"Prince Ning is not afraid of him, but if he brings this matter to the court, it will be very troublesome."
Xia Qinghe's expression became increasingly serious. "If Prince Ning gets bogged down in this quagmire, it will be detrimental to you, the Queen Mother. I hope the Queen Mother will consider this carefully."
The Queen Mother glanced at her and said nothing.
After a while, the Queen Mother sneered: "What if the Regent cannot return to the court?"
She looked indifferent when she said this, with a light from hell flashing in her eyes.
Xia Qinghe felt a chill in her heart when she saw this.
She looked up, met the Queen Mother's unfathomable gaze, and couldn't help but ask, "What does the Queen Mother mean by... striking first is the best strategy?"
The empress dowager waved at her, and Xia Qinghe immediately leaned over to listen.
The Queen Mother whispered in Xia Qinghe's ear, and Xia Qinghe's expression changed.
After a burst of whispers, the room returned to silence, with only the lingering aroma of tea and no one else.
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After Lingzhi, Xiao Qingyun, Su Shisan and Shen Yuchao rescued Tiezhu and other mountain people, they returned to the village.
The people were very excited. They didn't expect that they not only found the iron pillar, but also found other missing mountain people.
When relatives meet, they hug each other and cry bitterly.
The old lady hugged Tiezhu and cried for a while, then she excitedly took Lingzhi's hand and said to Xiao Qingyun who was standing beside her:
"Thank you so much... If you hadn't rescued me in time, Tiezhu would have been in great danger!"
The old lady became more and more excited as she spoke, with tears in her eyes.
Xiao Qingyun replied: "Auntie...this is what we should do!"
Auntie: "Thank you, thank you, I kneel down to you!"
After saying this, the old lady was about to kneel down, Lingzhi quickly supported her and said, "Auntie, there is no need to do this."
Su Shisan, who was standing on the other side of them, joked, "Yes, Auntie, the Saint doesn't have so many etiquettes!"
Lingzhi immediately glared at him: "You are exposing my shortcomings in public. I have no manners, and you don't have much!"
"Saint? So you are the Saint of my dynasty!!"
Upon hearing this, the old lady became even more agitated and insisted on kneeling before Lingzhi: "I, the Saintess of Dayan, deserve this kneeling from you!"
After saying this, the old lady turned to look at the other villagers and shouted, "My fellow villagers, this young woman is the Holy Maiden of Dayan. She is the one who saved our relatives!"
"Saint, please accept our worship!"
The mountain people around all knelt down without hesitation.
More and more mountain people learned that the saint Lingzhi had arrived, and they came to see the saint's face and pay homage to Lingzhi!
Crash——
Tens of thousands of mountain people knelt before Lingzhi.
They wanted to thank Lingzhi, but they didn't have a good way to do it. Now kneeling like this was their best way to express it.
Lingzhi wanted to stop these mountain people from kneeling, but... looking at the tens of thousands of mountain people, she couldn't stop them.
Shen Yuchao, who was standing next to him, saw this scene and couldn't help but speak slowly: "Except when the emperor comes in person, I rarely see such a kneeling scene!"
"This is the common people's heartfelt kneeling. It's so difficult and so shocking!" Su Shisan was filled with emotion.
Xiao Qingyun didn't say anything, but his gaze fell on Lingzhi, staring at this woman with light in his eyes... His woman deserves to be worshipped by all the people!
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After saying goodbye to the mountain people, Lingzhi, Xiao Qingyun, Su Shisan and Shen Yuchao galloped towards the capital.
The journey was pretty smooth.
“We’re finally here!”
Looking at this majestic capital, Lingzhi was filled with emotion.
She had been traveling for such a long time, sleeping in the open air, and it must have been very hard for her.
But at this moment she had not yet realized that even more suffering was yet to come.
The people guarding the city gate were so excited that tears filled their eyes when they saw that it was the Saint and the Regent who had returned.
But when they were about to enter, they were obstructed in every possible way.
Xiao Qingyun had been through many battles and had seen all sorts of twists and turns. He immediately whispered to Lingzhi, "If something is out of the ordinary, there must be something fishy going on. Be careful."
Sure enough, after a while, they heard the sound of gongs and drums clearing the way not far away, as well as the orderly tapping of horses' hooves.
Next, a group of yamen runners came running here to clear the way. Following not far behind them was a team of fully armed imperial guards wearing silver armor and helmets.
"Hey, what's going on?!"
Seeing the imperial guards appear, Su Shisan opened his mouth so wide that he could swallow an egg.
Even if he racked his brains, he could not have imagined that what greeted them was not the team celebrating their meritorious service, but the cold, iron-hoofed armored imperial guards!
"Could something have happened?" Shen Yuchao guessed.
"Humph, I'm afraid this person is here with bad intentions."
Seeing this scene, Xiao Qingyun snorted coldly and his face became solemn.
Soon, the crowd parted and Zhu Hu, the governor of the capital, came out.
Upon seeing Xiao Qingyun and the others, Zhu Hu spoke coldly, "The Prince Regent, for his own selfish reasons, colluded with the enemy and severed the dragon vein of Qianfeng Mountain, intending to cause a flood and disrupt the imperial court. The Emperor has ordered the arrest of Prince Regent Xiao Qingyun and his detention at the Dali Temple awaiting trial! If the evidence is conclusive, he will be severely punished!"
Rumble!
Su Shisan, Shen Yuchao and others suddenly felt as if they were struck by lightning, and their brains were confused.
Su Shisan: "Holy...Holy...Your Majesty wants to arrest the Regent? No...Your Majesty is not..."
Halfway through his words, Su Shisan suddenly remembered that the order from the emperor was a secret and he could not tell it to outsiders, so he shut up in time.
Lingzhi stood up and sneered, "Haha, cutting off the dragon vein of Qianfeng Mountain and causing floods? You really want to accuse someone of something, and you'll find a pretext for it!"
These people are simply throwing all the dirty water on Xiao Qingyun.
When she and Xiao Qingyun arrived, the Qianfeng Mountains had already been cut off.
Xiao Qingyun worked with her to try his best to save people. He was clearly the hero who saved Hong, but now he has become the rope that is being put around his head.
"Besides, how could the Regent, a mere mortal from this world, cut down a mountain? Does the person who made up this story have no brains?!"
"presumptuous!"
Prefect Zhu Hu interrupted her in time, "The one who ordered the arrest is the current emperor, so please be careful with your words. If this gets out, you will be punished for disrespect!"
After saying this, he shouted at Xiao Qingyun: "Prince Regent, the emperor has issued an order. As a subject, are you going to disobey the order?"
"You're fabricating charges regardless of the facts and still asking me to be careful with my words. How ridiculous!"
Lingzhi's face turned red with anger, and she wanted to say something else, but Xiao Qingyun next to her stopped her.
Xiao Qingyun looked very calm. He raised his eyes and said to Zhu Hu calmly: "Since it is the will of His Majesty, I will go with you."
"don't want!"
Lingzhi frowned and grabbed him: "They are clearly wronging you, why did you go with them?"
Xiao Qingyun turned around, took out his hand and tucked a few strands of hair from her forehead behind her ear, looking at her softly: "Don't worry, I'll be fine, take care of yourself."
"Your Highness, I'm sorry, please come in!" Zhu Hu urged with frowned eyebrows.
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