Shoukang Palace.

When the Queen Mother heard the news that Zhuxi had received, she sat up immediately from the bed.

"What? The Queen was caught red-handed!"

"Yes, when Jianqiu made the move, Jingpin, no, now it's Jingfei, was seen by Jingfei's maidservant during her dowry. She couldn't make excuses even if she wanted to."

"I have told her so many times to be content with being the queen and to adopt a child so that Ulanara and Uya can have someone to rely on in the future. But she refused to listen. She ignored my advice and insisted on getting rid of Concubine Fang and Concubine Xin's fetuses. Now she is taking action against Concubine Jing. She is still so careless! The queen is really!"

The Queen Mother was so angry that her chest was gasping for breath, and Zhuxi hurried forward to help her calm down.

"Your Majesty, please worry less, lest you hurt yourself."

"How can I stop worrying about the Queen's condition? Although Jianqiu is loyal, in Shenxingsi, even the most loyal people may not be able to control their mouths. Zhuxi, go and see Jianqiu off. Don't let Su Peisheng see us."

"Yes, slave, go right away."

Yinzhen handed Jianqiu over to Su Peisheng for questioning. Su Peisheng questioned Jianqiu for a long time, but seeing that she still refused to give in, he went to ask Yinzhen whether to use torture.

After all, she is the queen's aunt, so she must ask for permission before torturing her.

Who would have thought that just as Su Peisheng learned about the arbitrary torture, when he went to Shenxingsi again, he saw Jianqiu had bitten her tongue and committed suicide.

Su Peisheng was afraid of being questioned by Yinzhen, so he immediately began to question the wise maids in the Shenxing Division to see if anyone had entered the interrogation room.

All the Jingqi maids shook their heads to indicate that no one had ever been in there.

Su Peisheng didn't believe it and continued searching. Finally, he found a set of fresh women's footprints on the outer wall of the interrogation room. The footprints became denser near the window of the interrogation room, and then returned along the same path. Unfortunately, after passing this area, they reached the stone floor and the footprints disappeared.

Su Peisheng had no choice but to go back and report the matter to Yinzhen.

Yinzhen remained silent after hearing this. Just when Su Peisheng thought he would not say anything else, he heard him ask himself, "Su Peisheng, tell me, if Jianqiu had no guilty conscience, why would someone let her commit suicide?"

Su Peisheng: "This... I dare to guess that someone doesn't want Jianqiu to speak."

Yinzhen: "Yes, you know the truth, but someone treats me like a fool!"

Yinzhen had always believed that his empress was a virtuous and kind person, but he never expected that today he would discover her true face. In order to gain power in the palace and to frame Concubine Hua, she wanted to kill his offspring!

But even though Yinzhen was angry, he wouldn't do anything.

He had just ascended the throne, and he and the queen would rise and fall together, so he could not do anything to the queen.

Besides, Feng Ruozhao didn't lose the child after all, so the only punishment he could give the queen was to confine her to her house.

But the queen's trust in him has been greatly reduced.

Although he could not severely punish the queen, he would not let Jianqiu go. "Throw Jianqiu to the mass grave to feed the dogs!"

Su Peisheng couldn't help swallowing when he heard this. He and Jianqiu had been dealing with each other for more than 20 years, so they could be considered old friends. He didn't expect that this old friend would die so tragically. But she deserved it.

Yinzhen did not deliberately conceal his treatment of Jianqiu, so when the queen found out, she was in a trance and almost fainted.

"Huichun, take two hundred taels of silver and give it to Su Peisheng. Tell him to make sure Jianqiu's body is intact and buy a coffin for her so she can be buried properly."

Huichun hurried to deliver the money to Su Peisheng before Jianqiu was thrown into the mass grave, and told him the Queen's intention.

Huichun originally thought that Su Peisheng could do things for money.

Unexpectedly, Su Peisheng actually confiscated the money. "Miss Huichun, you are joking. I dare not disobey the emperor's order. If you have nothing else to do, I will take my leave first."

After that, he ordered the eunuchs who were collecting Jianqiu's body, "You guys, hurry up and carry the body away. If everything goes well, we can return to the palace before dark."

Huichun couldn't bear to look at Jianqiu, and still begged Su Peisheng, "Eunuch Su, the Queen——"

Su Peisheng said righteously, "Aunt Huichun, please don't embarrass our family. The emperor's order cannot be disobeyed!"

Huichun had no choice but to return to Jingren Palace in despair.

When the Queen learned that Jianqiu's funeral arrangements could not be changed, she could not help but shed a few tears, which she quickly wiped away.

Looking in the direction of Xianfu Palace, she gnashed her teeth and said, "Feng Ruozhao! I want both your body and your life!"

In Xianfu Palace, Feng Ruozhao, who was chewing an apple, sneezed violently.

"Ache!"

Ruyi hurriedly moved the ice basin further away, "My queen, don't be greedy for the coolness. It will be terrible if you catch a cold again."

Feng Ruozhao looked at the ice basin that he wished he could be eight feet away from him, and sighed heavily, "It's a pity that the emperor is not going to the Old Summer Palace this year, otherwise I would not have to suffer this."

"Even if you can go to the Old Summer Palace, Your Majesty is so 'weak' that the Emperor might not feel comfortable taking you there." Ruyi said with a smile.

"You are so mischievous!" The master and servant were talking and laughing. Suddenly, Hanzhu walked in from outside. "My queen, Jianqiu is dead!"

Feng Ruozhao was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that the abortion captain's right-hand man would be offline so early.

"How did you die?"

"They said he bit his tongue to commit suicide."

"The Queen made a wrong move. If Jianqiu had taken all the responsibility on herself, the Emperor might have thought that it was all Jianqiu's own decision and had nothing to do with the Queen. But Jianqiu's death was clearly a cover-up, and the Queen has been completely suspected by the Emperor."

In fact, Feng Ruozhao misunderstood the Queen. This matter was done by the Empress Dowager.

The Queen Mother originally thought that everything would be settled with Jianqiu's death, but after Zhuxi had been gone for a long time, she suddenly came to her senses and realized that Jianqiu could not die, because if Jianqiu died, the Queen's guilt would be confirmed.

She hurriedly asked Zhuyu to intercept Zhuxi.

Unfortunately, Zhuxi walked too fast and was gone for too long, so Zhuyu was unable to catch up.

When the two met on the road, Zhuxi had already witnessed Jianqiu committing suicide.

When the Queen Mother learned this, she sighed deeply.

"This is the first time the queen has revealed a flaw in all these years. But for some reason, I am very panicked and feel that I can't protect the queen."

The bamboos' breath and bamboos' whispers are all silent.

After a long time, the Queen Mother spoke again, "Zhu Xi Zhu Yu, the selection has just begun. Let the Ulanara clan and the Uya clan quickly find beautiful women, preferably those who look like Chun Yuan, and adopt them as their adopted daughters. Record them in the family tree and have them participate in this selection. If the Queen is fine, wait for them to give birth to the heir and give him to the Queen to raise. If the Queen dies, at least there are other women in the family to take her place."

At this point, the Queen Mother sighed, "If it weren't for the fact that the Ulanara and Uya clans really had no women of the right age, they wouldn't have gotten the chance to marry someone else."

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