Emperor Jin

Chapter 171 Ghosts
At this moment, the hall was completely silent, only the rattling sound of the porcelain bowl, which sounded a little creepy.

The queen took a deep breath, tried her best to stabilize the trembling of her hands, and deleted the ghostly and terrifying name from her mind——

Jin Yuan is dead, and I watched her die with my own eyes.

She told herself repeatedly, slowly regaining her composure, and remembered the vermilion seal, "However, there was another Emperor Baojin in the previous dynasty, and I heard that she married Goryeo from afar."

She thought hard, and began to connect these looming clues.

Aunt Ren from the old palace...the dead Emperor Jing Yuan...the Baojin seal that appeared inexplicably...

"Could it be that the remnants of the previous dynasty have not been eradicated?!"

She twitched her eyebrows and sneered, "If you are willing to be the rats in the gutter obediently, I won't make things difficult for you. If you dare to come out to make trouble now, don't blame me for being cruel."

She resolutely said to He Yuan: "Go and find out about this matter... put Aunt Ren under arrest first."

A few days later, the palace was still calm.Some people think that the queen is nothing more than that, so they can't wait to get rid of the obstacles.

The "Weeping Book on Ten Disadvantages of the New Deal" written by Li Ying can be said to be full of blood and tears. Apart from words, it is believed that the queen used the name of the New Deal to arrogate power and self-interest, and the collection of food and gifts is called decentralization. It is Fengshi World Warehouse, making poor and small households the main force of taxation.

These Qingliu saw the golden opportunity of the queen's loss of power, and wrote this memorial with heavy hands. It was full of twists and turns, swallowing mountains and rivers. I never thought that the queen would keep her face, but those small and medium bureaucrats who were attracted by the aristocratic family began to impeach these few frequently. The ministers are all embarrassing crimes, such as making a few mistakes in the department, and the officials who should be dismissed failed to communicate in time. Come on, wait for the emperor to rule. In this way, these new forces who are against the queen will all go home and stay in peace, and they can no longer fuel the flames.

This act of drawing fire from the bottom of the pot was really ingenious, and the voices of dissatisfaction with the queen and the Fang family in the court suddenly subsided a lot.

The queen was not happy at this time, she listened to the surveillance report sent by He Yuan to several mansions, and said indifferently: "The real heavyweight hasn't appeared yet, that old fox Liu Xun didn't seem to make a move, probably because he wanted to wait for more Only when I am sure, will I overthrow the New Deal in one fell swoop, so that I will never be able to stand up again."

She smiled slightly, and the corners of Leng Ran's lips were as bright as roses, "If he is patient, I will have to play with him."

Immediately, she asked, "What's going on with Aunt Ren?"

"Weichen has already tortured her repeatedly, but she just kept her mouth shut and said nothing... Her old body and bones can't withstand much torture. If it is too severe, she will be afraid..."

He Yuan showed distress and said.

The queen pondered: "Most of these people are resolute and will not be easily subdued by torture. Please wait for a while, I want to see her in person."

*****
In the dark prison, there was not even a trace of wind. The queen took Lin'er alone, covered her head with black satin for a ride, and came to a cell under the pine light of the guards at the side.

It was very dark here, and it was almost impossible to see anything, only the slight groans from the ground showed that this was a corner of the world.

"You go back first."

The queen said indifferently, but she was speaking to several people including Lin'er.

"But empress, what if this criminal..."

"There are iron shackles all over her body, can she still violently hurt people?"

The queen glanced at them, everyone fell silent, and immediately retreated obediently.

Only then did the queen take off the black satin bag, revealing her own face and clothes. If Lin'er was here, she would have cried out in surprise—the queen's dress was completely different from usual, and she wore a round bun like a rich young woman , although luxuriously dressed, it is obviously folk silk clothes.Her makeup was also different from usual, the corners of her eyes were slightly outlined, and two dimples were deliberately dotted on her cheeks, which looked almost real in the dark.

"Aunt Ren...wake up..."

Standing in the dark, she called out loudly.

The blood-stained old woman woke up moaning. Under the flickering lights, she narrowed her eyes slightly, but when she touched the half-familiar face in front of her, she trembled all over——

"You are……"

The next moment, she let out a terrifying scream: "Ghost!!"

"Aunt Ren, you are really out of touch. You came to visit Fang's family with Queen Zhaoxi, and I, the hostess, greeted you!"

The queen pinched her throat and smiled softly and charmingly.

Her sharp nails are pinched in the palm of her hand, almost bleeding - it's been many years since she imitated her mother's makeup and voice, I hope this old lady won't see it through

"Madam Fang...you are dead..."

Aunt Ren trembled like a candle in the wind, her previously resolute look was gone, and she waved her hands wildly.

The queen continued to hold her throat and said, "I've been dead for so many years, so I shouldn't have come to you... But I'm really worried, my daughter became a queen, and her mother's honor is also a breath of anger in my heart." ...But the descendants of Empress Zhaoxi, they still can't let her go!"

Aunt Ren's heart trembled, and she said angrily, "His Royal Highness Jin Yuan has been killed by the queen, what are you going to do?! Are you really going to cut off the blood of the royal family?"

The "ghost" in the darkness sneered when he heard the words, "What royal blood, my daughter's body may not be worse than theirs, why should our mother and daughter swallow their anger, hide in the shadows and dare not show up?"

Aunt Ren was so angry that she gave birth to courage, she no longer flinched, and sneered: "Yes, you mother and daughter don't feel ashamed, just talk about it - what a great mistress of the family, and she has no shame in taking advantage of my sister-in-law's return home. To seduce the late Emperor who accompanied her back to her hometown, to do such a mediocre thing, and finally to have a secret relationship—"

"Shut up! Stop talking!"

The queen was outraged, her temples twitched from the excitement, her fierce eyes almost wanted to kill someone.

She remembered her reason for coming, and deliberately laughed triumphantly, "Anyway, my daughter is now in the middle palace, and we are the final winners!"

Aunt Ren was provoked by her, and retorted: "You have probably been in the underworld for a long time, and you don't even know what the world is like now—His Royal Highness Baojin is lurking beside the false emperor, and your daughter will soon be deposed. If it doesn’t work out, a piece of white silk is given to death, and the mother and daughter are reunited!"

(End of this chapter)