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

"You incompetent doctors, you almost killed the Empress Dowager." Beitang Yuan was very angry. If Xie Jinglan's medical skills were not so good, the Empress Dowager and Lan'er would have been killed by these people.

And as for Chang Sun, don't think that you can get away with it by letting a scapegoat take the blame for her!

"Come here! Drag them all away, give each of them thirty lashes, and throw them out of the palace." Beitang Yuan ordered.

They were only beaten with thirty sticks because these old guys were old and they were afraid that beating them too many times might kill someone and bring bad luck.

But these thirty big boards are enough to keep them in bed for a while, even if they are not beaten to death.

"Yes!" He Changsong came up with a group of guards and dragged the old men away.

"As for the people in Shouning Palace..." Beitang Yuan glanced at the palace maids and eunuchs kneeling on the side.

There were more than thirty people in total, and they were all scared out of their wits.

The Empress Dowager was poisoned by a poisonous insect, and as her servants, they could not escape responsibility. They knew that she was doomed to die, and they only hoped that they would suffer less when they died.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, I am guilty." Madam Lu, the Empress Dowager's most trusted person, kowtowed deeply to the Emperor and the Crown Prince. "It is because I failed to serve Her Majesty well that the Empress Dowager has suffered this great crime. I am willing to die as an apology."

Beitang Yuan's eyes darkened. "Madam Lu, since you have been by the Empress Dowager's side for decades, I will not punish you for the time being. We will deal with everything after the Empress Dowager wakes up."

This Aunt Lu had been with the Empress Dowager for decades. She was her most capable assistant and the person she trusted the most. During the two changes of imperial power and the two fierce struggles for the throne, the Empress Dowager was hunted down many times. It was Aunt Lu who never left her side and even got injured while saving her. She was the one who stayed with her until the end.

"Thank you for your tolerance, Your Highness." Nanny Lu was calm, as if she had already taken life and death lightly.

"Everyone in Shouning Palace will be detained temporarily. We will have to wait until the Empress Dowager wakes up before we deal with anything else." Beitang Yuan knew that among these people, there must be people bribed by Zhang Sun Man. They had to be locked up first and then interrogated slowly.

Beitang Hong watched all this. Beitang Yuan was giving orders here without going over his father's head, but his father was not angry at all. Only then did he realize how partial his father was to the prince.

Before this, everyone said that his father loved him the most, and he once believed so.

But since Beitang Yuan came back, he knew what true love was like.

Look at this Beitang Yuan, he doesn't look like a prince at all, but the emperor likes him and has handed over most of the affairs in the court to him. What does he do? Even if he does something wrong, the emperor still stands by him. That is true love.

And he! Is nothing but a joke.

"Clap clap clap..."

There was a sound of hitting with a stick.

Xie Jinglan found it boring and turned around to go back to the bedroom to see if the empress dowager had woken up.

At this time, a eunuch came running over to report, "Your Majesty, Your Highness, the Queen Mother has woken up!"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Kunming immediately stood up and walked towards the Empress Dowager's bedroom, followed by a large group of people.

Beitang Yuan and Xie Jinglan also followed the emperor.

When I entered the bedroom, I saw that the empress dowager had indeed woken up and was leaning against the head of the bed.

"Mother, you finally woke up!" Emperor Kunming strode in first.

"I seem to have had a very long sleep..." The Queen Mother saw so many people coming in, including the Crown Prince and Xie Jinglan, and was a little confused. "Crown Prince, Lan'er, when did you return from Linggun Mountain?"

"I just got back this afternoon." Beitang Yuan came over and sat on the edge of the Empress Dowager's bed. "Grandmother, how are you feeling now?"

"I'm fine. I just had a headache these past few days. It's just an old problem. You don't have to worry." The Queen Mother held the hands of the Crown Prince and Xie Jinglan. The more she looked at them, the more she liked them. "As long as I see you two, all my ailments will be cured."

"Thank you, Queen Mother. I will come to the palace to see you often in the future." Xie Jinglan blushed slightly.

Emperor Kunming, noticing he was being ignored, leaned forward and said, "Mother, I hope you are well."

"What could I possibly want? As an emperor, you are very busy with affairs of state. You don't have to stay here. Go down and get busy. I want to talk to them for a while." The Queen Mother waved her hand and asked them to leave.

"In that case, I will take my leave first and come to pay my respects to you tomorrow." Seeing that the empress dowager was fine, Emperor Kunming bowed and left.

There are still a lot of things waiting for him to deal with.

When only three people were left in the bedroom, the Queen Mother straightened her face and asked, "Tell me! What happened today?"

As soon as she woke up, she saw so many people. Almost everyone who should have come had come, and everyone's face looked wrong. There were also bursts of screams outside. Something must have happened?

Xie Jinglan and Beitang Yuan looked at each other and nodded slightly.

"Grandmother, it's like this..."

Beitang Yuan told her everything that happened today.

"Poison?" The Queen Mother was shocked and furious. "In this palace, the only person who dared to put a poison on me was that Changsun. It seems that your return to Shengjing has made her restless."

"Grandmother, we've found the person who put the poisonous insect there. She was the scapegoat for that woman. We don't have any solid evidence yet, so we can't take action against her.

"As for you, the people in Shouning Palace, someone must have been bribed by her to put the poisonous insect into your body so easily. Now that you've woken up, it's up to you to deal with those people," Beitang Yuan said.

"Leave Madam Lu here, and send everyone else out of the palace!" The Queen Mother sighed softly. "I've seen too much slaughter in my life. I often have nightmares at night, dreaming of corpses strewn all over the ground. Now I'm a vegetarian and praying to the Buddha, hoping that there will be fewer wronged souls in this world."

Beitang Yuan and Xie Jinglan looked at each other again.

Is the Queen Mother soft-hearted and wants to let these servants go?

"Let's do as the Queen Mother says! Once these people leave the palace, we'll send someone to keep an eye on them." Xie Jinglan used a secret technique to send a message to Beitang Yuan.

"Grandson understands. Don't worry, I will definitely help you find some reliable people this time." Beitang Yuan stood up and went out to convey the Queen Mother's intention to He Changsong who was guarding outside.

Xie Jinglan got up and poured the Queen Mother a glass of warm water. After a moment's hesitation, she felt that she had something to say to her:

"Empress Dowager, you also know that the person who put the poisonous insects in the body is closely related to the Changsun family. The people of the Changsun family can no longer tolerate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Xie family. You can't be soft-hearted at this time!"

"I understand." There was a sharp light in the Queen Mother's calm eyes.

"Don't worry! I won't wrongly accuse a good person, nor will I let go of anyone who wants to harm me. You must know that only by releasing these people will it be easier to find the traitor."

"..." Xie Jinglan felt ashamed. The Queen Mother was indeed a fighter in the palace fighting. Her methods were nothing compared to hers.