However, at this time, Liu Qiaoer and others could not let anyone suspect Zhao Ziyu.
Su Xueying cried out that she was innocent. The empress dowager had already determined that she had ulterior motives and wanted to find evidence to overturn Zhao Ziyu's case.
Liu Qiao'er suddenly exclaimed, "Oh, I see. Su Xueying, you deliberately set fire to Concubine Su's palace. You actually wanted to lure everyone over there, and then take the opportunity to uncover the case... and find out the truth for Prince Yi?"
At this point, the Empress Dowager's focus was no longer on arson or lost items, but on the fact that she was accused of murdering Zhao Ziyu's mother.
The Queen Mother felt guilty and was a little confused when she saw the two phoenix hairpins.
Moreover, at this time, no one dared to explain anything for Su Xueying. Everyone knew the secrets in the palace, and the Queen and Concubine Su wished they could disappear immediately.
But because of the arson case and the theft of the Empress Dowager's warehouse, everything was stuck here, and we had to listen to the old cases of the Empress Dowager and the late Concubine Xian.
"Click", there was a sound in Jingse's palace. Su Xueying lowered her head suddenly and found that something had fallen in front of her.
She hurriedly picked it up. After a while, her eyes widened slowly. In a hurry, she stuffed the paper into her mouth, but was stopped by the palace maid who was quick-eyed and quick-handed.
When the palace maid received the paper, her face turned pale with surprise and she knelt on the ground with trembling legs and feet.
"What is it? Bring it up." The Queen Mother's majestic voice.
The maid handed the paper over tremblingly. Just as the empress dowager was about to take it, Su Xueying suddenly covered her stomach and vomited blood.
"Poison, poisonous..."
The palace maid was shocked and quickly threw the paper away, but it was too late and she was poisoned to death.
The piece of paper just fluttered and fell to the ground. No one dared to pick it up, and the words written on it could be seen by others.
It was the result of the imperial physician's examination on the death of Zhao Ziyu's mother, which was not made public.
At this time, only Liu Qiaoer covered it with a handkerchief. She picked it up boldly, glanced at the empress dowager, and turned around to blame Su Xueying.
"Even this evidence has been found. It seems that you have determined that the Queen Mother killed the late Concubine Xian. Queen Mother, this case is not written in full detail. It says that Concubine Xian had heavy bleeding during childbirth, which was caused by musk. However, musk should be added to pregnant women during childbirth to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, so as to facilitate childbirth."
"As far as I know, Concubine Xian died of poisoning. She accidentally ate puffer fish, which she always loved to eat. It has nothing to do with the Queen Mother."
Although Liu Qiao'er seemed to be speaking for the empress dowager, she had actually revealed the cause of death of Zhao Ziyu's mother. It was not postpartum hemorrhage, but puffer fish poisoning.
It seemed that everyone misunderstood the Queen Mother, but only the Queen Mother knew that the chef who prepared the puffer fish was her man.
If it were in the past, when everyone spread the rumor that the Queen Mother killed Concubine Xian by poisoning her and causing her to have severe postpartum hemorrhage, the Queen Mother would never admit it, and would instead produce evidence to prove that she was innocent.
But now that the real cause of Concubine Xian's death has been revealed, the Empress Dowager is worried.
The Queen Mother had a clear conscience because she had never poisoned Concubine Xian.
But knowing that puffer fish is poisonous, she deliberately made Concubine Xian eat puffer fish, causing her death by accidental ingestion. She was so guilty that her face turned pale and her hands and feet trembled.
The Queen Mother was old after all. She covered her chest and gasped for air, pointing at Liu Qiaoer...
"Kill, kill her..."
Unexpectedly, Liu Qiaoer took two steps at a time and came to the Queen Mother: "Go and get some water, the Queen Mother is having palpitations."
Everyone knew that Liu Qiaoer was a miracle doctor. Even if the Queen Mother ordered her to be killed, she acted faster. After two injections, the Queen Mother fainted.
