She had clearly drunk and eaten enough, but she just couldn't control herself and kept eating and drinking...
When she was carried out later, she had been choked to death.
…
After Ji Huangzhen and the palace maid left, Empress Tan Tai Zijun immediately took the mutton-fat jade bracelet and went to ask the consciousness under the palace.
"Senior, may I ask if this thing has any power that you can sense?"
After a while, that consciousness said in her mind: "...Nothing."
Empress Tan Tai Zi Jun was shocked: "But it can make the pearls you gave it glow!"
As she spoke, she took out the pearl and placed it next to the mutton-fat jade bracelet.
Sure enough, the pearl glowed with a faint fluorescence.
That consciousness also seemed a little surprised.
After a while, the consciousness said, "I have verified that your pearl no longer contains my power. The reason it shines so brightly is because there is something within the mutton-fat jade bracelet that stimulates its brilliance, but this is not my power."
It means: I have tried, and this pearl of yours no longer has my power. It shines because there is something in this jade bracelet that makes it shine, but it is not my power.
The Empress Tan Tai Zijun had never anticipated this result.
She said anxiously, "...But, will the power you infused into this pearl disappear?!"
The consciousness pondered for a moment, then said, "If I were to encounter someone stronger than me, I could still annihilate my power. Why don't you seek out those who have stepped on this pearl? If so, you can find someone with the ultimate power to annihilate my power."
Meaning: If I encounter a force more powerful than mine, it can still erase my power. You might as well go find who has touched this pearl, so that you can find the being with power strong enough to erase my power.
The Empress Tan Tai Zijun was terrified when she thought about it carefully.
Because, all those who have come into contact with this pearl are her and Empress Dowager Li Fengen’s confidants!
Could it be that there is such a powerful person around them? !
But thinking this way, it seems to make sense...
Because only those who are most familiar with the Tantai royal family may know the existence of the "inheritance mark".
Only then is it possible to erase the "mark of inheritance"!
So, who is this person?
However, although she knew it was not Xia Chujian, Empress Tan Tai Zijun still felt uneasy in her heart when she thought that this mutton-fat jade bracelet was related to Xia Chujian.
…
Empress Tan Tai Zijun came to the bedroom of Empress Dowager Li Fengen and saw the Empress Dowager's chief female official, Aunt Ji Huangzhen, combing the Empress Dowager's hair.
Empress Tan Tai Zijun walked over and sat next to Empress Dowager Li Fengen, and asked everyone else in the bedroom to leave, leaving only Empress Dowager Li Fengen, Ji Huangzhen, and herself.
After everyone had left, Empress Tantai Zijun relayed the information she had received from that consciousness, adding, "Empress Dowager, Aunt Ji, why don't you think about who around you has come into contact with this pearl?"
Empress Dowager Li Feng'en stood up excitedly and said, "How can this be tolerated?!"
"Is there such a powerful person around me?! If there is, how can I be sure of my life's safety?!"
Ji Huangzhen also frowned and said, "This is strange. Is there really such a powerful person around us?"
Empress Tantai Zijun rubbed her temples irritably and said, "I don't know either. I asked you to investigate, but you can't even figure it out yourself!"
This remark also blamed Empress Dowager Li Fengen.
Empress Dowager Li Feng'en's expression turned grim as she said calmly, "Perhaps it was someone close to His Majesty."
"The royal family has so many guards and secret guards, but they are only responsible to His Majesty."
"And the Special Security Bureau, they only answer to His Majesty."
“Among these people, there might be such a person.”
The first person that Empress Tan Tai Zijun thought of was Huo Yushen, the former chief inspector of the Special Security Bureau.
If Huo Yushen was still the Chief Inspector of the Special Security Bureau, he would definitely be given the task of finding the person who could make this pearl shine.
If this pearl changes, Huo Yushen will undoubtedly be the first suspect.
Unfortunately, Huo Yushen had long since retired from the Special Security Bureau due to amnesia, and even his military status had been sealed.
Of course it won't be him.
But who could that be?
The Empress Tan Tai Zijun still looked at the Empress Dowager Li Fengen and Ji Huangzhen, and actually saw them exchanging glances.
Empress Tantai Zijun's eyes flickered slightly as she said, "Aunt Ji, what are you talking about with the Queen Mother?"
Ji Huangzhen bowed quickly and said, "In reply to your Majesty, I... I was just telling the Queen Mother that there was a palace maid who had gluttony and couldn't stop eating..."
Empress Tantai Zijun frowned and said, "Aunt Ji, we are talking about important matters. You don't need to tell me or the Queen Mother about such trivial matters."
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