After my whole family overheard my thoughts, they went berserk.

"Your Majesty, Granny Fang has drowned herself in the pond!" The palace maid's face changed drastically, and she hurriedly reported to the Empress.

The Empress was also taken aback and immediately got up, intending to go and check.

"Mother, don't go, they want to harm you."

The Empress calmed down a bit and listened intently to Miao Miao's thoughts.

She knew that there was a story every second.

"Granny Fang faked her death. She threw herself into the river just to gain your sympathy and make you forgive her. Once you get there and pull her out, she will take the opportunity to apologize to you, and if you soften your heart, you will agree to let her come back. However, the Empress Dowager will use this incident to force the Emperor to punish you, make you reflect on your mistakes in seclusion, and also make you send Shi Yunyun to the Empress Dowager for temporary care."

"All of this was plotted against Ni by Granny Fang and Consort Rong."

The Empress's face stiffened.

"I hit her because she made a mistake."

Shi Miaomiao didn't take it seriously.

"If your mother hits her, she'll hold a grudge against you, so she'll want to get revenge. Even if you don't hit her, it won't stop her from harming you."

In the original book, Consort Rong missed her child so much, but dared not visit Huayao Palace, fearing she would be unable to control her emotions.

She used Granny Fang to undermine the Empress's image.

The Empress Dowager was already dissatisfied with the Empress, believing that the Empress prevented the Emperor from taking concubines and that the Empress's kindness was just a facade, that she was actually very scheming and jealous.

Consort Rong took advantage of this and asked the Empress Dowager to bring Shi Yunyun to Qingning Palace so that she could take care of her for a few days to relieve her longing for her child.

"In this world, the human heart is the only thing that cannot be looked at directly."

Granny Fang betrayed her and schemed against her, and she is still stubbornly clinging to her delusions.

"Let her be."

The Empress's gaze grew cold; it was none of her business.

Half an hour later, Qing Sui rushed over to report.

"Your Majesty, Granny Fang has drowned..."

Miao Miao was right after all.

If she had gone over there, Granny Fang would have been saved. Since she didn't go over, Granny Fang's feigned death became real.

"Wrap the body and throw it into a mass grave," the Empress said coldly.

Within the imperial harem, only those who committed heinous crimes were thrown into mass graves.

For an elderly woman like Granny Fang, who was in charge of the Empress's palace, her body should have been sent back to her ancestral home for a proper burial, and her family should have been compensated handsomely.

But at that moment, the Queen felt she was unworthy.

East Palace.

The concubines in the harem were dismissed, and now only Qingning Palace, Huayao Palace, Rongde Palace, and the East Palace remain.

The rest were the Emperor's palace, as well as the palaces of the Second Prince and the Fourth Prince.

Because the Empress Dowager was in charge of Rongde Palace, the Emperor could not disobey her and temporarily refrained from pursuing Consort Rong's responsibility.

But today's events have caused widespread panic throughout the Eastern Palace.

"Has someone been sent to inform the Crown Prince to return to the palace?" Zheng Yueyue asked her maid, Zhizhi, with unease in her heart.

The Empress acted strangely, which enraged the Emperor. She worried that the Crown Prince's palace would also be purged.

"Your Highness, news just came from Huayao Palace that Granny Fang..." Another personal maid, Xiuzhen, came to report.

Zheng Yueyue had a bad feeling and asked nervously, "What happened to my mother?"

Xiuzhen said sadly, "Granny Fang...she drowned."

She froze, unable to believe her ears.

"What did you say?"

Tears fell like raindrops.

How could her mother have drowned?

A few days ago, she was punished by the Empress and received fifty strokes of the cane. She was confined to the East Palace and could not visit her.

She thought that, given the Empress's soft-hearted and weak nature, her mother would return to her side once her anger subsided.

But she never expected that in just a few days, she would receive the news that her mother had drowned!

