A cold light flashed across Emperor Jingming's eyes: "What do you mean?"

Aunt Duo said calmly, "There is a kind of insect called a mother-and-child insect. One is big and the other is small. The big one is the mother insect and the small one is the child insect. The mother insect is in one person's body and the child insect is in another person's body. When the person with the mother insect in his body is punished, what do you think will happen to the other person?"

Emperor Jingming was reluctant to follow what Grandma Duo said, but because it was about the Empress Dowager, he had no choice but to compromise: "What will happen?"

Aunt Duo laughed: "People with worms in their bodies will feel several times more pain. My life is worthless, and death is not a pity, but I am kindly reminding the emperor that if you cut me into pieces, the queen mother's body may not be able to bear it..."

"Asshole, have you impregnated the Empress Dowager?" Emperor Jingming was so angry that his face turned ashen and he wished he could skin Nanny Duo with his own hands.

Aunt Duo knew that Emperor Jingming was afraid of the consequences, so she became more calm: "Yes, the mother worm of the mother-son heart-linked worm is in my body, and the child worm is in the Queen Mother's body."

"You--" Emperor Jingming pointed at Nanny Duo. He hadn't felt so angry and helpless for a long time.

This feels so bad!

The Queen said, "Madam Duo, you have been working in the Cining Palace since you entered the palace. The Queen Mother has been very kind to you over the years. Why are you so vicious that you actually attacked an old woman who is nearly 70 years old?"

Aunt Duo said calmly, "There is no other way. I have to leave a way out for myself. I can only let down the Queen Mother for this."

Emperor Jingming stared at Nanny Duo and suddenly his face darkened: "Do you think I can be frightened? Pan Hai, take this evil woman down!"

Aunt Duo laughed and said, "If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, why not give it a try?"

As she spoke, she pulled out the golden hairpin from her hair and drew it hard on the back of her hand.

"Stop her!" Emperor Jingming said urgently.

The golden hairpin was snatched away by Pan Hai, and blood was already flowing from the back of Aunt Duo's hand.

The Fourteenth Princess turned away with a pale face.

Emperor Jingming stared at Aunt Duo's bleeding hand and ordered the eunuch in a deep voice: "Go to Cining Palace to find out about the Queen Mother's condition."

The eunuch took the order and left, and the room fell into silence for a while.

A tense silence.

Just when Emperor Jingming's patience was about to reach its limit, the eunuch hurried back.

"How?" Emperor Jingming asked impatiently.

The eunuch was Pan Hai's apprentice, a very clever young man, with fear in his eyes: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother had already gone to bed, but suddenly she had a pain in her hand, so we have sent for the imperial physician..."

"Which hand does Your Majesty feel the pain in?" Emperor Jingming asked, looking at Nanny Duo's bleeding left hand.

The eunuch said, "Left hand."

The light in Emperor Jingming's eyes flickered and his emotions were surging.

Nanny Duo said, "If Your Majesty thinks this is a coincidence, then try again."

As she spoke, her eyes searched for anything sharp.

How could Emperor Jingming dare to joke about the Queen Mother's body? He asked in a stern voice, "What do you want?"

He never expected that the person who was hiding in the palace and causing trouble would not only fail to reveal his motives after he surfaced, but was instead caught by the other party.

This feeling is extremely frustrating.

Aunt Duo pulled at her wrinkled hem and said calmly, "Send me out of the palace."

"Don't even think about it!" Emperor Jingming blurted out.

Aunt Duo smiled and said, "I forgot to tell the emperor that the worms in my body are not just the mother-child heart-linked worms, but also many other things with different uses. Do you think that if someone kidnaps me, I will be at their mercy? You are wrong. If I want to, I can instantly turn into some kind of worm to gnaw at my internal organs..."

"Enough!" Emperor Jingming didn't want to listen anymore.

He would not bat an eyelid even if the person in front of him was cut into pieces, but if the empress dowager was hurt, he would never accept it.

"I will leave the palace now." Aunt Duo said firmly, "If the emperor does not agree, then I will let the queen mother have a taste of the pain. The queen mother is old, I don't know if she can bear it-"

"It's impossible to leave the palace now." A gentle voice sounded before Emperor Jingming.

Nanny Duo looked at the empress who suddenly spoke.

The Queen's face was calm and her tone was gentle: "Mother Duo has been in the palace for more than ten years and should know very well that once the palace is locked, even the Emperor cannot order people to open the palace gates without reason. Now you want the Emperor to open the palace gates and send you out, have you considered Wu Miao?"

When talking about Wu Miao, Aunt Duo's expression became serious.

The Queen continued, "We don't know your purpose for sneaking into the palace and stirring up trouble. Whether it's for Wu Miao or for your own selfish desires, this is something that can't be made public. If we send you out of the palace now, regardless of the rules passed down by our ancestors, do you want the whole world to know that a Wu Miao person is doing evil in the court of the Great Zhou? By then, whether the Great Zhou and Wu Miao are willing or not, enmity between the two sides is inevitable. Aunt Duo, think about it, can you bear the consequences of this?"

The Wu Miao tribe is located between the Great Zhou and the Nanlan Kingdom, and has always remained neutral. It has never openly been hostile to either side, and as a result, it has had enough time to recuperate over the years.

"Mother Duo is eager to make achievements, and I understand. How about this? I will let you go as soon as the palace gates are opened tomorrow morning. What do you think?"

Nanny Duo looked at Emperor Jingming.

Emperor Jingming saw some relief in Grandma Duo's expression and said hurriedly, "The Queen's opinion is my opinion."

The longer you can delay, the better. The Queen's performance this time is much better than when Fuqing's eyes were cured.

Aunt Duo was silent for a moment, then said, "Well, I will leave the palace as soon as the palace gates open at dawn!"

Emperor Jingming breathed a sigh of relief, told someone to keep an eye on Nanny Duo, urged the Fourteenth Princess to rest, and went elsewhere with the Empress.

Glancing out the window, Emperor Jingming looked solemn: "There are still a few hours until dawn. We must come up with a solution during this time."

Once Nanny Fangduo left the palace, even if someone was sent to follow her secretly, the Empress Dowager would be helpless because she was in the hands of the other party.

This feeling of being controlled by others was too suffocating, especially as long as the empress dowager was alive, he had to be controlled every day. Emperor Jingming could not accept it at all.

The queen pondered for a moment and looked into Emperor Jingming's eyes: "Your Majesty, do you still remember that Princess Yan cured Fuqing's eyes?"

"How could I forget this?" Emperor Jingming's heart moved.

"At that time, Princess Yan said that there was a worm in Fuqing's eye. If the worm was taken out, the eye would heal naturally without any medicine. I wonder if Princess Yan can take out the worm in the Queen Mother's body?"

Emperor Jingming's eyes lit up and he looked at the empress.

"Why not... let the seventh son's wife give it a try?" After hesitating for a moment, Emperor Jingming made up his mind.

At this point, we can only try our best. It would be best if the Seventh Old Wife could find a solution, but if not, she would just have to bear it.

Compared to the Empress Dowager's health, no matter how aggrieved I am, I have to accept it.

What the queen said was true. Once the palace gates were locked, they could not be opened easily. However, in an emergency, following Emperor Jingming's orders, Pan Hai quietly left the palace and went straight to Prince Yan's Mansion.