Su Lijin looked at her, her eyes narrowed slightly.
wrong……
She is lying.
Looking at Xianxian, Su Lijin suddenly felt suspicious.
Just now she deliberately used the term "soapberry" to test him, but unexpectedly, Xianxian also answered in the same way as "soapberry".
This is clearly not right!
That smell was not the smell of soapberries at all, but... the smell of incense.
Why would Xianxian lie?
Staring at Xianxian's back, her eyes became a little complicated.
However, if Xianxian was related to the person who kidnapped Tan Tai Chun, this would not convince Su Lijin herself.
After all, it was she who personally rescued Xianxian from the brothel. This little girl had been with her for so long, and she was as simple and clean as a blank sheet of paper. How could she be involved in a conspiracy?
Thinking of Xianxian's background, her doubts were dispelled again.
Maybe Xianxian didn't understand her question, so she answered like that.
That was all she could think of.
After leaving the palace, Su Lijin went outside the palace, intending to look for clues outside.
The emperor and Lu Bingqian were in the palace, investigating together. The scope of their investigation almost covered the entire palace. If there were any clues, they would not escape their investigation scope.
Just as she was thinking this, she didn't expect that shocking news came from the palace.
Xianxian suddenly died!
"How is this possible..." Su Lijin's face turned pale.
The day before, she had just seen Xianxian, and Xianxian had even talked to her. How could she be dead in less than a day?
When she arrived at the mass grave, even though she couldn't believe it, Su Lijin's heart sank when she saw the cold corpse.
The people in the palace threw Xianxian into a mass grave. She must have died suddenly. The people in the palace were afraid that she had contracted a serious disease and that it would be contagious, so they wrapped her in a straw mat and threw her into the mass grave.
When Su Lijin arrived, she saw with her own eyes that they threw her body away.
"Xianxian..."
Squatting beside the corpse, Su Lijin felt heavy-hearted, her hands almost clenched into fists.
The girl he had personally rescued from the brothel had now become a corpse. The days they had spent together were right in front of him, but everything was irreversible.
A new grave was dug nearby, and Su Lijin buried Xianxian and covered it with soil herself.
"Have a safe journey."
After erecting a simple tombstone, Su Lijin stood there for a long time, and only turned and left when the sun set in the west.
After Xianxian left, any doubts I had about her were completely dispelled.
Su Lijin couldn't help but feel sad in her heart. She felt that life was short and she didn't know when good or bad fortune would come.
The ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven was about to begin, and all the ministers and officials arrived one after another.
The altar had been arranged many days ago and was now decorated with royal sacrificial items, looking luxurious and solemn.
Xiao Shengxing, dressed in a dragon robe, asked the woman beside him, "Shiqi, today I will preside over a ceremony to worship the heavens. Would you like to accompany me?"
Su Lijin naturally knew about the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, and when faced with the invitation, she began to think a little.
She had originally planned to go and watch this ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven.
However, she was somewhat surprised that the emperor would personally invite her.
Although it was an accident, it saved her a lot of trouble and she didn't have to think of so many reasons to get in.
Thinking of this, she nodded and agreed: "Shiqi is willing to go with us."
The imperial carriage was waiting outside. Xiao Shengxing went up first, but Su Lijin avoided being watched by the crowd and just stood with the maids, following the imperial carriage to the altar.
The imperial carriage took the imperial road within the palace, and the journey was smooth, and it arrived at the destination very quickly.
Su Lijin saw from afar the civil and military officials standing in an orderly manner over there. Her eyes turned slightly and fell on the altar.
She naturally noticed the solemn and dignified sacrificial items on the altar.
Speaking of which, every time she saw such a grand scene, she couldn't help but feel deeply that the royal majesty was truly deeply rooted in people's hearts.
Xiao Shengxing got off the imperial carriage and walked in front, with Su Lijin following behind him.
"This is a ceremony to worship the heavens. How can someone like you, who is neither powerful nor noble, be allowed to set foot here? Leave now, or I will send someone to take you away!"
As soon as Xiao Zhaolin saw Su Lijin, his expression darkened.
His words were meant to question whether Su Lijin was worthy of being here.
How could Su Lijin not hear it? Looking at the man's embarrassed face, she stuck out her tongue in her heart.
"Your Highness, have you forgotten that Shiqi is the Empress's cousin? She's considered a royal relative, so why can't she appear at the Heavenly Sacrifice Ceremony?"
After she finished speaking, she blinked, looking innocent, but Xiao Zhaolin was very angry.
"What about royal relatives? That's pure nonsense!"
Xiao Zhaolin glared at her with anger in his eyes. Shiqi had ruined her plans so many times that he had long held a grudge against her. Now he regarded her as a thorn in his side and wished he could just pull her out.
"Your Highness, aren't you also a relative of the Emperor? In fact, we are all the same. We all benefited from the Emperor's influence. So, there should be no distinction between high and low, right?" Su Lijin curled her lips, and after saying this, she turned away without looking at him.
These words made Xiao Zhaolin's slightly dark face turn even darker.
Xiao Shengxing, who was standing aside, had a slight smile on his gloomy eyes. He withdrew his gaze from Su Lijin and when it fell on Xiao Zhaolin, his eyes sank slightly.
At this time, Su Lijin ignored everyone else and stared at the Queen Mother with her eyes.
She still remembered the conspiracy she had witnessed that day. The Queen Mother was sure to make some small moves during today's ceremony to worship the gods, so she had to keep a close eye on her.
The Queen Mother smiled gracefully as she approached the Emperor. "Your Majesty, the most important part of the Heavenly Sacrifice Ceremony is lighting the bonfire. I have prepared the torches. Please light the bonfire."
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