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

"stop!"

Queen Yan quickly forced herself to get up, not caring about the foot she twisted when she fell, and wanted to rush over to stop them.

The Duke of Zhenguo shouted in a low voice: "Don't move! And don't even think about calling for help!"

"If you hurt Imperial Concubine Zhao, your property will be confiscated tomorrow!" Queen Yan threatened.

The Duke of Zhenguo's face was full of ferocity: "Then don't even think about getting away with it."

Fei Wan, who was pointed at by the knife, suddenly smiled.

"Just now, Duke Zhenguo, you wanted to kill the Queen and put the blame on me, right? Unfortunately, your attack missed, and now it's too late to kill the Queen. But if you kill me, putting the blame on the Queen will not benefit you, so you are hesitating."

The Duke of Zhenguo thrust his knife forward and said, "You should have died long ago. If it weren't for you, how could the Queen and the Duke of Zhenguo become estranged?"

"So, kill me? Please do it."

Fei Wan looked at the other person calmly, with an expression that said, "You wouldn't dare to do that!" It was as if the person being pointed at by the knife wasn't her.

The Duke of Zhenguo had a ferocious expression on his face: "Don't be complacent. Since this Duke dares to take action, then..."

A cold light flashed.

Before he could finish his words, his arm felt cold.

The next moment, overwhelming pain hit him, causing his vision to go black and he fell to the ground.

The Duke of Zhenguo fell to the ground and saw that his hand holding the knife had also fallen to the ground, but it had been separated from his body.

He didn't understand. Fei Wan had clearly been forced into a corner and was unarmed.

Why could he suddenly cut off his wrist with a knife?

But he didn't have time to think about it.

The blood loss and pain caused him to faint despite being already injured and weak.

Before nightfall, Fei cut his clothes with a knife, tore off strips of cloth to stop the bleeding and bandaged him. It was done in the blink of an eye.

Queen Yan stood aside, watching in shock.

"Sister Wan..."

"I'm sorry, sis. I hurt him."

Fei Wan's eyes when she looked at Yan Hou were full of apology, and it was not fake.

No matter what the Duke of Zhenguo did, he was still Empress Yan's biological father. And Empress Yan was not a completely heartless person.

Queen Yan gritted her teeth and said, "I don't blame you. He wanted to kill me and you!"

As he spoke, his eyes turned red.

"Sister." Fei Wan stepped forward and held Queen Yan's hand, applying a little force.

Queen Yan took a deep breath, adjusted her mood, and her tears soon disappeared.

She walked quickly to the back of the room, opened the back window, and came back to mess up the layout of the room, overturning the tables, chairs and benches.

"Someone, come quickly! There's an assassin!!"

Queen Yan shouted outside.

Soon, the accompanying guards rushed in.

Fei Wan had already wiped the blood off the knife and discarded it. At the same time, she wiped the blood off the blade in Zhenguogong's hand and squatted beside him, pretending to bandage the wound.

So as to avoid people noticing that the Duke of Zhenguo has been unconscious for a while.

Queen Yan was with her and told the guards that an assassin rushed in and was driven away by the Duke of Zhenguo, but the Duke of Zhenguo lost one hand in order to save the two of them.

The guards followed the instructions and rushed out of the back window to give chase.

The palace maids swarmed in to serve the two men, and took the Zhenguo An'an to the nearest bedroom, calling the court physician and the accompanying imperial physician to treat his injuries.

This visit to relatives ended in blood.

Not long after, the emperor sent the imperial guards to surround the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion for protection.

The "assassin" had not been caught yet, and the Duke of Zhenguo woke up from his coma.

The room was filled with the smell of medicine and blood. He regained consciousness and saw his severed wrist wrapped in layers of gauze. He then looked at the man sitting beside the bed with a look of shock and anger.

There was no one else in the room except the father and daughter.

Queen Yan told her father about the fabricated assassin.

"Since you are retreating to advance, then please step down. Even if your hand is injured, His Majesty will feel sorry for you if you lead the troops again."

The Duke of Zhenguo stared at Queen Yan for a moment, then suddenly smiled deeply.

