The prince wanted to die, and the doctor raised her hand and slapped him

"what!!"

Concubine Zhao screamed and fell to the ground along with the chair, using her hands and feet to crawl outside.

"Help!"

"Miss!"

Ruyi was shocked by her reaction and hurried over to help her, "My Lady, it's Princess Yu, not anyone else!"

The palace servants guarding outside the pavilion heard Concubine Zhao scream and ran in.

The sudden appearance of so many people around her calmed her pounding heart.

"Boom!"

Su Yinyue turned over and jumped down from the beam, landing steadily.

Seeing clearly that it was her who had hooked her feet on the beam, hanging upside down and making faces to scare her, Concubine Zhao was furious, "Su Yinyue, are you sick?"

Then, she got angry at Ruyi again, "Ruyi, you saw it, didn't you? Why didn't you tell me?"

Ruyi said aggrievedly: "Princess Yu has always been very erratic. I didn't know she climbed up to scare the queen..."

Concubine Zhao glared at her unhappily, then walked angrily to Su Yinyue, who was fixing her hair, and was about to ask for an explanation.

After receiving Su Yinyue's cold stare, his arrogance immediately disappeared, and he gritted his teeth and said, "... This will not happen again!"

After thinking about it, she felt embarrassed and added, "I am not going to argue with you because you are young, but I am not afraid of you!"

"If you continue to be so presumptuous, I will never let you off easily."

Before he finished speaking, bells rang again and again from the darkness not far away.

"Om-"

Concubine Zhao seemed to have sensed something and began to count the bells silently while holding her breath.

After a moment, the bell stopped.

She held onto Ruyi's hand tightly, suppressed her excitement and asked, "Twenty-seven times! Did I count correctly? The death knell struck twenty-seven times!"

Ruyi nodded vigorously and agreed: "Your Highness did not count wrong, it is twenty-seven times."

Immediately afterwards, the eunuchs' singing of rituals spread throughout the harem.

"The Queen collapsed!"

The harem, shrouded in darkness, was lit up with tiny flames, and palace staff ran around to tell each other.

The next day, the sky brightened and the whole palace was dressed in mourning.

At the place where the queen's body was lying, Su Yinyue saw Emperor Mingde from afar.

Sunken cheeks and black lips are obvious signs of poisoning.

She only looked at him a few more times, and several middle-aged and elderly guards around Emperor Mingde looked at her warily.

Her heart skipped a beat and she quickly lowered her head.

Now that she has inner strength, she can clearly sense the other person's extraordinaryness.

When did Emperor Mingde have such a master by his side?

I'll ask Zhao Xi about it later.

Emperor Mingde was unwell and ordered Marquis Mingyi to preside over the empress's funeral.

Everyone followed Marquis Mingyi, crying and kneeling, and only had a chance to rest when it got dark.

After the ceremony, the concubines in the harem were so tired that they could not even walk steadily.

Su Yinyue was in good health and took the initiative to step forward to support Concubine Zhao.

Concubine Zhao half leaned in her arms and felt a lot more relaxed.

After returning to Changxin Palace, he drank some hot tea and had a massage from the palace maids for a while before he felt better.

Su Yinyue sat down next to her and asked curiously, "Mother, I saw several very old guards beside the emperor. Why would the emperor want such old guards?"

Concubine Zhao still resented her for scaring her and didn't want to answer. But when she opened her eyes and met her watery eyes, her heart stopped.

Considering that she had just helped him back to the palace, he still answered.

"Don't be reckless in front of those guards. They are highly skilled in martial arts and well-known in the martial arts world. Their status is equivalent to that of the leaders of famous sects. They can kill you with one blow."

Su Yinyue asked again: "I haven't seen them before. Were they invited here after my father was poisoned?"

"I have always been here, but I was sent to..." Concubine Zhao turned her eyes and looked at her directly, "Why are you asking about this?"

Su Yinyue said casually: "They are so powerful, I want to learn a few moves from them."

Concubine Zhao said lazily: "Don't even think about it. They can't teach you."

"That's not necessarily true. Sincerity can move mountains and rocks. What if they are moved by me?"

Concubine Zhao snorted and interrupted, "It's rare that you can use idioms."

Su Yinyue's mouth twitched, "Don't underestimate me, I am very knowledgeable, but I don't usually have the opportunity to show it."

"Then I'll give you a chance today," Concubine Zhao said in disbelief, "write a poem for me to listen to."

Su Yinyue frowned, "...I can't."

Seeing Concubine Zhao grinning and laughing, she picked up the apple on the table and broke it in half, "Here, eat some apple to moisten your throat."

Concubine Zhao's eyes suddenly became clear, and she said weakly: "...This is not an apple, it's a ringo."

Ringo is the ancient name for apple.

Su Yinyue took a bite of the apple and asked, "Can you tell me where they went before?"

Concubine Zhao's face darkened, and she slammed the table and said, "Are you threatening me? What's your attitude?"

Ruyi brought two bowls of bird's nest, "Your Majesty, Princess Yu, please."

When she interrupted her, Concubine Zhao shut up tactfully.

After eating more than half of the bird's nest, she said, "Since you asked me for help, I will tell you."

What Su Yinyue asked was not a secret, and other people would be able to find out by asking.

"As the saying goes, to catch a thief you must first catch the leader. Now that there are rebels everywhere, if we kill the leader, those rebels will be powerless."

"They were previously sent by the Emperor to assassinate the rebel leaders of Anshun Prefecture and Yunzhou. Now that they are back, it should be because their mission has been accomplished."

Su Yinyue sighed inwardly. Now that Emperor Mingde was protected by experts, it would be difficult to get close to him.

Fortunately, she poisoned it in advance.

The Queen's mausoleum had already been completed, and according to calculations by the Imperial Astronomical Observatory, it would be suitable for burial in five days.

Su Yinyue will stay in the palace for these five days.

On the afternoon of the second day after the funeral, Huamei and Jasmine came to the palace and brought her the usual items.

Concubine Zhao was also there at the time.

There are Concubine Zhao's people in the Prince Yu's Mansion, so she knows roughly what happened.

Su Yinyue simply asked Huamei directly, "Have my five guests arrived?"

Huamei understood that she was referring to the five masters invited by the prince, "Replying to the princess, they arrived yesterday. Uncle Fu and I have already settled them down."

Su Yinyue nodded, "That's fine. I can't leave the palace before the queen is buried. Let Uncle Fu entertain me well."

"Yes."

Concubine Zhao reminded him, "I am not in a position to ask about your guests, but during the period of mourning, you must avoid feasting and having fun."

Seeing her nod in agreement, Concubine Zhao was very satisfied with her attitude and added a few more words, "You must be a vegetarian during the mourning period. You can only eat meat after the 27th day, which is 14 days later."

"The royal family mourns for months instead of days. After thirty-six days, you can hold a banquet, but it should not be too extravagant."

Su Yinyue agreed to all of them.

Huamei waited for a while, and when Concubine Zhao had finished speaking, she said, "Princess, there is one more thing..."

"The Chu brothers and sisters said they have important matters to attend to and cannot wait for the princess to return to the palace. Please ask this servant to take their leave on their behalf."

Su Yinyue knew that the Chu brothers and sisters were anxious to go to Sanying Mansion to help Yao Chi fight for territory, "Okay."

At night, when I returned to the side hall of Changxin Palace to rest.

Seeing that there were no outsiders in the palace, Huamei said, "Princess, I accidentally heard that the Chu brothers and sisters seemed to call Hua Pipa aunt."