If I were born again, I would marry a strong but short-lived husband.

There are various stories about how Guangning died.

What Queen Qu said in front of Concubine Yao was all nonsense, deliberately meant to provoke Concubine Yao.

Guangning was indeed killed by the butcher, but he was not tortured to death by inhuman means.

He made Guangning kneel down and repent, and then beheaded him with a single blow.

The butcher is nowhere to be found.

When the people sent by the Second Prince found Guangning, she was already dead.

But this also gave Queen Qu's faction an opportunity.

Now there are rumors outside that the Second Prince sent people to kill Princess Guangning in order to protect his own position.

The reputation of killing one's sister is worse than allowing one's sister to kill people.

The second prince felt frustrated for the first time after years of smooth sailing in his life.

Zhou Zhou was summoned to the palace again.

When he was taking the emperor's pulse, a dark look flashed in his eyes.

Last time he thought the emperor could live another two years, but judging from his pulse today, it would be a miracle if he could live another year.

"Doctor Zhou, how is the emperor?" Queen Qu asked anxiously.

"Your Majesty, I told you last time that the Emperor needs to rest during his illness and cannot be stimulated again..." Zhou Zhou lowered his head.

"I have limited medical skills. It would be better to ask other imperial doctors to treat the emperor."

Queen Qu frowned. All the doctors in the Imperial Hospital were outside. If they were not helpless, she would not have ordered Zhou Zhou to enter the palace.

"If you can't cure the emperor, I will make you buried with him!" Queen Qu said angrily.

"..." Zhou Zhou remained silent.

Burying people with the dead at any time is really the hobby of the royal family.

Queen Qu pointed at the Second Prince and said, "It's all your fault. If you hadn't killed Guangning, your father wouldn't have died of anger because of you."

The Second Prince stared at Queen Qu with a cold gaze, "I didn't kill Guangning, but the Queen cursed my father. What's your intention?"

"I am here to protect the emperor from being murdered by a beast like you with evil intentions."

"Someone, take down the second prince."

Looking at Queen Qu's hypocritical appearance of domineering, the Second Prince felt disgusted and angry.

No wonder my father doesn’t like the queen. She is such a stupid woman.

But after Queen Qu gave the order, no one came in for a long time.

"Doctor Zhou, father's health is the most important thing. Please treat him first." The second prince said in a deep voice.

Queen Qu came out of the palace angrily and yelled at the guards, "You guys are all deaf and didn't hear what I said, right?"

Xie Changyu bowed and said, "Empress, the Emperor has ordered that except for Your Majesty, the Imperial Guards in the palace will be dispatched by the Second Prince."

"What?" Queen Qu's face changed.

The emperor is so partial that he has made up his mind to give the crown prince position to the second prince.

"Aren't you afraid that the second prince might have ulterior motives and want to murder the emperor?" Queen Qu said gritting her teeth.

Xie Changyu said in a deep voice, "I will definitely protect the emperor's safety."

Even though there are only the emperor and the second prince in the bedroom now, there are actually guards secretly in the dark. Anyone who wants to murder the emperor will be killed in one blow.

Queen Qu felt that the situation did not develop as she wished, so she immediately turned around and left.

She asked someone to call Prime Minister Zhang over.

Prime Minister Zhang is persuading cabinet ministers to support the fifth prince, believing that the fifth prince is the legitimate son and is most suitable to become the crown prince.

Now that the Second Prince's situation is hopeless, even if the Emperor is partial, no one in the world will be convinced.

"Prime Minister Zhang, everyone knows Sima Zhao's intention. The methods you have used recently are really dirty." Lord Lin said indifferently.

"Lord Lin, you can eat whatever you want but you can't say whatever you want. I've done something wrong." Prime Minister Zhang smiled.

Elder Lin glanced at him and said, "You know it very well."

Prime Minister Zhang chuckled, "Now that the situation has been decided, Lord Lin, you still have a chance to turn from evil to good."

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister, something bad has happened. Concubine Yao has taken off her hairpin and is asking for forgiveness in front of the drum outside the palace gate!" Suddenly, someone came running in hurriedly from outside.

This sentence startled Prime Minister Zhang so much that he stood up suddenly, "What tricks is that evil concubine going to play now!"

……

"She is truly worthy of being Concubine Yao." When Shen Sui'an heard about Concubine Yao's apology outside the palace gate, he couldn't help but marvel at her wisdom.

Old Master Shen nodded, "The Queen is no match for her."

Even if Prime Minister Zhang was planning behind the scenes, Queen Qu was her teammate who was too stupid and could not provide any help at all.

"First, he listed several crimes committed by Princess Guangning, apologized to the world on behalf of Guangning, and promised to compensate the victims in the future and never pursue the scholars who sought justice for them. He also rebuked those who killed Princess Guangning and tried to disrupt the situation."

"It not only wins back the hearts of scholars all over the world, but also clears the Second Prince of the suspicion of murdering his sister."

"Kneeling down before the drum to apologize to the heavens, this is unprecedented and will never be repeated. This woman, Imperial Concubine Yao, is truly extraordinary."

Shen Sui'an had seen Concubine Yao's methods, and she didn't want to be her enemy unless it was necessary.

The opponent was too strong and she had no confidence that she could win.

But Guangning's survival posed too great a threat to her.

With Queen Qu stirring up trouble behind the scenes in her killing of Guangning, she was completely cleared of suspicion.

Concubine Yao would only suspect that Guangning's death was related to Queen Qu's faction.

"Sui Sui, you have had a feud with Princess Guangning. In the future...try not to have any contact with Concubine Yao." Old Master Shen said in a deep voice.

Even though Shen Suian was the one who was bullied, Guangning's death became a thorn in Concubine Yao's heart.

Concubine Yao would never be in a good mood when she saw anyone who had ever been at odds with Guangning.

Shen Sui'an: "Granddaughter understands."

"I don't know how Lu Yuan is doing in the Southern Dynasty." Calculating the time, Lu Yuan should be in the Southern Dynasty now.

Yes, she was also worried about Lu Yuan’s situation in the Southern Dynasty.

After Concubine Yao knelt down outside the palace gate to apologize, the emperor also woke up.

When he heard about Concubine Yao's actions, he just nodded slightly.

"I am not feeling well and need to rest. Let the second prince govern the country on my behalf." The emperor ordered in a deep voice.

Queen Qu's face changed, "Your Majesty, you are too biased. You don't even know whether the Second Prince killed Guangning or not. How can you let him be the regent?"

Prime Minister Zhang even wanted to stop the queen but it was too late. Why did a good person open a mouth that couldn't speak!

How did Madam Qu raise her daughter?

If it were anyone else, he wouldn't have to work so hard to plan and support the Fifth Prince.

The Emperor looked at Queen Qu with a dark face, "The Queen wants me to let the Fifth Prince be the regent, right?"

"Why not? The fifth prince is the emperor's only legitimate son." Queen Qu said confidently.

"He can't even recite an article on state policy with difficulty. Let him or you be the regent? Do you want to turn my kingdom into a wake-up call?" the emperor asked coldly.

Queen Qu: "Your Majesty, I don't think so."

Prime Minister Zhang’s eyes were about to cramp, but he couldn’t get the Empress to shut up.

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is back!" Fu'an strode in, knelt in front of the Emperor and shouted loudly.

Queen Qu's gloomy face finally showed a look of joy.