The virtuous concubine had a miscarriage, the queen was demoted to a commoner, the noble concubine was sentenced to death by slicing, and the harem was disbanded by His Majesty.

Four shocking events happened in the palace in one day, causing panic among the people in the palace. The palace servants became more cautious in doing things.

Several imperial edicts were announced to the world one after another, which quickly caused an uproar in the imperial city. Now all the people in the imperial city are discussing this matter.

The Shangshu and the Prime Minister, who had just returned to the mansion, almost fainted after hearing about this! After learning about the death of the imperial concubine, the Shangshu's wife stumbled and fell to the ground, and then fainted after a dizzy spell.

"Madam! Doctor, call the doctor!"

The Shangshu's mansion was suddenly in chaos. After learning that his wife had fainted, the Shangshu hurried back and forth in the courtyard with a sullen face.

"The master is back!"

The housekeeper hurried forward to greet her, and the minister asked in a deep voice, "How is the madam?"

"Madam fainted from anger after hearing about Miss's situation. The doctor is checking her pulse now!"

The butler's voice was a little choked, and he followed the Shangshu back to the room.

After the doctor took the pulse of the Shangshu's wife, he came to the Shangshu and reported the situation to him: "Don't worry, Master, the wife just fainted due to anger, there is nothing wrong with her body, just take two doses of tranquilizers and she will be fine."

"Well, all of you should leave."

The Shangshu dismissed the servants with a sullen face. The moment the door was closed, he could no longer bear the sadness in his heart and squatted on the ground.

"Pearl, you are confused!"

The Shangshu lowered his voice, and the emotions he had been holding back all the way suddenly collapsed.

"Pearl, Pearl!"

The Shangshu's wife, who was in a coma, suddenly waved her hands and burst into tears. When the Shangshu heard it, he quickly got up, walked to the bedside and grabbed his wife's hand.

"Madam, Madam, wake up!"

The Shangshu's wife, who was immersed in grief, was awakened by the Shangshu's voice. With red eyes, she grabbed the Shangshu's hand and said, "Master, Zhu'er, she was tortured to death? Tell me this is fake, tell me quickly!"

The Shangshu's wife sat up in agitation and shook the Shangshu's arm continuously.

The minister closed his eyes and let two lines of tears slide down: "Madam, Zhu'er... is gone."

"Ah! Zhu'er, my Zhu'er! I, I want to go to the palace, I want to seek justice for Zhu'er!"

After hearing the news of her daughter's death from the Shangshu, his wife collapsed instantly and struggled to get up and go to the palace to seek justice for her daughter.

The Shangshu hurriedly stopped her: "Madam, Madam, calm down."

"Calm down? My daughter was suddenly tortured to death. How can I stay calm?!"

The Shangshu's wife roared with red eyes and refused to listen to the Shangshu's persuasion. Seeing that she had already gotten out of bed barefoot and was about to run out of the room, the Shangshu raised his hand in anger.

Bang! The atmosphere in the room suddenly froze.

The minister's palm trembled as he looked at his wife and angrily said in a low voice: "Seek justice? How do you want to seek justice? Do you know what Zhu'er did? She murdered the heir to the throne! This is the only heir to the throne!"

"If it weren't for the great contributions our Shen family has made to the Beiyue Nation, even if we kill all nine of our clans, it would be hard to make up for the sins Zhu'er has committed!"

Upon hearing this, the Shangshu's wife fell to the ground as if all the strength had been drained from her.

“Wow, wow, wow, could it be that our Zhu’er died in vain? I can’t accept this, I can’t accept this!”

"How dare you say that! If you hadn't indulged Zhu'er in everything, how could she have developed such a daring character? As the head of the four concubines, it's bad enough that the imperial concubine did such a despicable thing as drugging His Majesty, but she actually dared to murder the heir to the throne!"

When the Shangshu mentioned these things, it felt like someone slapped him twice on the face, it was burning with pain!

He looked at the Shangshu's wife with cold eyes and said in a deep voice: "His Majesty has just lost his only child and is very angry. I warn you not to provoke him. Of course, if you are eager to seek death, I will not stop you!"

The Shangshu snorted coldly, turned around and left, ignoring his wife's increasingly pale face.

——

The Shangshu Mansion was in great sorrow because the Imperial Concubine was executed by lingchi, and the Prime Minister's Mansion was also in turmoil.

Although the queen was still alive, she was demoted to a commoner and taken to the Fo'an Temple, which was no different from being dead. Death would not be a better relief for her!

The prime minister, who had just arrived at the palace and had not yet taken off his official uniform, hurried to the palace to persuade the emperor to revoke his order, but he knelt at the palace gate for a long time and was not summoned by the emperor.

Song Chengyin was in Jinhua Palace at this time. Jiang Li had already woken up. Song Chengyin was afraid that she would be sad, so he did not mention a word about the miscarriage.

"Ali, be obedient and drink another sip."

Song Chengyin looked down at Jiang Li who was leaning on his shoulder, and gently coaxed her to take the medicine.

Jiang Li shook her head, her face still looking a little weak. Song Chengyin didn't want to force her so he put the medicine bowl aside.

Jiang Li had heard from Xiao Dengzi about how Song Chengyin dealt with the queen and the imperial concubine. In order to eliminate all hidden dangers, this man disbanded the harem at all costs!

Jiang Li's turbulent heart could not calm down for a long time. From this man, she felt a preference and exclusive love she had never felt before.

Jiang Li snuggled into Song Chengyin's arms, her nose a little stuffy: "Your Majesty, you don't have to do this for me. The ministers will definitely make trouble for your Majesty because of this matter at the morning court tomorrow. Even if I can't be your backing, I don't want to be a problem for your Majesty."

She went to the appointment to personally find out the person who was secretly trying to frame her all the time to set an example and stop other concubines from having evil thoughts, but she never expected that His Majesty not only dealt with the mastermind behind the scenes, but also disbanded the harem under pressure! Song Chengyin put his arm around Jiang Li's shoulders and passed his fingers through the hair on her chest: "Ali, don't worry about me. I will never allow any hidden dangers to remain around you. I want you, and only you."

Song Chengyin lowered his head and placed a kiss on Jiang Li's forehead. If he knew that the Queen would ignore his warning and set up a Hongmen Banquet for Ah Li, he would have dealt with her as soon as he found the secret guard. How could he have allowed her to continue to attack Ah Li!

Song Chengyin has been staying with Jiang Li since returning from Fengyi Palace, and did not leave Jinhua Palace until the morning of the next day.

"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister knelt outside the palace gate for five hours yesterday, and was not until nightfall that he was helped back by the servants of the mansion."

Eunuch Su waited until they left Jinhua Palace before reporting to Song Chengyin that the prime minister had come to the palace yesterday.

Song Chengyin's face turned cold and he went straight to the Golden Palace.

There was silence in the Golden Palace at this time, and the court officials had not yet recovered from the series of events that happened yesterday.

"Your Majesty has arrived—"

(End of this chapter)