Due to the serious injury of the second prince, only the eldest prince and the third prince were finally admitted to the palace to attend to his illness.
When they arrived, they saw the queen guarding the emperor, holding a bowl of unknown medicine in her hand.
The third prince rushed up and snatched the queen's medicine bowl, fearing that this person was doing something to his father.
"Empress, my father's condition is unknown now. What kind of medicine are you giving me?"
The third prince took the medicine bowl and held it tightly in his hand, but the queen didn't show any panic when she saw him doing this.
"Although His Majesty's condition is unknown, according to the requirements of the imperial doctor, we are now using the best medicine to support His Majesty's body. If we want to know specifically what happened to His Majesty, I'm afraid we have to ask the imperial concubine!"
After the third prince and the eldest prince looked at each other, the third prince picked up the medicine bowl and smelled it. It was really just an ordinary tonic.
So he frowned slightly and even shook his head slightly, and the eldest prince immediately understood.
"According to what the mother said, it is confirmed that the father is seriously ill now and it has something to do with the imperial concubine?"
The queen was slightly startled. She had no direct evidence to prove it. Even if there was evidence, if the eldest prince and the third prince were suddenly investigated, she might not be able to get away with it.
"It's not certain yet, but His Majesty did suddenly become seriously ill beside the imperial concubine. I don't need to investigate this matter, and I know that it has nothing to do with the imperial concubine."
"What the Queen Mother said is too conclusive. There is currently no evidence to prove that it was Concubine Mu who injured the father's dragon body. And even if Concubine Mu gave her father the medicine, does the Queen Mother think she can escape? "
The eldest prince has always been kind and spoke to the people around him. Has there ever been a time when he spoke so harshly?
So the queen was choked for a moment, but soon realized that this was clearly the eldest prince defending Concubine Mu.
Unexpectedly, the Mu family could win over the eldest prince so quickly, but there was no prince or princess around him who could rely on him.
Thinking of this, the queen couldn't help but clenched her fists.
"Your Highness, this matter was done by the imperial concubine alone. What does it have to do with me? Even if you want to defend the imperial concubine, you should not slander me like this. I am the Lord of the Sixth Palace. How can I allow you to be so presumptuous!"
Seeing that the queen was already angry, the eldest prince decided to avoid her attack first.
"Queen Mother, this is not what I mean. It's just that as the Queen Mother is the lord of the Sixth Palace, if the imperial concubine has private dealings with the Mu family, or if someone brings something harmful into the palace from outside the palace, if the matter is raised by the ministers, If you do this, your mother will definitely be affected."
"Don't forget, mother, that any mistakes in the harem are all the mother's fault. Now that the father is seriously ill, everyone inside and outside the court must follow the mother. If the mother makes any mistakes, the court will inevitably be in chaos. If there is a traitor who takes advantage of the situation, Come in, wouldn’t we be derelict in our duty!”
After hearing his explanation, the queen finally calmed down a little.
"Then according to what the eldest prince said, what should I do now?"
The queen didn't really want the eldest prince to give her advice, she just wanted to see if this person was with the Mu family.
The eldest prince is also aware of her temptation, so he must stabilize her now and find a way to see his little sister first.
"My son has not yet taken over the government affairs. If my mother makes arrangements, I will definitely do my best. But if I want my son to make suggestions for my mother, I am afraid it will be beyond my power."
The eldest prince glared at the third brother when he said this, but his third brother was so stupid that he didn't realize anything.
In desperation, the eldest prince bent his legs and kicked his third brother's knee. The kick was so heavy that he fell to the ground.
The third prince turned to glare at his eldest brother, and saw his eldest brother folding his hands into fists and lowering his head to salute the queen.
"My son, I would like to treat my mother as my queen!"
The third prince instantly understood what his eldest brother meant, so he knelt on the ground and followed suit to show his loyalty.
"My son, I would like to treat my mother as my queen!"
The queen couldn't help but feel a little relieved when she saw that the two princes were willing to surrender to her. Looking at the emperor now, she really wished that he would never wake up.
But this won't work. The Ten Thousand Dynasties Conference is coming soon. If the emperor remains asleep, other small countries will not be able to see the emperor. If an attack is launched, they have no way to resist it now.
The country's external environment must be peaceful before they can seize power internally.
Therefore, after the queen fully controls the former harem and successfully deploys her own personnel, and then makes the emperor dependent on medicine, he can be cured.
At this time, because the eldest prince had done well in suppressing the courtiers in the previous dynasty, the queen gradually felt relieved about him.
Just to reassure the queen, the eldest prince always kept the queen's people around him, which made it difficult for him to find his little sister.
On the other hand, the second prince has been investigating outside the palace, trying to find clues that the queen used special medicine to make the emperor sick.
It's a pity that after checking for a long time, almost all the lines connecting the inside and outside the palace were checked, but no trouble was found.
When he was anxious, the Taoist priests walking on the street caught the attention of the second prince.
In order to make the auspicious name of his little sister deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, his father arranged for many Taoist priests to enter the imperial city.
Moreover, my father seemed to have brought a Taoist priest into the palace at that time. This Taoist priest was quite knowledgeable in medical skills. If he was doing it, he could not be found outside the palace!
After thinking of this, the second prince immediately thought of a way to spread the news to the palace.
At this time, the third prince successfully entered Qingyou Palace because he was not taken seriously by the queen.
The queen has really lived in the harem for a long time, and she has many ways of rubbing people off.
She locked people up in Qingyou Palace, but didn't give the children anything to eat. What she sent them every day was charred meat.
Adults can eat this kind of food, but children cannot digest it if they eat too much. It only takes more than ten days to kill Yao Guangyue.
So when the third prince came over, Yao Guangyue was already dying.
[Hungry, system, I'm so hungry. I can't eat that meat. My stomach hurts so much! 】
Over the past few days, in order to save Yao Guangyue's life, Xiyan broke open the burnt meat, picked out the edible meat and fed it to Yao Guangyue bit by bit.
But this didn't use Yao Guangyue's body at all, and she was still getting weaker a little bit.
Although Yao Guangyue is almost one year old now, she has not been weaned yet and has not added a lot of complementary food. Even if she eats the meat, she cannot digest it at all.
Within two days, there were a lot of bubbles in her mouth. She opened her mouth wide but said nothing. She was so sensible despite her pitiful face, which made Xiyan couldn't help crying.
The little maid next to Xiyan has also been very anxious these days.
"Aunt Xiyan, what should we do now? The little princess is getting weaker and weaker, and she can't even cry anymore!"
