In a lively and joyful atmosphere, the puppet show banquet went smoothly to the end.
Su Lijin walked to her seat at the back, stretched her muscles, and looked very tired.
She was indeed very tired. After all, she was performing a puppet show for everyone, and all her muscles were tense.
Fortunately, although the movements of controlling the puppet were not very good, at least the puppet show was performed completely.
She couldn't help but glance at Xiao Shengxing beside her.
At this time, Xiao Shengxing was sitting on the dragon throne, feeling relaxed, not like her.
As she watched, Su Lijin suddenly remembered his words of praise for her, and her face turned red again.
"This guy seems to have honey on his lips lately, what's going on?"
"No, no, he's a playboy, don't believe him."
Shaking her head, she quickly jumped out of the honey pot trap and glared at the person next to her.
Xiao Shengxing, who was stared at for no apparent reason, turned to look at her, curling his thin lips helplessly.
"Ah! Someone fainted!"
A cry of surprise came from backstage, immediately attracting everyone's attention.
"What's going on? What happened?" The Queen Mother frowned and asked loudly.
"I don't know, Queen Mother. How about we go over and take a look?" Concubine Shu said, looking towards the backstage.
Su Lijin frowned slightly. She didn't know why, but she always felt that something bad was going to happen.
The Queen Mother stood up and walked backstage unhappily: "Come on, follow me and take a look."
After exchanging a glance with Xiao Shengxing, Su Lijin followed.
The people backstage were obviously in a panic. They were surrounding the person on the ground, making a lot of noise, but their faces had inexplicably taboo expressions, as if they had discovered something taboo.
Su Lijin couldn't see inside, but she felt that the atmosphere was not right.
She pushed through the crowd and asked, "What happened?"
As soon as she got closer, she found that the person lying on the ground was a woman dressed as an actress.
At this time, the woman closed her eyes tightly and looked like she had fainted.
Amidst the uproar, the Queen Mother slammed the table in displeasure and shouted angrily, "How disgraceful is this noisy clamor? Shut up, everyone!"
After a moment, the people around finally reacted and immediately knelt down and saluted.
Xiao Shengxing came out and said, "Everyone, stand up and answer. Who is the one who fainted on the ground?"
The actors exchanged glances, and one of the male actors said, "Your Majesty, the female actor who fainted is Chen Yue. We just noticed that she fainted. It was so sudden that we couldn't help but scream, and we disturbed Your Majesty. We deserve to die."
Su Lijin suddenly asked, "Did she faint suddenly without any warning?"
The male actor nodded. "It's very strange. He fainted out of nowhere."
Glancing at the person on the ground, the Queen Mother's eyes were full of disgust as she said, "Since he has fainted, carry him out for treatment. Stop making a fuss here."
Several actors nodded, but their expressions were a little strange. They kept looking towards Chen Yue, as if there was something there.
Following the gazes of several people, Su Lijin suddenly discovered that something seemed to have fallen from Chen Yue's body, but she was not close enough to see clearly.
"That thing looks like..." she murmured.
She was a little unsure, but something was about to come out.
Xiao Shengxing also looked over, frowning slightly, obviously seeing it too.
The Queen Mother angrily asked, "Is there something else you are hiding from me?"
After saying that, he walked directly to Chen Yue, took a look, and suddenly widened his eyes: "Why is there a talisman here?"
The Queen Mother picked up the talisman that had fallen from Chen Yue's body and said angrily, "Talismans are taboo in the palace. How dare you! Do you all want to be beheaded?!"
Several actors knelt down again with a thud and kowtowed continuously.
"Queen Mother, we are all innocent. That is not our talisman!"
"Someone must have cast a curse on Chen Yue. She fainted suddenly because of the curse!"
A single stone can cause a thousand ripples, and this sentence immediately made everyone present gasp.
"How can there be such a thing as a talisman? How evil must the person who cast the curse be?"
"Yes, you dare to touch the taboos in the palace. You are really courting death."
Everyone was shocked and talked about it for a while, and the matter was pushed to the forefront.
Su Lijin frowned: "I didn't expect that thing to be a talisman."
Xiao Shengxing's dark eyes were deep: "It's really sudden that something like this appears here."
"This matter must be investigated thoroughly!"
The Queen Mother snorted heavily, "Come here, bring everyone here quickly. I want to interrogate them one by one!"
The guards received the order and immediately brought all the people backstage over.
Su Lijin saw that Du Xi was also brought here and stood in the crowd.
"I ask you, who cast this spell?" The Queen Mother swept a fierce look at everyone.
Everyone lowered their heads in horror.
"Oh, you won't say anything, right?" The Queen Mother sneered, "If you don't say anything, I'll think this is a conspiracy between all of you!"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone kowtowed and begged for mercy.
"Queen Mother, please spare me. We didn't release them."
"How could we possibly place something so forbidden here? Your Majesty, please understand!"
"You said you didn't put it there, but did it just fly out of thin air?" The Queen Mother angrily shouted, "Madam, take these liars away!"
"Queen Mother, the talisman was cast by Du Xi. It must have been her!"
One person pointed at Du Xi desperately.
Seeing this, the others also pointed at Du Xi and cursed, "It must be her. Her father is a witch doctor. She must have inherited this bad habit. She is the one who cast the spell to harm people!"
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