Su Wanshi felt a pang of guilt and her face turned somewhat pale.
But when she thought about her purpose, she still bit her lip.
She protested, feeling wronged, "Originally, I should have been the one to marry His Highness the Crown Prince, but now you've become the Crown Princess. Isn't that something you stole? You're the legitimate daughter of the second branch of the family, so naturally they're on your side."
Anyway, even if the Empress asked the second branch of the Su family, they would definitely cooperate and admit it, so Su Wanshi was not worried at all about her lie being exposed.
Su Liluo raised an eyebrow, a mocking smile playing on her lips. "But His Highness the Crown Prince and I have already consummated our relationship. What more do you want?"
"I......"
Su Wanshi looked at Su Liluo with some confusion. Did her sudden question mean she was admitting it?
How could you admit it so easily?
This left her speechless.
Although she did want to reclaim the position of Crown Princess, it seemed inappropriate to directly reveal her purpose after being asked by Su Liluo.
Seeing this, the Empress looked at Su Liluo with some surprise and confusion, "Luo'er, what she said isn't true, is it?"
Su Liluo looked at the Empress. She knew that the Empress believed Su Wanshi was her own mother's child, so she still trusted her to some extent.
She smiled and said, "Last month, Su Wanshi and Madam Su attended the Princess's plum blossom banquet together. The Su family scolded me at the banquet because of her. Your Majesty can have someone investigate this matter."
Upon hearing this, the Empress's expression immediately changed.
She knew Su Wanshi was lying!
She had just said she had been released, but now she was proven wrong so quickly. The truth about this banquet would be clear once it was investigated. She had no doubt that Su Liluo was lying.
Immediately, the Empress looked at Su Wanshi with a stern face.
"Since things have come to this, you should not come to the palace to see me again."
Out of respect for Jiang Ruan, the Empress did not punish her, but only considered severing ties.
"Your Majesty, the Su family reprimanded the Crown Princess because of her... because she talked back to her parents, it had nothing to do with me! And I was only able to come out because the Eldest Princess sent out the invitation!"
Su Wanshi offered a flustered explanation.
She didn't expect that the Empress would believe her based on just a few words from Su Liluo. Wasn't it said that the Empress and Su Liluo didn't get along?
how so?
But the Empress was too lazy to listen to her explanation, and Xiao Ye, who had been silent for a long time, spoke up coldly at this moment.
"Guards, throw her out! Make her kneel outside for an hour, then banish her from the palace!"
He had been holding back for a long time, but this time Su Wanshi actually went to the Empress Dowager to sow discord, and he really didn't want to let her off easily.
Su Wanshi was dragged away noisily.
"Mother, we have come to the palace this time to treat your illness."
At this moment, Su Liluo spoke gently to the Empress.
Through her studies, she healed Xiao Ye's leg and now plans to treat the Empress.
She couldn't let the Empress die soon.
"I've consulted all the imperial physicians in my palace, and they've all found no cure. I know I won't last much longer, cough cough..."
The Empress sighed, then coughed violently again.
She felt a little better after taking the medicine, but now that she's said so much, she feels like she's about to collapse again.
Su Liluo quickly stepped forward to support the Empress, "Mother, your daughter-in-law has met a divine physician and learned medical skills. I cured His Highness the Crown Prince's leg. Why don't I take a look at it for you, Mother?"
"What? The Crown Prince... you... you cured him?"
Upon hearing this, the Empress looked at Su Liluo in disbelief.
She still believed that Xiao Ye's leg had been slowly healed by a doctor she found outside.
"Mother, it was indeed the Crown Princess who healed my leg. Her medical skills are different from those of the imperial physicians. Why don't you let her try it on you!"
Xiao Ye chimed in from the side.
The Empress believed them when she heard them say that.
So, he extended his hand for Su Liluo to take his pulse.
As Su Liluo held it, her brows furrowed.
"Mother, you are not sick, you are poisoned!"
After a moment, Su Liluo released the Empress's hand and said with a serious expression.
Both the Empress and Xiao Ye were astonished.
"Is I poisoned? But the imperial physicians have always said that my body was damaged after the miscarriage and that I was also affected by the cold, which is why I am like this now."
She was pregnant with a child when Xiao Ye was four years old, but the child was not born.
Since then, her health has gradually deteriorated, and she has never suspected that she has been poisoned.
Xiao Ye pursed his lips and asked, "Then can you cure my mother's poison?"
"Yes, of course it can be solved."
Su Liluo nodded.
This poison is milder than the poison on Xiao Ye's body; all he needs is some spring water and one acupuncture treatment.
So she dismissed Xiao Ye and the others and stayed in the inner palace to administer the Heavenly Yi Divine Needle to the Empress.
Meanwhile, Su Wanshi, who was forced to kneel outside the palace, was already in excruciating pain in her legs.
She called out for a long time, but the Empress ignored her completely, and the palace servants even came over to scold her.
She glared resentfully at the Phoenix Palace, knowing that the path to becoming Empress was probably blocked.
So she didn't want to dwell on it anymore and got up to leave.
But as soon as he stood up, he was scolded by a eunuch.
"How dare you! The time hasn't come yet!"
Su Wanshi gritted her teeth. If she were really made to kneel for a full hour, she would definitely not be able to walk later!
No, she can't just sit here and wait to die!
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