When the queen heard that it was sent by the prince, her face suddenly darkened.

She looked at her son's face which turned pale with pain, and wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief. She found that her son had fallen into a coma and her hands were shaking with fear.

"Yu'er, don't scare your mother."

In a hurry, she forgot her status as queen and yelled at the servants, "Where is the imperial physician? Is this how you, a bunch of slave dogs, take care of my son? What's the point of keeping you?"

When Xiao Guizi saw her master fainted, she almost fainted with fright, "Reporting to the Queen, I have already gone to invite the imperial physician, and he is on the way."

"The royal doctor is here."

Just as he finished speaking, several imperial doctors strode in carrying medicine boxes.

The queen saw the imperial physician as if she had seen a savior, "Imperial physician, come and see Yu'er."

"As you command, Queen."

The imperial doctors gathered around the bed, surrounding it tightly.

The queen couldn't see her son and was walking around the room anxiously. She stopped and looked inside.

"Imperial Physician, how is Yu'er?"

The imperial doctors came to a conclusion after a thorough examination.

The leading imperial physician bowed his head and reported the result: "Empress, the Seventh Prince has been poisoned."

"Poisoned?" The Queen's legs softened and she fell directly into the chair. Thinking that the roasted lamb was sent by the Crown Prince, she flew into a rage: "Eunuch Ren, go and ask the Crown Prince to come over."

"Yes." Eunuch Ren took the order and hurriedly left.

The queen looked at her son lying unconscious on the bed and yelled at the imperial physician, "What are you standing there for? Quickly detoxify Yu'er. If anything happens to Yu'er, I will make you all go to be buried with him."

The imperial doctors were so frightened that their legs went weak. "Quick, prepare the medicine quickly."

Several imperial doctors gathered together to study the medicine.

Xiyun Pavilion

Eunuch Liu's urgent and shrill voice came from outside the door: "Your Highness, Your Highness, something has happened."

Xiao Jinyan has always been a light sleeper. When he heard Eunuch Liu's voice, he threw off the quilt and got out of bed. When he opened the door, he saw not only Eunuch Liu but also Eunuch Ren who was beside the Queen.

He thought that the Queen was unhappy with him staying overnight in Xiyun Pavilion, so she asked Eunuch Ren to come over, and he frowned.

"It's so late, how come Master Ren has time to come to such a remote warm room?"

Eunuch Ren lowered his brows and nodded: "Your Highness, the Queen Mother asks the Crown Prince to go to Qiancheng Palace."

When Xiao Jinyan heard about Qiancheng Palace, he had a bad feeling. He looked at Eunuch Ren and asked in a deep voice, "Eunuch Ren, do you know why my mother asked me to go to Qiancheng Palace so late at night?"

"You will know when you go there, Your Highness." Eunuch Ren did not show it on his face, but he thought in his heart that if he murdered his own brother, the position of the crown prince might be unstable.

Murdering his own brother? Xiao Jinyan quickly guessed that something had happened to Xiao Jinyu, and it was closely related to him.

"I will go to Qiancheng Palace immediately after changing my clothes."

After saying that, he closed the door, turned around and went in to change his clothes.

Such a big commotion even woke up Shen Chuwei. She rubbed her eyes and saw Xiao Jinyan coming in. She squinted her eyes and asked, "Your Highness, what's wrong?"

Xiao Jinyan picked up the clothes on the hanger and put them on while replying, "Jinyu is in trouble."

Shen Chuwei was not fully awake yet. After thinking for a while, she remembered that Jinyu was Xiao Jinyan's younger brother, and that Xiao Jinyan had asked Eunuch Liu to send roasted lamb to Xiao Jinyu tonight.

"Your Highness, is it serious?"

Xiao Jinyan's eyes were solemn, "Yes."

Eunuch Ren said that Jin Yu was in danger at the moment because he was plotting to murder his own brother.

