The blacksmith lady is killing people in the harem, and her son is responsible for it.

In early spring, all things come back to life.

It was drizzling.

Inside the palace, the grass and trees in the courtyard began to show some green because of the spring rain.

Inside Chengxiang Hall.

Song Zhirou took out a hairpin and handed it to the palace maid, "Huanxiang, go to Kunning Palace and deliver a message for me. I want to see my aunt."

Huanxiang looked at the hairpin in her hand and her heart was moved.

"Don't worry, I will definitely pass on the message."

Huanxiang hid the hairpin and ran out in the rain.

There was a knock on the door of Kunning Palace. When the palace maid heard that it was someone from Chengxiang Palace, she did not dare to delay.

I immediately reported it to Aunt Xu.

"Quick, invite the people in!"

After Huanxiang came in, she knelt down in front of Madam Xu and said, "Madam, our laywoman is dying. She wants to see the Queen."

Aunt Xu is from the Song family and is particularly concerned about Song Zhirou.

She didn't understand why the Queen Mother gradually distanced herself from Miss Rou. She wanted to bring it up in front of the Queen several times, but was always rejected by the Queen.

She also heard that Miss Rou had been bedridden for a long time, but as a servant, she couldn't help even if she wanted to.

But now, even if she risks being punished by the Queen, she has to help.

"Wait a moment, I will report to the Queen."

"Thank you, Madam!"

Nanny Xu came to the main hall, where the queen was listening to the palace maid's speech.

Two young palace maids massaged the queen's legs, and one young palace maid fed her cakes.

The Queen likes to eat sweet things, and Zhao Zhen inherited this little habit from the Queen.

Since the Queen shifted her focus away from the Emperor, she has been living a very happy life.

She now likes to read storybooks and likes young girls to read to her.

She hated studying so much that even if it was a storybook filled with words, she didn't like to read it.

After Nanny Xu came in, the little palace maid stopped reading.

The Queen glanced at Madam Xu and asked, "What's the matter?"

Nanny Xu replied respectfully, "Her Majesty, there is news from Chengxiang Palace that Mr. Song is dying."

Recently, when facing the Queen, Nanny Xu has been very cautious and not as casual as she was in the past.

I didn't even dare to say anything good about Song Zhirou.

The Queen hasn't thought of Song Zhirou for a long time.

It’s not that she has no feelings for her niece, it’s because she really hurt her heart.

She could accept that she was jealous of Qin Wan and sent someone to assassinate Qin Wan.

But she shouldn't have thought of harming her grandson.

She shouldn't have deceived them and given herself to other men, embarrassing the prince.

What's more, he shouldn't have abandoned Rong'er when fleeing, causing him to end up in the territory of the Hu people.

She never dared to imagine that the child she had raised for many years would have such a bad character.

So cold-hearted and callous.

Qin Wan is an outsider, so there is nothing wrong with that.

But Rong'er was her cousin, and she had the heart to do that to him.

If she hadn't heard it from her third son herself, she wouldn't have believed that her niece could be so cruel.

However, when the queen heard that she was dying, her heart still trembled.

"Didn't her medicine get delivered on time? Or was the imperial physician negligent?"

Madam Xu leaned forward and said, "Madam, how about I call that servant in so you can ask him in person?"

"Okay, call him in!"

When Huanxiang saw the queen, she immediately knelt down and said, "Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen."

"How is Mr. Song?"

"Replying to the Queen, since last autumn, the layman has been in poor health. After the New Year this year, the layman occasionally vomited blood, and it has become more serious in recent days."

"Did she take the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician on time?"

"She ate it but it didn't get better!" Huanxiang kowtowed to the queen, "Queen, please come see our lay Buddhist. When she was unconscious, she kept calling you Queen."

Although the queen was angry with Song Zhirou, she was also deeply touched when she heard that she was going to die.

"Madam Xu, prepare the sedan chair. Let's go to Chengxiang Palace."

Aunt Xu was overjoyed, "Yes, Madam!"

The news that the queen went to Chengxiang Palace in the rain soon reached the Eastern Palace.

Granny Ping reported to Qin Wan: "Crown Princess, I'm afraid Mr. Song is not going to make it."

Qin Wan had no sympathy for Song Zhirou. She would not be so saintly as to be sympathetic to someone who had tried to harm her time and time again.

"Song Zhirou is very tenacious. I didn't expect her to last this long."

Qin Wan did not regret drugging her. After all, she was the one who begged to stay in the palace.

This is what she brought upon herself. If she had left the palace and practiced in the mountains, she would have let her go.

"Your Majesty, the Queen has already gone to Chengxiang Palace. Should we send someone to listen to what they talked about?"

Qin Wan shook her head. "No need. With the Queen here, there must be a lot of people. It's not appropriate for our people to be exposed, otherwise it might cause other troubles."

There are many people in the palace. If it is revealed that she drugged Song Zhirou, the Queen might cause trouble for her again.

Besides, she didn't want Zhao Zhen to know that she had taken action against his white moonlight.

"Yes, ma'am."

Qin Wan was worried and warned, "From now on, don't move the spies in Chengxiang Palace, and don't assign other tasks to them. Just treat them as ordinary palace servants. Do you understand?"

Granny Ping nodded, "Yes!"

"Okay, I'm going to take a nap first, don't disturb me."

Granny Ping quietly left the inner room.

Qin Wan listened to the sound of rain outside the window and felt sleepy.

She thinks sleeping on a rainy day is the perfect match.

Chengxiang Hall.

When Song Zhirou saw the queen, she smiled slightly, "Aunt, you are finally willing to come to see me."

When the queen saw the emaciated Song Zhirou, she felt a moment of heartache.

She took a few steps forward and came directly to the bedside. "Why are you so thin?"

Song Zhirou's tears fell from the corners of her eyes, "Aunt, Aunt......."

The queen's eyes also became moist.

"Aunt, are you still angry with Zhirou? I really......"

The queen saw the palace servants in the room and waved her hand, "All of you go down, close the door, and go away."

Aunt Xu knew that this meant that they were not allowed to listen.

Madam Xu led her people and retreated.

She pushed everyone else away and moved closer to the door.

In the room, Song Zhirou weakly stretched out her hand, wanting to hold the queen's.

The queen still felt sorry for her and took the initiative to shake her hand, "Rou girl!"

When Song Zhirou heard the call of "Girl Rou", her tears welled up even more. "Aunt, why don't you come to see me? I'm really in pain and suffering!"

"Rou girl, as long as you take your medicine on time, you will get better."

Song Zhirou shook her head, "Aunt, I know I can't get better. I always pretended to vomit blood to make my cousin worry about me.

But when I really started coughing up blood every day, I realized how painful it was. "

Queen: “..........”

Was my niece's previous illness also fake?

She thought she was sick these days!