Chapter 82 The Queen's Secret Letter
"Noisy."
The queen did not stop, nor did she answer Ziman's question.
Instead, she was only thinking about getting to the Observatory as soon as possible so that the Imperial Master could help her release the falcon from the Worm Valley to deliver the message for her.
The three of them stopped talking and tried their best to speed up their pace.
After walking for about an hour, there was no longer a road ahead, but a stone gate.
"Boom..."
The old mechanism was pressed by the queen, and the stone door slowly opened.
Passing through the stone door is a stone chamber.
The walls on all four sides are made of large, polished bluestone.
There is a stone table and two stone benches in the middle of the stone chamber.
"My lady, please sit down and take a rest."
Qingzhi wiped the stone bench and stone table clean with his sleeves and let the empress pass.
"Well, Ziman, go to the Observatory and ask the Imperial Master to come and give you a talk."
The queen sat down and told Ziman to run errands.
She did not meet the Imperial Master today, and the explosion at Niuji Mountain did not cause civil unrest as she had planned.
All she could think of was that her identity as the imperial teacher would be exposed, so she didn't dare to put it into practice.
As for Chu Chengzhao's demotion, she always felt that it was related to the Imperial Master.
After all, apart from the Luo Changlin brothers, the only one who knew his life story was the Imperial Master.
But she couldn't understand why the Imperial Master would betray her. Could it be that something happened to that person that made the Imperial Master no longer care about her?
That doesn’t seem right.
If the Imperial Master loses control, shouldn't he first expose Nineteen's background?
......
After Ziman left, the queen sat in front of the stone table and thought about it.
She kept thinking over and over all the bad things that had happened to her in the past month.
"There must be something wrong with that little bastard in the East Palace. When I get out, I will make sure she dies a miserable death. And that idiot Concubine Xian actually dared to let others hurt Brother Yi's face..."
"Who does the Queen want to see die miserably? Also, who is the Queen's brother Yi?"
Huang Qi was originally immersed in his own thoughts, but was startled by the sudden voice.
"Who is it? Who is playing tricks on me? Come out now."
In such a hidden underground passage, someone actually eavesdropped on her. She was really unlucky.
"Your Majesty, please come with us. I have something to ask you."
Entering from the entrance on the other side of the stone chamber were Emperor Yongping's dragon guards and Chu Chengyi's secret guards.
"Who are you guys from?"
The queen did not see Ziman, and she did not recognize any of these men in black.
"It cannot be said. It cannot be said."
Long Wei was dressed in black, and his head was tightly covered with a mask, leaving only two dark holes where his eyes should be.
In the already dim tunnel, the two black holes emitted a dark light, making it even more permeable.
"I am not the queen. You have mistaken me for someone else. I am going back now. You can take your time to look for the queen."
The queen was terrified when she saw men in black continuing to come in from the entrance.
I kept thinking about how to escape.
"Knock him out and take him away."
The leader gave an order and several people behind him rushed forward.
The Queen and Qingzhi didn't even have time to react before they were knocked unconscious and carried on someone's shoulders like sacks.
Chu Chengyi's secret guards watched helplessly as the empress and her servant were carried away by the dragon guards, and they had to stay in the tunnel to clean up the mess.
There is a tunnel leading to the outside of the palace deep in the palace, which is no trivial matter.
If someone took advantage of this to transport weapons into the palace and then committed regicide or treason, it would be extremely terrifying.
Therefore, they still need to explore this tunnel further.
Long Wei quickly took the queen, her servant and two others to a secret cell and interrogated them separately.
The queen said nothing, and the dragon guards were reluctant to torture her.
After all, she still holds the title of Queen.
So, they just let the female dragon guard search her.
"Your Majesty, this is the secret letter and jade pendant found on the Empress."
Long Wei immediately delivered the items he found to Emperor Yongping.
"Show it to me."
It was just getting dark and Emperor Yongping was about to ask Lin Fu to send Chu Qinshu back to the Eastern Palace.
Unexpectedly, the dragon guards who were watching the Observatory blocked the empress in the tunnel, so Emperor Yongping was no longer in a hurry to send Chu Qinshu back.
What if she could still say something about the Queen? He could speed up his plans and get rid of the people behind the Queen as soon as possible.
"Your Majesty, a secret letter."
The bamboo tube and jade pendant containing the secret letter first fell into Lin Fu's hands.
All items of unknown origin had to be inspected by him and confirmed to be safe before being given to Emperor Yongping.
"Hmm? It really is a secret letter. Go get a basin of water."
Emperor Yongping opened the letter, but there was not a single word on the paper inside.
However, this did not pose any problem for him.
It's nothing more than using some methods to make the handwriting disappear on the paper, a trivial trick.
"Your Majesty, the water is coming."
Ever since Lin Fu drank the water bag brought by Chu Qinshu, he has been working very quickly.
Even the eunuchs who were several decades younger than him could not catch up with him.
"Huh? Still no words?"
Emperor Yongping looked at the letter in the water and rubbed his eyes.
Long Wei: “…”
All in vain?
Fortunately, the Queen was not tortured.
【Your Majesty, pour some strong tea into the basin.】
When it comes to steganography, I can say that I have encountered Chu Qinshu’s expertise.
In her previous life, she studied biological agents, which is definitely a field of chemistry.
She knew many kinds of secret writing techniques that could not reveal the words, but due to Sheng Anguo's conditions, there were not so many raw materials for secret writing.
The writing was done with rice soup and iodine was used to produce color, but Sheng Anguo did not have iodine.
When writing with phenolphthalein, the color will appear with alkaline water, but Sheng Anguo did not have phenolphthalein.
Sodium sulfate is used for writing and barium nitrate is used for color development. It is even more impossible for Sheng Anguo to have these two things.
Even if the queen came from another world and had the ability to make these things, the recipient of the letter would still have to have the ability to read it.
So, she thought of secret writing, which was simple, easy to obtain and easy to decipher.
Moreover, Emperor Yongping had already thrown the letter into the water, so other methods would have required picking up the letter and drying it.
Then try the fastest method.
"Ah, ah, ah."
[The Emperor doesn't understand me? Then give him a gesture. 】
Seeing that Emperor Yongping did not move, Chu Qinshu reached out and swept the teacup on the table.
Unfortunately, the teacup was too far away for her small arms to reach it.
But it was enough for Emperor Yongping to react.
"Lin Fu, pour some strong tea into the basin."
How could Emperor Yongping not understand what his granddaughter meant?
He just didn't want his granddaughter to know that he could hear her thoughts.
What if she finds out and never tells anyone about it again?
Wouldn't that mean he would lose a lot of fun?
After all, when she acts coquettishly, that cute voice still makes people feel happier than crying out loud.
"Your Majesty, I have poured a large bowl of strong tea into the basin."
Lin Fu saw that there was too much water in the basin and was afraid that the strong tea would not be effective if there was not enough water, so he brewed a large bowl of tea and poured it in.
After reminding Emperor Yongping, he retreated a few steps away.
Sure enough, within a few moments after the strong tea was poured into the basin, lines of blue words appeared on the letter paper.
"There is no need to interrogate the Queen for now. Just lock her up in a dark cell. Also, this matter must not be leaked."
When Emperor Yongping read the contents of the secret letter, he wished he could strangle the empress to death with his own hands.
He was a good general guarding the border, but he was bullied like this.
He even wanted to bring his son along to rebel. That's a nice idea.
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