At the same time, Bo Muxi was in the imperial study, holding his forehead and sighing.

In the past few days, he specially ordered Eunuch An to lead people to secretly investigate the incident of the Queen falling into the water, and they have already seen some clues.

All the evidence points to the eldest prince.

Bo Muxi was very indignant about this. The eldest prince was not even five years old, how could he have such deep thoughts?

On the surface, it was the eldest prince's personal eunuch Yuping who planned and instigated it, but in fact, it was closely related to Concubine Zhao's daily bad teaching.

As the saying goes: If the upper beam is crooked, the lower beams will be crooked.

Bo Muxi only hated himself for being too concerned about the face of his mother's family. He should have sent the eldest prince to the Yangqin Palace for education earlier!

"Chu'an, pass on my order to drag that evil-minded slave Yuping to the execution ground and beat him to death immediately! Yuping dared to murder the queen and instigate the prince. I will kill all nine generations of his clan to serve as a warning to others!"

"Yes, I'll do it right away." Lin En bowed and responded, then went out to instruct his subordinates to do the work.

Bo Muxi paced back and forth in the imperial study. Although the eldest prince was less than five years old, the nature of this incident was serious and he must be severely punished.

If we allow this child to grow up in a wrong direction, who knows what he will do when he matures mentally!

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Lin En running back in a hurry.

"Your Majesty...Empress Jin Shuyi...is leading Cuiweixuan and a group of servants, and is heading towards Yuquan Palace in a threatening manner. I'm afraid something big is going to happen..." Lin En said anxiously.

"This Jin Shuyi... this woman..."

Bo Muxi couldn't help but hold his head with his hands in pain...

He knew that with this woman's hot temper, she would have wanted to "avenge" the eldest prince in public at Taiye Lake that day, so how could she be willing to swallow her anger?

This woman, it turns out, is conserving her energy...

"Do you know where the eldest prince is now?" Bo Muxi asked.

Lin En was confused by his question and quickly responded, "The eldest prince is studying in the Shangshu room right now."

"Oh..." Bo Muxi said lightly.

"Your Majesty, do you want me to take people to stop them..." Lin En said hurriedly.

"What are you stopping?" Bo Muxi glanced at him sideways and said indifferently, "Did you say anything to me just now?"

Lin En was stunned when he heard this, but then he suddenly realized something and said hurriedly, "Your Majesty, I didn't say anything..."

"Well. Wait until Yuquan Palace sends someone to urge you several times, then it won't be too late to call me." Bo Muxi said, and then walked to the desk and sat down, picked up a book and said, "Send someone to keep an eye on it, that's enough, don't make it too much, otherwise it will end badly."

"Yes..." Lin En responded, then bowed and walked out.

After leaving the imperial study, Lin En sighed: Good fellow, the emperor is deliberately allowing Jin Shuyi to vent the queen's anger and let her make a scene in Yuquan Palace... Concubine Zhao, this time, you can only wish for the best...

On the other side, Concubine Zhao was hiding in Yuquan Palace and worrying. This time, the eldest prince had completely angered the queen and Jin Shuyi.

Although the two of them hadn't done anything in the past few days, she still felt uneasy.

Those two women are not easy to deal with. How can we easily let them and their son off?

Even though she had never relaxed in her heart, she had not expected that Shen Zhiyao would actually dare to bring people and angrily break into Yuquan Palace to "take revenge."

This caught the servants of Yuquan Palace off guard.

Before they could react, Shen Zhiyao had already taken the lead and rushed into the main hall.

Shen Zhiyao had a record of smashing Shu Ningxuan before, so everyone thought she was just smashing things to vent her anger, so they all rushed to the various halls to collect valuables, and few people went to protect Concubine Zhao.

Come to think of it, who would have thought that Jin Shuyi was coming for someone?

In this harem, how could a concubine of lower rank dare to challenge a concubine of higher rank?

On the way here, Shen Zhiyao had made simple deployments for a few people. Based on the principle of capturing the leader first, the group quickly rushed into the main hall and captured Concubine Zhao alive.

Qiu Ling was very smart. She grabbed Dai Tao, pushed her into the cubicle, and locked her up alone.

The remaining two palace maids who were serving had not yet reacted when they were driven out by Chu'an and Qiuyue.

"Jin Shuyi! What are you...doing?" Concubine Zhao shuddered and quickly stood up from the table, planning to find a chance to escape and call for help.

But just as she was asking the question, Chu An, Qiu Yue and others had already closed the front door and bolted it, and Zhe Ni and Qiu Ling also quickly bolted the back door.

The remaining people were quick to close and lock all the windows.

In the blink of an eye, not even a fly could fly out of the hall...

A few people felt that it was still not stable enough, so they moved tables and chairs to block the door, and simply sat on them and used their bodies to block the door.

“Shen Zhiyao!” Concubine Zhao turned pale with fear: “You…if you have something to say, please talk to me nicely. What are you doing…”

Seeing that the situation was not good, Concubine Zhao wanted to give in first and delay time to avoid suffering any loss.

"Empress Jin Shuyi... Empress... What are you doing? Open the door quickly, don't embarrass my master! Empress..." Dai Tao was so anxious that he jumped in the compartment, but couldn't open the door.

The remaining servants gathered at the door, all of them were panicked. Without the maid in charge to take charge, everyone was in a mess like headless flies.

"Shen Zhiyao... The eldest prince made a mistake unintentionally. It's all the fault of that damn eunuch Yuping! I will tear him into pieces and give an explanation to the empress... Besides, the empress and the legitimate prince are together, right? There is no need for you to do this to me..." Concubine Zhao tried to delay and negotiate.

Shen Zhiyao raised her eyebrows and stepped forward. She heard two "slaps" and Concubine Zhao was slapped hard, making her dizzy and her cheeks instantly red and swollen.

"You..." Concubine Zhao felt her head buzzing. Was she afraid that she had internal injuries from the beating?

Dai Tao heard the slapping sound and the screams of her master in the compartment, and hurriedly shouted: "Madam Jin Shuyi, how dare you commit treason? If the emperor and the empress dowager knew about it, they would not let you off easily! Please stop now! Let's discuss it properly!"

Shen Zhiyao still said nothing. She looked around and happened to see a feather duster that the servant girl had accidentally dropped on the table when she was pulled out.

The feather duster was extremely valuable, made of wild golden chicken feathers. Even the handle was made of high-quality mahogany and was extremely sturdy.

"Shen Zhiyao! How dare you... to offend your superiors... I will go..."

Concubine Zhao was just about to go to the Emperor and the Empress to seek justice, but she saw Shen Zhiyao grab the feather duster with full momentum, as if holding a sword, and made a sword-drawing gesture, which frightened her so much that she shut up...

Shen Zhiyao's eyes were red at this moment, and her mind was like a movie, constantly recalling that day, when the queen was lying there wet, how she had found hope in despair, and how she had been under tremendous pressure, performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the queen over and over again...

Almost, the Queen almost died, almost two lives were lost...

The queen, such a stunningly charming woman, was almost killed by the eldest prince!

If she had received the news a little later that day, if she had not rushed over in time that day, if she had not insisted on saving people...

The queen and the unborn child in her belly might very well be gone...

Whenever Shen Zhiyao thought about this, she felt indignant. What had she gained in return for all the tolerance she had shown since entering the palace?

The emperor's compromise, trade-offs, and ambiguity made them suffer!

This time, why does she care so much?

Since the prince is a noble person and cannot be harmed easily, let his mother take the punishment first!

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