Sure enough, in the early morning of the second day, the sun was rising, the first rays of sunlight were shining through the high wall, and when he was in the courtyard, he heard a flustered footsteps, Qin Zhao's sleep had been very shallow, and when he heard the movement, he immediately got up and sat on the edge of the bed.

"Emperor Qiqi, there is an urgent report from Cining Palace!"

The little guy who delivered the news had just entered the store, and Qin Zhao had already dressed himself, stood in the atrium, calmly raised his hand, and motioned for the little guy to speak.

"Emperor Qiqi, the two teams sent to wait outside the Cining Palace yesterday sent back the news, the Cining Palace ignited a fire early this morning, the fire developed very rapidly, and now it is in the process of fighting the fire with all its might, it seems that someone deliberately set the fire, and the fire is difficult to control once ignited."

Qin Zhao heard this, hooked the corners of his mouth slightly, nodded, signaled that he already knew, and glanced back at Guan Tongshu, who was still asleep at this time, Guan Tongshu's body was very tired during this time, and she must be really tired, so these things don't need to disturb her and let her continue to sleep.

"Drive Cining Palace."

Qin Zhao was not in a hurry, and explained calmly.

Before arriving in front of the gate of Cining Palace, I had already seen the raging fire, and the buildings in the palace were all the structures of Mushang, and once the fire was lit, it was naturally difficult to control.

However, the location of the Cining Palace is more unique, the Cining Palace is the fixed residence of the Queen Mother of the past dynasties, and the Queen Mother of the past dynasties have lived in the Cining Palace, so the location of the Cining Palace is relatively remote, and there is a small river around it.

Qin Zhao saw that the guards in the palace were carrying water from the river, bucket by bucket, but it was still very fierce.

"How is the Queen Mother doing?"

Qin Zhao asked calmly, in fact, he already had a certain certainty in his heart, the Queen Mother would never let himself be buried in the fire, presumably these things were just planned by the Queen Mother herself.

"Back to the emperor, the Queen Mother has not been seen at this time, and I am afraid that she is still trapped in the palace."

When the little servant on the side heard the emperor's question, he was panicked at this time, for fear that the queen would be held responsible, so he hurriedly knelt on the ground and replied to Qin Zhao in fear.

Why. The emperor did not get angry, nodded his head to indicate that he already understood, and did not send additional people to put out the fire, but watched quietly, as if he had already made a certain number in his heart.

"What about the rest of the palace?"

Qin Zhao put his hands behind his back, got down from the sedan chair, and gently grabbed his steps, looking at the increasingly fierce fire, the firelight crackled, and his face was also fiery red, Qin Zhao was still very calm.

"Back to the emperor, yesterday the Queen Mother had urgently dismissed most of the palace maids and guards, leaving only Mama Li with her."

The little maid was still kneeling on the ground, and nodded very sincerely to Qin Zhaohui's report Qin Zhao, Mama Li He knew that this Mama Li had been in the palace for many years, and she knew since she was a child that she was the most loyal person around the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother dismissed other palace maids and guards, leaving Mama Li, which was also very expected.

"Mama Li is also nowhere to be seen now?"

Qin Zhao continued to ask.

"Back to the emperor, Mama Li left the palace in the middle of the night with the instructions given by the Queen Mother, saying that she wanted to tell the old man to return to her hometown, and said that she had obtained the permission of the emperor.

As soon as Qin Zhao heard this, he already knew in his heart, I am afraid that it was not Mama Li who left the palace, but the Queen Mother, but this also hit his plan, the Queen Mother went out, she had already been in the palace for decades, and she had no relatives, and the only eldest brother was now in prison.

I'm afraid she has nowhere to go out now, and she can only go to meet her so-called tens of thousands of elite soldiers for a while.

"Does the emperor need servants to go to the whole city to post notices, and make every effort to arrest Mama Li's minions and make bold guesses, I'm afraid this fire was set on fire by Mama Li!"

The little guy next to him looked at Qin Zhao with a calm look, so he took the initiative to offer a plan, Qin Zhao just shook his head lightly when he heard it.

He doesn't want to pursue these now, let the Queen Mother let down the vigilance in her heart, the Queen Mother has lived in the palace for decades, and the struggle in the harem has already made her extra cautious, I'm afraid she hasn't relaxed her vigilance at this time.

Now he estimates that the Queen Mother has disguised herself as an ordinary person, observing the form of the palace outside the palace, and of course he wants to cooperate with the Queen Mother to perform this play well.

Since the Queen Mother wants to create an illusion of being buried in the fire, then she should treat her as if she is dead.

When Qin Zhao was silent, at this time, a small guy ran from the firelight, Qin Zhao frowned slightly, knowing that there was a situation.

"Report to the emperor, the guards broke into the fire and took out a female corpse, wearing the queen mother's purple jade ring on her wrist."

The little servant knelt on the ground and hurriedly reported to Qin Zhao, when Qin Zhao heard it, he changed it, only to see that in a clearing, a female corpse was lying on the ground, and the clothes on her body had already been burned so much that she couldn't distinguish the original appearance.

This figure does look very much like the Queen Mother, Qin Zhao lifted the white cloth covering his face, but at this time, his entire body had already been burned into a charred black, like a pile of charcoal, and he couldn't distinguish his facial features.

Qin Zhao looked at the wrist of the female corpse again, and there was indeed a purple bracelet on it, this purple jade ring was a gift from the first emperor to the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother has been carrying it with her for so many years, it is said that it has the effect of gathering energy and concentrating and keeping people calm, so she has always believed it in the future and has been wearing it on her hand.

Some of the palace maids and guards who were dismissed by the Queen Mother yesterday knelt on the ground at this time, crying at the corpse.

Qin Zhao was very calm in this crying, he could recognize at a glance that this was definitely not the body of the Queen Mother, although this female corpse had been burned to the point that it was difficult to identify, but Qin Zhao's memory was beyond ordinary people, he saw that the earrings hanging on the earlobe, although they had been burned into a black one, but the shape, he could recognize it at a glance, this was the pair of earrings that Mama Li wore yesterday.

Qin Zhao looked at it and didn't have any sad expression on his face, he just covered the white cloth and covered the corpse entirely, and stood up lightly.

"Come on, send more manpower, put out this fire as soon as possible, after the fire is extinguished, there is no need to build a new house here, leave this land empty, I will use it for her in the future."

Qin Zhao explained that the people under him took the order and went to handle it immediately.

Finally, this fire can be regarded as extinguished, and the originally splendid palace has been burned to a pile of black charcoal, but only the ruins remain.

The Queen Mother's heart is really ruthless, this is the house she has lived in for decades, and now it has been burned down like this.

"Transporting the body of the Queen Mother to the national mausoleum, burying her life, and holding a funeral three days later."

After Qin Zhao explained these things lightly, he returned to the sedan chair, and the car left Cining Palace and returned to the Heart Cultivation Palace, this matter came to an end, and the Queen Mother disappeared from everyone's field of vision.

Considering that the Queen Mother had been doing evil for so many years, the palace maids and servants around Qin Zhao had long been unwilling to use it anymore, so they all distributed the silver and sent it back to their hometown.

After the fire, Cining Palace was completely demolished and bulldozed to level the ground, and now it is idle, the reason why Qin Zhao ordered not to bring a new house is because he wants to stay with Tongshu for a long time, and the couple is deeply in love, until the end of the year, the two should also live together in the Yangxin Palace, and there is no need to build this Cining Palace again.