With his hands behind his back, he ate a melon, and the country's fortune soared.

The Queen Mother just looked at Emperor Mingde with a smile on her face, and that smile looked gentle and harmless.

But the threat hidden in her eyes could only be felt by Emperor Mingde, who had been her mother for more than 30 years.

The Queen Mother is threatening him again.

Normally, when the Empress Dowager looked at him like this, Emperor Mingde would be frightened and compromise.

This time, perhaps Emperor Mingde's heart was hurt deeply enough, so he didn't care so much about many things anymore.

Emperor Mingde took a deep breath, walked back to the imperial desk and sat down. He looked at his little girl who was sleeping so hard in Lin Si's arms but still struggling with heartache.

His eyes inevitably turned to Lin Si and Lin Jiu again, and the two secret guards paused.

The emperor looked at them with such a pitiful look. What did he want to do?

Emperor Mingde thought for a moment, smiled bitterly, picked up a pen and wrote a note, handed it to Lin Jiu and instructed: "Give this to the queen. The little princess is tired, take her to the queen first."

Xiao Qianqian was so sleepy that she vaguely heard the voice of Emperor Mingde and her eyelashes trembled.

Emperor Mingde felt a pain in his heart when he saw this. He was really not a qualified father. It was a great blessing from God that he could hear his daughter's voice.

He leaned close to the little princess' ear and whispered, "Good girl, father knows you are worried about me, don't worry, father will ask your mother for some secret guards, no one can save the King of Qi today."

He spoke in a low voice. The Queen Mother and the King of Qi looked at him in confusion, but they didn't hear what he said to the baby.

After hearing what his father said, Xiao Qianqian finally relaxed, yawned a little, and then fell asleep peacefully.

Emperor Mingde looked at the backs of Lin Si and Lin Jiu as they left the imperial study and couldn't help but smile sadly.

Once upon a time, he did everything he could to get the military power from the queen.

Originally, he planned to kill all of the Lin family's secret guards after gaining control of the military power.

After all, the Lin family's secret guards have full control over Da Xia's intelligence and are only loyal to the Lin family. He cannot control such a terrifying force and should destroy it.

Now, Emperor Mingde was full of self-mockery. There came a day when he actually had to ask the Queen for help.

But when he thought of the young gatekeeper eunuch who had just left secretly, he remembered the senior eunuch Zhao Huai, whom he trusted very much.

Doubts suddenly arose in my mind.

Zhao Huai, however, was the eunuch who had been with him for almost ten years and was chosen by him personally. He would not do anything to betray him...right?

Did Zhao Huai, who had been waiting in the imperial study, really not notice that there was a young eunuch who went to inform the empress dowager, or did he deliberately condone it?

It’s really hard to think deeply about these things.

Emperor Mingde took a deep breath and gathered his strength to hold the empress dowager before the Lin family's secret guards arrived.

Chuxiu Palace.

The queen acted decisively and gave Concubine Wu a cup of poisoned wine.

She killed and captured everyone in the entire Chuxiu Palace, and by the way, she also dealt with all the people planted by Concubine Wu and the Queen Mother in Fengqi Palace.

If you don't check, you won't know. Once you check, the queen will be scared to death. Even her family Qianqian's wet nurse was planted by the empress dowager.

That's the wet nurse. The queen clenched her fists and glanced in the direction of the Cining Palace.

When she looked away, she saw Lin Si and Lin Jiu walking towards her quickly from afar.

The two men walked very fast but their steps were steady. Only when they got close to the queen did they see the money in Lin Si's arms.

She took a few quick steps towards her, a loving smile breaking out on her icy face. Looking at her daughter's sleeping face, she was simply overjoyed.

Lin Jiu took the opportunity to report what happened in the imperial study in a low voice, and presented the note written by the emperor to the queen.

The queen looked at the note, her smile faded, and she whispered to Lin Si, "Hold the little princess tightly."

