Chapter 78: Evil Spirits Causing Chaos

The Queen Mother did not speak, as if her soul had slowly returned to its place after leaving her body. After a long time, she closed her eyes tiredly.

Her hand resting on the edge of the bed trembled slightly.

The Emperor waited patiently.

"I..." The Queen Mother spoke, her voice was hoarse as if it had been cut by a sharp knife, and even she herself froze before she spoke again, "What's wrong with me?"

The Emperor turned his head and looked at Ji Weiyu.

"Oh, I read the fortune for the Queen Mother last night, and the fortune showed that there was an evil spirit causing trouble in the Queen Mother's palace." Ji Weiyu looked calm and composed, without any trace of lying. "Dr. Yan was worried about my health and insisted on coming with me. I was afraid that Dr. Yan would be troubled in the palace, so I asked the princess to come and explain to the Queen Mother in advance."

The emperor frowned: "Evil spirit?"

"Yes." Ji Weiyu nodded, "I originally wanted to come here last night, but I was delayed by something. I hurried here this morning, but still failed to stop the evil spirit from possessing me, so that the Queen Mother suffered such great torture. I am ashamed."

"Nonsense!" The emperor scolded, "Since you saw the evil spirit last night, why did you come here this morning? What is more important than the Queen Mother's body?"

Ji Weiyu bowed his head: "I know my mistake."

The female doctors bowed their heads, and several young eunuchs and maids were like dumb people, lying on the ground, not daring to raise their heads.

"Where is Meng Changqing?" The Queen Mother lay on the couch, panting weakly, her voice so hoarse that it was almost inaudible, "I...I want to see him."

The Emperor turned around and ordered: "Zhou Shun, call Meng Changqing over."

"Yes."

A young eunuch walked out respectfully, and came back a short while later, kneeling down: "Report...Report to the Emperor, Meng...Meng Zongguan died."

The Queen Mother was stunned, as if she had heard something wrong: "What did you say?"

The Emperor frowned, turned to look at the Queen Mother, and said with some self-blame: "Mother, it's my fault. I saw that the Queen Mother was in a bad condition just now, and thought that Meng Changqing and the others did not serve her well, so I asked him and Zhou Ma to be taken out and punished, but I didn't expect..."

The Queen Mother's eyes went dark, and she couldn't hear the voice for a long time.

Meng Changqing is dead.

This fact made her feel ominous.

Meng Changqing is just a life. On ordinary days, the Queen Mother would not care too much even if she was angry, but today she couldn't care less.

She realized that this was a provocation from the Emperor.

The emperor was cleaning up the forces around her and taking away the power from her. He first took advantage of her unpreparedness and started with the Marquis of Loyalty and the eldest princess outside the palace, and now he started cleaning up the people in her palace.

What does the emperor want to do?

The queen mother was furious. The sudden anger made her suddenly have strength as if she had a last burst of light. She stood up from the bed: "Let Zhou Mama come over!"

If it were in the past, no one in Ren'an Palace would dare to neglect the queen mother's order, and she didn't even need to speak harshly.

But today...

The emperor looked at her messy demeanor, his face full of guilt and compassion: "Mother, calm down, I was so angry just now that they were both taken out and caned... I'm afraid now..."

Meng Changqing died, how could Zhou Mama be okay?

The queen mother's face was ashen, and her originally pale face turned red because of anger: "Let Yan Zhen come over, I want to see Yan Zhen!"

The emperor looked at her madness coldly, and finally cooperated with her once: "Come, call Yan Zhen over."

The queen mother's eyes were cold. Even though her body was extremely weak at this time, the deterrent power she had developed over decades of power was still there. She stared at the emperor, "Does the emperor want to kill his mother?"

"No." The emperor shook his head slowly, "Don't worry, mother, I will serve you well and never let you suffer any grievances."

As he said, he turned his head and looked: "There are too many people in your mother's palace. When there are too many people, it will not be quiet. Transfer half of them to the queen's palace."

"Your Majesty, you are so presumptuous!"

