"Slander! This is absolutely slander! Yue'er has been kind since she was a child, how could she do such dirty things?!"

"Come on! Check it for me! I want to see who is so lawless that he dares to openly slander the mother of a country! It's ridiculous to put so many things on Yue'er... It's unfounded..."

Xiao Jingrui's eyes were bloodshot. After flipping through the secret letters in his hand page by page, his voice gradually became lower and he no longer uttered the three words "falsely accused" with a straight face.

In addition to He Yuerong's messy private life, the secret letter also mentioned many palace secrets that must not be known by outsiders.

Not only do the various information and details coincide with each other in the timing of many events, but even the tone used by the parties involved is identical.

In short, if the other party wanted to deceive ordinary people and officials, there was no need to go to the trouble of making up such realistic rumors.

These secret letters are very likely to be true!

In just a quarter of an hour, Xiao Jingrui went from being incredulous at first to being shocked and having to believe it, and finally, he just felt so painful that he could hardly breathe...

It turned out that Yu'er had noticed him more than 20 years ago, but she was not as ignorant and naive as he had imagined.

The pure Yue'er in his heart wrote in the letter that she recently found a silly boy who was always peeking at her. After asking around, she found out that it was a prince who was not favored. How could such a person, who had no power and no influence, have the right to covet her?

Many years later, she became the Empress Dowager. In order to stabilize the power of all parties, she had affairs with many important officials in the court. It was not until she saw that she had established a firm foothold in the southwest border that she "reluctantly" began to exchange letters with her...

One cruel truth after another was thrown at him like powerful thunder bombs, blowing him to pieces and leaving him standing still...

Over the past few decades, he has been thinking about He Yuerong all the time. He regards her as the perfect goddess in his mind and fantasizes about the peaceful and beautiful life with her.

Even though they met unexpectedly now, he was not able to accept the other person's minor flaws for a while. He just thought that it was because there was a gap between illusion and reality, and it would take some time to adjust.

But at this moment, these secret letters shattered his beautiful dream in such a brutal way! He couldn't even deceive himself!

Xiao Jingrui took a long time to digest the contents of the letter, then punched the wall in anger.

"Go check! Check if what's written here is true!"

"Someone must be playing tricks by using the celestial phenomena as an excuse! How could these letters appear out of nowhere in Linyang County? And how could they stay in the sky for so long?! I want... I want all these people who are deliberately playing tricks to die!"

At this moment, Xiao Jingrui was like a child whose dream was shattered by someone. In his rage, he even hated the person who exposed the truth.

"Yes." The secret guard was so frightened that he did not stop and ran away as fast as he could.

Xiao Jingrui slowed down for a moment before he gradually suppressed his resentment. His whole body was terribly cold. He waved to a secret guard:

"Send a few more teams to closely monitor the Queen Mother's daily life, and report everything to me in great detail."

"yes."

…

Undercurrents surged in the capital, and a coup was ready to take place. Thousands of miles away, the Sheng family's convoy looked peaceful and quiet.

The group disguised themselves as ordinary merchants and rode as fast as they could to Mobei Pass. Within three days, they arrived at the border of Yunzhong County.

Yunzhong County is located in the northwest of Southern Qi, and there are many Hu markets in the city. The family hurried on their way, hoping to reach Yunzhong County before noon, leaving some time for Xiao Xier to experience various Hu snacks.

But today at noon, after entering the territory of Yunzhong County, the official road was extremely crowded, and we walked for more than an hour but didn't move a few miles.

"Master, husband, our people sent back news that there was an outbreak of plague ahead, and King Kang has ordered the city to be sealed off. Now no one is allowed to enter or leave Yunzhong County, including the area near Mobei Pass. The traffic jam ahead is because soldiers are directing vehicles to detour and change routes."

The driver's star track lifted the curtain to report the situation to everyone in the car.

"Take a detour? King Kang has blocked the fastest route. If we take a detour, it will probably take us another day or two. Besides, how could a plague suddenly break out in the middle of winter?"

Sheng Yichen looked at the dense army in the distance, with a suspicious look in his eyes. Just as he was about to pull Sheng Nanxi's small cotton shirt, he was slapped away by Sheng Jinghai.

"Don't you see little Xi'er is sleeping? How old are you? When you encounter a little difficulty, you know to turn back to Xi'er?!"

"Uh, yeah..." Sheng Yichen withdrew his hand angrily.

Sheng Nanxi curled up into a small ball in her mother's arms. Although she closed her eyes, she kept an eye on what was happening outside.

She actually didn't sleep just now, she was just bored sitting in the car, so she sank into the space to interrogate Wei Xianglian.

The name of the Twelve Flower Palaces of the Xianyuan Sect sounds impressive, but it is actually the twelve professional departments of the sect, and each department has specific responsibilities.

The Lotus Palace happened to be responsible for the research of various poisons and tonics. As the head of the Lotus Palace, Wei Xianglian was most likely to know the origins of those rare medicinal materials.

Unexpectedly, when Sheng Nanxi asked about those herbs, Wei Xianglian, who had been given a truth serum, was clueless. It was as if those top-grade herbs appeared out of thin air. He had no memory of them at all!

Sheng Nanxi couldn't get any answers, so she carefully examined the body again, but found no other clues.

Fortunately, they have already entered Yunzhong County. After finding King Kang and the young master of Xianyuan Sect, they will definitely find more clues. She put Wei Xianglian in the interrogation room again and left the space. She slowly answered Sheng Yichen's doubts:

"There are many types of plague. Plague is more likely to break out in summer and autumn than at other times of the year, but diseases such as typhoid and plague can also break out in winter."

Sheng Nanxi looked at the long line of cars outside the window and gradually fell into deep thought: "But..."

Gu Yuancheng, who was standing by, read the secret letter he had just received and his face became tense. He continued:

"But this plague broke out too quickly. We caused a big commotion in Jin County three days ago, and two days later, a plague broke out in Yunzhong County, causing the entire city to be sealed off. I'm afraid the situation in the city is not that simple."