Yan Qing, who was buried in the sea of ​​​​fire , had already put on the clothes of a palace maid, and followed Zhang Fang with her head lowered. In the dim night, at first glance, she just thought she was an ordinary palace servant.

Before she entered the palace, Cao Dingzhen had already dismissed the palace people in the inner palace, and even the people on duty outside asked them to go out first. So Yan Qing walked all the way to the palace and met no one at all, except Wen Ying. Still inside.

Seeing her coming, Cao Dingzhen ordered Wen Ying, "Go to Sui Yuxuan and deal with it carefully. The coffin must be sealed tonight, otherwise it will be difficult to clean up tomorrow."

Wen Ying nodded and left. , Zhang Fang also proactively said: "This slave is guarding the two masters outside the palace gate."

As soon as he left, only Yan Qing and Cao Dingzhen were left in the huge dormitory.

"Don't you really want to leave the palace with him? Now you can finally get your wish." Cao Dingzhen said sarcastically.

"You may not be able to resolve right and wrong after leaving the palace. I don't know what leverage you have left in Jiang Weiren's hands, but it is inevitable that you will not give in today..." Yan Qing replied calmly.

"Why, are you afraid?" Cao Dingzhen looked directly at her, "If you are afraid that I will deal with you in the future, you can just stay in this palace and see what happens."

Yan Qing turned his head and stopped looking at her, "You You asked me to come here just to say a few provocative words, right?"

"Yan Qing, do you still remember the Wang Ting'en who was beside the late emperor?" Cao Dingzhen stood up and walked towards her slowly, "What about Wang Ting'en? He said that the late emperor dictated the imperial edict before his death. The three of you present listened to it, but Jiang Weiren recorded and drafted it.

"He said that the imperial edict drafted by Jiang Weiren was not completely consistent with what the late emperor dictated..."

She said. As he spoke, he carefully looked at Yan Qing's expression. Seeing that the emotion in her eyes was clearly one of surprise rather than confusion, Cao Dingzhen thought to himself, it seems that she does know something.

"Sure enough," Cao Dingzhen stared. She said, "Jiang Weiren is hiding something..."

"Speaking of which, that one is inseparable from you. Why?" Yan Qing raised his eyes and looked at her fearlessly, "You really want to know?" "

Cao Dingzhen stood there, looking at her, as if he didn't miss every detail of her expression. But Yan Qing saw that there was gradually some sadness in her eyes, as if his words had touched her heart. He felt some sadness and was afraid of being seen through by her, so he quickly turned away.

"The late emperor said at that time that the new emperor was young and he really couldn't let go." Looking at Cao Dingzhen's back, Yan Qing said slowly, " He said that he was worried about two things, one was his foreign relatives interfering with politics, and the other was the inner palace's monopolization of power, so..."

Before she could finish her words, Cao Dingzhen suddenly turned around for some reason, his eyes were scarlet and widened. He grabbed her collar and interrupted her, "I don't believe it! I don’t believe he would say something like that, I don’t believe he is really that afraid of me! "

She suffered a series of blows in the past few days. Now she is low on energy and blood, and in such a fluctuating mood. She originally wanted to push Yan Qing away, but instead she staggered back, looking miserable and a little dazed.

"Why wouldn't he say that ? Yan Qing said contemptuously, "He has always felt that you are not worthy of being A Yuan's mother. This is something that everyone in the palace knows." The foreign relatives are involved in politics, and the inner palace is monopolizing power. Which one of them is not fulfilled by him now? "

Cao Dingzhen stared at Yan Qing, but saw that every word she spoke was frank and without any hesitation.

"You must have made these up with Jiang Weiren. If you want to hide it from me, don't even think about it..." She You murmured unwillingly.

"Cao Dingzhen, I tell you," Yan Qing said coldly, "I had no intention of gaining power at the beginning, so I let Jiang Weiren hide this. Don't believe me. When you go to Jiuquan one day and see the late emperor, you can ask him whether he said such things that day, and then you will know whether I lied to you. "

After her words fell, Cao Dingzhen suddenly covered his chest and frowned, as if he was extremely uncomfortable.

