The passers-by are vicious

When the wet nurse walked into the side hall to feed the baby, she saw the second prince, who had already died in the cradle.

She was so frightened that her face turned pale, her legs went weak, and she could hardly stand.

The nurse finally regained some strength and stumbled out of the side hall, shouting, "Someone, the second prince is dead."

Yupin, who was applying facial mask in the main hall, heard the noise coming from outside and immediately frowned and asked impatiently, "What's going on outside? It's so noisy!"

A palace maid ran over and reported, "Your Majesty, something bad has happened to the Second Prince in the side hall."

When Yupin heard this, her expression changed drastically.

Without caring about her swollen face, she immediately pushed away the palace servants around her and ran anxiously towards the side hall.

When Yuan Xun rushed over after hearing the noise, Concubine Yu was sitting by the bed, holding the dead Second Prince in her arms, tears streaming down her face.

Yupin's face was distorted and she cried out in sorrow: "It's the queen, it must be her."

"It was the Queen who sent someone to kill our child. Your Majesty, you must punish the Queen severely and avenge our child."

The voice was full of grief and resentment.

Yupin was so sad that she couldn't control herself. She stretched out her hand and tried to grab the corner of Yuan Xun's clothes, but was cleverly avoided.

"Princess Yu, do you have any evidence? The Queen is now under house arrest in the palace and there is no way she could do this."

Yuan Xun's stern face sank slightly, with a hint of sadness.

But if you look closely, you will find that the grief is only on the surface and the eyes are indifferent.

He didn't behave like his only son had died.

"It must be her." Concubine Yu shook her head, looking angry and sad. "Who else but the Queen would dare to murder the heir in broad daylight?"

Seeing that she insisted that it was Jiang Wanwan's doing, Yuan Xun's eyes flashed with impatience.

At this moment, Jiang Hai led the imperial physician hurriedly into the hall.

The imperial physician immediately stepped forward and conducted a detailed examination of the Second Prince's body, and then reported to Yuan Xun and Yupin: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the Second Prince's respiratory arrest was caused by a cold, not by any external force."

"impossible."

She could not accept this fact and rushed forward emotionally, trying to take back the second prince's body.

While crying and shouting, she pushed away the people around her and hugged the body of the second prince tightly.

"It can't be a cold. How could the maid not have noticed it? How dare you deceive me and His Majesty? What crime should you be punished for?"

Yupin's angry roar echoed throughout the palace. The imperial doctors knelt down in fear and said, "I am terrified and dare not lie to your majesty or the queen, but the second prince did die of suffocation due to a cold."

"You lied to me." Yupin still refused to believe it. She widened her eyes, filled with anger and confusion.

She firmly believed that her son did not die of a cold, but that someone must have killed him.

The person that Yupin suspected the most was the arrogant and domineering Queen Jiang Wanwan.

She believed that the imperial physicians of the Imperial Medical Bureau had been bribed and that was why they deceived her and His Majesty, and her heart was filled with pain and sorrow.

But after all the doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau examined the prince one by one, they all said that the second prince died of a cold.

But Yupin still refused to believe it and kept shouting.

"That's enough. Could it be that all the imperial doctors have been bribed by the queen?"

Yuan Xun stopped Yupin's actions, his eyes were so cold that they seemed to be frozen.

"You are so crazy that you want to slander the queen without any evidence."

Yuan Xun angrily left the palace with a wave of his sleeves, and left the yard without looking back.

Soon, the chief eunuch Zhou Hai came to read out the imperial decree, asking Concubine Yu to bury the deceased second prince as soon as possible.

In the Imperial Hospital, a young doctor came up to his master, the head of the Imperial Hospital, and asked in a puzzled voice: "The Second Prince clearly died of suffocation due to his mouth and nose being covered, why do all the doctors say that the Second Prince died of a cold?"

The head of the Imperial Hospital put down the brush in his hand, tilted his head to look at his somewhat foolish apprentice, and instead of answering, asked: "Is it possible that the medical skills of the entire Imperial Hospital are not good? They all saw it, but you are the only one who saw it?"

"Of course it's impossible. Every imperial physician is..."

The young doctor stopped talking halfway and looked at the head of the Imperial Hospital with a look of fear.

He seemed to realize something, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

The head of the Imperial Hospital sighed and said earnestly, "There are some things that we cannot control. We are only imperial doctors, and it is our duty to take care of your health. Of course, we also need to know how to take care of ourselves and our families."

The young doctor gritted his teeth and couldn't help asking, "But isn't this deceiving the emperor?"

"stupid."

