Inside Ning Xinxuan, the Empress Dowager Yin was still sitting there with her eyes half-closed, and there was no emotion on her wrinkled face.

In fact, at this moment, in the heart of the queen mother, who has always held the real power of Darong and is accustomed to manipulating the fate of others, she is far less calm and calm than she seems on the surface.

It was the first serious fire in decades since she took charge of the harem.

Moreover, this fire was by no means an accident, but it was unexpected!

The Queen Mother Yin can be sure that this fire was deliberately indulged by someone.

She could also be sure that the person who set the fire was Han Bing!

But when did he set the fire?

According to Ziwei, after they entered the Hanxiang Pavilion, the Praetorian Guards completely surrounded it.

Even with the absolute skill of cold ice, I am afraid that he will not be able to avoid the eyes of those well-trained Praetorian Guards in broad daylight, slip out of the Hanxiang Pavilion, and then pass through a wide corridor, and then sneak into the back garden of Cining Palace.

Then the only possibility is that he did this in a very short period of time before the Praetorian Guard's siege of Hanxiang Pavilion was completed.

That is to say, he had already made up his mind, and before entering the palace, he was ready to set fire.

Moreover, he had already mastered the distribution of the palaces in this Darong Imperial Palace in advance.

At the very least, he should know very well that Hanxiang Pavilion is close to the back garden of Cining Palace.

So, what is the purpose of this fire?

Do you want to create chaos and take the opportunity to rescue Xiang'er from the palace?

With such arrogance and conceit, there is a great possibility that such a reckless trick will be resorted.

If this is the case, then it will not be difficult to deal with, and the three hundred Praetorian Guards who are surrounding Hanxiang Pavilion at this moment will be enough to leave them all behind.

It's just a pity for Xiang'er, if she is with Han Bing, I'm afraid she won't be able to escape the catastrophe.

This was a scene that the Queen Mother Yin did not want to see.

It can be said that in Xiang'er's body, he really has all the qualities needed to become the mother of a country.

Moreover, Xiang'er is her own granddaughter of Yin Miaotong, and naturally like her, she inherited the noble blood of the Qianning royal family.

Another very important point is that Xiang'er has the blood of the hidden clan, which makes it possible for her, the Empress Dowager of Darong, to completely conquer the hidden clan and finally dominate the world.

However, it is precisely because of Xiang'er's hidden bloodline that it has become extremely stubborn and even very dangerous.

It is obvious that the emperor has already moved his heart to Xiang'er. And if Xiang'er didn't willingly stay by the emperor's side, then the consequences would be very serious.

The emperor must not be swayed by a woman who does not love him, so that the country of Darong will be completely destroyed.

So this time, the Empress Dowager Yin has completely made up her mind, if Xiang'er insists on going her own way and plans to escape with Han Bing, then she will really be left behind!

People like her, who are too smart to use for themselves, can only try to destroy them. Otherwise, one day, she will become a terrible opponent and enemy of herself.

Although she doesn't know the slightest martial arts, her extraordinary intelligence and superb medical skills may become a weapon against herself.

Despite the loss of Xiang'er, his plan to conquer the Yin Clan may be affected to a certain extent for the time being.

But no matter what, you can't let go of that cold ice in order to save her!

This son is cunning and has strong martial arts, which is really an extremely difficult enemy to deal with.

Since Han Bing appeared in Xinjing, the Empress Dowager Yin had a very bad premonition, I am afraid that Darong will face an eventful autumn!

And that's exactly what happened.

Han Bing first rescued Lu Yuanfeng and sabotaged her plan to coerce Xiang'er to marry the emperor.

Then, he conspired with Gongyu Sayan and openly challenged Shen Yunpeng, intending to get rid of the commander of the Praetorian Guard of the Great Rong State, and she was also the most powerful general of the Queen Mother.

Then, he directly broke into the Cining Palace where she lived and set the fire.

This audacious prince of Yuguo has already caused more and more trouble in Darong!

And what is particularly odious is that it seems that everything he does is deliberately aimed at her, the supreme Empress Dowager Ancestor, and challenges her great authority!

