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

Yu Zhong, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, had just finished his morning court session and was walking out of the palace while chatting with several colleagues.

There have been some minor setbacks in the Northwest War recently. He is very busy with his official duties and plans to go to the Ministry of War as soon as possible to discuss how to deal with the matter.

When a young eunuch in the imperial court caught up with him and said that the emperor had summoned him for something, he was a little confused.

"Your Majesty is looking for Lord Zhao and others to discuss the flooding in the south of the Yangtze River. Can I go too?"

The young eunuch bowed and said, "I don't know about that. My Lord, please wait outside the Imperial Study."

After saying that, she didn't even wait for him and ran away.

Yu Zhong had no choice but to wait outside the imperial study.

Lord Zhao and his companions went in for a long time and did not come out.

The sun gradually rose higher.

The summer sun was so strong that Yu Zhong soon broke out in a sweat, and even his court clothes were soaked.

But no one in the imperial court asked him to wait in the adjacent duty room or stand in the shade of the corridor. In the past, because he was the father of the favorite concubine, the imperial eunuchs treated him well.

Yu Zhong was secretly depressed.

Yu Tingjin was resentful for not living up to his expectations and was demoted three levels for no reason.

After the news came out, his colleagues had been looking at him with meaningful eyes in the past two days. Now, even his treatment in the palace had been reduced!

Because the incident had just happened, he didn't dare to do anything when the emperor was angry. He just submitted a letter of apology yesterday, saying that he had not taught his daughter well.

I'll just help Yu Tingjin get back on track after the storm has passed.

He was honest and waited patiently.

It took more than an hour before Lord Zhao and his entourage finally left the imperial study.

After greeting each other, Yu Zhong thought he would be called immediately.

But the wait continues.

He stood at the foot of the white jade steps, almost fainting from the scorching sun.

Later, he saw a group of eunuchs from the kitchen carrying food to the palace. As they passed by, he hurriedly and quietly asked the leader, "Could you please ask Eunuch Cao when His Majesty will summon us?"

The eunuch glanced at him and said, "Your Majesty is busy with state affairs. Breakfast has only just been served. Please wait!"

After saying this, he hurried into the hall.

Yu Zhong had no choice but to continue waiting.

As a result, after the meal was over and the eunuchs left with the food boxes, he still hadn't been summoned.

Yu Zhong became more and more unsure.

He felt that this time, he was probably implicated by Yu Tingjin and was in big trouble.

"Your Majesty, please slow down."

Suddenly there was a movement at the palace door. Yu Zhong looked up and saw Cao Bin opening the curtain. The emperor came out from inside. He quickly wiped the sweat off his forehead and ran forward to see him.

"Your Highness, I, Yu Zhong from the Ministry of War, greet you!"

The emperor's attitude was cold: "Is it you?"

Yu Zhong was startled.

He lowered his head and answered carefully, "...I have been summoned and have been waiting. I wonder what your majesty wants me to do?"

Xiao Yu stood on the steps, his bright yellow dragon robe gleaming brightly in the sunlight, making people dare not look directly at him.

He stared at Yu Zhong for a long while.

After a long while, he slowly said, "It's nothing important, you can go back."

"...?"

Yu Zhong was confused.

After a moment of hesitation, he thought it was probably due to something in the palace, so he immediately kowtowed and apologized.

"I was too busy with official duties and failed to properly discipline my daughter, which led to Consort Chun's inappropriate behavior in the palace. I am guilty, and I ask Your Majesty to punish me!"

He kowtowed several times, his eyes red as he spoke, "I only ask Your Majesty to consider Chun Zhaoyi's youth and inexperience, and forgive her a little, and give her a chance to mend her ways! In every letter she sent home, Zhaoyi always taught me to be loyal to the emperor and patriotic. Empress Zhaoyi is wholeheartedly devoted to Your Majesty. Even if she was confused for a moment, please consider her dedicated service in the palace for over a year and forgive her this time..."

The emperor chuckled: "A family letter of instruction?"

"She is good at teaching people, very much like your Yu family."

Yu Zhong found this strange and didn't dare to respond casually.

