The emperor was furious and

Zhang Fang went there with Queen Mother Sheng Yi's orders. Although the guard at Linhua Gate was shocked that the Beiya Imperial Guards had quietly arrived to guard the outside, they had no choice but to open the door to let him go.

Ji Changshu led the 500 Beiya Imperial Guards, together with Zhang Fang, and quickly rushed from Linhua Gate to Suiyuxuan next to Yanchi.

At that time, the news of Yan Qing's death had already spread to Ganlu Palace. Zhao Yuan had been alarmed, but there was no news at Funing Palace. According to the plan, Empress Dowager Ciyi should have arrived. Wen Ying couldn't hold herself back and decided to rush back to Funing Palace to see the situation.

As soon as she walked away, Ji Changshu and others surrounded Suiyuxuan.

According to the hierarchy, Jiang Guangyuan was above him. He was shocked to see the people from Beiya appearing in the palace palace out of thin air.

"Ji Changshu, you are so brave, you dare to break into the palace privately!"

Ji Changshu said in a loud voice with no expression on his face: "The guilty minister Jiang Guangyuan intended to murder the Queen Mother Shengyi. He is treasonous and should be punished for his crime. We will wait for him. We are here to rescue you according to the order of the Queen Mother Shengyi. If you disobey, you will be punished with the same crime!"

The Nanya Imperial Guards brought by Jiang Guangyuan were at a loss after hearing these words and looked at each other.

Jiang Guangyuan was shocked. Of course he knew about Empress Dowager Ciyi's plan. He was thinking, shouldn't Empress Dowager Shengyi have left the palace by now? How could there be another intention to save him? Ji Changshu was clearly lying.

"Joke!" Jiang Guangyuan said, "The Empress Dowager Shengyi has passed away due to illness. It's obviously you, Ji Changshu, who

is leaving to follow Yi's orders!" Ji Changshu gave him a cold look, his eyes were extremely contemptuous. Looking down on it, the Imperial Guards of Nan Ya took advantage of their proximity to His Majesty and had more chances of promotion, while the Imperial Guards of Bei Ya regarded Nan Ya as just a guard guarding the gate.

He pressed the sword hanging on his waist and said to the left and right: "Get this criminal!"

When Zhao Yuan finally arrived, both sides had stopped. The result was clear. Jiang Guangyuan was killed by several Bei Yamen. The imperial army was detained in the courtyard, and his men had all been disarmed and captured.

In terms of martial arts, Nan Ya is certainly no match for Bei Ya.

Zhao Yuan was shocked by the news of Yan Qing's death. He only put on a robe over his pajamas and hurriedly conveyed the news. He rushed to Xi Nei with red eyes, but what he saw at this moment was the scene in front of him.

When Ji Changshu saw the holy driver, he hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down to salute and said: "Ji Changshu, the commander of the Shenwei Camp of Bei Yamen, comes to see Your Majesty!"

"Ji Changshu?" Zhao Yuan's voice was a little hoarse. The news of his departure was such a shock to him that he stared at Ji Changshu and asked, "What do you want to do when you are not on guard duty at Weishan in Beiya and enter the palace without permission?"

"Your Majesty, I have been entrusted with the Holy Spirit." Empress Dowager Yi came to the rescue, and Jiang Guangyuan, the commander of the Nanya Imperial Army, colluded with Wen Ying, the eldest maid of Funing Palace, in an attempt to murder His Majesty Sheng Gong and the two empress dowagers.

"Nonsense!" Jiang Guangyuan struggled and faced Zhao. Yuandao said, "Your Majesty! Queen Mother Shengyi has just died of illness. How can she pass Yi's decree to Weishan again? It is clearly his Ji Changshu who left Weishan without permission and broke into the palace privately. Your Majesty, please take a closer look!

" Someone came to report that Queen Mother Shengyi had died of an epidemic. The news shocked him and he ran out of the palace on bare feet. But even now, standing outside the Suiyu Pavilion, Zhao Yuan still refused to believe that Yan Qing was really deceased. Gone.

But what he knew more clearly was that if Yan Qing was still alive, the palace servants in Suiyuxuan would not dare to fabricate such treacherous news, and would rush to the Manlu Palace to report to him.

The two of them insisted on their own opinions, but Zhao Yuan could not think about it at this moment. He just walked straight towards the main house, but as soon as he arrived outside, he saw the coffin parked outside.

He had no time to wonder why the coffin was placed in the Suiyu Pavilion so quickly and the lid was closed. He was only overwhelmed by the overwhelming grief in his heart.

"Why is the coffin lid closed?" he asked in a lingering voice, "I want to see the empress for the last time and open the coffin!"

