The woman sitting in the main seat had silver hair and was dressed in palace makeup.
The elegant face was filled with anger.
The hall was eerily quiet.
No one dared to offend the Empress Dowager at this time.
"Someone come here!" a cold voice sounded.
The maid stepped forward tremblingly, "What do you want, Madam?"
"Where is Wei Lin? Send him to see me!"
Soon, all the people in the hall withdrew, leaving only the two palace maids who served the empress dowager closely. In addition, a tall man with most of his face covered with a black cloth appeared in front of the empress dowager.
"Why hasn't there been any news from Wei Hong yet?" the Queen Mother asked in a cold voice.
A whole month.
There has been no news from the people sent to the north to assassinate Qi Xu for a whole month.
Not only have there been no news from these secret guards, but even the border intelligence that should have been sent back every three days has not been sent back for ten days.
The entire northern area seemed to be out of control and completely out of the control of the imperial court.
Without these two information channels, the Queen Mother completely lost contact with her grandson.
Now he has reached the limit of his patience, "You go to the Northland in person and find out what is going on."
The man named Wei Lin knelt on one knee, waiting for the Queen Mother's instructions.
Hearing this, he raised his head and said with some disapproval: "My mission is to protect your safety. Before my father left, he specifically told me that no matter what happened, I must not leave the Cining Palace."
Yes, Wei Lin, Wei Hong.
The "Old Wei" sent to the north by the Queen Mother is Wei Lin's father. Of course, he is not his biological son, but was adopted by Wei Hong since childhood and specially trained to be his successor.
"Didn't your father tell you that you must obey my orders at all times?"
The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes dangerously, "How dare you refute me?"
"I dare not." Wei Lin lowered his head but did not stand up. He still maintained the previous posture of kneeling on one knee.
It was equivalent to a silent protest, and it was obvious that he still disagreed to leave the Cining Palace and go to the north.
There are too many things that make me upset today.
The Queen Mother's chest heaved violently, and she took several deep breaths before she came to her senses.
In fact, Wei Lin's decision was not wrong. There were not many secret guards around her. Most of them were sent by her to assassinate Qi Xu, and a few were sent to Nan'er to assist her in doing things.
There were less than ten people left, and Wei Lin was the most skilled one among them. With him around, at least she could be kept safe.
"Okay, I won't force you."
After calming down, the Queen Mother quickly sorted out her thoughts. She was no longer as angry as before, but instead looked a little excited and expectant. "I will arrange for someone else to go to the north."
She planned to use the Second Prince to send a team to the North in the name of the court. Her people only needed to hide among them.
According to her guess, there are only two possibilities for the lack of news from the North.
One is that Qi Xu instigated General Shi, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Army, to rebel, causing General Shi to conceal military intelligence and no longer be under the control of the capital.
The second reason is that the border was defeated and had been controlled by the northern barbarians, making it impossible to transmit intelligence back.
In the Queen Mother's view, the first reason was almost impossible.
The Shi family had always been loyal, and even when the whole family was almost extinct, they still remained loyal to the court. Besides, Shi Zhiheng's old mother was still in Beijing, and she was his only relative in the world. She didn't believe he could bear to leave his old mother alone.
But if it's the second one...
The Northern Barbarians controlled the northern part of Dayong.
The Queen Mother raised her hand to cover her chest and felt her heart beating violently inside her chest.
The last time Nan'er sent a letter back, she had already told her implicitly that the Northern Barbarian Chanyu's biological sons were not worthy of being used, and now he trusted and valued him more and more, and was even willing to hand over part of the military power of the Huyan tribe to him.
The Queen Mother had been in high office for a long time, so she naturally understood the suspicion of those in power. Nan'er was smart, and she only gave a few small suggestions at the beginning, but Nan'er knew how to take advantage of the desire of the sons of the Chanyu to fight for power.
Now, as expected, the Chanyu began to be wary of his sons.
When the snipe and the clam quarrel, the fisherman gains. After removing those unworthy people, new people must be replaced. Nan'er became the most suitable candidate for the Northern Barbarian Chanyu!
If the Northern Barbarians attacked Dayong, and the Northern Barbarian Chanyu was poisoned and the poison had not yet been cleared, the most likely person to temporarily take over the power would be her Nan'er...
If that were the case, she would do everything possible to help Nan'er clear the obstacles.
Let Nan'er become the first princess of the two countries in Dayong, the Northern Barbarians!
Just thinking about it made the Queen Mother feel her heart surge.
She even had a beautiful dream that after her grandson ascended the throne, she would become the Empress Dowager who would be worshipped by two countries.
"Wei Lin, select two men from your staff to stand by. I will arrange for them to follow the troops of the Fifth Army Camp to the Northland in the near future."
The Queen Mother had just finished speaking.
Outside the tightly closed palace door, the eunuch's voice was heard reporting.
"Empress Dowager, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has received several New Year gifts specifically for the Cining Palace. Chief Steward Liu sent a servant to ask you whether you want to send them to the Cining Palace?"
The Queen Mother had originally frowned at the sudden interruption, but after hearing the words she began to think deeply.
This gift comes in a rather strange way.
Logically speaking, if you send her a gift, you can find a way to send it to the palace, and you would have known who sent it. Or even if you were to be more low-key and send it quietly, it would be impossible not to be investigated after passing through the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
After all, the Ministry of Internal Affairs would not dare to send anything of unknown origin to her.
Now, Liu Yu, the chief eunuch of the Imperial Household Department, is her man.
At this time, I specially thought of sending her a New Year gift.
It made it inconvenient for Manager Liu to say it out loud and still sent it to her.
The identity of the gift giver seems to be about to be revealed...
The Queen Mother's face was no longer gloomy, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly. She waved to Wei Lin who was kneeling below, "You go down first. We will talk about going to the North later."
After saying this, he quickly ordered the maid to open the door.
Soon, Liu Yu, the chief eunuch of the Imperial Household Department, came outside the palace with two eunuchs carrying a mahogany box.
The huge box looked heavy and substantial.
The Queen Mother smiled happily and asked cryptically, "Did this box come from outside?"
Outside naturally refers to outside Beijing.
After they put down the wooden box and left, only the Empress Dowager's "own people" were left in the palace. Chief Steward Liu then reported, "Your Majesty, this New Year gift was sent from the north. I didn't ask anyone to open the box for inspection, but sent it directly to the Cining Palace."
The Queen Mother nodded with satisfaction, "Manager Liu is thoughtful. Reward!"
"Open the box and let me see what the New Year gift Nan'er prepared for you."
The mahogany box was just opened.
A fishy smell spread out, and everyone in the hall frowned subconsciously.
The Empress Dowager even exaggeratedly covered her mouth with a handkerchief.
What appeared in the mahogany box was a headless male corpse!
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