The blue cover only appeared for a moment, but it immediately made Su Lijin's eyes freeze in that direction.
Tan Tai Chun's words immediately rang in her mind.
At that time, Tan Tai Chun was looking for the account book in the cold palace and said that the account book had a blue cover!
Could the thing that just flashed by be that account book?
Su Lijin was suspicious and her mind couldn't help but associate the two things together.
However, that first glance wasn't enough for her to confirm.
She had to find a way to investigate.
Su Lijin was determined to find out the truth, and when she looked at the empress dowager, she became even more cautious.
The maid brought the cough medicine, and Su Lijin quickly and obediently took it and fed it to the Queen Mother herself: "Queen Mother, please go slowly."
She patted the empress dowager's back gently with a filial look on her face. She looked like a virtuous queen serving the empress dowager.
Xiao Shengxing watched her actions calmly from the side, his expression unchanged.
When Su Lijin finished feeding the medicine, he reached out and took the tray.
Seeing that he cooperated with her actions very well, Su Lijin secretly curled her lips towards him.
The meaning was as if to say, look, I'm such a well-behaved person, the Queen Mother should have nothing to say, right?
Seeing this, Xiao Shengxing's lips curled up slightly, and a smile appeared in his black eyes.
The Queen Mother did not notice this little action of the two.
She looked at Su Lijin and said, "My mouth is bitter. Queen, go get some candied fruit."
Su Lijin nodded, stood up and went to get the candied fruit, without any reluctance, as if she had no business being ordered around by the empress dowager.
The Queen Mother ate candied fruit while looking at Su Lijin, staring at the expression on her face without blinking, with a strange look on her face.
The queen complied with her request without any complaints. She was truly too obedient.
The Queen Mother wondered why the Queen suddenly became so obedient?
"Queen Mother, are you still feeling unwell? Would you like me to give you a back rub?"
Feeling the Queen Mother's gaze, Su Lijin didn't care and took the initiative to ask about the Queen Mother's needs.
Xiao Shengxing saw this and felt that Su Lijin's behavior was truly obedient and well-behaved.
He watched the Queen Mother's expression gradually relax, and knew in his heart that the Queen Mother would probably not make things difficult for her for the time being.
As expected, the Queen Mother shook her head and said, "Queen, please step down. I will take a rest."
She suddenly showed great compassion. Su Lijin felt a little relieved in her heart, but her face remained calm. She nodded and said, "Then the Queen Mother, please have a good rest. If you have any requests, just let someone tell me directly."
"I'm going to deal with the memorials now, mother, please have a good rest."
Xiao Shengxing also took the opportunity to leave.
The two left together. The Queen Mother sat on the couch, feeling a little suffocated.
The Queen had just behaved too obediently, so even if she wanted to make things difficult for her, she had no way to do so.
Now, seeing Xiao Shengxing also leave with her, the initial discomfort of not wanting the two of them to develop feelings came up again.
night.
After Su Lijin returned to the palace, she had been secretly inquiring about the Queen Mother's movements. When she heard that she had gone to bed, she immediately changed into a Shiqi outfit and quietly left Kunning Palace.
She wanted to visit the Queen Mother's bedroom at night.
The blue-covered book she had seen earlier really made her uneasy.
She always felt that there was a secret hidden behind the blue cover, and perhaps she could discover something through it.
Although, she wasn't sure if that was the blue-covered account book she was looking for.
You won’t know until you go and explore.
She climbed over the palace gate with light steps and just as she climbed through the window into the outer room, she suddenly bumped into a figure.
Su Lijin was startled: "Who is it?"
The figure rushed over and hit her in the vital parts.
In the moonlight, the figure was wearing a palace maid's uniform and looked very unfamiliar. Su Lijin had never seen her before.
This palace maid actually knows martial arts?
Su Lijin thought for only a moment, and her body flashed, avoiding her attack.
The palace maid was obviously shocked and angry. She glared at Su Lijin and attacked again.
After exchanging a few moves, Su Lijin was shocked. The moves used by this palace maid were actually from Mongolia!
Could it be that she was sent by Mongolia?
Thinking of this possibility, Su Lijin immediately pushed the person aside and asked in a low voice: "I am Xiaotao, the eldest prince's younger sister. Which faction are you from?"
She was just trying to trick the other party. If the other party was really from Mongolia, there would definitely be a reaction.
Moreover, she also has advantages by revealing her identity as Xiaotao.
No matter which side the other party belongs to, she said that she belongs to the eldest prince's faction. If the other party is willing to make peace, then it is the eldest prince's faction. If the other party is hostile, then it may be the second prince's faction.
No matter what, it does not affect her judgment of which side the other party belongs to.
Obviously, the maid hesitated.
The pair of eyes looked at Su Lijin suspiciously, and the movement of his hands stopped.
Seeing this, Su Lijin was overjoyed, she had made the right bet!
This palace maid was indeed sent from Mongolia.
Su Lijin took out Xiaotao's token and handed it to her: "Do you recognize this token?"
When the palace maid saw the token, her expression suddenly changed and she looked at Su Lijin with surprise.
"Are you really the eldest prince's biological sister?"
Hearing this, Su Lijin's face revealed a hint of Xiaotao's shrewdness: "Nonsense, is this fake? This token can't be fake, right?"
The maid looked at her and took her outside.
As soon as Su Lijin landed, the maid fell to her knees and apologized directly: "I was rude just now, please forgive me."
Looking at her, Su Lijin pretended to be very natural: "Since you know my identity, then tell me, who sent you?"
She had a vague guess in her heart.
The palace maid immediately said respectfully, "I am the eldest prince's subordinate and have been lurking in the Prime Minister's residence."
It turns out that he is the eldest prince’s man!
Su Lijin thought to herself, "As expected," but her expression suddenly became domineering and unruly. "Hmph, why are you coming to this palace in the middle of the night instead of staying at the Prime Minister's Residence?"
The maid bowed her head and said, "I was ordered by the Prime Minister to come to the palace to look for the account books."
When she heard about the account book, Su Lijin's eyes lit up slightly.
She pretended not to know and asked, "What's recorded in that account book? Why did the Prime Minister send you to find it?"
Convinced that Su Lijin was Xiaotao, the maid hesitated for a moment before saying, "The account book is about the previous corruption case."
"Corruption case?" Su Lijin narrowed her eyes. That account book was actually related to the previous corruption case?
She suddenly snorted in her heart, thinking that the Prime Minister must be involved in the corruption case, which is why he was so anxious to find the account book.
But what is recorded in the account book?
It actually made the prime minister so afraid.
"What exactly is recorded on it?"
The palace maid replied, "As far as I know, it contains a list of all the culprits in the corruption case."
It actually records the list of all the culprits in the corruption case? !
Su Lijin was shocked!
No wonder Zhang Wenfeng was so anxious!
Su Lijin sneered in her heart, and suddenly a thought flashed through her mind.
She was very curious, why was the account book in the hands of the Queen Mother?
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