My Lord, the princess doesn't want you anymore.

As soon as Mei Xueer arrived at the palace gate, she saw Prime Minister Mei waiting in line to enter the palace.

Mei Xueer pulled him aside and said, "Father, I want to enter the palace. Please help me!"

"No one is allowed to enter the palace without the imperial edict." Prime Minister Mei thought to himself, this girl seemed a little more normal a few days ago, why has she changed back to her old self now?

"Father, something happened to Prince Jing..."

Hearing her say this, Prime Minister Mei also became anxious, "Okay, I'll find a way. I tell you, go find the Queen Mother. Remember, except for the Queen Mother, you can't trust anyone else's words - by the way, even if it's the Queen Mother's words, you can't trust them all."

Dear father, you have said everything you want to say. Who should I believe now?

As for the Queen Mother, when she went to the palace to express her gratitude last time, she discovered that although the Queen Mother disliked her very much, she seemed to still have love for her grandson, Prince Jing, and should love him more than the old emperor.

Finally, she followed Prime Minister Mei into the palace. No matter how anxious Mei Xueer was, she didn't dare to run all over the palace.

Buried alive? Humph, I'll deal with this bastard after I recover.

In Shoukang Palace, the Queen Mother had just gotten up when Nanny Kuang went in to report, "Your Highness, Princess Jing has been kneeling in the courtyard for half an hour."

"What does she want to see me for?" The empress dowager paused as she stroked her hair in front of the bronze mirror.

"I don't know. Princess Jing said she would not tell you until she sees the Queen Mother."

"I understand. Let her kneel. We'll talk after I have breakfast." The Queen Mother said slowly.

Another half hour passed, the sun gradually rose, and it passed over the palace wall, stretching Mei Xueer's shadow very long from behind.

Although the sky was clear, it was still a little chilly. Mei Xueer had been kneeling until cold sweat broke out on her forehead, and her knees were painful from knocking against the hard stone slabs.

[This evil feudal society, people kneel down at every turn! People are buried alive at every turn!] She couldn't help but complain to Goudan.

Goudan quickly agreed: [What can we do? Prince Jing is dead, and you want to be buried with him! You have to kneel down even if you have to bite the bullet. Master, don't be afraid, I will accompany you.]

Mei Xueer: [You are just an egg, why would you kneel down? Unless you crack the eggshell! ]

Goudan: [… Goudan supports you spiritually—according to the melodramatic routine of TV dramas, when the heroine encounters this kind of situation, it usually rains heavily…]

Mei Xueer complained: [Do you still want to say that when I was about to faint from the rain, a gentleman came over and held an umbrella to shield me from the rain, and then I fainted, and then the gentleman carried me away...right? ]

Goudan nodded vigorously: [Yes, yes, yes, and then, sparks of love flew between you and that young man, and a wonderful love journey began.]

Mei Xueer gritted her teeth: [Enough, can't you see it's sunny today? How can it rain? Besides, I'm the concubine of Prince Jing who can be slept with by anyone. Who would want to start a wonderful love journey with me? If the plot really develops like this, I think it's more like a journey to the underworld. ]

Before he could finish his words, another long shadow appeared on the ground. The two shadows overlapped and the light dimmed...

Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god... No way, there really is a handsome man holding an umbrella?

Mei Xueer slowly raised her head, and when she saw clearly against the light the person looking down at her, she felt even worse.

The Crown Princess smiled happily, her whole face full of gloating, ridicule and contempt.

"Princess Jing, how come you angered the Queen Mother so early in the morning and are being punished? You have to live a little longer and don't forget what the Crown Prince told you to do." She suppressed the smile on her face, cursed "junk", and walked into the Queen Mother's bedroom with graceful steps.

Mei Xue'er didn't answer and spat at her from behind: [Goudan, according to the bloody routines of ordinary TV dramas, this kind of vicious female supporting role usually dies early, right? ]

Goudan: [That's a must! Let's not argue with her. ]

The Crown Princess came to pay her respects to the Queen Mother, and after paying her respects, she deliberately took so long before coming out. When she passed by Mei Xueer, she was thinking of humiliating her a few more times.

