Li Sisi led her maids to rush into Ciyuan Hall. She was the Imperial Noble Consort and the Princess of Xixia. None of this mattered. What mattered was that she brought a group of maids with her who were highly skilled in martial arts.
When a eunuch came to stop them, he was knocked down by the maid with three punches and two kicks.
Concubine Mu was holding a bowl of glutinous rice and lotus seed soup and was about to feed Zhao Xin with a spoon.
Just as the spoon was approaching Zhao Xin's mouth, a loud shout came from outside the door: "Stop!"
It was Li Sisi who rushed in with her maid.
"What do you want to do!" Li Sisi pointed at Mu Guiren and shouted.
Mu Guiren was stunned for a moment, then flew into a rage: "Princess, what on earth do you mean by bringing so many people to trespass into my Mengzhu Pavilion?"
"What do you mean? What did you give the little prince to drink?" Li Sisi pointed at the glutinous rice porridge in Concubine Mu's hand.
Concubine Mu said coldly: "The little prince is hungry. Is it wrong for me to feed him?"
"Hmph, I'm afraid you have no good intentions. You put something in this porridge that shouldn't be put in it."
Upon hearing this, Concubine Mu almost fainted. She was shaking with anger: "I wonder what Concubine Li thinks was put in this porridge." In her rage, the princess stopped shouting.
Li Sisi pouted: "Humph, it must be poison."
Mu Guiren was so angry that tears welled up in his eyes. He raised the bowl and was about to drink it himself.
Concubine Mu's maid Xinyue hurriedly stopped her: "My Lady!"
Concubine Mu drank the porridge in one gulp. Now it was everyone's turn to be stunned, and Li Sisi was also shocked.
Concubine Mu pointed at Li Sisi and said, "Don't think that you, the Princess of Xixia, can wrongly accuse good people just because you're favored by His Majesty. I brought the little prince here out of kindness because the Empress was seriously ill and couldn't take care of him. Concubine Li, you've slandered me without any reason. I'm going to His Majesty to demand an explanation!"
"I..." Li Sisi knew she was in the wrong and didn't dare to say anything.
A maid in the Empress's Hall of Renming Palace shouted, "Humph! Concubine Mu brought the little prince here without the Empress's permission. Isn't this disrespectful to the Empress?"
Concubine Mu didn't dare to do anything to Li Sisi, but she was afraid of the Empress's maid. So she walked over and slapped the maid hard: "Who do you think you are, a lowly servant? How dare you yell at me! The Empress is seriously ill. How can the little prince be well cared for by her? The Empress is confused, and are you also confused? If His Majesty knew about this, who among you would be responsible?"
This retort left everyone speechless.
"Noble Lady Mu, Envoy Zheng from the Tiger Court requests to see you." A eunuch came over and said.
Everyone was surprised, wondering why this person from the Tiger Yasi came to the harem.
Zheng Xian brought Wang Dabao, Fan Guangtu and three others to Mengzhuxuan.
Zheng Xian clasped his hands together and raised his right hand. "Empress Mu, I have received His Majesty's order. The little prince will be taken to Renming Hall and cared for by the Empress. No one is allowed to stop him, or else he will be dealt with according to palace rules!"
Since the emperor had issued an imperial decree, naturally no one dared to stop him. Concubine Mu did not dare to act rashly and handed the little prince over to Wang Dabao.
Wang Dabao held Zhao Xin in his arms, and Zheng Xian bowed and said, "We will take our leave."
When Zheng Xian and others left Mengzhuxuan, Fan Guangtu said, "Lady Mu finally couldn't wait any longer."
Zheng Xian nodded and said, "Well, you two take the little prince to Renming Hall. I'll go see His Majesty."
Wang Dabao hugged Zhao Xin and sighed, "Alas, the Queen has suffered in her quest to find the Crown Prince's murderer."
"Let's go." Fan Guangtu waved his hand.
When Fan Guangtu and Wang Dabao arrived at Renming Hall, the empress was lying on her bed, pale and anxiously waiting. Chen'er was gone, and now even Xin'er had been taken away. Zhu Lian no longer had any hope of survival.
Suddenly a palace maid excitedly shouted: "Little Prince!"
Zhu Lian looked up and saw that Wang Dabao, holding Zhao Xin and Fan Guangtu, had already arrived at the palace gate.
Wang Dabao said: "Empress, I am late." Then he sent Zhao Xin over.
Zhu Lian was too busy caring about anything else. She didn't know where she got the strength from. She grabbed Zhao Xin and held him in her arms. She looked at her child with infinite joy in her eyes, and then kissed him non-stop. The love between mother and child was beyond words.
Wang Dabao had served the Queen when he was a eunuch and had a deep affection for her. Seeing the Queen suffer so much, he sighed deeply.
Fan Guangtu and Wang Dabao exchanged a glance, then bowed and said, "I'll take my leave."
Zhu Lian finally woke up and hurriedly said, "Thank you both so much! I will never forget your kindness."
She, the queen who is the mother of the country, actually said such words. I guess she must be very grateful to these two people in her heart.
Wang Dabao could no longer bear it: "Empress, all this is His Majesty's will."
"What?" Zhu Lian asked in surprise.
Wang Dabao knelt down and said, "I shouldn't say anything now, but please rest assured, Your Majesty. No matter what others say, Your Majesty has never forgotten the Queen. The reason Your Majesty did this was for, for..."
Fan Guangtu nudged him, signaling him to stop talking to avoid leaking military secrets.
Wang Dabao then fell silent and kowtowed again: "Empress, you will understand later. Your Majesty, Your Majesty is thinking of you all the time."
Although Zhu Lian didn't understand what Wang Dabao meant, she could tell that Zhao Huan still cared about her and hadn't abandoned her. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but cry with joy.
The Tiger Sergeant sat alone in Zheng Xian's seat. His expression was stern, and you could clearly see his jaw muscles. He clenched his fists, clearly furious.
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