When Qiu Yizhi sent the captured Lingnan King Zheng Gui into the palace, he had visited the queen once, so he was very familiar with the location of this "Lizheng Palace", and led the army to walk on the winding road of the Forbidden City for a while, and sent away many guards and eunuchs who patrolled along the way, and then came to the door of the "Lizheng Palace".

The queen's mother is the world, and she is the wife of Emperor Zheng Rong of Daxing, Qiu Yizhi did not dare to slack off, and after making a big salute to the palace gate, he said loudly: "The etiquette is rude, there is a big event to visit the queen, please meet the queen!" ”

He said this several times, and the lights finally turned on in the "Lizheng Palace", and the palace door slowly opened a gap, and a palace maid flashed out, squatting at Qiu Yizhi, and said, "This is His Royal Highness Yi, right?" Spread the queen's decree, it is too late now, if there is anything, please discuss it later. There is also a strict palace ban here, and it is inconvenient for His Royal Highness to stay here for a long time, please go out of the palace and wait first. ”

Qiu Yizhi said: "Today's business, today's end." Yizhi's hand is in a hurry, and the queen doesn't want to see me, so she has to see me. This is a little bit of Weichen's heart, and I ask the queen to be considerate. After that, Qiu Yizhi simply knelt down, and said, "Yizhi is kneeling here and waiting, and I ask the queen to meet immediately." ”

The palace maid saw that Qiu Yizhi was not leaving, but because of his identity, she couldn't ask someone to forcibly drive him away, so she had to go back to the "Lizheng Palace", and it took a long time to come back, and said: "Spread the queen's decree, after all, there is a difference between men and women, and according to the ancestral harem, you are not allowed to interfere in politics, please go back first, and it is not too late to see you tomorrow." If His Royal Highness insists on kneeling and waiting, then the queen ordered me to take out the futon from the palace and offer it to His Highness to cover, so that His Highness will not catch a cold. ”

These words are equivalent to putting Qiu Yizhi on the top of the bar, but it made Qiu Yizhi suddenly start a fire, "Teng" stood up from the ground, and said: "I have to see the queen's face today!" The minister entered the palace. He spoke loudly, but his steps were not very fast, in order to allow enough time for the queen to prepare, lest the disheveled dress would hurt the royal dignity.

When the palace maid saw Qiu Yizhi approaching the palace gate step by step, she was so frightened that she subconsciously retreated half a step and said, "You ...... You...... You are presumptuous! What kind of person is the queen, if you want to break into the palace, you will desecrate the royal authority and will be executed by Ling Chi! ”

This palace maid is only a teenager, just a little girl, although she is serious and obedient when she speaks, but in the eyes of Qiu Yi, it looks like a joke. Therefore, Qiu Yizhi was unceremonious to this palace maid, and reached out to push her hard, causing her to stumble and fall to the ground.

This palace maid is the queen's personal person, and it is too late for others to scold her in the palace ban, where will anyone make a move to be rude to him? suffered such a big loss today, and didn't react for a while, and sat on the ground stunned as Qiu Yizhi pushed the door into the palace.

Although Qiu Yizhi forcibly broke into the queen's bedroom, he didn't dare to be presumptuous, and stood at the door and said loudly: "Chen Qiu Yizhi asks to see the queen!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that countless candles were lit in the inland of the "Lizheng Palace" one after another, lighting the entire dormitory as if it were day, and the queen was already dressed neatly, sitting on the main hall, ordering someone to pull up a bead curtain in front of him, and said: "Yizhi is so rude, is there anything urgent?" ”

Qiu Yizhi was frightened by the noble temperament of the queen, the mother of the world, and quickly kowtowed again, and said: "It is indeed a hundred thousand urgent, and this matter must be handled by the queen." ”

Qiu Yizhi has been wild and untamed since he was a child, and his personality is lively, which is different from the eldest son Zheng Xin's old and serious, and different from the third son Zheng Miao's conformity, so although the queen watched him grow up, she didn't like the righteous son of her husband who came inexplicably.

