Zui Gu🔞 ( mtl)

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　　After that day, Yan Zhaozhao never used any spices in the bedroom. From then on, she never had nightmares at night, let alone saw the wronged ghost of Concubine Yan coming back to claim her life.

　　Everything seemed to have gradually calmed down after taking Xie Ciyan's detoxification pills that day. After some interrogation, it was Chunxiu who put the mandrake in the calming incense she burned. She couldn't stand the torture and told everything about how she accepted money from others to murder her because of greed.

　　She cried and said that she accepted the money from that person and mixed the mandrake into the calming incense because she was temporarily obsessed. The man told her that the mandrake was not poisonous, but it would make people fall into nightmares and sleep restlessly. She didn't know that this thing would be poisonous when combined with cinnabar.

　　Chunxiu gave up the person who made the connection. It was a palace maid in the flower room who instructed her to do so.

　　Xie Ciyan found a reason to find the maid, but found that she had been missing for several days. Finally, the maid's body was found in a remote lotus pond. The body was so swollen that it was impossible to see the original face. There was no evidence, and no one knew who the mastermind was.

　　Yan Zhaozhao once again felt that the power of the man behind the scenes was unfathomable. The man could kill people at will in the harem, and his hands and feet were clean, without leaving any handle.

　　She exhaled a foul breath, and her heart was even more uneasy. This time, the man behind the scenes slipped away again, and I was afraid that it would be more difficult to catch this person in the future. Yan Zhaozhao made up her mind to deal with Chunxiu and sent her to the Ministry of Punishment. When she was dragged away by the eunuch, she shouted that Yan Zhaozhao was cruel. She had served for a long time, but she was sent to the Ministry of Punishment because of such a small matter. It was really ruthless and indifferent, and she was not worthy of being the queen.

　　Yan Zhaozhao did not speak, her eyes staring straight at the direction where Chunxiu was dragged away.

　　She couldn't help but ask herself, is she cruel?

　　After thinking for a while, Yan Zhaozhao suddenly smiled. She thought, there is nothing wrong with being cruel. If she lets Chunxiu go today, she will be the victim in the future. People who betrayed her once for interests will also betray her again in the future because of the little profits given by others. If

　　she doesn't make up her mind today, she will be the one who dies in the future.

　　She will never let anyone have such an opportunity to put her in danger again. After

　　resting well in Fengyi Palace for a few days, Yan Zhaozhao, who was completely recovered, dressed up properly in the morning and took the ceremonial guard to Shoukang Palace to pay respects to the empress dowager. When

　　the empress dowager knew that she was coming, she quickly asked Aunt Yumin beside her to come to greet her and let her go into the inner hall to talk to the empress dowager.

　　"I pay my respects to my mother, and wish her the best of health."

　　"Get up." The Queen Mother, wearing a solemn and dignified dark blue palace dress and a graceful bun on her head, sat at the head of the table and nodded gently to her. "You have just recovered from a serious illness, so don't hurt yourself by kneeling."

　　"Thank you, mother." Yan Zhaozhao bowed, and Biluo stepped forward to help her mother sit up.

　　"What illness did the Queen have a few days ago?" The Queen Mother's slightly inquiring eyes seemed to glance at Yan Zhaozhao unintentionally, holding a string of Buddha in her hand, and her thumb kept fiddling with it.