"Queen, do you know why I called you here?" The Queen Mother stared at Su Lijin, without a trace of smile in her eyes, as if she was about to make trouble.
Su Lijin looked at the Queen Mother's face, her eyes turned, and she said insincerely, "The Queen Mother must care about me. I am very grateful to her. Although I don't know why she did it, it must be for my own good."
After she said this, the Queen Mother's face, which was about to get angry, suddenly froze. She looked like she wanted to be angry but couldn't, and she couldn't help being angry. She was very conflicted.
The challenge is right at my fingertips, and I don’t know what to do. I don’t know whether to say it or not.
Su Lijin saw this and felt amused.
She said these nice words deliberately to trick the Queen Mother.
"Hmph! Slippery mouth!"
The Queen Mother finally regained her composure and snorted heavily, "I previously entrusted you with the responsibility of organizing the full moon banquet, but you turned around and asked Consort Shu to do it. You're comfortable now, but the royal family has been completely disgraced!"
"Empress Dowager, it was Concubine Shu who came to ask me personally. She said that as her biological mother, she was very kind and wanted to take care of it herself. I cannot refuse her kindness."
Su Lijin pretended to be aggrieved in her words.
The Queen Mother was so stunned that she couldn't think of any words to say. After a moment, she said, "It's the Concubine Shu who should take care of it. As the Queen, you have the responsibility to supervise. Look at this time. Because of your dereliction of duty, you have completely disgraced the royal family!"
Hearing this, Su Lijin sighed in her heart. The Queen Mother was determined to scold her, and any excuse would be a excuse.
She stopped talking and looked like she knew she was wrong, and only then did the Queen Mother calm down a little.
At this time, the palace maid brought the teacup over.
The Queen Mother stared at Su Lijin and pointed at the teacup: "Queen, please bring it to me."
Su Lijin raised her eyes. Was the Queen Mother asking her to serve tea?
She took the teacup and handed it over respectfully.
The Queen Mother had just taken a sip when the teacup suddenly fell to the ground with a bang.
Su Lijin was startled and looked up, only to see that the Queen Mother had fainted!
"Ah! The Queen Mother fainted after drinking the Empress's tea!"
"Someone come quickly!"
The palace maids pointed at Su Lijin and screamed.
Su Lijin stared at the scene in amazement, unable to defend herself.
Lu Bingqian was quickly called in for treatment. After a moment, he said, "The Empress Dowager simply fainted because she had caught a cold earlier and was too weak. She'll be fine after some rest and a few doses of medicine."
Hearing this, Su Lijin breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that nothing serious is wrong."
If something really happened to the Queen Mother, she would never be able to clear herself of the blame even if she jumped into the Yellow River.
The palace maids huddled together, looking at her with fear, afraid that she would cause trouble for them.
After the matter was resolved, Su Lijin returned to Yiku Palace. She remembered the letter from Xiao Shengxing, prepared the things, and secretly passed them to Mongolia.
After doing all this, Su Lijin originally wanted to go for a stroll in the Imperial Garden, but before she walked out of Kunning Palace, she saw the eunuchs from the Empress Dowager's Palace walking towards her.
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother said she was unwell and sent this servant to summon you to attend to her."
After hearing the eunuch's words, Su Lijin's eyes showed a look of doubt.
What's the meaning?
If I remember correctly, the person the Queen Mother dislikes the most right now should be herself. Who would insist on having someone they hate take care of themselves when they are sick?
Although she didn't understand, since the people were already here, Su Lijin naturally had no way to refuse.
Waving her hands helplessly, she sighed.
"Forget it, I'll just go with you."
When she arrived at the Queen Mother's palace, she was already asleep.
Su Lijin just waited outside.
However, it's really boring and I don't know if there will be any fun in it.
While I was still thinking, Concubine Shu came.
To be precise, it was Concubine Shu who brought her children to visit the Empress Dowager.
Although it sounded nice, Su Lijin didn't believe this reason at all.
This woman was clearly coming for me.
Pursing her lips in disdain, Su Lijin looked indifferently at Wei Shu who was standing in front of her.
"Your Majesty, I heard that the Queen Mother was unwell, so I came to visit her. I didn't expect that she was actually resting."
He's quite good at pretending.
Su Lijin couldn't help but complain in her heart, but she remained calm on the surface.
"But I don't know what happened today. The Queen Mother actually asked you, the Queen, to attend to her illness. It's well known that the Queen Mother has never liked you."
As Wei Shu spoke, she seemed to have thought of something, and then looked at Su Lijin with surprise.
"Empress, will you take advantage of the fact that no one is paying attention and murder the Queen Mother?"
She pretended to be worried when she spoke, and her words almost made Su Lijin laugh out loud.
"Shufei is quite clever. You've thought of something I haven't thought of yet, bringing up the matter of the Queen Mother's murder so early on. Are you being considerate of me? Wouldn't it be more appropriate to take action now?"
Su Lijin’s main point is to draw inferences from one example.
Wei Shu was so angry when she heard this suddenly that the veins on her neck stood up.
But there was nothing I could say to refute it.
He could only look at Su Lijin angrily.
She took a deep breath, and suddenly saw the child in her arms.
As if she had thought of something, Wei Shu secretly pinched the child's arm gently from under the swaddling clothes.
The child, who was originally sleeping soundly, suddenly cried out because of the pain.
"Oh, Queen, you're talking so loudly! The child just fell asleep and must have been startled awake!"
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