In the face of this young man who was completely self-defeating, the Queen Mother Yin did not think about it, and directly sent someone to besiege and kill him, a potential disaster, on the spot.

However, Han Bing's status as the prince of Yuguo made this practice absolutely infeasible.

Openly killing the prince of Yuguo is equivalent to directly issuing a war letter to the emperor of Yuguo.

However, at least for the year, Da Rong still did not have the strength to start a war with Yuguo.

Moreover, once Rong Yu immediately went to war, the plan she had made to occupy Chongyuan would be shelved indefinitely. That's not a smart move.

Since he couldn't kill Han Bing, the Empress Dowager Yin also thought about it, so she simply made a fuss about his identity as the prince of Yuguo.

You can design to capture him alive first, and then use him as a hostage to blackmail the emperor of Yuguo. Let him agree to pay compensation to Da Rong in exchange for one of his son's lives.

However, after careful consideration, she realized that this approach was even less feasible.

Today's Yuguo implements the Zen concession system and abolishes the imperial power.

His Majesty the Emperor of the Rich Country, Leng Yiqing, no longer has the absolute power of life and death, and of course it is impossible for him to be arbitrary and do whatever he wants.

If it was just to save his son, let Yuguo surrender to Rongguo, presumably the government and the opposition of Yuguo would never agree.

On the contrary, the people of Yuguo are likely to support an immediate war with the old enemy of Rong over this matter.

And that's the last thing she wants.

It was precisely because of these many concerns that the Empress Dowager had to give up the idea of openly dealing with Han Bing, and instead resorted to a kind of covert attack.

painstakingly set a trap, and finally used Xiang'er to introduce cold ice into the palace.

So today, she must not miss this good opportunity, and she must remove the ice. Then, all the people involved in it were silenced and the matter was completely covered up.

In this way, even if Yuguo is suspicious, it is impossible for them to rashly provoke a war without any real evidence.

This is a good plan that is nine out of ten, but for some reason, the Queen Mother always feels a faint sense of uneasiness in her heart-

Why was the timing of the ice arson so accurate that it happened to avoid the encirclement of the Praetorian Guards?

Was it intentional, or was it a coincidence?

Also, why did this fire only burn out half an hour after he entered the Cold Fragrance Pavilion?

It stands to reason that if his purpose is just to take Xiang'er away, then he should let the fire burn as soon as possible, and then take advantage of the chaos.

But at present, it seems that there was a gap of nearly half an hour between arson and fire, did he deliberately delay the time of the fire?

So why did he need half an hour?

In other words, what did he do in that half-hour?

Could it be that ——, he set this fire for other purposes?

Thinking about it, with this shrewd calculation, it should not be difficult to think that this fire alone can at most allow him to rescue Xiang'er from this palace.

And once they are found to have escaped, she, the Queen Mother, will definitely order the entire Xinjing to be blocked, and even all the border gates.

Han Bing should know very well that with Xiang'er, who doesn't know martial arts at all, their chances of escaping from the new capital and even the territory of Darong are very small.

From this point of view, his purpose in setting this fire is not just for Xiang'er. Perhaps, he never intended to rescue Xiang'er at all.

But if it wasn't to save Xiang'er, then what was his intention in creating this chaos?

Setting fire in Cining Palace is, of course, aimed at the people in Cining Palace.

Could it be that Han Bing's target is her, the queen mother of Darong?

Could it have been a pure trap from the beginning?

Han Bing deliberately claimed in public that the purpose of coming to Darong was to save Xiang'er.

In fact, he is just using this excuse to cover up his true purpose - to assassinate her, the queen mother of Darong!

Therefore, he deliberately sought the bait she had set and stepped into the trap that had been laid for him.

But the truth is that he is just using this so-called trap to achieve the goal of entering the palace and thus getting closer to her!

If this is the case, then he should still stay in the Cining Palace after setting the fire.

Perhaps at the moment, he was hiding in some remote corner, waiting for the fire to force her out of the heavily guarded dormitory, finally exposing her to the tip of his sword.

Or, he had discovered that she was not in the dormitory, but was quietly searching all over the palace—

A chill struck the heart of the Queen Mother of Yin steeply!

And at this moment, the door of Ning Xinxuan suddenly opened silently......