The head of the Imperial Hospital stroked his beard, glanced at him with a meaningful look in his eyes, and warned him: "To survive in the palace and save your life, you must know what to say and what not to say. You don't have to speak completely according to the facts, but you must speak according to... your wishes. Do you understand?"

The young doctor's shoulders trembled slightly, and he quickly responded, "Disciple understands."

The head of the Imperial Hospital shook his head slightly and continued to concentrate on writing the prescription.

If this disciple did not have a real talent for medical skills, why would he accept such an honest and honest person as his disciple?

Outside Jingren Palace, Concubine Yu led a group of palace servants and tried to rush into the palace, but was stopped by the guards at the door.

"Empress Yupin, please don't embarrass us. His Majesty has ordered that no one is allowed to see the Empress during her confinement."

The guards held their weapons and spoke with serious expressions.

Concubine Yu was wearing a veil, her eyes were cold, and her voice revealed a fierceness: "I am His Majesty's favorite concubine, how dare you dog slaves stop me!"

The guards of Jingren Palace turned a blind eye to Yupin's insults and only warned her in a slightly cold voice, "Your Majesty, please leave immediately."

However, Concubine Yu did not intend to give up easily. Instead, she blocked the palace gate even more arrogantly.

She shouted viciously: "I am determined to go in and see that vicious woman today!"

Just as the guards were about to drive Concubine Yu away, they suddenly saw Jiang Wanwan's personal maid Ke Xin walking over.

"Sister Ke Xin, have we disturbed the Queen? Let's chase them away right now." A guard said hurriedly.

Ke Xin took out a few pieces of silver from her sleeve, handed them to the guard at the gate, and said with a smile: "The Queen knows that you are working hard, so she asked me to give you some money to buy wine."

The guards immediately replied in unison with joy on their faces: "Thank you, Queen, for the reward."

Ke Xin nodded gently, then looked at Yupin and said calmly: "Madam Yupin wants to see the Queen, right? Come in with me."

After saying that, he turned and walked into Jingren Palace.

The guards who had just sternly stopped Concubine Yu from coming closer were now stuffing small change into their pockets and starting to discuss how much wine they would drink after their shift change.

Concubine Yu was so angry that her face turned pale, and she led the palace servants into Jingren Palace in a threatening manner.

But she was stopped by the guards, who said that only Yupin could enter.

Helplessly, she could only glare at the guards fiercely, and then walked into Jingren Palace alone.

The guards didn't care about Yupin's look, but smiled at each other.

In fact, His Majesty specifically instructed them to stay here in order to protect the Queen, not to really restrict the Queen's freedom.

When Yupin rushed into Jingren Palace, Jiang Wanwan was standing in the yard, leisurely pruning flower branches. She did not stop when she saw her come in.

"You vicious woman, you killed my child, and yet you have the heart to stand here and cut flowers."

As soon as Yupin saw Jiang Wanwan's beautiful and delicate face, she couldn't help but feel angry.

He even stepped forward and tried to snatch the scissors from Jiang Wanwan's hand, but was stopped by Ke Xin.

"Empress Yupin, this is Jingren Palace. You cannot be so presumptuous."

But Yupin was not afraid at all. Instead, she wanted to scratch Jiang Wanwan's face like crazy.

Jiang Wanwan just watched Yupin go crazy with cold eyes throughout the whole process as if she was just watching a show.

"What does the loss of your child have to do with me? Sometimes, people can't be too greedy, otherwise they will suffer the consequences."

After hearing this, Yupin rushed towards Jiang Wanwan even more frantically, cursing, "You bitch, I'm going to kill you!"

Ke Xin and other palace maids hurriedly grabbed Yupin to prevent her from hurting Jiang Wanwan.

Jiang Wanwan looked at Yupin coldly, thinking that she was so stupid to be forced to rebel by such a fool.

She walked slowly closer, raised the scissors in her hand and stabbed Yupin's eyes.

Yupin had been completely pinned down by the palace maids and eunuchs in Jingren Palace, and could only stare in horror as the sharp end of the scissors pierced her eyes.

Jiang Wanwan didn't stop until he was less than a few centimeters away from her, but Yupin was still frightened and trembled all over.

Jiang Wanwan seemed to be pleased by her reaction and chuckled.

As Yupin's face turned pale, he nonchalantly retracted the scissors, and the palace maids and eunuchs of Jingren Palace did not react at all to Jiang Wanwan's action.

"If it was really me who did it, do you think you could still stand in front of me and bite me?"

After waving her hand to let the palace maids and eunuchs release Yupin, Jiang Wanwan returned to the peony flower, pinched the branches with her fingers, and lowered her head to sniff.

Even in front of the gorgeous peony flowers, that pretty face still did not lose its luster, but instead Jiang Wanwan looked even more dignified and noble.

