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The empress dowager looked at Old Emperor with worry, her heart aching.

"Wei Qing, my heart aches."

As the most respected woman in the harem, the empress dowager didn't easily reveal her true feelings in front of others.

However, perhaps it was because he had just personally witnessed Old Emperor's painful appearance, or perhaps it was because their hearts were linked by a mother's heart, or perhaps it was because the empress dowager completely regarded Wei Qing as one of her own, that the truest emotions were unintentionally revealed.

Wei Qing had truly been frightened just now. She pursed her lips and pulled the empress dowager into her embrace. "Empress Dowager …"

The empress dowager sighed again. "What did This Dowager tell you before?"

Wei Qing suddenly said, "Royal Grandmother, for Your Majesty to be able to make such a decision for the Northern Kingdom, I am truly shocked and greatly admire him."

The empress dowager turned her head to look at Old Emperor. "But in the end, it's still missing an arm …"

When Wei Qing had just bandaged Old Emperor's wound, she had already discovered that Old Emperor did not break his arm shoulder. If she could draw a prosthetic design, and the dark guards could just make it, then it would also work.

Only, facing the frail old man with a head of silver hair in her arms, Wei Qing did not say anything. After all, he did not want to give her any hope, and in the end, it was as if a candle had been extinguished by the wind.

It wasn't good for the empress dowager to stay any longer. She looked deeply at Wei Qing and said, "This Dowager will hand the emperor over to you. You take good care of him."

Wei Qing nodded heavily.

The empress dowager wiped away her tears and retracted her gaze from Old Emperor's face, then quickly left the secret room.

Just as he was about to take a rest, he heard ear-piercing noises coming from outside.

"Nanny Qiu, what happened?"

Nanny Qiu hurriedly replied, "Esteemed Empress Dowager, just now when we were punishing the crown prince, Esteemed Empress was stopped by our men. I'm afraid they already know of the crown prince's circumstances, so they came to plead for mercy."

The empress dowager thought that the Old Emperor would not hesitate to cut off her arms for the sake of the peace of the Northern Kingdom, and since Wei Qing and Xiao Qingqian had been tricked by the crown prince, the subGu in their bodies sunk. "This Dowager would like to see just what kind of flowers this empress can produce!"

Since the hidden guards could disguise themselves to be Old Emperor, they could also disguise themselves to be other people. If she was forced into a corner, she would let the hidden guards disguise themselves as empress dowager, letting them have a peaceful time!

Nanny Qiu supported the empress dowager, whose face was as pale as paper, to the outer hall. The empress had already escaped from the encirclement and rushed in.

"Imperial Mother, what crime did the crown prince commit? Are you going to imprison him in the Imperial Palace's dungeon?"

Because of her anxiety, the empress hadn't shown the empress dowager any of her blessings after rushing in. This only made the empress dowager even more annoyed.

Seeing the disgust between the empress dowager's brows, the empress's mouth opened and closed a few times as her heart skipped a beat.

"Muhou!"

The empress wanted the gift, but thought better of it. If she had the gift with the empress dowager now, she might have lost some of her momentum.

That was the crown prince. How could he lock the crown prince in the palace's dungeons with just a few letters?

"The emperor was heavily injured by the Prince Chu, and is currently unconscious. This is a small matter, could it be that the Queen wants to do it herself, or that the Queen intends to hand it over to the Prince Chu who is in confinement?" The empress simply spoke all at once.

If the empress dowager took on too much responsibility, then it was as if she were holding court from behind a curtain. If it was given to Xiao Qingqian, she would be the first one to refuse to accept it!

The empress dowager had long despised the empress. This time, she slammed the table.

The empress was shocked and shuddered.

"Empress, who gave you the guts to throw dirty water on This Dowager?"

The empress pursed her lips. Although she looked normal on the surface, her heart was beating like a drum.

"This Dowager has her own decisions. Besides, although His Majesty is unconscious, there are still so many court officials! The Crown Prince has done something amiss. Let him reflect on it in the dungeon first. "

The Queen's frown deepened.

"Muhou, but that's still a dungeon …"

The empress dowager fixed her eyes on the empress. "Before, the Prince Chu was also imprisoned there!"

"The Prince Chu severely injured the Emperor. All of the court officials saw it with their own eyes, but the crown prince …"

"Empress, you are the mother of a nation. You shouldn't have only the crown prince in your eyes! Ah Qian had indeed heavily injured the emperor, but, Wei Qing had taken out her Death-Free Token, so this matter could only be discussed after the emperor had woken up. As for the crown prince, This Dowager did not kill him with a single blow. Didn't I ask the crown prince to prove that he did not have any private correspondence with the second prince of Xie Jing? "

The empress was so angry that she laughed instead. "Imperial Mother, you still say you aren't biased towards Prince Chu?"

A perceptive person would be able to tell with a glance, that once this type of correspondence was discovered, it would be a matter of losing one's head. How could Xiao Hanqi keep these things?

The empress dowager's eyes grew cold. "Empress Dowager, it's already late. If you still dare to cause trouble here, then I won't be polite!"

The empress's anger had reached its peak as well. "Imperial Mother, are you trying to imprison chenqie in Yi Kun Palace as well?"

"If the empress feels that it's better that way, I will naturally do everything I can to satisfy the empress!"

The empress hated her to the core when she saw the dark and cloudy eyes of the empress dowager.

This damned old woman!

Even though the empress hadn't said a single harsh word, the empress dowager had still managed to guess most of the grievances within her heart.

"Nanny Qiu, send the Queen back! Get the imperial physician to prepare some medicine for the empress to calm her mind down. "

Nanny Qiu nodded and led the Queen away.

Halfway there, the Queen took down the Dragon-Dry Palace.

However, they were stopped before they could enter.

The empress was about to explode in anger. "I want to see the crown prince!"

The Nanny Qiu's gaze turned heavy. "Empress, it's better for you to remain calm at a time like this. If we anger the empress dowager, not only you, but even the crown prince as well. "

The Queen had completely lost her reason. Even if what Nanny Qiu said was logical, she would still not listen.

"Scram!"

The Queen quickly walked towards the dungeon. Nanny Qiu looked at her back and shook his head helplessly.

The imperial physician very quickly concocted a medicine for the empress to calm her nerves and condense her Qi, which the empress rejected.

However, Nanny Qiu was not worried about offending the Empress at all. Instead, he shot a look towards the Dark Guard and forced the medicine into the Empress's mouth.

The empress gritted her teeth, trying to stop the bitter soup from entering her mouth.

The effects of the pill were quick and effective. After drinking it, the Queen began to breathe heavily.

The empress dowager took the opportunity to change everyone in the Yi Kun Palace into her own people. Furthermore, she announced to the outside world that the empress was sick and could not be disturbed unless it was something important.

In the entire palace, the atmosphere was extremely depressing. The people of the palace were all cautious, afraid that they would become cannon fodder.

Old Emperor finally woke up on the third day.

A hint of joy surfaced on Wei Qing's brows. "Your majesty, how do you feel?"

Old Emperor suffered serious blood loss and was extremely dizzy, "How long have I been unconscious?"