Chapter 432 The Demon Queen is Dead
How?
How could this be false?
That's clearly... the Queen Mother of Heaven!
And if she wasn't, she wouldn't be sitting behind the Emperor... No...
In the past, when the Emperor and the Empress needed to leave the palace together, it seemed that the Queen Mother of Heaven had never ridden in a chariot alone, but always rode in a dragon chariot with the Emperor.
The eyes of the Honglu Temple Secretary widened. Could it be that...
Jiang Yankun snorted and laughed again: "Even you thought she was the Queen Mother of Heaven. People who don't know her would be even more mistaken."
"Is that the Empress in the palace? She's so beautiful!"
"Her clothes glow, so beautiful. It turns out that those who can be Empresses are extremely beautiful."
"She is so majestic!"
...
Countless women below looked up at Mu Qianqian, and their discussions were heard by her bit by bit, which greatly satisfied her vanity.
She seemed to see a bright road waving at her...
fame, favor, wealth, power...
people's envy, jealousy, pursuit... everything that once belonged to the Queen Mother of Heaven will become hers.
She is the woman with the highest status in the Great Yan Dynasty.
"Evil Queen! Pay for my master's life!"
"Puff!"
"Ah——"
"Guard the carriage! Guard the carriage! There is an assassin!"
In the chaos, the emperor stood up and shouted: "Catch him alive!"
Zhu Qianyi has been working under Ma Yiyang of the Ministry of Justice since he entered the Jiang family.
Jiang Yankun, as the emperor said, cannot be too good or too close to him, nor can he give him too much substantive help, but he must let him know that it was the Jiang family that saved him and gave him new hope, and bend his proud head.
In this way, he can be convinced and bow down to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Queen Mother of Heaven.
When the assassin yelled "Lord", he realized something was wrong.
Because when his father was alive, his subordinates called him "Lord".
Mu Qianqian's smile was still frozen on her face, and a long dagger had been inserted into her chest. The dagger pierced through her thin chest and back, and large patches of blood stained the moon-white, silver-shining clothes, blooming into gorgeous blood flowers.
"The Demon Queen is dead! The Demon Queen is dead, hahaha..."
"Why... kill me?"
"Demon Queen, you instigated the emperor to kill the late queen and assassinate my lord. I want you to be buried with them."
There was a general amnesty, and many people in the capital who had committed crimes and were imprisoned were released if they behaved well.
This also included the Zhu family, the mother's family of the late queen, who were stuffed into the alley of Aizhai.
The Zhu family entered Aizhai Alley by themselves. If they had not relied on the help and care of the Jiang family, they would have been pushed aside by other aristocratic families. How could they wait until the time of amnesty?
Zhu Qianyi can be sure that absolutely no one in the Zhu family opposes the Queen of Heaven. Except for him, this man has slipped through the net, and there is no other living member in the Zhu family.
Not all the female members of the family are weak and useless, there are always some who are weak and want to revive the Zhu family on their own.
The Queen Mother's new law is beneficial to them. How could they instigate the old servants to assassinate the Queen Mother?
Mu Qianqian fell on the sedan chair, spitting out large mouthfuls of blood. She watched a skinny young man in black take down the assassin. She twitched: "But I... I am not... not the Queen of Heaven!"
Her wealth and glory, her pride, her various plans... in the end... are they all in vain?
The severe pain in her chest made her thoughts scattered, but she was extremely clear-headed. The emperor in dragon robes had already walked over, and there was no sadness on his handsome face.
Mu Qianqian stretched out her hand: "Your Majesty..."
The emperor stepped on her blood, walked closer step by step, and looked down at her.
"Have you... ever loved... loved me?"
Could it be that the favor and happiness during this period were all fake?
"Oh!"
The emperor even laughed out loud: "You are so stupid that I even feel a little sympathy for you."
From the beginning, the emperor received news that there were assassins who wanted to assassinate Jiang Xinyue during the trip to Dongshan.
If Jiang Xinyue did not leave the palace, they would sneak into the palace and kill her while the emperor was at the imperial mausoleum to worship his ancestors.
If Jiang Xinyue followed the emperor out of the palace, they would take advantage of the fact that she had not left the imperial city yet and assassinated her by making a feint to the east and attacking in the west.
Originally, the assassins thought that "Jiang Xinyue" would ride in the dragon chariot with the emperor, but I don't know if the recent rumors are true. She and the emperor had a quarrel over a palace maid, so she rode in a sedan chair alone.
The emperor deliberately ignored her and went ahead by himself. The sedan chair was a little far away, and it took away most of the troops.
After all, everyone was more afraid of assassins assassinating the emperor.
Who could have thought that someone would assassinate the concubines?
They didn't know that this was the flaw left by the emperor on purpose to attract them to take action. Once they were exposed, the guards would rush forward and capture them alive.
Because he didn't believe that the Zhu family was the mastermind behind the scenes.
Only by catching them, interrogating them strictly, and catching the people behind the scenes, could he really feel at ease.
As for Mu Qianqian, the scapegoat, he gave her the choice, but she herself refused to leave the palace and insisted on being a substitute for Yue'er.
No!
Everything was a show, and the emperor never loved her at all.
"One night... one night of marriage, one hundred days..."
"Who married you for one night? I have never touched you, and you are still a virgin."
Mu Qianqian's pupils shrank twice, and she suddenly understood: "You deliberately... deliberately... let me..."
Before she finished speaking, she spit out a large mouthful of blood, the pain gradually withdrew, and the light in front of her eyes disappeared.
She knew that she was going to die...
It turned out that everything was planned by the emperor. She thought she was the smartest one, but it turned out that... when she showed that face, she had already fallen into the emperor's trap.
It was to protect the Queen Mother!
The emperor didn't want the Queen Mother to be in any danger. Even if the palace was heavily guarded and these assassins couldn't get in, the emperor was unwilling to let the Queen Mother take any risk.
He chose to find a substitute to lure the snake out of the hole.
He succeeded... hahahaha... he succeeded.
So, she is going to die.
"Your Majesty, of the six assassins, four have been executed, and there are still two alive."
Zhu Qianyi stepped forward: "I can guarantee with certainty that these people are not the old members of the Zhu family, but are impersonators."
Someone wants to kill the Queen Mother of Heaven, and under the name of a general amnesty, they put the blame on the Zhu family members who have just been released.
He will never allow it!
The emperor did not look at Mu Qianqian's body again, and his voice was cold and indifferent: "First escort them back to the Dali Temple, and order the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice to jointly investigate the case, and the people behind the scenes must be interrogated. Also, if these assassins commit suicide or are silenced before I return, let the Dali Temple official retire and return home." As
soon as these words came out, everyone's expression became solemn.
The emperor is going to uproot them!
A thorough investigation...
would implicate a large number of officials.
Even those who were not involved would be implicated if they had good relations with the case.
Many officials looked horrified as they looked at Mu Qianqian's face: "Who... is that? Isn't that the Queen Mother?"