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Chapter 367: Eunuch Wu and Nanny Qiu are both dead

It was already the next morning when the Queen Mother learned that Eunuch Wu was injured.

Because it was already late at night when Eunuch Wu and the guards returned, the Queen Mother had already fallen asleep and no one dared to disturb her.

"What? Shen Qingqian ran away, and Eunuch Wu was seriously injured?"

The Queen Mother slammed the table and asked again when she saw the guard coming to report.

Yesterday, Aunt Qiu came back from Shen Qingqian in a dishevel, feeling ashamed, annoyed and angry. Naturally, she said a lot of bad things about Shen Qingqian, saying that she was arrogant, presumptuous, and did not take the empress dowager seriously.

In short, she exaggerated a lot of things, which made the Queen Mother hate Shen Qingqian even more.

The Queen Mother was very satisfied when she learned that Eunuch Wu had taken people to chase Shen Qingqian. She was just waiting for Eunuch Wu to catch Shen Qingqian so that she could vent her anger. The Queen Mother had even thought of thousands of ways to punish Shen Qingqian.

I didn't expect the result to be like this!

The guard trembled with fear and lowered his head and said, "To answer the Empress Dowager, we encountered an ambush on the way. The enemy had powerful hidden weapons. Eunuch Wu was injured by the hidden weapons and his condition is very bad. The imperial doctors are also in a difficult situation. Eunuch Wu had a high fever an hour ago."

"The one who ambushed you was Shen Qingqian?"

The Queen Mother gritted her teeth. Although it was a question, she was already certain in her heart that it was Shen Qingqian who did it.

The guard answered more quietly, "We don't know either. We didn't see clearly who it was. It should be Shen Qingqian!"

The Queen Mother became even angrier when she heard this. Eunuch Wu had come in person, bringing so many guards with him, but he didn't even get to see the other person's face, and came back covered in injuries!

Could it be that this bitch Shen Qingqian has three heads and six arms? Why is she so difficult to deal with!

"Okay, you go down first!"

The Queen Mother waved to the guards.

"Yes, ma'am."

The guards retreated in a hurry as if they had been pardoned.

The Queen Mother felt as if she was holding a heavy breath in her chest, unable to breathe out. After a moment, she said to Caiju, "Go and call the Emperor to me."

"Yes, ma'am."

Caiju saw that the empress dowager looked unhappy and did not dare to delay and went there quickly.

If Shen Qingqian was still in the capital, the Queen Mother would send more people to capture her. But Shen Qingqian had left the capital now, and she was afraid that sending more people would not succeed.

So the Queen Mother thought that she should just ask the Emperor to frame Shen Qingqian and bring her back.

Emperor Qiyuan came quickly, but when he heard what the empress dowager said, he rejected it outright.

Previously, he had listened to the Queen Mother's advice and threatened Shen Qingqian with her official position, hoping to force her to compromise and marry Prince Chen as a concubine, but the result was counterproductive;

Losing a talent like Shen Qingqian is already a loss for the court. If they continue to attack Shen Qingqian, they might force her to become the court's enemy, which would then be even more of a loss.

However, the Queen Mother did not think so. She only felt that she, as a mother, had suffered a loss, and her son should help her vent her anger. Moreover, her son was the emperor, holding the power of life and death over everyone.

But she didn't expect the emperor to reject her without hesitation. The queen mother felt even more depressed. She frowned and said, "Emperor, Shen Qingqian is so bold. First, she disrespected me, the queen mother, and then seriously injured the people around me. Shouldn't she be punished?

Or in the emperor's heart, I, the empress dowager, am less important than a pariah?"

The Queen Mother's words were a bit harsh, and Emperor Qiyuan felt a headache. He said patiently: "Mother, Shen Qingqian has been dismissed from her post and has even left the capital. Why are you still holding on to her?

Shen Qingqian has done so many things for the people. He donated money and food during the war and made great contributions. These are all witnessed by me and the people of the world.

Shen Qingqian was disrespectful to you before, and she also disobeyed your imperial decree and refused to marry the King of Chen, but she lost her official position because of this, which can be regarded as the punishment she deserved. There is no need for you to target her anymore!"

The Queen Mother had no way of refuting the Emperor's words. Although she was still angry with Shen Qingqian, she couldn't say anything on the surface. If she insisted on her own opinion, she would have a rift with the Emperor.

"Okay, I got it. The Emperor can get busy too!"

The Queen Mother's face had regained its composure and no emotion could be heard from her words.

"Then I will take my leave first. Mother, please have a good rest!"

The emperor didn't want to stay any longer, so he left in a hurry.

In the following days, the Queen Mother did not mention Shen Qingqian again. Even though Aunt Qiu mentioned her several times, the Queen Mother did not express her attitude, whether she would deal with Shen Qingqian or not.

Nanny Qiu was a person who knew her limits. She saw that the Queen Mother had temporarily given up the idea of ​​dealing with Shen Qingqian, so she did not mention it again.

The Empress Dowager's palace seemed to have returned to its previous tranquility.

However, after only a few days of peace, Eunuch Wu and Nanny Qiu both died, and on the same day.

Although Eunuch Wu was injured in the leg, it was a gunshot wound. With the medical conditions in ancient times, surgery could not be performed and the bullet could not be removed. The wound would definitely become inflamed, and the inflammation would lead to a persistent high fever, and eventually he died.

The reason why Aunt Qiu died was because she drank Shen Qingqian's tea when she went to General Qingyi's mansion that day. The tea was poisoned with Qi Ri San. Aunt Qiu drank so much, so of course she would die after seven days!

Although both of them were servants, they were also old men who had served the empress dowager for many years and were considered her confidants. How could the empress dowager not be touched when they both died at once?

Eunuch Wu was killed by Shen Qingqian, and there was no doubt in the Queen Mother's mind about this conclusion.

After examination by Wuzuo, Nanny Qiu only knew that the patient died of poisoning, but Wuzuo didn't know what the specific poison was, and the imperial physician couldn't find out either.

But in the Queen Mother's heart, she had already determined that Shen Qingqian was also related to Nanny Qiu's death.

The Queen Mother's hatred for Shen Qingqian turned into a strong murderous intent!

Shen Qingqian naturally didn't know what happened in the palace. She had been busy since she came back. In five days, she had already made seven bombs.