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One second to remember [Brushstroke Pavilion] [Free of charge, read the wonderful novel!]

The hall was deathly silent. The surrounding court ladies were already kneeling on the ground, their bodies trembling in fear. The moment the words from their mouths came true, all of them who had heard the royal family's secret message had no hope of surviving!

The maid, Peach Blossom, felt the heaviness in her heart as she lay paralyzed on the ground. Her face was blank.

Shen Ninghua stood at the side and looked at the Qin's despairing expression, her eyes filled with a cold and fierce light. She and the Zhou family had never interacted, and she had never thought of any development with the Second Prince. The Zhou family had only relied on their false guesses to plot and kill her, then there would be no need for her to show mercy.

Baili Qingfeng's gaze swept across the Qin family on the ground. With a voice that was stifling anger, he said, "Lady Qin, are you still going to sue Princess Zhao Hua?"

Née Qin trembled and could not help but clench her teeth. "No, Your Majesty, you have redeemed yourself. Your servant was deceived and mistook Princess Radiant for a murderer. Your servant is guilty, Your Majesty. Please be merciful." At this time, she couldn't drag Shen Ninghua down any longer. If she failed to pull Shen Ninghua down, and he ended up being smashed in the well, then the Zhou family would truly be finished.

Since you are not going to file a complaint, then let's just deal with Madame Zhou's matter. Someone, the head of the hospital, Chen Cheng, has brought along Imperial Physician Li for her pulse examination. Also, Second Brother, the Zhou's two children, have your two children brought in sedatives to the palace.

Baili Qingfeng's tone was firm, causing Baili Jinchuan's heart to involuntarily tremble. "Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu."

The atmosphere of the Hall of Accomplishment was solemn, the brilliant golden hall was so bright that it made people feel cold and chilled to the bone.

At this moment, a loud and clear voice broke the heavy atmosphere outside the hall. "Your Majesty, the empress and the crown prince have arrived. They're waiting to see the emperor."

Shen Ninghua stood at the side with her head lowered. Her eyelashes trembled slightly when she heard this, before calming down.

Empress Zhao Huiying was dressed in bright yellow palace attire. Her beautiful face was like a pearl of jade, suffused with a cold light. "Chenqie will participate in the imperial palace."

The matter involves the prince's residence, so it should be handled by you, the empress. The Zhou family is involved in the confusion of the royal bloodline, and right now, an investigation is underway. Take a good look at what the prince's concubine you chose looks like!

Zhao Hui Ying's face flashed with a hint of surprise. Listening to the attendant by the side quietly recounting what had happened, the gaze she looked at née Qin with completely changed: "Zhou … What a great Zhou family, you really have a good daughter! "

As an empress, she could not treat the other princes too harshly. The reason why she chose Zhou to be Baili JinChuan's official wife was because she found out that the Zhou family was born with a cold, so it was not easy for them to be pregnant. She never thought that the Zhou family would have a daughter and a son, and she thought that her own investigation was not detailed enough.

Soon, all the relevant personnel had arrived.

Imperial Physician Li was scared silly the moment he heard the Emperor's summons. After being brought into the great hall, he was stupefied. He kneeled down on the ground after being glanced at by Baili Qingfeng, explaining everything clearly.

"Your majesty, this servant is guilty. On the one hand, the second prince's consort offered many benefits to the servant, and on the other hand, she is using the servant's family to threaten her." Your majesty, this servant is guilty, on the other hand, the second prince's consort promised many benefits to the servant, and on the other hand, she is using the servant's family to threaten her. After personally confirming the truth, Baili Qingqing's voice became colder and colder, "Do you know that confusing the royal bloodline is a crime punishable by nine familial extermination?!"

"This servant deserves to die a thousand times for his crimes, but I had no choice. It's all my fault that I was greedy for money and helped the second prince's consort to drug the other rooms and concubines of the second prince with sterilization medicine. The second prince's consort used this matter as evidence and threatened this servant to reveal these matters if he did not do as he said, so I had no choice but to help her commit a heinous crime and beg your majesty for mercy."

Baili JinChuan clenched his teeth tightly, the anger in his eyes was about to burst out, "You said, the reason why no one gave birth to a child in my house for such a long time is because Lady Zhou ordered you to give someone else an sterilization pill?"

Imperial Physician Li was so scared by his ferocious gaze that his entire body trembled, and he nodded tremblingly. "Yes, it was the Second Imperial Concubine's orders."

Baili Jinchuan could not suppress the anger in his heart. He stepped forward and kicked Imperial Physician Li to the ground, "You bold servant!" That slut of the Zhou family! What had he done to let her treat him this way? Could it be that she wanted to see him die without any descendants?

Imperial Physician Li's chest was kicked, causing him to spit out a mouthful of blood before fainting on the spot.

Chen Jun stepped forward to check his condition. "Reporting to your majesty, Imperial Physician Li has fainted from fright."

"Drag him away and throw him into the Sky Prison to be strictly guarded." Baili Qingfeng's face was as black as the night sky. He coldly glanced at Imperial Physician Li and gave the order, "Also, go and check if those two children are the heirs to the Second Prince."

Chen Xi nodded his head and took out a golden needle from the medicine box. He pierced the fingers of the two children and took out Baili JinChuan's blood to examine him carefully.

