The queen is sober in the world, and she is winning every step of the palace fight.

Fei Wan's head hit the wall of the car hard due to the push.

Boom!

Without a word, she fainted as her head sank.

"Ah! This..."

The palace maid who took action was startled.

He was stunned for a moment, then cautiously tried to feel Fei Wan's breath.

After a moment, her fingers began to tremble.

"She...she wouldn't be given...given by me..."

Another maid impatiently slapped her hand away and tried it herself.

The tip of Feiwan's nose was still warm, but there was no air coming from it.

The two people were terrified and looked at each other, seeing the fear on each other's faces.

"No, no... I didn't push her. She was struggling and bumped into me." The palace maid who pushed me trembled and began to shirk responsibility.

Another maid nodded immediately. "Yes, we didn't do anything. She was the one who was being dishonest and had to struggle... No, she wasn't struggling. We can't say that, or we'd still be guilty of failing to supervise her properly."

A second-rank concubine, the emperor's favorite, suddenly died right under their noses.

Even if they didn't do it, they are still guilty.

Even if Fei Wan was punished by the Empress Dowager, she has not been formally convicted yet. Everything will have to wait until she returns to Beijing to see what the Emperor says.

So the two of them reached an agreement immediately.

Fei Wan’s death must have nothing to do with them.

"Let's keep it quiet for now... We'll talk about it when we get off the train back in Beijing."

"Yes, if she is found dead, we will say that we don't know what happened. As soon as she got in the car, she said she was very sleepy and wanted to sleep and didn't want us to disturb her."

"Ok!"

"It was dark in the car, so it's understandable that we didn't notice she was dead."

"Correct!"

After a few words, the two decided to let Fei Wan die in her sleep after being injured and frightened, so as to alleviate their guilt.

So they tried again and found that Fei Wan really was not breathing, so the two of them moved Fei Wan to the inside of the seat and made her curl up.

Then they tried to stay as far away from her as possible, sitting in the small space next to the seat with their knees hugged.

There was only a small candle light hanging in the car, making it dim and unclear.

The two palace maids were frightened by the dead body nearby.

I tried not to turn my head away and didn’t dare to look at Fei Wan’s face.

However, when they turned their heads, Fei Wan quietly opened her eyes and looked at the back of their heads.

Then suddenly attack.

With two knife blows, he knocked two people unconscious.

She stood up lightly and put the two of them down properly, as if they had fallen asleep with their knees hugged and their heads lowered.

Then he gently lifted the car curtain, opened the window panel a crack, and looked out.

After a while, at a bend in the mountain road, while the car had just turned and the car behind had not caught up, and the palace servants beside the car in front had not turned their heads, he quietly and quickly opened the car door and jumped out.

It only took a moment to close the car door to pretend nothing happened and to fall into the grass to hide his body.

Her body, which had been shaking with pain before, was now fine, and she was able to stretch freely, agile and quick.

Sneaking among the tall and short trees, following the convoy.

He found a precise gap and, taking advantage of the cover of night, slipped under the Queen Mother's carriage.

Because they were going into the mountains, the carriage that the Queen Mother took on this trip had a very high gap between the bottom of the carriage and the ground so that it could cope with the uneven mountain roads.

This made it easier for Fei Wan to hide.

She was like a gecko, her hands tightly grasping the crossbeam under the car, and her feet resting on a special rail in the front that was used to reinforce the wide body of the car.

If you look from the side during the day, you can see half of her shoe exposed.

But it was dark at night and the mountain road was difficult to travel on, so who could pay attention to this place?

Although the sound of the wheels was very loud, as long as it was blocked out, the silence around her allowed Fei Wan to roughly hear the conversation in the car.

"Are you sure that the imperial seals on the imperial edicts are real?" the Queen Mother's voice.

"Yes... I was standing next to the prince at the time and clearly saw the imperial edict in the Duke's hand."

