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Chapter 722

"Your Majesty, please don't worry, Her Majesty the Empress will definitely be alright."

Fu Gonggong almost ran his legs off before he caught up with Murong Yu.

Murong Yu was extremely anxious and rushed out of the imperial study as soon as he heard the news.

"How is the Queen?"

Granny Chen said, "Your Highness, you had a slight miscarriage, but you're fine now..."

Murong Yu's face was pale. He didn't let her finish speaking before quickly entering the dormitory. "A-Yue."

After bowing, everyone withdrew.

Yun Xiyue's eyes were a little red. "Your Majesty, you ordered my elder brother to be arrested?"

"It's just temporary house arrest... Ah Yue, don't overthink it. This is to protect his safety."

"There is a rebellion by former subordinates of the Han King in Qizhou. Someone wants to take this opportunity to cause trouble. Regardless of whether Yun Xiaohan is the Han King's son or not, those people will definitely try to take him to Qizhou and then incite him to start a rebellion."

Murong Yu walked to the bedside and embraced her. "Don't you trust me?"

"No..." Yun Xiyue leaned against him, "Where is Big Brother under house arrest?"

"At home, in the Yun Mansion."

"His freedom is only temporarily restricted."

Murong Yu cupped her face in his hands, "A-Yue, you have to believe me."

"Hmm." Yun Xiyue breathed a sigh of relief; she had been too nervous.

She was tired, so she rested first.

Murong Yu's gentle features instantly turned cold and sharp. He turned around and asked, "Who dared to gossip in front of the Empress?"

Granny Chen brought the person up.

She was a palace maid.

"She absolutely refused to say who instructed her, and we have already used a lot of torture on her."

Upon seeing Murong Yu, the palace maid looked terrified, struggling and shaking her head to show that she was innocent.

"Drag him out and execute him by slow slicing."

Murong Yu didn't ask who it was, nor did he care about the person behind it.

“Starting today, everyone in Zichen Palace will be thoroughly investigated, inside and out.”

Originally, some of the people in Zichen Palace were planted by Pei Fang and the Empress Dowager.

Several groups of people have already been screened, but the palace is omnipresent.

It's impossible to guard against.

Yun Xiyue also guessed that someone wanted to harm her.

After returning from the Yun residence, Granny Cao told her that Yun Xiaohan was indeed under house arrest at the Yun residence.

"Your Highness, don't worry, the eldest son is fine."

Yun Xiyue rubbed her temples, her gaze turning cold and sharp as she looked up. "Have you investigated that palace maid's background?"

"He has already been executed on the Emperor's orders. It is said that he was someone the Empress Dowager arranged to be sent in."

Yun Xiyue's lips curled into a cold smile. "The Empress Dowager would never harm me at this critical juncture. To harm me would be to harm the Murong family's grandson."

The Empress Dowager would not do that. She couldn't bear to see her grandson get into trouble. After all, apart from Yun Xiyue, no other woman had the ability to conceive an imperial heir.

"Is that Pei Fang?" Granny Cao guessed after rolling her eyes.

"She's under house arrest now, and she doesn't have the brains for it."

Yun Xiyue chuckled, thinking of someone: Zeng Rou. She hadn't been showing her face much lately and had instead become very low-key.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor executed that palace maid by slow slicing and sent her to Funing Palace. The Empress Dowager was terrified."

At this moment, Qingmei came in to report.

Murong Yu suspects it's the Empress Dowager?

Yun Xiyue, however, felt that it wasn't that simple.

"His Majesty is very busy right now. The former subordinates of the Prince of Han in Qizhou have raised an army in rebellion. He has now sent General Xiao, General Chu, and Young Master Zeng to Qizhou."