Chapter 632: I'm afraid it's a Hongmen Banquet
Yun Lu's usually calm face suddenly showed uneasiness. "I saw someone was killed, so I went to Jingren Palace. However, the palace servants said that the Queen had brought people to the Imperial Garden a cup of tea ago. But before I entered the Imperial Garden, I learned that the Queen was called away by the Queen Mother. It was nothing, but I waited for a long time and didn't see the Queen. So I went to Cining Palace, but was stopped outside and was not allowed to go in. I couldn't even see the Queen Mother."
After hearing this, Lu Xiang was shocked and his heart instantly rose to his throat: "Oh no, I'm afraid this is going to be a Hongmen Banquet."
He Zhiyan's legs went weak and he could barely stand. He looked at Lu Xiang with a pale face, "What...what do you mean? Could something have happened to the Queen?"
What happened at the Hongmen Banquet?
"Although the Queen Mother and the Empress do not get along, she has always kept it to herself. Today, she suddenly detained the Empress. She definitely doesn't just want to deal with Her Majesty..." Lu Xiang was halfway through his words when he saw a palace maid walking over.
She bowed to everyone, looked at Lu Xiang and said, "Miss Lu San, the Queen Mother invites you."
Lu Xiang's heart skipped a beat, and he asked expressionlessly, "Are we going to the Cining Palace?"
"No, the Queen Mother is in the Imperial Garden." the maid replied.
As she spoke, she stepped aside and made a gesture of invitation to Lu Xiang.
Yunlu looked at Lu Xiang uneasily: Miss, I'm afraid the Queen Mother has come with ill intentions.
Lu Xiang gave her a soothing look: Counter it as it happens!
She was in the palace and without the protection of the Queen, she had no way of refusing the Queen Mother.
Besides, she also wanted to know what the Queen Mother wanted to do?
In the bustling imperial garden, the arrival of the empress dowager made it so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.
The empress dowager sat elegantly on a large carved mahogany chair, holding a blue and white porcelain cup in one hand and pinching the cup lid with the other, gently stirring the tea leaves.
There was a solemn look on his wrinkled face, which made him intimidating without even getting angry.
As Lu Xiang walked along, the noble ladies who were originally standing together moved aside at the same time, leaving a path for her.
Walking up to the Queen Mother, Lu Xiang squatted and bowed: "Your humble servant pays respect to the Queen Mother. May the Queen Mother be blessed with good health."
Behind him, He Zhiyan followed suit and saluted.
The Queen Mother stared at Lu Xiang with her deep eyes. She dropped the cup in her hand heavily on the table and said in a cold voice, "Kneel down."
Lu Xiang was startled, looked up at the Queen Mother, and knelt down without asking any questions.
As soon as she knelt, He Zhiyan and others behind her also knelt down, feeling uneasy. The Queen Mother's intention to challenge her was too strong.
The people around couldn't help but look at each other, but at this moment they didn't dare to breathe.
"Miss Yu drowned in Taiye Lake. Did you know about this?" The Queen Mother looked at Lu Xiang sharply and said.
Lu Xiang raised his head and shook his head expressionlessly: "To reply to the Queen Mother, I just heard about this from her."
"Oh, you don't have to pretend in front of me. If Yu Tong died in the palace, you are the most likely person to have killed her."
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