Joy of Life: I'm really not a saint

No one knows whether this news is true.

After all, His Majesty was far away in Mount Dadong, so even if the news of his death reached Kyoto, it shouldn't have come so quickly. I think it must be fake news deliberately released by the princess. But whether it is true or not, the court must confirm it. If His Majesty is really dead, this news will eventually spread throughout the world.

Especially at times like this, the Qing Kingdom must appear stronger.

No one knew whether there would be someone in the world who would seek some benefit or take advantage of the Qing Kingdom without a leader. The Queen Mother was in a very heavy mood. She guessed that even if her son was not dead, he was in a very troublesome situation. Otherwise, she should have used all the backup plans long ago.

Now, using military force to intimidate other countries and domestic villains is a manifestation of the Queen Mother's guilty conscience.

"Ten days? Too slow!" The Queen Mother looked coldly at the veteran who had fought for the country for decades and said, "To shorten the time, we must attack from three directions at the same time!"

"What is the limit?"

"Let's limit it to 100 miles, otherwise there might be some backlash."

"The Queen Mother is wise."

Qin Ye was an old general after all, so he naturally understood the purpose of sending troops at this time. He sighed, "I will kill more people and make other countries chaotic for a while."

The Queen Mother was full of thoughts, and perhaps because she was old, it took her a long time to come to her senses and nodded gently.

After a dead silence, she waved her hand and said, "Old General, please go down first."

"Yes."

Qin Ye stood up and saluted. Just as he was about to walk to the door, the Queen Mother's voice came again: "The old general is the pillar of Qing State. You only need to follow the example in everything."

Qin Ye was startled. He did not turn around, but just answered:

"Yes."

When he left Hanguang Hall and walked on the road out of the palace, he could vaguely hear cries coming from various places in the palace, and his expression became somewhat disdainful.

Among the 5,000 soldiers surrounding Dadong Mountain were his soldiers. Now that all of them have lost contact, they must be in great danger.

But Qin Ye was not disappointed, on the contrary, he was very happy.

The scouts hiding in the distance observing the battlefield sent back the news that the explosion, which was like the wrath of the gods, could not be hidden. He believed that no one could survive the explosion.

Even if that person is a grandmaster!

Now there is no need to cooperate with the prince in launching an attack.

The Queen Mother had talked with the Crown Prince several times these days, and her satisfaction with him was growing. The words she said before leaving the palace were also a reassurance to herself.

What does it mean to follow an example?

Naturally, the son will inherit the father's throne, and the eldest son is the most important!

The world now belongs to the prince. And his Qin family has made the right bet once again!

He called a young eunuch, whispered a few words to him, and then quickened his pace and left the palace.

Not long after Qin Ye left the palace, the empress dowager's decree was heard from Hanguang Palace - Ning Cairen, Yi Guipin, and Shu Guifei were requested to return to their respective palaces and not to go out unless necessary!

What moment is this?

His Majesty is dead, and these three concubines have given birth to princes. If the Queen Mother wants to support the prince to ascend the throne, she must keep these people firmly under her control.

Suddenly, the eldest princess returned to Guangxin Palace where she had left for a long time.

"Did I do something wrong?"

The Queen Mother slowly closed her eyes. She had now confirmed the fact that her son was dead. This was the answer she got from the performance of Qin Ye and the eldest princess.

Besides, it’s been too long.

Thinking of the emperor's soul on Mount Dadong, the empress dowager's heart twitched suddenly. An uncontrollable palpitation surged into her heart and sweat wet her back. Only then did she realize that she was a woman after all. Without Emperor Qing, all her authority was just a castle in the air.

She was scared.

She was afraid that trouble would arise in the Kingdom of Qing, so how could she dare to go down and face the late emperor?

"Tell me, will His Majesty blame me?" The Queen Mother was anxious to find comfort and didn't care much about the frightened expressions of the maids.

Your Majesty went to Dadong Mountain to depose the Crown Prince, but now you have to support the Crown Prince to ascend the throne in order to stabilize the situation. Perhaps your son would be very angry if he knew about this?