"Your Majesty!" Jiang Guangyuan shouted in the courtyard, "The Queen Mother Shengyi died of the epidemic. The coffin can be sealed!"

Ji Changshu stepped forward and said, "Your majesty only needs to see if the person inside is the Queen Mother Shengyi."

Jiang Guangyuan suddenly panicked and cursed: " Changshu, what are you worried about? Can you afford it if His Majesty gets sick?"

What Jiang Guangyuan said is not unreasonable. Zhao Yuan looked at the two of them, and after hesitation, he still said to the palace servant next to him. : "I said, open the coffin!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a voice came from outside, "There is no need to open the coffin, the Ai family is here."

Yan Qing slowly walked into the courtyard and saw Zhao Yuan who was shocked. His expression turned to Jiang Guangyuan and he said: "Master Jiang, the Ai family is clearly in good health, but you say that the Ai family is dead, how can you feel at ease?"

Jiang Guangyuan looked at her blankly as if he had been struck by lightning, unable to say anything else. Words come. It was useless to say anything. Yan Qing's appearance left him speechless.

Yan Qing looked at Ji Changshu beside him again, nodded to him and said, "Commander Ji has sent me."

Ji Changshu immediately knelt down and said, "I am late to save you, please forgive me!"

This time, Zhao Yuan had already made a calculation in his heart. Of course Jiang Guangyuan deserved death, but what made him most happy was that Yan Qing was still alive. From great sadness to great joy, he was stunned for a moment, then stepped forward with red eyes and held hands tightly. Holding onto Yan Qing's robe sleeves, "My Majesty! My Majesty, you are doing well...that's great!"

Just now, Yan Qing took advantage of the commotion outside and sneaked into the side room from the rockery beside Yanchi to change into palace attire. .

"Your Majesty, Jiang Guangyuan surrounded Suiyuxuan. It was the Ai family who went to Weishan to mobilize the Beiya Imperial Guards to rescue him. But the Ai family is afraid that Jiang Guangyuan's wolf ambition is not just for the Ai family..."

She continued. Before he finished speaking, an internal prisoner hurriedly ran in from outside. He looked panicked and shouted: "Your Majesty! Funing Palace has been compromised!"

Yan Qing accompanied Zhao Yuan to the Funing Palace. At that time, Funing The main palace hall has been engulfed in flames. Zhang Fang had been waiting there for a long time. Zhao Yuan trusted him the most. He got out of the chariot with a pale face, rushed to Zhang Fang and asked: "My eldest companion! Where is the mother? Has the mother come out?"

Zhang Fang looked at him and said for a long time. He was speechless, and finally said slowly: "Your Majesty's condolences..."

Zhao Yuanxiang took a step back and almost fell to the ground without even taking a breath. Yan Qing stepped forward and supported him.

"The fire started from inside the palace. Tonight, the Queen Mother said that only Wen Ying would be waiting in front of her, so she asked the rest of the palace people on duty to retreat. So when the fire reached the outer palace, the imperial guards outside noticed it. But it was too late By the time the others rushed in risking their lives, the Queen Mother was lying on the ground and covered in fire... had died..."

Zhang Fang's expression was lifelike, but Zhao Yuan could not tell the difference. He was drained of energy, as if he was drowning. Everyone was trembling and unable to speak a word.

That night, he first heard the news that Yan Qing had died of illness. He thought things were turning around, but unexpectedly he heard that his biological mother had been buried in a sea of ​​fire. Such ups and downs were completely unbearable.

"Impossible, how could this happen..." He murmured, and suddenly straightened up, "I want to see the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother!"

Zhang Fang suddenly rushed up, hugged his legs, and whined: "Your Majesty ! The Empress Dowager Ciyi has... changed beyond recognition. If the Empress Dowager knew better, she would not want your Majesty to see her like that. Please take care of your Majesty! "

"How could this happen? How could this happen..." Zhao Yuanshuang His eyes were dazed, as if he were stupid, and he repeated the words over and over again in a low voice.

"Where's Wenying?" Yan Qing asked Zhang Fang.

"She's gone. I've searched all over Funing Palace, but I don't know where she went."

Yan Qing's expression changed slightly, but he quickly concealed it and said to Zhang Fang: "The person must be found, and the death of Queen Mother Shengyi must also be investigated strictly. Zhang Fang, you come to investigate in person, and you must get to the bottom of it!"

Zhang Fang knelt down and nodded: "I obey the order!"

That night, Zhang Fang received the order and asked the imperial army to search for Wen Ying's whereabouts. But the strange thing is that Wen Ying seemed to have disappeared out of thin air. He searched the entire palace but could not find any trace. I don't know what method he used to escape from the palace.

