Xu Qingzhi said it casually.
"The Empress Dowager has witnessed countless power struggles, both big and small, within the depths of the palace."
"If someone is truly innocent, why would the Empress Dowager plot to harm him?"
Consort Qing was taken aback.
"Is the Imperial Noble Consort defending the Empress Dowager?"
"I am simply stating my true thoughts."
"I have never thought of entering the palace. Compared to the life of being bound in the palace, I yearn for the life of being unrestrained outside the palace."
“From the day I entered the palace, I, like you, accepted my fate.”
"In the eyes of the people in the harem, I am an arrogant and domineering poisonous concubine who does whatever she wants because of her family."
"But the Empress Dowager alone said to me behind closed doors, 'I know that you did not intentionally harm anyone.'"
Consort Qing frowned.
He sat down.
"She was able to rise to the position of Empress Dowager, so she must have the ability to judge people."
Xu Qingzhi nodded.
"So, has the Empress Dowager realized that the young man in your heart is not the one you entrusted with your mission?"
Consort Qing immediately denied Xu Qingzhi's idea.
"Impossible. Even if all the men in the world are not the right person to entrust me to, my young man is excluded."
Whether that is the case or not depends on what the Empress Dowager says.
"Since you are so troubled by Qingzhu's death, why don't you go and ask the Empress Dowager yourself?"
Do you think she'll tell me the truth? She'll definitely say things in a way that benefits her!
No matter what she says, I won't believe her!
Xu Qingzhi's expression remained indifferent.
"What if the Empress Dowager can produce solid evidence?"
Consort Qing was taken aback.
Xu Qingzhi saw that she was no longer speaking.
Then he said.
"Once the Empress Dowager has recovered, you may go and ask her."
"After you hear what the Empress Dowager says, you can judge for yourself whether it is the truth."
"Tonight, this conversation between you and me will remain unknown to outsiders, and no one will report you to the Emperor and Empress Dowager for standing idly by."
Consort Qing frowned.
Why are you helping me?
"I'm not trying to help you; I just don't want you to give your heart to the wrong person."
"Even if you die, you should die knowing why."
Consort Qing stood up.
"Alright, then I'll wait a few days."
"I'd like to see what the Empress Dowager has to say."
After speaking, Consort Qing left.
Xu Qingzhi didn't say anything more.
After returning to Qingju Palace.
Consort Qing sat in front of her dressing mirror.
I kept thinking back to Xu Qingzhi's words.
"The Imperial Noble Consort is an honest person; she has no reason to say those things to deceive me."
"Could it be, Green Bamboo—"
"No, impossible! How could a bright and cheerful young man like Qingzhu be a person with ulterior motives?"
Although Consort Qing kept telling herself this.
However, doubts still arose.
Consort Qing opened the drawer.
There was a poison inside.
Consort Qing originally thought...
If there is really no opportunity to use someone else to kill the Empress Dowager.
So she took matters into her own hands.
Then, they used another trick to frame someone, pinning the blame on someone in the harem who already had ill intentions.
However.
But I don't want it to be like that anymore.
first.
Consort Qing had the idea of not harming the Empress Dowager.
Two days later.
The Empress Dowager has recovered.
The concubines in the harem all went to pay their respects.
Consort Qing was among them.
After seeing Consort Qing.
The Empress Dowager dismissed the others.
Consort Qing was unaware of the Empress Dowager's intentions.
Did she discover something amiss and want to question her?
"Consort Qing, please sit down."
"Thank you, Empress Dowager."
Consort Qing sat down.
The Empress Dowager looked at her.
Just a thought.
"I never expected that we would actually pull through this time."
"I don't know if there will be a next time, and I won't be able to get through it."
"If I really pass away, there will be some regrets that I didn't have time to complete, and I will leave with resentment."
"I asked you to stay because I wanted to tell you something, something that has been weighing on my mind."
"I have kept this a secret all these years because I didn't want you to turn all your fond memories of the deceased into a conspiracy."
Consort Qing was taken aback.
"The Empress Dowager's meaning is—"
"I know that you and Qingzhu were in love before you entered the palace."
"I know you are not willing to enter the palace."
"But do you know that it wasn't me who brought you into the palace? It was your father who begged me many times to save you from this predicament. Otherwise, if you had continued to stay by Qingzhu's side, you would have been harmed by him sooner or later, and he might have even dragged your whole family down with him. In the worst case, he might have dragged our Great Yuan Dynasty into a dead end."
Consort Qing frowned.
She suddenly couldn't understand what the Empress Dowager was saying.
Qingzhu was just an ordinary guard in the Minister's mansion.
How did it escalate to the point of affecting the Yuan Dynasty?
"You don't know this yet, do you? Qingzhu's true identity is actually—the former crown prince."
Consort Qing was taken aback.
"How is this possible?! This is impossible!"
“I know you don’t believe me. It was your father who discovered the clues from his martial arts skills.”
"His martial arts were taught by the former court's chief instructor. Although Qingzhu wanted to hide his identity, he deliberately made his martial arts moves different from before."
"But your father is a martial artist, and he saw through the subtle details at a glance."
"Then I told you about this matter. I secretly sent people to investigate. It turned out that Qingzhu was indeed in contact with the former officials of the previous dynasty and intended to overthrow our Great Yuan and restore the previous dynasty one day."
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