Moreover, he was given important responsibilities.
Wang's brain was working at lightning speed.
Something just doesn't feel right.
The image of Prince Rong questioning Su Wanwan directly flashed through her mind.
She did have some suspicions about Su Wanwan at the time, but she didn't take it too seriously, always feeling that Su Wanwan had nothing to rely on and couldn't cause any big trouble.
From the provocations of Hong Luotan and Ma Ji, to the replacement of the Palace Attendant, and now the entire palace is being searched...
Wang felt as if she had fallen into a trap.
Even though he did nothing, Su Wanwan couldn't do anything to him.
The people she's placed over the decades aren't people that Su Wanwan, who has little prestige now, can simply replace.
But now...
The ladies of the court witnessed the Empress being poisoned.
The royal family's face was being brutally humiliated and rubbed into the ground.
The matter was so serious that it could not be suppressed or concealed, causing an uproar among the officials and astonishment among the imperial family.
The emperor's swift and decisive measures to regulate the harem were legitimate and in accordance with popular sentiment and the prevailing trend.
No one could say anything.
Wang's back instantly slumped.
He was filled with remorse.
I was careless.
We were too careless.
I've fallen into that bitch Su Wanwan's trap!
A clever ruse led her to carelessly lose Jingzhou!
I initially thought she was just jealous and was using tricks to prevent Yanruo and Maji from being favored by the emperor.
Little did she know, her sword dance was a trap set to harm Liu Bang!
Wang's eyes flickered, her expression a mixture of surprise and uncertainty.
He started coughing shortly afterward.
Yanruo disregarded Sizheng and quickly helped Wang Shi catch her breath.
"Grandfather, what's wrong?!"
With a serious expression, Si Zheng urgently ordered, "Quickly summon the imperial physician!"
The imperial physician arrived quickly and said that Wang was suffering from phlegm obstructing her mind, and prescribed a decoction.
Sun Qingyu lived in the East Garden, separated by many palace gates, and it was impossible for her to come over without complicated procedures.
Yanruo has spent a lot of time studying poetry and books over the years, but she knows almost nothing about medicine and pharmacology and can't understand prescriptions.
After much deliberation, I still don't know whether or not to give Wang this medicine.
Wang's face grew increasingly pale. She was breathing heavily, and there was a rattling sound in her throat as she pointed to the bowl of medicine that had been brought to her.
Without further hesitation, Yanruo personally served Wang Shi the medicine.
This imperial physician is the one who has always treated Lady Wang, so there shouldn't be any problems.
The medicine was carefully examined by a reliable female doctor and found to be free of any adulteration.
Wang was still thinking to herself that this wasn't entirely without gain.
At the very least, Su Wanwan's body will be ruined, making it impossible for her to conceive a child on her own.
There's still a chance.
As long as she is alive, there is a chance that the emperor will take Yanruo as a concubine and she will give birth to a prince.
The glory, prestige, and power belonging to the royal family will continue.
She can't afford to get hurt; she has to take good care of herself and live a long and healthy life.
Like the Zhou family, they could live to at least seventy-five, hold the position of crown prince, and wield great power.
She wanted to make her decades of enduring humiliation and hardship in the palace worthwhile.
Exhausted, Wang fell asleep, still hoping in her dreams for bad news from Su Wanwan's side.
...
Empress Dowager Zhang's eyes blazed with fury as she stared at Zhou Wanxiu, whose face was still pockmarked and covered in rashes.
After a long silence, she ordered someone to bring Zhou Wanxiu, who was dressed in her undergarments and looked very weak, to kneel down in front of her.
He looked down at her condescendingly.
"Tell me, what do you want?"
When Xiuyi had her accident, Zhou Wanxiu was already ten years old and often lived in Qingning Palace.
She must know something to deliberately create the same symptoms as Xiuyi, making herself suspicious.
Zhou Wanxiu's pupils contracted sharply.
Unexpectedly, it was Empress Dowager Zhang who came to see her.
The Zhou and Zhang families have a deep-seated feud.
She was the pampered daughter of the Zhou family, and under no circumstances would she betray them.
Empress Dowager Zhang didn't give her much time to think and directly ordered her two arms to be dislocated.
Zhou Wanxiu had never suffered like this before.
His face contorted in pain, and he groaned incessantly.
"Can we talk now?" Empress Dowager Zhang asked casually.
Su Wanwan's fate was unknown at the moment, so she couldn't care less about Zhou Wanxiu.
The emperor is probably too busy to attend to this matter, and no one will come to rescue Zhou Wanxiu.
She has plenty of methods.
There is also plenty of time.
Zhou Wanxiu looked at the two strong eunuchs beside her in horror, and finally gave up resisting:
"I wish to become a concubine; I beg the Empress Dowager for mercy."
Empress Dowager Zhang sneered: "If you can satisfy me, what difficulty is there in fulfilling your wishes?"
She didn't take Zhou Wanxiu seriously at all.
At worst, I'll end up like those two useless idiots, Consort Rong and Consort De, and be thrown into the Cold Palace to spend my days.
...
The crane's shadow is keeping watch at night.
A palace servant reported: "The Empress Dowager has gone to Chuxiu Palace. Miss Zhou screamed several times, and it seems she has been humiliated."
At this time, people were being arrested all over the palace. The gates and alleys around the Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace were tightly closed, and the security was extremely tight, making it very difficult for messages to get in.
After pondering for a long time, He Ying still didn't dare to disturb the two people in the bedroom.
Instead, they found Meng Yue, who was on duty there.
Meng Yue dared not provoke the Empress Dowager.
But if we leave it unattended, what if the Empress blames us when she wakes up?
The Empress has always been very protective of Miss Zhou.
After thinking for a while, she suggested, "Good sister, why don't you go and find Zhang Daban?"
Crane Shadow's pupils contracted sharply, and her heart leaped into the air.
Zhang Daban was none other than Zhang Yong, the imperial eunuch, a figure even Su Wanwan dared not easily provoke.
But Zhou Wanxiu was, after all, Su Wanwan's relative.
If something happens to her in the palace, people will only think that Su Wanwan has lost power.
Despite her reluctance, He Ying went to the guards' quarters in the Qing Palace to look for Zhang Yong.
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