"Empress Dowager, this is His Majesty's last will. Should we wait for the three dukes and nine ministers to arrive and then read it out together?" Shen Xihe said, holding the last will.
The will was still sealed, indicating that it had never been opened, but Shen Xihe's calmness and confidence made people imagine a lot about the content of the will, especially since Emperor Youning personally ordered Xiao Junshu to be named the Crown Prince.
"The authenticity of the will should naturally be decided by the Queen Mother. The Crown Princess doesn't dare to hand it over to the Queen Mother. Are you guilty?" Concubine Shu asked sternly.
"I just want the three dukes and nine ministers to notarize it, so I am considered guilty?" Shen Xihe did not even look at Concubine Shu, her eyes were always on the Queen Mother, "Does the Queen Mother know when I started to guess that it was the Queen Mother?"
Shen Xihe's words made the hall quiet. The concubines kneeling outside the screen wished they could cover their ears and regretted rushing in with Concubine Shu. Concubine Shu's eyes flashed.
The Queen Mother still looked kind and looked at Shen Xihe calmly: "When?"
"The Crown Prince was buried, and Madam Yu Er was involved." Shen Xihe's eyes were creepy, "Madam Yu Er is different from others. She just returned to Kyoto. She is just a young lady. Even I only noticed her because of a few coincidences. How could someone like the Queen Mother, who is plotting for the supreme position, notice someone as insignificant as her
I thought about the day when I exposed the sachet she had made for the Queen Mother. I think that was the day the Queen Mother went to investigate Second Lady Yu. Second Lady Yu stepped on my sister to become the Princess of Zhao, so the Queen Mother looked up to her. The Queen Mother knew about First Lady Yu's fake death early on."
"With your intelligence, you shouldn't be so late." The Queen Mother's smile was as peaceful as ever, with a tranquil look on her brows. As someone who worshipped Buddha all year round, she exuded a kind of approachable kindness.
"Yes, it shouldn't be so late, it's just that I was misled by love." Shen Xihe laughed at himself, his eyes turned and fell on Concubine Shu, "As early as when she and I parted ways, I became suspicious of the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother is Beichen's only close relative, I don't want to tear up the softness in his heart, so I just deceived myself."
Shufei may not be a very smart person, but she is definitely not a stupid one. She was able to see through the situation in the Eastern Palace that day, and was willing to be hung in the wilderness for a whole night just to gain His Majesty's sympathy.
This shows how clear-headed she is. How could she be easily blinded by the emperor's favor
No matter how much favor His Majesty showed her, it was not enough to confuse her mind, but she still broke up with Shen Xihe. Since it was not because of His Majesty, then it must be someone who could give her more than Shen Xihe could give.
Do such people exist
If you don't think about the Queen Mother, it naturally doesn't exist.
But what if it’s the Queen Mother
The Queen Mother is deeply trusted by the Crown Prince, and Concubine Shu is afraid that she thinks they are all pawns in the Queen Mother's hands.
Moreover, since the Empress Dowager has revealed her true colors in front of Concubine Shu, if Concubine Shu does not obey, she will have no way to survive, and Concubine Shu knows this very well.
"Since you have already determined that it was me, you must have deliberately placed Madam Yu Er in the secret passage." The Queen Mother also figured out one thing.
"The incident with Madam Yu Er did make me one step closer to believing that it was the Queen Mother, but I still hold out a glimmer of hope. I want to know how far the Queen Mother's influence stretches." Shen Xihe also admitted generously.