In the early winter, there were several rare torrential rains, and the groundwater was stimulated to bubble up continuously, and the reservoir in the eastern suburbs was the biggest hidden danger, and the adjacent landslides buried half of the village, causing heavy casualties.

Emperor Long Yan was furious, regardless of the obstruction of the ministers, braved the heavy rain to inspect in person, he stayed on the embankment for a few days, the mouth was not blocked, he did not return to the palace, the eastern suburbs are high, if you can't hold it, once the flash flood erupts, the consequences are unimaginable.

He was in the eastern suburbs, and he didn't know that Bai Qianfan was already embattled in the palace, just like thunder rising from the ground, and suddenly an earth-shattering news spread to every corner of the Forbidden Palace.

Empress Bai Qianfan is a spy in Nanyuan, and she failed to assassinate the emperor on the night of the wedding, and was grounded in Xihua Palace, but the emperor was confused by her beauty, and soon she was released again, and ignored the ancestral system, let the queen live in Chengde Palace, and obey her in everything.

When the Empress Dowager Rui heard the news, she almost fainted, and slapped the table again and again, "Sure enough, the mourning family felt that something was wrong, how could the queen be grounded in Xihua Palace on the second day of the wedding, what Princess Wuyang, it is clear that she is a spy in Nanyuan, and the queen actually wants to kill the emperor, this is okay, hurry up, someone from Dali Temple will come and detain the queen." ”

Xiu Yuanshuang persuaded her on the side, "Lafayette, you dissipate your anger, don't be angry, let's wait for the emperor to come back and make a decision." ”

"Can't wait," Empress Dowager Rui has other things to discuss, asking for her son's life, this is no joke, and said to Huang Youdao, "Spread the will of the mourning family, hurry up and arrest the people first, the emperor is confused, the mourning family can't be confused, and you can't let a spy stay by the emperor's side day and night, it's terrible." ”

Concubine Shu added oil and vinegar on the side, "Lafayette is right, you can't wait, how the emperor loves the queen, everyone can see it, I'm afraid that the queen wants the emperor's life, the emperor doesn't blink his eyes, and when the emperor comes back, the queen will have no fear, Lafayette, you have to make up your mind about this matter quickly." ”

Empress Dowager Rui has never been so decisive, and it is a matter of the emperor's safety, and she has no way to ignore it. Issued a decree, Dali Temple to arrest people, but also with good intentions, should have been in the palace guard battalion to arrest people, but she knew that the people in the guard camp were loyal to the emperor, probably not to listen to her, so she called Dali Temple to arrest people, the new Dali Temple Qing is her maiden nephew, there is this relationship, things have to be easier to do, first arrest people, and then call the clan relatives to a case, quickly resolved, and so the emperor comes back, everything has no power to return to the sky, even if the emperor is angry to kill her, she also admitted, she is old, not for herself, only for her children and grandchildren, as long as they are good, she will be the wicked.

The heavy rain still kept falling, the water curtain fell from the sky, and in the front lawn of the Chengde Palace, Bai Qianfan's guards and the captains of Dali Temple were silently facing each other in the rain.

The sky was dark and heavy like an upside-down pot, in the wind and rain, the Empress Dowager Rui's phoenix arrived, she didn't expect the emperor to send so many secret guards to Bai Qianfan, at first glance, the people of Dali Temple fell down.

The four eunuchs were holding the Ziyang umbrella, and the Empress Dowager Rui walked slowly forward under the umbrella, and the guards naturally did not dare to stop her, so they made a way and let her pass.

Bai Qianfan stood on the porch and watched coldly as she approached step by step.

"Queen," Empress Dowager Rui stood still in front of her, "Mourning family is here, I just want to ask you one thing, are you a spy in Nanyuan?" ”

"It's not."

"Since it's not, why assassinate the emperor on the wedding night?"

"That's not me."

"You are the only one who marries the emperor, who else is not you?"

"It's a man with a thousand faces."

Empress Dowager Rui was a little inexplicable, "What thousand-faced man?" Is the Man with a Thousand Faces accurate? ”

"Someone pretended to be married to the emperor."

"Oh? And what about the so-called Man with a Thousand Faces? ”

"In the hands of Concubine Liang."

"Why is Concubine Liang involved, could it be that Concubine Liang sent someone to assassinate the emperor?"

"No, Concubine Liang used me to replace the thousand-faced man in Xihua Palace, so the thousand-faced man is in her hands."

"Why did Concubine Liang exchange you for the Man with a Thousand Faces?"

Bai Qianfan spread his hands, "This, I'm afraid I have to ask Concubine Liang." ”

Empress Dowager Rui said angrily: "It's nonsense, it's nothing more than trying to splash dirty water on Concubine Liang, the mourning family knows that you have had festivals in the past, but this time it has nothing to do with Concubine Liang, you are the princess of Wuyang in Nanyuan, Nanyuan married you to subvert my Dongyue, no wonder you let Lin'er go, let him come nonsense, no wonder you want to live in Chengde Palace, because there are more opportunities to start, right?" ”

"What I said is true, the Queen Mother doesn't believe it, and I can't help it."

"If you don't admit it, the mourning family has a way to make you admit it, and when you get to prison, you will naturally say it."

"Why should I go to prison, I didn't make a mistake," Bai Qianfan glanced at the guards and lieutenants facing each other in the rain, "Besides, you don't have as many people as mine, and if you really fight, you are the ones who suffer." ”

"You, you are so brazen and arrogant!" Empress Dowager Rui pointed at her, her fingers trembling, "Isn't there enough manpower, you wait, the mourning family will transfer more people, even if the Chengde Hall is washed in blood, the mourning family will ......."

Empress Dowager Rui was in a hurry, and she didn't choose what to say, but the old prince standing on the side heard it and hurriedly interrupted her, "The Empress Dowager is angry, let's figure things out before we talk, so as not to have a misunderstanding." ”

"What misunderstanding can there be," Empress Dowager Rui looked at Bai Qianfan, "Let me ask you, on the wedding night, the emperor was assassinated, is there such a thing?" ”

"Yes."

"Listen, she's all admitted!"

"But it's not me, I haven't done it, don't force me to admit it."

"Who are you not?"

"Man with a Thousand Faces."

"Where's the Man of Thousand Faces?"

"In the hands of Concubine Liang."

Dali Siqing on the side sighed, why did he come back again, he asked Bai Qianfan, "Dare to ask Niangniang, you said that the thousand-faced person is in the hands of Concubine Liang, what evidence is there?" ”

"Ruzhu from Xihua Palace can testify, she knows the whole thing."

"Okay, then pass the Ruzhu from Xihua Palace."

After such a while, Empress Dowager Rui could afford to delay, and took advantage of this time to arrest people, just knowing that the green lotus was red and went home after being on duty, Jia Tong took the prince out of the palace, Ning Jiu and Hao Pingguan followed the emperor outside, Bai Qianfan had only one laurel by his side, and the palace door had already been locked, just to prevent someone from going to report to the emperor.

I originally wanted to take advantage of the fact that the emperor didn't come back, and get things done well, with Dali Temple and Zongren Mansion, plus her, even if the emperor was angry and angry, he couldn't kill them all!

The only thing she missed was these secret guards sent by the emperor to Bai Qianfan, if it weren't for these people, why would she have talked so much nonsense with Bai Qianfan and would have been arrested long ago.

But she didn't know that the emperor and a new little eunuch named Sixi was a clever ghost, and when he saw that the situation was not right, he went out of the palace gate with the emperor's waist card and drove to the eastern suburbs to deliver a letter.