Nanny Kuang came out and said, "Princess Jing, please follow me in."

"Thank you, Aunt Kuang." Mei Xueer didn't even look at the Crown Princess. She slowly stood up, but almost fell because of the numbness in her legs.

The Crown Princess gave a dry laugh of gloating, but when she saw Nanny Kuang's gaze shifting over to her, she swallowed back the words she was about to say and left with a happy step.

Nan Xing held Mei Xueer and said, "Miss, let me rub it for you!"

Mei Xueer pushed her away, "No need, haven't you been kneeling for so long? Don't worry, I'm fine."

"I'm used to it. I'm fine." Nanxing thought to herself, Miss, you've punished me by making me kneel many times before. I've already practiced it.

Once, the young lady was forced to kneel for a whole day and night for no reason, just because the prince said something harsh to her and she was in a bad mood.

Mei Xueer also thought of the wicked things the original owner had done. She gently patted Nan Xing's hand and said, "Come on, help me in. The Queen Mother is still waiting."

"Tell me, what do you want from me?" The Queen Mother looked at Mei Xueer who was kneeling on the ground again and did not let her get up. She had an expression that said, "Look what you are doing."

No matter who you are, as long as you are a normal person, it is impossible for you to like this granddaughter-in-law.

The Queen Mother didn't have her beaten out, which showed that she was considering Prince Jing's face.

Mei Xue'er didn't have time to let the Queen Mother guess, so she said directly, "I beg you, Grandmother, to save the prince."

The Queen Mother hurriedly put down the teacup, "Jing'er? What's wrong with him?"

Mei Xue'er didn't dare to hide anything, and explained the whole story in the simplest words, "Your Majesty, after thinking about it, I think that in this palace, only the Royal Grandmother cares about my prince and can save him. I beg the Royal Grandmother to save him."

She kowtowed continuously, and the Queen Mother thought that she was really madly in love with Prince Jing.

The Queen Mother was so frightened at first that she spilled the tea in her hand. But she quickly suppressed her panic and narrowed her eyes. "You actually know medical skills and can perform autopsies. Are you better than those coroners?"

"If I had known that this would cause such trouble to the prince, I would never have done this."

"How can I know what your intentions are!" The Queen Mother's voice suddenly became cold.

"Grandmother, I really didn't. I actually just wanted to help the prince and my eldest brother, to help them find out the cause of death of those deceased people. I really didn't think about it so much, and I didn't know it would turn out like this." Mei Xueer was anxious.

“If I knew that you were planning to harm Prince Jing, I would never let you off easily! Come, take care of her first and don’t let her leave Shoukang Palace.” After the empress dowager said this, she took Nanny Kuang and went to find the emperor in a hurry.

No matter what the emperor thought, Cui Hongjing was always the late emperor's favorite grandson.

Just for this reason, the Queen Mother cannot ignore it, otherwise the late Emperor would blame her in his grave.

"Empress Dowager, the Emperor should still be in the morning court now." Nanny Kuang reminded in a low voice.

"Then I'll wait for him in the imperial study!" The empress dowager was indeed angry. No matter how much the emperor disliked Prince Jing, she couldn't interfere too much. But no matter what, she couldn't torture her own son to death.

And he was severely punished?

What's up with this?

Is the emperor's heart so cold and hard?

"In fact, Prince Jing has been quite pitiful since the death of the late emperor." Nanny Kuang couldn't help but say.

The Queen Mother sighed, "Who says it's not true? The Emperor has always been concerned about what happened back then, otherwise he wouldn't have ignored him for so many years."

"I only know that he is the grandson of the Queen Mother."

The Queen Mother gave Madam Kuang a meaningful look and said, "You really understand me. Let's go to the Imperial Study."