Despite this, she did know that the emperor's favor for Qiu Yizhi was no less than that of several sons, and Qiu Yizhi went out to do errands for her husband, and there was never a time when she was ineffective, so she also believed that Qiu Yizhi's son broke into the palace at night, and there must be something extremely important to handle.

So the queen tried to put on a magnanimous and gentle appearance, and said slowly: "If you have anything, just say it now." ”

Qiu Yizhi was just about to speak, but saw that behind the bead curtain, in addition to the queen, there were several palace maids and eunuchs watching with their heads probed, lest these people have the ears and eyes of Zheng Xin's arrangement, and they heard their conversation with the queen, and it was difficult to ensure that the matter was leaked, so he said: "Please also ask the queen to rebuke the left and right, so that the ministers dare to report important matters." ”

When the queen heard this, she could no longer maintain her self-cultivation, she stood up angrily, stretched out a finger and pointed at Qiu Yizhi's face and said, "You are bold! These people are my close confidants, why should I want them to leave? If you have something to say, you can speak, if you don't want to talk, please leave, and the palace will rest. ”

Qiu Yizhi said categorically: "No, you can't leave outsiders here. Don't hide it from the queen, I have led troops to surround the dormitory here, and ask the queen to order the repulsion, just to leave a little dignity for the royal family. If the queen doesn't allow it, the minister can only be rude......"

"What...... What ......," the queen said in shock, "do you dare to lead an army into the palace and want to rebel?" ”

Seeing the queen's panicked appearance, Qiu Yizhi suddenly realized: What "mother's honor in the world" and what "royal decency" are all nameless flowers and paper tigers in the face of realistic strength.

So his body seemed to be filled with courage, and he stood up with a smile and shouted at the door: "Someone! Clean up this place for me! ”

The soldiers outside the door were all recruited and promoted by one of Qiu Yi's hands, and they only recognized Qiu Yi in their hearts, so they listened to his call, and immediately pushed the door in, and filled the main hall of the "Lizheng Palace", which was not too narrow.

Qiu Yizhi smiled confidently: "There are too many idle people here, you guys will drive them out!" ”

The sergeant agreed, and immediately stepped forward, and in the midst of a scream of surprise, he drove out a dozen eunuchs and palace maids who served the queen closely.

Such a big movement finally alarmed the Imperial Forest Army who were guarding the palace. Zhonglang, who was in charge of the palace guards, gathered more than 200 people as quickly as possible, quickly rushed to the "Lizheng Palace", and asked: "Who dares to trespass on the palace ban?" ”

When Qiu Yizhi heard this, he asked someone to look at the queen temporarily, so he went out and said, "It's me, Qiu Yizhi." Someone in the palace was conspiring to murder the queen, and I was ordered by the three princes of the prison to enter the palace to protect the queen. He pointed to the eunuch palace maid who was driven out by his own order, and said, "These people are all suspicious, I will lock them up for the time being, and they will have to be interrogated one by one before they can pass the customs." ”

The name of the royal forest Zhonglang is Yang Xiwen, who was originally also the guard of Youyan Palace, of course, he recognized the "His Royal Highness Yizhi" of Qiu Yizhi, and hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "It turned out to be His Royal Highness Yi." Does His Royal Highness still have such a will? How did I not know? ”

Zheng Miao left the capital Luoyang in a hurry two days ago, and did not inform others, and naturally no one knew that he had been killed, so Yang Xiwen asked.

Qiu Yizhi's mind was sensitive, and he opened his mouth and said: "The person who murdered the queen is, according to the informant, a person in the palace, so the third brother sent me in to inspect the palace." You are also a palace guard, so it's better to retreat and avoid it first, so as not to arouse suspicion. As he spoke, Qiu Yizhi took out the newly written document and shook it in front of Yang Xiwen.

