Quick Wear: She is the White Moonlight

They had indeed heard this, so they all knelt down and apologized.

"The guards are not good enough."

Chu Ji asked them to solve the problem, so he naturally wouldn't blame them. He let them get up, then turned around and asked General Zhenbei: "How many troops are there outside the capital now?"

General Zhenbei was startled. As expected, he had guessed correctly. His Majesty was going to send troops to encircle and suppress them. "About 50,000. But as far as I know, most of the rebels are hiding among the civilians. If we rashly send troops, it will probably cause public outrage."

Prime Minister Lin also looked at General Zhenbei in agreement, and seemed to be against sending troops directly. He was naturally worried about his daughter who was still poisoned, but he could not be reckless at this time.

"Of course I know. I must cut off his retreat first." Then he took out two secret letters and a map.

Xiao Fuzi showed the secret letter to all the adults present. Chu Ji opened the map, pointed to two marked places and said, "This is the location of the rebel iron mine reported by the spy."

When Chu Ji said this, as an old fox who had been in the court for decades, several people also knew that His Majesty meant that he wanted to cut off the rear of others first. If he could catch them by surprise, it would indeed have unexpected results.

General Zhenbei immediately knelt down and asked for permission: "This old minister requests that I personally lead the army to the rebel stronghold and take these two iron mines back to Your Majesty."

"Okay, I want you to take these two iron mines."

"I will definitely fulfill your mission!"

Chu Ji looked at the Jingzhao prefect and the commander of the imperial guards and said, "Strengthen the defense of the capital in the near future, and find the leader of the rebellion alive for me!"

The General Zhenbei, the Prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture, and the Commander of the Imperial Guards all withdrew, leaving only Prime Minister Lin. He did not tell Prime Minister Lin what to do, but simply said, as a son-in-law to his wife's father, "It is my fault that I did not protect Yuebai well. Prime Minister Lin, please come with me to see the Queen."

The two came to Fengqi Palace again. At this time, Yuebai's poison had been temporarily suppressed and the wound had been bandaged. However, as soon as they stepped into the inner hall, there was a smell of blood and pungent medicine. Minister Lin looked at his daughter who had woken up on the bed but was pale.

He felt very distressed, but as they were the emperor and his subject, he couldn't blame the emperor for not protecting his daughter. He comforted his daughter and made a request to Chu Ji.

"Madam, you have been disturbed since you heard that the Queen was assassinated. Today, I have seen that the Queen is not in danger of death. I will go back and comfort my wife. However, you and the Queen have a deep mother-daughter relationship. If you don't see it with your own eyes, I'm afraid you will not be able to rest assured."

"That's not difficult. It's natural for the Queen to miss her mother. I will order the Prime Minister's wife to come into the palace and accompany the Queen to recuperate." Chu Ji also felt that this was reasonable, so he agreed.

After all, Prime Minister Lin was a foreign man, and it was not convenient for him to stay in the Queen's palace for long. He felt relieved after receiving the decree, and thought about going back to tell the Prime Minister's wife so that she could come to the palace to take care of her daughter. So he left the palace not long after.

The wife of the Prime Minister was anxiously walking around in the front hall. When she heard the report that the master had returned, she hurried out and asked hurriedly, "How is it? Is my daughter okay?"

"I have asked the Emperor for grace, Madam, to come into the palace to take care of my daughter. I think it seems to be okay, but Madam, please go and see the specific situation yourself."

After hearing what he said, Madam Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, and then quickly ordered people to pack up and go into the palace.

In the palace.

"Brother Ji, I'm much better now. Thank you for letting my mother come to the palace to accompany me." Yuebai nestled in Chu Ji's arms, her weak face pale and her beautiful appearance pitiful.

Chu Ji patted Yuebai's back soothingly, each time as if he was coaxing a child: "Yuebai, there's no need to say thank you between you and me. This time you did it for me..." His voice was choked with sobs.

Yue Bai stood up, stroked Chu Ji's red eyes, and smiled: "After all, he is also my senior brother. I don't want him to do anything to you... During the time on the mountain, he did take good care of me. If you catch him, can you please not kill him? I won't ask about anything else."

"He is also my cousin. I never intended to kill him."

"Brother Ji, my brother was right about you. You will definitely be a benevolent ruler."

After talking with Chu Ji for a while, Yue Bai felt a little tired. Chu Ji laid Yue Bai flat on the bed, tucked the quilt in for her, and said gently, "Go to sleep. I'll ask them to bring all the official documents and memorials over later. I'll stay here with you."

Yuebai then closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Due to physical reasons, he slept for two hours. When Yuebai opened his eyes again, he found his crying mother sitting next to him.

"Mother..." The voice was a little hoarse after just waking up.

Madam Xiang, who was always paying attention to Yuebai's movements, handed her a cup of warm water to moisten her throat. When Yuebai looked up at Madam Xiao, she no longer saw the tears on her face.

"Don't worry, mother..."

"How can you ask your mother not to worry? You are poisoned now..." As she said this, the prime minister's wife began to choke up again.

"Mother, you believe me, and you believe His Majesty..." Yuebai comforted Madam Xiang, "Besides, I believe mother also knows the friendship that Senior Brother has for me. If Senior Brother knew that I was poisoned, he would not leave me without the antidote."

"It was mother's fault. Mother actually knew that you were not suitable for the imperial family."

The backyard of the prime minister's mansion is simple. The prime minister's wife keeps the backyard in order and treats her stepson as her own son, so the relationship between the two siblings is good, which results in Yuebai's character being too simple.

I had thought about canceling Yuebai's engagement at the beginning, but His Majesty had spoken with all her might, and the prince was very close to the palace, so my daughter was even more tempted.

At that time, I thought it was a good idea. My daughter would be much luckier than many other noble ladies if she could marry the person she loved. Besides, the prince had feelings for my daughter. Over the years, I could see that the prince was really sincere, so I did not try to stop him.

But who would have thought that just a few days later, they would be assassinated. It shows that the royal family is indeed not safe.

"Madam, come and accompany the queen. Don't look so sad. It would be bad if you make the queen cry." Xing'er came in with the medicine. "Quickly drink the medicine, queen."

Madam Xiang put away her emotions, took the medicine bowl from Xing'er, fed it to Yuebai mouthful by mouthful, and then after she finished the medicine like she did when she was a child, she stuffed a candied fruit in her mouth.

On the other side, Wang Chen, who had sent out people to gather information, also learned that the Queen had been poisoned.

"Are you talking about the poison arrow that infected the Queen? Not the Emperor?" Wang Chen asked again with a grim expression.

"Our informant in the palace reported that the queen's mother has entered the palace to accompany her. I don't think it's good."