Liu Qiaoer calmly instructed, "Carry the Queen Mother to the room first. She is so excited that she has palpitations. I will give her acupuncture now."
After giving the order, she turned around and lowered her body to the queen: "The queen mother just said to kill Su Xueying. The queen must have heard it. I will no longer treat her. This palace maid can still be saved."
The Queen Mother sent the poisoned maid to her bedroom, and Liu Qiaoer fed her an antidote pill and sent her back to her room.
Liu Qiaoer hurried to treat the empress dowager.
The Queen and Concubine Su remained in the hall, looking at each other.
No one dared to reopen the Empress Dowager's case, not even the Queen. But today, because of Su Xueying, everyone knew about the grievances between the Empress Dowager and the late Concubine Xian, and neither of them knew what to do.
After all, she is a woman who has lived in the palace for a long time.
The queen thought for a moment and made a decision.
"Come here, Su Xueying set fire to the palace, put Su Xueying in the death row, and execute her by slow slicing at noon tomorrow."
After saying this, the Queen glanced at Concubine Su, and Concubine Su did not dare to say a word.
But at this moment, Yue Nishang, who was kneeling on the ground, said slowly.
"The Queen Mother's palace was robbed..."
Yes, if the Queen Mother wakes up, someone will have to take responsibility for the theft of her bedroom.
The Queen was racking her brains for a solution when Concubine Su gave her a look and whispered a reminder.
"The Queen Mother's bedroom is heavily guarded. Why not wait until the Queen Mother wakes up before investigating the case? We should hurry and report the truth to the Emperor."
It means that the Queen should throw this hot potato to the Emperor.
After all, the garrison in the palace is under the emperor's charge.
The Queen agreed immediately: "You are all in the Queen Mother's Palace, you are not allowed to go anywhere. Wait for me to report to the Emperor, and then we can make a decision."
The Queen took Concubine Su to see the Emperor again.
In the Empress Dowager's bedroom, Liu Qiaoer used needles to seal several of the Empress Dowager's major acupoints. Now the Empress Dowager's life was in her hands. She could live or die at her discretion.
"Has the prince entered the palace?"
Yue Nishang nodded: "The news has been released, and it will probably arrive soon. Qiao'er, Yujue has not been found yet."
Indeed, Liu Qiaoer emptied out the Queen Mother's warehouse, but couldn't find the jade pendant.
Liu Qiaoer glanced at the Queen Mother's room and said, "Let's look here."
Yue Nishang began to look through the empress dowager's jewelry box. Suddenly, her eyes lit up and she picked up the jade pendant hanging next to the mirror and asked, "Is this the one?"
Liu Qiao'er was also surprised. The Queen Mother had been hanging this thing in the open, leaving them in the dark.
At this moment, Zhao Ziyu jumped in from the window, followed by the guard Bai Chao.
"How come the plan has been brought forward? Send the news over so that the prince can worry about you."
Liu Qiao'er didn't say anything. Yue Nishang curled her lips and snorted angrily: "It's all because of Su Xueying. She framed Qiao'er for no reason. We can only move our plan forward."
Zhao Ziyu looked at the unconscious empress dowager in the ** and nodded slightly: "Whatever it takes to achieve the goal, it's fine."
Zhao Ziyu wanted to have a detailed talk with the empress dowager alone. Liu Qiaoer pulled out the silver needle and woke up the empress dowager. All of them went out, leaving only the two of them in the room.
Liu Qiaoer and the others didn't know what they talked about specifically.
The next day, the Queen Mother became seriously ill and died at noon.
Su Xueying was Pei Yuanshan's concubine. She burned down the palace in revenge for the Pei family and was also sentenced to death. The Pei family was originally exiled one thousand miles away, but the sentence was changed to three thousand miles.
Pei Yuanshan and Mrs. Pei, who were in exile, could not help but curse Su Xueying for being more of a hindrance than a help. The Pei family, far away in Luzhou, was also punished for this. No one with the surname Pei was allowed to participate in the imperial examinations for ten years.
This in disguise cut off the Pei family's path to officialdom.