"Yes," Lin Si replied in the same low voice.

The Queen then opened the note. The beautiful handwriting on it, which was as handsome as that of Emperor Mingde, left the Queen stunned for a long while.

After a moment, she shook her head helplessly. Emperor Mingde was such a bastard. No matter what he was like inside, his appearance was still very intimidating.

Not only does he have a great appearance, a tall and handsome figure, and an elegant posture, but his skills in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting are also impeccable.

The queen curled her lips, but so what?

Wasn't it because she was betrayed by her own mother and brother? She thought for a moment and whispered a few words.

Lin Jiu immediately took the order and went to do it. The Queen then asked in a deep voice, "Is Fengqi Palace ready?"

Immediately, a secret guard came to report, "Your Majesty, there is still some blood at the entrance of Fengqi Palace that needs to be cleaned up."

The queen nodded and said, "Let's send for the sedan chair. Go slowly on the road. The smell should have dissipated by the time we reach Fengqi Palace."

"Yes," the secret guard received the order to pass on the message, and the queen gave another order, "Tell the people of the Lin family army that there is no need to hide it, just prepare the army openly."

The dark guard's eyes lit up with joy, but his voice remained cold, "Yes."

After the Queen finished giving her orders, the Empress Dowager had already reviewed all the evidence in the Imperial Study.

She secretly complained in her heart, King Qi, this monkey of hers is simply too impatient and too careless.

How could Xiao Chengxi be allowed to discover the evidence so easily? Shouldn't these things be destroyed in time?

Thinking of this, the Queen Mother's eyes gradually widened. Great, good job to Wu Yougui. He doesn't trust the King of Qi and is leaving a way out for himself.

The Queen Mother pursed her lips, and after a moment she looked at Emperor Mingde with great sorrow, "Chengxi, Chengxi, please forgive your brother. He must have been instigated by someone. After all, he is still young."

Emperor Mingde...

He looked helplessly at the Queen Mother, then looked at the King of Qi, who was only three years younger than him, and couldn't help but sneer, "Heh, a 31-year-old man, you say he is still young?"

"Emperor," the Queen Mother looked at Emperor Mingde with disapproval, "How can you say that? Is this your attitude towards your mother? Is this your attitude towards your brother? Is this how I taught you since you were a child?"

As he said this, he looked at Emperor Mingde with sarcasm and hatred.

Emperor Mingde couldn't help but tremble in his heart. This look from his mother was his nightmare since he was a child.

Whenever his mother looked at him like this, he would panic and then meet all her demands unconditionally and without limits.

Now, when he saw the Queen Mother's eyes again, he couldn't help but think of the way the Queen looked at Xiao Yun and Qian Qian.

Such fondness, such tolerance, such love in the eyes can be seen by anyone who is not blind.

Lin Qianyue, would you look at your own children with the same sarcastic and hateful eyes as a mother?

Never will.

Even though he didn't like the fact that Lin Qianyue held nearly 200,000 soldiers of the Lin family, he had to admit that she was a good mother.

She wished she could give her two children all the good things in the world. If anyone dared to look at Lin Qianyue's children with the same eyes as a mother.

Emperor Mingde smiled bitterly, fearing that Lin Qianyue would tear that man to pieces at all costs to eliminate the hidden danger for his two children in advance.

Looking at the Empress Dowager again, Emperor Mingde was already devastated.

He turned his gaze to look outside the imperial study and ordered in a deep voice: "Where are the imperial guards?"

A moment later, a team of imperial guards wearing dark red armor and with stern expressions gathered outside the imperial study.

Emperor Mingde stood up straight, put his hands behind his back, and looked at the Prince of Qi who was standing behind the Queen Mother with his head lowered. "Imprison the Queen Mother in the Cining Palace, and throw the Prince of Qi into the Heavenly Prison."

The imperial study was completely silent...

Outside the door, the imperial guards personally selected by Emperor Mingde stood still.