Chapter 522 [They came from across time]

Emperor Qingning and the Empress Dowager were taken to the waiting carriage by Jiang Wanyue.

Finally able to rest, Emperor Qingning leaned back on the soft cushion of the carriage, and the taut string finally relaxed.

After resting in the carriage for half an hour, Emperor Qingning opened his eyes.

He narrowed his eyes and looked at Jiang Wanyue: "Are you Lord Jiang's second daughter? He sent you to rescue me, right?"

Jiang Wanyue felt a little proud that the emperor still remembered her. "Yes, Your Majesty, this is your servant, Jiang Wanyue. My father is bedridden and always worried about Your Majesty, saying that he is powerless."

"I could only send this servant to prepare a backup plan for Your Majesty, just in case. I never thought it would actually be used right now."

Emperor Qingning raised his eyelids and said in surprise, "You arranged all this? You are truly a heroine!"

"As expected, Jiang Zhoulin is still reliable at the last moment."

Jiang Wanyue lowered her head, feeling even more proud at the emperor's praise. She hadn't had the chance to claim the credit for saving the emperor several times before, but today she had finally gotten the chance.

This was all thanks to Master Zheng's careful planning and his help to her.

On the Queen Mother's side, two big men used knives to chop up the chair she was carrying to let her escape, but they could not cut open the handcuffs on her hands.

"I'm not going to have to carry this thing around with me for the rest of my life, am I?"

Yu's face showed disgust, and she subconsciously said, "I feel like an exiled prisoner."

After saying that, she slightly widened her eyes. Now they were fleeing with injuries, which was like exile. Could they not keep running like this forever?

That would be worse than exile.

No, her son has been emperor for more than 20 years and he will not fall so soon.

She quickly asked Jiang Wanyue: "Wanyue, where are we going now?"

Jiang Wanyue called the empress dowager so affectionately that her heart felt as sweet as if she were eating honey.

In the past, she envied the empress dowager's favorite, Princess Jin, for how glorious she was. Now it was finally her turn.

Jiang Wanyue replied softly, "Let's go to Mr. Zheng's manor to take shelter first."

The Queen Mother was still wondering who Master Zheng was, but then she heard Emperor Qingning speak.

"Master Zheng?"

Emperor Qingning, who had been recuperating with his eyes closed, opened them slightly and asked, "Is that Master Zheng Qin, the one who sent me the blueprints for the musket?"

Jiang Wanyue nodded and said with a smile, "That's right."

"I have seen the blueprints for the fire guns and am truly astonished. I have already sent people to build them for the 50,000 Imperial Guards, but I don't know how effective they will be at the moment."

His 50,000 imperial guards seemed to have evaporated from the capital, and were not seen coming to protect the emperor at all. These traitors and rebels came and went in and out of the palace as they pleased.

"Zheng Qin is a talented person. How did you get to know him?" Emperor Qingning couldn't help but ask.

Why didn't such a person appear before him earlier? He wouldn't have lost so miserably.

"I originally had many doubts in my heart, but after meeting Master Zheng, they were all resolved."

Jiang Wanyue said calmly, "Your Majesty must have many questions in his mind, such as why Hou Xiaoxiao and Jiang Lili, who were once sworn enemies, and the General of the Cavalry and Prince Zhao, would collude with each other."

"How did King Zhao's power grow so strong in just three years?"

Every word Jiang Wanyue said hit Emperor Qingning's heart.

Emperor Qingning couldn't wait to ask, "So what exactly is going on?"

Although the Queen Mother had been hurt by Emperor Qingning's suspicion, she was still very curious about the truth: "Tell me quickly, how did they collude with each other?"

"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, it's a long story."

"My acquaintance with Master Zheng was a coincidence."

Jiang Wanyue slowly spoke, "A month ago, when I was taking shelter from a disaster at the Buddhist temple, I rescued a young man who had accidentally fallen down the mountain in the back hills."

"While recuperating in the Buddhist temple, he was very surprised when he learned my identity. He eagerly pulled me aside and told me that Prince Zhao's wife, Princess Jin, and He Lin were all time travelers from another world."

"I originally thought he was mentally ill, but he actually told me a shocking secret that made me believe him a little bit."

The more Emperor Qingning listened, the more confused he became. What the hell was a time traveler? "What secret did he tell you?"

——"The fire and explosion at the Jiang Mansion were not caused by the Jiang Mansion colliding with Ziwei Star, but because the Buddha lamp was equipped with a bomb, a weapon."

When Jiang Wanyue mentioned the Buddha lamp, the Queen Mother became frightened.

The empress dowager, who was now penniless, felt like crying when she thought about Hou Xiaoxiao selling her a Buddha lamp for 9,999 taels.

"bomb?"

When Emperor Qingning heard these two words, his brows furrowed. "The explosion at the Jiang Mansion that day was indeed strange, but I was so angry at the time that I didn't send anyone to investigate. This weapon called a bomb has considerable firepower!"

Jiang Wanyue nodded. "Master Zheng said that bombs are a variant of gunpowder. They don't require a person to light the fuse manually. They can be detonated by something called a remote control, causing a large-scale explosion and a fire."

"It was Jiang Lili's accomplice, Princess Jin, who sent people to blow up the Jiang Mansion when we stopped the car."

When Emperor Qingning understood, he felt that Jiang Lili and her gang were even more terrifying.

"What's going on with that time traveler?"

——"Their souls are from another world, just like in the storybooks."

Jiang Wanyue was thinking about how to explain it to Emperor Qingning in the most easy-to-understand way. After all, it took her a while to fully understand it at that time.

"They use some kind of evil technique to seize the soul of the original owner of the body they occupy."

"This explains why those people Your Majesty once knew so well suddenly changed their personalities, or why enemies suddenly became friends."

Emperor Qingning pondered for a long time before digesting these words. He suddenly realized: "Is that so? These people must be monsters!"

Jiang Wanyue was extremely excited: "Yes, we must announce it to the world and burn these bewitching monsters to death!"

Emperor Qingning became increasingly silent. "However, Xin Che now has an army of 200,000 men under his command. It would be very difficult to execute these people."

"Two, two hundred thousand?"

Jiang Wanyue stuttered when she heard this number. She guessed that the Xin family was so arrogant at this palace banquet and must have a trump card in hand. However, she never expected that the other party had an army of 200,000!

This was much more than the 70,000 or 80,000 she had expected. She had expected that the total number of private soldiers raised by Xin Che, Xue Wei, Hou Xiaoxiao and others would be less than 100,000 at most.

Jiang Wanyue took a long time to find her voice: "What on earth happened to them in Haizhou Island in the past three years?"

Emperor Qingning shook his head: "But I sent people to Haizhou Island to check, and it's just like any other village in a remote area."

The three of them talked all the way until the carriage arrived at the destination.

Emperor Qingning was helped down by the coachman and found that there was a quiet valley in front of him and a small courtyard located by the stream.

It was already the first watch of the night and it was pitch black all around.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. It's very safe now."

A young man in blue clothes and wearing a jade crown heard the movement of the carriage and came out to greet it.