Bring a scumbag girl to bully me, and you are afraid of using modern weapons.

"Bitch, so it was you who did it!?" Emperor Kunming was furious. He suddenly stood up from his seat, rushed down the stairs and kicked the palace maid hard.

"Ah..." The palace maid was kicked and rolled a few feet away, spitting out another mouthful of blood.

He Changsong rushed over and removed the woman's jaw to prevent her from biting her tongue to commit suicide.

"So it's someone from Fengyi Palace. Your Majesty, could you please explain this matter to me?" Xie Jinglan looked at Empress Changsun with a cold smile, her eyes flashing with chill.

"Changsun Man, you'd better give me a reasonable explanation, otherwise I will depose you!" Emperor Kunming pointed at Empress Changsun, his whole body shaking with anger.

This was the woman he once loved most. He had thought she was gentle, considerate, kind and sensible. That was why he had gone against all odds and even disobeyed the Queen Mother to make her his empress. But he had never expected that she was such a vicious woman who secretly raised poisonous insects and wanted to harm the Queen Mother!

It was in vain that he trusted her so much, gave her the utmost love, and handed over the entire harem to her to manage, but she turned out to be such a vicious person.

"Your Majesty, you have wronged me. I know nothing! The Queen Mother has been very kind to me. There is no reason for you to harm her!" Empress Zhangsun knelt down and pointed at the palace maid.

"Your Majesty, I am in the deep palace, how could I have such a disgusting thing as a poisonous insect? This little bitch must have been instructed by someone, and it has nothing to do with me! Your Majesty, please investigate."

"Your Majesty, I know what kind of person our mother is. She would never do such a thing as raising poisonous insects." Beitang Hong also pleaded for his mother. "Your Majesty, please investigate thoroughly and interrogate this palace maid to find out where the poisonous insects came from."

"Bitch!" Empress Changsun suddenly pounced on the palace maid and slapped her hard.

"Snapped……"

"I've spent so many years training you, but you took advantage of my trust, secretly raised poisonous insects, and even tried to murder the Queen Mother. Damn it!"

"Hahaha..." The palace maid laughed out loud, tears streaming from her eyes. "Since you've discovered me, you can kill me or chop me up as you please!"

"Very good!" Emperor Kunming walked back up the stairs angrily and ordered:

"Someone, bring that bitch over here and ask her who ordered her to do this. If she refuses to confess, arrest her entire family and exterminate them."

Hearing Emperor Kunming's suggestive words, Empress Changsun's face turned even paler and she secretly gave the palace maid a look.

"Yes!" A royal guard left with a group of people, and two more royal guards came over, dragged the palace maid in front of the emperor and left her there.

"He Changsong, cripple her first." Beitang Yuan's voice was cold.

"Yes!" He Changsong drew out his sword, swung it a few times, cut the tendons of the palace maid's hands and feet, checked whether there were any poison sacs hidden in her teeth, and then pulled her jaw back.

"Ahhhh..." The palace maid wailed in agony, curling up into a ball in pain.

Xie Jinglan half-knelt in front of her and asked, "Tell me! Who ordered you to plant the poisonous insect?"

"No one..." The maid propped herself up on her elbows, glaring at her with hatred, "It's me who hates you... You all act so high and mighty... while I live... even worse than an ant... I just want you to die..."

Before he could finish his words, Xie Jinglan's dagger nailed his palm to the ground, leaving only the handle exposed, and blood spurted out.

"Since you've chosen to be a scapegoat, then you can slowly savor the process of dying!"

The maid's face was twisted in pain, but she still insisted, "Everything... was done by me. I will not only kill you, but also kill that old hag, the Queen Mother, and that bastard Emperor..."

"Someone come! Drag her away and torture her to death. Don't let her die too soon. This prince wants to see how hard her bones are." Beitang Yuan ordered.

"Yes!" He Changsong brought a few people forward and dragged the palace maid away.

Seeing that the palace maid looked ready to die, Xie Jinglan thought that she must have no worries anymore.

It seems that they still underestimated Changsun's methods.

He actually kept the poisonous insect in the most trusted palace maid, just in case the truth was revealed.

Soon, the palace maid was stripped and tied to an execution rack.

A eunuch who specialized in carrying out the death penalty by slicing was holding a sharp knife that emitted a cold light.

A royal guard came hurriedly, knelt on one knee before Kunming, raised a booklet in his hand above his head, and reported:

"Your Majesty! This woman's name is Xinfang. She is a palace lady-in-waiting to the Empress. She holds the fifth rank and is from Leizhou. Eight years ago, a flood hit Leizhou, and her entire family was drowned. She later followed the villagers on their way to Shengjing, begging for alms.

It just so happened that the palace was recruiting maids at the time, so she signed up and joined the palace."

"Go and find out who took her into the palace back then?" Emperor Kunming said.

The palace had strict requirements for recruiting palace maids. The women had to have clean family backgrounds. This palace maid was a wandering beggar who fled to Shengjing to escape famine. Without a government pass and no one to help her secretly, she could not enter the palace.

"Your Majesty, we have checked and the matron who was in charge back then is dead!" replied the Royal Guard.

Xie Jinglan felt a little disappointed. It seemed that she couldn't find out who was behind the scenes.

Emperor Kunming looked at the booklet with an unprecedented sinister look in his eyes.

"The Queen is guilty of negligence and is under house arrest for three months."

After a pause, he continued, "Han was not strict with Princess Yunping, so she was stripped of her title of Imperial Concubine and demoted to a concubine: Zhaoyi. As for the affairs of the harem, the Xianfei will be in charge."

Because of what Beitang Qing did in Linggun Mountain, Emperor Kunming had originally let Concubine Han go, but what happened today made him very angry. He was very disappointed with everyone, as it was all because of him who spoiled her.

Changsun and Han were so frightened that their faces turned pale. They didn't expect Emperor Kunming to be so cruel and give them such a severe punishment.

But even though they were unwilling, they had to thank the emperor for his grace.

"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty."

The three women knelt together to express their gratitude.

Emperor Kunming's sudden action made the ministers excited.

Concubine Xian is the biological mother of Prince Jing Beitang Huan. This time she is in charge of the harem in place of the Queen, which means that the Emperor will take a fancy to her in the future. Then Prince Jing will also be valued by the Emperor in the future. It seems that the wind direction in the court is about to change again.

After a while, the phoenix seal that controlled the harem was delivered and handed over to Concubine Xian, and Zhangsun became a queen in name only.

"Now it's your turn." Beitang Yuan walked up to the imperial doctors and settled the scores with them. "Imperial Doctor Zheng, what else do you have to say now?

They are simply a bunch of quacks who can't diagnose anything and just talk nonsense. They repeatedly said that the Empress Dowager just had a headache. If it weren't for Lan'er's superb medical skills, I would have been fooled by you quacks.

You should be thankful that the Imperial Grandmother is alright, otherwise! This prince would have you all buried with him."

This harem has been controlled by Zhangsun for more than ten years. These imperial doctors have long been bribed by her. We must take the opportunity to clean them all out.

These imperial doctors were already frightened out of their wits. Their faces were ashen and their bodies were shaking like sieves.

It's over. The Empress Dowager was actually poisoned by a Gu. No wonder no medicine worked and no other illness was found. But no one thought about the Gu?

The Queen also secretly told them to insist that the Queen Mother had a headache. They had no other good ideas and had to do as she said.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince will punish you if you are incompetent."

At this point, they can only accept the punishment.