But at this moment, he had no time to worry about the inexplicable impulse. Thinking of the truth he had accidentally discovered, Hongli said meaningfully: "The Empress Dowager forgot that Hongzhou is the child of my Seventeenth Uncle, and Hongzhou is my biological brother."

The Queen Mother was shocked. What did the Emperor mean by this? Did he know?

Although Fucha Langya felt it was a little strange, she did not think much about it. She just thought that His Majesty said this on purpose because he was angry with the Queen Mother.

After all, the sixth brother has been adopted into the lineage of Prince Guo. Legally speaking, the emperor now only has one biological brother, Prince He (Hong Zhou).

Seeing the sarcasm in Hongli's eyes, the empress dowager knew that she could not get rid of her anger because the emperor already knew the identities of Hongzhou and Lingxi.

Her momentum collapsed, and she said dejectedly, "Hongli, do you still remember? You promised me back then, 'Whatever my mother hates, I will not like.' Now, are you going to disobey me for your concubines?"

A hint of emotion flashed in Hongli's eyes. He was a heartless man, but he was indeed somewhat grateful to his mother Zhen Huan.

"Empress Dowager, I haven't forgotten. But how can you vent your anger on the innocent Concubine? Regarding Hongzhou's matter, I will not let those audacious beasts off. If you are worried, I will have the Sticking Office personally investigate and will definitely give Empress Dowager an explanation."

The mother and son finally took a step back, and Hongli asked someone to reinvestigate the case. The result, of course, was that it had nothing to do with Concubine Hui and the Gao family.

However, the Sticking Rod Department found out that Hai Changzai, Li Yu and Jiang Yubin were the ones who fanned the flames in this matter.

To give the Empress Dowager a chance to vent her anger, Hongli ordered Li Yu to be beaten to death, Jiang Yubin to be dismissed from his post and expelled from the Imperial Hospital, and three generations of the Jiang family were forbidden to practice medicine. Hailan was handed over to the Empress Dowager for personal punishment.

Hai Lan, who was dragged away from Jingren Palace, was in disbelief. Her painstaking planning not only failed to harm Concubine Yi and the Queen Mother, but instead destroyed most of her and her sister's power, and even cost her herself!

"Queen Dowager, please spare me! I am innocent. I am just a humble concubine. How could I have plotted against you and the Imperial Concubine?"

"You are of low rank, but you are very cunning. You dare to use me as bait? You deserve to die."

Of course, Zhen Huan knew that she was not the one who hired anyone to do Hongzhou's crime, but she did tip off Concubine Hui, allowing the Gao family to find out about her, hoping to make both she and Concubine Hui suffer.

Now that Concubine Hui is protected by the Emperor and cannot be touched, can he not deal with a mere concubine like her?

"Fujia, do it!"

"The slaves obey."

Fujia learned from the lesson of forcing the imperial concubine to drink poison last time. He was quick to act and asked several eunuchs to hold Hai Lan down and remove her jaw. Then he brought a bowl of poison and poured it into her mouth without any hesitation.

"Ugh!"

The poison entered Hai Lan's intestines, and the eunuchs let her go, leaving her to curl up on the ground like a shrimp, with her hands covering her throat, trying to spit out the poison. She had not yet avenged her sister, nor had she been able to rescue her sister, so she could not die!

Hailan's struggle didn't last long, and she soon lay on the ground motionless.

Seeing this, the young eunuch stepped forward to check and said, "Reporting to the Queen Mother, Keliyete is dead."

Zhen Huan averted her eyes in disgust. "I hereby decree that Keliyete has disrespected the late emperor, been unfilial to me, and colluded with the Ulanara clan to murder the imperial concubine. Her intentions are culpable. From now on, she will be demoted to a commoner and sentenced to death."

After her death, Hai Lan had no dignity and was thrown into a mass grave by the Queen Mother. She was accompanied by her trusted palace maid Ye Xin, so she was not too lonely on the road to the underworld.

