"Your Majesty, what did I just say?" asked the Queen Mother.

The emperor suddenly came back to his senses.

He quickly adjusted his expression and replied respectfully, "The Queen Mother is right."

The Queen Mother: “…” He really looks like his father.

The emperor was just as accustomed to perfunctory treatment as the previous emperor. Could it be that this was a common problem in the royal family?

The Queen Mother slowed down her speech so that the Emperor's attention would return to her.

"I just mentioned that there has been no new faces in the harem for a long time. There are a few outstanding ones in the Dance and Music Department recently. Your Majesty, take a look. Is there anyone you like?"

The emperor said, "I understand my mother's intentions. But the selection has not yet been finalized, and the third prince has just been born. I am not in a hurry to take in a new person, for fear that it would be a waste of my mother's efforts."

The Empress Dowager suddenly gave him someone, and the Emperor had no choice but to think: the Empress Dowager must be trying to take away the Imperial Concubine's favor.

Hearing this, the Queen Mother said earnestly, "Your Majesty, I have been through this before. Harmony is the most important thing in the harem. Your Majesty must understand the principle of sharing the rain and dew equally."

"I will keep in mind what my mother taught me."

After saying this, the emperor's eyes were fixed on Concubine Ji again.

Sometimes he stared with bated breath, and sometimes he frowned and fell into deep thought. It seemed that the emperor's entire mind was occupied by Concubine Ji.

The Queen Mother originally wanted to find a few people to share the Imperial Concubine's favor.

But now it seems that the emperor's heart has been firmly drawn to Concubine Ji and he has no other thoughts.

She was in a bad mood and turned the Buddhist beads in her hand twice as fast.

——So what if the emperor likes it?

When Concubine Ji took out the Buddhist scriptures, she would accuse Concubine Ji of being unfilial, to see how the emperor would still protect her.

…

Wu Qing was delighted.

Although she had a hard time in the first few days after she entered the book, it must be said that was the time when Wu Qing let herself go the most - in order to commit suicide, she would go crazy if she wanted to, and cause trouble if she wanted to.

As a result, after the system appeared, not only did she not go back, but she was also tricked into working for him.

And now, the female ghost said she could commit suicide again.

But no one else was as happy as Wu Qing. Especially the emperor, who recalled the fear of being assassinated.

Wu Qing couldn't wait to ask: [When did I start to commit suicide? ]

Female ghost: [Don’t worry, there is still one thing that has not been dealt with. ]

After saying this, the female ghost mobilized her energy and operated for a while.

Another gust of wind blew through the Cining Palace.

——After a few seconds, Wu Qing’s voice disappeared from the hall.

[It’s OK.] The ghost girl said three words briefly.

Wu Qing felt her body and found nothing abnormal. [Uh... Sister, what did you do just now? ]

[It's just to get some things back to normal. Go ahead, I'll give you guidance and tips in due course.]

The female ghost said, "Today, many assassins from Xixia have sneaked into the banquet. You have plenty of opportunities to go home and die."

Wu Qing was a little surprised: […leaving today? ]

[Well, the sooner the better. The advanced system will eventually discover the anomaly in the world's authority.]

Wu Qing felt a little melancholy as this adventure was finally coming to an end.

Little did they know that everyone present was in a panic.

In the past, they had more or less disliked the noisy voice of Ji Guiren. Now that it was quiet in their ears, they were not used to it.

What is even more frightening is——

Lady Ji is going to commit suicide again! And they have no idea how she is going to commit suicide!

The performance continued, but everyone had no interest in watching anything else. They waited with bated breath for Wu Qing's every move.

In full view of everyone, Wu Qing picked up another piece of cake.

It was a piece of purple taro and osmanthus cake, an ordinary dish in the palace banquet.

But in everyone's imagination, the purple color of the pastry looked very strange, as if a lot of poison was put in it, enough to kill Concubine Ji in an instant.

Concubine Lin quickly stopped her.

The cake in his hand was suddenly taken away. Wu Qing looked back blankly, "Madam?"

Concubine Lin coughed and said, "Aren't you full? Don't force yourself."

"...Didn't you ask me to eat more just now?" Wu Qing paused.

"Is it not okay for me to regret it? What good food can there be in Cining Palace? I can eat it in Linhua Palace!"

Wu Qing was actually almost full, she put down her chopsticks and lost interest in the food on the table.

