The news of the empress dowager's death spread throughout Daliang immediately. The people were shocked by this sudden news and it took them a whole day to recover from it.
People on the streets and alleys were talking about this sudden death in the palace, but while they were talking, they were also preparing some paper money, incense and candles for street sacrifices.
The nationwide mourning was not just talk. In addition to wearing plain clothes, the people also had to cooperate in roadside sacrifices when the empress dowager's coffin passed by.
For a time, the country of Daliang was plunged into mourning because of the sudden death of the empress dowager, and every household hung white lanterns.
Naturally, the palace took this matter more seriously than the common people.
The official in charge of the funeral hurried back and forth within the palace, ordering preparations for the funeral to be made everywhere.
Royal funerals are naturally more grand than those held by ordinary people. The white cloth is made of high-quality linen, and the coffins are made of golden nanmu wood. Even the mourning ceremony involves a long queue of people from the harem and civil and military officials, making it extremely grand and complicated.
Su Lijin, wearing a plain palace dress and a linen cloth, stood among the palace maids.
The empress dowager's coffin was covered, and no one could see what was going on inside. No one dared to open the coffin to look inside. Therefore, no one knew that the empress dowager, who should be lying in the coffin at this time, was going crazy in the cold palace.
The palace maids who served the empress dowager cried heartbreakingly, and Su Lijin got a headache listening to them.
Regardless of whether these palace servants were sincere or pretending, they had to pretend to be in pain in such a grand occasion, otherwise it would be considered disrespectful and they would be dragged away and beheaded if they were not careful.
Fortunately, the emperor showed mercy and did not allow anyone to be buried with the empress dowager. Otherwise, those who were close to the empress dowager and monitored her daily life would inevitably be dragged to be buried with her.
The palace maids were thankful for this. They cried, whispering these words to each other in the intervals, and then cried even harder.
Su Lijin listened to what they said, sighed and shook her head. Suddenly, a cough came up in her throat and she covered her mouth and coughed a few times.
I wondered if I had caught a cold.
Just as he was about to put down his hand that was covering his mouth, he suddenly found a bright red bloodstain on his hand.
"This is blood..." She stared at the blood in her hand in a daze.
When she coughed just now, she covered her mouth with this hand. Could it be...
As if to confirm her guess, her body couldn't help but cough again.
She couldn't help coughing several times, and when she looked at her hands again, the blood there was even thicker.
He actually started coughing up blood.
Clenching her palms, Su Lijin walked out of the crowd with her brows lowered and quietly hid in a secluded place.
As soon as she stood still, the cough in her throat suddenly turned into a sharp pain, and a fishy and sweet taste came out from it. She opened her mouth and spat out a stream of blood.
The pool of blood on the ground was extremely eye-catching.
"This..." Su Lijin opened her mouth and moved her throat, but she couldn't say a word.
She tried again, but still couldn't utter a word.
His palms clenched tighter and tighter, and a hint of bitterness appeared in Su Lijin's eyes. He realized that the poison had taken effect.
It turns out that the nosebleed was just a precursor, and the fainting that followed was probably a rapid progression of the poison, and now the vomiting of blood...
I'm afraid the poison has already penetrated deep into my lungs...
Gently wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth, Su Lijin endured it, the corners of her eyes were still a little hot and slightly moist.
Just die like that?
She felt sad. In her previous life, she died because of Xiao Zhaolin's exploitation. She thought that she could survive in this life if she got rid of Xiao Zhaolin, but she didn't expect that she would be poisoned to death in the end.
Moreover, her death was so unclear that she didn't even know who was behind the poisoning.
No, she was unwilling.
She really couldn't bear to die in this way.
Su Lijin's fragile eyes gradually became tough, and the corners of her mouth were tightly pursed.
She had struggled to survive until now in this life, and she was unwilling to die at the hands of a treacherous person.
She doesn't want to hand over her life to anyone else!
Thinking of this, Su Lijin calmed down and walked out with a determined look in her eyes.
I can only find Xuelian as soon as possible so that I can be saved.
Shortly after she left, the emperor came to the coffin surrounded by the crowd.
According to ancestral rules, he needed to keep watch for the empress dowager.
Xiao Shengxing glanced at the coffin, but his eyes searched among the crowd.
But there was no familiar figure in sight.
She's not here?
"Where is Shiqi? Why can't I see her?"
"I didn't realize she was here just now. She suddenly left for a while and never came back."
A eunuch answered respectfully.
The emperor frowned. Before he came, the palace maid told him that Shiqi was guarding here. Where is she now?
Since Su Lijin was not around, he really had no mood to keep watch for the beggar, so he turned away and went to find her.
The person the emperor was looking for came to the Imperial Hospital at this time.
Su Lijin breathed softly, looked at Lu Bingqian, opened her mouth to say something, but suddenly realized that she couldn't speak.
She pointed to her mouth helplessly, making a gesture that she couldn't speak.
Seeing her suddenly running towards him, Lu Bingqian was already somewhat puzzled. Seeing this gesture, his heart suddenly skipped a beat and he asked, "Can't you speak?"
Su Lijin nodded.
Lu Bingqian asked again, "Are you poisoned?"
After a pause, Su Lijin smiled bitterly and nodded again.
Seeing a trace of blood at the corner of her mouth, Lu Bingqian quickly took out a pen and paper.
Su Lijin picked up her pen and started writing.
"Do you have any way to suppress it?"
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