Chapter 52: Letting the Tiger Return to the Mountain
Rong Ruxiang knew that she was from Qingyi Tower, but she didn't expect that she was actually the owner of Qingyi Tower.
And judging from the voice, it's a woman?
She entered the heavily guarded imperial palace as if it were deserted. Not only did she come alone, she also brought someone with her.
Because of Madam Xian's call, the guards from Ningshou Palace rushed over, "Empress Dowager."
"Back off." Rong Ruxiang shouted harshly. The guards outside didn't understand what was going on, but they could only step back a few steps.
If possible, Rong Ruxiang would certainly hope that these guards would come in and capture the owner of Qingyi Tower, but before the guards captured her, she would definitely take her own life. It would not be worth it to exchange her life for the status of the Queen Mother.
"It's just a mere six thousand taels, and the owner of Qingyi Tower has to come out in person. It seems that Qingyi Tower has never seen the world." Rong Ruxiang looked calm on the surface, but she was actually very nervous.
"Qingyi Tower is just a small sect in the martial arts world. It's not considered respectable and naturally hasn't seen much of the world, so..." Ling Chan didn't argue with her, "We need to ask the Queen Mother to let us meet her."
Rong Ruxiang's eyes widened and her voice was stern and cold, "What do you mean?"
"Ten thousand taels of silver will be delivered to the old place at twilight hour today." Ling Chan's tone was very flat, as if ten thousand taels of silver was a very ordinary amount of money.
It is now the Wei hour, which is a little after 1:00 p.m., and the You hour is between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m., so time is tight and the task is heavy.
"What on earth do you want to do?" Rong Ruxiang was filled with anger. "I am the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother of Daqi."
"How dare you threaten me like this? Are you from Qingyi Tower planning a rebellion?"
Ling Chan had been to the Empress Dowager's Ningshou Palace, but had never entered the bedroom.
The device for monitoring Ningshou Palace is a small animal in the corner outside the room. Although it can enlarge the picture to see Rong Ruxiang's actions in the bedroom, it cannot hear clear sounds.
So it would be better to install surveillance equipment in her bedroom.
Today is a good opportunity and she has prepared in advance.
"Your Majesty, there is no need to accuse our Qingyi Tower of such a serious crime..." Ling Chan looked around, trying to find a suitable place to put the surveillance equipment she had prepared.
"Since you sent so many people to kill us, we can at least ask for some silver to calm our nerves, right?"
The monitoring equipment Ling Chan prepared was a piece of wood, which she broke off outside Ningshou Palace.
Just when Rong Ruxiang and Nanny Xian were focusing on the soldiers thrown in, she entered the space and modified the wooden block into a monitoring device.
Rong Ruxiang's gaze followed Ling Chan. "Qingyilou disregarded the ban signed by both the martial arts world and the imperial court and entered the capital without permission. Aren't you afraid of being hunted down by the martial arts world?"
Ling Chan found a suitable place, which was the southwest corner of the entire bedroom.
She walked slowly to the southwest corner, then turned around. The moment she turned around, she threw the block of wood under the mortise and tenon structure of the corner of the house.
The corner beams there just happened to intersect to form a triangular platform, and the thrown wooden blocks would land on that platform.
This area is relatively hidden and high, and ordinary palace servants cannot reach it when cleaning.
Turning around and looking at Rong Ruxiang, Ling Chan reminded her again, "It was Prince Huai who brought our Qingyi Tower to the capital."
"If the Queen Mother didn't want the people of Daqi to know that Prince Huai was cold and indifferent, she would have killed someone to break off the engagement... The Queen Mother interfered in government affairs, secretly transferred soldiers from the capital camp... The court treated meritorious officials poorly..."
Rong Ruxiang was speechless. The fact that she secretly transferred soldiers from the Jingji camp... could not be spread out.
If this gets to the emperor's ears... Rong Ruxiang pondered the interests involved with a solemn expression.
Ling Chan didn't have time to wait for Rong Ruxiang to think it through, as she still had to go back to check the things Ling Rui had sent back.
"Then send the ten thousand taels to the old place as I requested."
"Otherwise, I don't know if Qingyi Tower will be hunted down by people in the martial arts world... but the safety of the Queen Mother... is hard to say."
Having said that, Ling Chan looked at the guards outside the hall through the window. She deliberately raised her hand, but in fact, she had a pocket pistol hidden in her palm.
He pulled the trigger, the bullet was fired, and several guards outside the hall fell to the ground.
"Commander, five people are dead." There was chaos outside, and someone reported to the commander of the guards.
Rong Ruxiang's heart trembled. Five people died with just a wave of her hand, and the guards were completely unprepared. The kung fu of the owner of Qingyi Tower... is unfathomable.
If she could easily enter my bedroom, wouldn't it be easy for her to kill me?
Even...if she wanted to assassinate the emperor, wouldn't it be just as easy?
"Wait a moment." Rong Ruxiang stopped Ling Chan who was about to leave. "I've given you this ten thousand taels. How about this matter end here?"
Ling Chan chuckled twice, her lips moving beneath her veil. "Nothing."
"When this matter will be concluded...it depends on the mood of this OP."
Ling Chan thought that she had just come out of the Ling Mansion, and this old woman couldn't wait to give her a chronic poison.
This made her suspect that the old woman had something to do with her mother's death.
Hearing this answer, Rong Ruxiang's expression turned sinister as she looked at Ling Chan. If this was the case, Qingyi Tower must disappear from the world!
Ling Chan saw what she was thinking and curled her lips slightly, "The Queen Mother wants to kill me... Come on."
She opened her flight backpack, lifted her feet off the ground, and flew out of the window, leaving Rong Ruxiang and Nanny Xian looking at each other in shock.
"Chase." The guards outside chased after Ling Chan.
"Empress Dowager, you shouldn't let her go. It's like letting a tiger go back into the mountains. I'm afraid there will be endless troubles in the future." Nanny Xian hurried to the window, but Ling Chan was no longer there.
Rong Ruxiang gathered her coat and walked back to the bedside, covering herself with a thick quilt. "She's a skilled martial artist, so what can we do if we don't let her go?"
Is he waiting for her to kill himself?
Squinting her eyes, Rong Ruxiang couldn't control the anger in her heart. She gritted her teeth and said, "Qingyi Tower must disappear!"
She took a deep breath, turned around and saw the soldier on the ground, cursing angrily, "Waste!"
"Someone come here." She shouted outside.
The guards left outside the door rushed in, "Empress Dowager."
"Deal with them." Rong Ruxiang looked at the soldiers on the ground, "Go to the outskirts of Beijing. There are still 500 soldiers there..."
"It's all been dealt with."
The commander of the guards looked up in surprise. Five hundred soldiers, all dealt with?
"Is there a problem?" The Queen Mother glanced at him.
"I dare not." The commander of the guards suddenly lowered his head, took the order and left with a group of guards.
The last guard to leave dragged the soldier off the ground...
Only Rong Ruxiang and Nanny Xian were left in the hall. Rong Ruxiang slowly asked, "Nanny Xian, are the pigeons I keep in the garden okay?"
"I'm fine." Nanny Xian stepped forward and answered.
Rong Ruxiang sighed, "After so many years, I thought I wouldn't be able to use them anymore."
"Go get one..."
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