Seeing that the old maids didn't answer and just knelt on the ground, she seemed to feel a little tired and said lightly: "It's me who lost my composure. Kill them all!"

As soon as he finished speaking, an old eunuch came in, knocked several people unconscious and dragged them out.

The old queen murmured, "Apart from people from other countries, who in the country harmed you?"

Until now, she is not sure whether it was really the prince who did it. She suspects it was her daughter, the eldest princess. After all, who would benefit the most from the death of His Majesty? So it is likely that she was the one who did it.

She has no evidence, she just thinks so subjectively.

But even though she was the Queen Mother, she could only bury her resentment in her heart and then put the blame on Fan Xian.

Outside the door, a eunuch said, "Queen Mother, the eldest princess has arrived."

The Queen Mother Muran opened her eyes and waved her hand gently. Li Yunrui, dressed in white palace clothes, slowly walked into the Hanguang Palace and bowed to the Queen Mother. He looked very sad and looked extremely pitiful.

He waved his hand again, and all the palace maids and eunuchs outside seemed to have sensed something, bowed and retreated, leaving only the mother and daughter in the hall.

Desolation is the unchanging portrayal of the palace.

The hall seemed even more deserted without people around.

"Did you do it?"

Chapter 329 Ye Liuyun is about to travel far away.

"Why did you say that, mother?"

Li Yunrui was horrified, his expression was extremely timid and frightened.

The Queen Mother was silent for a while, looking at her daughter who was wiping her tears, slightly absent-minded, and after a long while she said: "I am old, but my heart is clear. The ugly thing you did just came out of His Majesty. Now there is no one who can punish you, why don't you tell the truth?"

Li Yunrui said anxiously: "Is this how mother sees Ruier? Ruier only wants to see the best for my brother and the country of Qing. As for what will happen to me in the future, as long as it is my brother's order, Ruier will do it!"

After a long silence, the Queen Mother seemed to accept this statement, but the two of them became further apart in heart.

But this scene between mother and daughter has to continue.

"I heard from the palace maids that you have been crying every day since you returned to Guangxin Palace. His Majesty has passed away. Why are you doing this?"

"I am not hurting myself. I know crying alone will not help, but I just can't suppress the sadness in my heart." The princess forced a smile and spoke softly in a strangely gentle tone, as if she was comforting the queen mother. "I will be careful in the future, and please take care of yourself, mother."

After saying that, she slowly sat down at the head of the bed and held the empress dowager in her arms. She looked like a teenage girl acting coquettishly to her mother.

Such a warm scene should have made the elders happy, but the Queen Mother got goose bumps all over her body.

"If you're thoughtful, you can come to Hanguang Hall more often to talk to me these days."

"I will, Mother."

The two of them just leaned on each other and hugged each other, but only they themselves knew what they were thinking.

“Who are you going to support?”

Seeing that Li Yunrui did not answer, the Queen Mother changed the question, "What do you think of Fan Xian?"

Li Yunrui was slightly startled. It didn't matter who she was asked about her support before. After all, the Queen Mother was still alive. Even if she was the eldest princess, rich and powerful, they could not do anything as long as the old woman didn't nod.

She could understand this, but she didn't expect that the Queen Mother would speak so directly to someone as sharp-tongued as Fan Xian.

Is this what you want?

"I don't understand what mother means."

The Queen Mother's hand that was gently stroking Li Yunrui's back stiffened slightly, and her tone became cold, "Do you think Fan Xian did this?"

"It can only be him!"

Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother's eyebrows furrowed. This sentence revealed a lot of things. "Go on!"

"His mother is Ye Qingmei." The eldest princess showed a gentle expression on her face and did not continue to talk about this point, but the empress dowager understood it all.

This is a revenge for the murder of the mother.

Nodding slowly, the Queen Mother asked softly, "I heard that Fan Xian has always refused to use the last name Li?"

The eldest princess lowered her head and confirmed the Queen Mother's statement.