Shen Ninghua watched his actions, her eyes slightly moving. These two people were the blood of Baili JinChuan, but because of the Zhou family, it was unlikely that they would ever be liked by Baili JinChuan again.

Not long after, Chen Jun reported, "Reporting to your majesty, these two children are of the blood of the Second Prince."

A huge stone in his heart fell to the ground. If Chen Jun had just told him that these two children were born into a bastard family, he might not be able to control his anger and have them fall to their deaths in the main hall.

At the start, the Zhou family was not so bold as to directly use someone else's child to replace their royal bloodline. She had secretly imprisoned the maids that the Second Prince had favoured, and made sure that they were pregnant so that they could have their offspring, and then use their fake pregnancies to exchange them for their own children. After that, Baili Jin's feelings towards her became more and more shallow, causing her to panic, as she tried to use her pregnancy to grab his attention.

But unfortunately, the outcome was extremely tragic!

This kind of ridiculous farce caused Baili Qingfeng to be extremely agitated and displeased. He thought that his son would be able to take on a big responsibility, but he never expected that he would be unable to even look at his own backyard. It seemed like he still needed to hone himself.

As for the Qin family, they were all sent to the Celestial Prison. Peach Blossom and her lover were beaten to death and their corpses thrown into the unmarked cemetery.

Walking out of the palace once again, he found the sun hanging in the middle of the sky. The gentle wind and the warm sunshine were very beautiful, but when Shen Ninghua raised his head to look at the bright and dazzling sky, he couldn't help but feel a chill.

"Princess Radiant, the empress has invited you."

The palace maid's voice came from behind him, jolting Shen Ninghua back to her senses. "Empress?" She had just arrived at the entrance of the palace when the empress called her …

"That's right, the empress invited you to take a seat at Ning Kun Palace."

Shen Ninghua's heart skipped a beat. Mrs Zhou just had an incident and the empress was looking for her at this time. Was it intentional or unintentional?

"Let's go."

Ning Kun Palace was the grandest and most magnificent palace in the imperial harem.

Shen Ninghua was standing in the corridor, looking at the orchids growing not far away.

"Princess Radiant, the Empress invites you in."

Shen Ninghua nodded and walked into the main hall.

Perhaps because he didn't have time, Zhao Hui Ying didn't change clothes and was still dressed in the empress's formal attire: "Ning Hua, suddenly remember that I've never chatted with you alone before, so I sent people to invite you here while you were in the palace. I didn't waste your time."

Shen Ninghua bowed and greeted, "Greetings to the empress and the empress, Jin An. I originally had nothing to do, so it naturally can't be considered as delaying. "

"You are well-mannered, aren't you? You are even more elegant and well-mannered than the princesses who have studied etiquette from a young age. You must have put in a lot of effort in private." Zhao Huiying touched his injured, dark blue armor, his slender fingers suffused with a jade color, bringing with them a unique sense of beauty.

"Ning Hua doesn't dare to compare herself with the princesses." Although she called Baili Qingfeng her father, in the end, she was still a foster daughter. If she could bestow him with rewards, of course she could be deprived of them. She was completely incomparable to the proper princess of the imperial family.

Zhao Hui Ying smiled slightly, his dark red lips curving into a beautiful smile: "Since Your Majesty wants you to call him royal father, then even if you aren't a proper imperial princess, your status is still more noble than a princess. You don't have to belittle yourself. Just like today, could the emperor not see that there was a secret behind this matter? But because I love you, I won't pursue the matter. "

Mrs Zhao said as her gaze fell on Shen Ninghua's body. She seemed to be unconcerned, but her reaction was still reflected in her eyes. Not bad, not bad at all.

Shen Ninghua's face revealed traces of surprise. He looked at Zhao Huoying with suspicion, "Haven't we investigated this matter thoroughly? Could it be that there is some sort of secret behind it?"

Zhao Hui Ying raised his eyebrows. Shen Ninghua's face was only filled with surprise, not the slightest bit abnormal. Was it true that she didn't know or hid it too well?

"Xiao Hua, you are still playing dumb with me? I have already secretly investigated that the reason for Mrs. Zhou's sudden death is only one aspect of the grass under her pillow. The most important part is the furniture in her room and the plants in her yard.

Shen Ninghua's face was filled with shock and puzzlement, "Empress, what are you saying? Could it be that the Second Prince's consort didn't die because of Sha Zhi, but rather because someone forced her to die? "Then why didn't you tell the emperor? Presumably, the emperor will send people to investigate if they find out."

Zhao Hui Ying looked deeply at her: "I was only guessing, I still need to investigate. After I investigate thoroughly, I will naturally report it to the emperor. It's getting late, you can withdraw."

"Yes." Shen Ninghua opened her mouth as if she still wanted to say something, but she didn't say anything. She slowly got up and left.

Walking to the main hall, Shen Ninghua kept her head down all the way until she stepped out of the palace and got on the carriage. Only then did the puzzlement, doubt, unease, and shock on her face recede, returning to its original unperturbed expression.

The empress had just been testing her, did she sense something?

Inside Ning Kun Palace, the empress coldly looked at the swinging curtain and gave a cold smile. "You really are like a hedgehog, leaving no place for others to swallow. However, in the end, you're still too inexperienced."