His face was full of confusion.

Seeing the emperor's unhappy expression, Cao Bin quickly stepped forward to explain:

"Sir Yu, your family sent a letter to the palace before the morning court session, seemingly complaining about your majesty's handling of Chun Zhaoyi's framing of the imperial concubines. Furthermore, you sternly instructed Consort Zhao to kowtow and apologize to Chun Zhaoyi. You must be aware of this, right?"

Yu Zhong's body trembled.

what? !

"Your Majesty! I was completely unaware of this matter. I will return and investigate carefully to find out who sent this letter to the palace! Your Majesty, I have no complaints about Chun Zhaoyi's punishment for her mistakes, nor do I dare to be disrespectful to Zhao Xiaozhu. I am terrified!"

The emperor said indifferently, "Looking at you, it seems that you really don't know. Go back."

"His Majesty……"

Yu Zhong felt that the emperor didn't seem to trust him at all and wanted to explain himself.

But the emperor had already turned around and stopped looking at him. He took his men and went straight to the back.

It was a hot day and Yu Zhongsheng broke out in a cold sweat.

Shivered.

After leaving the palace, he didn't even go to the Ministry of War. He sent his servant to ask for leave from the yamen and hurried back home.

"Master, I delivered the letter."

When Mrs. Yu saw her husband coming home early, she angrily asked who had sent the letter to the palace as soon as he entered the door, and she quickly admitted it.

"Yesterday, Jin'er secretly sent a message from the palace, saying that she was beaten by that girl, and no one in the palace stood up for her. She was so heartbroken that she didn't want to live anymore. So I quickly wrote a letter to comfort her and make her think more positively..."

Yu Zhong's face turned pale: "Such a big thing, why didn't you tell me!"

Madam Yu complained, "Why are you so angry... In the past, when I corresponded with the palace, you didn't always ask about it. You've been busy lately. When Jin'er came back with the news last night, it was already dark. I wanted to discuss it with you, but you went to Concubine Chen after leaving the yamen, so I didn't have the chance."

Snapped!

Yu Zhong slapped his wife in the face.

What time has it come, and she's still secretly accusing him of favoring his concubine and being jealous!

Madam Yu was stunned.

Covering his face, he couldn't believe it: "You...you actually hit me?!"

This was the first time she was beaten in their more than 20 years of marriage.

He was completely embarrassed in front of his servants.

Yu Zhong was furious: "If you dare to write those nonsense letters again, I will not only beat you, but also divorce you! Lest you bring disaster to the Yu family!"

"What?" Madam Yu burst into tears.

Upon hearing the news, everyone in the Yu family rushed over.

The room was in chaos.

Yu Zhong slammed the table and cursed, "His Majesty determined the Concubine Zhaoyi's crime and punished her. How dare you, a woman like you, have such a problem? You even dared to ask Concubine Zhaoyi to kowtow and apologize. Are you crazy? Concubine Zhaoyi is already a concubine, the master of the palace. Who would allow you to offend her?"

The second son of the Yu family, Yu Yongnan, took the initiative to step forward.

"Father, that was a servant who was not worthy of being on the stage. I don't know what means she used to deceive His Majesty. How can she be called a master? Sister Jin'er is the real master. Why don't you help her clear her grievances and still lift up a lowly servant? I wrote that letter and asked her to kowtow to Jin'er. Is there anything wrong with that? I felt she was not a good person when I was at home..."

"What Jin'er? That's Empress Zhaoyi!"

Yu Zhongyi hit his second son on the head with a teacup.

Blood immediately appeared.

Madam Yu screamed and stepped forward, but was pushed away by Yu Zhong.

Yu Zhong ordered his men to tie up his second son and bring him directly into the palace.

Kneeling in front of Chen Qian Hall, father and son apologized together.

However, the emperor was not in Chenqian Palace.

He is in Feiwan's room.

"Your Majesty, I heard that you didn't even have a good breakfast today. State affairs are so busy, and I still caused you to worry... I really deserve to die!"

Fei Wan leaned softly in the emperor's arms, choking and blaming herself.