"My mother is old, so she should stay in Ren'an Palace to rest in peace in the future." The emperor said in a gentle tone, "The trivial matters in the harem are too heavy, and the queen will be in charge of them in the future. I will not let the concubines come to pay respects anymore. Let my mother rest for a while, okay?"

Is he trying to imprison her?

"How dare you!" The Queen Mother's face was livid. Even though her hair was messy, her eyes were emitting a fierce light without any concealment: "Your Majesty, what do you want to do? What do you want to do!"

"Zhou Shun." The emperor stepped back and ordered majestically, "Starting today--"

"Your Majesty, Commander Yan has arrived."

The emperor was silent, slowly turned around and walked to the palace gate, looking coldly at Yan Zhen who stepped into the palace gate of Ren'an Palace.

Yan Zhen, who was dressed in the uniform of the commander of the Imperial Guards, was tall and had a tough and mighty appearance. He held a scimitar at his waist and was responsible for guarding the Ren'an Palace and executing the Queen Mother's orders.

However, his mission was destined to end today.

As soon as he stepped into the palace gate, Yan Zhen was held by two long swords by the neck. Surprised, he was about to resist, but he saw King Ming walking over steadily and looking at him coldly.

The blood in his body seemed to flow backwards instantly. Yan Zhen slowly turned his head. The palace was filled with a strong smell of blood. Two people were lying lifelessly on the spring stool, motionless, with a pool of blood on their bodies that was particularly shocking.

The people were already dead.

Yan Zhen realized this fact and identified the clothes on the two people as belonging to Meng Changqing and Zhou Mama in the shortest time.

The King of Ming led the Royal Guards and Cavalry Battalion to stand in the Ren'an Palace, with a solemn battle, and the Emperor dealt with Meng Changqing and Zhou Mama on the spot - what did this indicate?

As the commander of the Royal Guards' Vanguard Battalion, Yan Zhen instantly understood what this meant.

He looked at Ji Chenghao coldly: "His Royal Highness Prince Ming wants to rebel in the Queen Mother's Palace?"

"You are not worthy of saying this." Ji Chenghao's voice was cold, "The Queen Mother is not in good health. My father came to see the Queen Mother, that's all."

"Mr. Meng and Aunt Zhou are the most trusted people by the Queen Mother..."

"So what?" Ji Chenghao said coldly, "Being arrogant and inattentive to favors caused the Queen Mother to suffer from serious diseases. Just punishing the two of them is kind enough."

Suffering from a serious illness?

Yan Zhen felt ominous. How could the Queen Mother, who was so good, suffer from a serious disease?

"I want to see the Queen Mother!" He said in a cold tone, "I suspect that someone is trying to harm the Queen Mother. I want to see the Queen Mother immediately."

Ji Chenghao said nothing.

His Majesty the Emperor in a bright yellow dragon robe came out, his voice was so light that only the emperor's majesty and ruthlessness could be heard: "Start immediately to seal Ren'an Palace. The Queen Mother's phoenix body is out of harmony and she needs to rest."

"yes."

"The number of palace servants will be reduced by half, and that of medical women will be reduced by half." The emperor ordered, "All concubines in the harem are not allowed to disturb the Queen Mother's recuperation without any reason, including Concubine Yun Gui."

"yes."

"Yan Zhen's poor protection allowed evil spirits to infiltrate the Queen Mother's body. From now on, he will be removed from the post of commander and will be thrown into prison pending trial."

"yes."

Every command was issued, which heralded the emperor's victory in this struggle. Ji Weiyu and Yan Qing stepped out of Ren'an Palace, no longer caring about everything here.

But as long as Ji Weiyu wanted to talk to Yan Qing, she could always find a topic.

He approached Yan Qing and lowered his voice and said, "The invasion of evil spirits should be beyond the control of a mere mortal."

"There has to be an excuse to give up." Yan Qing said calmly, "Otherwise, what should I say?"

Ji Weiyu thought for a while: "It can be said that Yan Zhen is evil. However, this sentence should not be said by the father, but by the son of God, who is more credible."

Yan Qing was noncommittal.

Things in the palace were handled by the emperor. Ji Weiyu and Yan Qing were not interested in participating, so they left the palace in advance and returned to Prince Feng's Mansion.