Reborn to marry the regent and seize the throne as queen

Yan Xiuchen expressed some emotion but never gave Jiang Qingwu a direct answer.

Jiang Qingwu looked at Yan Xiuchen's face full of sadness and a little drunk, and the desire to ask more questions was instantly restrained.

"Okay, stop drinking. I know there are many things you can't say."

"In fact, at this point, even if you tell me the whole truth, Gu Yanbai still won't believe it."

"Gu Qing..." Before Jiang Qingwu could finish her words, Yan Xiuchen interrupted her.

He held her hand and sighed softly, "I know I can't stop you from investigating these things."

"But this road is not easy to walk... It may be bloody soon. I want you to... do me a favor."

Jiang Qingwu stared at Yan Xiuchen in a daze, then nodded in confusion, "You tell me, of course I'll help."

"Please help me persuade Xiu Jin to go to the Northern Kingdom as an envoy. Now, if we can save one person... it's one."

Hearing the sound, Jiang Qingwu sat up straight as if he was struck by lightning, and then suddenly withdrew his hand.

"I understand your idea, but...you want me to persuade him? Aren't you afraid that he will kill me with a knife?"

The scene suddenly changed. Jiang Qingwu shook his head like a rattle and turned away, "I'm not going."

Seeing this, Yan Xiuchen couldn't help but chuckle, "Only you can go for this matter. I don't want to force him to go with an imperial decree."

"If I go and tell him, he'll drag Gu Yanbai into this, and think I'm distancing myself from him..."

"Oh, I see. I'm jealous."

Jiang Qingwu didn't wait for Yan Xiuchen to finish speaking before she started to speak in a sarcastic tone and moved closer to him with a smile.

"No wonder I think so much. The two of them are just like the jealous ladies fighting for your favor."

"However, now that I know that Gu Yanbai is your biological brother, I can only be joking about this."

Jiang Qingwu laughed secretly, and as he spoke, he filled a bowl of soup and brought it to Yan Xiuchen.

But when Yan Xiuchen heard the words "brother", he lost his mind.

……

In Changle Palace, Gu Yanbai and Nan Xiuye ​​drank until midnight.

Intentionally or unintentionally, he got the person drunk to death.

After midnight, he put on his nightgown and went to the Empress Dowager's Fenghe Palace.

After the Queen Mother went mad, there were only Nanny Zhong, two close palace maids, and two eunuchs in Fenghe Palace.

Gu Yan broke in in the middle of the night without disturbing anyone and reached the Queen Mother's bedroom.

When the Queen Mother was awakened, Gu Yanbai directly covered her mouth.

A moment later, the Queen Mother was tied to a chair with a cloth stuffed in her mouth, stammering and unable to speak.

Gu Yanbai pulled off the black veil on his face, fiddled with the dagger in his hand, sat at the table beside him, and stared at the empress dowager.

"Whether you are really crazy or just pretending to be crazy, after taking my magic medicine, your mind should be clear now."

"I didn't come to see you before because I was thinking about Achen and Gu Qing's coronation ceremony, and... I was busy getting rid of Yan Lin and the others."

"Now, it's time for us to play some games and settle some accounts."

As he spoke, Gu Yanbai tore the cloth out of the empress dowager's mouth, and before she could speak, he put the dagger on her neck.

"Keep your voice down... If you alarm others, I will kill you immediately..."

The Queen Mother looked at Gu Yanbai in fear and nodded slightly. She didn't look crazy, but also didn't look sober.

Gu Yanbai raised the corner of his lips slightly and moved closer to him, "Just tell me what you know. Today, I will not show mercy."

"No, no, no, I don't know anything. I just... I just set the fire as ordered."

"By order? By whose order? At that time, you were already the queen, who could order you..."

Gu Yanbai asked, and then suddenly understood something, "The late emperor, right?"

The Queen Mother nodded slightly but did not dare to speak.

Gu Yanbai's eyes darkened, and the blade approached the Queen Mother, "Why, what did the Gu family do to allow him to eliminate everyone in the Gu family so quietly..."

"Isn't my mother his most favored concubine?"

