I'm in trouble again! My best friend, the princess in the group, please save me!

When you enter the palace, what comes into view is a scene of devastation.

The ground was littered with broken porcelain and scattered toys, as if a fierce battle had just taken place here.

In the midst of this chaos, the queen was slumped on the ground, her tears pouring out like a dam breaking, flowing down her pale and haggard face.

Emperor An Zhaoyan stood aside, his face frighteningly gloomy, his eyes flashing with angry flames. He clenched his fists, exuding an uncontrollable anger.

Obviously, the queen's crying did not make him feel any sympathy, but instead made him even more angry.

"You still have the nerve to cry? Do you dare to say that the wet nurse who poisoned the food was not bribed by you?"

The queen covered her face and cried, "Your Majesty, why don't you think about why I would harm a child? The harem has lost its offspring, and I am so happy to have a little princess, Your Majesty!"

What? Xiang Wan was poisoned. The two looked around and saw Song Yan quietly approaching and whispering:

"Don't worry, Princess. It was the wet nurse. She was poisoned, but she was cured in time and is fine."

The two breathed a sigh of relief.

"Do you think I'm a fool? I was thinking about Concubine De falling into the water. If it weren't for the fact that Concubine De is still young and can have children, how could I have picked her up high and put her down so gently?!"

An Zhaoyan seemed to be getting angrier the more he thought about it, and he grabbed the only remaining teacup on the table and wanted to throw it over.

Huanyan hurriedly walked over and grabbed An Zhaoyan.

"Don't worry, my brother. The greatest comfort is that little Xiangwan is fine. As for the Queen Mother... let's listen to her explanation, so as not to blame her wrongly. How do you want her to manage the harem?"

When An Zhaoyan saw them coming, he was stunned for a moment. He glanced at Jiang Xingkuo who had an unknown expression on his face, and suddenly he calmed down.

He put the teacup away and said, "How do you explain the palace maid who just committed suicide out of fear of punishment?"

"A while ago, this hateful palace maid committed a serious mistake in my palace. I couldn't stand it anymore, so I expelled her from Kunning Palace. I didn't expect the palace maid to be so narrow-minded and vengeful! Because she harbored resentment towards me, she deliberately bribed my wet nurse and instigated her to frame me. As for the little princess's poisoning, I really had no idea about it! I hope Your Majesty will be vigilant and not let the villain succeed!" The queen explained with a sad and angry face.

After An Zhaoyan heard her explanation, his expression eased a lot, with only a hint of anger, and he said impatiently:

"There is not a single day of peace in this huge harem! Every day, either this concubine is jealous of each other or that maid is causing trouble. It really gives me a headache! As the king of a country, I not only have to deal with the government affairs of the previous dynasty, but also have to deal with your intrigues and conspiracies!!"

As he spoke, he rubbed his temples with his hands, as if trying to relieve his inner fatigue and irritability.

What does this mean? Are we going to let the queen go?

The Queen also took the opportunity to say pitifully:

"Your Majesty! You can always find a pretext to accuse someone of something! I just took over the responsibility of managing the harem from Concubine De not long ago. Someone must have deliberately framed me! Moreover, I have never met the little princess before, so how could I poison her? I am afraid that some concubines cannot bear to see the harem have an heir, so they made the wrong decision and took the risk!"

Jiang Xingkuo and Huanyan felt something was not right the more they listened, but they couldn't interrupt and could only worry.

An Zhaoyan frowned, "Are you referring to Yue'er? She likes Xiangwan very much! We have no evidence, so don't jump to conclusions!"

The Queen gritted her teeth, tears clearly visible on her face, "Your Majesty! How could it not be that De Fei's sister had just lost her child, and when she saw the little princess, she turned her love into hatred, so she bribed the palace maid who made the mistake, and then bribed the wet nurse to kill the little princess. This not only got rid of the little princess, who was a thorn in her side, but also got rid of me, who was a thorn in her side! Killing two birds with one stone, it is really outrageous!"

Huanyan and Jiang Xingkuo were dumbfounded.

This...can also be blamed on Concubine De.

