When Shi Yi thinks about Xianyu, someone always comes to disturb her.

The Queen ordered her servants to bring the Emperor a cup of warm tea, and she personally went to bring the Emperor a small box containing the token and seal.

He took out the key he kept close to him, opened the lock, lifted the lid, and looked inside, but did not see the token the emperor wanted.

She didn't panic. She took out the things one by one. She took out everything but still didn't see the token.

The queen stood up anxiously, "Where is the token?"

The emperor's face turned pale. The queen searched the box again and again, but still couldn't find it.

She looked up at the emperor in panic and explained anxiously:

"How did this thing disappear? I kept the key close to me all the time. I... I..."

The emperor turned around and ordered Chen Fu: "Capture all the people who served the queen and have Lou Ding interrogate them personally. I want to know where the token went tonight."

Chen Fu nodded and said yes, then turned around and went out to call Lou Ding.

The queen stared at the emperor blankly. She held the key in her hand helplessly, and her body began to tremble little by little.

The emperor knew that his queen must be having a hard time right now, but he did not say anything to comfort her.

Lou Ding took his men to capture all the servants in the queen's room and took them out for interrogation.

The queen walked up to the emperor with difficulty, knelt down slowly, and said with sobs:

"It's my fault. I didn't keep an eye on the things. It's my dereliction of duty. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

The emperor turned around and said to the queen, "Do you know what it means if the token is lost?"

The queen did not answer, but trembled even more violently.

Emperor: "It means out of control. The token represents power. No one can estimate the consequences of power out of control."

The queen folded her hands on her forehead and then bowed her head to the ground.

She burst into tears and said, "I really deserve to die."

The emperor walked out disappointed, and the queen's heart-wrenching cry came from the room.

It was bloody and brutal outside the house, and this was the inevitable result of Lou Ding's action.

The servants whimpered and cried, begging for mercy, but Lou Ding was cold-blooded and would not stop.

Soon, someone couldn't bear it anymore and confessed.

Lou Ding reported these things to the emperor, who was not surprised at all.

It was almost the same as he guessed; it was someone close to the Queen.

The Chen family gave her away to Pang Yue, who was not the queen at that time but the prince's consort.

Haha! It was a pity that he trusted the Chen family so much in the past!

The Chen family actually did something so tricky that it even reached his side. They are so bold.

In the outer room, the emperor picked up a teacup and smashed it to the ground. The queen in the room was so frightened that she stopped crying suddenly.

She didn't expect that it was Pang Yue who stole her token. It made sense that only her personal servant could get the key that she kept personally.

After all, when she took a bath, Pang Yue was usually there to serve her.

She was the only one who could steal her own things without being noticed.

This is really a trap for her. How could the emperor not doubt her as the queen!

The queen felt extremely regretful. Since the emperor trusted her so much, she should have been more careful in guarding those tokens.

She never expected that her brother was involved in stealing the token.

But she really didn't know about this, but now she has no way to defend herself.

The things that were stolen were her dowry, and the stolen token was given to her brother.

Who would believe that she was completely unaware of this?

But...ever since she married the emperor, she has been urging herself to be a good wife and a qualified queen.

Therefore, she had never indulged in some unreasonable demands from her parents' home in the past.

What is her brother doing?

Pang Yue couldn't bear the torture and confessed everything.

He said that he was following the order of Chen Guojiu to give him the secret guard token for use once and then return it. Unexpectedly, the incident happened before he could return it.

The emperor gave a loud order: "Lou Ding, you personally take people back to Kyoto and imprison the entire Chen family! Order the imperial guards to arrest Chen Xu immediately and throw him directly into the Heavenly Prison."

Lou Ding wiped the blood off his hands and nodded his head.

The emperor is not only angry now, but also very scared!

He didn't even dare to think about what else the Chen family had done behind his back?

They even dare to steal the token, what else would they not dare to do?

Also, could this be the first time he stole something?

The more he thought about it, the more headache he felt. The emperor decided to interrogate all the servants at once, and sure enough, he dug up a lot of new information.

This time, the queen was dumbfounded. She didn't expect that her family would actually reach out to the palace.

The people around her are not there to serve her, they are clearly the Chen family's spies placed in the palace!

This time, even the queen broke out in a cold sweat.

What is this? This is not something that can be dismissed with a simple statement of disrespect.

Normally, the emperor imprisoned the Chen family, and as the daughter of the Chen family, she should plead for the Chen family, but so many things happened, and all of them happened under her nose.

She couldn't even open her mouth to beg for mercy, and she even felt she had no face to see the emperor again.

However, I cannot ignore my own family. The pain of feeling my heart being torn between two sides is unbearable.

The Queen's life is not easy, and the Emperor's life is not easy either.

He had never imagined that there were so many loopholes around him. He thought that the last purge had already uncovered all the people in the palace who had ulterior motives.

Now it seems that the Queen has even bigger problems around her!

Almost everyone around her is Chen family's spies, and for the sake of the queen's face, he can't kill everyone around the queen.

But no matter what, the Chen family needs to be cleaned up.

Even if they are the Queen's family, it is impossible for them to defy the imperial power and do whatever they want!

The emperor made up his mind to strip Chen Xu of his official position and then throw him in prison for at least a few years.

As for other members of the Chen family, anyone who participated in intercepting King Dongshan's letter for help must be severely punished.

Not only were they dismissed from their posts, but they were also required to accompany the emperor's uncle in prison.

Those who did not participate can be released after a scare.

The Chen family needs to go through a thorough screening process and either eliminate the problematic people or transfer them far away from Kyoto.

We can no longer allow their power to gather together and cause trouble.

And the original secret guard token was immediately invalidated!

The emperor asked Lou Ding to notify all the secret guards and replace their tokens.

Everyone needs to be familiar with the new token to avoid delaying the task.

Chen Xu's grain delivery mission was forced to be terminated halfway and was temporarily handed over to Marquis Jian'an to continue.

Marquis Jian'an was enjoying himself at home when this heavy burden fell from the sky, hitting him so hard that he saw stars.

No! Who is the wicked person who recommended him to the emperor?

He, Marquis Jian'an, has never had any ambition to make progress!

We have the means at home, so why do we have to go out and suffer?

My wife is capable, the shop makes money, and my son has an uncle who dotes on him endlessly!

His family is extremely wealthy and he can have all the good things at home. He doesn't even need to go out to look for them. Who can have such a carefree life as him?

Who wants to provide disaster relief and food?

And that Chen Guojiu couldn’t even deliver food?

What a useless guy! I despise him.