The queen has four sons and six daughters, and she can call the wind and rain

"Cousin Zhou, don't you know that Bilian was sent by the Marquis of Yuanchang and his wife to monitor Concubine Ming and to watch Concubine Ming rescue Yun from the cold palace? Concubine Ming suffered such a great injustice, and in the end she had to be punished because of the mistake of a spy. She was really wronged."

Concubine Zhou sneered.

"The country has its own laws, and the palace has its own rules. Furong Pavilion has a spy, and it is also because Concubine Ming is incompetent. Since she is incompetent, she should be punished. I hope she will learn from this and never make the same mistake again."

"Oh, really? If I remember correctly, when the emperor first ascended the throne, there was a spy in your palace. He was a man of Prince Rong. He was dissatisfied with the emperor's ascension to the throne and intended to murder the emperor. In the end, I blocked the sword for the emperor and injured his root, so he will never be able to get pregnant for the rest of his life."

"You cried and said you knew nothing and that you were innocent. The Emperor and the Empress did not punish you because you were pregnant. Instead, they comforted you. You have experienced such things before. You should understand Concubine Ming, feel sorry for her, sympathize with her, pity her, and plead for her to avoid punishment. But you are so aggressive. Doesn't your conscience hurt?"

"Or do you have no conscience at all?"

"All right!"

Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel, the queen quickly stepped forward to calm the situation.

"What happened today was also an unprovoked disaster for Lady Ming. The emperor did not say that he would punish her, so you should stop making unwarranted assumptions here."

"Empress Qi, you are not feeling well. Go back and have a good rest. Concubine Zhou and Madam Lin, go back and urge the two princes to review their lessons. The emperor will be checking tomorrow. If they have fallen behind recently or have not studied seriously, the emperor will be angry."

"Thank you for your reminder, Queen. I will go back and urge the Second Prince to review his lessons. I promise not to embarrass you, Queen."

"I will also go back to urge the eldest prince to review his lessons."

After the Queen and high-ranking concubines left, the remaining small fish and shrimps slowly dispersed. The sun rose higher and higher, and the blood on the ground gradually coagulated into scarlet, recording the passing of a life.

At Furong Pavilion, Yun Zhining smiled with satisfaction when she learned that Bilian had been beaten to death in public.

The spy that Yun Fulan had arranged to be around her was removed, and the next step was to cut off Yun Fulan's other helper.

In her previous life, the reason why Yun Fulan was able to leave the palace was, on the one hand, because she found out the real culprit who framed Yun Fulan, and on the other hand, Yun Fulan got a medicinal recipe from somewhere and helped Empress Dowager Xiaoci to regulate her body. Empress Dowager Xiaoci was so happy that she said a few good words about her in front of Qi Yejing, and Empress Dowager Xiaoyan also praised her a few words. Coincidentally, there was a happy event in the palace and a general amnesty was declared, so Yun Fulan came out of the cold palace.

Afterwards, she clung to the thigh of Empress Dowager Xiaoci tightly, constantly humbled herself in front of Empress Dowager Xiaoyan and the Queen, lowered their vigilance and won their favor. Finally, she used others to get rid of Empress Dowager Xiaoyan and the Queen, and successfully ascended the throne of Queen with the strong recommendation of Empress Dowager Xiaoci. She then took every step carefully and sat on the throne of Empress Dowager, realizing her life dream and becoming the glory of the Yun family.

But no one in later generations knew that Yun Fulan's road to glory was built on the corpse of Yun Zhining.

Now that she has lived a new life, it is impossible for her to let Yun Fulan use her old tricks again. This time, she will definitely take the position of queen!

The five-day confinement period was over, and Yun Zhining regained her freedom, but Qi Yejing's favor had long been transferred to another woman. Yun Zhining was not annoyed, and stayed quietly in her room reading and practicing calligraphy. Qingzhu and Aunt Qi were frightened by her, thinking she was sick, so they asked the imperial physician to check her, but found that she could not be better.

Knowing that she was fine, Qingzhu and Aunt Qi breathed a sigh of relief.

"You scared me to death, my lady. I thought you had a mental problem."

"What could be wrong with me?"

"that,……"

Qingzhu laughed awkwardly.

"The Emperor has not been favoring you recently, and what people say outside is not pleasant. I am worried that you will feel sad after hearing it, so I hide away and cry, so, that's why, ..."

"Well, you think I am too weak."

"No flower stays red forever, and no person stays good forever. The emperor cannot favor me forever. This is a truth I understood before I entered the palace."

"Besides, I have a lot of things to do recently. If the emperor comes, it will affect me."

"Oh, really? My lady, what do you want to do? Can I help you?"

"Of course."

What Yun Zhining asked Qingzhu to do was to take her to Xiaohe Palace.

In the west hall of Xiaohe Palace, at noon, people were tired and horses were exhausted. The door of the west hall was tightly closed, but the owner inside did not rest. Instead, he hid behind the curtain and secretly ate ice drinks. There was also a palace maid in the front watching the door to prevent anyone from pushing the door in when they were not paying attention. When she saw Empress Dowager Xiaoci eating ice drinks, she went to complain to Empress Dowager Xiaoyan.

"Her Majesty, have you finished eating?"

"Almost there, almost there, two more bites left."

"You said you had three mouthfuls left a quarter of an hour ago, how come you only have two now? Did you sneak another box of iced drinks?"

"I didn't, don't talk nonsense."

"My Queen Mother, please don't eat it. If you have a stomachache at night, Queen Mother Xiaoyan will scold me and fine me my monthly salary."

"Don't be afraid. If Empress Dowager Xiaoyan fines you for your monthly salary, I will make it up to you later. I have a small treasury."

"Your Highness, please shut up!"

Stop talking and stop eating, otherwise, her life will be lost in her hands sooner or later.

Worried that she would have a stomachache again at night, Empress Dowager Xiaoci reluctantly let go of her hand.

"Okay, okay, I'm done eating and I'm going to bed."

"Okay, okay, I will take you to bed right away. Go to bed quickly. If the Queen Mother Xiaoyan comes back and finds that you haven't gone to bed yet, I will be scolded again."

"You are afraid that Empress Dowager Xiaoyan will scold you, but aren't you afraid that I will scold you?"

The maid rolled her eyes and said speechlessly.

"Aren't you afraid that Empress Dowager Xiaoyan will scold you?"

Ah!

Empress Dowager Xiaoci shuddered and nodded timidly.

"Don't tell me, don't tell me, Empress Dowager Xiaoyan is indeed worthy of her title, she is really very strict."

"No, I can't talk anymore. I have to go to bed quickly. If Queen Dowager Xiaoyan finds out, the snacks I secretly hid will be confiscated."

Then she would really cry.

Yun Zhining arrived at an inopportune time. Empress Dowager Xiaoci had just gone to bed. The palace maid led her to the front hall and sat her down. She brought her some snacks and said with a smile.

"Empress Dowager Xiaoci always takes a long nap, so I'll have to trouble you to wait for a while."

"It's okay. I'm free anyway, so it doesn't matter if I wait a little longer. If possible, please get me a few books so I can kill some time."

"Okay, what book do you want to read?"

"Just find a few storybooks."

"Okay, my lady, wait a moment, I will bring it to you right away."

The maid in Xiaohe Palace worked very quickly and delivered it to Yun Zhining not long after. Yun Zhining was watching it with great interest when she saw a shadow appear in front of her.

"Who are you and what are you doing in Xiaohe Palace?"