The Queen Mother was so frightened that she shrank back again and again, "I really don't know, I don't know..."

Gu Yanbai saw that the empress dowager was somewhat mentally collapsed, and did not dare to continue questioning. He suppressed the turmoil in his heart and restrained his emotions.

"Okay, let me ask you again, whose child is Fang Wen holding?"

"I don't know, I don't know anything... Don't ask me, don't ask me."

Seeing this, Gu Yanbai couldn't help but remember something. He sighed softly and silently retracted the dagger.

"Okay, I won't ask you anymore. I won't ask you anymore. I'll go ask someone else, okay?"

The Queen Mother nodded in panic, "Okay, ask someone else, go ask someone else."

"Then tell me, who knows what happened back then? You said you weren't the only one who knew about it, so who else could it be? I'll go ask him..."

"And... and..." The Queen Mother thought seriously, and then her eyes suddenly brightened and she said, "Xiu Bo, Xiu Bo knows..."

Xiu Bo? Yan Xiu Bo, Emperor Xuanhe? !

Gu Yanbai was shocked and turned to look at the empress dowager, then raised his hand and knocked the person unconscious with a palm.

After coming out of Fenghe Palace, Gu Yanbai dodged the patrolling Imperial Guards with his lightness skills, but he failed to avoid Nan Xiuye.

"Finally you came out. What did you find out?" Nan Xiuye ​​walked out from the darkness, scaring Gu Yanbai so much that he trembled.

"You...why are you here? Aren't you drunk?"

"I can't drink a lot, but it's not that bad." Nan Xiuye ​​agreed.

He looked around and pulled Gu Yanbai into the dark, "What did you find out?"

Gu Yanbai sighed and shook his head, "I don't know if he really doesn't understand or if he's just pretending to be crazy, but the old man just won't say anything, but..."

"She said there was another person who knew what happened back then."

"Who?" Nan Xiuye ​​asked hurriedly.

"Emperor Xuanhe and Yan Xiubo are in Qingshui Garden."

"Emperor Xuanhe?" Nan Xiuye ​​was surprised and shook his head in confusion, "He is usually stupid and cowardly. Does he know the inside story?"

"Tomorrow, I'll go and pay my respects to him, and then I'll know after asking..."

Nan Xiuye ​​nodded gently and walked towards him. "It just so happens that I haven't been to pay homage since I was crowned king. I will go with you tomorrow."

As he spoke, Nan Xiuye ​​sighed, as if he wanted to say something else.

Seeing this, Gu Yanbai understood something instantly and shook his head impatiently, "Okay, stop talking. I know what you are going to say."

The next morning, Jiang Qingwu took Xiao Luzi, Wanyue and Jiuhan out of the palace.

I originally wanted to go to Prince Pingqing's Palace, but on Shangyang Street, I was blocked by a noisy group of people.

A team of carriages and a sedan chair seemed to have collided.

In addition, there were some people gathered on the roadside, causing quite a commotion.

Jiang Qingwu gestured to Jiuhan who was riding a horse through the small window, "Go and take a look."

"Yes." Jiuhan hurriedly dismounted and went away. After a moment, he hurried back.

"Godmother...it was the Prince of Beijun. The sedan chair in his mansion collided with the carriage of Prince Pingqing."

"Prince Pingqing's men refused to let the sedan leave."

Jiang Qingwu was startled and asked in confusion, "Yan Xiujin's... carriage team?"

"Yes, it looks like he just arrived in Beijing. Prince Pingqing came to Beijing, and his belongings must have just been delivered."

Jiang Qingwu nodded thoughtfully, suddenly realizing something.

"Prince of Beijun? In the Yanbei Mansion, is that Fu Li in the sedan chair?"

Jiuhan shook his head gently, "No, it was the doctor who said...he was in a hurry to save lives."

"Help? That must be Yan Bei's fault..."

Jiang Qingwu murmured, and hurriedly handed over the token on his body, "Let the people from Prince Pingqing's Mansion disperse."

"Bring the doctor over here and take my carriage. Let's send the doctor to Yanbei Mansion first."