Yupin asked in a trembling voice: "What... do you mean?"

Perhaps she was shocked by Jiang Wanwan's actions, or perhaps she had calmed down, so she stood there obediently.

Jiang Wanwan stared at Yupin with deep eyes, but she pinched the branch without hesitation and played with the gorgeous peony flower in her hand.

"If I wanted to kill you, I could do it at any time, and it would be as easy as crushing an ant. Do you think His Majesty would punish me for you?"

Jiang Wanwan's tone was calm, but the contempt contained in it made Yupin tremble with anger.

It's simply a naked mockery.

A strong feeling of unwillingness and anger surged in her heart, but she didn't dare to explode. She could only suppress all her emotions in her heart, and her fingers hidden in her sleeves pinched her palms tightly.

Yupin didn't understand why Jiang Wanwan was so confident. Was it because she was the queen?

Even the queen cannot be such a bitch. After all, she is the concubine who gave birth to Yuan Xun's child.

Yuan Xun must care about her, otherwise why would she be the only one who could give birth to a child when no one else in the harem had any children?

What does this old woman Jiang Wanwan know?

But thinking about the fact that after the Second Prince died, Yuan Xun not only did not track down the murderer, but instead hurriedly sent people to bury the child, that cold attitude still made Yupin feel a little cold.

Since children who died prematurely were not allowed to be buried in the imperial mausoleum, they could only hastily find a place to bury them.

Thinking of this, Yupin couldn't help but feel a surge of resentment towards Yuan Xun.

Jiang Wanwan naturally did not miss the cold light in Yupin's eyes, but she pretended not to see it.

"I'm not the only one in the harem who hates you. Instead of doubting me, you should think about who hates you more."

Yu Wenxuan's eyes flickered as expected, as if she remembered something, "You are right, there are more than just you and me in the harem."

After Yu Wenxuan proclaimed herself a concubine, she began to become conceited and proud.

Especially after giving birth to the second prince, she became more convinced that she would become the future empress dowager and believed that the throne would belong to her son sooner or later.

Because she angered Yuan Xun in the palace, she was demoted to a concubine.

Now the child died.

If I lose Yuan Xun's favor again, I'm afraid everyone will take the opportunity to add insult to injury.

Yu Wenxuan took a deep breath, her heart filled with complex emotions, including jealousy and a bit of envy.

She envied Jiang Wanwan for being the queen, as she didn't have to engage in intrigue like them for Yuan Xun's favor.

She was jealous of Jiang Wanwan as the queen and had a deep friendship with Yuan Xun since their childhood. Even though Jiang Wanwan committed the crime of treason, Yuan Xun could do nothing about her.

Yu Wenxuan still clearly remembered that on the day of the rebellion, Jiang Wanwan had the opportunity to kill the second prince, but ultimately chose to give up.

Yu Wenxuan can now be sure that Jiang Wanwan is not the murderer of her child.

She began to re-examine the whole matter and cast her suspicious eyes on her mortal enemy, Princess Koi, Anyi, who had been at loggerheads with her since her boudoir days.

After all, the two of them had fought fiercely at that time, and she didn't believe that Concubine Li would like to see her proud.

Now that she has a new suspect, Yu Wenxuan will naturally not stay in Jingren Palace and watch Jiang Wanwan causing trouble for herself.

In the imperial study, Yuan Xun was standing in front of the desk with great concentration, holding a pen in his hand and carefully painting a picture of a beauty.

The woman in the painting has a graceful figure and is wearing a red dress with a phoenix pattern, which makes her look elegant and graceful.

It was Jiang Wanwan who amazed everyone at the palace banquet.

Just as he was immersed in the painting, Jiang Hai quietly walked in from outside the hall.

"Your Majesty, I have already done it. I will make sure that the people in the Imperial Hospital keep their mouths shut and insist that the Second Prince died of a cold."

Yuan Xun stared at the beauty in the painting, put down his brush, and said calmly: "We must ensure that this matter is foolproof, and we must not let Concubine Yu realize that the death of the Second Prince was caused by the Queen."

Jiang Hai quickly responded, "Your Majesty, rest assured. No matter how Concubine Yu investigates, the final evidence will only point to Concubine Li."

Yuan Xun nodded slightly, a hint of coldness flashing in his eyes.

He originally wanted to keep his "son" the second prince to be a puppet emperor for Jiang Wanwan.

But since Jiang Wanwan doesn't like him, forget it.

As for Concubine Yu, Yuan Xun never touched her, but she gave birth to a child.

Originally Yuan Xun didn't care.

But Jiang Wanwan obviously didn't like Concubine Yu, so naturally she couldn't keep her.