Shen Chuwei was now fully awake. Seeing Xiao Jinyan's solemn eyes, it was the first time she saw him with such an expression.

After much thought, I decided to go along and take a look.

Xiao Jinyan saw Shen Chuwei's actions and said calmly, "You don't have to follow."

Shen Chuwei replied while putting on her clothes: "Your Highness, I can't sleep."

Xiao Jinyan's eyes paused when he heard this, but as the matter was urgent, he followed her.

After getting dressed, Shen Chuwei followed Xiao Jinyan to Qiancheng Hall.

As soon as I stepped into Qiancheng Hall, I heard the Queen's angry roar.

"You are all a bunch of quacks, all a bunch of quacks. Come, drag them all out and behead them."

When Shen Chuwei heard the last two words, she subconsciously shrank her neck. “To serve a king is like serving a tiger. The ancients were right.”

Xiao Jinyan walked in anxiously and saw people kneeling on the floor in the room, including the imperial doctors.

He glanced past the crowd and towards the bed, and saw Xiao Jinyu lying on the bed with his eyes closed, his face pale and lifeless.

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No matter how calm he was, he showed a hint of panic at this moment.

"Mother, what happened to my brother?"

Xiao Jinyan strode over to see what happened to his brother.

As soon as he walked over, he was pushed away by the Queen, "Stay away from Yu'er, you are not allowed to touch him, you are not worthy of being his brother."

Xiao Jinyan took several steps back and looked at his mother who was almost crazy. Tears fell from his eyes like beads from a broken string. The look in her eyes was filled with anger and hatred.

"Mother, this was not my fault."

"It wasn't you who did it? Didn't you deliver the roasted lamb? If it wasn't for the roasted lamb, how could Yu'er be poisoned?"

"I gave the roasted lamb to my younger brother to try, but I never poisoned it."

"You're still trying to make excuses?"

The Queen was filled with rage and had no place to vent it. She saw the glass cup on the bedside table, picked it up and threw it at Xiao Jinyan.

It happened in just a moment. Xiao Jinyan did not dodge and took it head-on, with blood flowing from his forehead.

This was the first time Shen Chuwei had encountered such a scene. After being stunned for a while, she quickly stepped forward with a handkerchief to stop Xiao Jinyan's bleeding.

Only then did she realize that Xiao Jinyu was poisoned because of eating roasted lamb.

Did someone poison the mutton? She looked at the Queen and explained, "Queen, I roasted the mutton myself. Your Highness has nothing to do with it."

When the queen saw Shen Fengyi, her eyes became even more furious. "You have no right to speak here. Get out of the way."

The Queen is so fierce...

"Your Majesty, I did roast the lamb myself. If you don't believe me, you can ask the Imperial Kitchen."

Xiao Jinyan lowered his eyes and looked at Shen Chuwei who was trying hard to defend himself. It was the first time that someone took the initiative to take responsibility in order to prove his innocence.

He looked at the queen and spoke word by word, "Mother, I ate the roasted lamb with Shen Fengyi before I decided to give it to my brother. I can guarantee with my life that I did not poison it."

The queen didn't believe the prince's words at all. "Yu'er was poisoned because she only ate the roasted lamb you sent her tonight. How do you explain it?"

Xiao Jinyan said: "Mother, I will investigate this matter thoroughly. Whoever dares to murder the prince, I will definitely not let him off easily."

The queen stared at the prince, obviously not believing what he said.

Shen Chuwei was somewhat glad that she had come along tonight, otherwise Xiao Jinyan would never be able to clear himself even if he jumped into the Yellow River.

"Your Majesty, I can explain why the Seventh Prince is like this."

Why did the Queen think that the Prince poisoned her? 　　1. The Queen was too scared, which is a natural reaction. 　　2. The Queen was partial and suspicious 　　. 3. The reason why the Queen acted like this will be explained in the following chapters. There is a cause for every effect.

(End of this chapter)