Qianqianjie, kidnap a reborn prince back to the modern era

Chapter 372: Orphans of the Former Dynasty

A few years later, when discussing the merits and demerits, they also admitted that Queen Lan brought many changes to the Lan Dynasty.

Improved seeds and planting methods help farmers increase their income.

The greenhouses built in the palace allowed for the production of fresh vegetables in the winter, and were promoted in prefectures and other places with the necessary conditions.

The weaving water wheel, with its unique ideas and craftsmanship, saved a lot of manpower and material resources and increased production capacity.

Also, her biggest hobby is studying mechanisms and formations, which makes Lan Di extremely obsessed with it.

However, it is an indisputable fact that the royal capital is as strong as a solid wall with the help of mechanical devices and formations, and the officials are helpless.

However, over the past ten years, the already bloated, corrupt and mediocre bureaucracy of the Lan Dynasty had been blatantly inactive, leading to wars and conquests in various places and public resentment. However, Emperor Lan was still immersed in his research and did not pay any attention to anything.

The old Duke of Protectorate was so angry that he vomited blood. He never recovered and eventually died in the court.

Although Yan Rui inherited the title of Duke of Protector of the Country, he had since become greatly shaken in his faith in the Lan Dynasty, which had been worshipped as a god for three generations.

In the following years, there was only this one queen in the harem, and she had no children. The Lan Dynasty was in turmoil and people's hearts were divided.

Finally one day, good news came from the harem that the woman was pregnant. After ten months of pregnancy, she gave birth to a princess and died.

From then on, Lan Di almost locked himself in the secret room they had jointly developed and researched, and spent most of his time there. The domestic situation collapsed and became difficult to control, with rebellions breaking out everywhere and wars spreading across the land.

Yan Rui deeply hated Lan Di's stupidity and powerlessness, and hated his father for risking his life to defend justice, so he contacted all the ministers and was determined to overthrow this foolish monarch.

Five years later, he formed a force as he wished, and gathered with three other rebel armies in the royal capital, broke into the palace, and directly attacked the secret room that Lan Di had built day and night.

A few palace servants were slaughtered, and no one saw any trace of Blue Emperor. It was as if he disappeared out of thin air, leaving behind only this empty, luxurious and solid city.

The mechanisms were never activated, and nothing inside or outside the imperial city was damaged.

But what is puzzling is that hundreds of years of accumulation of the Lan Dynasty disappeared out of thin air, including the Lan Emperor and the five-year-old princess.

That secret room became a coveted place by the victors at that time.

Everyone speculated that Blue Emperor, the little princess, and countless treasures might be hidden in the hollowed-out mountain.

But the door of the secret room was made of unknown material, blocking everyone's way.

He experienced all of this personally, and it felt like a hallucination, and he still can't figure it out.

That secret room became his lifelong nightmare and also his lifelong pursuit.

Prime Minister Xiao Qing is an expert in mechanical engineering. Since the founding of the country, he has made it his responsibility to crack the secret room.

Ten years later, Xiao Qing was convinced that the key card initially identified by the founders of the four countries was just a decoy left by the Blue Emperor. The correct way to open the secret room requires the blood of the Blue Emperor, and the little princess is the only one who can open the door of the secret room.

Fortunately, twenty years ago, the exploration team he commissioned found clues that the little princess of the Lan Dynasty might be alive.

Therefore, he happily took out Bei Yan's key card and exchanged it with Emperor Dong Cang, with the aim of eliminating Bei Yan's powerful enemy in exchange for a period of stability and internal governance.

However, the trace of the little princess of the Lan Dynasty, whom he had been tracking, was also cut off that year.

No matter how many people he sent out to investigate, and even after searching almost the entire territory of Beiyan, he could only find a trace.

A family in a small village on the border claimed that they had seen a princess from the previous dynasty, which made his blood boil again.

