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

She was originally in tears and looked pitiful.

After walking a few steps and kneeling down, she was already in tears, and it was easier for her to cry than to drool.

Lying on the ground, looking up at the emperor, she cried breathlessly.

"Your Majesty, can you really bear to see Shuang'er treated like this and sent to the Palace Administration Office? Shuang'er never wants to go there again. She's only been in your grace for a short time and has already been there twice! Your Majesty, Shuang'er is simply stubborn and doesn't know how to adapt. She can't flatter anyone. Is there really... really no place for Shuang'er in this palace? The Empress has arbitrarily treated Shuang'er without your consent, and she did it right in front of you. Do you believe she really wants Shuang'er to die?!"

"He, you are simply confusing right and wrong!"

Queen Yan shouted angrily, turned around, lifted her skirt, and knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty," she said solemnly, "I have shared your love for many years. Now that I have been honored by you and have ascended to the throne, I dare not forget your kindness and your expectations of me for a moment. I only want to take good care of your harem, so that the sisters in the palace live in harmony and everyone lives in peace, and that you have no worries."

But ever since He started causing trouble on the day I was canonized, she has been causing trouble every now and then. Even the most indifferent Concubine Heqing and the most gentle and kind Concubine Zhao had to punish her as a warning to others. This shows how excessive she was!

She's indeed a broken family, destitute and helpless, but her family's ruin wasn't caused by the sisters in the palace; it was the He family's own treason, the catastrophe. If it weren't for Your Majesty's divine intervention, all the concubines in the palace, including me, would have been reduced to dust by now. So, if the sisters are angry and harbor some resentment towards her, isn't that normal? Besides, we don't! We, the victims, don't provoke her, but she constantly uses her own life experience to accuse us of bullying. What? Is she weak and therefore right? Because her family committed evil, she can do whatever she wants to the entire palace, accusing and making wild assumptions?

Your Majesty, I don't know what this means! I don't know what she is thinking!

Now she even dares to interfere with the safety of the eldest princess. Your Majesty, she is just a concubine. If she continues like this, even if she is promoted a few levels in the future, she will dare to do something treasonous. I dare not even think about it!

Your Majesty, I have always respected you. Since you have canonized her, you must have seen her merits. I will naturally lead the sisters in the palace to get along well with her.

But now, I am not prepared to do so. She said I would kill her, so I will show her. I, Yan, beg Your Majesty to deprive He of her position as a concubine of Shuangying, demote her to a commoner, and return her to the Xinzheku laundry bureau to continue her slavery, toiling daily until death comes!

Please grant me your permission, Your Majesty!"

The fact that Empress Yan has been gentle and tactful with the Emperor recently does not mean that she has thrown away her past arrogance.

He Shuangying dared to target her in public and search her maid's purse, which was no different from searching her body. Now she is complaining to the emperor and slandering her.

If she doesn't deal with this guy, how can she maintain her dignity as a queen in the future? She might as well just give up the throne!

Like many people in the palace, she had no idea how much the emperor loved He Shuangying.

But she had to take a gamble.

Let's see whether the emperor is more willing to give respect to He Shuangying or to her, the queen who came from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion!

"Queen, you..."

Sitting on the throne, the emperor frowned.

All the concubines in the hall had not yet walked out of the palace gate. They were so scared that they stayed where they were, not daring to speak or move, for fear of getting into trouble.

The eldest princess in Ming Guipin's arms felt the unusual atmosphere, hugged her mother tightly, and snuggled up to Ming Guipin's neck, not daring to look up.

The room was crowded with people, but for a moment, it was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

There was only the sound of He Shuangying sobbing. She felt heartbroken and others felt annoyed.

The emperor was silent for a while and then let out a long breath.

"Queen, do you really want to do this?"

"Your Majesty, I beg you to depose Madam He!"

Queen Yan persisted to the end and kowtowed to the ground.

He Shuangying covered her face and wept, "The Queen is really going to torture me to death before she'll stop..."

Fei Wan flicked her sleeves and walked to Queen Yan's side.

Accompanying Queen Yan, he also knelt down.

"Your Majesty, I beg you to depose He Shi."

"You?" The emperor frowned again.

Fei Wan didn't explain anything, but just kowtowed to the ground.

Seeing this, Yu Sujin also knelt behind Fei Wan.

"Your Majesty, I beg you to depose He Shi."

Defei hesitated for a moment, weighing the pros and cons between worrying that the emperor would suspect them of forming a clique and getting rid of He Shuangying first. In the end, she knelt down and chose to deal with He Shuangying first.

The palace, which had finally stabilized, could not tolerate any bad apples stirring up the whole pot.

"Your Majesty, I have been deceived by the He family with ulterior motives. I beg you to depose her!"

Seeing this, half of the concubines loyal to Empress Yan followed suit and knelt. The other half who did not kneel were either deliberately lying low, or they knew that their number was sufficient and decided not to add fuel to the fire and anger the emperor.

Some concubines who were close to Fei Wan also knelt.

Even those who hated He Shuangying knelt down.

Soon, more than half of the concubines in the hall knelt down and requested that He Shuangying be deposed.

He Shuangying crawled forward on her knees, walked around the table, and came to the emperor's feet.

She grabbed the corner of the emperor's robe and cried.

"Your Majesty, look, Shuang'er is not suspicious at all! Everyone in the palace really wants Shuang'er to die immediately. They really can't stand you being so nice to her... Your Majesty, what kind of women have you been around these years..."

The emperor lowered his eyes to look at her, then glanced at everyone in the hall.

He looked at Zhishu who was still standing.

"Ying Fei, you won't kneel?"

Zhishu asked in return, "Why should I kneel?"

Her plain face was like the moonlight outside the palace, bright and cold.

Glancing at He Shuangying with disdain, she said, "If Your Majesty cares about He, you naturally won't punish her. Even if everyone in the palace breaks their legs from kneeling, He will be safe and sound. This matter is just a matter of seeing who is more important in your heart. I will stand here and watch to see whether you value us more or He, this truly vicious and hypocritical vixen."

Zhishu looked at the emperor with clear eyes.

She said angrily, "I want to know why I am inferior to her. If you like to listen to opera, I will go and learn it tomorrow."

Her anger and jealousy made the emperor feel more comfortable than the people kneeling in the hall.

The emperor hated being forced the most.

Even if he wanted to do this, he would back down if someone forced him to do so.

This is the case in the court.

But Zhishu's jealousy and anger are different.

You will be jealous only if you care about him and are dissatisfied with him favoring others.

"Ah."

The emperor sneered and said to Zhishu, "You don't have to learn opera. I will deal with her now."

He was then announced to have his position abolished and was ordered to return to Guanlan Court to reflect on his mistakes.

"Reflect on yourself for a month. If I don't allow you, you are not allowed to come out!"