After being exiled with her husband and children, she returned with great power to rule the world

The heavy snow covered the entire palace in silver.

Inside the magnificent hall, candlelight flickered. The powerful aura released by the emperor at that moment made Yuan Taishan, who was kneeling on the ground, breathe hard and almost tremble.

But in the blink of an eye, the emperor shifted his gaze, his expression regained some calmness, and turned to look at Eunuch Li who was standing beside him with his brows lowered and his face submissive.

Eunuch Li understood the hint and said in a shrill voice with his signature smile on his face, "Everyone, the Emperor and Lord Yuan have important matters to discuss. Please step aside for the time being."

After saying this, he drove out all the palace maids and servants in the palace, even the most capable palace maid beside the queen was not left behind.

After the only people left in the palace were the emperor and empress, the imperial physicians, Hua Fei's personal maid Xiaoli, and the chief eunuch Li.

Yuan Taishan took a trembling step forward, cleared his throat, and slowly explained Concubine Hua's pulse condition: "Your Majesty, I have carefully examined Concubine Hua's pulse. She is healthy and has no signs of a cold. The so-called cold is probably just a cover-up. Concubine Hua has been feigning illness and staying in the palace for years, but there is actually another hidden reason..."

At this point, Yuan Taishan swallowed subconsciously and cautiously glanced at the emperor, whose face was as gloomy as the night sky before a storm. He unconsciously lowered his voice a few degrees and said in a trembling voice: "It's because Concubine Hua wants to cover up the fact that she gave birth."

As soon as these words were spoken, it was like a huge rock thrown into a calm lake, causing thousands of waves.

Everyone gasped at first, and then the scene fell into deathly silence, so quiet that it seemed as if time had stopped and even the sound of a pin drop could be heard clearly.

Those imperial doctors who had already known about the situation lowered their heads, wishing they could find a crack in the ground to crawl into, secretly groaning in their hearts and blaming themselves for being caught up in this terrible vortex.

The emperor's pupils contracted sharply, the muscles on his face twitched slightly, his face turned terribly ashen, his hands unconsciously clenched into fists, veins bulged on the back of his hands, showing his extreme anger.

The queen beside him widened her eyes in surprise, her originally delicate red lips slightly parted in an expression of disbelief, and it was obvious that she had not yet recovered from this shocking news.

The person who had the strongest reaction at the scene was the head palace maid Xiaoli. Her already pale face was now even more bloodless, and her whole body was shaking like a sieve. If she had not leaned tightly against the pillar behind her, she would have collapsed to the ground.

Doctor He's legs went limp and he collapsed to the ground stiffly and numbly, his eyes empty and his face dead, as if he had foreseen the tragic fate of himself and his family.

Time seemed to freeze, and every second was extremely painful. It seemed like a century had passed before everyone heard the emperor's gritted teeth and said, "Doctor He, do you have anything else to say?"

The emperor looked at Doctor He with a look that seemed to be poisoned, and his heart was burning with anger. He thought that these people were so bold that they dared to do such a big thing under his nose to deceive the emperor.

That shameless woman, Concubine Hua, actually cheated on him. Neither the He family nor Master Ji can escape, and all of them will have to pay a heavy price for this!

Doctor He, who was called by the emperor, smiled wryly, slowly and with difficulty got up from the ground, knelt respectfully, and kowtowed heavily to the emperor, his forehead touching the ground with a dull sound. Then he began to apologize: "Your Majesty, I deserve death. I have betrayed your majesty's trust and the people's safety and the country. Everything I did was out of helplessness. My family was threatened, and I had no choice. I hope Your Majesty will spare my family for the sake of the He family's generations of loyalty."

As Doctor He spoke, he kowtowed repeatedly, and his forehead soon became red and swollen.

"Hmph, spare them? How dare you deceive me? Who do you think I am? Since you dare to do it, you should be prepared for your entire family to be implicated!" The emperor shouted angrily, his voice echoing in the empty hall, making everyone's eardrums hurt.

"Your Majesty, all this is the fault of this humble servant. Please have mercy on me and spare the He family, young and old. They are all innocent! Your Majesty!" Doctor He still did not give up and begged bitterly, tears streaming down his face.

"Shut up! Drag him away and have him torn apart by five horses! I want everyone to know the consequences of deceiving the emperor!"

The emperor's eyes were wide open, and he interrupted Doctor He's pleading for mercy with a roar. He coldly spat out the four words "five horses torn apart". These four words seemed to carry endless chill, and sentenced Doctor He's fate.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Doctor He was dragged out by several ferocious guards, wailing loudly all the way. His tearful cries for mercy echoed outside the palace for a long time, making people feel creepy.

Everyone was silent, no one dared to speak out in support of him, for fear of getting into trouble.

The emperor hated the He family to the core, and hated Concubine Hua who had brought shame and humiliation to him even more.

He completely ignored the fact that Concubine Hua was unconscious on the couch and shouted, "Drag that bitch out to me and throw her onto the cold ground!"

Several guards immediately stepped forward, dragged Hua Fei out of the inner room, and threw her directly onto the cold ground of the hall. Hua Fei's hair was scattered on the ground in a mess, and she looked extremely embarrassed.

"Taifu Xuan Ji, come to the palace immediately!" The emperor, still angry, ordered loudly.

At this time, Master Ji, who was in the Ji Mansion, was flipping through the books calmly on the surface, but he was extremely nervous inside.

Ever since he received the news sent by Imperial Physician He, he has been on pins and needles. He hurried into the palace and, relying on his power in the court, secretly transferred some of the imperial physicians who might know the inside story. However, he was still very nervous and uneasy.

Today's events were too strange. Concubine Hua, who had lived in seclusion for many years and never stepped out of the palace, actually went out to enjoy the snow on a snowy day, and happened to faint in front of the emperor and empress. So many coincidences made Master Ji suspicious, and he always felt that an invisible net was closing in on him.

Just as Master Ji was lost in thought, the sharp and somewhat lazy voice of Eunuch Li, the chief eunuch of the imperial palace, came from outside the door: "Is Master Ji in there?"

"Yes." The servant outside the door responded respectfully.

With a creak, the door slowly opened, and a gust of wind and snow rushed in, carrying the figure of Eunuch Li.

Eunuch Li spotted Master Ji sitting in the room. He narrowed his eyes slightly, a faint smile on his face, and bowed to Master Ji. His respect was accompanied by a subtle nonchalance. "Master Ji, the Emperor invites you."

Upon hearing this, Master Ji's right eye twitched suddenly, and an ominous premonition arose in his heart.

He feigned composure, stood up, and asked casually, "Eunuch Li, I wonder why the Emperor summoned me? It's snowing so heavily, and you're still bothering me to come in person."

Eunuch Li just smiled and said nothing, his eyes flickering, without revealing any information, he just made a gesture of invitation: "Master Ji, you will know when you go there, the emperor is still waiting!"

Ji Taifu had no choice but to tidy up his clothes and follow Eunuch Li, stepping into the palace shrouded in wind and snow, heading towards an unknown fate.