He brought the family over and locked them in the harem so that he could identify the princess of the previous dynasty one day.

More than ten years have passed, and there has been no news after searching everywhere.

When he was almost completely desperate, Yin Jie brought news that the Dong Cang Kingdom's Dong Bohou Mansion had overturned the case. The mansion left behind a posthumous daughter and was also tracking down the woman named Yi Yi who had disappeared from the small village of Qingshan. This rekindled new hope in him.

He, Shi Hai and Yin Jie analyzed the situation many times. Based on the principle of not letting go of any clues, they had to confirm whether the posthumous daughter of the Dong Bohou Mansion was the daughter of the former princess. That was why they were willing to give up Yin Jie's good identity as a spy in order to smuggle the man named Baili Qianyou to Beiyan.

But he didn't expect that this woman had such a troublesome identity, which made him unable to make up his mind for a while.

"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Zhenguo and his adopted son have arrived."

Eunuch Liu spoke up, interrupting Emperor Bei Yan's contemplation.

He rubbed his eyebrows hard and felt a slight headache again.

He was in a very low mood. His wish had not been fulfilled, his successor had not been decided. If his headache was really what the Little Medical Fairy had said, how much time would he have to prepare?

"Greetings to Your Majesty."

Shi Hai and Yin Jie knelt down and saluted.

"Be flat."

Emperor Beiyan raised his eyes lazily.

The two people in front of him were no different from before, neatly dressed, standing up and standing still in an orderly manner.

"What did Baili Qianyou say when he went to the prison?"

Emperor Beiyan stared at the two of them.

Yes, he put Shi Hai and Yin Jie in jail in order to ease the pressure on the border, and he did not really want to take the lives of the father and son.

Shi Hai is honest and brainless, and Yin Jie controls Beiyan's dark web, so he still has use for these two people.

"Your Majesty, Baili Qianyou didn't say anything. She just stared at me for a quarter of an hour. I don't know what she was thinking." Shi Hai answered honestly.

Emperor Bei Yan frowned slightly.

In the past two months, he has seen that this young woman is very smart and not as weak as she appears.

But her slow and steady movements, like those of cotton, made it impossible for her opponent to exert any strength and he could not tell what she was going to do. This was also the reason why his headache worsened.

"She stepped aside and called Yin Jie out to question him alone."

Shi Hai glanced at Yin Jie.

Since coming back that day, he has not said a word and seems to be very worried.

"Tell me, what did she tell you?"

"Your Majesty, Chief Qiao asked me why I betrayed Qianmai Palace."

Yin Jie answered calmly.

"It's human nature. He saved you and was betrayed. He must be feeling resentful."

Emperor Bei Yan pressed his brows.

"Recently, the channels of communication between Qianmai Palace and the common people have been cut off. Our dark web in the other three countries has also been severely damaged, and many people have been exposed."

Yin Jie reported truthfully.

That's not his problem.

Ever since Emperor Bei Yan decided to have him personally abduct Baili Qianyou, this was an irreversible outcome.

"Hey! I was also thinking that this move was a bit of a loss."

Emperor Bei Yan stroked the teacup, his eyes somewhat dark and unclear.

"Your Majesty, has the palace not yet confirmed whether Baili Qianyou is an orphan of the previous dynasty?"

Shi Hai was an impatient man. Although he had not suffered any injustice in prison, he felt uncomfortable because he was not able to move freely.

"They haven't walked to the vicinity of Lengcui Palace yet, and Nanny Chen hasn't met her yet."

"Yin Jie, are you really sure that she is Yi Yi's daughter?"

"From the exploration mission she issued to the common people, it is speculated that she is the daughter of the lost Yi Yi and Baili He. However, it is still unclear whether Yi Yi is really the princess of the previous dynasty."

Yin Jie spoke in a suppressed voice, his brows furrowed.

"You guys should retreat. Be careful to hide your tracks and don't reveal yourself in front of her."

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