Reborn to marry the regent and seize the throne as queen

"Who are you? Baihualou doesn't do business during the day, so I don't know."

The impatient, scolding voices of the people in the building were getting closer and closer.

But just when the other party was about to open the door, Jiang Qingwu saw Xu Qingran.

At the entrance of a small alley not far from Baihua Tower, someone was getting off a carriage.

"Second brother, let's go..." Jiang Qingwu shouted, then turned and hurried away.

Jiang Qingyu was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly followed, "What's wrong? Didn't you say you were going to Baihua Tower to find Shen Wanrong?"

"I saw Xu Qingran." Jiang Qingwu murmured softly, dodged the receding carriage, and followed carefully into the alley.

But this alley is narrow and long, with forks in the road everywhere.

Jiang Qingwu soon lost track of Xu Qingran and finally got lost.

One moment they walked into a large mansion, the next moment they walked to the backyard of a cloth shop.

After struggling for a long time, I thought I would return empty-handed, but I accidentally stumbled upon the back door of Baihua Tower.

Next to a small door, the words "Baihua Tower" are written.

Baihua Tower?

Jiang Qingwu's heart tightened slightly. He looked left and right at the alley and walked closer to the small door.

"You don't mean to say that Xu Qingran came to Baihua Tower."

Jiang Qingyu looked at the lock on the wooden door, and before Jiang Qingwu could speak, a chuckle came from his ears.

"Look at this door. It's locked from the outside with such a thick iron chain, and it's all rusty."

"It's been a long time since this place was opened. Why is Xu Qingran here? Did you see it wrong?"

Jiang Qingwu's face was gloomy. He pulled the iron chain hard. It had indeed not been opened for a long time and had been completely rusted.

"You can't be mistaken. Shen Wanrong is in Baihua Tower, and Xu Qingran happens to be here too. It can't be a coincidence."

"Sister, there are so many entrances and exits in this alley, it doesn't necessarily mean you are going to Baihua Tower."

Jiang Qingyu still insisted on his own idea and then leaned against the wall.

"She came to the capital to be Yan Xiuchen's concubine, why would she come to a brothel?"

"Besides, even if she came to Baihua Tower, how did she get in?"

Jiang Qingwu listened and couldn't help but feel puzzled, and took two steps back.

Looking at the courtyard wall that was neither high nor low, an idea suddenly popped into my mind.

"If she knew martial arts... it would be easy for her to climb this height of the wall."

Jiang Qingyu found Jiang Qingwu's words incredible.

"No... Sister, are you serious? How could she be good at martial arts when she looks so delicate?"

Jiang Qingwu glanced at Jiang Qingyu but said nothing, thinking about something.

"The Queen didn't know Shen Wanrong was dead before, so she wouldn't deliberately give her false news."

"If Shen Wanrong is really in Baihua Tower, and Xu Qingran is also here, then they must be related."

Jiang Qingwu murmured softly, his mind gradually becoming clearer, yet also feeling a little more annoyed.

He was so busy being jealous that he forgot to find out the details of Xu Qingran.

Thinking of this, Jiang Qingwu turned around and walked out.

Jiang Qingyu was stunned for a moment, then quickly followed, "Hey, where are you going? Are we still going to Baihua Tower?"

"No, I need to check something. Second brother, you have to keep it a secret for me, and don't worry about this matter."

"You should think more about the martial arts competition to win a bride."

Jiang Qingyu smiled when he heard the voice and followed Jiang Qingwu.

"What's there to think about in a martial arts competition to win a bride? Who can beat your second brother..."

Jiang Qingyu was talking when his voice suddenly stopped as he reacted.

"No, how do you know about the martial arts competition to recruit a bride? The palace has just decided..."

Jiang Qingwu was startled for a moment, slowed down his pace, and said casually, "I...I heard the Queen Mother mention it before."

"Oh, I don't know when it will be done. There's no rush."

"It should be soon, it should be..." Jiang Qingwu murmured, counting the days carefully, "The fifteenth of this month is a good day, the Queen Mother will definitely choose that day."

"Impossible, it's too early. Today is already the ninth day of the lunar month."

Jiang Qingwu smiled but said nothing.

In their previous life, on the fifteenth day of the month when they came back, they held a martial arts competition to find a bride.

At that time, her second brother was probably just as confident that he could win as he is now.

But I didn't expect Shen Zhuoran to suddenly appear.

In Fenghe Palace, when Yan Xiuchen was called there, Yuya had already been detained in the palace by the Queen Mother and scolded for a long time.

Seeing Yan Xiuchen coming in, Yuya felt like she had grabbed a life-saving straw.

"Ninth Brother..." Yu Ya just opened her mouth when a voice came from the Queen Mother who was sitting high up, "Call me Brother Wang."

"Yes." Yuya agreed, and bowed respectfully to Yan Xiuchen, "Brother Wang."

"Get up, how was your trip, was the Southland fun?"

"It's not fun. The South is poor and there's a severe drought. The people there are miserable..."

As soon as Yuya's words came out, the Queen Mother couldn't help but interrupt her, "You are not a Bodhisattva."

"It's fine for a woman to go to disaster relief, but now that she's back, forget about refugee issues."

"I have calculated that the fifteenth of this month is a good day. The martial arts competition will be held on that day. The sons and daughters of the third-rank officials in the court can all come."

Yuya sighed secretly and said nothing.

Seeing this, Yan Xiuchen gestured to Yuya, "I know everything about disaster relief and refugees."

"There are a lot of refugees from the southern country pouring in at the southern border. Is that what you want to tell me?"

Yuya nodded, looked at the Queen Mother timidly, and did not dare to speak.

"You can go to Jiang Qingwu to discuss how to solve this matter. I will pay for it."

"Jiang Qingwu?"

"Why go find..."

"She is very passionate about this kind of thing." Yan Xiuchen said, motioning to Yuya to leave.

Yu Ya looked at Yan Xiu Chen in confusion, then bowed slightly and said, "I will take my leave, Queen Mother. I will take my leave."

Seeing Yuya leave, Yan Xiuchen's face turned cold.

"What happened? Is there a fire in the backyard? This face doesn't look good."

The Queen Mother said this with a hint of sarcasm as she sat back in her seat.

Yan Xiuchen frowned slightly and looked up at the Queen Mother. "There was a fire in my backyard. How did the Queen Mother know about it?"

"There is no such thing as a wall that is impenetrable. I have to warn you, Jiang Qingwu is already unreliable enough, and that…"

"Xu Qingran, yes, Xu Qingran from Wencheng, a daughter of a merchant, don't even think about getting into the Regent's Palace."

"Even if it's a concubine, you have to choose carefully. What if she becomes Concubine Shen in the future?"

Yan Xiuchen's face became even uglier as he listened to the Queen Mother's words.

He couldn't bear to listen any longer, so he spoke up to stop her, "Queen Dowager, I don't want to have anything to do with that woman either."

"It's just that after I was injured in the Xiling battlefield, I was treated by her and her father in Wencheng."

"This woman came here to embarrass me because she saved my life."

"It is not easy for me to come forward, if the Queen Mother can come forward to solve this problem..."

"I promise that if I have a concubine in the future, I will let the Queen Mother make the decision."

When the Queen Mother heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up, "You said so."

"Yes."

"She is just a merchant's daughter. I will take care of her for you."