With a bang, An Zhaoyan suddenly slammed the table, startling everyone present.

"Stop talking about things without any basis!"

The queen sneered, "Your Majesty, do you want to punish me just because a palace maid committed suicide out of fear of punishment?"

An Zhaoyan was stunned when he heard this.

Huanyan gnashed her teeth in anger. Jiang Xingkuo held her back and shook his head gently.

At this moment, a figure flew over and landed lightly in front of everyone.

"Brother Wuye!" Songyan shouted excitedly in a low voice.

"Your Majesty." Wu Ye bowed and handed him a few papers.

"What is this?" An Zhaoyan took it, glanced at it, and his expression suddenly changed.

Wu Ye took out a small porcelain bottle from his sleeve and shook it in front of everyone.

"This is the poison found on the wet nurse's body. After I gave it to the imperial physician for examination, he said that the extraction of this poison is extremely complicated and there is no Heart-Broken Grass in the palace that can be used to extract this poison."

"But the Broken Heart Grass is expensive and is only sold in a few of the best medicine shops in the city. I just went to interrogate the shop owner and someone confessed that a woman came to buy it five days ago. I brought that person into the palace and asked her to identify the palace maid who left the palace that day..."

Hearing this, the queen's face darkened and she unconsciously grabbed the edge of her skirt.

"After identification by the store owner, the palace maid who bought the broken silver grass is the auspicious one in the Queen's palace—"

"Impossible!" blurted out the Queen.

"Shut up!" An Zhaoyan threw the papers in her face. "This is the store owner's confession! What else do you have to say!"

"I don't admit it! What crime have I committed?" The queen was so anxious that she tore the paper into pieces and screamed hysterically.

"You want to slander me just based on the accusation of a store owner!"

"You don't admit it?" An Zhaoyan looked at her coldly, her eyes full of disgust. "Someone, bring Jixiang here for torture!"

"Why don't you use it? At most you will be tortured into confessing! I didn't do anything!" The queen pinched her legs tightly.

Jixiang, who was waiting outside, was quickly brought in and the execution began in front of the queen.

As several boards fell, Jixiang's screams became louder and louder, and continued to be heard.

“Empress!” Ruyi, who was standing by, could no longer hold back and rushed to her side, “Empress! Please save Jixiang!”

"Pa!" Ruyi was slapped in the face. She looked at the queen in disbelief.

"I have been wrongly accused today. Jixiang is loyal to me. After I have cleared my name, I will definitely treat her family well!"

Ruyi covered her face with her hands, tears welled up in her eyes, and she kept shaking her head.

After hearing these words, Jixiang seemed to have given up. He stopped screaming and struggling and just endured it.

The air was filled with the smell of blood, making me feel nauseous.

"Stop hitting me!" Huanyan couldn't bear it any longer and shouted.

An Zhaoyan glanced at Jiang Xingkuo, raised his hand, and signaled his servants to stop the execution.

And Jixiang was quickly carried away.

The queen sat on the ground with a sullen face, not saying a word.

An Zhaoyan took a deep breath, and beads of sweat covered her strong nose. "Queen, my patience is running out. You have behaved badly, and your actions are immoral and humiliating. You are really not worthy of being a queen..."

"What? Your Majesty, are you going to depose the Queen?" The Queen sneered.

An Zhaoyan frowned and watched the queen stand up and patted her skirt.

"Then I'm afraid that Your Majesty will be disappointed this time! It is impossible to depose the queen!"

An Zhaoyan was displeased and was about to speak.

The queen touched her belly again and sneered:

"Your Majesty, I am pregnant."

An Zhaoyan's angry expression froze in an instant.

Everyone was astonished.

Jiang Xingkuo just felt that something in his heart was shattered to the ground, and then his heart was completely empty.

It was strange. When she learned that Concubine De was pregnant, she didn't feel anything.

But now, she actually felt unwilling, angry, and... disappointed.

An Zhaoyan came back to his senses, wanted to say something, opened his mouth, but said nothing.

Like a thorn in the back.

He didn't even dare to turn his head.

After a long while, he broke the silence and said:

"Call the doctor."