"Hoho..." She suddenly laughed, looked at Yan Qing who was gritting his teeth and said, "Yan Qing, you think you win? Already? Let me tell you, the poison I used on you has no antidote at all! "

Yan Qing's eyes narrowed and he looked at her steadily, as if he didn't understand what she said.

"Do you think I will really let you and Jiang Weiren live together forever after leaving the palace? To tell you the truth, I used the poison in your body soon after you entered the palace. You were still the queen at that time, so I had to use a perfect method. From then to now, how much time have you calculated?

"The poison was not noticeable at all at first, but when it started to react, it was completely hopeless..."

Yan Qing stood there in a daze, motionless, as if his body had stiffened. After a while, the words on his lips Only then did a pale smile appear.

"It doesn't matter," she said softly, "It can still be postponed for a few years. I will accompany him well in these few years..."

She smiled, but tears filled her eyes.

She and Jiang Weiren have always been teased by God. Is it really that difficult to make a lasting promise?

Suddenly, Yan Qing raised his eyes and looked at Cao Dingzhen and said, "Cao Dingzhen, what I said just now was indeed a lie to you."

Cao Dingzhen's eyes lit up and he took a step forward, "What did you say?"

"Wang Ting'en is right." Yan Qingfang lowered her voice and said in a low voice, "The edict drafted by Jiang Weiren did miss one item, but it was not the one just now. I deliberately provoked you... Do you know what the late emperor really said?"

Her voice sounded . Pressing down, Cao Dingzhen's mood was up and down when she mentioned it like this. At this moment, his mind was entirely focused on her words. He took two steps closer and asked her in a daze: "Tell me, what did the late emperor say?"

"The late emperor said..." Yan Qing leaned closer. Cao Dingzhen only stared into her eyes and was listening intently. Unexpectedly, Yan Qing raised his hand and inserted the thing in his hand into her vagina. In the neck.

It was a short hairpin, with only a southern pearl embedded in the head. It was simple and unpretentious, but the tail of the hairpin was sharpened.

Ordinary hairpins would be polished until they were round and smooth in order to prevent them from hurting the scalp when inserted into the hair. During the days when she was imprisoned in Suiyuxuan and had nothing to grow, she polished the tail of the hairpin. Sharp as a thorn, so it can be used for self-defense.

She always felt that Cao Ding would not let her go out of the palace so easily. When she came out of Suiyuxuan, she had already held the hairpin in her palm and hid it in her sleeve all the way, just in case.

When entering the palace, Cao Ding was really afraid that the palace people would recognize her appearance, so she ordered all the palace people on duty inside and outside the palace to evacuate, so no one came to check whether there was anything hidden in her hand.

The hairpin pierced Cao Dingzhen's throat. Her throat moved, and she couldn't make a sound even if she wanted to speak. Yan Qing used more force and inserted the hairpin completely into her neck.

Cao Dingzhen's eyes widened and he stared at her hatefully. Yan Qing let go of his hand and took a step back, only to see her looking up and falling backwards.

There was a muffled sound on the floor tiles, and blood quickly emerged from the hairpin. Yan Qing stood there, his hands still trembling. Her eyes were blank, as if she was in a dream.

Only Zhang Fang was guarding outside. Just now, he heard the sound of Cao Dingzhen knocking his head on the floor tiles, and then he heard Yan Qing's shaking voice, "Zhang Fang... come in."

When he saw the scene on the ground, , even Zhang Fang was frightened. When he came to his senses, his first reaction was to close the palace door tightly. He saw Yan Qing shaking non-stop and his face turned pale.

Zhang Fang's mind is also blank. Although Jiang Guangyuan is guarding the west tonight, there are Nanya Imperial Guards on duty everywhere outside Funing Palace. As soon as the palace people find out and alert the Imperial Guards outside, Yan Qing will not be able to escape. .

Yan Qing calmed down slightly at this moment, looked at the copper crane-shaped palace lantern in the palace, picked up the lamp tray on it, walked to Cao Dingzhen's body, and poured all the lamp oil in the lamp tray on her body.

