Chapter 375 Is the old lady the Queen Mother crazy?
Xu Mu was unwilling to believe this result.
They, Xiliang, had been planning and strategizing for so many years, but all their plans were disrupted by the Great Chu.
Now, there is only this one chance left.
It is also the best opportunity.
Once something happens to the crown prince of Great Chu, they will never be able to recover and will gradually show signs of decline.
Opportunity is fleeting.
Xu Mu: "Master, do you mean that we can't kill Qin Jingyu, but can only capture him alive?"
It would be even better if Qin Jingyu could be captured alive.
Then we can better control Da Chu.
True Man Qingyun shook his head and said, "He is protected by the blessed girl. If you insist on hurting him, you may bring disaster upon yourselves."
Xu Mu: "Fu Nu? Who is she? Is she the Crown Princess?"
True Man Qingyun nodded slowly.
This was also the reason why he refused when the Queen Mother of Great Chu asked him to take action against the Crown Princess and cast a curse on her again.
He doesn't want to be backfired.
Xu Mu recalled carefully. He had seen the Crown Princess before in Da Chu. She was a low-key person with a low status and a low personality.
But in fact, such people are even more unfathomable.
It’s actually a blessed girl?
Xu Mu frowned, "Master, you should have said it earlier."
If this Fu Nu was so powerful, we would have captured her and brought her to Xiliang earlier.
True Man Qingyun smiled bitterly, "I hadn't figured it out before. It was only when I went to Da Chu not long ago and saw it up close that I realized it."
Xu Mu thought about it and agreed.
After all, Lin Qingning was a woman from a wealthy family. Before she became the Crown Princess, she stayed at home most of the time.
Let's put her affairs aside for now.
Xu Mu said: "We have gathered all the people. If I were to give up directly, I would be unwilling to do so, and I would have no way to explain to the king."
"I decided to give it a try after all."
True Man Qingyun: "Then you must pay attention to your own safety."
Xu Mu nodded.
If something really happens to him this time, it would prove that Lin Qingning is truly a lucky woman!
Xu Mu did not decide to ambush Qin Jingyu in one place, because the place closest to the capital of Da Chu was too dangerous.
He chose a city just beyond the southern border into the territory of Da Chu.
However, there were not many people prepared, only about twenty people, mainly to test Qin Jingyu.
He didn't even make a move himself.
Although Qin Jingyu brought few people with him, each of them was an elite, and he himself was also very skilled in martial arts.
These twenty plus men couldn't even slow him down.
But Xu Mu thought that it was because there were too few people, and that sneak attacks along the way could also consume the opponent's strength.
After some people were injured, if Qin Jingyu didn't want to slow down, he could only reduce the number of personnel!
If Qin Jingyu does not reduce the staff and insists on acting on his own, his chances of success will become greater and greater.
But if Qin Jingyu was not in a hurry to travel because of the danger, but waited for the main force...
Even if he wasn't doing this for the concubine, without good fortune to bless him, if they launch a sneak attack at this time, the chances of success might be greater!
You can attack when you advance, and you can also attack when you retreat.
Qin Jingyu was also guessing the other party's plan.
Zhu Feng: "Master, why don't you stop rushing and stop until more people are dispatched?"
Although none of their personnel died, there were casualties.
Qin Jingyu: "They deliberately forced us to go back and join the army. What good will it do them?"
Zhu Feng: “This…”
At first glance, there is no benefit.
Qin Jingyu: "We are now in the territory of Da Chu. The Xiliang people who want to kill me cannot exceed fifty people."
"For those who are seriously injured, let them rest where they are. Also, send a message to the capital and ask them to send reinforcements."
He suspected that the person who came to kill him this time was an important figure from Xiliang.
If we can intercept and hold the other party back, it might be of great use.
Xu Mu never expected that when he was trying to kill Qin Jingyu, the other party was also using him as bait and planning to capture him.
**
As the end of the year approaches, everyone in the Eastern Palace is busy preparing for the New Year.
This year is their first New Year in the East Palace since they moved in, so how can they not be cautious?
The people in charge of the backyard are Granny Liao, Aunt Chen, and an experienced nanny named Nanny Qi who was transferred from the inner court by Queen Jiang.
Although Granny Liao and Aunt Chen are the Crown Princess's confidants and have followed her for many years, especially Granny Liao.
However, when it comes to palace-related matters, there still needs to be a nanny who is familiar with the harem affairs to take care of it, otherwise the Eastern Palace will easily be in chaos.
Fortunately, this Aunt Qi has a round face and a very kind personality. When encountering problems, she will take the initiative to discuss them with Grandma Liao and Aunt Chen.
The three of them helped the Crown Princess to keep the backyard of the Eastern Palace in order.
In fact, when Queen Jiang wanted to transfer an experienced senior nanny to the Eastern Palace, everyone knew that this was a lucrative job.
Everyone is trying hard to come.
Nanny Jiang and Nanny Xu, who were sent by the Empress Dowager to teach the Crown Princess, now regretted their decision.
They were also sent for interrogation and investigation before, but they were released because there was no problem.
