Phoenix that can't smile

Chapter 185: Imperial Prestige (2)
"But empress, if Concubine Yun really defeats Baosi and makes the king appoint her son Jinwang as the crown prince, wouldn't all our previous efforts be wasted? Besides, Baosi still has the empress' own prince. Please ask your mother, should we help Concubine Yun or Baosi?" Xiao Ruzi asked cautiously.

A sneer appeared on the corner of Imperial Concubine Jin's mouth, she held the golden finger guard on her slender finger with her left hand, and lightly parted her lips and said, "Let's sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, neither of them will help, I'd like to see, Yun Niang What kind of ability does this girl have to plot against Bao Si?"

The imperial chariot rested in Huaiyuan for three days. Amidst the roar of conch shells and golden drums, the yellow sand covered the ground, and the flags covered the sun. Marching westward in a mighty manner.

"My lord, please see Doctor Cheng Rong!" The carriage was still driving on the official road, when suddenly the dragon chariot came down, and Xinyue's delicate singing sounded.

"Oh? Let him come over." Minggong put down the half-peeled tribute orange with one hand, opened the curtain, and nodded to Xinyue. After a while, Cheng Rong had already saluted and kowtowed outside the dragon chariot.

"Cheng Rong, it seems that the widow will arrive at Qishan Mountain in a few days. What's the big deal for you? Do you have to talk about it today?" Ming Gong looked at Cheng Rong and asked disapprovingly.

"My Majesty, the road to Mount Qi is very dangerous, please be careful, Your Majesty." Cheng Rong said solemnly.

"You mean the assassination a few days ago, right? The widow has already sent people to investigate, but it's just a mob. It's nothing to worry about. As long as the widow can go to Qishan, who in the world would dare to disobey the court?" Ming Gong said domineeringly.

"Your Majesty, I conducted a private investigation with Uncle Sun yesterday. According to the memories of the Imperial Forest Army who faced the assassins half a month ago, the crossbows and scimitars used by the assassins, as well as their martial arts routines, are obviously the symbols of Xirong, so I am worried. , Xirong has already mastered the exact route for my Great Zhou Yujia to go to Qishan, please change the schedule to prevent Xirong from ambush!" Cheng Rong played solemnly, all worried.

"Hahaha, Cheng Aiqing is too alarmist. The route of the widow's consecration of Zen belongs to the top secret of my Great Zhou. How did Xirong know?" Mingong smiled easily.

"This is even more terrifying. I suspect that there are Xirong spies in our team!" Cheng Rong said decisively.

"Spies? How is it possible? Could it be that some of the ministers in the court would dare to collude with Xi Rong's enemies? That would be a capital crime! Besides, this time, the widow enshrined Zen and brought more than [-] imperial soldiers. Even if Xi Rong made a surprise attack, it would not be easy to wipe us out Drop it." Bao Si dared not believe it.

"My lord, there is one more thing. In the past few days, there has been a rumor circulating in the car that slandering the queen's empress will use black magic. Please find out the culprit who made the rumor. I am worried that someone is secretly making a conspiracy." !” Cheng Rong continued to remind.

"What? You still dare to slander the queen. Isn't this against you? Cheng Rong, you lead someone to investigate secretly. Once you find out the problem, report it to the widow immediately!" Ming Gong suddenly became furious.

"Yes!" Cheng Rong stepped back obediently.

In the middle of the night, Mingong's dragon chariot was winding forward on the rugged mountain road. Suddenly, the sky was thundering and lightning, the wind was fast, the clouds were dense, and the haze was terrible. The sudden torrential rain washed away the convoy. , The Imperial Forest Army complained endlessly, and people talked about it.

"I can't go anymore! I heard that the empress dowager can perform sorcery! It has made your majesty's imperial chariot unlucky and accidents everywhere, we should collectively play the king, so that the queen's empress's phoenix chariot can go directly to Beijing!" In Yushi Instigated by senior officials such as Zhou Jing and Wu Ku, more than [-] princes and ministers surrounded Ming Gong's royal driver at dawn the next day and collectively petitioned Ming Gong.

(End of this chapter)