As Song Xizhi spoke, he felt a chill run through his entire body.
Pei Yunyi's face was now terrifyingly grim: "So the person who wanted to assassinate you was actually the Empress Dowager."
"First, she ordered the eunuchs to take a detour, then she mixed sleeping potion into the red candles and set fire to Bailu Palace to lure away the patrolling soldiers. What an elaborate plan!"
"Perhaps it's not just this assassination attempt, but also many previous assassination attempts that were related to the Empress Dowager."
Song Xizhi's brain was racing at this moment, and the more he thought about it, the more terrifying it became.
“When I was running the Fragrant Pavilion, I encountered several assassination attempts; and on the day you awoke, there were thieves spying on the Marquis's residence; at the same time, His Majesty was also assassinated on the day of the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet…”
"Incense, the Crown Prince, Your Majesty, all of these things are related to the death of the late Empress."
Song Xizhi connected everything together.
In her previous life, Song Xizhi did not open the Fragrant Pavilion, did not investigate the cause of her mother's death, and had no connection with Pei Yunyi whatsoever. Therefore, she was safe and sound in her previous life and never encountered any assassination attempts.
She used to wonder what was going on, but it turns out it was all because of the late Empress.
The late Empress's family died because of the Western Rong, and the Empress Dowager was closely related to the Western Rong. That means that the Empress Dowager's relationship with He Jingyan was not just a secret; they were connected to the Western Rong!
The image of He Jingyan's ever-gentle face gradually appeared before her eyes: "Since the Empress Dowager has a problem, then He Jingyan must also have a problem."
"Whether it's the landslide at Heyan Mountain or the evidence presented in the Jingzhao Prefecture court, both prove that there are spies from the Western Rong within the Daqian, and that these spies hold high positions and wield absolute power..."
As she spoke, she raised her head again with a solemn expression, meeting Pei Yunyi's gaze. For that instant, she almost forgot to breathe.
"So the spy of the Western Rong is the Empress Dowager? The mother of the nation, the most supreme woman in the country? Even He Jingyan's return was orchestrated by her?"
"What exactly is she trying to do?"
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