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"Little Zhu, what is the topic?" The empress dowager looked at Xia Sizhu unhappily.

Xia Sizhu stuck out her tongue and put away her smile. She put on a serious expression.

Xia Sizhu's playful actions made the Empress Dowager want to blame her for having the heart to do so, so she could only give up.

"Little girl Zhu, give me the silver notes you took from the guards." Her Majesty did not forget her purpose for this interruption.

"Empress Dowager, what do you want these silver notes for?" Xia Sizhu took out a banknote and handed it to Her Majesty.

"This note has General Yan's insignia on it. What else do you have to say?" The empress dowager threw the banknotes to the ground. Coincidentally, she threw them in front of Yan Ao Xuan and the wet nurse. As they stared at the banknotes with the symbol 'General's Mansion', Yan Ao Xuan dropped to the ground.

The wet nurse's face was full of remorse as well. She regretted going to the prison herself and giving the empress dowager evidence. She hated herself for being so foolish as to bribe the prison warden with the general's estate's silver notes.

All the nobles and nobles in the southern mausoleum had extremely large expenses. Who didn't have a dozen or so shops?

In order to prevent the servants from taking advantage of the situation, some of the nobles would carve their family's silver and banknotes with special markings. The banknotes with these markings would only circulate in their own shops, and once such banknotes were found outside, the government would release a large amount of silver to the public.

The wet nurse probably did not notice when she took the banknotes, but she actually took the banknotes with the General's Estate's seal imprinted on them.

Xia Sizhu suddenly realized that the empress dowager had once asked her to take out a silver note before giving it back to her. At that time, she was still puzzled. So there was actually such a relationship.

"Now you all have nothing to say!" The empress dowager looked at the two disheartened people and said coldly.

"Since you have nothing to say, then Yan Aoxuan and her wet nurse are plotting to murder the Third Miss of the Prime Minister's Estate. This Dowager will punish them, and those who come will immediately carry out the plan at the door." The empress dowager's expression didn't change as she spoke.

The staff's punishment was to beat someone to death. Upon hearing the empress dowager's order, Yan Ao Xuan instantly collapsed.

Yan Ao Xuan didn't speak either. She looked at Dong Fang Ye with her delicate and beautiful eyes. She really hoped that Dong Fang Ye could plead on her behalf.

"Beauty's tears, don't you go comfort her." Xia Sizhu shook Dongfang Ye's hand with a smile on her face.

"To comfort you." Dongfang Ye ruthlessly gouged Xia Sizhu with his eye and flicked his sleeve, knocking out Xia Sizhu's hand. His expression was very bad. That damnable silly girl actually pushed him towards another woman.

Xia Sizhu innocently rubbed her nose. She didn't do anything. Why was he so angry?

The empress dowager watched the interaction between the two as the corners of her lips curled up into a smile. A glint flashed across her eyes. Perhaps he was the one that Little Mu had entrusted her life to.

Soon, the benches and sticks were ready, and the guards dragged the two of them onto the stools.

Pah pah pah!

With the sound of the stick hitting flesh, Yan Ao Xuan didn't cry out. When it came to the second stick, Yan Ao Xuan finally couldn't help but cry out. The wet nurse was better than Yan Ao Xuan as she was hit to the fifth stick.

Xia Si Zhu looked at Yan Ao Xuan, who was shrieking miserably, and the corner of his mouth curled into a cold smile. When you wanted to harm me, did you ever think that today's ending would happen?

The empress dowager looked at the cold glint in Xia Sizhu's eyes. She thought back to Xia Sizhu's calm, indifferent, and indifferent actions, and smiled in satisfaction. It seemed like she had grown quite a bit after a trip!

She did not know why the little girl Zhu would grow up, nor did she want to know. It was because this was the little girl Zhu's secret.

If the little girl Zhu wanted to say it, she would happily listen. The process wasn't important, and the most important thing was the result.

Now, the little girl Zhu seemed to have become a lot stronger, so she could put on some refreshments.

"Chenqie will attend the empress dowager's meeting, Your Majesty." After about twenty strikes, the Queen and Yan Tianhua appeared together.

"Un, get up!" The emperor looked at Yan Tianhua who was standing behind the empress, and a hint of displeasure flashed across his eyes.

"No wonder I didn't see General Yan just now, so General Yan had to call for reinforcements." The empress dowager gave a cold snort and looked at the empress with displeasure.

She had always thought of the Empress as gentle and virtuous, a rare candidate for the Queen.

The empress looked embarrassed. She knew that the empress dowager was already dissatisfied with her.

"Esteemed Empress Dowager, chenqie implores you to let Ao Xuan go. She's still young and inexperienced, so she went astray and asked the empress dowager to spare her life." The empress looked at the empress dowager and suddenly knelt down.

"If I let her go, where would my prestige come from?" Her Majesty did not give her any face.

"Empress Dowager, chenqie also knows that chenqie's request is a bit excessive, but Ao Xuan is chenqie's little sister's only flesh and blood after all. chenqie can't just sit by and watch her get beaten to death." The Queen gazed at the unconscious Yan Aoxuan, her eyes flashing with heartache.

"Yan Ao Xuan's mother is the empress dowager's younger sister?" Xia Sizhu's face was filled with disbelief.

"Yan Aoxuan's mother and the empress's mother were twin sisters. The empress married the father, while the empress's sister married General Yan. This Yan Aoxuan's appearance will be more suitable for her father." Dongfang Ye looked at Xia Sizhu's astonished expression and explained.

Listening to Dongfang Ye's words, under Xia Sizhu's careful observation, Yan Aoxuan looked somewhat similar to the empress.

"Humph!" The empress dowager gave a cold snort, completely unaffected.

"Your Majesty, chenqie begs you to save Ao Xuan!" She deserves to die for being so young! " When the empress saw that the empress dowager didn't beg, she turned to the emperor instead. The empress's tears were tear-filled, and after all, he was still reluctant to part with her after waiting so long for so long, but the empress dowager didn't say anything.

The moment Yan Tianhua arrived, he saw that Yan Aoxuan's clothes were dyed red with blood. His eyes immediately turned red, but he did not dare to rashly speak out, afraid of infuriating the empress dowager again.

"The empress dowager can punish him, so don't cause anyone's death." Just as the empress and empress dowager were at a stalemate, Xia Sizhu suddenly spoke up.

"Little Zhu, are you serious? "She wants to make you lose your innocence. Are you really willing to let her off just like that?" The empress dowager had a puzzled expression. She didn't understand why the little girl wanted to let her go.

"Really, will the Empress Dowager?" They scared the hell out of all of them by seriously nodding their heads. Letting Yan Ao Xuan die just like that was letting her off too easily. Letting Yan Ao Xuan live a life worse than death was better than killing her.

"Since the little girl Zhu has pleaded for mercy on her behalf, then forget about it. However, if she is still unrepentant and wants to harm the little girl, I will not let her off." Although the empress dowager didn't understand, she still agreed. She just needed to send a few more people to protect the little girl.

As soon as he stopped performing his duty, Yan Tianhua immediately carried Yan Aoxuan to the imperial physician for treatment.

"Chenqie is going to visit this girl, Ao Xuan. I'll take my leave first." Seeing this, the Queen excused herself and went to chase after Yan Tianhua.

"Esteemed empress dowager, my marriage with the crown prince …"

Xia Sizhu suddenly recalled that her marriage had not been annulled yet …