377 Suspicion and Settlement of Doubt
"The mourning family is not good these days, and it has been a long time since I came out to shop, and now the flowers are in full bloom in this palace, but I have some interest in walking around, let the carriage go back first, and leave Mama Gui and Mama Zhang to wait, and the rest of the people go back."
Out of the cold palace, Empress Dowager Zhao didn't even get into the carriage and turned her head to look at Lin Su.
Lin Su hurriedly saluted and said, "The Queen Mother's body is ten thousand gold, how can there be fewer people around to serve her." The concubines were willing to serve the left and right and accompany the queen mother to visit the garden. ”
As she spoke, she also asked the people around her to leave first, and personally stepped forward to hold the hand of Empress Dowager Zhao and accompany her forward.
Empress Dowager Zhao didn't walk fast, and Lin Su was careful on the side and didn't dare to have any negligence. The two old grandmothers knew that the Queen Mother had something to say to Lin Su, so they naturally walked more slowly, hanging behind not far away, and waiting for them at any time.
When the group turned out of the range of the cold palace and looked at the palace maids coming and going, Empress Dowager Zhao opened her mouth lightly.
"You say, how can the queen be poisoned?" She turned her head and glanced at Lin Su, "Who poisoned her, and who could poison her?" ”
Lin Su was stunned for a moment, and then thought about how to answer the Queen Mother's question. Of course, it can't be said that she doesn't know, it would make her seem too incompetent. However, knowing too much will also make the Queen Mother suspicious......
"The concubine thinks that the person who is most likely to poison the queen's mother silently is naturally by her side, so that she can be poisoned silently......" Lin Su hesitated for a moment before continuing: "But now the people who serve the queen are all trustworthy to her, and if she thinks about it like this, she feels that it is unlikely to be the scare of the people around her." ”
"Imperial Doctor Zhang said that the poison on the queen's body was slowly laid down, if it wasn't for the people around her, then who would it be?" Empress Dowager Zhao's gaze was sharp and cold, and Lin Su only felt a burst of coldness all over her body when she stared at her.
"Concubine Lian often took the second prince to visit the queen mother a few days ago, saying that the second prince was getting weaker and weaker because he missed his mother......," she subconsciously said the only thing that came to mind before she realized what she was talking about. I, the Queen Mother, I'm not...... I ......"
She looked at the Queen Mother nervously and slowly let go of her hand.
"It can't be Concubine Lian's...... She ......"
Even though he knew that there must have been an agreement between Wang Liulian and Zhou Shuxian, Lin Su still didn't want to believe that Wang Liulian would poison Zhou Shuxian.
In his opinion, the biggest possibility is that Zhou Shuxian poisoned herself, just in case. Now, of course, this just in case happens. Li Qiulan failed, although this fire only burned Wei Tiantian on the surface, but the two most powerful people in the world were suspicious of her.
However, Zhou Shuxian's own poisoning situation changed things. Empress Dowager Zhao seems to be dissatisfied with Zhou Shuxian's attitude, and doesn't even want Imperial Doctor Zhang to tell the truth about Zhou Shuxian's poisoning, but the more this happens, the more her attitude is explained.
She doubted whether Zhou Shuxian was also a victim, but the last important nail arranged by the Lan and Zhou families in the royal family was pulled out in order to deal with it.
And this result, although Lin Su wanted, was endless. Afterwards, I am afraid that the Queen Mother and Si Yue will investigate who poisoned Zhou Shuxian. And such a thing can't be investigated openly, and if you think about it, she, the last beneficiary, will become the biggest object of suspicion.
Once such suspicions exist in the hearts of Si Yue and Empress Dowager Zhao, I am afraid that she will not be able to live.
She is bent on revenge in this life, and she is bent on revenge, just to be able to forget the shadow of her previous life and live well. If you finally complete the sacrifice to your own child in your previous life, but you die meaninglessly, is there still any point in what you did before?
She can't be the object of suspicion......
Thinking of this, Lin Su looked up at the Queen Mother, "The concubine believes that Concubine Lian is definitely not the one who poisoned the queen mother." Even though she took the second prince to visit the queen mother repeatedly, it hadn't been nearly a month......"
"You're willing to speak for others." Empress Dowager Zhao snorted lightly, and then stretched out her hand to signal Lin Su to continue to help her walk forward. "The mourning family also believes that Concubine Lian does not have the courage to do so. As for Concubine Jing, even though Li Qiulan confessed that Concubine Jing instructed her to poison the emperor, Concubine Jing has always been alone, and she has not had a deep relationship with the concubines in the harem. As for the cold palace, it has never been close. ”
"Concubine Jing wouldn't do such a thing......" Lin Su responded in a low voice, nervously waiting for the Queen Mother's final conclusion.
At this time, Empress Dowager Zhao seemed to be deliberately hanging Lin Su, and she stopped talking. Lin Su was as nervous as a cat scratched, but he didn't dare to move, so he could only accompany the Queen Mother all the way along the path.
It wasn't until the two of them entered a pavilion that the palace maids and eunuchs who were waiting outside immediately sent mats to serve them to sit down, and the queen mother slowly spoke again.
"The mourning family remembers that you married the emperor as a side concubine when you were thirteen years old, right?"
Lin Su was stunned for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "The concubine was fifteen years old that year, and the first year old was indeed thirteen. She didn't understand what the Queen Mother meant at the moment, so she didn't dare to say more.
When the Queen Mother heard this, she showed a nostalgic smile, "At that time, your father Lin Shuyan was not of high grade. Do you know why you and Li Moshan were chosen as side concubines in the first place? ”
"Is it because of ...... will not let the queen mother, who is the main concubine, keep her heart unswerving......" Lin Su whispered, the selection of concubines back then can be said to be a compromise between the royal family and the Lan and Zhou families. In the end, after the selection of the main concubine, two more side concubines were set up, on the surface, it was to let Si Yue spread out for the royal family, but in fact, it was just that the royal family wanted to give the Lan and Zhou families a counterattack in order to save face, but they were afraid that the status of the elected side concubines was too high and really angered the Lan and Zhou families.
Speaking of which, as an emperor, not being able to control the government with one hand is the greatest sorrow in the world.
"Your temperament, the mourning family has always liked it." Empress Dowager Zhao didn't know what Lin Su was thinking, and seeing that she was panicking at this time, her tone softened, "It's just that sometimes, you can't help but be too cautious." You are a person, can you not believe it if you are a mourner? ”
"Empress Dowager Niangniang......" Lin Su looked up at Empress Dowager Zhao, "The concubines are just for the three children of Ah Fu, Ah Lun and Ah Ling." The things in the harem, the queen mother should know better than the concubines. The concubines only want to live in peace, and in the future, they can watch Ah Fu and Ah Lun get married, and Ah Ling will also marry a good husband......"
"The concubine has been ...... Yesterday, the concubine also dreamed of the child who had no fate, and only thought that if he could be left, with two brothers and a sister to take care of him, he would definitely be happy......" Lin Su said, two lines of tears flowed down her emaciated cheeks.