the Crown Prince went out early in the morning. I couldn't wait to come and visit you, mother. Don't worry, mother. With the Crown Prince around, you'll be fine." Xiao Jinyu comforted.

The Queen nodded, "I know, and I hope the Prince will return soon."

Xiao Jinyu glanced around the palace to see if there were any outsiders. He leaned close to the queen's ear and whispered, "Mother, you were poisoned by the chronic poison caused by the incense in your palace. Someone poisoned the incense."

Upon hearing this, the queen looked at the incense burner beside the bed. Incense is a must every day, and if there is poison in the incense, it would not be easy to detect.

Qingying has always been in charge of incense. Qingying was her dowry maid and had been with her for many years. It couldn't be her.

She looked at her son in confusion, "Yu'er, how did you know there was something wrong with the incense?"

Xiao Jinyu said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "It was my brother the crown prince who told you to check who had the incense. Catching the person who poisoned it is the most important thing."

The queen didn't expect the prince to be so attentive. She called Qingying and said, "Change the incense."

"I understand." Even though the queen didn't say it explicitly, Qingying guessed it. She obeyed the order and left, extinguished the lit incense, and replaced it with a less commonly used incense.

The Queen said, "Now the three palaces and six courtyards probably all know that I was poisoned. They dare not take action now. When the Crown Prince comes back and I am safe, the person who poisoned me will definitely be restless."

Xiao Jinyu said: "That's what the prince said."

Xiao Jinyan led his men out of the palace before dawn and divided them into several groups to look for Mandragora.

Finally, two days later, he came back with Mandragora.

After Mandragora was found, he was immediately given to the imperial physician to prepare an antidote.

After the queen drank the antidote, the imperial physician took her pulse again and confirmed that all the toxins had been eliminated.

"Empress, the poison has been completely eliminated and there is nothing serious." The imperial physician said with a faint smile on his face.

The queen heaved a sigh of relief when she heard this. She looked up at the prince standing beside the bed and said with relief, "This time it was all thanks to the prince for finding the antidote in time. The prince has been very tired these past two days."

Xiao Jinyan lowered his eyebrows and nodded: "These are what I should do. I will be relieved as long as my mother is safe and sound."

Although the emperor had three palaces and six courtyards and many beauties.

But there is only one queen. When the emperor was still the crown prince, the queen, as the crown princess, always stayed by his side, restrained her temper, and helped him manage the affairs of the Eastern Palace.

Until the emperor ascended the throne, the Crown Princess became the Queen and the Emperor's first wife, and she managed everything from the East Palace to the Harem in perfect order.

It is naturally a cause for joy that the Queen is safe.

The emperor looked at the prince with admiration in his eyes: "The prince is becoming more and more capable, and he is worthy of being my son."

Xiao Jinyan bowed and said, "Thank you, father, for your praise."

After a few peaceful days, the poisoning incident was settled.

The Queen ordered, "Qingying, go check who got the incense?"

After Qingying came out, she checked the incense. There was still some left from the last time. She usually went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get some after using them up.

She put the remaining incense into a small bottle and called Cui'er, "Go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and get some incense."

"I'll go get it right away." Cui'er turned and went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Qingying saw the entire process of taking the incense.

The Queen asked, "You mean the person who poisoned the food might be from the Imperial Household Department?"

"Your Majesty, it was Cui'er who went to get the incense every time and then handed it to me. No one else touched it." Qingying said.

The queen thought about it carefully and ordered again: "Go and check the details of Eunuch Wang."

“Yes.”

When Qingying came back again, she had already found out Eunuch Wang's background.

"Eunuch Wang is a distant relative of Concubine Qi. Five years ago, he got into the Ministry of Internal Affairs through Concubine Qi's backdoor and got a lucrative job."

The Queen thought of Concubine Qi and immediately understood.

"Noble Consort Qi is really ruthless. When we were in the East Palace together, she wanted to compete for the position of Crown Princess."

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"Catch the man and torture him to extract a confession."

"Yes." Qingying brought a group of eunuchs to tie up Eunuch Wang and started interrogating him.

At first he was stubborn and refused to say anything, but later he could not bear it anymore and gave in and exposed Concubine Qi.

With the witnesses and evidence, the queen took people to Huayu Palace.

At this time, Concubine Qi was dressing up and preparing to pay respects to the emperor. When she saw the queen and a group of people rushing in, she immediately said unhappily, "Queen, what are you doing?"

The queen said nothing more and ordered, "Come here, arrest Concubine Qi for me."

"I'll see who dares to touch me." Concubine Qi slammed the table angrily, stood up and glared at the eunuch who tried to approach her, "Empress, what right do you have to arrest me?"

The Queen said coldly: "It is clear that you asked Eunuch Wang to drug me. The evidence is here. Do you still want to quibble?"

Concubine Qi was so frightened that she fell down on the chair. It was not until the eunuch caught her that she reacted and said, "I want to see the emperor. I want to see the emperor."

The Queen said, "Don't worry, Concubine Qi. I have already handed over the evidence to the Emperor. The Emperor will decide how to deal with it."

In the Imperial Study, the Emperor had just finished reading the confession when he issued an edict: "Noble Concubine Qi is arrogant and domineering, coveting the position of Queen, and is too scheming. She will be stripped of her title, demoted to a concubine, and imprisoned in the cold palace."

The Queen was quite satisfied with the decree. As for Concubine Qi, she was dragged away by the eunuchs and locked up in the cold palace without even seeing the Emperor.

It has been four days since Xiao Jinyan went out and came back to Xiyun Pavilion.

Shen Chuwei was extremely happy. She didn't have to learn how to play chess, nor did she have to get up early to greet her husband. She could just sleep until she woke up naturally. It was so wonderful.

After just a few days of fun, Xiao Jinyan came to Xiyun Pavilion, bringing with him a very large object wrapped in cloth.

When Shen Chuwei saw Xiao Jinyan bringing such a big thing, she thought it was a reward from Xiao Jinyan for her previous contribution.

She stared at the long thing for a while and knew at a glance that it was not food.

"Your Highness, just come if you want to, what gifts do you bring?" In fact, she was still quite curious about what Xiao Jinyan gave her.

Xiao Jinyan saw her expectant and curious eyes and whispered, "Xiao Jiu, open it and take a look."

Good evening, my darlings.

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…By the way, the master said he would not answer questions, but you can give him a reward for asking questions! 　　 　 (End of this chapter)