"Your Highness, Bing'er is looking for you."
Hearing Bing'er's name, Gu Yanwei frowned and stood up, "Let her in."
"Your servant pays respect to His Majesty the Ninth Emperor."
Hearing the sound, Shen Qingqiu, who was sleeping soundly, also woke up. He opened his eyes hazily and looked at the palace maid who suddenly appeared in the room.
"Bing'er, didn't I tell you not to come to me unless I take the initiative to find you and you have nothing to do?"
"Your Highness the Ninth Prince, Bing'er has something important to tell you." He looked at Shen Qingqiu who was sitting behind him with an embarrassed look on his face.
Gu Yanwei looked in her direction and said, "Just tell me what you want to say."
The Ninth Prince had already spoken, and Bing'er didn't think it was a big deal. She nodded, took out a piece of paper from her waist and said, "I got the thing you sent me to get from the Queen's palace." As she said that, she presented the thing in her hand to Gu Yanwei.
Gu Yanwei took the list, looked at it, and handed it to Shen Qingqiu. Shen Qingqiu glanced at it and said, "It's a prescription."
Gu Yanwei nodded and said to the maid: "You have done a good job. From today on, you don't have to go to the Queen's Palace. Stay here to take care of the princess."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Shen Qingqiu turned over and sat up and said: "Then shall we go to the Emperor today and report this matter?"
Gu Yanwei nodded and said, "Put on your clothes. I'll wait for you outside."
On the other side, in the Queen's bedroom, the Queen was furious.
"How dare you show me such an important thing is lost? Why don't you find it for me quickly!" A group of palace maids got up from the ground and rummaged around.
Looking at this chaotic scene, the Queen suddenly asked, "Where is Bing'er? Where did Bing'er go?"
"I saw her go out early this morning, and she hasn't come back yet."
The queen's eyes widened, her lips trembling with anger, "Ninth Prince, it must have been the Ninth Prince who did it. This Bing'er was the Ninth Prince's person back then. Humph, I knew he wouldn't be that simple. Sure enough, he is the most cunning one."
"But Queen, what should we do now?"
The queen sneered and sat on the stool. "What else can I do? I'm afraid that Eunuch Liu will come to summon me to see the emperor soon."
Sure enough, before the Queen could finish her words, Eunuch Liu arrived.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor invites you."
"I understand. Please go back first, eunuch."
"yes."
Watching Eunuch Liu leave, the queen slowly stood up and said to the maid beside her: "Dress up for me!"
When they arrived at the imperial study, Shen Qingqiu and Gu Yanwei had been waiting for a long time.
Today the Queen came in gorgeous clothes, which were the same clothes she wore when she performed the Queen's Ceremony.
"Why is the Queen dressed so formally today?" The Emperor came out from behind the screen and said, looking at Gu Yanwei who had already stood outside the screen, "Old Nine, what do you want that you must ask the Queen to come over?"
Gu Yanwei glanced at the Queen, then suddenly knelt down in front of the Emperor and said, "Father, today I want to seek justice for my mother's death."
"Shufei?" The emperor frowned when he mentioned Shufei and said, "Shufei has been dead for many years. You were still young at that time. Why did you suddenly bring it up today?"
"Because I have found the murderer who killed my mother."
"Nonsense! Your mother committed suicide. The imperial concubine committed suicide in the palace..."
"My mother did commit suicide, but this was planned by someone."
"What do you mean?"
Gu Yanwei looked at the queen. At this moment, the queen still looked so gorgeous and superior, as if what happened next had nothing to do with him.
"Then you'll have to ask the Queen."
The emperor looked at the queen blankly and asked, "What does this have to do with the queen?"
Gu Yanwei sneered, "Queen, do you still remember how you framed my mother back then?"
The Queen finally looked up at Gu Yanwei and said, "I don't understand a word the Ninth Prince is saying."
Gu Yanwei sneered, "I think the Queen will understand soon."
"Father, do you remember that when my mother was pregnant, she became particularly fond of eating?"
The emperor nodded. "It was Imperial Physician Li who took care of her. I also felt that her appetite was much bigger than usual and I was worried about her health. But Imperial Physician Li said that it was normal for pregnant women, so I didn't ask any more questions."
"Many pregnant women do have a better appetite than usual during pregnancy, but my mother's appetite is surprisingly large. The imperial physician must have known that if she continued to eat like this, the fetus would be too large and difficult to deliver."
"Are you saying that someone planned for Concubine Shu's difficult labor to happen, in order to harm her?"
"Yes, and the one who sent food to my mother in the sky every day was the Empress, who had never been on good terms with her. During those days, all kinds of delicacies from land and sea were sent to my mother's palace every day, which led to my mother's difficult labor due to the large fetus."