Then there was the investigation of the fire in Funing Palace and the murder of Queen Mother Shengyi. Jiang Guangyuan was imprisoned in the imperial edict. The first factory and the first guard were originally under the jurisdiction of Zhang Fang. Of course, Beizhen Fusi only obeyed his orders and was responsible. The Jin Yiwei who was tortured unleashed their methods and tortured him severely.

Of course he said that he knew nothing about the fire in Funing Palace, but he was quick to deal with the Sui Yuxuan matter.

He personally confessed that the sudden death due to the epidemic was of course just a pretense, and that the person lying in the coffin was just a maid from Suiyuxuan, who was drugged to death by Wen Ying herself.

According to the plan, the real Queen Mother Shengyi will be sent out of the palace. They only need to seal the coffin and wait for His Majesty to arrive. They announce the death of Queen Mother Shengyi and use the excuse that the epidemic is contagious to prevent the coffin from being opened. From then on, the world will be different. There is no Empress Dowager Shengyi.

Jiang Guangyuan was not stupid. He did not dare to say that everything was done under the orders of the Empress Dowager Ciyi. He only deduced that all the orders were given to him by Wen Ying in the name of the Empress Dowager Ciyi. Even he was only responsible for the Suiyu Xuan that night. On duty outside, it was Wen Ying himself who arranged everything inside.

Jiang Guangyuan was also considered Cao Dingzhen's confidant, but only Wen Ying knew about Yan Qing and Jiang Weiren. Cao Dingzhen originally only asked Jiang Guangyuan to cooperate with Wen Ying to make the scene where Queen Mother Shengyi faked her death flawless. As for why he sent Yan Qing out of the palace, of course he didn't know. If he did it now, it wouldn't be considered a lie. .

The confession was presented to Zhao Yuan and Yan Qing by Zhang Fang to read together. After reading it, Yan Qing said: "This Jiang Guangyuan picked himself clean. Thinking that Wen Ying had escaped and there was no proof, he turned everything to her." Maybe the two of them were actually colluding. "

Zhao Yuan was in great mourning because of his biological mother's death. He barely ate a grain of rice in the first two days, but he was finally persuaded by Yan Qing and Zhang Fang, but he was very energetic. Injured, mentally ill.

After listening to Yan Qing's words, he nodded and said weakly: "What you said makes sense."

After saying that, he turned to Zhang Fang and asked: "What about the Funing Palace matter?"

Zhang Fang glanced at Yan quickly. Qing's expression did not make Zhao Yuan notice it.

Yan Qing signaled him with his eyes. Zhang Fang understood and said according to the words discussed earlier: "I'm afraid Wen Ying has something to do with the matter of Funing Palace. It was she and Empress Dowager Ci Yi who were waiting for Qian'er that day. For some reason, the Empress Dowager Ciyi issued an order to have all the palace officials on duty leave.

"Later, I went to Funing Palace. The Empress Dowager said she was not feeling well and asked her to fetch Wen Ying, but she failed. I searched everywhere and couldn't find anyone.

"I heard from the palace people who rushed into the palace that day that they didn't hear a single cry from the moment the momentum rose until they were noticed, and the place where the Queen Mother was lying didn't move at all when they entered... I thought that all this must be Wen Ying's fault. It was a premeditated plan, so he fled in fear of crime and disappeared without a trace."

After hearing this, Zhao Yuan clenched his fists until his knuckles turned white, gritted his teeth, and his eyes turned red. After a long time, he said in a hoarse voice: "Look for me. Search all over the world and dig deep to find her."

"What about Jiang Guangyuan?" Zhang Fang asked.

"Jiang Guangyuan..." Zhao Yuan frowned and felt a severe pain in his head, so he said to Yan Qing, "This Jiang Guangyuan depends entirely on the empress."

Yan Qing nodded and saw that he seemed to have a severe headache, so he said : "Would you like to choose the imperial physician and show it to Your Majesty?"

This headache came from staying in front of Cao Dingzhen's spirit for three consecutive days without sleep. The imperial physician only said that it was due to excessive grief, but the prescription he prescribed was not very effective. When his emotions are affected, he still feels a headache.

Because he was indulging in the grief of losing his mother, the government affairs were naturally abandoned during these days. Since Jiang Weiren left, the cabinet has been in chaos, including the ministries and offices below.

"Your Majesty," Yan Qing suddenly looked at him and said, "Please bring Mr. Jiang back."

Zhao Yuan's eyes lit up, but hesitantly said, "Mr. asked to go, but now... I don't know if he is willing to come back."

Yan Qing smiled and said: "With so many things happening now, he can naturally understand His Majesty's difficulties and the current situation in the court. The Ai family thinks that he must be willing..."