So for a while, these ministers all stayed in the palace obediently and well-behaved.

If there is something, just write a memorial.

Nothing to do, just stay at home.

For a time, a tense and suffocating atmosphere of seriousness permeated the capital among the dignitaries.

Some ministers who are perceptive simply stay indoors and have no connection with any faction.

Those ministers with quick minds secretly inquired about various kinds of information, trying to find opportunities to climb up the ladder.

There were even many ministers who found that they could not send the news outside, so they sent the news directly to the palace.

But it was not given to Zhao Ji, but to the queen and other concubines.

To put it bluntly, I'm just trying to gather information!

Although Zhao Ji was in charge of the affairs of the palace, he could not take care of everything, especially for someone like the queen who had been entrenched in the palace for such a long time and had built up such a network of connections.

There is always some news that can be delivered to the Queen's Palace.

"Look, my father has already sent me three letters, each asking me to check on the emperor's situation. But now Zhao Ji won't let me see the emperor, so I can't reply to my father even if I want to!"

Then she said to her maid who came with her dowry with some headache.

Although she was said to be a dowry maid, in fact, this palace maid was agile and had martial arts skills. In detail, she could be considered a capable person that the prime minister had assigned to his daughter in the palace.

This letter was also brought in by this palace maid.

But the queen was really worried. Not to mention the prime minister, she herself actually wanted to see the emperor, but Zhao Ji did not give her the chance.

The more Zhao Ji acted like this, the more the Queen felt that the Emperor was in a bad condition. Moreover, the Queen always felt that Zhao Ji might be in power and might have some different thoughts.

The more he thought about it, the more his father, the prime minister, kept urging him.

There was a gleam in the queen's eyes, and she decided to go all out and rushed to the emperor's bedroom immediately.

Zhao Ji's eunuchs naturally stopped the queen, but the queen showed the phoenix seal in her hand and shouted: "I am the mother of a country. What's wrong with serving the emperor in front of him?"

"Why do you stop me? Is there someone who has evil intentions and wants to take this opportunity to defile the palace?"

As the queen concentrated her words, the eunuchs immediately knelt on the ground. Although they shouted at the queen to calm down, their attitude remained firm and they tried to stop the queen.

The queen narrowed her eyes slightly and stretched out her hand to rush in.

The palace maids and eunuchs accompanying the queen also helped to stop the eunuchs guarding the gate.

For a moment, the entrance of the emperor's bedroom was as busy as a vegetable market.

The mother of a country insisted on breaking into the hall like a shrew. It was impossible for the people in the bedroom to be unaware of such a big thing.

The emperor happened to wake up at this moment, and heard a buzzing sound like a fly in his ears, which was very annoying, and there seemed to be a woman's voice.

When he opened his eyes, he saw Zhao Ji respectfully offering cold medicine. Zhao Ji drank a sip of the medicine himself, and then asked the eunuch next to him to test the poison.

"The emperor's medicinal food must be prepared with all your heart and soul. You must test the poison in front of me and make sure there is no problem before you give it to the emperor!"

When the emperor heard Zhao Ji's instructions, he felt at ease and even felt fortunate to have Zhao Ji by his side, otherwise he didn't know how much conspiracy he would have suffered.

The emperor coughed lightly, and Zhao Ji turned around and looked at the emperor with surprise: "Your Majesty is awake? The eunuchs here just happened to have prepared the medicine. The imperial physician said that the formula has been changed today, and the effect of the medicine should be much better than before. Your Majesty, drink it quickly!"

Zhao Ji stepped forward and helped the emperor up to drink the medicine.

During this time, the queen outside the door did not stop making noise. In fact, the queen deliberately wanted the emperor in the palace to hear it.

Because the queen actually just wanted to make sure whether the emperor was okay now.

The emperor finished drinking the medicine, put it down, panting, and said with a frown: "Who is arguing outside the palace gate of Zhao Aiqing? It's giving me a headache!"

Zhao Ji took the empty medicine bowl and said with an embarrassed look, "In order to let the emperor have a good rest, I did not notify the ladies in the harem to come to serve him. The main reason is that I think women are timid. If I ask them to come to serve, I am afraid they will burst into tears."

"It makes you, the emperor, upset!"

Listening to the queen's buzzing voice, the emperor was immediately deeply touched: "When there are too many women, they are like ducks quarreling. It's really annoying!"

"You did the right thing in this matter, Lord Zhao. I will just rest and recuperate. If there is anything else, I will still have the eunuchs and palace maids. Let them take good care of themselves in the harem and stay safe!"

Zhao Ji nodded with a smile: "It's just that the Queen may still want to visit the Emperor. Judging from the situation, if she doesn't see the Emperor, she might make a fuss!"

The emperor was very upset, and he felt tired just after drinking the medicine, and gradually felt sleepy.

"Put the Queen under house arrest. What has she been yelling about all day long..." The emperor's voice became softer and softer.

Zhao Ji signaled the eunuchs beside him to cover the emperor with a blanket, then he regained his indifferent expression, looked at the eunuchs beside him and said, "You have all heard clearly what the emperor meant, why don't you go and pass on the order!"

The eunuch standing by naturally understood what Zhao Ji meant, and hurriedly went out with some people.

In fact, when the Queen came over to make a big fuss, other concubines in the palace had already sent people to check the situation.

The Queen's disturbance caused unrest in the palace.

In fact, not only the concubines were watching the Queen's situation, but even the princes were waiting for the outcome of the Queen's disturbance.

The emperor's personal eunuch came out with a frown on his face. The queen saw a familiar face and was delighted. However, before she could speak, the emperor's chief eunuch Su Xi said, "The queen really cares too much about the emperor. It's just that the emperor can't accept such a noise. Just now, the emperor specifically ordered the servant to let the queen return to the palace to copy the scriptures and pray for the emperor!"

"Your Majesty, please come in now!"

Su Xi's words made the queen dumbfounded.

"Why doesn't the emperor see me?"

The queen didn't expect this to happen, and asked in shock.

But the person who came out was none other than the eunuch beside the emperor, so the queen knew at once that even if the emperor was controlled by someone, the eunuch beside the emperor might not be controlled as well.

Such loyal people will die for their country.

Therefore, the queen could only believe that it was indeed the emperor who ordered her to be confined to her house and copy Buddhist scriptures.

The queen really couldn't understand why the emperor wouldn't meet the concubines in the harem?

But things had come to this point, and the queen could no longer continue to make trouble.

If they continue to make trouble, I'm afraid the guards around the eunuch will use force.

That won't look good.