However, as soon as Zhao Ji arrived, all the concubines dispersed.

Because during this period of time, Zhao Ji must concentrate all the concubines in this palace for management.

At the same time, the eunuchs and palace maids were all impartial and ruthless, so they withheld the expenses of the concubines as before. However, in fact, living together like this, there was a lot of friction between the concubines.

In order to save trouble, the eunuchs and palace maids who were monitoring the concubines would directly tell them that if the situation got really serious, they would be assigned to do odd jobs.

At that time, the daily lives of these concubines will be made the same as those of palace maids.

Over time, these concubines really believed that all these things were caused by Zhao Ji, so when they heard that Zhao Ji was coming, they were all very scared.

There were also those who were brave enough to secretly look at Zhao Ji through the crack in the door.

Some concubines of lower ranks were not even qualified to attend the banquets in the palace, so naturally they had never seen the powerful Lord Seal.

Originally, in their imagination and guess, they thought Zhao Ji was a fat, short, white-faced eunuch.

However, this time Zhao Ji walked in from outside the palace with great dignity, which surprised the concubines.

The main reason was that these concubines had never expected that Zhao Ji, who was so famous in the harem, was actually such a tall and handsome man.

So much so that the moment they saw Zhao Ji, they had already ignored the fact that Zhao Ji was a eunuch in the harem.

There were also some concubines who were still young and had never been favored by the emperor. The moment they saw Zhao Ji, their hearts were overjoyed and pounding.

However, Zhao Ji didn't know about these things.

Zhao Ji finally saw the queen now. The queen was lying on the bed in a very sick state with a very obvious red mark on her neck.

He looked very bad, with a pale face and black lips.

"Your Highness, why do you have to humiliate yourself? You should know that it is a serious crime for a concubine to commit suicide. According to the law, it will bring disaster to the family. Don't you care about this anymore, Your Highness?"

Zhao Ji said in a cold voice.

At this time, the queen slightly opened her eyes and said with a weak and innocent look: "My relatives? My father's whereabouts are unknown, and my prince is also missing. What should I care about?"

Hearing the Queen's words, Zhao Ji sighed, "I originally thought that if I let Her Majesty leave the palace and confine her, I wouldn't have to worry as much as before. I never thought that Her Majesty is still very sharp-eyed and well-informed. No news in the palace can be hidden from Her Majesty!"

After Zhao Ji said this, his face was as cold as ice in winter.

The eunuchs and palace maids serving nearby didn't dare to breathe. They all lowered their heads, fearing that they would be noticed by Zhao Ji.

However, others might be afraid, but the Queen was not afraid at all.

Now the queen seems to have given up, and it seems like she has seen through everything.

"No matter if I am smart or not, since you drove all of us women from the harem to this palace and kept us in captivity like animals, there is no need for us to live like human beings anymore!"

The queen shed a few crystal clear tears at this point.

Zhao Ji was amused: "Am I short of food or clothes?"

"Empress, you should know that you have enjoyed much more than other people. Do you know that the soldiers on the battlefield in the southern border are hungry and cold? Do you know that the soldiers in the northern border eat raw meat and drink blood just to survive the cold winter?"

"If keeping animals in captivity could be as comfortable as this, I'm afraid there would be many people who would want to be kept in captivity like this!"

"But the Queen has long been ignorant of the sufferings of the world, so naturally she doesn't know about these things. The reason I came here today is simply to advise you based on our past friendship."

When Zhao Ji said the word "feelings", he raised his voice.

When the Queen heard this, her expression stiffened slightly, and it was obvious that she was also thinking of something else.

Then Zhao Ji continued, "Your Highness, you only have two choices. Either you wait here obediently, or the emperor is not in good health now, so he probably needs a noble queen to be buried with him!"

When the queen heard what Zhao Ji said, she no longer cared to hide her feelings for a moment. She looked at Zhao Ji with horror and her eyes were full of disbelief.

After Zhao Ji said this, he turned and left.

Before leaving the palace, Zhao Ji could feel that there seemed to be many pairs of eyes watching him in the dark.

Zhao Ji probably used his inner strength to scan around and found that they were all concubines moved from the palace, so he didn't take it seriously.

However, the queen was still unable to calm down long after Zhao Ji left.

In fact, the queen has been in the harem for many years, so it is not difficult for her to know some news that everyone knows.

For example, the prime minister is missing, the third prince is missing, and the emperor is still seriously ill. Naturally, the queen has ways of knowing these things.

But if the queen wanted to find out the details of these things, there was nothing she could do.

The reason why the Queen made such a fuss today was actually that she hoped to attract Zhao Ji over and see if she could find any breakthrough from Zhao Ji, or at least dig out some information.

But now it seems that Zhao Ji at this moment is completely different from the Zhao Ji that he knew before.

The current Seal Holder is more like a high-ranking official with great power, and is no longer the little eunuch who once knelt before the Queen.

For the first time, the queen truly felt panic.

At that moment just now, when Zhao Ji said that he wanted to be buried with her, the queen could really feel Zhao Ji's determination.

At the same time, the queen also began to speculate that maybe it was because the emperor’s body could not hold on for much longer that Zhao Ji said something like burying him with him.

What if the emperor's body can't hold on, and there's no crown prince now? Then everything will be too uncertain.

After all, the queen was a woman raised in the prime minister's family. Naturally, she was different from those concubines outside who were moved by Zhao Ji's presence.

The queen has some political schemes in her mind.

"Someone come and help me put on my makeup. I want to drink some nourishing soup. Ask the imperial kitchen to make it for me..."

"Also, call the imperial physician over. I need to take a good look at my body to make sure I don't have any underlying illness!"

After the queen figured this out, she was no longer as depressed as before, but instead full of energy.

If Zhao Ji was present, he would definitely be able to see the gleam of light that flashed in the queen's eyes at this moment. It was the ambition that had once been in the prime minister's eyes.