You are asked to marry in place of the tyrant, and you allow the tyrant to send you to marry?

"Welcome to the Queen Mother!"

Everyone at the scene bowed their heads in unison, and everyone was trembling with fear.

"Let's all get flat!"

"Commander Zhou, what happened here? I just heard someone wanted to capture the queen."

Queen Mother Qiao walked up to Zhou Heng and asked unhappily.

Her extremely sharp gaze suddenly fell on the wet Princess Yunluo, and she seemed to have guessed some of the reasons behind the incident.

But she didn't want to guess---

It's too much effort.

"Reporting to Her Majesty the Queen Mother, Her Majesty the Queen just pushed Princess Yunluo into the water, and she almost lost her life. I was about to put her in jail..."

When Zhou Heng said this, he trembled with fear. He did not dare to look up at Empress Dowager Qiao, and did not dare to continue.

Everyone in the palace knows that Empress Dowager Qiao is notoriously cruel.

Even though Zhu Yunhao was her biological son and became the emperor, he still had to be a little afraid of her.

"Really? Yunluo?"

To everyone's surprise, Queen Mother Qiao did not agree with Zhou Heng's statement. Instead, she directly asked Princess Yunluo, who was already frightened and in a trance, with an extremely cold look in her eyes.

Princess Yunluo was already completely frightened after falling into the water and nearly dying. Now, she was questioned by Empress Dowager Qiao and became even more terrified.

"Replying to the Empress Dowager...it is true."

Princess Yunluo was extremely frightened, and her voice was trembling violently.

She didn't even take a serious look at Du Qingwan's face, nor did she hear clearly what Empress Dowager Qiao asked, and answered in a panic.

In Princess Yunluo's opinion, if Queen Mother Qiao wanted someone to die, that person must die no matter what she said.

Asking her was just a formality, nothing more.

It is an indisputable fact that she was pushed into the pool, and someone must take the blame for this crime of harming her.

"Yunluo, raise your head and look carefully at the Queen's face.

I will ask you one last time, was it the Queen who personally pushed you into the pool?"

No one knew what Empress Dowager Qiao's intention was. Her tone became colder and colder as she questioned Princess Yunluo, and she even began to become a little impatient.

This time, Princess Yunluo didn't dare to be vague anymore.

She raised her head tremblingly and looked at Du Qingwan timidly.

Sometimes he shook his head, sometimes he nodded, but he was still not sure.

In this way, Queen Mother Qiao understood some things and then guided:

"Yunluo, who is threatening you? Don't you recognize who pushed you into the water?

Do you know who saved you just now? She is the queen! "

"Now someone is actually slandering the queen for pushing you into the water, and you have been speaking vaguely to me. What does that mean?"

Queen Mother Qiao never liked the people she protected being slaughtered by others.

Even if she has to make a decision, she must do it herself.

Obviously, she doesn't want Du Qingwan to die yet.

But Zhou Heng used the incident of Princess Yunluo falling into the water to touch her bottom line.

"Reporting to the Imperial Grandmother, she was not the one who pushed me into this."

Princess Yunluo looked at Du Qingwan carefully for a while, and suddenly remembered that the person who pushed her into the water was not dressed like this.

After pondering for a while, she firmly confirmed that Du Qingwan was not guilty.

Hearing this, Queen Mother Qiao's tense nerves couldn't help but relax a little.

Her frown relaxed a lot, but she still wanted to find out the whole story to prevent Zhu Yunhao from making a fuss about it.

"Then can you see clearly the person who pushed you?"

Queen Mother Qiao continued to question and walked gently in front of Du Qingwan with a calm look.

Hearing Princess Yunluo change her words, Du Qingwan's heart finally settled down. She took the initiative to stand beside Queen Mother Qiao and responded with a slight smile.

Princess Yunluo thought hard for a long time, but she had never seen the face that pushed her into the water, so she didn't recognize it at all.

Of course she couldn't tell the villain's name.

"Grandmother, I have a headache and can't remember clearly..."

Princess Yunluo did have a splitting headache and didn't want to stay here any longer.

So she covered her little head with her hands, looking very painful.

Queen Mother Qiao had gotten what she wanted, so naturally she would not continue to make things difficult for Princess Yunluo.

She turned around gently, glared at Zhou Heng unhappily, and said coldly:

"Commander Zhou, what else do you want to say now? Do you still want to keep the queen in prison?

You...you simply don't take me and the Queen seriously!

This is truly disrespectful and he deserves death!"

"Please spare me, Queen Mother! Please spare me, Queen! I was just confused for a moment, and I was worried that the thief who harmed the princess would run away..."

When Zhou Heng heard that Empress Dowager Qiao was holding him accountable, he was so frightened that his legs went weak. He quickly knelt down and begged for mercy, and his courage was almost frightened out of him.

"Forget it! I will forgive you this time! If something like this happens again next time, I will definitely chop off your dog head!"

Upon seeing this, Empress Dowager Qiao knew that the matter should not be pursued too far, lest she would have to compete with Zhu Yunhao, that stupid emperor son, for a while.

So she walked away slowly, pretending to be angry.

But after taking two steps, Queen Mother Qiao suddenly stopped, turned around to look at Du Qingwan who was standing there in a daze, and said meaningfully:

"Queen, please come back to Ren'an Palace with me. I have been feeling unwell again recently and I need you to diagnose and treat me again."

Du Qingwan was still in a daze. When she heard what Queen Mother Qiao said, she immediately reacted and readily agreed:

"Okay, Queen Mother, I will go back to the palace with you right away."

Then, Zhao'er quickly followed.

Seeing this, Zhou Heng could only order people to send Princess Yunluo back to Luoxi Palace, and also sent someone to invite the imperial physician to come and treat her.

Yan'an Temple

"Empress Dowager, your health has improved. Why?"

Du Qingwan had just arrived at Ren'an Palace and without even taking a breath, she immediately took the pulse of Empress Dowager Qiao.

When she discovered that the poison in Empress Dowager Qiao's body had almost dissipated and there was only a little left, she couldn't help but feel suspicious.

Queen Mother Qiao had expected her to ask this question. She calmly picked up the teacup and took two sips of tea. She looked at her with a smile and said:

"If I hadn't said that, do you think you could have left?

Commander Zhou was the emperor's loyal bodyguard, commanding 100,000 elite imperial guards.

He insisted that you were the one who pushed Yunluo into the water. Do you think the emperor will forgive you?"

After speaking calmly, Queen Mother Qiao gently put down the teacup and smiled with ulterior motives.

Hearing this, Du Qing seemed to have just woken up from a dream, and kept bowing to express his gratitude.

"Thank you, Queen Mother, for saving my life! I am yours in life and your ghost in death. I will never let you down!"

Considering that she had to find a way to save her life, and that the only big tree she could rely on was Empress Dowager Qiao, Du Qingwan did not think too much and immediately vowed to follow the Empress Dowager's orders.

This was exactly the result that Empress Dowager Qiao wanted, so she was naturally very satisfied with Du Qingwan.

"Get up! Sit here. I just don't want the emperor to continue to be stubborn and kill more useful people in vain. Alas..."

As Empress Dowager Qiao was speaking, she suddenly couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

After drinking half a cup of tea, she slowly spoke again:

"It's easy to conquer Daye, but it's harder than climbing to the sky to protect it.

Queen, I heard that your relationship with the Emperor has eased a little recently?"

When Du Qingwan heard Empress Dowager Qiao ask this, she felt extremely embarrassed.

She really didn't know how to answer this question.