Shocking! The entire court was drooling with envy because of me.

"It's the Empress! The Empress is using Yue'er to threaten me! I beg Your Majesty to see the truth!"

"The Empress is determined to get rid of Lady Shen. She tricked me into putting medicine in Lady Shen's food, saying that the medicine was not poison, but would only cause people to develop rashes."

"That wicked Empress wants me to kill Yue'er with my own hands! Your Majesty, please do justice for Yue'er!"

Consort Rong went mad, kowtowing repeatedly on the ground, begging the emperor to do justice for Nangong Yue.

She even suddenly felt a little fortunate that Nangong Yue had won the emperor's favor, which would increase the chances of bringing down the empress.

Upon seeing this, Su Jiao'er quickly went to the emperor's side, clutching her chest and saying with lingering fear, "I was terrified! Her Majesty the Empress actually poisoned the durian cake! How horrible!"

"Fortunately, she didn't succeed, otherwise, I might have died from poisoning too..."

"Outrageous!!" the Empress shouted. "Slander! This is all slander! I am still under house arrest, how could I threaten Consort Rong? It is Consort Rong who is heartless, willing to sacrifice her own daughter to kill Lady Shen!"

"Your Majesty, in my humble opinion, Consort Rong should be executed immediately!"

Wow--

Nangong Yue suddenly burst into tears, sobbing uncontrollably.

She was only four and a half years old and couldn't understand what the adults were saying, but she had already sensed that something was wrong.

She had wanted to cry for a long time, but she remembered her mother's words: in the palace, one must abide by the rules, be generous and proper, and not cry casually.

She had endured it for a long time, but now, hearing words like "ruthless," "kill," and "execute," she simply couldn't hold back anymore.

She knew what death meant; people often died in the palace, and she had accidentally witnessed it herself.

People disappear when they die, and she didn't want her mother to disappear.

The emperor's face was sullen, his eyelids drooping, and his expression was one of deep impatience.

It's so annoying! All he wanted to do was enjoy Madam Shen's delicious food, why is there so much trouble?

I'm so sad! Suddenly I don't think my daughter is so cute anymore!

"Drag Consort Rong away and beat her to death! Send the Empress to the Cold Palace!"

Neither of them is a good person for interfering with his enjoyment of his meal!

"Wait a minute," Shen Qing suddenly spoke up, "The Empress keeps accusing me of slander, but how did she know that Consort Rong had a deadly poison on her?"

"Moreover, the Empress just shouted 'useless,' which was clearly an accusation that Consort Rong was incompetent."

"In that case, the Empress is the one who is guilty of the most heinous crimes, while Consort Rong was merely coerced."

She could tell that Consort Rong was timid and afraid of trouble.

Even if this matter must be punished, the punishments for the Empress and Consort Rong should be changed.

Upon hearing this, the emperor felt a little displeased, but when he thought of the delicacies of the past and the delicacies of the future, he suppressed his displeasure.

"The Empress is the head of the Eastern Palace..." he said cryptically.

He did not depose or kill the empress, not only because of the crown prince, but also because the empress's family held considerable military power.

To some extent, he and the Empress were on the same side. It was precisely because of the military power of the Empress's family that people in the court dared not complain, and his imperial power was more stable.

Therefore, although he emotionally wanted to kill the Empress, his remaining rationality told him he couldn't.

Only by maintaining the status quo can he continue to eat, drink, and have fun, and continue to enjoy himself.

Just then, Pei Yuan, who had been silently watching the show from the sidelines, spoke up:

"Your Majesty, in my humble opinion, the target of this poison is probably not the Third Princess, but rather..."

"Who is it?" The emperor's eyes widened in surprise.

"It is Your Majesty."

emperor:"???!!!"

Someone wants to kill him; the Empress wants to kill him!

Before the emperor could finish his shock, Pei Yuan spoke again:

"The other party knows that you feed the Third Princess durian mille-feuille, so they assume you eat it yourself. If you really do eat it..."

"If he really eats the crown prince, he will ascend to the throne..." The emperor himself completed Pei Yuan's words.

thump--

The empress immediately knelt down.

"Your Majesty, it's not like that. I didn't mean to harm you. I only wanted to help Your Majesty deal with the witch..."

In her haste to clarify something even more serious, the Empress blurted out another potentially fatal thing.

This is absolutely terrible!

In the eyes of a pleasure-seeking person like the emperor, life is the most precious thing.

If you lose your life, you lose everything.

All battle lines and rationality vanished at this moment.

"You wicked empress, how dare you plot against me! Your crime is unforgivable! Drag her away and beat her to death! Beat her to death!!!"

These words exploded in the Empress's ears like a thunderclap.

To be beaten to death?

No, she was the Empress, the Mother of the Nation, who gave birth to the Emperor's only son, and her family held considerable military power.

The emperor wants to kill her?

"Your Majesty, you cannot do this. If my father and brothers find out about this, they will certainly not let you off the hook. Please reconsider, Your Majesty!" the Empress said coldly.

God knows how terrified she was, but this was the only thing she could use to threaten the emperor.

"Your father and brothers?" The emperor sneered. "If your father and brothers really rebel, I'm not afraid. I'll just send the crown prince to the battlefield to fight them."

"Don't forget, I still have the Black Hawk Guard."

The Black Hawk Guard was the emperor's hidden army.

He was famous, but no one knew his whereabouts; he was loyal only to the emperor.

If one wants to rebel, the Black Hawk Guards will be a huge obstacle.

It would be best if the Black Hawk Guards could fight against the Queen's maternal family's army stationed on the border.

They can reap the benefits without lifting a finger.

Pei Yuan's lips curled up slightly. He hadn't expected to encounter such a good thing while enjoying a meal at the palace.

"Drag her away and behead her!!" the emperor roared, declaring the empress's fate.

The empress collapsed on the spot.

It's over, completely over.

She actually fell for a cook.

Damn it, she really didn't intend to kill the emperor; she was just clinging to a tiny bit of wishful thinking.

"Wait." Just then, Shen Qing's voice rang out.

The Empress's eyes lit up. Could it be that this vixen was going to help her?

Is the enchantress a good person?

Everyone looked at Shen Qing with suspicion.

Shen Qing: "Let the Empress taste a bite of durian mille-feuille before she dies."

Empress: "???"

What does that mean?

Everyone: "???"

Why waste delicious food?

Zhao Gou's eyes darted around: "Your Majesty, this servant understands. Lady Shen wants the poisonous woman to taste a small bite, and that small bite will be enough to make her regret her death."

"Just imagine, you can only eat one bite, and then you die. What an extreme form of torture that is!"

"Your Majesty, Lady Shen is avenging you!"

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I don't have time to write a second chapter, I'll make it up in this chapter tomorrow, thank you everyone~