After being rebuked by her father, Xu Jinlan immediately shed fewer tears.
Wiping her face, Xu Jinlan, still shaken, said, "Last night I was asleep in the Cold Palace. But for some reason, I felt like someone was touching my hair. When I opened my eyes, I immediately saw the Empress sitting next to me. She looked exactly the same as she did back then, without any change. She was still so beautiful, so young, and looking at me so gently."
At first I thought I was dreaming. Although I was scared, I wasn't terrified.
I asked her, "After all these years, why are you coming to see me?"
She said she came to see me specifically. She also told me that Hu Qianyu was waiting for me in hell, and asked why I wasn't going down to be with her.
Of course I was furious, and I yelled at her. But she didn't seem angry at all; she just pinched me hard.
I tried to dodge, but for some reason I had no strength at all and could only watch helplessly as her armor pierced into my flesh.
I screamed in pain. At that moment, I thought my dream was over, but when I opened my eyes again and looked closely, she was still there, sitting quietly next to me, watching me.
This time I was really scared to death.
I couldn't help but scream in terror, and then I told her to walk around me.
She laughed and said, "Of course I won't let you off the hook. So many members of the Qin family died unjustly back then, how could I let you go? I'll say that my thirteen-year deadline is almost here, and the vengeful spirits of the Qin family will soon come to seek revenge! They will transform into evil ghosts and, through the ghost-divine talisman in Prime Minister Hu's hand, rush into the mortal realm to kill all those who harmed the Qin family!"
Hu Tianyong and Xu Ming's expressions changed when Hu Qianyu said this.
The Qin family's affairs were a taboo subject for the two of them, and now that Xu Jinlan had revealed them, how could the two people who had done wrong not be alarmed?
What made the two of them even more uneasy was the phrase "ghost and god military talisman".
Hu Tianyong never expected that these words would come out of Xu Jinlan's mouth.
The true secret of the Hu family was something he had repeatedly warned no one to tell, yet Xu Jinlan, a woman who was inaccessible to anyone in the deep palace, revealed it accurately. This was truly bizarre.
What puzzled Xu Ming was how Xu Jinlan knew the words "Ghost God Weapon Talisman"!
Although Xu Jinlan was his daughter, he knew her limitations all too well. She would never know about the Ghostly Talisman.
But now Xu Jinlan can not only say it, but also says it's in Hu Tianyong's hands, which means this matter is very strange!
Xu Ming turned his head and looked at Hu Tianyong with a puzzled expression.
When he noticed Hu Tianyong's extremely grim expression, his heart skipped a beat. Could it be that the Ghost God Talisman really was in this old man's hands? That would be disastrous. This would be extremely detrimental to Lan Jiayuan's ambition to seize the position of Crown Prince!
Whoever possesses that thing will have the military power of the entire country. Doesn't that mean Lan Xiuyuan will firmly grasp the position of Crown Prince in his own hands?
Upon realizing this, Xu Ming immediately glared at Hu Tianyong with a sinister look. This man was far too treacherous. He had this thing and yet he still pretended to cry and shed tears in front of the emperor. Hmph, who knows when he might rebel and still act like a grandson. It seems that this old scoundrel can no longer be kept around.
Looking at the expressions of the two people, Lan Shanyang couldn't help but sneer inwardly, but his face remained expressionless.
"And then? What else did that ghost say to you?"
Xu Ming asked urgently.
"She also said that the events in Jiangnan were clearly orchestrated by those officials to harm her son, ultimately provoking divine wrath and public resentment, which led to the flooding of four counties. She also said that Shi Mengjian is now crying out for justice before the King of Hell! Because he died unjustly, he was killed for the sake of others! He's coming to seek retribution from the Prime Minister!"
Also, she said she wanted me to pass on a message to Prime Minister Hu.
As she spoke, Xu Jinlan turned to look at Hu Tianyong in a panic. Before Hu Tianyong could speak, she muttered to herself, "The Golden Toad has already landed in your Hu family's ancestral hall. It won't turn back until it sees bloodshed!"
Upon hearing this, Hu Tianyong's eyes widened in anger. He pointed at Xu Jinlan and after a long pause, roared, "Insolence!"
Xi Ming immediately became displeased and looked at Hu Tianyong angrily, saying, "Lord Hu! You'd better show some respect in front of the Emperor! Consort Xu is, after all, the Emperor's favorite concubine and the mother of the Third Prince! Aren't you afraid of being punished by the Emperor for speaking so rashly?"
Upon hearing her father's words, Xu Jinlan immediately pointed at Hu Tianyong and roared, "Hu Tianyong, Shi Mengjian said that Lan Xiuyuan deliberately harmed my son in order to obtain the account book. The account book is in your hands, yet you have assassinated my son twice! You still owe us this blood debt!"
Xu Jinlan's shrill scream startled everyone, but Xu Ming's expression turned even uglier.
"Nonsense! Utter utter nonsense!"
Hu Tianyong was already somewhat flustered by Xu Jinlan's words, so for a moment he couldn't think of any specific way to refute her.
Lan Shanyang, however, tapped his fingers lightly on the table and suddenly said, "Hu Tianyong, Consort Xu said that the Ghost God Talisman is in your residence. Is that true?"
Xu Ming also turned his head and stared intently at Hu Tianyong.
"Your Majesty, this is truly a miscarriage of justice for this old minister. I have never seen any ghostly or divine talisman! It is all a complete fabrication!"
"No! That evil spirit wouldn't lie to me!"
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