Xiao Zhaolin also snorted: "Shiqi is clearly not in the right position."
Su Lijin said calmly, "Queen Dowager, speaking of which, you ordered the bonfire and torches to be prepared, and you are the most suspicious. Now, you are the only one who is blocking the investigation. How do you explain this?"
Everyone looked at the Queen Mother in surprise.
The Queen Mother gritted her teeth, never expecting that Su Lijin would point the finger at her.
She endured it again and again, and said, "Okay, I am upright and have nothing to fear. I will let you investigate thoroughly. I want to see what you can find out."
Su Lijin stared at the empress dowager. She had seen with her own eyes the empress dowager plotting to harm the emperor that day.
But how can we make the Queen Mother confess?
The Queen Mother met her gaze and warned with a stern face, "Don't blame me for not warning you. If you can't find anything, you will be thrown into prison and severely punished for slandering me today!"
…
In the middle of the night, Su Lijin quietly entered the Queen Mother's bedroom.
She needed to find evidence, so she had to take the risk and investigate.
But the last time I searched here, I didn’t see anything different from the Empress Dowager’s palace, nor did I find anything unexpected.
This time, she searched and was also somewhat discouraged.
Just as he was about to leave, he heard the Queen Mother wake up and shout, "What's that noise? Who's there?"
Her face froze, and Su Lijin quickly squatted down and hid beside the bed.
The door was pushed open, and a palace servant said in panic, "Oh no, Queen Mother, there's a fire in the cold palace."
Now that the Queen is gone, these matters can only be handled by the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother pinched her eyebrows and said coldly, "Why are you so flustered? Serve me."
Seeing the empress dowager walking out of the bedroom, Su Lijin patted her chest and was about to leave when suddenly her hand touched something on the edge of the bed, making a clicking sound.
Immediately afterwards, a secret room quietly opened beside her.
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