It's almost time to wear it. The soft beauty relies on the child-bearing system to favor her

The queen has a sharp eye and can see through people's hearts.

Su Wanti saw the determination in the queen's eyes.

She took a deep breath and decided to tell the queen the truth.

"elder sister."

She used to respectfully call her "Empress", and this was the first time she affectionately called her "sister".

"Sister, in this critical moment, I will not hide the truth from you."

"The emperor is not feeling well. The imperial physician said he will die in the next few days."

"What?" The queen's eyes went dark and her body swayed.

His legs suddenly went weak and he staggered and almost fell.

Fortunately, Su Wanti was quick and supported her.

The queen closed her eyes tightly, her lips trembling, she was in extreme pain.

However, she was not a woman in the inner court who had not experienced the ups and downs of life. In her early years, she had accompanied the emperor in his quest for the throne and conquering the world. What had she not experienced?

She quickly accepted the cruel reality.

The queen broke free from Su Wanti's hand, took a deep breath, straightened her back, and stood tall and dignified.

"The prince is only sixteen years old. If he ascends the throne now without the support of a powerful force, the political situation may be unstable."

Two years ago, the eldest prince was named Crown Prince by Rong Zhou.

The Queen looked at Su Wanti and said, "You have been with the Emperor for these years. You know his physical condition best. Are you ready?"

Su Wanti nodded, "It's almost done. There shouldn't be any problems in the capital."

"It's just..." She frowned, "I'm worried that those princes in their fiefdoms will come to the capital to seize the throne under the pretext of worship."

Rong Zhou has several younger brothers who are around 40 years old, which is the prime of their life.

Because of Rong Zhou's intimidation before, none of them dared to have any other thoughts and they just stayed in their fiefdoms honestly.

In the past few years, Su Wanti kept the news of Rong Zhou's poor health hidden in the harem, not allowing anyone to reveal Rong Zhou's true health condition.

However, the imperial palace is not an iron wall, and those who are interested will always be able to find clues and deduce the true situation of Rongzhou.

In the past two years, several princes have begun to become restless.

Su Wanti has sent the most elite secret guards over to monitor the other party's actions at all times. If any vassal king steps out of his fiefdom, he will be killed without mercy.

However, Su Wanti cannot use the secret guards as the last line of defense.

She had to make other preparations.

"Sister, I have to go see the emperor now. I need the tiger talisman in the emperor's hand to mobilize the army."

The queen nodded and said, "I will send a message to my parents' home and ask my father and brother to make preparations."

Su Wanti paused.

The queen understood her thoughts, "Don't worry, I will let my father and brother ensure that the prince ascends the throne smoothly. As long as the prince is here, the second princess will be the honorable princess of Daqi. If it is the prince... when the nest is overturned, no egg will be left intact. I understand."

Su Wanti nodded and held the queen's hand. The two had never been so close before.

Over the years, the relationship between the two has not been close, and can even be said to be somewhat distant.

Many years ago, when the queen saw that there was no hope of having a child, she no longer had any intention of taking care of the affairs of the palace.

Her father and brother's high positions guaranteed her position as queen, but she did not give birth to a prince. What was the use of her great power in the harem?

From then on, she stayed in Changle Palace, accompanying the princess as she grew up.

All matters in the harem were left to Su Wanti, and she was happy to have a leisurely time.

Everyone in the harem tried to curry favor with Su Wanti, but the queen was still the queen after all. She had the pride and dignity of a queen, and she would never show any favor to Su Wanti.

Even when Su Wanti was at the height of her power, she sat quietly in Changle Palace waiting for Su Wanti to come and pay her respects.

Therefore, over the past decade or so, the relationship between the two has been very delicate.

And at this moment, the two formed a solid alliance for the sake of their respective children.

The queen turned and left, her steps heavy but her back looked extremely proud.

Su Wanti watched the queen leave, then waved to Ye Zi, who had stood back several meters, to come forward.

Ye Zi hurriedly took small steps forward, bowed and listened attentively to Su Wanti's instructions.

"Go and send a message to the princess, telling her to do as we agreed upon before."

The princess has been out of town recently, so Su Wanti uses carrier pigeons to communicate with the princess.

Fortunately, the place the princess is going to this time is not far from the capital, so she should receive information from the palace in less than half a day.

Over the years, the princess has opened many charity centers and trained thousands of female doctors.

These female doctors not only treated women in the folk, but those with superb medical skills were also invited by officials and wealthy families to work as female doctors in their mansions, specializing in treating the ladies and girls in the mansion.

Su Wanti once sent people to secretly teach these female doctors martial arts.

When necessary, they would kidnap the family members of noble families, noble officials and officials to prevent them from acting recklessly or betraying the prince.

Ye Zi is Su Wanti's confidant, and she knows everything that Su Wanti and the princess are planning.

After hearing her master's words, she quickly agreed and turned around to do it.

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Su Wanti stood in front of the bedroom door for a while, and then entered the bedroom after she calmed down.

"Your Majesty." Her voice was soft, as gentle as always.

"You're here?" Rong Zhou opened his eyes, looked at Su Wanti, and smiled.

Su Wanti sat by the bed, took a bowl of medicine from the palace servant, and coaxed softly: "Why doesn't the emperor drink the medicine? The medicine will be cold and its effect will not be good."

"I'll feed the emperor."

She took the spoon handed to her by the palace maid, scooped a spoonful of medicine and brought it to Rong Zhou's mouth.

Rong Zhou drank it and frowned because of the bitterness.

"It's too bitter. I won't drink it anymore." His voice was not as loud as before, but it was not too weak either.

His face has only aged a little and he has lost some weight, but his stature and physique are still the same, he is still the mighty and domineering emperor.

"Imperial Concubine." Rong Zhou looked at Su Wanti.

Su Wanti smiled and said, "I'm here. What do you want, Your Majesty?"

"The prime minister was dismissed from his post, and officials close to him had their homes confiscated, and some were exiled. But was it you who did it?"

Rong Zhou's expression did not change, he looked calm and his emotions could not be seen.

Su Wanti kept a smile on her face, but her eyes swept around with coldness. All the palace servants in the hall were startled and lowered their heads in fear.

She did not allow matters concerning the previous dynasty to enter the Zichen Palace. I wonder which palace servant spoke too much.

Rong Zhou said: "It has nothing to do with them. I have my own sources of information."

"Tell me, was it you who was behind the investigation of Fu Xiang?"

Su Wanti put down the medicine bowl, smiling gently as always, and spoke calmly,

"I did it, Your Majesty. I'm worried."

Fu Xiang's son was injured by the princess, his reputation was ruined by her, and he was pushed down the stairs by her brother Su Hanri. A young nobleman with a promising future has become a complete waste. Does Fu Xiang really not hate her in his heart?

Su Wanti doesn’t dare to gamble!

"Your Majesty, I admit that I executed him out of selfish motives, but he is not innocent."

"In the past few years, Prime Minister Fu and Prince Xiang have had close contacts, and dozens of secret letters have been found in the secret room of the Prime Minister's residence."

"In the letter, the Prince of Xiang tried his best to win over Fu Xiang and sent him generous gifts several times. In his reply, Fu Xiang never refused nor agreed explicitly, but he was vague and ambiguous. Isn't this leaving himself a way out?"

"How can a prime minister, who is second only to the emperor and above everyone else, have second thoughts about the emperor?"

"Your Majesty, do you disagree with what I do?" Su Wanti lowered her eyes slightly and shook Rong Zhou's hand humbly.