After her rebirth, she became the sweetheart of the sickly uncle.

But she underestimated the anger of the people who had been oppressed for a long time. They didn't listen to what Su Qingcheng had to say and kept shouting slogans, trying to squeeze Su Qingcheng off the carriage.

Seeing that something was wrong, Ye Tantai directly pulled Su Qingcheng into the carriage and said: "Being able to lure the shadow guards away and bring so many people into Emperor Qiu at the same time is clearly a trap."

"I know that they were also deceived," Su Qingcheng felt the shaking of the carriage, "If there is no other option, we can only catch that person and threaten him."

"I just sent the message while you were talking. If no one comes within half a stick of incense, we will run away. The bracelet I gave you can release five poisonous needles at the same time." Ye Tantai observed the surrounding situation. Said aside.

Su Qingcheng didn't say anything. She didn't want to take action unless it was absolutely necessary, but the prerequisite for solving the problem was that they returned to the Imperial Palace safely.

The more chaotic the situation, the clearer her mind becomes.

In Qingchi Mountain, in addition to looking at the account books, she also had some Beiyuan political affairs.

The town where Dong Ling lost to Beiyuan in the war a few years ago went through her mind.

"It's Yangming City, which is far away from Emperor Qiu. In addition, the empress has not perfected the management of the towns sent by the defeated countries in recent years. It is not impossible for someone to take advantage of the loopholes!" Su Qingcheng thought about it and said excitedly.

Ye Tantai was thinking about another thing: "If you can imitate Fu Yi's voice, I'm afraid this person is not simple behind the scenes."

"The words they accused me of are exactly the same as what Yao Jingyuan said yesterday..."

The carriage shook more and more violently. Although those people had no weapons, they were all farmers working in the fields, and they still had some strength.

Seeing that the carriage was about to be crushed, Ye Tantai had already put his arms around her waist and was about to run away, when the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the distance.

neat and tidy.

The Praetorian Guards in red armor surrounded the street. Their number was several times that of the troublemakers.

Standing at the front of the Imperial Guards was none other than the legendary Beiyuan General Xiao Family Master, who was expected to be as famous as the four major families.

"Anyone who spreads the Queen's will and threatens the life of the Queen will be killed without mercy!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of countless sharp arrows being taken out sounded from all around.

"Wait! Stop!" Su Qingcheng quickly got out of the carriage and stopped her.

Xiao Guoliang raised his hand, and the imperial guard put down the arrow.

"What other instructions does the princess have? I ask the princess to punish me if I am late to save you."

Su Qingcheng's heart was in her throat. If it had been a step later... all of these people would have died.

"They didn't threaten my life, just catch them." Her breathing was still a little rapid.

Xiao Guoliang hesitated and said: "But the imperial edict that I heard was to kill without mercy, and I... dare not resist the edict!"

"Look at their bare hands! They are obviously being used by others, and they can lure away the confidants around me, which means there is someone behind the scenes. If you kill them rashly, the people behind you will escape intact. If the incident comes to light in the future, General Xiao can Responsible?"

Su Qingcheng's voice was not loud, but quite majestic.

Coupled with the fact that her face was very similar to that of the empress, Xiao Guoliang, who was far away, was stunned for a moment.

He also saw what Su Qingcheng said, but resisting orders was not his style.

Ye Tantai, who had just turned his back to them, turned around and said in Su Qingcheng's ear: "The shadow guards have arrived. I don't know which side Xiao Guoliang is from, so be careful."

The moment Xiao Guoliang saw Ye Tantai, time seemed to go back more than ten years ago.

The days when he and General Nan Yeye competed with each other on the battlefield...

"I wonder if the person next to the princess... is the Yunan King?" Xiao Guoliang choked.

Ye Tantai didn't know why, he narrowed his eyes and looked at General Xiao in front of him, and said: "Yes."

"Since I met the son of an old friend, the old minister listened to the advice of the princess. This imperial edict states that those who threaten the life of the princess will be killed without mercy. This is not the case here." Xiao Guoliang put down the bow and arrow in his hand, "Someone, bring these people back to the prison for interrogation."

"Yes!"

The people in Yangmingcheng were taken away by the Imperial Guards.

A street became deserted.

The shadow guard stepped forward, sweating profusely, and knelt down and said: "This subordinate has neglected his duty, please punish me!"

Wu Ya also arrived late and asked worriedly: "Are you okay?"

Being able to lure both Shadow Guard and Wu Ya away at the same time, she thought about it and felt that the leftist from the Paradise Gate did not have this ability.

"It's okay, let's go back home first." Su Qingcheng said.

Back at the Princess's Mansion, Su Qingcheng had already lost her appreciation for this mansion, which was not inferior to the Empress Yangxin Palace, and took Ye Tantai to the study.

It's filled with books.

She found some books about Yangming City and came to the map.

"I remembered that when we found traces of the leftist of the Paradise Gate in Dongling, his only escape direction was in Yangming City." Su Qingcheng pointed to the junction of Dongling and Beiyuan.

"I'm afraid only he can make the voice-changing pill that looks exactly like Fu Yi," Ye Tantai said.

"But how did they occupy Yangming City and still know nothing about Diqiu?" Su Qingcheng was puzzled.

She has had a lot of contact with the four major families these days.

It can be said that they know the direction of the mountain in Beiyuan and the direction of the river. How could they not know the situation in Yangming City.

"Yangming City should be outside the jurisdiction of the four major families." Ye Tantai looked at Su Qingcheng's expression and said tentatively.

He did have doubts about the person in his heart, but he also knew that that person might have a different meaning to Su Qingcheng.

"I want to investigate this matter in Yangming City myself." Su Qingcheng said in a deep voice.

The next day.

Di Qiu seemed not to be aware of such a big movement in the busy street.

Su Qingcheng didn't sleep well all night. She went to the palace at dawn, just in time to retire.

She was dressed in a red robe, and the phoenix outlined with gold threads was lifelike. It came to life as she walked. There were not many gold hairpins on her head, but they were very delicate.

The minister who retired from the court walked out, but she went against everyone else.

It looked out of place in the all-black official robes.

"See the Empress." Su Qingcheng saluted.

After hearing the news that she was coming, the empress was not in a hurry to leave. She stepped down from the dragon chair and helped her up.

"There is no one else here, just call me aunt." the empress said.

Su Qingcheng hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't shout, so she simply stopped calling him: "How is the investigation going on yesterday's incident on the downtown street?"

The empress led her out of the hall and said, "I heard from General Xiao that you don't want to kill them. I want to know why."

"They were also kept in the dark and had no intention of killing me." Su Qingcheng said calmly.

"As a princess, it's not okay to be so soft-hearted," the empress said in a slightly serious tone. "They can be incited to make trouble, and they may be incited to kill you. I can't protect you forever."

The two of them stood on the palace wall and looked at the palace.

"The emperor who relies on killing people to gain a sense of security is a failure in my opinion." Su Qingcheng said bluntly.