Yang Xiwen didn't see what was written on the document clearly, only saw that the font on it was very scribbled, and it seemed to have been written in a hurry - it was also in line with the situation that he immediately ordered someone to be sent into the palace when he temporarily learned that someone was in trouble - and saw that it was clearly stamped with the "Great Seal of the Prison Country", so he had nothing to doubt, so he arched his hand and said: "Since I have been ordered by His Royal Highness the Prison State, then please ask His Highness Yi to be careful, I will be stationed near the left, and His Highness Yi has something to do, although he has been ordered." ”

Qiu Yizhi waved his hand noncommittally, and let Yang Xiwen lead the army to retreat, and he returned to the "Lizheng Palace", and no longer saluted the queen, and said: "Okay, now there is finally no one else, can the queen quietly listen to what Weichen said?" ”

The queen was so frightened by what Qiu Yizhi did that her face turned colored: "You do this...... If you do this, aren't you afraid that the emperor will punish you? Don't forget, Zheng Miao is still in the capital to supervise the country, he ...... Although he has a good relationship with you, he will not spare you under the righteousness. ”

The queen's words touched Qiu Yizhi's heart, and the two lines of tears in his eyes suddenly remained inappropriately, and he choked up: "Your Majesty...... There is also a third brother...... And Master Zhongli...... All...... They're all dead...... It was ...... by Zheng Xin was killed by Zheng Xin, a traitor! ”

The queen was stunned when she heard this, and thought that she had auditory hallucinations in her ears, so she hurriedly asked: "Qiu Yizhi, tell me clearly, what did you just say?" ”

Qiu Yizhi repeated Fang Cai's words, and was afraid that the queen would not believe it, so he wiped a handful of tears and ordered outside the door: "Carry Zhao Maiji in for me." ”

This Zhao Maiji had a bloody battle with Qiu Yi under Tongguan, causing Wei Chi Lianghong to be seriously injured and killed by a group of bandits and bandits he gathered, so although he was also cut down to only half a life, he could not exchange for the slightest compassion and mercy from Qiu Yi's men. If it weren't for Qiu Yizhi's view that he knew a lot of Zheng Xin's secrets, he strictly ordered him to spare his life, otherwise even a thousand lives and ten thousand lives would be cut off.

Zhao Maiji came to Luoyang from Tongguan all the way, and also thought about suicide by hunger strike several times, but every day he was pried open with a steel ruler and poured rice porridge into it to maintain his life.

After this torture, Zhao Maiji, who was carried to the queen by a belt, was no longer human-especially a wound on his face from top to bottom, some parts of which had scabbed, and some parts of which still showed bright red muscles, and with Zhao Maiji's breathing, he jumped up and down - as if he was a demon crawling out of hell.

The queen was accustomed to being pampered, when had she seen such a terrible scene, she was so frightened that her body seemed to be pressed against the seat by an invisible hand, and asked, "Yizhi?" Who is this person? Why did you bring it into the palace for me to see? ”

Qiu Yizhi kicked Zhao Maiji in the stomach and said, "This person is Zheng Xin's most powerful henchman, and his name is Zhao Maiji." It was him, who gathered a group of outlaws to ambush the Third Highness in Tongguan, causing the third brother to die under the sword......" Speaking of this, Qiu Yi's heart was furious, and he couldn't help but step on Zhao Maiji hard.

Zheng Miao is extremely filial, and almost every day she has to enter the palace to ask the queen for peace.

The queen hadn't seen Zheng Miao's face for several days, and she was feeling a little strange, only because he was busy with state affairs, so he forgot to come over to say goodbye, but suddenly heard such bad news, of course she didn't want to believe it, and said: "Yizhi is alarmist, right?" Zheng Miao is extremely benevolent and benevolent, and the people and ministers are also very supportive, how can he be killed by others? It was his eldest brother Zheng Xin who killed him? ”