Chapter 922: Zhang Yuzhen's Decision

"Kill!"

"Block them back! You unruly rabble, you rebels!"

"This is the capital city; are you all trying to revolt?"

In Hancheng.

The various mansions of the Southerner Party were all being besieged, harassed, and vandalized to varying degrees.

Li Hang, Zhang Xuan, and the others were all going mad.

More and more people were joining in the rioting, and they all shared one characteristic: they held a book in one hand and a weapon in the other.

It was the so-called "broken book in the left hand, woodcutter's knife in the right."

Because during this process, the Southerner Party had already arrested quite a few people—those buying books, selling books, reading books, and discussing books.

Therefore, they came over, first to reason and demand the release of the prisoners.

How could Li Hang and the others ever compromise like that?

Remember the website address.

Then let's fight!

Then let's storm the mansion!

You won't release them?

Fine!

It was terrifyingly quiet.

Quiet enough to make one's heart race with panic.

Hancheng was in chaos.

Here, Zhang Yuzhen's place seemed all the more tranquil.

Zhang Yuzhen could no longer bear this eerie atmosphere; she stood up and shrieked.

The group of people was so frightened they hurriedly knelt and kowtowed.

The palace maids and eunuchs stood trembling on the sidelines, looking at one another.

"Speak! Why is no one speaking!"

"Ha, Your Highness, the weather is quite nice today; why don't we go to the Imperial Garden..."

"Shut up!"

"Your Highness—"

"Speak, hurry up and speak!"

"Where is the Crown Prince? Where is the Crown Prince?"

Zhang Yuzhen felt as though her mind were about to collapse. Soon, she scrambled to her feet in a panic, searching everywhere for her son. Only when the wet nurse brought him over did she snatch him away, a wild, unrestrained smile blooming on her face.

Zhang Yuzhen shook her head as if she were mad.

This left the group of people confused again. You were the one who told us to speak, we started speaking, and now you can't stand it.

"No one is allowed!"

Among the group of people, the sound of their breathing already carried a sobbing tone.

"I am the Queen, and my son is the Crown Prince! No one can change that, right?"

"No one can change that!"

"It's bad, it's bad, Your Highness!"

Zhang Yuzhen looked over abruptly: "What is it?"

Just at this moment.

Suddenly, someone burst in.

"She has fainted. The Imperial Physician says, the Imperial Physician says, it is poison!"

"What?"

"Consort Cui, she, Consort Cui, she..."

Zhang Yuzhen's entire body jolted. She knew that what followed surely could not be good news.

Poisoned during pregnancy?

This plot, how similar it is?

Zhang Yuzhen felt dizzy and lightheaded on the spot.

Poisoned?

"Poisoned?"

Li Tun's face turned leaden.

Sure enough.

Before she could react, Li Tun had already taken his men and stormed off toward Cui Xishan's palace.

This Consort Cui had just become pregnant, and she was already poisoned? This matter naturally had its own suspicious circumstances! In the past, when Zhang Yuzhen was pregnant, she had poisoned herself to frame Queen Inhyeon. Now that Zhang Yuzhen occupied the position of Queen and held the King's favor alone, and furthermore, since she had become Queen, she had been arrogant and overbearing, unable to tolerate even a grain of sand in her eyes.

Come to think of it.

Several Imperial Physicians exchanged glances: "Your Majesty, it can basically be determined that someone has poisoned Consort Cui's food!"

Everyone felt a jolt in their hearts.

The atmosphere was somewhat awkward.

Li Tun was furious: "Investigate! Investigate for me! My beloved consort, my beloved consort..."

This Zhang Yuzhen was far more jealous than Queen Inhyeon, whom she had always criticized for being "jealous"!

The finger of blame for this matter immediately pointed straight at Zhang Yuzhen!

This.

Regardless of whether this matter is true or false, regardless of who did it, this time, Zhang Yuzhen's position as Queen is absolutely gone!

As he spoke, he ran toward Cui Xishan's boudoir with a look of concern.

Everyone looked at each other in dismay.

How long has it even been?

The Li Dynasty has just changed its sky, is it about to change again?

They could not help it.

Everyone gasped.

The situation.

Has already developed in an uncontrollable direction.

The matter regarding Cui Xishan.

At this moment, it is like the straw that breaks the camel's back.

With such a big matter, she waited for a moment, but Li Hang, Zhang Xuan, Zhao Shixi, and the others who had always helped her devise strategies, not a single one came.

They must be busy.

Zhang Yuzhen in the Middle Palace did not react for a long time.

She gave Li Yun back to the wet nurse.

Zhang Yuzhen smiled miserably.

How ruthless!

Yes, they are busy.

They are busy being overwhelmed.

This is forcing her directly onto a dead end, not leaving her a single chance!

"Your Highness."

This series of schemes is truly ruthless; starting from Queen Inhyeon going south to do charity, then some nursery rhyme, then Cui Xishan being presented to Li Tun and becoming pregnant, and finally, another "Record of the Southern Expedition of the Xie Clan"—I have to say, the person behind all this is brilliant!

Extremely brilliant!

A group of people also became anxious.

After all, they were all following Zhang Yuzhen; if Zhang Yuzhen were still the Middle Palace, they would naturally be her close associates, but if her status were gone, they would truly have no one to rely on.

"Should we go over and take a look?"

"Your Highness, according to the harem rules—"

The group was silent as cicadas in winter, not knowing what to say.

How do you see it?

"Go over and take a look?"

Zhang Yuzhen gave a self-deprecating smile: "How to look if I go over? You tell me, how to look if I go over?"

"The Wanfu Ceremony."

Everyone's expression changed drastically.

Zhang Yuzhen took a deep breath, and suddenly, her state of mind began to become indifferent.

She stood up and said softly: "Prepare—"

"This..."

This Wanfu Ceremony is a ritual that only concubines perform for the Queen!

"Your Highness!"

"What?"

Everyone was shocked and began to offer all kinds of advice.

However, Zhang Yuzhen had already made up her mind.

Zhang Yuzhen actually wanted to use the Wanfu Ceremony to visit Cui Shuyuan. This meant that Zhang Yuzhen, at this moment, intended to give up her position as the Middle Palace!

Shock!

It turns out that this place is not somewhere everyone can stay for long. In the entire harem, everyone yearns for the Middle Palace, breaking their heads, engaging in intrigue and schemes, wanting to ascend to this position.

However.

She took one last nostalgic look at the Middle Palace.

Following that, she gave a self-deprecating smile.

Since she became Queen, she had not slept a single good night.

Nowadays.

What does it matter if one truly becomes the Middle Palace?

Every day, one lives in fear, worrying that there will be new people, young vixens, who will bewitch the King, worrying about her own aging, worrying that the forces supporting her will suddenly make a mistake, worrying about this, worrying about that—

She suddenly realized.

If she could step down from the position of the Middle Palace, if she let the Westerners regain control of the government, would all this stop, and would the Li Dynasty return to its previous normal order?

The Li Dynasty is in chaos.

Bloodshed is constant, and the decisive battle with the Wa is right before one's eyes.

From the moment she stepped out of the Middle Palace, the sun in the sky made her suddenly enlightened.

She suddenly remembered all the kindness Li Tun had shown her.

If it were like that.

She would be willing.

And she also knew that all of this was likely the result that Li Tun wanted as well.

It was just that.

She suddenly realized that doing this was the most correct decision of her entire life.

She suddenly.

He could not bear it; he could not bear to voluntarily depose himself.

Thinking of this.

This number one demoness of Joseon smiled brilliantly.

He still loved her, didn't he?