There was an uproar in the palace about the fact that Zhao Zixu had been poisoned and had died soon. Many ministers knelt in front of the Zichen Palace and begged to see Zhao Zixu to verify the authenticity. Finally, the minister persuaded all the ministers to go back.

Zhao Zixu had the evidence released to prove that Prince Qinghe had murdered the Northern Border Huo family's army for his own selfish reasons. At the same time, he issued an imperial edict to reverse the verdict on the Northern Border army and the Huo family.

As soon as this incident came out, it immediately caused an uproar in the capital.

This incident naturally reached the ears of the Queen Mother.

Before the late emperor ascended the throne, Prince Qinghe had lived in the Ying Palace for several years. The Queen Mother, who was the Ying Princess at the time, took good care of Prince Qinghe, her brother-in-law, so the relationship between the uncle and the sister-in-law was very good. After the late emperor passed away, Prince Qinghe assisted Zhao Zixu with all his heart and the Queen Mother trusted Prince Qinghe even more. If Prince Qinghe framed the Huo family in the north, the Queen Mother would be the first one not to believe it.

She was about to go to Xiangning Hall to ask Zhao Zixu for a clear explanation, but found that there were many forbidden troops stationed in Cining Hall, preventing her from leaving Cining Hall. The Queen Mother inquired and found out that the imperial army had placed her under house arrest on the orders of Zhao Zixu.

The Queen Mother didn't know what was going on, so she was so angry that she smashed more than twenty vases in the palace, and kept shouting for the imperial army to invite Zhao Zixu over. She wanted to ask her good majesty why her mother was placed under house arrest.

Naturally, they could not let the Empress Dowager out of Cining Hall because of what the Imperial Army was ordered to do, so they had to send someone to Xiangning Hall to report to Zhao Zixu.

Zhao Zixu came to Cining Hall half a day later.

The black and blue spots on his lips had disappeared, but there was no color left. There was almost no sign of poisoning, and it looked more like he was seriously ill.

He pushed away the imperial guards guarding the door and walked into the temple alone.

"Mother." Zhao Zixu called the Queen Mother lightly. This was the last time he called the Queen Mother. He would never have the chance to call the Queen Mother 'Mother' again.

Today, he came to say goodbye to his mother, and also wanted to tell her everything.

"Mom, Xi'er is here to say goodbye to you. My son will die soon. He comes to see you one last time before he dies. There are some things that my son needs to explain clearly to you."

The Queen Mother was stunned, her attention was all focused on Zhao Zixu's words that he would die soon.

"Mother, not long after I ascended the throne, I was poisoned. It is a unique poison that has no cure." Zhao Zixu said softly, with a very calm expression.

"What? Impossible?" The Queen Mother exclaimed, thinking that she had heard wrong. She rushed up and grabbed Zhao Zixu out of control to check Zhao Zixu's condition, "Xi'er, are you coaxing me?"

Zhao Zixu looked at the Queen Mother and shook his head slightly, "No."

After hearing that there was no word, the Queen Mother looked at Zhao Zixu blankly, her eyes were dull, her legs suddenly became weak, and she fell to the ground.

Zhao Zixu slowly knelt down and tried to help the Queen Mother up, but the Queen Mother brushed his hand away and said in disbelief: "It's not true, is it? Are you lying to my mother?"

Zhao Zixu did not continue to help the empress dowager up. Instead, he sat cross-legged and revealed all his plans over the years, as well as how Prince Qinghe had poisoned him, murdered his two princes, and planned a rebellion.

After listening to everything Zhao Zixu said, the Queen Mother was so shocked that she couldn't say anything.

"Mother, I will kill the emperor's uncle and give an explanation to Huo Jiajun, Yan'er, Feng'er and everyone in the world."

Zhao Zixu stood up, took one last reluctant look at his mother, and walked out of the Cining Palace.

"Xi'er, Xi'er..."

The Queen Mother stood up suddenly and chased Zhao Zixu, but was stopped by the imperial army as soon as she reached the door.

"Xi'er, Xi'er——"

The Queen Mother was in tears, crying and shouting heart-wrenchingly, calling Zhao Zixu's nickname, and stretched out her hands to grab Zhao Zixu and not let him leave.

"Xi'er, don't go, don't go! Xi'er, Xi'er——"

Zhao Zixu suddenly stopped and glanced at the empress dowager out of the corner of his eye. It was just a quick glance, and he finally turned his head away, not daring to look at the empress dowager again.

Tears fell from the corners of his eyes and wet his pale and handsome face.

……

Zhao Zixu not only placed the Queen Mother under house arrest, he also had Princess Xinyang imprisoned in the palace and had her guarded by his confidants.

"Go quickly! Summon Hua Fushu to this princess. I want to see her!" Princess Xinyang commanded her guards arrogantly. She just wants to see Hua Fushu now, and she must see her!

The guard conveyed Princess Xinyang's words to Zhao Zixu, but Zhao Zixu turned his attention to Hua Fushu, "Mrs. Hua, if the princess asks anything, just answer it truthfully."

"Yes." Hua Fushu bowed slightly, then followed the palace servant to Princess Xinyang's bedroom.

Princess Xinyang's bedroom is called Xiangluan Pavilion. The palace is magnificent with carved beams and painted buildings. The palace servant led Hua Fushu to the inner hall. Hua Fushu bowed to Princess Xinyang and said, "Greetings, Princess."

Princess Xinyang saw Hua Fushu and ran over with her skirt lifted. She said eagerly, "Hua Fushu, as long as you can save my brother, I can give you whatever you want."

Hua Fushu said truthfully, "Your Highness, I can't save His Majesty. His Majesty is too deeply poisoned and there is no cure. The pills I prepared for His Majesty can only temporarily suppress the toxins in his body and buy His Majesty a few more days."

Princess Xinyang didn't believe Hua Fushu's words at all. She was sure that Hua Fushu was deliberately deceiving her. "You are the disciple of the world's number one doctor. How could you not save my brother? Or do you simply not want to save my brother?"

Hua Fushu sighed, "Eldest Princess, if your majesty still has a chance to survive, I will try my best to save your majesty."

Princess Xinyang turned around and frantically searched for something in the palace. Finally she saw a fruit-peeling knife on the table not far away. She picked up the knife, walked over, pointed at Hua Fushu, and threatened: "My princess No matter, you must save my brother! Otherwise, I will kill you!"

The hand holding the fruit knife trembled for a moment, but she still pointed at Hua Fushu, "No, you have to save my brother."

Hua Fushu sighed softly, "Princess, before I came here, His Majesty told me to answer you truthfully no matter what you ask."

With a bang, the fruit knife fell to the ground, and Princess Xinyang was stunned. Although she had heard that her brother was going to die soon, when she heard Hua Fushu said with her own ears that her brother was going to die soon. , she still couldn't believe it.

She would rather hope that Hua Fushu lied to her.

Princess Xinyang seemed to have grasped the last straw. She grabbed Hua Fushu's hand and begged, "Hua Fushu, I will never miss Brother Lin again. Can you save my brother?"

"Princess, I really can't do anything." Hua Fushu said helplessly.

"No, my brother will not die, my brother will not die!!"

Princess Xinyang covered her ears, shook her head desperately, slowly squatted down, and cried bitterly.

Hua Fushu looked at Princess Xinyang, not knowing what to say. She knew the pain of losing a loved one.

When Hua Fushu left Xiangluan Pavilion, Princess Xinyang's desperate and painful cries continued.

……

The next day, Prince Qinghe launched a palace coup, led his army into the imperial city, and marched as far as the Purple Palace.

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