Pushing open the door, I saw several old monks chanting sutras while striking wooden fish.

Walk through the screen to the Buddha statue and open the secret passage.

He looked up and met the gaze of the person locked inside.

The Empress Dowager was not old, not yet forty.

She used to be quite glamorous!

He's only been struggling for a few days, but he's already become very dejected, with a look of exhaustion on his face.

"Gu Xizhou!" The Empress Dowager spoke coldly upon seeing the newcomer.

"Release me immediately, or the Great Qi will perish!"

The Empress Dowager gritted her teeth.

His eyes held a determined look.

There's still a bit of confidence.

Lu Wujiu shook his head: "Do you think that by controlling those poppies, you can control the Qi Kingdom? And even give those people the opportunity to spread them in the army?"

"you……"

The Empress Dowager was greatly alarmed.

He looked at Lu Wujiu with shock in his eyes.

"How did you know?" She was very discreet about this matter.

Even the late emperor didn't know.

"Because there are often madmen in this palace. Madmen talk nonsense and even strangle themselves. If outsiders didn't know what it's like to be addicted to poppies, they might think it's the work of ghosts. But I have seen what people addicted to poppies look like!"

"Since you know this, aren't you afraid that if you cut off the opium, all those people will be ruined!"

“If it’s ruined, then it’s ruined. Qi doesn’t need useless people!” Lu Wujiu said.

He looked down at the Empress Dowager: "Who was the person who contacted you? When did they give you the ointment? When will they meet you? That person is also in the deep palace, right? It might have been many years. Is it a eunuch or something else?"

Lu Wujiu stared intently at the Empress Dowager, not missing a single subtle change in her expression!