"That's good. This pine incense is related to the people in the palace. Keep an eye out for them."
Seeing that Lu Bingqian agreed, Su Lijin nodded and gave a few more instructions.
As she was speaking, she felt Lu Bingqian suddenly staring at her with a strange look in his eyes, and asked in confusion, "What's wrong with you?"
Lu Bingqian took the handkerchief and frowned slightly: "You have a nosebleed."
Su Lijin blinked, took the handkerchief and wiped her nose. When she looked, she saw that the white handkerchief was stained with deep red blood.
She actually had a nosebleed!
"Let me take your pulse."
"Um."
She obediently stretched out her hand, and Lu Bingqian concentrated on taking her pulse.
After a moment, he raised his hand and said, "It should be just a common case of internal heat. Just take some heat-clearing food to treat it."
"Maybe it's caused by internal heat. I'm usually in good health, but I've been running around these past few days, so I guess I'm a little overheated."
She had been bickering with the people from the National Medical Hall every day these days, and she must be really angry.
Thinking of this, I no longer care.
After wiping the blood from her nose and waiting for it to stop completely, Su Lijin said goodbye and left the Imperial Hospital.
When she passed the corner of a garden, a voice made her stop and slowly approach.
On the other side, the Queen Mother was in a corner, whispering something to someone.
Su Lijin pricked up her ears and vaguely heard the word "emperor". She couldn't help but feel moved and moved closer, wanting to hear more clearly.
The Queen Mother said softly, "In two days' time, the Heavenly Sacrifice Ceremony will be personally presided over by the Emperor. When the time comes, you will take action. Do you understand?"
The person standing in front of the Queen Mother with his back to Su Lijin nodded and said, "Don't worry, Queen Mother. I will arrange it right away and make sure it is flawless."
"Well, that's good. Be careful about this matter and don't leak any of it, otherwise..."
"The Queen Mother's order will be kept in mind. I won't be careless, and I won't dare mention it to anyone."
Faced with the Queen Mother's threat, the man quickly and carefully expressed his loyalty.
Su Lijin's scalp tingled and her eyes widened.
They are planning to murder the emperor during the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven!
This discovery made her heart beat wildly and she took a half step back.
No, this must be told to the Emperor so that he can prepare in advance. Otherwise, if the Empress Dowager succeeds, everything will be over.
Xiao Shengxing's safety immediately became Su Lijin's top priority, and she walked in one direction with slightly unsteady steps.
She walked too fast and was a little anxious, and when she was about to reach the bedroom, she almost bumped into several eunuchs.
"Who is it?" several people shouted.
Su Lijin's eyes tightened, and she pretended to run away in a panic. Her body flashed and she hid in the dense grass under the bedroom.
"Why does that person look like the queen?" After chasing for a few steps and not seeing anyone, a eunuch touched his head in confusion.
"Impossible! Wasn't the Queen burned to death?"
"You must have been dazzled."
A few people felt it was impossible, shook their heads and left.
After the others left, Su Lijin patted her chest. She had only hurriedly put on the clothes of a young imperial physician today, and had not even put on a human skin mask on her face, so she was almost exposed.
"Fortunately I dodged quickly," she said thankfully.
Just as she was about to get up, two voices in the bedroom attracted her attention.
Only then did he realize that the place where he had just taken refuge in a hurry was exactly under the window of Xiao Shengxing's bedroom.
The two voices in the bedroom were very similar, almost identical, but they were talking to each other, which sounded very strange.
It's like... I'm talking to myself.
Su Lijin felt something was amiss and peeked inside quietly, when she suddenly saw two identical emperors.
She was startled at first, then suddenly remembered that Xiao Shengxing had a substitute, so she took another look and confirmed that one of the people who replied respectfully should be the emperor's substitute.
This was the first time she saw Xiao Shengxing and the stand-in standing together so clearly, and her eyes couldn't help but fall on the stand-in.
Although the stand-in looked the same as Xiao Shengxing, his expression was respectful and his face was a little stiff, probably because he was wearing a human skin mask.
At this time, the stand-in was reporting something, and Xiao Shengxing, who was standing opposite him, listened with an unclear expression.
After hearing a few words, Su Lijin couldn't help but feel a little strange: "This stand-in is talking about the emperor's daily life. Could it be that the emperor has been away from the palace these days and the stand-in has been covering for him?"
If the emperor was in the palace every day, the substitute would not have to report in such detail.
But, if Xiao Shengxing was not in the palace recently, where did he go?
He has not been in the palace for many days. I guess he is away on business.
While Su Lijin was thinking, her body moved unconsciously, making an extremely slight noise.
She didn't know that this movement had already been known to others.
Inside the bedroom, Xiao Shengxing's dark eyes narrowed slightly, and he glanced at the window. He said to his stand-in, "I understand. You may withdraw first."
After the people left, he suddenly came to the window, grabbed the neck of the person by the window with one hand, and lifted the person up.
He acted very decisively, with murderous intent in his hands, and naturally showed no mercy.
Su Lijin's eyes widened, her neck almost broken, and she struggled desperately.
"Your Majesty, please let go. I am Shiqi..."
At this time, she had put on a human skin mask and transformed into Shiqi.
Xiao Shengxing was slightly startled when he saw this. Seeing that her neck and face were flushed red, he quickly let go of her hand.
Su Lijin coughed violently, clutching her neck, complaining, "Your Majesty, if you had used a little more strength, Shiqi would have become a ghost in your hands."
Hearing this, Xiao Shengxing felt a little embarrassed: "I didn't know it was you just now."
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