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"The Empress Dowager's grandniece?" Song Qingning could not hide her shock.

She had witnessed Xie Xuanjin's skills firsthand, and he was always on guard. Even top experts might not be able to successfully assassinate him.

Xue Yarong was a frail woman. The Empress Dowager sent her to Jinhua Palace. Whatever her purpose was, it couldn't have been to harm Xie Xuanjin.

There's something fishy about this!

"How did Xue Yarong and the Emperor meet?" Song Qingning asked without stopping.

"Your Majesty, as you instructed, I have arranged accommodations for Miss Xue, and I have brought her to stay in the north wing."

"But later, I don't know where Miss Xue heard that the Emperor liked to drink ginseng soup, so she somehow got a bowl of ginseng soup and sent it to the study in the east wing."

"Not long after, a woman's screams echoed from the study..."

Hongling followed behind Song Qingning and reported everything she knew.

"I knew it all along. That 'grandniece' didn't have any good intentions after moving into our palace. It's only been the first day, and she's already thinking... thinking..."

Hongling couldn't bring herself to say the word "seduce," and the more she thought about it, the angrier she became.

But Song Qingning became even calmer after hearing this.

The East Wing Study was where Xie Xuanjin occasionally worked, and it was usually guarded, so others could not easily enter.

But Xue Yarong went inside.

This means that someone tacitly approved it.

The one who tacitly approved was naturally Xie Xuanjin.

He tacitly allowed Xue Yarong to enter the study, and he also tacitly allowed Xue Yarong to hurt him. What is he going to do?

Song Qingning had a vague guess in her mind.

Lost in thought, I arrived at the study in the east wing.

Before even entering the room, I could hear a woman begging for mercy coming from inside.

"Your Majesty, spare my life! I... I didn't know... I... I wasn't an assassin..."

Her voice trembled, and even listening to it, one could almost feel her helplessness, which was accompanied by fear and powerlessness.

Song Qingning paused for a moment.

Just as they were about to go inside, hurried footsteps sounded behind them, followed by the nanny's panicked and concerned voice, "Please slow down..."

Song Qingning turned around and saw the old woman supporting the Empress Dowager, whose face was gloomy.

"Royal Grandmother..."

Song Qingning gave a slight curtsy, but the Empress Dowager didn't even glance at her and walked right past her.

Immediately following, the Empress Dowager let out a gasp of surprise.

"Xuan Jin, this, you, how could you..."

His voice carried three parts resentment and seven parts fear.

Song Qingning immediately came to her senses, walked into the study, and saw the situation before her. She immediately understood why the Empress Dowager, who was used to seeing the world, had let out that exclamation.

In front of the study.

Xue Yarong knelt on the ground, a large pool of blood in front of her, with several fingers scattered in the blood.

The bloodstains spread to Xie Xuanjin's feet.

At this moment, Xie Xuanjin was sitting in a chair, his hand wrapped in a white silk handkerchief, which was stained red with blood.

At first glance, one might mistake the bloodied fingers for Xie Xuanjin's.

But if you look closely, the fingers in the pool of blood are slender.

The fingers belong to Xue Yarong!

Song Qingning made a judgment in her mind.

Even if the finger wasn't Xie Xuanjin's, the injury on his hand was still quite serious.

"Your Majesty, you're injured." Song Qingning stepped forward with concern. "How did you get hurt?"

Song Qingning looked at his hand, which was covered in blood and was a shocking sight.

She reached out to touch him, but Xie Xuanjin grabbed her hand with his other hand.

Then, her gaze sharpened as she looked at the people in the hall. "That's a question for her, Grandmother. Your grand-niece plotted to assassinate the emperor. Did you know?"

Emperor murder?!

The Empress Dowager's face grew increasingly pale.

She never expected that Xie Xuanjin would use those two words to suppress her.

During the day, the imperial physician said that Song Qingning was in good health, but her suspicions remained.

She placed Xue Yarong in Jinhua Palace for two reasons: first, to have her monitor Song Qingning and see if there was anything unusual about her; and second, to find an opportunity to show her face in front of Xie Xuanjin.

She was determined to put this grandniece into Xie Xuanjin's harem.

Unexpectedly, Xue Yarong proved herself capable, finding an opportunity on her very first night at Jinhua Palace.

Xue Yarong had her nanny tell her that she wanted to send ginseng soup to Xie Xuanjin.

She had her nanny bring out the most precious ginseng from her private treasury, specially brewed it into a soup, and had Xue Yarong deliver it to her. She also added some other things to the ginseng soup.

Once the rice is cooked, everything will be accomplished.

She waited in the palace, even planning how to get a prestigious title for Ya Rong.

But not long after, news came.

problem occurs!

She rushed over, and sure enough, something had happened!

Contrary to expectations, the ground was covered in blood. Several of Ya Rong's fingers had been cut off. She knelt in the pool of blood, her face pale and filled with fear and helplessness.

When Xie Xuanjin uttered the words "murderer of the emperor," even the Empress Dowager's eyes flashed with a hint of helplessness.

Anger followed.

"Xue Yarong, what exactly happened?"

The Empress Dowager questioned her sternly.

The sound brought Xue Yarong back to her senses. When she saw the Empress Dowager, she felt like a drowning person grabbing onto a piece of driftwood.

"Grandma, Ya Rong doesn't know, doesn't know why this is happening, Ya Rong..."

Xue Yarong recalled what had just happened.

She heard from the head of the kitchen that the emperor wanted ginseng soup, and she saw an opportunity. So she gave the head eunuch some benefits so that he would give her the chance to serve the ginseng soup.

Then she had her nanny deliver a message to the Empress Dowager.

As expected, the Empress Dowager also supported her.

When the old woman handed her the ginseng soup, she hinted that she should seize the opportunity tonight.

She knew what was in the ginseng soup, and carried it into the study in the east wing. And then everything that happened...

She presented the ginseng soup, and then she heard the emperor ask her, "What's in the ginseng soup?"

Xue Yarong was so frightened that she dropped the ginseng soup bowl, causing it to fall to the ground and shatter.

In her panic, Xie Xuanjin got up and walked towards her.

The mere sound of approaching footsteps made her mind go blank with fear, and then the footsteps stopped in front of her.

She saw the man pick up a shard of porcelain from the ground and cut his own hand.

Blood dripped down in front of her, drop after drop. Shocked, she didn't know why the emperor would do this. Before she could come to her senses, she heard the emperor shout, "Guards!"

Then, before she could even see where the person had come from, a sword sliced ​​off her finger.

Pain, fear, helplessness...

Even now, Xue Yarong still doesn't understand what's going on.

She tried to calm herself down and defend herself.

"Ya Rong did not murder the emperor, Ya Rong dared not murder the emperor, it was the Emperor..."

As Xue Yagang finished speaking, she felt that sharp gaze, her heart trembled, and she immediately stopped talking, not daring to continue.

In her panic, she changed her story again, "This humble woman didn't add anything to the ginseng soup, it was you, Your Highness..."

"Shut up!"

The Empress Dowager interrupted her with a grim expression, then angrily rebuked her, "What nonsense are you spouting! Utter rubbish! I, I..."

The Empress Dowager felt guilty and before she could finish speaking, she heard Xie Xuanjin's cold laughter.

"Ha, Grandmother, it seems you knew! Not only knew, but you were in charge?!"