Chapter 171 Sack
The Queen Mother glanced at the Queen.
The queen only felt that the queen mother's look at her was so cold that it felt like a knife scraping against her.
Was she wrong?
Seeing the Queen Mother's expression, the Queen thought for a moment and had to change her words, "I've already said it, tell me what's going on."
After saying this, he glanced at the empress dowager's expression out of the corner of his eye and breathed a sigh of relief.
Qin Wanru stood there obediently.
" Today, when I came out of Qingquan Temple, I saw the temple's masters tying up a man. At that time, I thought he was a thief, but I heard the old lady of Yongning Marquis's Mansion say that this man might be the fox demon that people outside are talking about."
Queen: Huh?
The Queen Mother, the mother of a country, was still trying to guess what the Queen Mother meant the moment before and now she almost burst out with a swear word.
"It's being rumored that the backflow of snow in Tongqian Hutong this time was caused by evil spirits. The iron-sturdy courtyard wall of Qingquan Temple suddenly collapsed today, and one of the people living next door happened to look exactly like General Su.
In this world, how can there be ?
I heard someone mention at that time that this person not only looks like General Su, but even has many of the same unconscious movements. This means they are the same person.
But General Su had died in the battlefield long ago, so what else could this man be if not a monster?
Now that the person has been taken to Jingzhao Yin, I estimate that Jingzhao Yin will have to report to the palace soon, and there will be a legal ceremony at that time."
Qin Wanru paused and suddenly looked up at the queen. "We have been having a lot of bad luck these days. Could it be related to this fox demon? Mother, I am always worried. Your Highness even started coughing this morning. Your Highness has always been in good health and hasn't had a cold for many years."
Qin Wanru's words simply showed that she believed what the fox demon said.
Even the queen was somewhat moved by what she said.
Yes, things have been going wrong recently.
When Su Qingqing got into trouble, if we were to seriously investigate the right and wrong of that year, the Duke of Zhenguo would be the first to be held responsible.
Right now, the Duke of Zhenguo is imprisoned in the Tianlao prison awaiting his fate.
The Queen suddenly looked at the Queen Mother.
The queen mother's face turned pale.
Of course she knew that all the fox demons were made up by Xiang Zheng.
Xiang Zheng brought that woman here in order to take action against Rong Que, but why did he put her in jail?
What exactly does Xiang Zheng want to do!
The empress dowager was extremely shocked and furious, but she couldn't get angry because of Qin Wanru and the queen. She found an excuse to send them away and ordered someone to summon Xiang Zheng to the palace.
When Qin Wanru left the Queen Mother's palace, she complained to the Queen in a low voice, "Today, I made an appointment with your Excellency's wife to go to Qingquan Temple to burn incense. She told me that she was not free, but I saw her at Qingquan Temple. I don't know why she had to hide from me."
The Queen and Qin Wanru have never been close. Now she is worried about the Duke of Zhenguo and the fox demon, so she is very uneasy and simply ignores Qin Wanru.
The Queen Mother, however, heard everything vaguely.
When the person sent by the Empress Dowager to deliver the message arrived at Xiang Mansion, the person sent by Xiang Zheng to Fengtai also turned back.
"Sir, the news was sent to the prince, and he fainted on the spot due to the shock. Now there is chaos in Fengtai Manor. When I came back, the prince was still not conscious."
Xiang Zheng is going crazy.
He was still counting on Rong Que to save people. What does it matter now that Rong Que has fainted?
The prince was a young and strong man who practiced martial arts. How could he faint like an old lady?
Once the prince fainted, no one knew when he would wake up. Xiang Zheng felt that this matter was becoming more and more difficult, as if he had smashed his hands.
As he was speaking, he received a message from the Empress Dowager.
As soon as Xiang Zheng stepped into the gate of the imperial palace, Jingzhao Yin Huang Zhaozhong had already entered the door of the imperial study.
The Emperor hasn't had a good rest recently because of the Duke Zhenguo's affairs.
Although capturing the Duke of Zhenguo was a good thing, he was afraid that if he pushed the Duke of Zhenguo's party too far, they would directly rebel.
He had only started recruiting and organizing his own private army in the autumn of this year. Although Wang Yu had demonstrated great skills in marching and fighting with Su Qingqing before, no matter how great his abilities were, it would take time to hone his skills and lead an iron-blooded army.
What's more, only more than a thousand people were recruited in total.
If the Zhenguogong Party really committed rebellion, these one thousand people would be useless.
The emperor wanted to find a way to suppress the Duke of Zhenguo without causing any rebellion.
If General Su had been alive earlier, he would not be so melancholy now, but that man is dead, completely dead.
"Your Majesty, Lord Huang requests an audience."
The emperor was worried about losing three more hairs. The eunuch chief reported outside the door. The emperor was stunned for a moment, wondering what he was doing here. "Let him in."
Huang Zhaozhong did not come alone, he also brought a large sack with him.
As soon as he stepped into the imperial study, the emperor's eyes suddenly turned to stare at the large sack in astonishment.
What's this?
Could it be that some stone tablet that reveals God's will was dug up somewhere in Kyoto?
While the emperor was thinking of something, the Jingzhao Yin bowed and greeted him, then turned around and untied the sack.
"Huh~"
The emperor was so shocked that he let out a cry and leaned his back against the back of the chair.
A person emerged from the sack.
What shocked the emperor was not the transformation of the living person, but the face of the living person.
"Su Qingqing?"
When the emperor read out these three words, his scalp went numb, and he felt that if it was stimulated a little more, his soul would fly out from the top of his head.
The man in the sack was tied up and had rags stuffed in his mouth.
Jingzhao Yin clasped his fists and reported, "Your Majesty, this man is a victim of the snowwater backflow in Tongqian Hutong this time. He was originally settled in the meditation room of Qingquan Temple temporarily, but early this morning, the meditation room and the courtyard wall of Qingquan Temple suddenly collapsed.
At that time, there were several wives of marquisates who were listening to the abbot chanting in the next room. They recognized General Su's appearance and immediately escorted her to Jingzhao Yin, suspecting that she was related to the rumors that had been raging in the capital recently.
The emperor was stunned.
There are rumors in Kyoto that a fox demon is causing trouble.
The fox demon is good at changing into various forms. Is it... transforming into the appearance of Su Qingqing?
Why?
The emperor stared at the woman on the ground, was silent for a long time, and then found his voice, "Who are you?"
The woman was originally a prostitute. Because of this face, Xiang Zheng brought her back to Kyoto for training.
Xiang Zheng asked her to pretend to be General Su to seduce the prince.
She could seduce him, but now facing the emperor, and in this situation, she was so scared that her courage almost broke, how could she say a word.
Huang Zhaozhong ripped the rag from her mouth. She just trembled and her upper and lower teeth kept knocking against each other. She couldn't even open her mouth.
Huang Zhaozhong said, "She said she lost her memory and somehow ended up in Kyoto, where she was adopted by Mrs. Zhao from Tongqian Hutong. Mrs. Zhao was also arrested. Mrs. Zhao herself was fine, but she used to serve an old lady, who was Mr. Xiang's wet nurse."
The emperor looked at the girl again, and his eyes suddenly became sharp.