The Queen suddenly sneered, "Don't you think it's ridiculous, Ninth Prince? I said I had to send her those supplements because I was happy for her and wanted to befriend her. I saw that she had a good appetite and wanted to send her more. How could I know that this would lead to a large fetus and a difficult birth?"
"At this point, the Queen is still stubborn. Humph, if I were you, would the Queen still remember Ruo'er?"
As soon as Ruo'er was mentioned, the queen's calm expression disappeared.
"Come in."
Seeing Ruoer, who was poisoned by her that year, suddenly standing in front of her, the queen could not stand it anymore. She looked at Ruoer and retreated.
"My lady, do you still remember me?"
"Ruo'er, tell the emperor everything that happened back then."
"Yes, Your Highness."
"Your Majesty, I guarantee my life that everything your Highness has said is true. I was the Empress's personal maid. Since Concubine Shu became pregnant, the Empress has been unable to sleep at night. Concubine Shu was already favored by the Emperor, but now she is pregnant. The Empress was resentful and conspired with Imperial Physician Li to send different kinds of delicacies to Concubine Shu's bedroom every day, adding appetizers to the dishes. This eventually led to a difficult birth."
"Your Majesty, I heard that the little prince was born with a yellow body. It must be related to those delicacies. The Concubine Shu had too good nutrition during her pregnancy, so it may have caused the little prince to glow all over. As for those monsters reincarnating, it's all nonsense!" Shen Qingqiu said.
"Empress!" The emperor was already furious. The death of Concubine Shu was the greatest pain in his life, but he did not expect that the person who actually killed her had been living with him for many years.
"Do you have anything else to say?"
"I have nothing to say!" The Queen stood up like crazy, pointing at the Emperor and said, "When you were not the Emperor, you kept saying that you would never let me down in your life, but after you made me the Empress, you spent every day with Consort Shu. I hate her, I hate him, for leaving me alone in my empty room every day, but I hate you even more, for betraying your promise to me!"
"Didn't I make you the queen? I didn't break my promise." The emperor said, covering his chest.
"Oh, you thought that what I wanted was the position of Queen, and what I wanted was my husband's heart, but you gave it all to Concubine Shu. Concubine Shu's death was all because of you, because of you!" the Queen said hysterically.
"No matter what, you can't do anything to an unborn life. What crime has he committed?"
The queen sneered, "What crime has he committed? It's because of him that I haven't seen the emperor for two months. The emperor is with the concubine and princess every day. I hate his mother, but I hate him even more!"
"You, you..." The emperor was so angry that he stood up and pointed at the queen, speechless for a while.
After a long while, she came over slowly and said, "I think of the friendship we have had over the years. From now on, you will stay in your Funing Palace and never come out. I never want to see you again!"
As he spoke, someone came in and prepared to take the queen away.
"Wait." Gu Yanwei suddenly said, "Father, there is one more thing I think you must know."
"What else is there to say?"
Gu Yanwei took out the prescription he had found in the Queen's palace from his sleeve and handed it to the Emperor.
"This is?"
"Father, do you still remember the tonic that the princess gave you?"
The emperor nodded.
"This medicine is convenient."
"What?"
Gu Yanwei looked at the Queen and said, "The Princess and Father have always had a deep brother-sister relationship. Ever since that incident, I couldn't believe that the Princess would suddenly act like this, so I met with her before she left, and she told me the truth. This medicine was found by me in the Queen's bedroom."
The emperor looked at the prescription for a long time. After a while, he suddenly stood up, walked slowly to the queen, and threw the prescription in her face. "Queen, tell me what this is, what is this?"
The queen picked up the prescription with a sneer, "I thought that after Concubine Shu died, you would remember me and the promise you made to me. But I was wrong. Even after Concubine Shu died, you rarely came to visit me. I was already extremely disappointed in you. I have never had a child of my own in my life. Over the years, your health has been getting worse, but I also want to make plans for myself. So I went to find the eldest princess. If the prince consort died, the prince would have no one to rely on. I seized this point and persuaded the eldest princess. If we succeed, the prince will be the crown prince and the future emperor, and I will naturally become the queen mother."
"You, I have treated you well over the years, why are you doing this?" The emperor coughed in anger.
"Oh, you treated me well, but I have hated you for a long time. I never thought that I would end up falling into the hands of Concubine Shu's son." The queen sneered and suddenly bumped into the pillar beside her.
"Stop him for me!"
Gu Yanwei took a quick step forward and stood in front of the queen.
"I will not let you die. I will banish you, this vicious woman, to the cold palace. I will send people to beat you every day, without fail, to make you pay for the sins you have committed over the years!"
"Someone, take this vicious woman away."
"Hahaha, hahaha." The queen laughed like a madman and was dragged out of the imperial study.
The imperial study finally returned to peace, but the emperor fell to the ground with his head in his hands.
"Father."
"Call the imperial physician!"
The imperial doctors worked until the evening when the emperor slowly opened his eyes and said, "All of you please leave."
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