Logically speaking, among all the maids in the harem, no one would be more senior than these two, but Queen Jiang did not choose any of them.
Of course, the two of them could not return to the Queen Mother again, but were transferred to other places in the palace, to less important departments, to serve as minor managers.
They both regretted their decision.
Madam Xu sighed, "Who could have known that the Crown Princess was so powerful that she could replace all the people around the Queen Mother with just a few words?"
Madam Jiang: "In fact, I was right in my judgment. I knew she was not a simple person."
But Empress Yuan was no simple lady back then, she was very powerful.
But he still couldn't defeat the Queen Mother.
Who would have thought that the Queen Mother would be powerless to resist before the Crown Princess became the Queen yet...
Aunt Xu thought of something, and she whispered, "Old sister, do you think Sun Fuhai can come out alive?"
People from the same group as them were gradually released.
Only Sun Fuhai was not released.
Over the years, the Empress Dowager's confidants have actually changed several times.
But everyone knows that Sun Fuhai is the person the Queen Mother values and trusts the most.
Nanny Jiang shook her head at her.
Fortunately, the things they did for the Queen Mother were not too serious:
For example, the Queen Mother would deliberately embarrass the Crown Princess, under the pretext of teaching her the palace rules, but in fact she would deliberately embarrass her.
This kind of thing is not too serious, it is just a small punishment.
As Sun Fuhai was imprisoned for longer and longer periods of time, and was surrounded by unfamiliar palace maids, the empress dowager's patience gradually ran out.
But Emperor Minghe refused to see her.
Queen Jiang would only come to check in and greet her on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month.
This day was the last fifteenth day before the New Year. The Queen Mother grabbed Queen Jiang's hand with a ferocious expression.
"Do you want to put me under house arrest?"
"I am the Queen Mother of Great Chu. When I was young, I blocked arrows for the late emperor. I also received ordination and prayed for Great Chu in the temple. I have both merits and hard work!"
"You will be punished by heaven for keeping me under house arrest for no reason!"
Queen Jiang was unable to react and her wrist was pinched so hard that it hurt.
Qin Xin, who was standing nearby, saw this and immediately stepped forward and pried the Queen Mother's hands apart, then protected Queen Jiang behind her.
The Queen Mother's eyes were red with anger. "How dare you, a lowly slave, lay your hands on me?"
Qin Xin didn't say anything.
Queen Jiang, on the other hand, covered her wrist and looked around, "Who attacked the Queen Mother? No, it was only the Queen Mother who was pinching me just now."
The palace people around nodded.
Queen Mother: “…”
She took a deep breath and said coldly:
"I want to see the emperor! If you don't let me see the emperor, I will hit my head and die here!"
"You forced the Empress Dowager to death. No matter what you do, you can't explain it clearly!"
"Besides, the Crown Princess is about to give birth, right? If she gives birth to a child, it will drive me to death. This child she gives birth to is an ominous sign!"
Looking at the Queen Mother whose expression gradually became ferocious, Queen Jiang frowned.
This old woman is going crazy.
She rubbed her red wrist and said, "Mother, please take a rest. Your daughter-in-law will convey your words to His Majesty."
The Queen Mother slumped down on the armchair, and when Queen Jiang and her people left, she immediately smashed the things on the table to the floor.
For so many years, no one has ever dared to treat me like this!
As for what happened back then, the Queen Mother was actually not worried at all.
Sun Fuhai had been in prison for so long, which proved that he had not confessed the things she had done, especially that one...
"Lin Qingning, you are really good at this! As long as she is the Crown Princess, what can you do about it? It seems that no matter what, I will never let you become the Queen smoothly!"
She doesn't mind giving in first.
Just let Sun Fuhai come back first.
Anyway, there is still a long time to come, and she will definitely find an opportunity to deal with Lin Qingning!
Queen Jiang rubbed her wrist and went to see Emperor Minghe and repeated what the empress dowager had said.
Emperor Minghe: "Let me see your wrist."
Queen Jiang took her hand away.
She had been pampered for many years, and her wrists were white. The empress dowager grabbed her wrist with force, leaving a red mark on her wrist, and one place was scratched by the empress dowager's nails.
Emperor Minghe: "Call the imperial physician."
Queen Jiang said quickly, "Your Majesty, no need for that. It's just about the Queen Mother. What do you think we should do? She said she wanted to crash to death."
"She is reluctant to die." Emperor Minghe asked Eunuch Shun to get a blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing plaster, and took Empress Jiang's hand and sat on the couch.
Emperor Minghe said: "In order to ascend to the throne, she strangled her own daughter to death. Later, she used various means to defeat many women in the harem."
"This position was not easy for her to obtain, so she values it very much and will not let it go so easily."
Queen Jiang frowned, "But what she said was very true. She even said to curse the child in Qingning's belly... This old woman is really crazy. The child in Qingning's belly might be the crown prince! What good would it do for her to curse the crown prince?"
Emperor Minghe looked up at her.
Queen Jiang immediately realized what she had said, and quickly covered her mouth and whispered:
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I spoke out of turn..."
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