"He is also in collusion with Northern Qi and Dongyi City. These people are also present in Dadong Mountain this time." Seeing the Queen Mother frowning slightly, the Princess said calmly, "These things will be known once we investigate. Before Fan Xian went to Jiangnan, he had close contacts with the two countries. Otherwise, where would he get so much money to do so many things in Jiangnan?"

"To recruit merchants from banks?" said the Queen Mother.

At this point, how could Li Yunrui not see that the Queen Mother was just confirming her inner thoughts and giving herself an excuse?

"That's his name." Li Yunrui leaned slightly to the side, his tone becoming colder, "Like mother, like child. Should we say he is worthy of being Ye Qingmei's son?"

Hey.

The Queen Mother also thought of that terrifying woman.

After a while, the two returned to the topic of the court. "Your Majesty's children all have their own merits. Perhaps they were suppressed too harshly by Your Majesty before. Fortunately, they are back on track now. I am very relieved."

The Queen Mother continued slowly, "After this, you should stop torturing them! Women should behave like women!"

"My daughter understands."

Li Yunrui looked calm and said sincerely, "In the future, my daughter will behave herself and stop causing trouble."

Following this response, the room fell into silence again.

The Queen Mother slowly raised her hand, then slapped Li Yunrui hard on the face, making a muffled sound.

Li Yunrui cried out in pain and was slapped to the other side of the bed, with a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth.

Neither of them spoke. His Majesty was going to punish Li Yunrui when he was here. But before the punishment was implemented, Emperor Qing passed away. Then, only she, the old lady, could punish him!

The chests of both the beater and the beaten were heaving, and it took a long time for them to calm down and hug each other tightly.

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"Uncle, let's go to Dongyi City!"

Fan Xian had a hunch that perhaps Li Ang and his group had gone to Kyoto!

Wu Zhu did not ask why, but just turned in another direction silently with his back to Fan Xian.

"Your injury?"

"It's nothing serious." Fan Xian smiled bitterly, "It's just that the small things I had on me were lost in the sea, and there are spies in all the drugstores in Qing Country. I dare not contact the people in the Supervisory Council in the short term."

He couldn't tell whether the princess's men were still in the Supervisory Council, and whether it was really Chen Pingping's intention that the five thousand people could arrive at Dadong Mountain smoothly.

Although he was safe with Wuzhu by his side, he was in no hurry to return to Kyoto.

What to do back now?

There are still a lot of troubles in the palace that have not been resolved. If I go back now, I'm afraid it won't just be a fight between the Crown Prince and the Second Prince, but the two of them will turn their guns on me and surround me!

If he met Li An and Ku He on the way back to Beijing, he glanced at Wu Zhu and thought that he might not be able to protect himself.

What's more, he also needed to confirm the attitude of the old man in Dongyi City.

"There's someone ahead."

Wu Zhu spoke very abruptly.

Fan Xian carefully sensed and looked forward with all his eyesight, but he didn't see anything. He believed Wu Zhu's sense, and sure enough, after about five minutes, the two people appeared in his sight.

Wang Shisanlang, and Ye Liuyun?

How did he survive such an explosion?

Wu Zhu stopped and put Fan Xian on the ground, and they both became alert.

"I am just a cripple, why are you two doing this?"

Ye Liuyun smiled and greeted him. Only then did Fan Xian see that Ye Liuyun had tied himself to Wang Shisanlang with a strip of cloth. Wang Shisanlang nodded in greeting with a wry smile on his face.

Paying attention to his surroundings, Fan Xian saw Wu Zhu nodded gently, and then he smiled and said, "It seems that I really have a destiny with you, Senior."

He did not ask how the two survived the explosion, but his tone became cold and asked, "Where is Shadow?"

Most importantly, where is the gun?

"If Master Xiao Fan wants revenge, he can do it now."

This sentence already explains the answer.

Fan Xian looked around and found no place to put such a huge gun. He understood that the gun might not be in Ye Liuyun's hands.