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

Empress Dowager Xiaoyan came over to persuade them, but instead of obeying her orders and leaving the palace to return home, they scolded her. She was almost fainted by their anger.

After the Sixth Princess got the news, she took the Fifth Princess, the Seventh Princess, the Eighth Princess and the Eighth Prince and drove them away with stones. Prime Minister Luo was so angry that he dragged the Sixth Princess to complain to Little Putao, but was scolded by Little Putao. When he left the palace, he was covered with a sack and beaten up.

In Lin'an Palace, Little Grape burst into tears after listening to the Second Prince talk about his achievements.

This crying frightened the second prince.

The second prince apologized repeatedly and was so anxious that sweat covered his forehead.

Seeing him jumping up and down in anxiety, Little Grape finally wiped away her tears and thanked him solemnly.

The second prince waved his hand.

"I am your biological brother. How can I just watch that old man bully you?"

The eldest prince corrected him from the side.

"Prime Minister Luo is the head of all officials, but you can't call him an old man."

"So what if you are the head of the government? If you dare to bully my sister Qi Yefeng, there is only one word for you: death."

"Just wait and see. When the Imperial Concubine gets better, my father will definitely take action against that old man. When that happens, I will definitely bring people to beat drums and gongs at their doorstep, applaud and cheer, and join in the fun."

Little Grape pulled the corners of her mouth and her eyes couldn't help but turn red again.

"Second brother, do you really believe that my mother will be fine?"

"Of course. The Imperial Concubine has been in the palace for many years and her record is clear. Even my mother doesn't dare to confront her head-on. King Yama will definitely not take such a person away easily. Otherwise, who will create achievements for them?"

"So you can relax. The Imperial Concubine will be fine."

"Instead of worrying about this, you might as well think about why the Imperial Concubine got smallpox. This disease is not like a cold that can be easily contracted."

The eldest prince also nodded, agreeing with the second prince's statement.

He is smarter than the second prince and knows more.

"As far as I know, smallpox is a disease that usually requires contact with a source of infection. Think carefully about what the Imperial Concubine has come into contact with recently, and you, Wan'er, Xiaoliu, and Xiaoqi have never come into contact with these things."

Little Grape frowned slightly.

"Mother has been pregnant recently and seldom goes out. She has been staying in Qingning Palace to take care of the baby. She has not had the opportunity to come into contact with anything except..."

She suddenly looked at Princess Jianping with a sharp gaze.

"The day before my mother got smallpox, I went to Changyuan Palace with the queen and Jianping to visit Concubine An. Then I helped Concubine An deliver some things to my mother and stayed in Qingning Palace for half a day."

"Something happened to my mother the next morning."

“So the problem must be with them.”

"It's either with the Empress or Jianping. My mother's smallpox must have something to do with these two."

"No, I didn't have any physical contact with my mother that day, and I went out with my mother in the middle. At that time, there were only my mother and Jianping in the palace."

Princess Jianping staggered and fell to the ground, tears falling from her eyes instantly.

"it's me."

"It's all my fault that the Imperial Concubine was harmed."

"it's all me."

"impossible!"

The second prince was startled at first, then quickly shook his head.

"You grew up with Little Grape. You have everything that Little Grape has. You have always been very respectful to the Imperial Concubine. How could you harm her?"

"Jianping, tell me this is not true."

"That's not true, is it?"

Princess Jianping burst into tears and was in great pain.

Little Grape saw the clue.

"Jianping, get up first and stop crying."

"If my mother was really harmed by you, I believe you didn't do it on purpose."

"Tell me first, what did you do when I accompanied your mother to the palace that day?"

"I didn't do anything."

Princess Jianping wiped away her tears and sobbed.

"I happened to see a maid who served my mother interacting with people from Changyuan Palace, so I suspected that my mother's difficult labor when she gave birth to my sixth brother, and the subsequent rumors that my sixth brother was caught in the disaster star were all related to Concubine An."

"But my mother trusts Concubine An very much. If I tell my mother without any evidence, she will definitely not believe it."

"Even if she really believed it, she would lose her temper and go to question Concubine An, which would alert the enemy."

"So I didn't tell Mother, but just kept observing quietly."

"That day, my mother heard that Concubine An was ill, so she took me to visit her in Changyuan Palace. Concubine An said that the previous court and the harem thought she was the most suitable to be the queen, and she felt sorry for the Imperial Noble Concubine, so she picked out some gifts and asked my mother to send them to Qingning Palace. I was worried that Concubine An would do something with it, so I reminded the Imperial Noble Concubine."

"During the whole process, the Imperial Concubine just patted my shoulder and shook my hand. Apart from that, there was nothing else."

"Could it be that the Imperial Concubine was infected by me at that time?"

"It's very possible. Do you still have the clothes you wore that day?"

As soon as Little Grape asked this question, Princess Jianping's face turned even paler.

"No, not anymore."

"The maid took it to be washed, but on the way to the laundry, a madman appeared out of nowhere and stabbed her to death, and the clothes disappeared."

Little Grape shook her head and sighed.

"It seems that this matter was premeditated. You are in the open, and the enemy is in the dark. You can't defend yourself at all."

"So this matter cannot be blamed on you."

"If you want to blame someone, you can only blame Concubine An."

Although Little Grape said she didn't blame her, Princess Jianping still felt bad.

"Big sister, are we just going to admit defeat like this?"

Concubine An is so cunning that if she fails to get what she wants this time, she will definitely plan a second time.

She might be tricked again.

If the Imperial Concubine really died because of her, how would she have the face to face her elder sister and others in the future?

She would live in pain and suffering for the rest of her life.

Maybe he will even commit suicide.

She didn't want to end up like that.

She doesn't want to!

"Of course we can't just give up like this."

"However, palace fighting is the business of the adults, so I'd better wait until mother recovers before settling the score myself."

"As for now, let's discuss some interest first."

"Jianping, since Concubine An used you to attack mother, you should be the one to collect the interest."