At that time, the Empress Dowager often visited her sister, the Empress, and knew about their plans. She offered them many suggestions, but none of them worked.
Until one day, the Empress Dowager encountered a man whose face was covered by a black robe.
The man directly exposed the Empress Dowager's longing for and ambition towards the late Emperor, and displayed unbelievable methods in front of her.
He said he was the evil spirit of desire summoned from the darkness within her heart;
He said he could fulfill all her wishes.
But in order to maintain his existence, she had to cooperate with him in doing evil.
So the Empress Dowager took advantage of the fact that she and her sister were twins to bring the man in black into the palace and hide him in the Cold Palace.
Later, the man in black took in many of the palace's neglected eunuchs and maids as his subordinates and used them to dig a tunnel in the cold palace.
The man in black said that he needed the blood of young boys and girls to nourish him, and only when he was nourished strong enough could he deal with Zhao Qinglian on behalf of the Empress Dowager.
These tunnels and dungeons were used to imprison young boys and girls.
The Empress Dowager firmly believed this and repeatedly used her appearance to personally cover the black-clad men as they brought the captured children into the palace and hid them in the underground passage of the Cold Palace.
About six months later, one day.
The Empress Dowager's sister tearfully told her that the late Emperor intended to make Shang Xiye the Crown Prince, but her son (Shang Xiche) was not as talented as Shang Xiye, and she was very disheartened.
The Empress Dowager then incited the Empress to organize all the concubines and their families to launch the most intense rumor attack against Zhao Qinglian.
The false accusations that caused widespread panic in Kyoto about the disappearance of a young child were fabricated by the sorceress Zhao Qinglian in an attempt to maintain her youth and ageless appearance.
This caused families with missing children to wander the streets of Kyoto crying every day, or to cry and beg outside the Imperial Palace.
Meanwhile, the Empress Dowager's sister and the concubines worked together to cover for the men in black. They managed to dig a tunnel in the dodder without anyone noticing, and secretly kidnapped Shang Xiye under the cover of night, imprisoning him in the cold palace dungeon.
After Shang Xi disappeared that night.
The Empress Dowager's sister and the concubines, along with their respective family forces, spread even more frantically rumors to attack Zhao Qinglian, claiming that she was trying to cover up her true intentions.
That vixen is ruthless; she even killed her own son!
In a short time,
The people of Kyoto were outraged and besieged the palace, forcing the late emperor to execute Zhao Qinglian.
But none of them expected that Zhao Qinglian would get angry!
Moreover, Zhao Qinglian's anger was terrifying. She actually walked on air, personally hovering in mid-air outside the imperial city, like a fairy descending to earth, and personally promised the people of the capital that she would thoroughly investigate the disappearance of the children and give everyone an explanation.
The people did not know whether she was a demon or a god.
The palace siege farce has temporarily subsided.
After that, Zhao Qinglian and the late emperor indeed conducted a nationwide investigation in the Great Zhao Kingdom.
Zhao Qinglian personally led the soldiers sent to her by the late emperor to conduct a thorough search of the capital, from the highest-ranking officials and nobles to ordinary people and peddlers.
Some of the concubines in the palace were not satisfied with only eliminating Shang Xiye's child;
As long as Zhao Qinglian is alive, even if a child is lost, another can be born;
Their threat is Zhao Qinglian!
But the Empress Dowager's sister was frightened and hesitated to agree; so the Empress Dowager used the name of the Empress's sister to impersonate her and continue to contact the concubines and the men in black.
On the other hand, the Empress Dowager also began to try to get in touch with Zhao Qinglian.
Through her various acts of humility and feigned pitifulness, she gained Zhao Qinglian's trust and came into the late emperor's sights.
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