Everyone around secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but they didn't dare to take their attention away from her face.

The banquet lasted for half an hour before the servants brought in the second round of hot dishes.

[Your chance has come.] The ghost girl said, [After this round of dishes are served, a piece of Bodhi leaf will be placed in the small bowl in the upper right corner of each table as an offering to the Buddha.]

[After a while, the Queen Mother will walk to the center of the hall and hang all the Bodhi leaves on the golden branches to make a golden branch Bodhi tree.]

【The Xixia assassins poisoned the Bodhi leaves in an attempt to kill the Queen Mother.】

[…Why is their target the Queen Mother?] Wu Qing asked, [Why don’t they kill the Emperor?]

The ghost girl said: [In order to treat the queen's illness, all the magical medicines of Xixia were bought by Chenguo. As a result, the queen mother of Xixia died without medicine. The king was very sad and wanted the emperor of Chenguo to share the pain of losing his mother with him.]

Wu Qing looked strange: […As expected of the most amazing villain country in the original book, I don’t understand their train of thought.]

After the servants placed the delicacies on the table one by one, Wu Qing immediately locked onto the small bowl in the upper right corner.

There is a saying in Buddhism: "One flower, one world; one leaf, one Bodhi." And at this moment, a plump and round green Bodhi leaf is placed in the white porcelain bowl.

Wu Qing took a deep breath, picked up the chopsticks and reached towards the Bodhi leaves.

Concubine Lin had been paying attention to her movements and quickly dissuaded her, "You can't eat this dish."

Wu Qing pretended to be confused: "Why?"

The Queen also said: "Bodhi leaves are an offering to the Buddha and must not be desecrated."

Wu Qing said innocently: "But I want to eat vegetarian food."

As she finished speaking, her chopsticks had already grabbed the leaf.

The queen handed her a bowl of lotus seed soup, "Lady Ji, do you want to eat vegetarian food? Why don't you try this lotus seed soup?"

Concubine Lin also said: "This sesame seed crisp is also good."

Wu Qing refused again and again and insisted on eating the Bodhi leaves in the bowl.

Okay, there must be something wrong with this Bodhi leaf!

The Queen and Concubine Lin looked at each other and confirmed their guess.

In a flash, Concubine Lin moved her arm a little too vigorously and pushed Wu Qing's bowl to the ground.

A crisp shattering sound suddenly rang out, startling the Queen Mother who was having a meal.

Following the sound, they discovered that the imperial concubine had knocked over the porcelain bowl in which she had offered Bodhi leaves, and the empress dowager suddenly became furious.

"Mother, please calm down. The Imperial Concubine's action was purely unintentional." The Emperor advised.

The Queen Mother was even more furious, "Emperor's preference for the Imperial Concubine should be limited!"

She could be angry, but the Emperor would definitely be on her side today anyway.

Concubine Lin said to the Queen Mother, "Please allow me to speak for you. The color of these Bodhi leaves is a little dull, which is disrespectful to the Buddha. Why don't you take this opportunity to change a batch?"

The royal relatives behind the long table on the right had no appetite. They ate the exquisite meals with their mouths but kept watching the show with their eyes.

As expected, the queen mother's face became increasingly gloomy. She turned to the emperor and said, "This is the imperial concubine you spoiled. She is so bold and presumptuous!"

The emperor was also helpless.

But in order to stop Concubine Ji from committing suicide, he could only stand on the side of the imperial concubine.

"Mother, the Imperial Concubine is also thinking about you. I see that these Bodhi leaves are indeed a little dull and have lost their former greenness. Let the servants replace them with a new batch." The Emperor said under pressure.

The Queen Mother stared back at him in disbelief.

At the emperor's order, the servants removed all the Bodhi leaves on the table and replaced them with a new batch.

Wu Qing: [Then I should eat more? ]

Female ghost: [The Xixia people haven’t had time to poison this batch of leaves.]

Wu Qing had no choice but to give up with a little regret.

[Is there a… slightly cooler way to die?] Wu Qing asked.

She had said before that she wanted to learn Prince Ding's pretentious spirit.

She was going to die soon, but she wanted to leave a mark in this world.

The female ghost said: [Yes. When the Queen Mother hangs the Bodhi leaf, the Xixia assassin will come out to attack her. You can help her block the knife then.]