Besides, Yinzhen was also afraid that she would find out what Consort Xi had done!
After the Empress made some arrangements, she was able to meet Consort Xi!
When Consort Xi saw her elder sister, she cried like a baby: "Sister, you must save me! I don't want to go to Mount Wutai!" If she really went, she probably wouldn't be able to come back in this lifetime unless something unexpected happened. She was still young and didn't want to spend her life with a Buddhist lamp and ancient Buddha!
The Empress didn't want her sister to go either. Her family had finally sent a helper, and now she was going to ruin her before she could even use her. How could she be happy with that?
The Empress remained relatively calm: "Don't cry. Tell me what happened when the Emperor returned to Chengqian Palace with you that day. Don't try to hide it. If you don't tell the truth, I can't protect you!"
Consort Xi was quite unwilling to tell the truth. She roughly knew why she had been sent to Mount Wutai, but she did not expect the Emperor to be so sensitive and so ruthless!
Consort Xi finally stammered out the whole story: "I got some aphrodisiacs from an old nanny. On the day the Emperor came, I put the aphrodisiacs in the incense burner. The Emperor's face turned red, and then he went back and confined me to the palace!"
After hearing her sister's account of the whole story, the Empress was furious. She thought her sister was incredibly stupid and had clearly been set up!
The Empress asked her with a stern face, "Where is the old nanny who gave you the medicine?"
Consort Xi realized she had been tricked and whispered, "I'll throw myself into the well and commit suicide!"
Seeing that the Empress looked unwell, Consort Xi feared that she would abandon her and cried out, "Sister, I was wrong! I was foolish and fell into someone else's trap! Sister, please save me this time..."
The Empress said, "You are so foolish. Now you realize you've been tricked, but it's too late. Why didn't you think of this sooner..."
The Empress was also angry and scolded her sister, but the matter was still difficult to resolve!
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