The eunuch looked at Wei Shu embarrassedly.
He knew that these words were clearly spoken by the Empress to Concubine Shu.
Su Lijin didn't care about anything else. After giving the order, she walked straight into the Taiji Palace.
Wei Shu stood outside, her face turning blue with anger.
Inside the Taiji Hall, after hearing the noise outside, Xiao Shengxing subconsciously put on his coat and looked sharply at the person who walked in.
I've clearly given orders not to let anyone in.
Who on earth is so brave!
However, when his eyes fell on Su Lijin, Xiao Shengxing's expression suddenly changed. He looked at Su Lijin in surprise: "Why did you come here suddenly?"
"Your Majesty, are you planning to hide your injury from me?"
Su Lijin directly said what was in her heart, and walked directly in front of Xiao Shengxing while speaking.
She reached out and took the ointment next to Xiao Shengxing, then pulled open his clothes.
"This back area... Never mind. Let me apply some medicine on you."
Su Lijin sighed, then reached out to apply medicine to Xiao Shengxing.
The slightly cool fingertips touched the area around the wound and applied the ointment. There was a slightly cool feeling. Xiao Shengxing frowned, as if he had thought of something, and pretended to speak in pain.
"hiss……"
Su Lijin's movements were originally very cautious. After hearing Xiao Shengxing's voice, she stopped and asked nervously.
"What's wrong? Did it hurt you?"
Xiao Shengxing pursed his lips and said,
"It hurts a bit, why don't you blow it for me?"
Su Lijin hesitated for a moment, and finally she leaned over and blew gently on Xiao Shengxing's wound.
Xiao Shengxing was just joking, but he didn't expect Su Lijin to take it seriously.
The atmosphere in the hall gradually became ambiguous. Xiao Shengxing didn't say anything, but a gentle look appeared in his eyes.
But just at this moment, the sound from outside interrupted the harmony between the two people.
"The Queen Mother has arrived!"
The eunuch's voice sounded, and the next moment the empress dowager walked in directly, with the concubine following beside her.
Su Lijin covered Xiao Shengxing with clothes, then stood up and saluted the empress dowager.
"Her Majesty the Queen Mother."
The Queen Mother snorted coldly, then turned her gaze to Xiao Shengxing.
"Emperor, haven't you realized yet that the Queen is definitely involved in what happened at today's banquet? There's definitely something wrong with her!"
Su Lijin crossed her arms and sneered with disdain: "Empress Dowager, if I remember correctly, the last time the matter with Concubine Xi was directly blamed on me."
"Does that mean that if something happens in the harem, it's all my fault?"
The Queen Mother was speechless after being rebuked by the Queen Mother. In the end, she could only turn her gaze to Wei Shu and speak again.
"Empress, I would like to ask you something. When the Emperor was injured, Concubine Shu came to visit him as soon as she heard the news. But you actually locked her out and forbade her to visit the Emperor. What are your intentions?"
At this point, the Queen Mother laughed coldly again: "Or, you want someone to come in and attack the Emperor, and the presence of Concubine Shu next to you will affect your plan!"
"I never knew that the Empress Dowager could be so imaginative as to have already planned everything for me. I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I'm only here to apply medicine to the Emperor's wound."
"As for Concubine Shu, didn't the Empress Dowager ask why I wouldn't let her in before she came?"
Su Lijin's oppressive voice fell. Although Concubine Shu lowered her head and felt guilty, she stood up again when she thought that as long as she had the Empress Dowager's support, she would be able to stand up.
Su Lijin is nothing at all.
"This is insubordination. I am the Queen, yet she dared to speak disrespectfully. Not letting her in was already a very light punishment. If it were someone else, perhaps they would have made her kneel in the ancestral hall and copy Buddhist scriptures."
Her words were actually an allusion to the Queen Mother.
After all, the empress dowager was merciless last time. She made her kneel in the ancestral hall and also punished her by making her copy Buddhist scriptures.
Upon seeing this, Concubine Shu lowered her head and began to defend herself aggrievedly, "Your Majesty the Queen Mother, please understand. I did not commit any offense. I simply spoke a few more words to the Queen when I saw her."
"I didn't expect the Queen to be so angry. It's all my fault. I will be more careful with my words and actions in the future."
He really knows how to pretend to be aggrieved.
After hearing such remarks, people who were not in the know thought that Su Lijin had really bullied Wei Shu.
The Queen Mother did not expect that Su Lijin would actually say these words directly, and even implicitly mocked herself in the past.
For a moment, I didn't know how to start.
Xiao Shengxing watched for a long time and knew that if he didn't speak up, this farce would never stop.
He simply stood up and pulled Su Lijin to his side, put his arm around the woman's waist, and spoke to the empress dowager.
"Mother, don't worry about the assassination attempt. I still believe that my aunt is not that kind of person."
As he spoke, Xiao Shengxing had already set his eyes on Su Lijin, and the tug of war between their eyes was extremely ambiguous.
Su Lijin looked at the man beside her, her face flushed and she lowered her eyes, completely losing her sharp tongue.
Seeing her reaction, Xiao Shengxing's smile deepened.
The Queen Mother did not expect that, although she was originally worried about Xiao Shengxing's safety, Xiao Shengxing would now speak for Su Lijin.
Furious, she pointed her finger at Su Lijin in front of her and said to Xiao Shengxing, "Witch! This is the witch! Emperor! Sooner or later, your kingdom will be ruined by this witch!"
"Mother, your condition is serious. If I have truly been harmed, it is my destiny. Your Majesty, there is no need to worry."
Xiao Shengxing's words had reached this point, and the Queen Mother seemed to be asking for trouble. She waved her hands in anger, and without paying any attention to Wei Shu who was standing beside her, she turned around and left.
Wei Shu didn't expect that the emperor would protect Su Lijin so much that he didn't even care about what the empress dowager said.
She knew that it was pointless for her to stay any longer, so she could only reluctantly follow the Queen Mother and leave.
After watching the two of them leave, Xiao Shengxing reached out and lifted the chin of the woman next to him, forcing Su Lijin to look at him.
Xiao Shengxing gently stroked the woman's cheek with his fingertips and looked at her thoughtfully.
"The evil concubine who brought disaster to the nation, I have to say, this title really suits you. So, Queen, where do you plan to start? Will you start with my kingdom, or will you start with me as a person?"
Su Lijin frowned, her expression unchanged, and she just spoke lightly.
"We'll talk about it later. The most important thing now is to apply medicine to you."
After saying that, he pulled Xiao Shengxing back to sit on the bed, then took the ointment beside him and applied it to his wound again.
"Next time you encounter such danger, you don't need to protect me."
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