in2ebook Chapter 273 Urgent Return to Beijing
Chapter 273 Urgent Return to Beijing
The people in the capital were in a panic. Chu Huai asked the secret guards to investigate the matter thoroughly and bring Lan Qiyan back. He would be the safest as she was in the capital.
What about expanding territory, what about corrupt officials, now only his life is important.
It takes two hours to get from Yonghe Palace to Yangxin Palace. How could she walk such a long distance safely without anyone noticing?
is it possible?
The only reason is that there is support from the Li family in the palace.
So all the palace maids and eunuchs along the way were interrogated.
But until now I still insist that I didn't see anything.
Waste, all waste.
Chu Huai had a gloomy face as he looked at the civil and military officials below and really wanted to chop them to pieces.
Apart from "Long live the emperor", there is nothing meaningful to say.
Did he raise a bunch of trash?
Civil and military officials were trembling with fear. Why should the Li family implicate them if they were to commit suicide?
After the court session, he left Yuze and Yulin behind and followed him into the Yangxin Palace.
Lan Xiaoqi didn't make trouble this time. He went back obediently to play with his sister.
Shen Yuge stopped reading the storybook. Chu Xuan’s disappearance in the palace made her terrified.
How could a living person be taken out of the heavily guarded palace?
Chu Zhu looked at the queen and said carefully, "Your Majesty, General Li and his men are patrolling day and night, so they will be fine."
Shen Yuge hugged Chu Zhuer and said, "It's very strange. I can't figure this out. The Li family wants to rebel, but they didn't choose the right time."
"Perhaps it's not a rebellion, but the deposed concubine is feeling aggrieved, otherwise she wouldn't be so reckless. She came here with the intention of dying."
"But no palace maids or eunuchs have seen her along the way. Is this normal?
Can she bribe everyone? There must be someone helping her.
But I can’t find out who is helping her now.”
"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. The Emperor is still investigating." Cuizhu comforted.
But this did not make her feel at ease. Instead, she became more anxious. "Has the princess returned to the capital?"
"still on the way."
……
At the same time, Lan Qiyan was arguing with Yu Xiu over the roast chicken in the carriage.
Yu Zian and Gu Rufeng looked serious. They had been walking for quite some time without even a smile on their faces.
Lan Qiyan put down the chicken leg he had snatched and said, "You two have a dead father, can you stop being so bitter and resentful? What is it that you can't figure out?
Isn't it just that one died and the other disappeared? Isn't it normal for a Li family with a big family and a lot of talent and ambition to have some people there?"
Yu Zian was thinking about who took Chu Xuan away.
What Gu Rufeng was considering was whether Li Jiarou was involved.
The two did not relax after hearing Lan Qiyan's words.
Yu Xiu curled his lips at the side, "Mom, I've thought of it, why can't they think of it?
Isn't it obvious that Concubine De deliberately assassinated the emperor to buy time for her son to escape?"
Lan Qiyan raised his eyelids and said, "You are half right."
"Which half?"
"Buy time."
Yu Xiu's curiosity was also aroused, "Mom, what did I do wrong?"
Lan Qiyan smiled and said, "Son, is there a possibility that Chu Xuan is still in the palace?"
Hearing this, Yu Zian immediately understood, "Yes, Chu Xuan didn't leave at all, he has been in the palace.
Yan'er, hold on tight, we are going to speed up."
As soon as he finished speaking, the carriage suddenly accelerated, and the chicken leg that Lan Qiyan had snatched with great difficulty fell into the carriage.
As the carriage swayed, the food in his stomach kept churning. When he stopped to rest an hour later, Lan Qiyan had almost vomited.
She reasonably suspected that Yu Zian did it on purpose, but could not find any evidence, so she let him sleep in the study after returning to Beijing.
Yu Zian's worries grew heavier and heavier. Without even taking a break, he continued on his journey.
The journey was supposed to take ten days, but we ended up arriving in just five.
If Lan Qiyan hadn't used his expertise to replenish a large amount of energy for the horses, they would have been exhausted to death.
I had just arrived home and hadn't even sat down when I was summoned to the palace.
Lan Qiyan is quite vicissitudes of life, but after she entered the palace, she found that Chu Huai'ai is even more vicissitudes of life than her.
She clicked her tongue twice. "You didn't get much sleep, did you? How did you end up like this?"
Chu Huai wanted to cry. God knew how long he hadn’t slept in a long time. He couldn’t sleep at all until such a serious danger was resolved.
"Why are you crying? You are the emperor, you need to be strong." Lan Qiyan scolded.
Chu Huai felt even more aggrieved, "You don't know, what makes me feel aggrieved is not that there was an attempt to assassinate me, nor that Chu Xuan was not found, but that the security defense system of the palace was in a failed state.
With so many experts around me, I was able to let that bitch take advantage of me. Don't you think I should be sad?"
Lan Qiyan gave him a sympathetic look and said, "If someone with Kung Fu came in, you would definitely be dead. You should be sad."
Chu Huai ignored her ridicule and told her all the information he had obtained from the investigation.
One of the points caught Lan Qiyan's attention: small insects were found on the bodies of the palace maids and eunuchs on duty between Yonghe Palace and Yangxin Palace.
What Lan Qiyan was worried about happened. Could this be a poisonous insect?
Doesn't she have any experience?
Chu Huai saw her frown, and his heart sank. "Look, this is why I am so miserable. Did the Wu Clan interfere in worldly affairs?"
Lan Qiyan shook her head. She didn’t know.
But he still looked up and asked, "Brother, what do you think? Is there any information or documents about the Wu Clan? I want to take a look, at least to understand the opponent."
This is not a problem that can be solved by just carrying a cannon. If they can use these bugs to control people, it would be a very scary thing.
Now she reasonably suspected that Concubine De was being controlled to do this.
Even if Concubine De wanted to take revenge, she would not use such a stupid trick.
Chu Huai pointed to the table and said, "It's all over there, take a look."
Lan Qiyan suddenly thought of a good idea. She hurried over and sat down, opening the file and looking through it carefully.
I have been browsing the Taobao space in my mind, and finally found a small bug at the bottom of page 250. It is called the brain poison worm. Its function is to control people's thoughts and behaviors. The disadvantage is that it can only last for three hours. The solution is to inject anti-toxin serum, which costs 100 taels per shot.
It would be too expensive if Lan Qiyan really showed off his special skills on stage.
But compared to life, this is nothing.
She raised her head, "Your Majesty."
Chu Huai went over in a flash, "Girl, you say."
"Open the treasury and take the silver. I have a plan."
Chu Huai was mixed with sadness and joy, as he didn't have the warm silver yet.
Lan Qiyan added, "If you lose your money, you can always get it back, but if you lose your life, it's gone for real."
Then a strange scene appeared in the palace: a group of people were lining up, and in the room a man dressed in white, covered tightly from head to toe, was stabbing people.
The people who went in had terrified faces, but came out with smiles on their faces.
A small number of them vomited after being pricked, and then a small black insect came out of their mouths.
He was taken away directly by a group of people in white clothes.
Chu Huai was furious. The witch clan was going too far and was so brazen as to act so presumptuously right under his nose.
Then an imperial decree was issued to close the city gates and perform acupuncture on the entire city.