Before Concubine Jiao had even had time to sit down in her chair after returning to the palace, the Empress Dowager sent someone to her residence and ordered her to quickly send Banxian out of the palace.
Concubine Jiao was unwilling to even bring the half-immortal to the Empress Dowager's palace, and kept claiming that the half-immortal was very effective and asked the Empress Dowager to tell her fortune as well.
The Queen Mother quickly angrily rebuked, "In the previous dynasty, the emperor sought immortality and the way, leaving the people in disregard. Fortunately, our ancestors appeared and saved the people from danger, which led to the prosperity of our dynasty."
"You have now disregarded the lessons of the previous dynasty. As the emperor's concubine, you dare to invite a half-immortal into the palace. Where do you put the emperor and our ancestors?"
Concubine Jiao was practically trembling with fear after hearing this. Unexpectedly, the half-immortal suddenly said, "I have something to tell the Queen Mother. I wonder if she would be willing to listen?"
The Queen Mother turned a blind eye and waved her hand slightly. Two eunuchs grabbed the man and prepared to drag him out of the palace.
"Born like a phoenix, you can enjoy the fruits of your labor. If you lose your son in middle age, your descendants will suffer misfortune."
How could the young palace maids know what happened before? They were all confused. The nannies beside the Queen Mother changed their expressions when they heard it. This was not fortune telling, it was simply an allusion to the Queen Mother's life.
"Tell me, what does 'Sun Youjie' mean here?" The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes and looked at the half-immortal.
Banxian didn't say another word, but just opened his mouth and told him some of his deeds word for word. The empress dowager was half-believing and half-doubting, but considering that it involved her children and grandchildren, she didn't dare to delay at all.
Everyone realized later that they had learned some of the Queen Mother's secrets. Some of them trembled slightly, and some still didn't know what was going on.
In such an atmosphere, Banxian suddenly stiffened and started shouting, saying that the palace was not clean and he wanted to leave immediately.
This action really made everyone even more terrified. The Queen Mother ordered people to put down the half-immortal and asked him in detail what unclean things were and whether they were not beneficial to their descendants. The half-immortal did not answer, but only said that there was a demon with profound Taoist skills hidden in the palace.
The Queen Mother was afraid of delaying the affairs of her children and grandchildren, so she asked for the method to subdue the demon. The half-immortal said that the demon's identity was unknown and that a ritual could only be performed to reveal something.
How can this be done in the palace?
Everyone was frightened. After careful consideration, the Queen Mother sent someone to report to Xiao Shengxing.
Xiao Shengxing just found it absurd. If the six concubines in the palace and the ministers of the previous dynasty knew that an emperor was holding an altar in the palace, where would the emperor's face be?
He refused without even showing his face.
When the news reached the empress dowager, she naturally knew that she was in the wrong, but she could not delay the matter of her children and grandchildren.
So she blamed Xiao Shengxing for being unfilial and not caring about her, an old woman. It took a long time of various threats to get Xiao Shengxing to agree.
The half-immortal requested that all the concubines in the harem be present, so at the empress dowager's insistence, soon all the female members of the harem, headed by Su Lijin, appeared in the empress dowager's courtyard.
Seeing such a grand scene, Su Lijin found it funny that the empress dowager became dull when it came to the issue of her children and grandchildren.
She had already heard a few words from the so-called half-immortal, about being born a phoenix. As long as she asked carefully, she would know the Queen Mother's affairs.
I think there must be someone who is not afraid of death causing trouble, but what the implication is is worth thinking about.
The half-immortal walked slowly in front of the crowd, took out a talisman from his waist, and began to chant something.
Gradually, his hand holding the talisman began to tremble more and more violently, and finally even the half-immortal began to roll his eyes.
Suddenly, he shuddered all over and shouted, "Ah!"
The talisman in his hand suddenly combusted without any fire the next moment.
The concubines standing closer to the front were so frightened that they couldn't help but scream out loud, and even the empress dowager sitting in the upper seat was frightened.
But Su Lijin just looked at everything in front of her with a calm look.
This is just something applied on the talisman, which will spontaneously combust if exposed to sunlight for a long time.
The spell I chanted just now was probably to delay time until he started burning, right?
There was a hint of helplessness in his eyes, but when Su Lijin turned around, he found that many people were looking at the half-immortal with very pious eyes.
Banxian casually took out a few brocade bags from his pocket and said to the empress dowager.
"Empress Dowager, I have already found out that the person with the evil barrier is among the ten ladies on the left. If you are willing, I have a magic bag here that you can take. I will then make a clear distinction."
Ten people on the left?
Upon hearing this, Su Lijin frowned and a sneer appeared at the corner of her mouth.
Doesn't this include myself as well? I guess he wants to attack me.
"good."
The Queen Mother agreed without hesitation.
So the half-immortal took out the brocade bag he had prepared long ago, walked in front of several concubines, and let them choose as they pleased.
Xiao Shengxing's figure appeared at some unknown time and had been observing for a long time.
He stood aside silently, but his eyes fell on Su Lijin who was about to take the brocade bag.
Su Lijin looked at the brocade bags in front of her and picked one up at random.
Who knew that before she turned around, thick black smoke suddenly came out of the brocade bag.
Banxian quickly took out his demon-slaying sword and pointed the blade at Su Lijin.
"You bold monster! Reveal your true form!"
As he spoke, he rushed directly towards Su Lijin.
All this happened too suddenly. Su Lijin herself didn't even have time to react. She only felt someone suddenly grabbing her arm.
Then he was brought into a very warm embrace.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here."
A deep and reassuring voice came from above.
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