"The Queen doesn't dare to kill me. For your own sake, you must help me hide everything."

There was pride and malice in his smile.

Queen Yan remained unmoved and unenraged.

He simply said, "You're right. By saving you for now, I'm saving myself. But in the future, whether the Duke dies of old age or dies young will depend on whether he takes good care of himself."

"I'd rather not have a daughter like you."

"Why would I ever want to have a father like you?"

"You blindly trust the Yu family. Sooner or later, you will be destroyed by her. She is no simple person! She will definitely fight with you for everything in the future!"

"We'll talk about the future when I get everything I want."

Queen Yan stood up.

The golden-red robe embroidered with colorful phoenixes sparkled brightly in the warm yellow light of the afternoon.

"Seeing that the Duke has regained consciousness and is safe and sound, I am relieved. Is there anything else you would like to say, Duke?"

The Duke of Zhenguo sneered in response.

Queen Yan walked out of the room.

The summer bead curtains crackled and swayed gently, and the clear beads reflected icy light, adding a bit of chill to the room as the heat gradually rose.

The Duke of Zhenguo waved his hand and swept the flower vase on the bedside table to the ground.

Queen Yan, who had just walked out of the outer door, heard the noise, curled her lips slightly, and gave instructions to the maid and the palace doctor who were waiting in the corridor.

"Go in and serve the Duke. He's been severely injured repeatedly and has a bad temper."

Fei Wan was waiting under the shade of a tree not far away.

She was wearing a green dress and her figure was like a bamboo.

Queen Yan walked towards her quickly.

"Go back to the palace."

"Ah."

The two of them left the Duke's Mansion hand in hand and got into the same car.

Gu Shu'er had already been escorted back by the guards in advance.

Princess Qinghe restrained the few servants in the Duke's Mansion who knew about the situation, and there was no rumor that Gu Shu'er was still pregnant.

The maid Zi Yan and the old woman who did it were also secretly dealt with by the princess.

The next day, Princess Qinghe fulfilled her promise and went to a nunnery that was regularly dedicated to the Duke's Mansion to practice asceticism. The Duke of Zhenguo stayed at the mansion to recuperate, refusing all visitors.

People outside didn't know what happened in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, and not many people knew about Queen Yan's low-key visit to her relatives. Everything was calm.

The unfounded assassin who was not hunted down was actually of some use, and was used by the emperor to put pressure on the prime minister.

"This matter has been kept secret because I feel Daliang simply cannot afford to lose face. These foreign assassins are too rampant. Not content with attacking in the suburbs, they've even gone so far as to assassinate the Duke within the capital. You've been so insistent on suspending the military action. You are responsible for regaining this lost dignity!"

The Prime Minister led several cabinet ministers and lay on the cold floor tiles of Chenqian Palace, bowing their heads and expressing that they would fully support Lu Guinian's mission and help him seek justice for Daliang.

"If I disgrace your order, I will resign and return home with Minister Lu, and never serve in the court again!"

Lu Guinian said coldly, "Your Excellency, please resign. Even if I fail to accomplish my mission, I will not abandon my responsibilities. I will work even harder to serve Your Majesty."

Lu Guinian's mission is scheduled to take place ten days later.

At the same time, the Daliang army's grand competition was in full swing at the border and in the capital.

The new army led by Concubine Hui made rapid progress in the competition, leading by a wide margin in every contest and leaving some veteran generals in disgrace. Among them, many were generals from the lineage of the Duke of Zhenguo.

The emperor was very pleased. Just a few days after the competition started, he rewarded Concubine Hui and her troops many times.

Queen Yan asked Fei Wan privately.

"Based on your understanding of His Majesty, when you accompanied him recently, do you think he has deep doubts about the Duke of Zhenguo?"

If the emperor has already deeply suspected the Duke of Zhenguo but does not show it on his face, that would be alarming.

Queen Yan didn't want to be implicated by her father's ambition.

Fei Wan pondered for a moment, then replied thoughtfully, "In my opinion, Your Majesty has deep doubts."

Empress Yan frowned, "So, what about you and me? Does he have any doubts?"