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

"Although you are fine, this is too risky. This is not the way to take advantage of someone's trick." Fei Wan blamed Gu Shuer with heartache.

She quarreled with Gu Shuer in public and took people away. In fact, she had secretly arranged people to follow Gu Shuer and provide support whenever she needed it.

But Gu Shuer signaled to the people in the dark, telling them not to act rashly.

Chose the most risky approach.

Take risks.

She jumped into the water while pregnant.

Fortunately, judging from the pulse, the mother and child were safe and sound, otherwise Fei Wan really wanted to beat her up on the spot.

"Good sister, I won't dare to do it again next time, don't be upset." Gu Shu'er smiled, "I was almost suffocated. Being in the palace was like being in prison. I couldn't do this or that when I was pregnant. I had to avoid people to pretend I wasn't pregnant. I couldn't even go out and about. I finally had something interesting happen, and I couldn't help myself. I won't do it again in the future, I promise."

"You will be pregnant later and your body will be heavier. If you continue like this, you will lose your life. You can handle it yourself!" Fei Wan said in a stern tone.

Gu Shuer shrank her neck and pulled Fei Wan to hurry on.

"Hurry up and take a look! It's too late. The Queen will have finished interrogating the man, and my whole journey would have been in vain!"

While she was changing her clothes, the unconscious maid Zi Yan had already been taken away and sent to Empress Yan. The old woman who pushed her from behind had also been caught and taken away.

When the two men arrived at Queen Yan's residence, the room that was originally served by many people was now only home to Queen Yan, the Duke of Zhenguo and his wife, and the palace maids who were close to Queen Yan.

Zi Yan and the old woman knelt on the ground.

Under Linglong's intimidation, the old woman confessed on the spot that Zi Yan asked her to push Gu Shuer.

The Duke of Zhenguo's face turned pale and he shouted that the two had committed a capital crime and ordered someone to take them away for punishment immediately.

Empress Yan smiled, "No hurry, Your Majesty, please listen to what this maid has to say. I remember that when Shu'er was home, I treated her well, and even treated her like a sister without any formalities. How could she have resorted to treachery against her old master whom she had reunited with after such a long absence? What's the reason behind this? Your Majesty, don't you want to hear it?"

Zi Yan had just been woken up by someone splashing her with cold water. She was kneeling on the ground with a pale face, and had not yet come to her senses.

Suddenly seeing Gu Shuer walking in from outside the door, his body shook violently, and he hid behind the chair of the Duke of Zhenguo at an incredible speed.

"It's not me. Don't come looking for me. Every wrong has its perpetrator. I'm just following orders, Miss Shu! How dare I disobey the Duke? I'm afraid of death. Please don't come looking for me..."

boom!

The Duke of Zhenguo stood up, kicked over the chair, and pressed Zi Yan underneath.

It also interrupted Zi Yan's words.

However, the words Zi Yan shouted were enough to make everyone present change color.

Gu Shuer herself didn't expect that she had just walked in and hadn't said anything, but she had scared Zi Yan like this.

I realized later that Zi Yan was indeed very timid. She basically never went out after dark and was most afraid of ghosts and gods.

Who would have thought that she would be so scared in broad daylight!

He has done something wrong and is extremely timid.

"My Lord, has this maid gone mad? She actually said you ordered her to murder the concubines in the palace." Empress Yan spoke slowly from the upper seat, her smile sarcastically saying, "I had no idea what kind of life-and-death feud between you and Concubine Ling was that would warrant you taking the risk of getting rid of her while I was home visiting my family."

The Duke of Zhenguo quickly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please understand! This servant is just talking nonsense. She's either crazy or she's been instructed by someone to have other intentions. I will send someone to take her away for interrogation and will give Your Majesty an explanation!"

Gu Shuer took two steps forward to stop him.

"My Lord, you are suspected of murder and are a suspect, yet you are interrogating another suspect yourself. Don't you think it's against the rules? Besides, what's the point of interrogating this matter? Regardless of your purpose, you murdered a concubine, which is enough to cost you your life. If you can't give a reasonable explanation today, let's go back to the palace and ask His Majesty to send someone to investigate you."

The Duke of Zhenguo naturally refuted.

The two men got into an argument.

Zi Yan, who was hit by the chair, got up and huddled in the corner, shivering. She stared at Gu Shuer in fear and confusion, as if she was not sure whether she was a human or a ghost.

Princess Qinghe called someone in and personally took Zi Yan away for interrogation.

Queen Yan did not stop her mother, but just sat quietly and waited.

My mother has her own way of interrogating servants and will soon find out what happened.

Sure enough, after a while, Princess Qinghe came back.

His sharp eyes swept over the Duke of Zhenguo and he never looked at him again.

He just walked to Queen Yan and bowed to her.

"I, your humble servant, failed to manage the household properly. The servants in the inner chambers injured the Concubine Ling. I am guilty. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

Queen Yan's eyes turned cold.

"Have you thoroughly interrogated that cunning slave? Why did he hurt Lingpin?"

Princess Qinghe lowered her head and said, "She wanted to go to the palace with Concubine Ling to enjoy the good life, but Concubine Ling kept her in the mansion. She held a grudge against her, so she killed her."

"Oh, is that so? You are such a wicked servant! My Lady, how do you think I should punish you for your crime of 'failure to manage the household properly'?"

"As long as Her Majesty the Queen decides, I have no complaints."

Queen Yan smiled and remained silent.

His eyes fell heavily on his mother.

After a long pause, he said, "There's no need to talk about whether to deal with Lingpin or not between me and the princess. However, Lingpin almost got into trouble, and the princess used to love her very much. How about going to the temple to practice meditation for a while, copying a few more Buddhist scriptures, and praying for Lingpin? Okay?"

Princess Qinghe agreed without hesitation: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your generosity. I will concentrate on copying scriptures and pray for Your Majesty Lingpin day and night."

Empress Yan looked at the Duke of Zhenguo and asked, "Do you think this matter needs to be reported to His Majesty?"

Before the Duke of Zhenguo could speak, Princess Qinghe said, "This is all my fault. Please, Queen, show me some respect and don't make this public for the time being..."

She lifted her skirt and knelt down in front of Queen Yan.

The smile on Queen Yan's lips had turned extremely cold.

The mother took all the blame on herself.

Is he taking the blame for the Duke of Zhenguo?

No, the affection between them as husband and wife had long been worn out by the successive concubines of the Duke of Zhenguo.

The mother was just taking care of her other children and didn't want anything to happen at home that would affect them.

The mother sacrificed herself, sacrificed the mother-daughter relationship, and also sacrificed her daughter in the deep palace!

"The county lord."

Queen Yan didn't want to call her mother, so she just addressed her by her title.

"I understand your painstaking efforts. If it were me, I would probably make the same choice as you. But, you did hurt my heart."

Princess Qinghe raised her eyes and met Queen Yan's complicated gaze. In the end, she said nothing, lowered her eyes, and bowed her head.

Queen Yan ordered someone to help Princess Qinghe up and send her out.

He waved his hand to dismiss all the palace servants.

Then he faced the Duke of Zhenguo.

"My Lord, I have always been puzzled. Why would you, displeased with me, murder Shu'er? Wouldn't it be more advantageous for you to protect Shu'er and give birth safely, support her and the child to ascend to the throne, and then completely abandon me? Why would you want to kill Shu'er and the child first?"

Queen Yan stood up and walked in front of the Duke of Zhenguo.

Sneered.

"Not long ago, I suddenly understood your intention."

The Duke of Zhenguo took a half step back and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, I don't understand a word you are saying."