Zhang Fang also came to his senses, took several other lamp trays, poured lamp oil on the curtains in the hall, and finally dragged Cao Dingzhen's body into the inner hall.

Yan Qing's chest rose and fell, and there was no color on her face. Zhang Fang knew that she could not move her hand at the last moment, so she took a red candle as thick as her arm. As soon as her hand was released, the red candle fell on Cao Dingzhen and ignited.

The lights in the hall were like daylight, and the inner hall was inside, so it could not be seen outside until the fire spread out. Zhang Fang and Yan Qing quickly walked to the outer hall. The two of them tried to calm themselves down, especially Zhang Fang, who was worthy of being the Chief of Ceremonies. As they walked, they said loudly: "Then Queen Mother, please rest first, and I will go and give Wen Ying to you." Call."

Yan Qing, dressed in palace attire, waited for him to close the palace door, then followed him and walked out with his head lowered.

There were several Imperial Guards on duty at the foot of the stone steps. When they saw Eunuch Zhang, who was the Supervisor of Ceremonies, they hurriedly bowed and saluted. Zhang Fang nodded slightly and led Yan Qing into the night until the forbidden soldiers were no longer visible.

"Your Majesty," Zhang Fang suddenly turned around and said, "Tonight, in case something changes, Mr. Jiang has led the Beiya Imperial Guards to wait outside Linhua Gate in the west. I will take you there to meet Mr. You will leave overnight." " Jing, don't come back again."

"No," Yan Qing suddenly said, "It's because the dormitory was on fire and the corpses were destroyed. She could hide it from others, but she couldn't hide it from Wen Ying. She knew that the last person Cao Dingzhen saw was me. So what if we leave Beijing then? I can't hide, and you can't hide..."

"But...but now there is nothing we can do!" Zhang Fang said anxiously.

Yan Qing took a deep breath and said to Zhang Fang: "Suiyu Pavilion is not far from Linhua Gate. I will go back to Suiyu Pavilion and you go to Linhua Gate. Then you said that Jiang Guangyuan, the commander of the Nanya Forbidden Army, wanted to attack me and Your Majesty. It's not good, you follow my order and send the Bei Ya Imperial Guard into the palace to rescue him."

Zhang Fang was about to persuade him, but Yan Qing interrupted him directly, "Go see Jiang Weiren and tell him what happened in Funing Palace and what I just said. Jiang Guangyuan and Wen Ying are in the Suiyu Pavilion. He knows what to do. If time is tight, go quickly!"

Zhang Fang gritted his teeth and nodded, then said worriedly, "Mother, take care!"

Yan Qing nodded and calmed down. She separated from him and walked towards Sui Yuxuan.

Wen Ying arranged everything in Sui Yuxuan, the palace maid was given poison by her, and the coffin was also transported. At this moment, Jiang Guangyuan was personally guarding the outside of Suiyuxuan, not allowing anyone inside to come out.

When Wen Ying saw that the palace maid had died, she sent someone to Ganlu Palace and Funing Palace to deliver a message, saying that Empress Dowager Shengyi had passed away due to an epidemic.

The west is far away from Ganlu Palace and Funing Palace. The palace people went to deliver the message and waited for His Majesty and Empress Dowager Ciyi to arrive. After a while, Wen Ying walked out of the palace and Jiang Guangyuan entered the courtyard.

"Miss Wen Ying, please go quickly, leave this place to me." He pressed the sword, "Lest His Majesty catch you here."

Wen Ying smiled and said, "The news will be sent to Funing Palace first, so The Queen Mother will rush over first to prevent the spread of the disease and order the coffin to be sealed immediately. Your Majesty will not be able to see the true face of the person in the coffin. "

Of course she will not know that Funing is at this moment . The palace was already in flames. When the palace people noticed, the inner hall had become a sea of ​​flames. Empress Dowager Ciyi was lying on the ground without moving at all, and her body had been swallowed up by the raging fire. "