After Xiao Wu finished speaking, he pulled Xiao Lingyu and hurriedly ran out of the room.
Half an incense stick later, Nie Ying, Su Yun and Nie Jiu came back with a list.
"Your Majesty, this is a list of all the pilgrims who came to Huangjue Temple on the fifteenth day. Huangjue Temple has recorded everything. The Emperor Emeritus woke up early that morning and copied scriptures in his meditation room. He came out more than an hour later and had breakfast."
Su Yun said, "I have thoroughly checked all the guards who were escorting the troops, and found nothing unusual that day and night."
Su Xingyi flipped through the list and asked, "What was the Empress Dowager doing that day?"
Nie Jiu said, "That day, the Empress Dowager woke up early, had her meal, and then came to the bamboo forest and vegetable garden of Huangjue Temple to bask in the sun and listen to the zither."
"Listening to the piano?"
"That's right. Fu Xuan said that the sound of the zither is comparable to that of the two best zither artists. That day, the two children of the Bai family came to the bamboo forest and vegetable garden to catch dragonflies. The young lady of the Bai family accidentally sprained her ankle, and it was the Empress Dowager who had Fu Xuan apply medicinal wine to the children. The children's mother, the Young Lady of the Bai family, came over and solemnly bowed before the Empress Dowager to express her gratitude."
"Mrs. Bai?"
"She is the young lady of the Bai family, the main branch of the Baoruizhai merchant family in the capital. The three of them, mother and son, did not offend the Grand Empress Dowager that day."
Merchant Bai family?
Su Xingyi pondered for a moment, "Okay, I understand."
Near noon, the Empress Dowager woke up.
"Grandmother, do you want to return to the palace to be raised?"
As soon as Xiao Lingyu brought Xiaowu in, she heard Feng Jinyu's words, so she didn't have to mention the matter again.
"Yes, mother, do you want to go back to the palace?" Feng Yanzhi agreed.
Empress Dowager Du heard these words less than half a cup of tea after she woke up, and a hint of fear flashed in her eyes.
"No...I won't reply."
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