"Empress Dowager, the Concubine Shi is so bold that she doesn't even kneel down and kowtows, and even speaks wildly.

You and the entire royal family are not taken seriously. You even allowed your maid to push me into the lake and even beat me to death."

"Please, Queen Mother and Emperor, do this for me!"

The Royal Concubine knelt down and took two steps forward, her whole body wet, looking extremely ferocious.

Su Qingwan stood up with a smile, and imitated Meng Po, twisting her body exaggeratedly to come to the side of the imperial concubine.

"What...what are you going to do?" The Imperial Concubine leaned back.

"Don't panic~ I'm just telling you, it's not just what you said, I also cheated your brother out of 12,000 taels of gold, and just now in the imperial study I made him so angry that he vomited blood."

"Oh, he also acknowledges me as his father, so according to seniority you should also call me dad."

"You!" The Royal Concubine's chest heaved violently with anger.

Emperor Chongwen, who was standing aside, tried hard to suppress the corners of his mouth that were about to rise, and pretended to be angry and said, "The Concubine is not unreasonable."

"Alright! How disgraceful!" The Queen Mother said angrily, "The Queen and Princess Heping will take Princess Shi to my Ci'an Palace to reflect on your mistakes!"

"Now! Immediately! Immediately!"

"Yes, mother." The Queen and Princess Heping accepted the order softly.

The two of them pulled Meng Po and Su Qing Wan towards the door. When they passed by the kneeling Imperial Concubine Qu Zi,

Princess Ping did not forget to secretly step on him hard.

"Sha! Ah!" The Royal Concubine rubbed her ankle that was stepped on, "Princess Ping, how could you murder me?"

Princess Ping rolled her eyes. "Why are you stretching your legs so long? Who are you trying to trip up?"

After saying this, he left without giving the Royal Concubine a chance to speak.

"Xing'er, why are you kneeling there instead of going with me to face the wall and reflect on your mistakes?!"

Princess Ping shouted as she walked through the door.

"I'm here, Princess." Xing'er quickly got up.

He deliberately made a detour to come in front of the Imperial Concubine, then bent over and sat down on her face.

"Oh, my wallet fell."

Having said that, he quickly stood up and trotted off to catch up with Su Qingwan and the others.

Imperial Concubine Qu Zi only felt a stream of heat flowing out of her nostrils. The maid next to her exclaimed,

"Oh! Madam Concubine, your nose is bleeding."

The imperial concubine wiped it with a handkerchief, and looking at the blood on the handkerchief, her hands trembled as if she had Parkinson's disease.

"Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, their servants have gone too far, please help me, Empress Dowager and Your Majesty!"

The Queen Mother said calmly to the Imperial Concubine, "Don't worry, I will punish them severely! Imperial Concubine, please go back to your palace and change into clean clothes first."

"Don't catch a cold. You won't be able to serve the emperor in the meantime."

The Royal Concubine hesitated and said, "Queen Mother, isn't the punishment for the World Concubine too light?"

"She has committed such a crime, but she is just facing the wall to reflect on her mistakes... and she even admitted in person that she embezzled 12,000 taels of gold from my brother."

The imperial concubine was furious. She had lived for more than three decades and had never suffered such an injustice.

Emperor Chongwen said in relief: "The concubine of that time acted arrogantly and rebelliously. This time she will be taken to the Imperial City Department to be punished immediately after leaving the palace!"

"Don't worry, my beloved concubine. I will definitely seek justice for you! And for Xing'er!"

After hearing this, Imperial Concubine Qu Zi felt a little relieved.

The Imperial City Division is the Yanluo Palace in the world of the living. Even if Su Qingwan can't die, she will be skinned alive!

"Okay, what are you all just standing there for? Hurry up and get your 덿떚!"

Emperor Chongwen yelled at the maids and eunuchs around him.

The maids then helped the imperial concubine up.

"Your Majesty, won't you accompany me?" The Royal Concubine's voice was weak. She was in such a state, so she must want to take the opportunity to ask the Emperor to accompany her.

"I still have some official duties to attend to. I will come to see you when I am done."

Emperor Chongwen was perfunctory.

The imperial concubine bit her tongue and said aggrievedly, "Then I will take my leave first."

Then she bowed politely. Although she wanted to see the queen reflect on her mistakes,

But looking at his wolfish appearance, who knows who will be the laughing stock when he goes there.

I can only go back to my own Cuiyu Palace first.

"Grandma Cui, let's go back to the palace too."

After the Royal Concubine left, the Queen Mother spoke to her personal nanny behind her.

"Oh, take the remaining meat back with you. I raised them and I haven't tasted them yet."

"Yes, Queen."

Grandma Cui smiled knowingly and wrapped the remaining meat herself.

Emperor Chongwen crossed his hands on his abdomen and followed the Empress Dowager obediently.

"Your Majesty, isn't he going to take care of government affairs? Why are you following me?"

Seeing that they were about to leave Cining Palace, the Queen Mother asked deliberately.

Emperor Chongwen was a little conceited and said, "I will escort your mother back to the palace first."

The Queen Mother did not expose the truth, and said to Grandma Cui as she walked away.

"The Queen has gone too far this time. She must be severely punished!"

Grandma Cui echoed, "The Queen Mother is right."

Emperor Chongwen opened his mouth but couldn't think of how to excuse the queen.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he was slightly excited. "Doesn't your mother always have leg pain? Why not let the Queen Mother take a look at it for you?"

"I didn't even know that a crazy girl like her could actually practice medicine."

"I am not happy with you, mother. It was Wanwan who cured my son's and my brother's headaches, as well as Chi'er's illness."

"Oh." The Queen Mother responded indifferently.

"Isn't your mother surprised?"

Seeing the Empress Dowager so calm, Emperor Chongwen became a little uneasy.

The Queen Mother ignored her stupid son, and Grandma Cui beside her explained with a smile,

"Your Majesty, you don't know that the young prince has already told the queen mother about this. The queen mother is angry that you and the prince always keep things a secret from her."

"So that's how it is. I was saying that little brat Rui'er always came to the palace to play with his sister Ling'er. It turns out that he was here to inform the queen mother."

The Queen Mother pretended to be angry and glared at Emperor Chongwen.

"I called him here because I felt sorry for him. Rui'er has suffered a lot since Chi'er got sick.

Not only do we have to stay at someone else's house, but we don't even have a carriage in our house, and my children haven't been to the palace to see an old woman like me for several years."

When the empress dowager spoke of this, tears immediately welled up in her eyes. Originally, the royal family of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was not so poor.

I thought things would get better and better, but Chi'er got poisoned and fell ill. The other three kingdoms were eyeing him covetously, especially the Western Yue Kingdom.

A huge amount of tribute was required every year, and the climate was bad, so corruption among officials was rampant.

The royal family's life is not as comfortable as that of a ninth-rank county official.

Emperor Chongwen naturally knew what the empress dowager was thinking, and hurriedly comforted her, "Don't worry, mother, our Northern Zhou will only get better and better in the future."

"Didn't you hear from the Concubine Shi that he had embezzled 10,000 taels of gold from Prime Minister Qu? I asked her to collect the debt."

Emperor Chongwen had a proud look on his face, waiting for the empress dowager to praise him, but what he got was a beating with a cane.

"She is so young, just a little reckless, and you guys are using her as a weapon.

Don't think I don't know, the three people who came today are all here to file a complaint."

"This job is an offensive one. If you file a complaint openly, it's easier to deal with. But if you do it secretly, you're going to kill her!"

As the Queen Mother spoke, she angrily struck the boy's face with her cane.