Logically speaking, seeing one's loved ones in such a miserable state would make one feel emotional.

However, Shan Li's heart is very calm now.

What he saw today was already anticipated in his mind.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Queen Mother Shan smiled and said, "Your wife is not much better than me now. Oh, no, although I was injured, at least I am still conscious, can talk and drink water. But she is probably useless now."

"So, Auntie, you admit that it was you who caused Ah Ci to faint?"

Shan Li was not angered, but became calmer.

"Why should I admit it? The fact that you can find this place already proves the situation."

Shan Li couldn't understand, "Why? What did Ah Ci do wrong that made her aunt go to such great lengths to plot against her?"

Queen Mother Shan did not answer immediately, but reviewed many things in her mind, and finally said slowly, "Because she is a variable."

Empress Dowager Shan has been scheming all her life, and she can say that everything is under her control.

The only variable is Song Qingci.

How could she let this go?

Not only did he lose what he wanted to fight for, but even his own son died.

So, she wanted to end this variable.

She could fail and die, but the variables that caused her to be in this situation could not expect to live well.

"So, Auntie is not going to tell me what you did to Ah Ci, let alone how to save her, right?"

"Yes." Queen Mother Shan nodded and admitted, "You have seen my current state. I think I am almost at the end of my life. In this case, it is a great honor to have a daughter of the Song family buried with me."

Shan Li suppressed his emotions and ordered his men to escort Queen Mother Shan back to the palace.

However, this time she was not sent back to Kunning Palace but was directly taken to the cold palace.

It was already the second day when Li Jianguo saw her.

Looking at the person lying on the haystack, Li Jianguo frowned subconsciously.

In just a few days, the former Empress Dowager has turned into the half-human, half-ghost she is today.

When she was imprisoned in the Cining Palace, she still retained her dignity. How could she be like this now?

"Your Majesty, are you here to laugh at me?" Empress Dowager Shan had not taken any medicine since yesterday. The remaining effects of the medicine in her body had long been consumed. Now she was shaking uncontrollably due to the pain in her body.

But even so, she didn't want to show any sign of decline.

"As the king of a country, he actually came to watch an old woman's joke. This is really a disgrace to the royal family."

Queen Mother Shan's voice was not loud, but the cold palace was remote and quiet, so every word she said reached Li Jianguo's ears.

"My Queen Mother, you misunderstood. I don't have the leisure to watch a defeated general make a fool of himself. I am here to find an answer."

Li Jianguo's vision is not that narrow.

"Don't waste your energy. I don't know anything and I won't say anything."

Now, what they wanted to know was nothing more than Song Qingci, but she would never tell anyone about this matter no matter what.

She can die, but Song Qingci can't live either.

If she wasn't so alert and had her own skills, she wouldn't have used such a roundabout method, but would have killed her more directly.

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