“Crown Princess…” Zhizhi and Xiuzhen were also heartbroken and shed tears along with her.

Zheng Yueyue clenched her fists, wiping away her tears, and asked, "Where is Mother now? Has Huayao Palace taken care of the funeral arrangements?"

Xiuzhen shook her head.

"The Empress has ordered that the old woman's shroud have been thrown into a mass grave."

Zheng Yueyue was filled with anger, and her eyes reddened again.

My mother served the Empress for over a decade, doing her best to care for her, but because she was busy looking after the princes, she never had a chance to spend quality time with her.

But she didn't blame her mother, because her mother had given her all her money, and she knew her mother had her reasons.

They could not and dared not acknowledge each other in public. Even when her mother spoke a few good words for her, she was beaten by the Empress.

And now, he's dead in the Huayao Palace!

"No, I can't let my mother's body lie exposed in the wilderness. I must send her back to the Rong family's ancestral home. I want her to return to her roots!"

She didn't know who her biological father was. She only heard Consort Rong say that her mother was a lowly concubine's daughter in the Rong family, but she died for the Rong family.

After death, one must be buried in the Rong family ancestral cemetery; one must never become a wandering ghost!

"Your Highness!" Zhizhi cried, pleading, "Your Highness, please don't be impulsive. The Empress is still furious. If you rush out of the palace again, what will happen to Her Majesty..."

Zheng Yueyue shook off the maid and walked out crying.

The empress killed her mother, shouldn't she go and collect her mother's body?

The benevolent Queen Mother in the eyes of the Hua Yao people is actually so vicious!

soon.

News of the Crown Princess's escape from the palace reached Huayao Palace.

"If the Emperor finds out that the Crown Princess is acting so impulsively, he will surely take his anger out on the Eastern Palace."

She was heartbroken and disappointed.

"Mother, let her go. She doesn't deserve your sincere treatment."

The Empress was somewhat disappointed.

Over the years, everyone has witnessed how she has treated the Crown Princess.

But the Crown Princess's feelings towards her...

"She has no respect for the Crown Prince, nor for you. All she cares about is money. Whether she lives or dies is none of my business."

In the original book.

Granny Fang passed away halfway through.

But he didn't die this early.

She made a mistake, and Consort Rong, fearing that the secret of switching the children would be exposed, secretly executed Granny Fang and framed the Empress, thus stirring up conflict between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

The Crown Princess harbored resentment towards the Empress and even brainwashed the Crown Prince, causing the relationship between Huayao Palace and the Eastern Palace to deteriorate. The Empress Dowager was also angered by this and blamed the Empress for not handling the relationship between mother and son properly.

They pressured the emperor to choose a concubine.

"Yes, Miaomiao is right. You reap what you sow. She doesn't deserve my sincere treatment."

Shi Miaomiao painstakingly rubbed his face against the Empress's and gave her a light kiss.

"Don't be sad, Mom. I love you every second, and I will always love you."

The wicked will be rewarded.

Zheng Yueyue will pay a heavy price for her rash departure from the palace this time.

More juicy gossip to come, let's wait and see.

"Yes, Mother believes that good people are rewarded. Our Miaomiao is so wonderful, she will surely be blessed by God."

Mentioning this, Shi Miaomiao was so angry that she spit out her saliva.

Fate was not kind to her at all.

He teased her repeatedly.

She struggled in the Queen's arms, waving her little fists and kicking her little feet, kicking off her socks, and drooling constantly.

She wanted to say she didn't want her mother to hold her, but she couldn't say it.

The Empress understood her and knew that she didn't like being held, so she put her in the cradle and let her play by herself.

"Dog God, come out here, I have a question for you!"

The dog god jumped out, very happy.

"Master, can I have an extra meal tonight? I've got the explosives, high-explosive explosives."

"Puff puff puff puff..."

He kept spitting out water from his mouth every second.

She was so excited that her eyes lit up.

"Look, look, where's the explosives?"