Su Lijin's body was wrapped in gauze bandages. Although she was wearing a phoenix robe, it could not cover the white gauze. One could even see a few traces of blood on the gauze, which was shocking.
Facing the gazes of the crowd, Su Lijin looked normal, except that her beautiful face was slightly pale, an abnormal pale color caused by excessive blood loss.
But even so, she did not say a word, always standing straight, and serving in the Empress Dowager's palace tirelessly.
Everyone in the palace looked at her with a trace of pity on their faces.
They didn't expect that Su Lijin was so filial that she would serve the empress dowager despite her own injuries.
They had also heard the rumors circulating in the palace about her kindness, loyalty and filial piety.
At this moment, everyone had somewhat different opinions about the queen.
Whenever it came to the Empress Dowager's food and drink, Su Lijin would be the first to take it, pass it through her hands, and then hand it to the Empress Dowager.
Ever since Lu Bingqian mentioned that the Empress Dowager might have been poisoned by a chronic toxin and asked her to help investigate, she had made up her mind.
To investigate, we must go deep into the Empress Dowager's side.
Chronic toxins must still exist in our daily lives.
Someone must have added a little toxin at some stage every time, which was consumed day by day, eventually leading to the empress dowager's physical decline.
While no one was paying attention, Su Lijin would secretly test the food and tea in her hand.
I want to test what kind of toxin it is.
However, nothing was found.
Su Lijin frowned in confusion and looked towards the empress dowager.
The Queen Mother sat in her chair with grace and elegance as usual. There was no unusual expression on her face, and even her complexion looked very normal. There was no sign of poisoning at all.
Looking at the tea in her hand, Su Lijin couldn't help but wonder if Doctor Lu had misdiagnosed her and made a mistake?
It's no wonder she had such suspicions. Everything was too normal. She had been testing for half a day, but there was still no trace, and no signs of poisoning.
Although Lu Bingqian was an excellent doctor, he might have made mistakes and misdiagnoses.
She decided to ask him later to confirm with him.
"Please bring the tea over." The Queen Mother glanced over.
Su Lijin collected her thoughts and handed the teacup to the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, please have some tea."
Her eyes were always secretly on the Queen Mother, still trying to find something unusual.
The Queen Mother casually picked up the cup, but her fingernails were too long and she accidentally knocked over the cup while drinking. The broken porcelain instantly scratched her fingers, and traces of blood flowed from her fingertips.
"Hiss!" The Queen Mother frowned, and the palace maids and eunuchs beside her hurried to find medicine.
Su Lijin's eyes suddenly widened, and she was stunned on the spot.
The Queen Mother’s blood… is actually red with black in it!
This is so abnormal!
Staring closely at the bloodstains, all sorts of thoughts raced through Su Lijin's mind, and she was almost certain that the Queen Mother had really been poisoned!
Her heart trembled, and her eyes became solemn in an instant.
"Empress Dowager, the medicine and gauze are here!" The palace maid immediately handed over a tray containing medicine and gauze.
Taking the tray, Su Lijin revealed a worried look and said, "Queen Dowager, let me help you apply the medicine."
The Queen Mother looked at her, frowned at her hand that was still dripping with blood, nodded, and did not refuse.
Su Lijin quickly wiped the blood with gauze, applied a layer of medicine powder, and finally bandaged it with clean gauze.
After doing all this, Su Lijin immediately found an excuse and left the Queen Mother's Palace.
Looking intently at the tray in her hand, on which was gauze stained with the empress dowager's blood, Su Lijin handed it directly to Lu Bingqian without stopping.
Lu Bingqian didn't expect that Su Lijin would get results so quickly. Looking at the unusual bloodstains on the gauze, a solemn light flashed in his eyes.
"It does look like some kind of poison," he said.
Su Lijin nodded: "Master, please quickly find out what kind of poison it is."
"Um."
After removing the gauze, Lu Bingqian began to concentrate on checking the toxic components in the blood.
On the other side, the Prime Minister and Concubine Shu were expressing their dissatisfaction in the imperial study.
Zhang Wenfeng looked dissatisfied and said, "I heard that the Queen was serving the Empress Dowager with filial piety. I think this is extremely inappropriate."
"Oh? What does the Prime Minister think is wrong?" Xiao Shengxing said lightly, as if he didn't care at all what Zhang Wenfeng said.
He held a book in his hand and did not raise his eyes.
He didn't look at the two people since they came in. He didn't seem to care about their expressions, and his mind was immersed in the book in his hands.
Seeing this, Zhang Wenfeng felt slightly dissatisfied, but still said: "The Queen is the mother of a country. It is not appropriate for her to serve the Queen Mother personally. After all, it is better for the concubines to do such things."
After saying this, he secretly winked at Concubine Shu.
Concubine Shu nodded immediately: "Yes, Your Majesty, the Empress is as precious as gold and jade, how can she endure such hardships? I am used to serving the Empress Dowager, so I will do this."
Su Lijin serves the empress dowager, but who knows what her intentions are.
What if the Queen Mother's attitude towards her changed because she served her well and she became favored? What should she do then?
His status was originally lower than Su Lijin's, and he had always relied on the Queen Mother's favor to be able to dominate the scene.
If Su Lijin even snatched away the Queen Mother's favor, then Wei Shu would lose a great support in this palace.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but secretly curse Su Lijin for being so scheming that she actually wanted to take advantage of the Queen Mother!
"The Queen sacrificed herself to save the Queen Mother, and was kind, loyal, and filial to her. This is a beautiful story, so why is it inappropriate?"
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