The Queen looked at the Crown Prince solemnly, her brows knitted tightly together: "I know about this, I will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly. If Aunt Su is really Concubine Xuan's person, I will never tolerate it!"

"Thank you, mother. I'll take my leave now." The prince said, turned around and left.

The queen looked at the frail and thin figure with her eyes dark and deep.

Regardless of whether what the prince said was true or not, she had to find out the truth, and no one could harm her son no matter who it was.

The queen stood up, walked to the window and placed a plate of flowers outside the window.

After a while, a black figure appeared outside the window: "Master, what do you want?"

"Go and investigate Aunt Su yourself to find out who she belongs to. Also, find out who the prince has been in contact with or met in the past two days. I want to know every detail!" the queen ordered.

"Yes!" The man in black disappeared in the blink of an eye.

When the Crown Prince returned to the East Palace, Aunt Su saw him and immediately brought him medicine: "Your Highness, you haven't taken your medicine for today yet. The imperial physician told you to take it on time so that you can recover ."

Under normal circumstances, the prince would have taken it and drank it, but today, looking at the black medicine, the prince frowned.

"I just had some snacks at my mother's place. Put them down first. I will drink them later." The prince replied.

"Yes, then I'll take my leave." Aunt Su put down the medicine.

"good."

After Aunt Su left, the prince took the bowl of medicine and poured it into the flowerpot next to him, then put the bowl back to its original place.

After a while, Aunt Su came in to collect the bowls. Looking at the empty bowls, she felt relieved. Seeing that the prince was reading a book, Aunt Su did not disturb him. She picked up the empty bowls and left.

The prince, who was reading with his head down, glanced at Aunt Su's back, and a sharp look flashed across his eyes.

As for the Queen, within an hour the man in black came to report: "Master, I have checked carefully. The people the Crown Prince has been in contact with in the past two days are no different from usual. But he met Ye Xingchen at the palace gate today, and it is said that the two chatted for a while.

As for Aunt Su, her son has loved gambling since he was a child. He has lost a lot of money in the Fugui Casino over the years, and now he still has hundreds of thousands of taels of money to pay back due to the interest .

He had no means of paying off the debt, but every year Aunt Su would give him 100,000 taels of silver to pay him back. These 100,000 taels of silver were taken from the Chang'an Money House.

This is the receipt for Aunt Su to withdraw money every year. She has withdrawn money ten times so far. Five days ago, Aunt Su withdrew another 100,000 taels to pay off her son's debt." The secret guard Hu Qi reported everything in detail.

The queen was so angry that her face turned black. She reached out to take the bill and saw that the handwriting and signature on it were exactly that of Aunt Su. The queen was furious and angrily crumpled the bill into a ball.

"Damn it! I've always treated her well, but she treated me like this. She's really a guilty conscience. She took the money for ten years and actually used my son's body to get it. How could she do that?

Go and capture Aunt Su's son for me now. I will pay her back tenfold or a hundredfold for what she did to my son!" the queen roared.

"yes."

After the secret guards left, the queen was so angry that she overturned the entire couch, filled with hatred.

She trusted Aunt Su so much, but in the end it was her trust that harmed her own son. How could the Queen allow this?

That night, the maidservant beside the queen came to see Aunt Su and said, "The queen wants to see you, aunt, please come with me."

"Yes." Aunt Su didn't think much and followed immediately.

But before they reached the queen's bedroom, they heard a scream, and Aunt Su was startled.

"What happened?" Aunt Su asked subconsciously.

"The servant was disobedient and offended the Queen." The maid replied.

When Aunt Su walked in, she saw the bloody man with a face as swollen as a pig's head, but she still recognized him: "Son, son, how could it be you?"

Hearing his mother's voice, Zhao Xiang immediately begged for mercy: "Mom, save me, I don't want to die, please save me, Mom-----"

Aunt Su was extremely distressed and knelt on the ground: "Queen, please spare my life. I don't know what my son has done wrong. Please spare my son's life."

The queen looked at her coldly: "Someone, break one of Zhao Xiang's legs!"

"Yes." The secret guard did so immediately.

"No, Your Majesty, please don't do that. Please forgive Zhao Xiang. It's all my fault that I deserve to die!" Aunt Su begged for mercy.

But the queen ignored him. Zhao Xiang's screams and the sound of breaking bones echoed throughout the entire bedroom.

"Mother, mother, save me, mother, I beg you, Queen, please spare my life, I don't want to die!" Zhao Xiang screamed and begged for mercy.

The queen was unmoved: "Chop off all his fingers one by one!"

"Yes." The secret guard immediately drew his sword.

Aunt Su was so frightened that she crawled over without a second thought and hugged the secret guard Hu Qi's legs: "No, don't hurt my son, please let my son go, he will become a cripple without his hands!"

"Your son will become a cripple, but what about my son? He will inherit the throne in the future. How have you treated him in the past ten years?" the queen asked angrily.

Aunt Su was completely stunned. She looked at the Queen in shock and disbelief. Could it be that the Queen knew?

It's impossible, I did it so secretly.

But if not, how could the Queen capture her own son?

"My queen, I don't understand what you are saying." Aunt Su could only pretend to be stupid.

If the queen knew that I was the one who poisoned the prince, she would have torn me and Zhao Xiang into pieces, so I would never admit it even if I were beaten to death.

When the queen saw that Aunt Su refused to admit it, she became even more furious: "Chop off all his fingers!"

"yes!"

"No, my queen, please spare me. I was wrong. I will never block you again. Mother, just stick with me. You are my dear mother!" Zhao Xiang begged for mercy immediately.

The secret guard chopped down with a sword, and Zhao Xiang was struck by a piercing pain. His face turned pale and he passed out after a while.

"Mother, I am your only son. How can you not care about my life or death? Are you my real mother? Queen, I confess. I confess everything!" Zhao Xiang immediately begged for mercy.

The queen's face lit up with joy: "Tell me the truth!"

"It's all Concubine Xuan's fault. It was Concubine Xuan who bribed my mother. Concubine Xuan gave my mother money and asked her to keep an eye on the prince. That's it." Zhao Xiang immediately told the truth.

Aunt Su looked hopeless, knowing that she could no longer hide it: "Madam, please spare me. I have no choice but to do this because this bastard boy owes too much gambling debts. I really have no choice.

But I was only watching the prince and didn’t poison him. Please forgive my son, Your Majesty.”

"Aunt Su, I can release your son, but you have to tell me what poison Concubine Xuan asked you to give to the prince, and where is the antidote?" the queen asked coldly.

Aunt Su looked embarrassed, “In fact, I don’t know what kind of poison it is. Concubine Xuan said that it won’t kill the prince, but will only make his body weaker.

I have watched the prince grow up under my care. How could I bear to kill him? If this brat didn't owe so much money, I would never do such a thing even if I was beaten to death."

"Where is the poison?" inquired the Queen.