This is the rider's voice.

Sure enough, Fei Wan thought to herself, this was just as she expected.

After the Queen Mother had put in the grand appearances, she secretly wanted to get the details from the rider.

Fei Wan hid under the car and listened quietly.

In less than a quarter of an hour, we knew what happened in the capital.

After the Empress Dowager left the palace, the Emperor attacked without warning and sent the Duke of Zhenguo to lead the Nanyuan Imperial Guards and the soldiers of the Five Cities Military Division to surround the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.

Holding the imperial edict, he broke into the mansion and blocked the unprepared Prince Rui inside.

The imperial edict stated that Prince Rui was plotting rebellion, secretly keeping the dragon robe, secretly forging weapons and banned powerful crossbows, and attempting to usurp the throne. He was immediately ordered to close down his mansion, confiscate his property, and imprison him for questioning.

Prince Rui refused to accept the offer and argued loudly, but the Duke of Zhenguo whipped him several times with the golden whip bestowed by the emperor.

He fell to the ground and vomited blood.

The imperial guards searched the palace and soon found the weapons and dragon robes hidden in the secret room of the study, providing irrefutable evidence.

King Rui was horrified and ordered his guards to resist and refuse to be arrested.

The two sides fought and suffered casualties on both sides.

Prince Rui rushed towards the Duke of Zhenguo with a sword in hand. After a few rounds, he knocked the Duke of Zhenguo to the ground, with the sword pointing directly at the Duke of Zhenguo's throat.

When the Duke of Zhenguo was in danger, the deputy general he brought with him came to the rescue and shot King Rui through the chest with an arrow.

After the Duke of Zhenguo stood up, he shouted for help from the prince and asked the imperial physician to come quickly.

But Prince Rui died before he could even finish his sentence.

The Duke of Zhenguo even cried while holding Prince Rui's body, saying that he had no intention of harming the prince and that he was guilty.

When the Queen Mother heard this, she couldn't help but yell angrily.

"You thief, you must be killed!"

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Duke of Zhenguo did it on purpose!

Although Prince Rui practiced martial arts regularly, he wasn't serious about it, merely following the ancestral precepts of his ancestors, which required all descendants to practice martial arts for fitness. Meanwhile, the Duke of Zhenguo had not slacked off on his family's martial arts, having even shot down many prey during this year's spring hunt, earning praise and generous rewards from the Emperor. How could he be defeated by Prince Rui in just two or three rounds?

It was obvious that he deliberately provoked King Rui and lured King Rui to attack him, confirming the charges of disobeying the imperial order and killing the imperial envoy who delivered the order, and then killed King Rui on the spot.

This……

This must be the emperor's instruction!

Therefore, when Fei Wan heard the word "thief", she didn't know whether the empress dowager was scolding the Duke of Zhenguo or the emperor.

In short, King Rui is gone!

"Where are the other people in the palace? Where are Prince Rui's children? How did you escape? How did you get those injuries? Was it done by the people chasing you?"

The Queen Mother peppered the rider with questions.

The rider replied in a weak, exhausted voice, explaining that he had escaped through a hole in the back garden wall during the chaotic battle between the palace guards and the imperial guards. He had encountered a general from the military division who had blocked his way out on the street and was nearly killed, but he had managed to escape only to be shot by an arrow after leaving the city.

"But I shook off all the pursuers, and I didn't go to Qingluo Temple at first. I went south to avoid being known as someone who came to report to the Queen Mother. I took a long detour, so I'm late. Please forgive me, Queen Mother..."

The Queen Mother laughed sinisterly.

"I want to forgive your sins. How can I not forgive you for being so loyal to the king?"

A muffled groan.

This was followed by heavy breathing.

Soon, there was no sound.

Fei Wanzheng had no idea what was happening in the car.

A moment later, Aunt Tohka's terrified whispers were heard, her voice trembling.

"Your Majesty, why did you kill him..."