This question caused Yun Shu to raise an eyebrow.
Confess what guilt!
"When did the Empress Dowager go to the yamen? Why did she bring these people to suddenly ask me if I confess my guilt? What crime have I committed? It actually troubles the Empress Dowager to come and question me personally?" Yun Shu asked the Empress Dowager with a half-smile.
Why did she feel the Empress Dowager was protesting too much, seeming guilty?
The Empress Dowager was clearly flustered by this question. She tightened her lips and gritted her teeth, "Did you see the Regent today?"
"I did."
"Then it's right! You actually took the opportunity to poison the Regent and caused his death!" The Empress Dowager seized this point to pin the blame on Yun Shu.
Upon hearing this, Yun Shu laughed, "In front of the General's mansion, I only exchanged a few words with the Regent. How could I have poisoned him? Moreover, the Empress Dowager keeps saying I poisoned him. Do you have any evidence?"
The Empress Dowager had always known Yun Shu to be sharp-tongued, but the situation had arisen so suddenly. She had to make people believe that Yun Shu was the one who killed the Regent!
And her and the Regent's affair absolutely could not be known by anyone!
Nor could anyone know that it was she who gently pushed the Regent to his death!
She had already dealt with everyone who witnessed that scene at the Regent's mansion.
Now all that remained was to frame Yun Shu for this crime! With Yun Shu out of the way, a stumbling block would be removed.
Zhan Xiaoli heard the Empress Dowager's thoughts.
He never expected the Empress Dowager to be so wicked!
It was too detestable!
Seeing Zhan Xiaoli's expression, Yun Shu knew he had something to say. She bent down and looked at Zhan Xiaoli, quietly asking, "Xiaoli, what do you want to say?"
Xiao Li immediately leaned close to Yun Shu's ear and quietly told her the thoughts he had just heard.
The Empress Dowager never expected Yun Shu to be so composed.
Seeing this, the enraged Empress Dowager appeared furious.
Just then, Yun Changfeng hurried over.
Seeing from a distance that it was the Empress Dowager troubling Yun Shu, Yun Changfeng's face darkened. The Empress Dowager was becoming more and more out of line!
She dared to do anything and everything she pleased!
Coming personally with soldiers to the General's mansion to accuse them!
Yun Changfeng roared, "Why is the Empress Dowager not in the palace, but at this general's residence?!"
The Empress Dowager was startled by Yun Changfeng's imposing manner.
Seeing Yun Changfeng now, she belatedly realized that she had been too reckless today!
She had left the palace secretly, not wanting to cause a commotion.
Then she went to the Regent's mansion. Wasn't that tantamount to protesting too much?
For a moment, the Empress Dowager was terrified.
In her attempt to distance herself, she had lost her head!
However, the matter had reached this point, and she could not turn back.
Assuming the dignity of an Empress Dowager, she straightened her back, "The Regent only saw Yun Shu today, and just as he returned to his mansion, he breathed his last. If it weren't for my desire to leave the palace for a stroll today, I'm afraid I wouldn't have known of this matter, nor would I have been able to seek justice for the Regent! Yun Shu, the facts are here. What else do you have to say?"
This statement cleared herself.
The reason sounded quite normal.
The government soldiers who followed her were all acting as if they were taking orders.
However, upon seeing Yun Changfeng, they all dared not make a move.
"Is Your Majesty the Empress Dowager trying to turn things around?" Yun Shu, after hearing what Xiao Li said, understood the whole story.
She didn't know whether to say the Empress Dowager was too cunning, or had become foolish after being cunning?
Without any evidence, she wanted to frame her, and even wanted to absolve herself.
Could she have been shocked by the sudden death of Zhan Ming?
Otherwise, how could someone as shrewd as the Empress Dowager be so impulsive?
"Guards, take Yun Shu away first. Don't listen to their nonsense. Interrogate her thoroughly, and you will surely get results." The Empress Dowager did not want to say more. The more she said, the more mistakes she would make! While Yun Changfeng hadn't fully reacted yet and hadn't had time to investigate the cause of Zhan Ming's death, she would quickly convict Yun Shu!
Force Yun Shu to admit it!
The soldiers immediately stepped forward.
They, the government soldiers, dared not disobey the Empress Dowager's orders.
"Since Your Majesty the Empress Dowager is deliberately misrepresenting the facts, then there is no need for me to keep what I knew about Your Majesty the Empress Dowager a secret anymore." Yun Shu said with a cold laugh.
As soon as she finished speaking, she said to Xiao Li and the other two, "You three go inside first. Mother will find you after she resolves these matters."
The three little ones immediately obeyed and left.
They didn't want to see that old witch either!
That old witch had wicked intentions!
After the old witch was driven away by Mother, Mother would find them.
The Empress Dowager frowned upon hearing Yun Shu's words, "What do you mean?"
Vaguely, she felt something was unusual, not quite right.
Was there something Yun Shu knew about her?
Suddenly, her heart skipped a beat.
Could it be…
Yun Shu knew about her relationship with the Regent?
She had always believed her relationship with the Regent was well hidden.
For all these years, it had been airtight. As for the Regent's trusted aides, they naturally wouldn't tell anyone their secrets.
Now, besides a few people in the Regent's mansion and Jiang Luoxi, no one else knew about her secret relationship with the Regent. She was confident that these people would keep their mouths shut.
However, the look on Yun Shu's face didn't seem fake.
"Your Majesty the Empress Dowager, even if there are suspicions about the Regent's cause of death, it should be a matter for the authorities to investigate, not for Your Majesty the Empress Dowager to interfere! Moreover, His Majesty has not yet inquired!" Yun Changfeng said coldly.
"Very well, since the Great General is also here, let the Great General decide this matter. Are you trying to shield Yun Shu?" the Empress Dowager asked angrily.
Although these words were spoken to Yun Changfeng, her eyes were fixed on Yun Shu.
What exactly did Yun Shu know?
Yun Shu couldn't be bothered to waste her breath. She glanced at the people outside.
There were twenty to thirty soldiers in total.
Twenty to thirty mouths were enough.
"Your Majesty the Empress Dowager spent several years in a temple months ago. During these years, the Regent happened to be nearby…" Yun Shu said slowly, unhurriedly.
A touching love story between a sister-in-law and a brother-in-law.
Now that Zhan Ming had fallen, it should be revealed to the world.
Otherwise, wouldn't it be wasted, covered in dust?
She hadn't spoken before because the evidence wasn't complete.
But now.
There was evidence, and the timing was perfect.
The timing was provided by the Empress Dowager herself, who came to the door.
She was actually very curious, after maintaining a cooperative relationship for so many years, was Zhan Ming's death at the hands of the Empress Dowager a cause for great joy for them? He definitely wouldn't die with his eyes open.
"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Yun Shu, what exactly do you want? Who gave you the nerve to spread rumors about Us! The Regent has just passed away, and you dare to slander him! Today, no matter what, you will be taken away! You must be thoroughly interrogated to see who instructed you to dare to slander Us!" The Empress Dowager's eyes suddenly widened, and her heart trembled violently.
Yun Shu actually knew!