"The Keliyete family dared to plot against me just for Qingying in the cold palace. It was just a small Keliyete family member, and it was hard to appease the anger in my heart.

Fujia, I want Ulanara to suffer a fate worse than death!"

The Queen Mother's gaze was filled with poison.

Fujia immediately knelt down and offered a suggestion, "Your Majesty, I heard that Lord Nerbu is ill. I don't think he is doing well. I wonder if the one in the cold palace will be heartbroken when he finds out."

……

Cold Palace——

Qingying sat on the threshold and kept looking towards the door. Today was the day she and Hailan had agreed to meet, but why hadn't Hailan come yet?

After finishing her meal, A Ruo came out to digest her food. Seeing that she was looking forward to it, she came over and said with ill intention, "Don't wait, Hai Changzai, oh no, it's the commoner Keliyete who won't come."

Qingying turned back calmly and asked in a condescending manner, "What do you know?"

"She's dead, executed by the Queen Mother herself."

"You're talking nonsense! Ah Ruo, I know you're jealous of me, but you shouldn't curse Hai Lan like this."

Ah Ruo rolled her eyes and said, "Where's Hai Lan? Her body must be stinking by now.

You should stop worrying about Hailan and worry about your widowed mother when you have time~"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Ah Ruo, I think you are crazy!"

"It's not me who's crazy, it's your father who's mad at you."

Hearing this, Qingying was stunned, like a fake person.

"What? Don't you understand?

I said, Lord Narbu is dead, he is dead! Nara, you killed him!

If it weren't for you, how could your father be reprimanded and demoted by the emperor? If he hadn't been demoted by the emperor, how could he have become ill and passed away from resentment?

Nara, you killed him. It was not enough that you killed your own aunt, now you have killed your own father!

You disaster star! "

A Ruo's words stabbed Qingying in the heart. Qingying was confused and she didn't believe that her father died like this.

"No, I don't believe it, you're talking nonsense!"

Qingying rushed to the door of the cold palace and knocked on it. "Someone, come quickly! I want to see my father, I want to see my father!"

"What are you yelling about?" The guard took out the handle of his knife and knocked on the wooden door to make her quiet down.

"Brother Guard, I am the Emperor's Consort Xian. Can you do me a favor? Can you help me go to the Ulanara Mansion and take a look at my father?"

The guard frowned. "What Noble Lady Xian? There is no Noble Lady Xian in the cold palace. You were demoted to a commoner long ago. Don't you realize the reality?"

Qingying felt a pang in her heart, but she quickly and generously forgave his unreasonableness, "Never mind, I don't blame him. He is just a small guard, how could he understand the friendship between me and the emperor?"

"Brother Guard, please help me. I heard that my father is in trouble. Can you go and check on him for me?"

"Are you out of your mind? I'm on duty. How many heads do I have left my post without permission? Besides, why should I help you?"

"I..." Qingying was speechless. Ah Ruo reminded her from behind, "Nala, don't you still have some money on you? Why didn't you even ask the guard brother for a cup of tea when you asked him to do something for you?"

"Are you rich?"

Qingying's red lips moved slightly, not wanting to pay. Two days ago, she woke up and found that the few banknotes she had placed under her pillow were gone. Now, all she had left was a gold leaf given by Li Yu.

If she gave it to this guard, she would no longer be able to take care of the eunuch who delivered meals.

But Ah Ruo continued to make sarcastic remarks, "He's rich, of course he's rich. He brought a lot of good things with him when he came in. I just don't know if he's willing to give them away."

"A Ruo! Don't go too far."

"Humph! I'm just trying to give you some advice out of kindness, so forget it if you don't appreciate it."

After lifting her up, A Ruo turned around and left. She had said this much, Qingying couldn't just ignore her dead father just because she felt sorry for the money, right?

If she really doesn't give it to him, that would be extremely unfilial!

As for the guard running errands for her without being paid? Come on, there aren't that many Ling Yunche people in the palace to help her. Besides, this guard was specially arranged by Aunt Fujia...

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